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At the beginning of the commercial year in India, Hindus give special prayers to Lakshmi to bring success in their endeavors. She is worshiped in every home on every important occasion. But Lakshmi has a deeper, esoteric significance in that she is associated with immortality and the essence of life. In Hindu lore, she was created when the gods and demons churned a primordial ocean of milk. Their goal was to produce the elixir of immortality. Along with the elixir, they also produced the Goddess Lakshmi. Lakshmi is seen as the one who personifies royal power and conveys it upon kings. She is often depicted with a lotus and an elephant. The lotus represents purity and spiritual power; the elephant, royal authority. Lakshmi, therefore, combines royal and priestly powers. | At the beginning of the commercial year in India, Hindus give special prayers to Lakshmi to bring success in their endeavors. She is worshiped in every home on every important occasion. But Lakshmi has a deeper, esoteric significance in that she is associated with immortality and the essence of life. In Hindu lore, she was created when the gods and demons churned a primordial ocean of milk. Their goal was to produce the elixir of immortality. Along with the elixir, they also produced the Goddess Lakshmi. Lakshmi is seen as the one who personifies royal power and conveys it upon kings. She is often depicted with a lotus and an elephant. The lotus represents purity and spiritual power; the elephant, royal authority. Lakshmi, therefore, combines royal and priestly powers. | ||
The Goddess Lakshmi is an embodiment of the Divine Mother. In her role as consort of Vishnu, the Second Person of the Trinity, she is very much a part of the ceremony of the marriage of your soul to your Holy Christ Self. When you are wed and bonded to that Christ Self, you become royal, in the godly sense of the word. Each one of us can receive this “royal” initiation when we have earned the grace of the bountiful Lakshmi. She restores us to our original estate of oneness with God. | The Goddess Lakshmi is an embodiment of the Divine Mother. In her role as consort of Vishnu, the Second Person of the Trinity, she is very much a part of the ceremony of the marriage of your soul to your [[Holy Christ Self]]. When you are wed and bonded to that Christ Self, you become royal, in the godly sense of the word. Each one of us can receive this “royal” initiation when we have earned the grace of the bountiful Lakshmi. She restores us to our original estate of oneness with God. | ||
In one Tantric text, Lakshmi says of herself: “Like the fat that keeps a lamp burning, I lubricate the senses of living beings with my own sap of consciousness.”<ref>David Kinsley, ''The Goddesses’ Mirror: Visions of the Divine from East and West'' (Albany N.Y.: University of New York Press, 1989), p. 66.</ref> Lakshmi bestows upon us the nectar of God consciousness when we gain her favor. Vishnu is the Christ light, and Lakshmi is the bestower of that light. The riches she brings are spiritual riches and admission to the kingdom of heaven. | In one Tantric text, Lakshmi says of herself: “Like the fat that keeps a lamp burning, I lubricate the senses of living beings with my own sap of consciousness.”<ref>David Kinsley, ''The Goddesses’ Mirror: Visions of the Divine from East and West'' (Albany N.Y.: University of New York Press, 1989), p. 66.</ref> Lakshmi bestows upon us the nectar of God consciousness when we gain her favor. Vishnu is the Christ light, and Lakshmi is the bestower of that light. The riches she brings are spiritual riches and admission to the kingdom of heaven. | ||
Lakshmi’s seed syllable, or bija, is ''Srim''. Her mantra is ''Om Srim Lakshmye Namaha''. | Lakshmi’s seed syllable, or [[bija]], is ''Srim''. Her mantra is ''Om Srim Lakshmye Namaha''. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||