Tomorrow is the concluding day of Navaratri.
The story of Navaratri tells
how the best of the best gave their all to endow Mother Divine with weapons and tools for
the grand battle. Her Bow and Arrow, Discus, Thunderbolt, and Trident
were manifested from the collective and universal good, intelligence,
right duty, and vigilance. These weapons were forged in the fire of
faith and courage.
Mother
Divine battled for nine days and nights against myriad demons. Every
demon she smote sprang back up ten-fold, hundred-fold, thousand-fold!
Still, she battled on from deeper and deeper levels of her own
inexhaustible force of Everything until there was stillness, calm, and
peace.
Who were those demons? Mother Divine fought against the demons who are
our very own weaknesses, greed, egoisms, and ignorances. She won over
the legions of our fear, disgrace, and our every ineptitude and sin.
When was this battle waged? It was waged long ago, it is waged now, and
forevermore, and whenever it needs to be fought. There will always be
victory over ignorance and there will always be Divine Mother's valiant
grace and protection. 
