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Today is the second day of Navaratri.
In some traditions, Navaratri is divided into sets of three days to adore different aspects of the supreme goddess. On the first three days, the Mother is invoked as a powerful force called Durga in order to destroy all our impurities, vices and defects. This can be described as a great leveling of the field, a clearing, a preparation for what comes next.
Below follows an excerpt from the poem, "The Mother Supreme," by Sri Chinmoy, which speaks to this clearing and leveling aspect of Mother:
Soul stirring eyes of gold delight,
All where reigning supreme--
Our blind secrecy's dream
She seizes with Her all forgiving Sight.
Torn now asunder our ego's screen,
Torn now asunder our ego's screen,
Under her Smile of Grace
Blooms quick our surrender's face.
She paves the way to a life evergreen.
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