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Sybil, Oracles of the Goddess
Fellowship of Isis Liturgy by Olivia Robertson
Part III. Cycles of the Year
III. THE GODDESS MAHADEVI OF INDIA
1st - 2nd May. Wesak. Spiritual Illumination
Priestess: (Invocation)
O Great Goddess, Mother of the Trimurti, the Holy Trinity, soul of every being, how can we extol Thee? By Thee even Mahadeva,
the Almighty God is put into trance that He may make worlds. Thou art Maha-Sarasvati, Maha-Lakshmi, Maha-Parvati. Triple Goddess,
guide us on our path to Enlightenment that we may awaken into eternal bliss.
Oracle: Look within
your Self and you will find the Light of Truth, Buddhi, the Jewel within the Heart of the Lotus. Invisible it is and yet shineth
in every creature. It is the dewdrop hanging from a blade of grass: it sparkles in the eyes of eagles and fast-flying swallows:
it flows in rushing rivers and rests in rocky snow-capped mountains. The bliss of Nirvana is not in the past nor the future:
so no vain regrets nor ambitious struggles in religious practices will bring it to you. No strivings for the reputation of
saintliness can ensure your awareness. Rather it is in the moment that Eternity rests, awaiting you in a smile, sudden laughter,
tears of compassion. If you could experience one second of enlightenment, it would be yours for ever! Time slips by like a
passing landscape to the traveller, who appears to journey with it. But in reality the true Self is at rest at the hub of
the turning wheel of life. Place yourself at the centre of this hub in total awareness, and you will be in a position of strength
to control each of your lives as they revolve in cyclic reincarnations.
True knowledge brings good feeling, thought and activity. Control is essential.
Yet how can you control yourself in alignment with your true Self, if you are swayed by passing passions? Free Will is to
be earned not by extreme asceticism nor by selfish indulgence. It is attained by continual exercise of conscious choice between
good and wrong behaviour. As you develop, you will observe that the choices both become more difficult and more subtle. Rejoice
then, for you draw nearer to Self-realisation! if you could live for one minute in a truthful, compassionate manner, you would
transform your day and your year and your life! Do not strive for too much: otherwise you will reach for the stars and fall
upon your face! Rather combine spiritual practices with an enjoyment of Mother Earth. It is pious to memorise the myriad Names
and Attributes of the Gods and Goddesses: it is also good to remember the names of your neighbours and their children, and
to respect the attributes of animals, birds and plants! As I am the Universal Mother, these are your brothers and sisters
and children. The mind conveys knowledge: intuition and conscience combined with experience produces wisdom.
I am without: I am within: I am the Lover and the Beloved: I am the Knower and the Known: I am the Harmony that reconcileth
all things. Know Me.
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