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Lakshmi Puja – Thanksgiving 2021

The Mystery breaks through, surprising us and bringing us to marvel in wonder. It was the Thanksgiving celebration at Geri and Rebecca’s house November 2021. It was a lovely day so we were all outside. The kids were running around and people were swinging on the swing or shooting hoops or happily sitting, luxuriating in Santosha Ma’s presence. Gifts were presented to her that day and one was from Yasuko and Daniel of a carved wooden statue of Lakshmi with...

What it Takes by Susan Shaw

November 16, 2012 It used to be people came to their Masters when they were prepared and mature, having seen the world for what it was and having relinquished all their attachments to it, they were ready to get down to business. This certainly wasn’t the case with me. I came to Santosha Ma totally unprepared, quite immature with all my seeking in the world fully intact. I am an example of the White Woman’s syndrome of fakery, as Santosha...

I Am She, Durga: The Trip To Fiji by Susan Shaw

I AM She, Durga! The trip to Fiji June 1–7 1994 by Susan Shaw It’s been twenty years since Santosha Ma went to Fiji to try to see Her Beloved Adi Da and give Him a gift. The seeds of this remarkable adventure were planted and sprouted earlier in time and this is an attempt to gather all the pieces to this unfolding so we can be amazed by the wonderment of it. It is like stepping through the Star...