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<\/a>But lets go to\u00a0the story… \u00a0a brief version of the story.\u00a0Mahisa had received a boon from Brahma because of his intense ascetic practices by which no man or God could ever kill him. He totally forgot \u00a0about the power of the femenine… Big mistake !! With all the power acquired through those practices, he dedicated himself to terrorize and conquer all the worlds, even the Deva\u00b4s. \u00a0Given the terrible threat from Mahisa, the three main Gods, Brahmma, Vishnu and Shiva get together to find a solution. They gather their powerful energies as a\u00a0\u00a0blinding ray of light and, from that flaming light, Goddess Durga is born. All the Gods offer to her their most powerful weapons as a gift:\u00a0(that is the reason why Durga has so many arms… from eight to thousand!!). The Goddes, fierce and stunningly beautiful at the same time, shows up in the gardens of Mahisa\u00b4s palace. After some exchange of impressions, the battle with Mahisa starts. Mahisa usually takes the shape of a buffalo or a bull, resembling the insistent and stubborn ways in which our misalingments and our unconscious tendencies show up\u00a0in our lives. He is also known for shape-shifting. (Does this sound familiar, how all those tendencies that seem dissolved, part of the past, show up in a new way? ) Durga has all her arms in her multiple arms. During the battle, as Mahisa takes different shapes, she uses the right weapon to confront\u00a0him .\u00a0Because Durga is interested in the change that takes place from inside. In teaching us which are our resources to face the different life situations as the challenges shape-shift.\u00a0\u00a0This is a happy ending story.\u00a0Durga aniquilates the Demon Mahisa, after an ardous battle, cutting his head with her sword that represents the light of knowledge that defeats darkness. All the \u00a0Gods rush towards her and fall to her feer, honoring as \u00a0Maha Devi (lthe Great Goddess).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a8Devi, you ended our torment … You are our Mother, our protectress… Please, listen to us and protect us always when we are in danger” <\/em>\u00a0This is Navaratri\u00b4s prayer. And this is the active power of the femenine, represented by Durga, that carries us through deep transformations, that guides us in the moments in life when the challenges seem unsurmountable. Durga is the part of our being that does not get intimidated in front of injustice, that is not afraid to tell the truth or to let go of anything harmful or that it does not help us, no matter the amount of attachment we feel. \u00a0Durga infuses with the warrior energy as she gives the unconditional love and protection of a mother. In these days of\u00a0\u00a0Navaratri that starts on october 5th, ask her for help. Invoke her presence with her mantra\u00a0OM DUM DURGA JAY NAMAH<\/strong>, contemplate which are your asuras in this moment of your life and offer them to her. \u00a0Allow yourself to feel how here strength and resources are your own.<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This weekend starts the Navaratri celebration (literally “nine nights”). During these days, and their nights, it is celebrated Goddess Durga\u00e1s victory over the demon Mahisa, the victory of light over darkness; Durga\u00b4s power to transform our lives dissolving everything it is not useful anymore. Each of those nine days is dedicated to honor one of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n