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[edit] Talk:Asperger Syndrome

Really hoping you will come back and contribute to the discussion on some of the issues you raised. This article recently had a lot of unbalanced editing and though it retained featured article status the emphasis has shifted too far away from the reality of AS. --Zeraeph 11:10, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes, you are right, you fixed up a little punctuation...sorry, I got you mixed up with someone else. --Zeraeph 00:55, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Namaskar

Hello Snowgrouse,

I hope you don't mind, I am reverting some of your linking. I intend to create, at the least, stubs, for the article that do not exist but are necessarily needed to link to from Tantras. Currently, the way the links are arranged do not properly make sense.

Saiva suj 16:00, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Namaskar Snowgrouse ji,

I always feel weird addressing people by their wikipedia names, but I'll try to manage. I have changed it to be sort of a compromise between the ways that you and I had it, and it does have some red links now, but that way we know what's left to expand. I'm going to work on the stubs as soon as I can, I did one short one today. I thank you for your encouragement. If I may, I would like to know if you are a Hindu, or if you're not, where your interest came for, especially for our Tantrika Parampara.

Namaḥṣivaya, ॐ Śaiva Sujīţ ॐ 22:09, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Namaskar, Saiva suj-ji! My name means an arctic bird (I'm Finnish, they live in my home country), Willow Ptarmigan. One Finnish translation for the bird is "Snowgrouse". She's my spirit animal--I identify with her a lot. About ten years ago, snowgrouse started to appear in my dreams and meditations as guides, and then I went to look up information about the animal--and was shocked to see how much the bird's habits and traits match my personality perfectly! So yes, she is my Soul-bird and my guide, and I identify with it a lot. I need my safe snowy nest, to be away from too many people. Like here, right now, in my bedroom in a rented flat in Bath, UK.

As for the Hindu side of myself... I have always, from my earliest memories on, been fascinated by Hinduism, especially Kali (I first saw a picture of her in a kids' nonfiction book when I was about 4 and I remember that I just stared, entranced, at her beautiful, beautiful picture for ages and ages!) and the Tantric path, even though I know it is hard. Maybe I am a reborn yogi, who knows--one of my earliest memories is twisting my legs around my hips when watching TV and my mother saying "You look like a yogi!", which prompted me to ask; "Mum, what is yoga?". I even twist my long hair around and around and tie it up on top of my head like a Shaivite yogi--this was natural to me, but when I first saw a Shaivite yogi on TV, I was pretty shocked--I do that all the time with my hair! I've studied Tantra as deeply as I can, from the few books that are available in English in Europe. I am not a Christian, I am a Neo-Pagan, eclectic Wiccan, but mostly worship Hindu deities. Kali is my matron Goddess. She teaches me with a very rough hand, but you don't really pick your ishta-devata, S/He will come to you. That's what she did to me. I have a little altar in my room, with pictures of Kali Ma and Lord Shiva and a damaru-drum sitting under His image, tiny statues of Kali Ma and Shiva Nataraja, two Sri Durgas, and two Ganeshas. I pay my respects to them every day--giving candy to Ganesha, for example. So I'd say I'm a sort of Indo-Pagan, with considerable Tantric Shaktism influences. I'm passionate and firm about the basic human right of gender equality, that's why I love Tantra so much. And I want to learn more! This is why I'm at Wikipedia--I surf it for fun. Education is fun, before the Internet age I used to browse my father's encyclopedias for fun:).

My Guru is Amritanandamayi, Amma. I haven't met her yet, but hope to do so as soon as I can. I need her hugs! And I want Her to give me a mantra, and hopefully also a spiritual name. I have no idea what "Kali's daughter" would be in Sanskrit, but I'd love to adopt that name, myself:).

Hope that explains something about me. The above is just the short story:).

Namaskar, Om Namah Shivaya to you! And Jai Ma! From me:). --Snowgrouse 22:49, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Pranams, Snowgrouseji,

A truly wonderous and fascinating story, and I'm very glad you shared it with me. I was most amazed to learn that you are a devotee of Ammachi!!! My mother is an ardent devotee of Her, and I attend Amma's satsang here in Madison, WI. I am supremely pleased to know we have one as graceful as you amongst our dharma sadhakas. In fact, Tantra is not considered difficult, but, ideal for the Kali Yuga.

I am a also a Tantrika but of the Kashmir/Trika Shaivite tradition. Here, we have an emphasis on both Devi and Shiva. Ammachi will teach you Vedanta and more, but I've never dared to ask her to teach me the Tantric knowledge.

My blessings on your journey.

Namaḥṣivaya, ॐ Śaiva Sujīţ ॐ 04:04, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Namaskar, Saiva suj-ji! (what does Pranams mean?)I learned more about the Tantric aspects of Devi worship through Amritanandamayi Math's CD-ROM of the Lalita Sahasranama. It has long sections on the Shri Yantra and Tantric Devi worship--I am sure you and your mother would love it--it's really interesting. And how wonderful that you are into Kashmir Shaivism! It's something I've always wanted to know more about, but like I said earlier, it's really hard to find information on it in English. And yup, Tantra is, I think, good for the Kali Yuga--it is a dangerous path, but also more appealing to Westerners in the balance of Goddess and God. And I don't mean the ignorant Westerner here, the ones who think Tantra equals the Kama Sutra (groan...) this is a point I put forward in one of the lectures--our tutor is very knowledgeable about the subject and I just wanted to make it sure to my fellow students that Tantra isn't all about sex. That's a terrible, ignorant, simple delusion, unfortunately propagated by the media (especially in the UK, as Sting is into Tantric sex but also into deep, proper Tantra, but the media only go on about how he can have sex with his wife for five hours. Sigh). Speaking of which, I'm not that much into Sting's music, but I do love the duet he did with Krishna Das, whose music I admire greatly.

I also love Nina Hagen's Om Namah Shivay CD--my favourite mantra comes from that cd. "Jai mata Kali, Jai mata Durge, Jai mata Kali, Jai mata Durge. Kali, Durge, Nammo Nammah, Kali, Durge, Nammo Nammah".:) I chant that mantra whenever I'm in trouble, but first and foremost I pray to Ganesha first, sometimes to Mahalakshmi. So yeah, basically I'm a Western Shakta. I'm a woman and I like it that way--I see my way to enlightenment through Devi and Shiva.

I was supposed to see Amritanandamayi Ma in early November when She came to Finland, but couldn't find my air tickets or their printouts. So sadly, I missed Her. But the curious thing was--on the night I should've been in Finland to receive Her darshan, I got violently ill because I went to a very smoky pub with my flatmate and her friends. I'd only had half a pint of cider (strong cider, 5.0% alcohol), but felt suffocated with the smoke, went to the toilet and nearly fainted there; there was cold sweat all over my skin , it soaked all through my clothes, and I felt really, really sick. So my flatmate rang for a taxi and I had a nice, relaxing bath and then went to bed to relax. I am sure that the sudden illness (I'd been in smoky pubs before) was Amma's reminder of me to stay in good health. I was perfectly fine on the next day! I had prayed to Amma before, to give me a kick up the butt if something went wrong, and I'm sure it was Amma's doing. She keeps Her children in good check! I desperately want to get a mantra from her and a name.

I'd love to chat with you more--are you on Yahoo IM? Or MSN? Because I do need the knowledge! I don't know much about Kashmir Shaivism. At Uni, we were taught about the Sikhs, so no wonder that Kashmir Sikhs are militant--both Muslims and Hindus persecuting them in their home country. That was a sad read:(. But yeah, I want to get in touch with a Kashmir Shaivite, a Tantric one (hopefully you:)), just to learn more. My Yahoo ID is Snowgrouse.

JAI MA!ॐ

Namaskar. Pranam is an offering of respect. Indra Gandhi would always say before a speech "bhaio, bheno, pranam" or, brothers, sisters, pranam. That is a very curious story and I'm glad that you shared it with me. When a guru evades darṣan, one, if devoted, must remain ever vigilant.

In the Mahābhārat, the great teacher of warfare and other kṣatriya skills to the righteous Pāndavas, was Dronācarya. His favorite pupil was the great Partha, or Arjuna. One day, a young tribal prince approached Dronā with devotion begging to be taught by Dronā. He displayed his current skill as an archer and greatly impressed Dronā with his extraordinary capability. However, Dronā was committed to making his favorite pupil Arjuna the greatest archer of the world; he could not except the prince, Ekalavya, as his śiśya.

While meditating on his skill in the forest, Ekalavya was disturbed by the barking of a dog, and shoots many arrow into its mouth to silence it, and by chance, the Pandava princes witnessed this, with amazement. Ekalavya then announces that he is a disciple of Dronā, which very much upsetted Arjuna. Dronā visits Ekalavya with the Pandavas, and upon seeing Dronā, Ekalavya immediately pranams before him (lies at the guru caranam, in bhakṭi). Dronā then sees a statue made in his image, adorned with flowers. Though he was indeed very much impressed with Ekalavya's devotion, he had to protect Arjuna and requested from Ekalavya, as dakṣina the thumb of his right hand. Fully knowing the profound role of the right thumb in archery, Ekalavya without hesitating, pulls out his knife and cuts off his thumb to present it to his guru, Dronācarya.

This is the way one must act to receive kṛpa through bhakṭi, and I pray that one day you, as well as I will have that kind of bhakṭi.

As far as our Koṣur Śaivism goes, I would love to tell you anything about it that I know, but I am far from capable as an instructor. If you are curious about the Kashmir Śaivite tantras or Bhairava Tantras or Monistic Tantras or however you call them, or just the Tantrika Parampara in general, I ask you to keep my Guru Swami Lakshman Joo in mind.

Namaḥṣivaya, ॐ Śaiva Sujīţ ॐ 04:36, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Namaste, Recognise a lot of what you told. I sing also a lot, the um mata kali mata durga, is a favorite that keeps koming back again.

For quite some years already. Used to visit mantra groups. Just because I liked it so much.

Now i have decided to go to Nepal next year. I feel at home with the music and the words. It is a part of me. Thinking of doing a deeksha training in India next year.

Do you have any suggestions of what to do in Nepal, I would like to sing there, if possible. love, Govinda, Holland

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maybe you would like to expand it?--D-Boy 01:11, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't live in Helsinki, so know very little about Finnish Hindus. The minority is tiny even there, so I'm assuming everyone practices at home. I have no contact with Finnish Hindus, so unfortunately I can't expand it:(. Om Shanti, ॐ--Snowgrouse 03:03, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sri Anandamoyi Ma

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