Alx at fire
the great saints love to use the fire element to do their work & healing.
Shirdi Baba was an expert with the fire. my teacher Kaleshwara is often found, especially late at night, sitting in front of his dhuni, or firepit. a lot of times they'll set up a cot for him, outside under the stars, near that pit, and he'll sleep out there, all night, next to his fire.
I used to watch the priests in Penukonda, the village where the ashram is located, in the temple there, doing homa (fire ceremony) after homa. I thought it'd be great fun to be a pujari, but since women in India aren't usually pujaris, it never crossed my mind I would ever actually DO such a thing.
in America, however, I'm finding that being a pujari, or maybe the feminine, 'pujarini' is awesome fun.
this is early on in the homa, when the fire is just beginning to get underway.
Shirdi Baba was an expert with the fire. my teacher Kaleshwara is often found, especially late at night, sitting in front of his dhuni, or firepit. a lot of times they'll set up a cot for him, outside under the stars, near that pit, and he'll sleep out there, all night, next to his fire.
I used to watch the priests in Penukonda, the village where the ashram is located, in the temple there, doing homa (fire ceremony) after homa. I thought it'd be great fun to be a pujari, but since women in India aren't usually pujaris, it never crossed my mind I would ever actually DO such a thing.
in America, however, I'm finding that being a pujari, or maybe the feminine, 'pujarini' is awesome fun.
this is early on in the homa, when the fire is just beginning to get underway.
posted by Alx Uttermann @ 1:30 AM
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