Durga Dasi
Invisible
Feeling invisible can seem like a jab straight to the heart... a piercing sort of pain leaving us to spiral in an endless chasm of gray,...
top of page
Land Acknowledgement: I live and primarily work on the land of the Chumash Nation.
Photo: Vy Robles
Search
Durga Dasi
- Jul 7
- 3 min
Picture Perfect...?
I'm a perfectionist in recovery... the "recovery" part of my journey dawned along with the Motherhood path of my journey. It's not easy,...
32 views0 comments
Durga Dasi
- May 23
- 2 min
Dark Side of the Moon
Moon... lunar... feminine... my thoughts flow as a stream in my brain, which strives to articulate feelings that can be only unsaid....
20 views0 comments
Durga Dasi
- May 9
- 3 min
What We're Made Of
Within the bosom of Her love is peace… a serenity so deep, it’s hard to fathom. To be held here, in Her arms at Her breast, requires only...
30 views0 comments
Durga Dasi
- May 1, 2022
- 3 min
Conceivable Surrender
I've always wanted to be a mother. I remember, as a small child, dressing my cat in doll clothes and parading her around my Grandmother's...
58 views0 comments
Durga Dasi
- Feb 9, 2022
- 7 min
Sacred Humanity (Part 3)
(A three part series adapted from my final paper for the "Subtle Anatomy" course I completed for Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir.)...
8 views0 comments
Durga Dasi
- Jan 31, 2022
- 4 min
Sacred Humanity (Part 2)
(A three part series adapted from my final paper for the "Subtle Anatomy" course I completed for Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir.) In...
12 views0 comments
Durga Dasi
- Jan 17, 2022
- 2 min
Sacred Humanity (part 1)
(A three part series adapted from my final paper for the "Subtle Anatomy" course I completed for Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir.)...
16 views0 comments
Durga Dasi
- Aug 4, 2021
- 3 min
Grandfather's Gift of Forgiveness
My Grandfather was a well known and highly respected person. His birthday is Aug 6... in just two days. He would have been 94 years old...
37 views0 comments
Durga Dasi
- Jul 29, 2021
- 3 min
Tradition
We live in a time freckled by the scars of human evolution. Politics are becoming more polarized, in-fighting rips communities apart, and...
15 views0 comments
Durga Dasi
- Nov 17, 2020
- 6 min
From Dasya to Prati Vatsalya: Journeying to the Heart of the Mother (Pt 4)
It seems that the bridge between Kali as Master and She as Mother is the idea of stepmother. Sri Ramakrishna says, “Pray to the Divine...
37 views0 comments
Durga Dasi
- Sep 14, 2020
- 6 min
From Dasya to Prati Vatsalya: Journeying to the Heart of the Mother (Pt 3)
As Grace would have it, I ended up in a mindfulness based, outpatient program for people with PTSD. Though I had practiced asana off and...
40 views0 comments
Durga Dasi
- Jul 21, 2020
- 3 min
From Dasya to Prati Vatsalya: Journeying to the Heart of the Mother (Pt 2)
SwamiJi Ambikananda Saraswati’s words resonate deeply: “This Goddess from halfway around the world: should I—and did I even have the...
47 views0 comments
Durga Dasi
- Jul 15, 2020
- 5 min
From Dasya to Prati Vatsalya: Journeying to the Heart of the Mother (Pt 1)
Growing up in a fundamentalist Christian home (Assemblies of God, to be precise), I’ve always been well versed in being a humble servant...
46 views0 comments
Durga Dasi
- May 28, 2020
- 2 min
Sacred Declaration
It is a sacred life that I live… sacredness that I choose to embark upon with this breath… and now this one. One by one, choosing to be...
38 views0 comments
Durga Dasi
- Apr 5, 2020
- 2 min
Rupum Dehi...
Rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi 🌹🔱🌹 Grant us Your form (Liberation), Grant us victory, Grant us welfare, remove all...
89 views0 comments
Durga Dasi
- Mar 29, 2020
- 3 min
Hanuman and the Grace of Fear
Let’s discuss a four lettered word, beginning with the letter F. No, not that one… the OTHER “F-Word”… Fear. Fear is a thief, stealing...
12 views0 comments
Durga Dasi
- Mar 28, 2020
- 3 min
She Calls
What becomes of a writer if she doesn’t transcribe her thoughts to page? Or an artist whose brush never carries the vibrancy of her...
23 views0 comments
Durga Dasi
- Sep 5, 2019
- 1 min
Fierce Love
I came across this journal entry as I was painfully seeking words to soothe my own heart. These words were given to me as I sat before...
52 views0 comments
Durga Dasi
- Sep 2, 2019
- 5 min
Ganesha Chaturthi
The story of Ganesha's birth is quite fascinating... even more so are the deep spiritual truths embedded in the heart of the story. We...
20 views0 comments
bottom of page