WHAT WE RECEIVED
Names, forms, stories and traditions carried forward over time.
VIJAYADASAMI
We Began With Her
Every night began with the Devi herself.
Her name. Her form. The stories and traditions through which she has been remembered.
We tried to look before deciding.
To distinguish what was received from what we were adding.
To allow different traditions to remain different when they did not say exactly the same thing.
Only then did GoluGirl ask another question:
What might this encounter help us notice in our own lives?
WHAT WE NOTICED
Details worth looking at carefully before assigning them a meaning.
WHAT GOLUGIRL ASKED
One contemporary question that could travel back into ordinary life.
Tradition gave us the ground.
Interpretation opened a doorway.
Ordinary life gave us somewhere to carry it.