Help me to understand something that happened

[kralaro]

http://www.bhagavad-gita.org/Gita/verse-04-29.html

SpiritualForums isn't handling well bolding within links.

All the links except the first one are working thanks so much. I'm enjoying reading.

[kris]

Goddess, Where Art Thou?

The above link is about goddess Parvati, not Lakshmi. But it contains some general insight into Indian goddesses. For example, here is an excerpt:

To see how Parvati can be such a powerfully helpful energy in the life of a woman trying to balance strength and softness, it helps to understand why an Indian goddess figure might be relevant to your life at all. In psychological terms, the deities of the Indian tradition are archetypes, subtle energies lying deep within the unconscious. In the language of yoga, however, the major deities of the Indian tradition are literally aspects, or faces, of the one divine reality. Indian tradition worships reality as a single seamless whole, in which the Divine is not only transcendent and formless but also layered into the cellular structure of the world and capable of taking personal forms. Deities like Krishna, Shiva, Durga, Rama, and Lakshmi, according to this tradition, are more than symbols. Their figures contain the full power of the Absolute in a particular aspect, and when you contemplate them, they shed a particular quality of light into your consciousness.

[Vinayaka]

What you've experienced is fairly common as an entrance to Hinduism. Some are drawn by Ganesha, others by Siva, etc.

Thank you all for replying. I have joined a yoga class and I'm really enjoying it.

Hello Whispering Wind!
Wow! You have so much nice exeperiences, I think u get ur replies what u want... So I only suggest u at previously noted read bhagavat geeta with full of devotion and follow it then u feel extreme peace of mind also If u can't understand anything in life u can ask to ur mind, you will get answer or u can ask to god (whichever u feel more bonding, afterall god is one) and you will get answer in some indication, stay alert and do ur best in yoga classes!
Wish u a good luck!

[ajay00]

I had experienced the same thing with Laughing Buddha statues, in which I experienced a high level of positive energy. If you are aware and sensitive by practice of mindfulness, you will be able to identify positive energy or negative energy in things.

This perhaps can also be a past life connection .