To form a bond with the Divine Mother all that is needed is the chord of devotion fastened with the threads of faith and stamped permanently with the seal of surrender. No other qualification is needed. In fact even if it is difficult to have all the three, then mere faith is enough. Of course what is meant by faith is not a mental belief though even that is good enough to start with. Faith is something deeper, it is a seeing of the soul that spontaneously recognises the Divine Mother without any analysis or outer proof.
The main thing therefore is to cultivate faith, devotion and surrender. To develop these elements that are anyways fundamental to all spiritual seeking, one should spend time hearing and reading about the Mother, better still hearing Her Voice, sravana and manana, concentrating upon Her Presence in the centre of the chest or outside on Her photographs as well as inwardly remember Her, nidhidhyasana and smarana, stay in the company of those full of faith, aspiration and surrender, satsang, and away from the company of those that drag the consciousness down. One of the best books to read on this subject is Sri Aurobindo’s ‘The Mother ‘ with questions and answers on the Mother.
This of course is the beginning. As the faith becomes firmly established, as the devotion grows deeper, the remembrance more constant, the consecration and surrender more complete the bond deepens into the discovery that we are Her children, eternal portions of Her Love until a time comes when we find Her everywhere and in everything.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
