Navaratri Festival of the Goddess

Coming Home to the Harmony Centre, a sanctuary for the soul

Navaratri is an ancient annual Goddess festival. It celebrates the inevitable defeat of darkness and dullness, ignorance and pain by the vastness of Divine love and wisdom. In the wonderfully evocative way of the Sages of India, there are stories to delight our hearts and inspire us in our own lives, to bring forth victory of the soul over ego, love over fear and wisdom over ignorance and delusion.

This year we will focus upon the grace of the Triple goddess, Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati. We will continue the use of the traditional Navadurga or 9 forms of the goddess to invigorate and enlighten our energy centres. We will also contemplate and give consideration to our life as a vehicle for the Divine Mother. How can we be part of the play of grace? What is our calling arising from within? How can we make a difference, right now, exactly as we are, offering what we have, and finding the deep satisfaction that comes when we allow ourselves to believe in the better world that is waiting to materialize? Instead of giving in to feelings of despair and hopelessness about the state of the world, we can merge with the Goddess and access the miraculous.

We will be active in asking the Divine to enter the battlefield and avert Crisis and flashpoints in world affairs. They will not go away without the spiritual people of the world calling to the Divine to intervene and diffuse evil, tyranny and oppression.

Each day during Navaratri there will be sessions where we can be together online and in person at the beautiful Harmony Centre in Cooranbong. There will be opportunities for ceremony and community through the entire 10 days and nine nights of Navaratri, this year our festival extends beyond the annual 9 nights and 10 days to include our Mission Day weekend. Come for a big lift and shift; an intensive awakening. Or, come to what you can. Many sessions will be recorded if you would like to catch any of them later.

This divinely inspired program is open to all, you can expect powerful sacred energy and blessings, discourses and meditations, sacred music and lots of openhearted bliss.

These priceless experiences are offered by donation to help our community embody the spirit of giving, loving and sharing.

Preparing to catch a wave of Divine intentional energy for transformation. Extract from Satsang with Shakti Durga 1 Oct:

• Talk HERE
• Meditation HERE

Below, you will discover the incredible schedule packed with unforgettable moments. Take a moment to explore the links to sponsor ceremonies or reserve a spot in a cooking class. Please note that we are still adding those final touches to make this event extraordinary. Feel free to view the schedule in full screen or download it for your convenience. To access full screen click on the square above the search icon and to exit full screen click Esc button on your keypad.

A Word on Sponsorship

In the Hindu tradition sponsorship is regarded as a form of seva. During ceremonies with Shakti Durga we also invoke blessings for the wider community, the land and the nature sprites and devas. During Navaratri and through to Mission Day (28 Oct) there are opportunities to offer seva through ceremony sponsorship and sponsorship of Mission Day. Find all opportunities listed on the dashboard, received upon booking.

If you feel pulled to sponsor all 4 Navaratri Durga Fire Ceremonies with Shakti Durga, $432, you can do that  CLICK HERE