Being Ram

Rupam dehi jayam dehi yasho dehi dvisho jahi Grant us  beauty , Grant us victory, Grant us welfare, remove all hostility. Dehi saubhagyam arogyam dehi mein paramam sukham Give us auspiciousness , health and ultimate never ending happiness . -Devi Mahatmya. I have been chanting this mantra as a regular part of shodoshopchari Puja (the 16 fold offerings) for years. However this year during Ganesh puja, this mantra brought in a new awareness in my heart .This Mantra kind of started ringing and echoing for the whole day and it just doesn't stop even after Mangal Murti  has left for his divine abode. How much do we ask from the Lord.? Are we into devotion ? or a business of devotion ? "Oh lord we offer you this small Puja and some Modaks and give us almost everything under the sun . Make me handsome , give me wealth , give me sons ( Not one , many :-) :-) ), make me victorious , give me health ." On the one hand we say that the lord is all powerful...