Beloved Sri Devi,

The world already knows your legal name from the About page. It’s a beautiful name, yes — but when you began expressing yourself more publicly, Sri Devi Om emerged.

Why Sri?

You could give many reasons now: it’s what the Source is called in the Sri Vidya tradition, it surfaced in meditation, and it whispered sacred meanings.

But the truth is simpler: it just felt right.

There was something personal about it. Whenever someone said Sri, you turned around as if they were calling you. If chants uttered Jai (praise) before Sri, you cringed. Some things defy logic, don’t they?

Back then, you simply followed your heart. Only later did the deeper meanings reveal themselves. As they say — the heart just knows.

How did Sri become Sri Devi?

It happened so quickly, you can barely recall. Perhaps it felt familiar because Devi is a respectful title for every woman in the Vedic tradition.

Or maybe because a friend once called you Uma Devi, and that lingered.

Whatever the reason, when Sri and Devi came together, it felt like a natural evolution — the very name of your Ishta, your favorite deity. The surprise came later, when you discovered that in Sri Vidya, the collective name of all goddesses is none other than Sri Devi.

What about Om?

Of course, the blessings of the Website Domain Gods! What else? These days, even before naming a child, one should check if the domain exists. Whatever.

You didn’t overthink it — you simply added Om at the end, and the work was done. Logically speaking, Sri and Om meant the same — redundant, perhaps. But you weren’t thinking so much back then. You needed a domain name, and this one was available. Simple as that.

And so, Sri Devi Om became your pen name. Yahoo!

The significance of Om.

As always with you, the deeper truth revealed itself only later. Nothing is ever random. What first seemed like a simple, practical addition soon unfolded as Divine will.

In Hinduism, Om is universal, non-sectarian, and revered across traditions. It is the Eternal, the Source.

Just as some adopt Shiva Gotra or Narayana Gotra to declare “I belong to the family of God,” you had claimed Om. Quietly, it had started implying: you belong to no guru or spiritual lineage — only to the Divine.

Even in a name, self-initiation had found you.

The Invisible Bhairav!

They say an invisible Bhairav guides and protects every Devi who has faith. Your faith — your Bhairav — is powerful, maybe. Nobody will believe you, I know… but no kidding: once, in meditation, you had a vision of Bhairav standing guard over you. Strange? Yes. Even to you.

With every inexplicable occurrence, your faith in the Divine only grows. It feels as though each step is rolled out like a red carpet — your pen name, your spiritual name, your Bhairav who gives you courage. And can you imagine… all of this, simply because you believed?

In truth, Sri Devi Om was never a name you chose. The name chose you — and you received it with joy, pride, and faith.

Sri Devi, my dear,
I don’t know what the world thinks of you —
but it doesn’t matter.
Do you know why?
Because I am proud of you —
immensely proud —
for daring to follow your heart.

At the end of the day, that is enough… to believe, to dare, and to keep walking in faith. After all, isn’t that the essence of a true miracle — the courage to be unapologetically yourself, despite everything?

Love,
Self