Join us for this sacred gathering to honor the Goddess energies that are available for us to work with. This month we are working with the Mother Goddess Kali Maa, the divine, compassionate liberator.
Kali comes from the Sanskrit root word Kal which means time. There is nothing that escapes the all-consuming march of time and Kali can help you step out of time to heal and empower your life. In Tibetan Buddhism Her counterpart is male with the name Kala. Mother Kali is the most misunderstood of the Hindu goddesses. The Encyclopedia Britannica is grossly mistaken in the following quote, "Major Hindu goddess whose iconography, cult, and mythology commonly associate her with death, sexuality, violence, and, paradoxically in some of her later historical appearances, motherly love."
It is partly correct to say Kali is a goddess of death as She brings the death of the ego as the illusory self-centered view of reality. Nowhere in the Hindu stories is She seen killing anything but demons nor is She associated specifically with the process of human dying like the Hindu god Yama (who really is the god of death). It is true that both Kali and Shiva are said to inhabit cremation grounds and devotees often go to these places to meditate. This is not to worship death but rather it is to overcome the I-am-the-body idea by reinforcing the awareness that the body is a temporary condition. Shiva and Kali are said to inhabit these places because it is our attachment to the body that gives rise to the ego. Shiva and Kali grant liberation by removing the illusion of the ego. Thus we are the eternal I AM and not simply the body.
Of all the forms of Devi, She is the most compassionate because She provides moksha or liberation to Her children. She is the counterpart of Shiva the destroyer. They are the destroyers of unreality. The ego sees Mother Kali and trembles with fear because the ego sees in Her its own eventual demise. A person who is attached to his or her ego will not be receptive to Mother Kali and she will appear in a fearsome form. A mature soul who engages in spiritual practice to remove the illusion of the ego sees Mother Kali as very sweet, affectionate, and overflowing with incomprehensible love for Her children.
Kali is the Kundalini energy that paralyses the attachments produced by the solar and lunar currents. This attachment causes fear of death. In the ignorant ones she creates fear, while for others Kali removes the avidya (ignorance) that makes us fear death, the basic insecurity of the First Chakra , a fear rooted in the brain stem or primitive brain.
In her fierce form, Ma Kali wears a garland of skulls and a skirt of dismembered arms because the ego arises out of identification with the body. In truth we are beings of spirit and not flesh. So liberation can only proceed when our attachment to the body ends. Thus the garland and skirt are trophies worn by Her to symbolize having liberated Her children from attachment to the limited body. She holds a sword and a freshly severed head dripping blood. As the story goes, this represents a great battle in which she destroyed the demon Raktabija. Her black skin represents the womb of the quantum unmanifest from which all of creation arises and into which all of creation will eventually dissolve. She is depicted as standing on Shiva who lays beneath Her with white skin (in contrast to Her black or sometimes dark blue skin). He has a blissful detached look. Shiva represents pure formless awareness sat-chit-ananda (being-consciousness-bliss) while She represents "form" eternally supported by the substratum of pure awareness.
The notion that Kali Maa is the goddess of death, sex and violence is simply utter nonsense. She is the goddess of enlightenment or liberation and what she destroys is ignorance and the over-inflated ego, nothing more. This may well include addictions and attachments. She is the quintessential Power Mother.
According to Hindu mythology we are now in Kali-Yuga being the fourth stage of the cosmic time frame. In this kali Yuga only Kali and Ganesh are the two divine forces which can effectively protect you against all evil forces. Invoking their power and bringing it forth from within ourselves is undoubtedly our final panacea.
The Upanishad quotes: "kalou kali vinayaka"
That is the reason why this Yuga is being called as "KALI-YUGA" i.e.,the Kali-Age,
the period ruled by Mother Kali. The Eternal Kali has the absolute control of the time element
governed by the cosmic belt. She is beyond Yugas and Vedas (sacred knowledge). Words are not sufficient to describe this divinity. We need not ask anything.She knows our need. Mother Kali will bless the devotees with all the benefits sheerly by focusing upon and honoring her.
Kali brings:
1) All around success.
2) Abundant wealth.
3) Recovery from fear, misery and total ruin.
4) Complete destruction of enemies & evil forces.
5) Mental peace and ultimate salvation.
Click here to work with Mother Kali's Yantra and to learn more about working with Yantras.
When: July 17th, Friday 6:30pm
Where: Church of Spiritual Light, 1939 Park Meadows Dr., Unit 1, Ft. Myers, Fl 33907
Cost: $10
Call: Renee at 239-560-6314 to RSVP
(Please bring any old magazines, greeting cards, imagery or cutouts that you may have.)
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Kali Ma & Super Massive Black Holes
Mother's MultiplicityKali Desktop Wallpaper
Kali Mantra Audio
Shri Maa
