thanks db for an explanation of kali's iconography!

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this reminds me of lines from a swami vivekananda poems..

 

Sacrifice of Self discloses the Eternal

Then alone can death cease

when I am one with life,

then alone can misery cease

when I am one with happiness itself,

then alone can all errors cease

when I am one with knowledge itself.

 

the skull in kali's hand represents man's ego!

 

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Who dares misery love,

And hug the form of Death,

Dance in Destruction's dance.

To him the Mother comes.

 

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jai mahakali!!!!!