KALI TATTWA- is my mother KALI black?

[Guest guest]

Thanks Colin for a prompt and great response. You have told me

exactly what i wanted to hear- coming from a kali bhakta like you,

the response assumes added significance.

 

our beloved colin writes.....

 

 

" Kali Devi is at once dark and radiant because she is the Goddess of

the

depths and the heights.

 

Black or dark blue suggest deep places -- the ocean, the earth, the

tomb,

the womb. Radiant light suggests the sky, the sun, the heavens.

 

Kali is both descent and ascent, moha and vidya."

 

Beautiful words!

 

OUR BELOVED THAKORE sri ramakrishna SAYS

 

-" you see her as black you are FAR AWAY from her. go near and you

will find HER DEVOID OF COLOR. the water of a lake appears black from

a distance. go near and take the water in your

hand, and you will see that it has no color at at all.

similarly, the sky looks blue from a distance. but look at

the atmosphere near you, it has no color. the nearer

you come to GOD, the more you will realize that HE

has neither name , nor form. if you move away from

the divine mother, you will find HER blue, like the

grass flower. "

 

THE POET SINGS THUS.... :

 

"Is Kali, my Divine Mother, of a black complexion?

She appears black because She is viewed from a distance;

but when intimately known She is no longer so.

The sky appears blue at a distance, but look at it close by

and you will find that it has no colour.

The water of the ocean looks blue at a distance,

but when you go near and take it in your hand,

you find that it is colourless."

 

the mahanirvana tantra also explains what the colors represent ....

 

"The aspects of the Goddess are represented by colous in accordance

with her qualities; conferring liberation She is contemplated as

white; as perserver of all She is seen as red, as destroyer She is

tawny; conferring bliss She is rose-colored; as bestower of wealth

and good fortunes She is saffron-yellow...

 

but then black is beautiful; the queen of colors; it is a 'sexy'

color; 'it is also a color of passion'; black is the color in which

all colors merge; black absolves and dissolves all colors.

 

"just as colors disappear in black . so all names and forms

disappear in her"' (Mahanirvana Tantra).

 

ALSO, black is said to represent the total absence of color, again

signifying the nature of Kali as ultimate reality. This in Sanskrit

is named as nirguna (beyond all quality and form). Either way, Kali's

black color symbolizes her transcendence of all form.

 

yes, our divine mother Kali with her sword of discrimination destroys

our 'ego' and all the negative emotions like lust, greed, anger.

desires, pride, arrogance, ignorance etc...

 

One should worship Kali knowing she is beyond all gunas (Gunatita)

and is absolute reality or PARA VIDYA!

 

JAI MAHAKALI!

 

JAI GURUDEVA!

 

thanx colin! i wish you would visit us more frequently and share

divine knowledge with us; your posts are a feast to the eyes; music

to the soul.

 

"the road to the heights begins in the depths"

 

yes, pearls are always found in the bottom of the sea, is not it!!

 

dive deep!!!! taste the nectar of kali's divinity!!

 

love

[Guest guest]

One of Kali's names is Gauri - Golden.

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adi_shakthi16

Tuesday, May 07, 2002 7:24 AM

KALI TATTWA- is my mother KALI black?

Thanks Colin for a prompt and great response. You have told me exactly

what i wanted to hear- coming from a kali bhakta like you, the

response assumes added significance. our beloved colin writes..... "

Kali Devi is at once dark and radiant because she is the Goddess of

thedepths and the heights.Black or dark blue suggest deep places --

the ocean, the earth, the tomb,the womb. Radiant light suggests the

sky, the sun, the heavens.Kali is both descent and ascent, moha and

vidya." Beautiful words! OUR BELOVED THAKORE sri ramakrishna SAYS -"

you see her as black you are FAR AWAY from her. go near and you will

find HER DEVOID OF COLOR. the water of a lake appears black froma

distance. go near and take the water in yourhand, and you will see

that it has no color at at all.similarly, the sky looks blue from a

distance. but look atthe atmosphere near you, it has no color. the

neareryou come to GOD, the more you will realize that HEhas neither

name , nor form. if you move away fromthe divine mother, you will

find HER blue, like thegrass flower. "THE POET SINGS THUS.... : "Is

Kali, my Divine Mother, of a black complexion? She appears black

because She is viewed from a distance; but when intimately known She

is no longer so.The sky appears blue at a distance, but look at it

close by and you will find that it has no colour. The water of the

ocean looks blue at a distance,but when you go near and take it in

your hand, you find that it is colourless." the mahanirvana tantra

also explains what the colors represent ...."The aspects of the

Goddess are represented by colous in accordance with her qualities;

conferring liberation She is contemplated aswhite; as perserver of

all She is seen as red, as destroyer She is tawny; conferring bliss

She is rose-colored; as bestower of wealth and good fortunes She is

saffron-yellow...but then black is beautiful; the queen of colors; it

is a 'sexy' color; 'it is also a color of passion'; black is the color

in which all colors merge; black absolves and dissolves all colors.

"just as colors disappear in black . so all names and forms

disappear in her"' (Mahanirvana Tantra).ALSO, black is said to

represent the total absence of color, again signifying the nature of

Kali as ultimate reality. This in Sanskrit is named as nirguna

(beyond all quality and form). Either way, Kali's black color

symbolizes her transcendence of all form.yes, our divine mother Kali

with her sword of discrimination destroys our 'ego' and all the

negative emotions like lust, greed, anger. desires, pride, arrogance,

ignorance etc... One should worship Kali knowing she is beyond all

gunas (Gunatita) and is absolute reality or PARA VIDYA! JAI MAHAKALI!

JAI GURUDEVA! thanx colin! i wish you would visit us more frequently

and share divine knowledge with us; your posts are a feast to the

eyes; music to the soul. "the road to the heights begins in the

depths" yes, pearls are always found in the bottom of the sea, is not

it!! dive deep!!!! taste the nectar of kali's divinity!! love To

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