Listen to me, Death! (a beautiful article)

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That is such an old school article. I am shocked that you just now stumbled

upon it. It is a beautiful article nonetheless. I believe every word of it.

Kali is a beautiful being and she can never be fully understood by mere

mortals. I have been worshippiung her since birth. She is our family's deity.

I love her. She is my Mother..........Jai Kali!!!!

 

later-Rani

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Pranam. As usual, I was surfing and I found this gem. I wanted to share it with

you, so, here it is.For those who wish to explore a bit more, i shall provide

the link at the end of the message.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Great Goddess Kali can never be understood by the intellect. To know Her we

must plunge into Her luscious, radiant, blackness, dive through our fear into

Her terrifying mystery and allow ourselves to dissolve in Her velvety midnight

embrace. By Her grace we may know the unutterable truth of Her love, even as we

are annihilated by Her infinitude. Beware, you may return babbling, forever lost

to your spouse!

 

Kali is the Source, the One that gives birth to All. Known as a slayer of demons

She destroys the army of mind-born delusions that separate us from the Divine.

To our bound, limited and contracted identities She strikes terror, appearing as

a coal-black, sword-wielding, blood-smeared dancer of death and destruction. To

our true Self, She is our supremely beautiful Beloved, performing a ballet of

incomparable grace.

 

Only a poet saint can assemble the words necessary to point our attention toward

Her. Ramprasad Sen, the eighteenth-century Bengali poet-saint, is one of the

most loquacious of Her devotees. Lex Hixon brilliantly rendered Ramprasad’s

poems into English verse in his book, Mother of the Universe. Letting your mind

step aside for a moment, allow your heart and soul to feast on these two poems:

 

My blissful Mother exists fully through every creature! (1)

 

Meditate, O mind, on the mystery of Kali.

Use any method of worship you please,

or be free from methods,

breathing day and night her living name

as the seed of power

planted by the teacher in your heart.

 

Consider the simple act of lying down to sleep

as devoted offering of body and mind to her.

Allow your dreams to become

radiant meditations on the Cosmic Mother.

As you wander through countryside or city,

feel that you are moving through Kali, Kali, Kali.

All sounds you hear are her natural mantras

arising spontaneously

as the whole universe worships her,

prostrates to her, awakens to her.

 

The Goddess, who is unitive wisdom,

constitutes the letters of every alphabet.

Every word secretly bears the power of her name.

 

The singer of this mystic hymn is overwhelmed:

“Wonderful! Wonderful! My blissful Mother

exists fully through every creature!

O wandering poet,

whatever food or drink you receive,

offer as oblation in the sacrificial fire of your body

and dissolve your mind

into her all-encompassing reality.

 

 

 

Listen to me, Death! (2)

 

Listen to me, Death!

You must leave here immediately.

How can you touch me?

I have captured Goddess Kali.

I have bound her hands and feet

with adamantine strands of pure love.

Her intimate presence alone

now shines from the stronghold of my heart.

The twelve-petal lotus that floats in my chest

is surrounded by her fierce flames.

 

I contemplate with awe

the thousand-petal lotus at my crown

where the golden honey of mystic union

is flowing eternally.

O Mother Kundalini,

my entire being is swept upward continuously

by your current of wisdom energy.

 

I have taken precautions so that Goddess Kali

cannot escape from within me.

Single-minded devotion guards her with every breath.

These two eyes are her gatekeepers.

My third eye has become her own clear vision.

 

Suspecting that the fatal fever of egocentricity

would attack my mind and body,

I have taken the ancient remedy

prescribed by my illumined master.

The medicine Om Kali, taken four times daily,

cures the chronic illness of me! me! me!

 

Emboldened by the indwelling of the Mother,

this warrior poet calls out:

“Listen to me, Death, so your insane pride

will at last be humbled.

You can take away only this form.

I have already begun my deathless journey,

chanting Kali! Kali! Kali!

 

 

 

The Mantra Om Kali Ma

 

The mantra Om Kali Ma vibrates with Her power and serves as a Divine vehicle for

transporting you into Her domain. Using it for meditation, you breathe in Om

Kali Ma with every inhalation, silently repeating it in your mind, savoring the

subtle sounds of each syllable as She infuses every cell of your body with Her

power, radiance and love. With every exhalation, silently breathe out Om Kali

Ma, feeling Her presence filling the universe around you. Breathe in Om Kali Ma

drinking in Her elixir. Breathe out Om Kali Ma as you float like a bubble in the

ocean of the Divine. Your body may be gently swayed by Her lullaby as the

ego-mind falls asleep and the Divine awakens within you. Meditate daily, taking

delight in all She shows you. Om Kali Ma, Jai Kali Ma!

 

When the intellect grows jealous of the heart and soul enjoying the nectar of

meditation on Her, you can feed your mind the works of Lex Hixon and Ramakrishna

Paramahamsa - the great 19th century Kali devotee of Dakshineshwar, India.

Elizabeth Harding’s book, Kali: The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar, is also well

worth reading. Chanting the names of the Goddess or listening to such chants is

a sublime practice in itself. The recordings of Krishna Das - One Track Heart,

Pilgrim Heart and Live on Earth - may move you into Her ecstasy. The visions

Kali granted me are shared in The Soul's Journey: Guidance From The Divine

Within.

 

Jai Kali Ma!

 

Notes:

 

(1) Lex Hixon, Mother of the Universe, 1994, Wheaton, Ill. Theosophical

Publishing House., p. 40.

(2) Ibid, p. 58.

 

 

What can I say about the two poems? Reading, no, enjoying them brought tears of

joy to my eyes.

 

The link is: http://www.thesoulsjourney.com/kali.html

 

With Love

 

Shankaree

 

 

 

 

 

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Greetings Shankaree

 

Thank you. This is indeed beautiful.

 

 

Om ParaShaktiye Namaha