About Kali.

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The image/icon of Kali has been analysed from so many angles,

feminist structural, historical and from the point of view of

psychoanalysis. Nobody can really *explain* kali, thats the whole

point.

 

For me personally, the image of Kali standing or having sex with a

supine Shiva has the same meaning as the Srichakra with its five

downward pointing and four upward pointing triangles. It represents

conciousness and energy in eternal coitus giving rise to the entire

universe and being the entire universe.

 

She is not something that is uncorntrollable and should be

controlled, she can never be controlled. She is beyond mind,beyond

all duality and she is the totality.

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, "jaimaa1008"

<jaimaa1008> wrote:

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> The image/icon of Kali has been analysed from so many angles,

> feminist structural, historical and from the point of view of

> psychoanalysis. Nobody can really *explain* kali, thats the whole

> point.

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> For me personally, the image of Kali standing or having sex with a

> supine Shiva has the same meaning as the Srichakra with its five

> downward pointing and four upward pointing triangles. It

represents

> conciousness and energy in eternal coitus giving rise to the

entire

> universe and being the entire universe.

>

 

Perfect! the yin and the yang in eternal becoming.

> She is not something that is uncorntrollable and should be

> controlled, she can never be controlled. She is beyond mind,beyond

> all duality and she is the totality.

 

And in the totality, it is possible, just possible that she is "also

uncontrollable". if she is not, then she is not the "totality".

 

If you (and others) can appreciate this viewpoint, maybe you can

understand the metaphor Nora and I posted at different times.

 

One more point: there is no need to see the "uncontrollable" as a

weakness (this is the implied meaning I am reading in your post).

that is hardly what was being suggested. You can instead see it as

a "lila" that endeavors to endear certain devotees to Lord Shiva, or

for that matter, to put devotees in awe of Kali Ma's obvious temper

at injustice and tyranny towards her devotees (hence she drank the

asuras blood etc)

 

Shiva, Kali, Vishnu, Jesus, and so on. Who cares which deity you

attune to, to reach the goal (nirguna brahman / nirvikalpa samadhi)?

 

All I am requesting is that instead of taking it as a slight to

Mother Kali which was never intended, take it as a metaphor to

glorify Lord Shiva or even Ma Kali.

 

In the end, they are all one..... if you get this, you get; if you

don't get this, you don't. either way, there is nothing to be done

except to accept that the viewpoints are different, but that we are

all praising the same ideal/goal.

 

Jai Ma!