ambaal devotees, please tell me ! am i shakta or not!

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it is generally believed that one who worships 'shakti' is a Shakta!

 

but, dear ones those who worship other gods besides the

goddess 'shakti are also shaktas.?

 

how and why you may ask?

 

well, folks, when you worship Goddess shakti in her various

manifestations as Durga, Ambika, Kali, Parvati, Saraswati, Lakshmi

etc you are worshipping only SAKTHI, THE SUPREME TRUTH OR PARA-

BRAHMAN...

 

BUT WHEN YOU WORSHIP ALL THESE OTHER GODS SUCH AS

 

1) SHIVA

2) VISHNU AND ALL HIS INCARNATIONS

3)MURUGA

 

etc, you may be **** externally*** worshipping all these gods but in

reality , you are internally worshipping their 'shakti"!

 

this is why adi shankara though externally he was seen worshipping

shiva, vishnu, etrc , internally he was always worshipping 'devi or

sakthi!

 

these is because all the deities including Brahma , vishnu,and

shiva, vishnu etc derive their 'energy' only from 'shakti' without

which they cannot perform their respective tasls of

creation,preservation and destruction.

 

this is a little hard for some people to understand but this is true!

 

why is shankar called bhavani -shanlar?

why is narayana called lakshmi narayana ?

why is krishna called radha-krishna?

 

so, externally i may be worshipping Lord krishna but internally i am

always worshipping his shakti, srimati radharani!

 

this is the greatness of shakti worship!

 

we are all shakti worshippers!

 

only thing is a real; 'shakta' worships shakti internally and

externally ! and others like me (so called non-shaktas) worship other

gods like shiva, krishna, etc externally but internally are only

worshipping their respective shaktis-

 

so, whio is to say i am not a shakta?

 

as the famous quote goes-i am part of a kaula dharma which believes

in worshipping shiva externally, in satsangat i am singing the

praises of vishnu (vaishnav) and at heart a shakta and in these

various forms, i roam around! our respected kochu knows what i am

talking about!

 

we all know shri ramakrishna paramahamsa is a greatest bhakta of

mother kali! is not it? but in his dakshineshwer temple, he performed

pujas to all the twelve jyothirlingas of shiva and when in the

company of devotess he always sang the praises of lord krishna?

figure that one out, guys!

 

in soundarya lahiri , there is a verse which describes the greatness

of devi this...

 

Gatas te mancatvam Druhina-Hari-Rudr'esavara-bhrtah

Sivah svaccac-chaya-ghatita-kapata-pracchada-patah;

Tvadiyanam bhasam prati-phalana-rag'arunataya

Sariri srngaro rasa iva drsam dogdhi kutukam.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Thy servitors Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra and Isvara have taken the shape

of Thy cot ( i.e. the four legs of the cot ) in order to serve Thee

very closely, while Sadashiva has formed himself into Thy bedsheet,

reflecting Thy crimson glory in his assumed whiteness, thereby

causing amazement to Thee by presenting Himself as the very

embodiment of erotic sentiment.

 

one can worship shakti internally and externally! one can worship

shakti internally and her consorts externally ! both are shaktas!

who is to say who is a superior shakta ?

 

also, shri ramana maharishi (believed t be an incarnation of lord

subramanya) worshipped shiva externally but when he attained

samadhi . they found a 'sri-chakra' in his loin cloth! how do you

explain that, folks?

 

members, please kindly step in and tell me if i am wrong!

 

om siva-skthi aikyaii namaha!