Kali, The Supreme Power

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Tantra views the whole universe as a composite of the quiescent transcendent,

Shiv and the kinetic verb of creation, Shakti. In tantra, Kali, one of the

esoteric manifestations of Shakti, is considered the supreme power. Kali is the

first and foremost of the ten mahavidyas. Kali worship is the doorway of the

mysterious world of tantra.

 

Primarily, there are nine forms of Kali - Dakshin Kali, Bhadra Kali, Shmashan

Kali, Kaal Kali, Guhya Kali, Kamkala Kali, Dhan Kali, Siddhi Kali and Chand

Kali. Kali is also worshiped as Chintamani Kali, Sparshmani Kali, Santatiprada

Kali, Hans Kali, Maha Kali and Maha Maya.

 

Kali has a unique appearance. Those who do not understand actual meaning of her

appearance may find her horrific and terrible. She is black because everything

ends in her. She is naked because she is nature and devoid of all coverings of

illusion. Her ear rings are made of corpses of two children which means she

always listens to the child in us. She wears a garland of fifty freshly

severed, human heads which represent the fifty alphabets of Sanskrit language

and thus, represent knowledge. The blood, dripping from those heads, represents

creative force of nature. She wears a girdle of human hands which emphasizes the

importance of accumulated deeds for salvation. She has four hands. In her lower

left hand, she holds a freshly severed head symbolizing the annihilation of

evil forces. In her upper left hand, she carries the sword of physical

extermination with which she cuts the thread of bondages. Her right hands

gesture to dispel fear and grant

strength.

 

Kali is the wife of Lord Shiv, the destroyer. She destroys everything so that

the new can be created. She brings death to life so that the life in death can

continue. She also kills miseries and misfortunes of her worshipers freeing

them from the cycle of life and death. In Sanskrit, Kali is the feminine form

of the word for Time. Thus, she is eternal.

May God bless you all with perfect health and happiness.

 

Ashish...

 

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