To Parvati about The Picture Show-Kali

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Parvati wrote:

 

Swamiji says in the introduction of the Kali Puja book:

 

"Kaala means darkness. Kaalii takes away Darkness. She takes away that

Darkness from every individual who strives in the path of perfection by performing

the spiritual disciplines of purifying austerities. Just as all the colors

of the spectrum mix into black, yet still black remains black, so too, Kaalii

who is completely Dark, Unknowable, takes away all the Darkness, yet She

Herself, remains unchanged."

 

 

Dear Parvati ~ thanks so much for including this quote from the introduction

of the Kali Book. I still don't have mine yet, and this helps. I am still

reciting the Chandi, and have realized that where the Goddesses are named in

the English, but I can't tell Whom they are in the Sanskrit transliteration, I

am confused. So I thought this was so ...Kali is the one who takes our

darkness away. I remember a song Mitra wrote about Shree Maa ... at least I thought

it was about Shree Maa, but perhaps it was about Kali. Something like:

"She's our Mother; we bring her flowers. We chant Her name for hours and hours.

And she takes our darkness away. She takes our darkness away." It is such a

beautiful song.

 

So one Chandi question. Is Durga the Grreat Measurement? Thank you ~ Linda