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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