Guest guest Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 Namaste, I was going through an article and would liek to share the same. A very intresting story about Amma and her ten forms as feamle devi shakthi. One of them is shown holding her own freshly severed head, which feeds on the blood flowing from her headless torso; another holds a pair of scissors while sitting triumphant atop a corpse; a third is depicted as an old and ugly widow riding a chariot decorated with the crow as an emblem. The series continues - an unusual assemblage to say the least. The story behind their birth is equally interesting and paradoxically of a romantic origin. Once during their numerous love games, things got out of hand between Shiva and Parvati. What had started in jest turned into a serious matter with an incensed Shiva threatening to walk out on Parvati. No amount of coaxing or cajoling by Parvati could reverse matters. Left with no choice, Parvati multiplied herself into ten different forms for each of the ten directions. Thus however hard Shiva might try to escape from his beloved Parvati, he would find her standing as a guardian, guarding all escape routes. All the names of Amma that oen is aware in neveredning. Each day one comes acrosss a diffrent name. To start with other than the normal names as Devi saraswathi, or Amma kaali there are many other forms and names one to take intoconsideration is: Chinnamasta The sixth of the Maha Vidyas, Chinnamasta is the Goddess who causes us to ‘cut off our own heads’, or, in other words, freeing ourselves from the limitations of the mind. She is the shakti or power of Indra- lightning, the electrical energy of transformation. This represents direct perception, cutting through everything and revealing the Infinite beyond all forms. Chinamasta is also the Kundalini in her active role. Her activity is in the Sushumna nadi, where She traverses up and down and distributes this electrical energy through all the nadis throughout the body. She is also Yoga Shakti, or power of Yoga in its most dramatic action.One way of meditating on her is to see the light that makes the object visible, and not the object itself. Ammas Blessings to All. pranam, Babitha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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