Kali, Maha Kali, Kalike Papaharini..

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This week I'm learning about desire (again). I have been learning about desire

ever since my Guru uttered the questioning words, "You desire desire?"

 

Well that old desire was met. And now, like most people, I have more desire than

I know what to do with, than I can actually conceive.

 

Which is an interesting point, don't you think? My mind can't conceive of the

amount of desire it has. Makes you think desire is more than just a mental

activity...

 

I have recently been taught (again) that no one is above desire. And for those

of you who haven't heard this, this is what Shree Maa said about desire.

 

Q: When will we have no desires left?

A: The moment you die.

 

Pause and reflect on that truth. It is very very powerful.

 

You may be wondering, is Brian going to tie this into anything or is he just

babbling off the top of his head like he usually does?

 

Well, I can tie it in to the preparedness concept.

 

You guys are preparing for the retreat. Goddess bless. In the same way you

prepare yourself to do your sadhana, it is possible to prepare yourself to face

Maha Maya with the same intent as the sadhana you perform. That is to say, and

this ties back to my concept of life as a sadhana, thus another meaning for

sadhu, you can prepare to handle all that Maya will throw at you during your

day.

 

How do we prepare for that? How do we make our daily life a spiritual practice?

 

I have learned and stated many times that the first step toward consciousness is

choosing to not react or when you can't stop the reaction, choosing to pray for

non-reaction. This is a mental exercize that involves a great deal of

introspection and self understanding. Its a process that involves making your

mind up to be like the goddess, or like Krishna, or like Shiva, or like any of

the other dieties.

 

But certain things, namely deep seated fears and desires, especially fears and

desires that exist within the genetic makeup of our bodies, cannot be mentally

programmed around. We cannot program our mind to not react to energies in our

bodies, that's not how reality works.

 

There is only one way to stop the reactions in our minds (especially the ones to

physical desires and fears) and that is to let goddess stop the reactions for

us.

 

She is called Kali in this form and her mantra is OM HRIM SHRIM KRIM PAMESHWARI

KALIKAI SWAHA.

 

I don't have Swamiji's definition of that mantra memorized, but let me express

the feelings it causes within me.

 

It is only through the destruction of desire before its actual incarnation that

we may be free of reaction to it.

 

Kali eats all the desires and fears (they are the same thing viewed from

different mental perspectives) and she does so before they manifest their fruit,

before they cause a reaction in us. Once we feel them it is too late for her to

do anything and that's why the Chandi describes the three worlds filling with

desire as desire's seeds multiply.

 

None of his seeds, that is to say none of his copies can be destroyed and

attempting to do so just causes more seeds to spill. Kali has to go to the

original desire and absorb all of its blood before the blood hits the ground to

vanqish it. Ultimately it perishes by bleeding to death.

 

This is not just an analogy. This is a perfect representation of exactly what

happens within us as we surrender to consciousness.

 

Lately I have been praying to Kali by saying her mantra and these words are the

observation of that recitation.

 

Kali Maa Ki Jai!

 

Brian

 

 

 

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