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prAna Shakti

Goddess PrAna is said to reside in the heart of all beings. She is the अधिष्ठात्री (adhishthAtri) of prAna (life).The sAdhakA visualizes her in his own heart when performing the prAna prathishtA kriya. Her mUlamantra consist of pAsha bija, Shakti bija and ankusha bija , which is also one of the principle mantras of bhuvaneshwari mahAvidyA. The syllables यं रं लं वं शं षं सं हं सः are visualized as black bees .They leave the sAdhakA’s body through his nostrils with exhalation and enters into the object of worship.

The prapanchasAra describes her as:

raktAmbhodistha potollasa daruna sarojAdhirUdha karAbjaih

pAsham kodandam ikshudbhvam aligunam apyankusham panca bAnAn /

bibhrAnA sruk kapAlam trinayana lasitA pIna Vakshoru- hAdhyA

devI bAlArka varnA bhavatu shukhakari prAna shaktih

parA vah //

May the goddess who has mounted a red lotus which shines like a red boat on ocean, who holds with her lotus like hands the noose, the bow made of sugarcane, bowstring made of flight of black bees and goad, five arrows and a vessel (skull) filled with blood, who is beautified with three eyes, is enriched with full breasts, who is the colour of the rising sun. May She the Great goddess of prAnA confers happiness on you

SharadA Tilaka and ParamAnanda Tantra also gives a similar dhyAna but with slight variation

raktAbdhi potAruna Padma samstAm

pAshAnkusham ikshu sharAsa bAnAn /

shUlam kapAlam dadhatim karAbjai

raktAm trinetrAm pranamAmi devIm // ( sharada tilaka)

Salutations to the goddess who stays on a red lotus which is like a red boat on the ocean, who holds with her lotus like hands, the noose, and a goad, sugarcane bow, 5 arrows, trident and skull, who is red in complexion and has three eyes

japAkusuma sacchAyAm rakta sragvastra bhUshanAm/

shrnim pAsham tathA cApam paundram tadvat trishUlakam //

ashrkpUrnakarotam ca panca bAnAmsh ca bibhratIm/

smaret tri netrAM svasama shaktyAshtaka susevitAM //

( paramAnanda tantra)

I meditate on goddess prAna , who has a red complexion , wears red garments and ornaments, who holds with her lotus like hands, the noose, and a goad, sugarcane bow, 5 arrows, trident and skull, who is attended by 8 other shaktis similar to Her.

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Purusha (consciousness) observing shakti (energy) without engaging in Lila (games/sport/dance), seeing everything as shakti and therefore also sunyata (emptiness).... thus transcending Maya (illusion)!

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Maha Kali

“On the broken cross roads where roads diverge; On the battlefield where the blood flows; In the smashan; where smoke is all which is left; In the night where silence and sleep beckons the animals. Mother Kalika awakens and becomes all the more active...

When the child cries in distress at the cruel worlds play, when he looks to the sky and prays; Mother benign Maha kali opens her arms and removes this illusory world made of mud and clay...

When the filth of ignorance assumes control and maha maya plays further more; Maha kali lolls her tongue and scoops all the gore. Burning down agony and gluttony is the Prime maha-vidya; Namoh Maha Kali....

The kinetic energy supreme is Maha Kali. In various moods and colors to the devotees, residing in places of strife and violence. Where energy is supreme and paramount; like the battlefield and the crematorium. She is ever present in destruction and creation for she is the one who is responsible for both completely.

The downward pointing triangle is her symbol; symbolizing the Vulva and the feminine. She is kula-Kunadalini. The ego and energy endowed within each vessel of consciousness. She is the actor and the spectator. She fuels wisdom and love. Her bija mantra is Krim; for which decays and dwells in the smashan. Which has to be renewed with the life force at her feet.

Most of you know the deity that is maha-kali. She is portrayed as mother and destroyer both. She stands atop her husband with frenzy to the fore. Lolling tongue and a garland of human skulls; she asks for blood more and more. Her weapon is the divine cleaver with the eye. She beheads all consciousness of the individual ignorant ego (symbolized with the head). Her devotion is won with the sacrifice of ones life force (prana) and/or of ones ego (the same way).

Kali is the mother of secrets. For if she was to reveal herself; the entire play will end once more. She keeps hidden and lets her other (maha-maya) asssume the worlds affairs. Mother Kali only shows herself on the new moon night (amavasya); when darkness has assumed terrible control over everything.

She is the first and primal symbol of the divine energy which pervades. She is complete; and signifies everything about the raw undiluted cosmic energy; the kinetic and fierce aspects as well as the creative and maternal/benign aspects which gives life and consciousness (shiva) to creation itself.

Kali is unstoppable and uncontrollable and hence she is dangerous; just like any form of energy is. She can only be satiated or stopped momentarily when maha kala falls down at her feet to stop her from causing any more destruction. Funny how the worlds destroyer and the lord of time and death himself has to stop her from destroying. It shows the powerful imagery and iconography used by Indians in describing the primal energy. She cannot be let loose lest consciousness has to be removed permanently.

She is depicted in various stances, but she is shown generally with her right leg on shivas chest; signifying the sattvic or pure way to attain knowledge of her (the right hand path towards knowledge) and hence is worshipped in both agama and tantric ways of worship (unlike the second mahavidya- Maha tara).

She is shown as the slayer of demons like rakta-bija and many more. She is created herself from the divine feminine's third eye when everything else fails to save the world from ignorance or evil; she is supreme force. And in tantra; she is worshipped as none other than the sacred snake- kundalini.

Her color is not exactly black but black blue hue. Her hair is wild and open and covers her naked body. She has ghouls and the departed dead for company, she is terrible with roaring fangs and lolling tongue. If you think the description is a joke then you are sadly mistaken. This is not some pathethic effort to bring out the supremeness of her status over other indian gods or even show that she is supreme in some fearful manner but this is how energy can be described to average humans, she wants blood and she wants our head. She wants to remove everything that does not stand in the way to evolution towards supreme consciousness, and then she wants that consciousness to be fed to her, morsel by morsel; piece by piece. She is all consuming devouring energy. When let loose; she will consume her own self. To create another kalpa-yuga of ignorance.

She is the protector of soldiers; for she was born herself in the battlefield amidst chaos and strife. She spares those who are willing not to spare themselves of ignorance and evil. She is the immediate cause and effect of now. She is freedom from illusion of separation, and she is the divine fragrance of jasmine burning on a corpse.

Her animal is the wild jackal, the ravenous raven, the night owl and the lion. She is blood thirsty and ever craving for sexual intercourse. She is united and sucks energy through her wide open mouth. She has a thousand heads and some more, her dance is wild and frightening (unlike refined tandava of shiva-consciousness). She is the bringer of death and disease. She is the final frontier until liberation sets one free.

Her haunt is the smashan ghat; where the rotting flesh and terrible screams of those still alive amuse her; She is both giver of boons and blessings which bestow consciousness with growth and life. She will take life back too as it pleases her. She is supreme energy without interruption.

The mother is divine and terrible; to approach her is a blessing and a curse (if you approach her for material or maya related gains then you are done for); she will crucify you like she did to the saints of this world and a million others. She expects sacrifice, ego-less; and I assure you that you will have to be an adept and an expert at handling energy to be her child/consort or father. She is divine feminine... She is one who will sever us from our mortal bonds. She is the first and most disturbing aspect of energy signifying and symbolizing the chaotic universe and the energy that makes and flows within it. She is Om Namoh maha kali....

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Aham is Awareness

(Adapted from the teachings of Sri Atmananda)

Aham is the pure 'I' principle which is eternal and infinite. Awareness is the name given to Spanda (vibration) of Aham that is self knowing.. Awareness is the energy of Aham as the heat of fire is to a flame.

When Awareness is aware of objects, it is called Prakasha. When Awareness of aware of itself, as Aham, it is called Vimarsha.

Aham is thus of two aspects: Illumination and Self Knowing.

There is absolutely no difference between Aham and Awareness. They are same but viewed as two aspects of one Reality...

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She is Energy, satchidananda. She can create another Shiva at Her will.

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One who earns the grace of Bhairavi

neither has to live in concern...or fear of life or death or failure.

All that human being considers as well being will be his , if only he earns the grace of Bhairavi !

-sg

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The Tiger Swami, Autobiography of a Yogi—

“Enough of tiger taming.’ He spoke with calm assurance. ‘Come with me; I will teach you to subdue the beasts of ignorance roaming in the jungles of the human mind. You are used to an audience: let it be a galaxy of angels, entertained by your thrilling mastery of yoga!”

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By a mistake of fate , poverty , laziness or the impossibility of becoming your devotee , I have been dropped from your feet ..

Auspicious mother ! Saviour of all mankind ! Forgive my sin ..

A wicked son is sometimes born ..

But an unkind mother there cannot be .....❤️🙏

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Ma tara is dravyamayi, the Saviour in liquid form. Shakti in fluid form. If you cannot manage her she will manage you. Be aware of alcohol. If you dont mind it, It brings out the worst in you. Prakriti will manifest in its fiercest form. Ma kali will show us the way by burning and destroying our ego. Through shakti there are a million ways to the heart of the sun, to the land of freedom. Freedom from all attachments. Shakti always shows the way. Be one with the one. The pure radiant energy . Jai shiva shakti.

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Devi is like a scream a madness that is neither insanity nor compulsiveness, but pure ecstasy🌹🙏

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You are a soul which is trapped into a grand illusion. The moment you realize this truth, you will be free from this trap...

Means we are only playing a part in this theater of maya, but if we realize that we are a soul, then nothing can stop us from being free from the illusion of this maya...

🚩🚩|| Long Live Rama || 🚩🚩🌹

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Devi , is resplendently beautiful as she is the abundance of cosmos . The suns , moons and the galaxies are her ornaments , and the fabric of creation are her clothes . Her complexion appeared neelvarna / bluish as she is vast and boundless like the universe . The Kumkum on her forehead is the Shakti / feminine tatva , the creative / birth giving aspect of the Universal Goddess. Everything is considered sacred on her path , nobody is discriminated and nothing is considered as a taboo . The Devi says when a woman is worshiped as her embodiment with all the proper acharas , and when her body is no more considered as a medium for lust but as a sacred space then only a devotee attains her ultimate blessings ....🌹🌷🌺🙏

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devi_vandan "O the power of powerful, the strength of strong, the bravery of Braves and the hope of weak, | bow down to your lotus feet. You are the knowledge of wise, ignorance of ignorant, fertility of women, speed of wind and the fragance of flower.

You are the nector and the hunger of flies sucking the same. Mother, you are everything and everywhere. Bless me with a place under ur feet.”

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Your quality of life depends on the quality of relationships you have. And the quality of relationships depends on the quality of time.

So, be there for them without having any expectations.

Go With Lord Shiva 💞

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This Human body is the temple of Devi , all the Shakti peethas thrive within each and every organ of your body . The grace of Shakti is available to every life in this universe as it is by her will everything that is created has come into existence . Abundance of Goddess can only be experienced by worshiping her both inside as well as outside . In Kaula traditions of Goddess all women , men and children are worshiped as her forms as worship of the Divine in a living being is the most dearest to the Goddess . She can be easily experienced when you approach her without greed /expectations to fulfill a desire . In absence of a desire , a peaceful and stable mind exists . A man who desires only union with divine and becomes bereft of mortal identities is Shiva . The quality of Shiva is what the Goddess expects in her devotee . Only with the nature of Shiva , the union with Shakti takes place . The completeness of Mother can be experienced by the inner union of the self ( Shiva ) with the creation ( Shakti ) . Sri Matre Namaha

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एकैवाहं जगत्यत्र द्वितीया का ममापरा।

" Other than me their is no one else in this existence ".~Devi Mahatmayam

She exists in all forms irrespective of their karmas . Goddess is the fundamental life force or kundalini in all beings . Diversity of good and evil , light and dark , attributes and attributless etc are all her creation . The one who seeks her presence in everything is her true devotee.

Sri Matre Namaha

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O MOTHER, MAKE ME THY INSTRUMENT

O Mother, I have taken refuge in Thee. Teach me what to do and what to say. Thy will is paramount everywhere and is for the good of Thy children. Merge my will in Thy will and make me Thy instrument.

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa