A brief history of Kalighat~

It is, of course a known fact that the temple of Maa Kali and the City of Joy, Kolkata(previously known as Calcutta) are inextricably linked; it is as if the destiny of the Bengali people is connected to this fierce form of the Goddess, the first mahavidya Kali in an inexplicable way. Words cannot even define this connection we feel as a people. All you need to do is listen to Shyamasangeet to understand the depths of emotion and intensity that was once reached by a Shakta tantric Ramprosad! His work is unparalleled; it reveals truly deep emotions with simplistic words of love and devotion that is bound to strike a chord in most people’s heartstrings.

Kalighat is known as a Mahatirtha or “The great pilgimage” and this temple stands as a repository of the hopes and spiritual yearnings of lakhs and lakhs of Sanatanis. We Hindus are a unique bunch having derived our sanskaras from our deities and for us Bengalis, our sanskaras are directly imbibed from the Great Mother, Kali. The very epitome of Adi or Parashakti!

The footfall of the temple is astounding! Daily, lakhs and lakhs of pilgrims visit this ancient place of worship and many are not even Hindu. The allure and mythology/history of Kalighat is mysterious and there are many unsolved anomalies and strange things that have transpired in this punya bhumi for which the rational mind can find no explanation. The winds sing of untold stories and unknown secrets of this temple and one can feel this air of mystery as one enters into the vicinity of the temple and upon entering the Garvagriha one can only surrender to the glory of Kali in utter stupefaction!

As Science has made much progress, it can be assumed that in this era, people are losing faith in the mysterious power of Mahakali, but it is quite the opposite. There is so much Science cannot prove and it looks rather dogmatic when it refuses to accept the existence of consciousness. Western Science is materialistic, whereas the Science of the ancient tantriks was open to the wonders of the spirit.

10 FUN FACTS OF KALIGHAT

1. The temple is built on 11 bighas 11 kathas and 3 chataks. The magic of 11.11!
2. The murthi is Kali resides within and she is made of black koshti pathor; she is chaturbhuja and lolhajiwha, meaning she has four hands and a huge tongue, all made of solid pure gold.
3. Mata Kali is the adhishthatri devi of Bengal and Calcutta.
4. The name Kolkata is possibly derived from the word Kalighat.
5. Maa Kali’s avirbhav, as explained in Chandi Puran is from Goddess Chandika and she was born to destroy the demon Raktabeeja.
6. Of the ten Mahavidyas, it is Kali who imbues us with the highest sattvik gunas and she is a manifestation of nirvikar nirgun Bramhan. She is ADIRUPA!
7. Kali is without any beginning or end; she is the energy that is forever flowing through every single atom and/or galaxy.
8. She is Kaivalyadayini, the one who blesses us with ultimate knowledge and total peace.
9. In the text Kalitantra, she is called the ruler of TIME! Time is birthed from her and she holds total control over it.
10. Mahanirvaan tantra teaches us that no one can escape the grasp of Mahakaal as it is He who consumes all of creation, but Kali stands on his chest and keeps him pinned down which is why she is given the name Kalika, signifying she has defeated Mahakaal himself.

WHY IS EVERYONE SCARED OF KALI?

As stated in the Taittvaj upanishad, Vayu flows harmoniously because he is afraid of Kali. The Sun rises every morning because of his utter fear of Kali! The situation is same with Indra, Agni and Pancha bhutas who are executing their duties with perfection because of their abject fear of Kali’s wrath.

Mahakaal will destroy all of creation during mahapralaya and will be subsumed in Kali’s being. At that stage, nothing and no one will exist other than Kali herself. Kali is of Tamo Guna and she is the primary devi of Tantra.

One who consumes Mahadev himself, how scary must she be!

The devatas fear her and so do human beings. Don’t get me wrong, Shakti is to be feared, but the Bengali has figured out a way to embrace Parashakti and call her maa, AS IF CALLING HER MOTHER SOMEHOW QUELLS HER WRATH! Weirdly enough, I think it does!

She is the great mother after all and we are all her children! We created an intimate relationship with her, exemplified in the devotion of Ramakrishna and Bamakhyapa. To tell you the truth, She has never made me fearful, on the contrary, she has stilled my chaotic mind when I have been doused with fear or anger.

SHIV & KALI ARE ONE AND THE SAME

Shiva is the consciousness and Kali is dynamism.

Shiva provides a foundation upon which Kali performs kriyas of srishti, sthiti and samhaar.

It is her creation, but ultimately she transports our soul to Shiva. As only a mother can introduce a child to the father, Kali takes it upon herself to return us to consciousness, our father, SAT-CHIT-ANANDA!

No matter how much we aimlessly wander, she keeps a watchful eye on us to guide us back to our inherent truth- SHIVOHAM!

Shiva is Shava or a corpse without the animation Kali provides and it is only when she is unmukhi, she engages in viparit maithun with her consort Mahadev and creates realities. One can feel the pulse of her energy vibrating through every subatomic particle and it is her unseen actions that keep the wheels of life spinning.

KALI IS EVERYWHERE

You can feel her in your breath and in every thing you do. Just observe and be open to psychic insights, you’ll feel her energy I promise you!

Every religion is unknowingly seeking her and every philosophy wants to discover her secrets.

In the tantric system, Shakti tattva is a much coveted system; to be a kaula is to seek Shakti and to experience her glory and grace. Shakta tantra has gained an almost cult-like following and people from all over the world understand its veracity and merits.

All the tattvas, from Mahatattva to the panchamahabhutas originate from her and it is Shakti that is responsible for the creation of all the gunas and the tattvas.

Pondering upon the subtle mysteries of tantra, it is mentioned in Mahanirvaan tantra that it is only she who has succeeded in fine-tuning and sometimes outright dismissing the rules of Mahakaal who is a very powerful entity. Mahakaal is the Universe in which all life must live and finally be extinguished. But Adyashakti Kali is not limited or confined to the rules of Life. No one can escape Mahakaal except Kali! One of her names is KAALVIJAYINI.

RAMAKRISHNA, THE ECSTATIC MYSTIC OF BENGAL

Ramakrishna used to say, “Bramhanda-udara maa Jagaddhatri”; she is Bramhamayi, Siddhidatri and Shakti-swarupini. Parabhram is nirguna, without any attribues and Shakti is the vibration. Shakti is the wave inside the void and it is her oorja that has created us all.

The Saint used to teach how Kali was solely responsible for preservation of the worlds and how she was the ultimate lila of Parabhram.

He has thus described his first vision of the Mother: “I felt as if my heart were being squeezed like a wet towel. I was overpowered with a great restlessness and a fear that it might not be my lot to realize Her in this life. I could not bear the separation from Her any longer. Life seemed to be not worth living. Suddenly my glance fell on the sword that was kept in the Mother’s temple. I determined to put an end to my life. When I jumped up like a madman and seized it, suddenly the blessed Mother revealed Herself. The buildings with their different parts, the temple, and everything else vanished from my sight, leaving no trace whatsoever, and in their stead I saw a limitless, infinite, effulgent Ocean of Consciousness. As far as the eye could see, the shining billows were madly rushing at me from all sides with a terrific noise, to swallow me up! I was panting for breath. I was caught in the rush and collapsed, unconscious. What was happening in the outside world I did not know; but within me there was a steady flow of undiluted bliss, altogether new, and I felt the presence of the Divine Mother.” On his lips when he regained consciousness of the world was the word “Mother”.

THE NECKLACE OF HUMAN HEADS

Everything about Kali is symbolic and nothing can be explained away with ease. She may appear strange to the uninitiated, but to me she is my mother, my maa whose presence I feel everywhere, in the wind, in the rains, in flowers and in my heart.

Never fear ADISHAKTI, Kali as that will only you shove down to ignorance about the great secrets and mysteries of this Universe, because in her form resides the whole explanation of cosmic mysteries. But to the profane, she is destruction or demonic.

The fifty-one human heads are symbolic of the of the letters of the Sanskrit language and these were the precursors to self expression and wisdom. The Word becomes manifest and reality vibrates into existence. Each letter holds a certain frequency, a resonance that has the ability to create, preserve or destroy.

KALI AND BLACKNESS

Was there any color at the beginning of creation? All around was a blackness; there was no color, no light, just tamo or total darkness prevailing upon the face of the world. All colors evoke emotions and Kali is beyond emotions. This darkness is Kali as she Adi, the first and the only and there is nothing here yet. When Pralaya arrives, everything is absorbed into this very darkness.

Kali’s black complexion suggests that all in the color spectrum is absorbed by her. Black is not a primary, secondary or tertiary color, as it is no color at all! In fact, Black is produced by the absence of light. Light is an illusion whereas black is the truth!

Saturn, the most feared planet is associated to black. Makes sense as his Mahavidya is Kali and together they bring to mind key-words like authority, power, the unknown, elegance, sophistication etc etc.

Black also brings intimacy and a sadhika like myself found great intimacy with Shakti in the form of Kali. When I look out to the skies, I feel her energy in the blackness of space!

MURTHI PUJA OF KALI

Around the 14th/15th century, there appeared on the tantric stage a very accomplished siddh upasak named Srimat Krishnachanda Agambagish who used to worship maa Kali in proper tantrokta way. He would do anganyas, Peethnyas, Pranayam, Rishyadi nyas, matrika nyas, Shodanyas and perform each ritual by the book.

However, on a certain occasion, a question popped into his mind. “What if I worshipped the devi in her sthula form?” But he had no idea of what kind of face or hair she should have; I mean it’s not that easy to visualize the correct form of Adirupa Kali. He thought that by giving Mata a human form that was manamohini, a disciple could enter dhyana states without much effort. It is not easy to hold the abstract in your meditation. He wanted to incorporate parabhakti with the difficult acharas of tantric kriyas, so one could attain spiritual heights hitherto undreamt of.

In our ancient texts, there is the mention of Parvati telling her father Himalaya Parvat to worship Kali in her embodied form.

To learn more about how Kali’s murthi puja became prevalent, join me in the next installments.

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INTRODUCTION~

After writing two precious books on Ucchishta Ganapati, you might ask what is the need of a third one?

This third book will be invaluable in your collection, if you’re looking to immerse yourself in his archetype! The previous books did have practical information, but it delved more into understanding UG in totality. This particular book should be read only after reading the previous two and mostly after initiation.

Twenty-three long years have I spent with UG. Twenty-three long years where I have delved into his energy shield and channeled information from him. I have followed his signs and have tried to share what I have learnt from this long commitment.

What did I learn? What did I get? Why did I stick with it?

To answer these questions, I’d have to be explicitly clear with you.

I learnt to be a better version of myself and that is the best gift UG gave me!

I got so much! I got my identity, my internal peace! I got my spiritual muscles; I got physical and mental strength and I got my profession! What more can, I hope? What more can be said? There is the sweet smell of surrender and divine love!

As I have repeatedly told you, UG gives us the four purusharthas, Artha, Kama, Dharma and Moksha. In fact, if you worship UG and UM, you’re in fact, worshipping Shiva/Shakti!

You can decide to spend your whole life in his upasna, but if you’re looking to foray into Shakta Tantra, then remember, you cannot proceed without his invitation. It is he who allows you to enter into the realm of the Mother! Without him, there is no entry into tantra, mantra and yantra!

One might argue, there are so many variants of Ganesh, then why Ucchishta Ganesh. I have spoken at length about how UG is GUNESHWARA and how his tattva connects to the primordial Purusha/Prakriti, so I’m not going to harp on that very topic.

However, to simplify this one query, “Why UG?”, I’d like to tell it to you in the simplest of terms. It is because UG is the form of Ganesha who responds to us humans, the quickest!

It is his grace and anugraha on me that has kept me going in-spite of terribly adversarial currents in the seas of life. I’d be swept away if it was not for his noose holding me. I’d be stuck in the quagmire of banality if he did not shove me with his goad. “Get moving”, he would say, even if I did not want to and had to move kicking and screaming. I did not always understand his ways, but the wisdom of his moves, dawned on me and I counted myself as rather fortunate to experience his lila up-close-and-personal. It is not everyday that one finds such a friend! That moment when he chose me, that sealed my fate and I became who I am today.

His benevolence has left such a deep-seated impact on my life, that I felt it was necessary to share his wisdom, his vidya, his puja vidhi. I asked him for permission and began to teach people his ancient puja vidhi. I taught students in all three paths, Dakshinachar, Vamachar and Samayachar and with each class, I felt my connection with him go deeper.

He revealed to me many cosmic secrets which opened my eyes to a whole new reality! Many facets of tantra began to reveal themselves to me. Immersion into tantra gave me a distinct feeling. The feeling that I was home. In-spite of the drudgeries and atrocities of the world, I didn’t sink. I kept myself afloat, with love in my heart, with compassion in my soul.

The journey has been so intensely fulfilling that I suggest you try to connect with him; not just for receiving gifts, but for total physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. Mindless wants and desires will leave you hollow, unsatisfied. But with a connection to UG/UM, Adipurush and Adishakti you will be satisfied and contented beyond belief. All you need to do is learn the puja vidhi, mantra and dhyan to establish a long-term connection. Make his worship a lifetime commitment and you’ll never look back.

Don’t come to him for a quick vashikaran, or a sammohan spell, but just let yourself go. Let him consume your wants and desires and fill you with satiation. That is the divine essence filling all the atoms within your body, when you finally connect to your Higher Self in the form of UG/UM! That ecstasy is unparalleled. It is what Mira felt when she surrendered to the feelings of love and devotion for her Kanha. The dance of the divine within is the ultimate realization of the true self. One learns to see through the lila, the matrix, the simulation! One can then grasp one’s true essence.

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Who is Ganesha?

The whole idea of writing this piece came to me yesterday after someone from the US consulted with me. She had never heard of Ganesha, but when she heard ELEPHANT GOD, she kinda knew who I was referring to. I was explaining to her the INITIATION/START-UP ENERGY of this deity.

It caught me off guard because it is rare to find someone who has no clue of who Ganesha is, especially with the New Age movement. But apparently not…

So there I was explaining an impossible story to someone who had just seen him in a souvenir shop and knew nothing of the fact that GANESHA is a name given to the COSMIC RULE that governs all of existence from the tiniest quark to the largest galaxy cluster!

And my majestic Ganesha is no modern God, he is ancient…and does look weird maybe to people not used to him. But remember if you find him grotesque, then be aware that his stark grotesqueness is to remind you symbolically that NOTHING IS REAL. Appearances are ILLUSORY and TRUTH is never what you think it is.

He has a mouse as a companion which means that he has mastery of fear, indecision, anxiety and uncertainty and also control over beings of the subterranean worlds. His protruding belly does not signify his laziness…lol, no. No amount of plank will do it because IT SHOWS CONTENTMENT.

Historians believe that a prototype of Ganesha was worshipped in prehistoric times outside the Indian subcontinent in such faraway places as Afghanistan, Tibet, Mongolia, China, Java, Iran, Cambodia, Borneo, Japan and Mexico. Images of Ganesha were found in Afghanistan and also in Iran. The image of Ganesha found at Luristan in Iran dates back to 1200 BC to 1000 BC. Many Ganesha type idols were also found in Mexico from excavations and ancient temple ruins.

The story of the birth of Ganesha goes like this..

Shiva and Parvati were totally engrossed in making love for aeons. Then Shiva goes off to meditate. Parvati realise that she is all yucky and filthy. She scrapes the dirt from the skin of her body and creates a little baby boy!!! She leaves the boy guarding the door while she bathes. Now Shiva returns and this baby boy refuses to let him in! Shiva is so pissed off that he slices his head off!! OMG right?

Now Parvati comes out to see what just transpired and tells her man that this is their son. Shiva now has to save him as he sees Parvati breakdown for the boy. So he asks his chelas(helpers) to find him a head. But the head must be from someone who is sleeping with their head to the north. This is why in India it is inauspicious to sleep with your head to the North! You bet! Now these dudes scampered off and returned with the head of an ELEPHANT! WTF, right?

So Shiva then stuck this elephant head on the headless torso and voila Ganesha is born. As I was relating this story, I realised how freaking RIDICULOUS it sounded. I could see the woman’s face! She literally fell off her chair!

Myths my Beloved is never to be taken literally, they are for ELUCIDATION and EXPOSITION…BTW the PURANAS WERE NEVER MEANT TO BE PRINTED, they are ALLEGORICAL TALES, MEMORY CODE SYSTEMS which are revealed to the initiate only if she is ready…so here I am to explain what this means…

The symbol of DEAD SKIN of the Goddess~~what do you think that signifies?

A RESIDUE, a REMNANT, a REMAINDER of some sort of ATTACHMENT. The Goddess/shakti or the FEMININE PRINCIPLE can sometimes cling onto subtle energies she mothers. In Ganesha, the Goddess found someone to mother. SHIVA is the GREATEST YOGI and he might have sensed this excessive NEED TO MOTHER or an unhealthy attachment to the boy she created. Shakti is volatile and Shiva is SILENCE which is signified by him being under her. She is the ACTIVE PRINCIPLE and he, the PASSIVE.

SHIVA was called here to destroy this whole unhealthy attachment, but a true yogi will not destroy the VIKARA or the residue. That still is energy and SHIVA or the male potency decided to transform this residual energy. Look he could have incinerated Ganesha, right? But he decides to SEVER THE HEAD. The head is the symbol of the EGO, my peeps. As KRISHNA says…The HEAD is the ROOT…And, and, and…he uses a TRIDENT OR TRISHULA! The TRINITY! Sattva, Rajas, Tamas- the three gunas or the THREE NADIS- ida, pingala, sushumna.

Guṇa depending on the context means ‘string, thread or strand’, or ‘virtue, merit, excellence’, or ‘quality, peculiarity, attribute, property’. These three gunas are called: sattva (goodness, constructive, harmonious), rajas (passion, active, confused), and tamas (darkness, destructive, chaotic)..~wiki

If you take this ALLEGORY as a purely INTERNAL STORY, as in what is going on inside, then you will see how the DESIRES that convoluted our minds and form unhealthy attachments can only be severed by the TRIDENT or the admixture of the THREE GUNAS. We have to understand each QUALITY to transcend it.

The internal feminine/masculine polarities CANNOT be whirlpool of chaos, they have to be in harmony, which is why the internal SHIVA will HAVE TO RESURRECT GANESHA. Ganesha without the ANIMALISTIC ID or ego.

The internal SHIVA is logical and the internal PARVATI is emotional, just like a mommie. But to be an individual who vibrates in a high frequency, we have to be in touch with Shiva as much as Parvati. They must be in SACRED UNION, in yabyum!

This dirt with which she created him is MAYA, in its most superficial level and here the EGO or ID is all powerful. I have said that Ganesha is the muladhara chakra and he refuses Shiva the yogi a meeting with Parvati who is PURE KUNDALINI SHAKTI. If you do not master the MULADHARA you will never reach SAHASRARA. The TRIDENT here also signifies the IDA, PINGALA and SUSHUMNA, the three nadis of LAYA YOGA and in Vedantic parlance, the three gunas.

Shiva destroys the ego(SEVERS THE HEAD) and replaces it wisdom, allowing the union of Shakti/Shiva to take place. And presto, you have yourself enlightenment!

And now you ask me? WTF is up with the whole ELEPHANT thing?

My peeps, in ancient scriptures of Sanatan Dharma we associate the elephant with AWARENESS, MINDFULNESS, MEMORY, PATIENCE which Science has corroborated. elephants actually are super intelligent.

This easily explains why Ganesha must be invoked before praying to any deity. This SUPREME INTELLIGENCE that Ganesha has will be the GUIDING FORCE for any spiritual activity.

I read about this Scientist from Lebanon who used sonic mapping that caught the vibrational frequencies of the brain and what he found blew the world away! After these images were assimilated and studies, he discovered that the MEDULLA which is the doorway to the brain looks like GANESHA!! Are you freaking out?

He presented the enlarged image to the world which showed two big ears, a trunk and tusks. Now you see the symbolism and how correct the ancients were. Ganesha is the doorkeeper and if you invoke this youthful, playful masculine energy, then he will let SPIRITUAL WISDOM seep into your consciousness.

Ganesha my Beloved is the GRID KEEPER of your consciousness and is called VIGNA VINAYAK, remover of obstacles. But remember, these obstacles are in your mind.

Reminds me of the EIGHT OF SWORDS in Tarot.

Shivaites believe that Ganesha sits in the MULADHARA CHAKRA located at the base of the spinal cord and is responsible for spiralling our consciousness into higher dimensions. Seated in the muladhara chakra he acts as the gateway to the higher chakras and higher planes of consciousness.

According to Sakti Tantra, there are as many Ganeshas in the creation as there the letters of the alphabet. This suggests that this Ganesha energy exists in various planes, worlds and dimensions as the headboy of the ganas or groups of entities(gridworkers, energyworkers, lightworkers, all celestial beings) to guide them and lead them towards Siva/Shakti, the primordial ARDHANARISHWARA.

Ganesha is usually worshipped alone in the Vedic way, but we tantrics pray to him with his Shakti and call him Vallabha. The female aspect of Ganesha is also called Vinayaki, Surpakarni and Lambamekhala.

Today is a great day to INITIATE yourself with GANPATI INVOCATION into SPIRITUAL PRACTICES.

HRIM GUNG GANAPATAYA NAMOH NAMAHA

 

 

Spring Equinox: The Astrological New Year begins

“What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” – Solomon

Can we agree with dear Solomon? You see there is nothing new. Not you, not me, not our ideas and thoughts, not the sunshine or the Moon light, the galaxies, the nebulae…nothing is new. Not even the hurt buried deep within or the smile that could light up a million galaxies!

Everything is cyclical and follows a patter. It is a fractal in an infinite arrangement of fractal realities. This New Year begins now. For us in Bengal it is actually the 14th of April when we celebrate our new years.

Spring is here…Boshonto eshe geche…

Spring scatters the petals of flowers
that are not for the fruits of the future,
but for the moment’s whim.

Joy freed from the bond of earth’s slumber
rushes into numberless leaves,
and dances in the air for a day….Tagore

The beauty of pastoral Bengal inspired many a poet, painter and philosopher. There is a sense of the newness coming in to our lives, our hearts, our souls…we feel enlivened. The bird sings of a new tomorrow, even though we may have lived that tomorrow a million times. Does it  make sense?

There is a certain element of nostalgia that is playing in my mind. That eclipse energy burst into my life as a supernovae and changed my reality completely. I knew it was the year of transformation for me. So many of my planets are in Virgo, my Moon in Pisces.

The way I look and feel changed(I managed to lose all my baby weight), the believe system that I was operating from got crushed. Believe me, it showed me that everything is inside. There is no need to hanker for spiritual growth or material progress. It will all happen in its time.

The Spring Equinox brings in a pile of fresh energy. And before I go into philosophy about the astro and give you modules to work with during this time, let me discuss the planetary alignment.

• The ruler of the Equinox, Mars, is in Taurus
• Sun is at the mid-point between Venus and Chiron
• Moon exactly conjuncts Saturn at27° in Sagittarius and both conjunct the Galactic Center
• Jupiter square Pluto
• Jupiter opposite Uranus…What does all this mean?

I see that this is definitely going to be a huge maturing influence for us collectively. It is finally time to grow the fuck up. No more adhering to your redundant belief systems. As that meme states, If your religion requires you to kill someone, start with yourself.

That may be slightly severe. But it is important to understand the message behind this. So many wars, so much destruction, little children being bombed; animals cut, hacked, eaten. Look around us. There is no dearth of violence, is there? We are getting caught in a dense 3D awareness.

This emotional maturity that the Moon and Saturn conjunction gives is phenomenal. We know Saturn(KARMA/authority) will teach the Moon(emotions) a few things about handling the dance of existence with higher awareness. And they are conjuncting the Galactic Centre!

Saturn is conjunct the Galactic Center within a 2 degree orb of exactness between mid February and early June of 2017. Saturn turns retrograde on April 6, 2017 at 27 degrees and 47 minutes of Sagittarius while conjunct within less than a degree to the Galactic Center. This conjunction of Saturn to the Galactic center repeats after Saturn turns direct between November 6 and December 13, 2017.

This alignment is very karmic and the galactic energies are going to shed light on how humanity will survive and thrive on this planet. How will mankind adapt? Watch with bated breath as individual and collective karmic dramas play out. We are all characters in this drama of life! And soon our part will be over. But will everyone remember our performance? Or will we just fade out? Or worse…will be be known as the bad actor!

The Jup, Ura, Chi and Plu square will push us to drop the societal conditioning that is toxic and is harming our soul evolution. We will begin to question wars, famine, drone bombing and other such atrocities. Most of us will not be okay with the status quo. Yet we will function from a place of Saturnian maturity.

Sham Shanischaraya namaha will help you invoke Saturn’s positive aspects. Chant this in 108 mala japas whenever you can. Black tourmaline is a very good grounder and work with it if possible.

When we as a collective and as individual refuse to swallow the crap they give us, we will be able to shine a light on our true self. That is so important in these turbulent times. People please wake up!!! Gaia needs you. Mother Earth needs you. So for the sake of everything you hold sacred, join in this resistance to uphold human values and dignity. Let us preserve the Earth for our children. For the Native Americans were correct when they said…we do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our progeny!

Now what is the Spring Equinox all about? A time of celebration! New life is stirring beneath the ground. The Worm Full Moon happened a few days ago and we are still feeling the lunar vibe and chaotic energies. Please visit my article on the Virgo Full Moon for greater clarity.

Fear not for death, as life is happening. It is difficult to put into words but we feel it. Life is awakening. Run away into the forest and hug a tree. It is the perfect time. Install the hydroponic drip system you had thought of and grow your own food. Grow micro greens. Involve yourself with the soil. Organise a community dance around the bonfire.

In fact just hold a bit of the soil in your hands and close your eyes. Feel the cool energy in your hand. Feel it spread all through your body and mix with your consciousness. You will be aware of how Gaia’s spirit has mingled with yours. And if you keep up the breathwork, you will see that you have become one with that spirit. This is a very powerful short model. I call it, “Hold Gaia”. Hold a part of her in your hands. Oh and did you know that all your body parts are present in the palm of your hands! The soil is merging with every part of your physical body, your mental and supra consciousness as well.

I am so restive and on edge. Do you feel like that too? A friend I am working with is constantly hearing a hum. A humming sound that is driving her crazy. I believe she is facing symptoms of ascension. Actually I have been feeling this hum too. In meditation yesterday, I heard AUM. The hum had become AUM before it disappeared. So there are subtle signs everywhere of the transitioning times we are facing.

When it gets too much, please take time off. If meditating is not your thing(IT SHOULD BE NO MATTER WHAT), then BEDITATE! Lying in bed ponder the existential questions. Again no judging. Flow with the Spring. Stay still for creative life to bloom from within you. Study all the great artwork. Watch Tarkovsky. Read Blavatsky. Do something profound! Yes, in bed! 😉

What I am facing is the dichotomy between my dreamtime and the waking space. I am drifting off into visions and seeing things a lot more. My dream journal is filling up and as I traverse through the archetypes that are coming alive in my dreams, I realise how everything is so INTERCONNECTED.

All those faces I see on the streets, they occupy my dreamtime. So many people from other places,other timelines have begun to make contact with the conscious part of my brain. The unconscious is a storehouse of such information, but my conscious mind often does not understand a vision in totality. Much work needs to be done to access and evaluate a certain mind projection.

I want to stay in meditation and in my dreamtime, but Mars in Taurus, Jupiter in Libra squaring Pluto and opposing Uranus is not going to let us shrink away from the human drama playing out in the world. We have to be punched into awareness as we drift of into dreamtime. This week has that quality.

Let us work towards integrating the contradictory energies of Pisces and Aries and of Neptune and Uranus, we can successfully activate the potential for renewal.

We cannot avoid action- March is the month of Mars. Aha! Aries is the host to the planets who are aligning here and channelling some of the anxious, apprehensive and angry energies of Aries. Just be mindful of this and stay away from kerfuffles. Uranus is going to urge us to be freedom loving and to shed the calcified mask or persona to uncover our authentic selves. About time!

Pisces is not weak, she is NOT dangerous. You see when patriarchy came to power, they destroyed the sacred feminine archetypes and turned them to Lilith, Eve(she was the reason Adam ate the fucking apple). Fuck yes. The apple is symbolic of knowledge and the feminine imparts divine knowledge to the masculine. Like mothers, sisters, lovers and wives.

Pisces is behind Aries. She is imparting to him all the sacred wisdom so he can rise to his fullest potential. Pisces is the mother of the seas. Like Yemaya of the Afr0-Caribbean myth. Yemaya is a mother goddess, the goddess of home, fertility, love and family. Like water she represents both change and constancy–bringing forth life, protecting it, and changing it as is necessary. If possible, listen to Deva Premal’s track- Yemaya Assessu on Youtube and escape into the embrace of the mother goddess just like I do…

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Virgo, the Wild One

She is misunderstood to be weak.

Forget not, she is the carrier of the torch of humanity!

To be coy and unsure…the Virgin!

But a Warrior is she! So unique in her ferocity!

So benevolent in her love!

Carrying the torch of enlightenment!

The wise and wild woman,

Unique and rare, Raw and sensual,

The freedom loving feminine.

An awakened lover and mother,

A medicine woman,

A Moon howler!

A symbol of the hoary feminine spirit!

The Mother is she,

The Maiden and the Crone,

A wild one, unrestrained with her feelings,

In love with her dreams,

She is the daughter of Gaia,

Connected to the Vulva of the Earth.

Courage in her breasts,

Resilience in her mind,

Determination to make better this dystopia.

She celebrates the woman.

Sacred is her touch,

Untamable is her spirit,

The High Priestess in the temples of the Goddesses,

Restoring our emotional health.

Showing us our soul’s journey,

Is her commitment.

She has walked on the face of the Earth,

For eternities.

In charge of the task of reconnecting humanity,

To her sacred bosom.

She dances with the wind,

She is awakened to life’s intricate mysteries.

You can see her supple youthfulness,

In dialogue with the Divine.

She creates fertility in the barren soils of our souls.

The Kundalini spirals through her spine,

To converse with the Great Cosmos.

Fluid are her movements, so alluring.

Lithe and sinewy are her limbs.

She is every man’s fantasy.

She is the Virgin!

A naive girl she is not.

For she is a wild one unto herself.

Awakened to her full potential.

Feeling the pulsations of life in her Yoni.

The Cosmic codes dance in her eyes,

As do colours unknown.

Her hair open and her body stark naked,

She has shed away all the illusions.

And is now ready for the Tandav!

See the radiance of her third eye!

Unashamed is she,

For being Feminine.

Unafraid is she of any injustice.

For she shines forth in her power.

She is not here to please you.

She is not here for your entertainment.

She is the lover of Earth.

She is here to make love to the wounds that you have given her.

She is here to heal the soul of Gaia.

She is here to become ONE with Gaia

She knows where she came from…

She knows of the Great Void!

Listen she says not she is your Savior!

She is committed to her mission.

All she says is,

Do not suppress the Goddess-consciousness within.

Let her speak to you.

She will show you the wounds the feminine carries.

She will show you how utterly you have destroyed her.

Are you ready to face her?

She is an alchemy,

Of spirit, mind and body.

Awaken the Sacred Whore, awaken Virgo!

 

Matangi, the 9th Sidhhavidya of the Mahavidya pantheon~~~

If the black clouds of sravana are dubbed chandal, what of it? It doesn’t change their nature, or destroy the virtue of their water….Tagore, from the play Chandalini…

Surely you can guess who this chandalini is? Although people think of her as a girl from the untouchable class, but within her we see shades of Mantangi’s archetype play out in this character penned by Tagore. Desire has a lot to do with the plotline of this play and desire also has a lot to do with Matangi creating this world from her ucchishtha or left over.

Matangi rules our throat chakra…she’s responsible for HIGHER CREATIVITY.

Her mantra sadhna can balance thyroid, did you know? Keeping her yantra can also help…

The Crown or Head chakra ———- The Pineal Gland

The Ajna Center chakra—- ———- Pituitary Gland

The Throat chakra ———————-Thyroid Gland (higher creativity)

The Heart chakra ———————–The Thymus Gland (higher LOVE)

The Solar Plexus chakra —————The Pancreas (Seat of human desires)

The Sacral center chakra ————– The Gonads (lower procreation)

The Base of the Spine chakra ——–The Adrenals (Kundalini center)

A chandal is an outcast…

Chandalini in the play, argues with her mother: “Plenty of slaves are born of royal blood, but I am no slave; plenty of Chandals are born of Brahmin families, but I am no Chandal”…

Ucchishthat sakalang jagatah!

When Parabrahm becomes many to experience the multiverse in its myriad forms, PARAMATMAN is still one and absolute’ we have to understand that jivatman and paramatman is one and the same. This energy that feeds the soul energy of jivatman is called Pravargya and pravargya is also known as Ucchishtha.

Think of the solar rays, being separated from the Sun, they fall on earth as his ucchishtha or left overs. The left over energy in the rays creates vegetation, life and oxygen. Keep a bowl full of water out in the sun and what do you observe? The water is now hot. Why? Because the Sun has shed his light on the water and heated it with his left over energy. Surya releases his heat in the water. Is that heat any different from the Sun? Think on this carefully.

Have you ever experienced the heat of the Sun in the wind that blows? Even during the evenings in Summer, you can feel hot air blowing. This heat that we feel maybe the left over energy of the Sun, but it is not a separate entity. When we feel the heat of the Sun, we perspire and this is why Matangi’s face is moistened with sweat beads as she radiates the pulse, the energy of the Sun and what better day to talk about her than a Sunday?

The whole solar system is but ucchishtha of the Sun and Matangi, as Ucchishtha Chandalini is the spirit or the Solar logos that is seen animating life in this world. HPB quotes Philolaus the Pythagorean who speaks of the physical Sun as a “mirror of fire,” and she adds that “Philolaus referred to the central spiritual Sun, whose beams and effulgence are only mirrored by our central Star, the Sun. Matangi is this central spiritual Sun and it is her shakti, her ucchishtha shakti that feeds the solar system through Surya dev. “Mysterious Word-Spirit produces all through the Sun, and never operates through any other medium,” says Hermes Trismegistus as he echoes tantric teachings. Notice how he said WORD-SPIRIT!

In ancient times, this Pravagya was considered to be the head or the mastak of the yagya and when this essence was segregated from that of Brahman, the yagya was called chinnashirsha. It is through Pravagya, that the reality can come into manifestation from the mental plane.

As Ucchishtha Matangi, she is given much importance in the text Brihat Tantrasar. She is called Jyeshtha Matangi and her mantra requires no nyas or viniyog. In fact, there is no strict rule of purashcharan as this is the case with Siddhavidyas. A true guru will be able to guide you through each step, whereas alone you can never figure out this knowledge as it is too expansive. The whole system is hidden in codes and ciphers.

Jyeshtha Matangi or Matangini, as she is sometimes referred to in the tantric texts sits on a corpse. She is smeared with blood and so are her ornaments and the red saree she wears. She is ever youthful, with heavy breasts and in her left hand she holds a kapaal and in her right she holds a pair of scissors. Her neck is adorned with gunja beads.

This Jyeshtha Matangi is a very esoteric form of the 9th siddhavidya and even by memorization of her mantra, one can avert all disasters!!! This mantra has been tried and tested numerous times by me and my students.

I will not reveal the mantra here, but if you are interested to be initiated in Jyestha Ucchishtha Chandalini vidya, then drop me an email.

Students often ask, why do Matangi sadhna?

Well then, let us discuss on the merits of this sadhna.

Mata in Sanskrit does mean mother, but it also means OPINION! What is your opinion of this world? Maybe too pessimistic or anal retentive? It is time to change that opinion, it is time to see the magic and the miracles that Matangi brings forth.

Even having her yantra in your pocket works wonders as I have seen in over two and a half decades of tantric work in the field. As the consort of UG, she embodies thought and wisdom. The parrots that accompany her are representations of Shruti, the act of receiving knowledge through listening. Our entire gurukul parampara was dependent on this form of learning.

Tantric teachings were handed down from guru to shishya through word of mouth and this WORD OF MOUTH is Matangi. As the spoken word, she becomes the outcast, the chandalini, the untouchable. Look around, everything comprises of the spoken word. It ma be written, as posts in social media or we can see them as films or TV programs, but they’re all dependent on speech. UC rules over singing, speaking, mantras, arts and wisdom.

A very unique feature of UM is that her offerings are partially eaten foods as some would say. This is not strictly true! Just by touching any food item with your canine, the food is considered ucchishtha in Sanatan traditions. So one doesn’t have to take a bite of the food or anything, they can just touch the offering with their canine. Some people do like to give her half eaten food which I do not like; each to their own I guess.

As I was taught during my Vamachar shikhsha that UM transcends the concept of traditional purity when she is offered menstrual blood. There is a special way to make lep(paste) with menstrual blood and yoni ras which has to be added to kumkum and sindoor, the proper mudras must be shown and the lep must be energized with mool mantra. Once this is applied to the murthi after pranprathishtha, the devi comes alive. In extreme vamachar, this is applied on a kapaal or on a femur bone. This specific prayoga gives control of the three worlds. One can also perform homam with this blood and get the same result. Without purnaavishekh, this prayog cannot be done.

Why does Matangi love leftovers? Why does she care about polluted and impure things?

Understand this. Our annamay kosha or the physical body is sustained by food and when we offer naivedya to devi that food becomes prasad and it resonates with divine energies. As stated by Krishna in Gita, prasad is the destroyer of all myseries. But have you heard of naivedya that is tasted by us? Because naivedya is not even to be smelled, forget bitten into!

Once bhog is ucchishtha it becomes tamasic, but through UM’s grace, that tamasic bhojan is turned into pure sattva. If you look at the soul meaning behind this act, you’ll realize that the food we eat has our karma held in it. My grandmother did not like to take food from anyone’s hand because she firmly believed that karma could be transferred this way. She did eat food from my plate though, smiling with a twinkling in her eyes as she told me how she ate my bad temper. She would belch loudly at the end of this and I would burst out laughing. I realize now, she was literally eating and clearing my karma.

In the same vein, when we leave our uneaten food to UM, she consumes our negative karma and once we are rid of these, we can truly resonate in higher frequencies. Mai restructures our concept of purity, by eradicating the dualism of pure and impure. She does not discriminate and she urges her sadhikas to challenge the orthodox structures of society. There are no castes, no creeds, there is nothing but the SOUL which will always be LEFT OVER or ucchishtha. Understand? How sublime is this idea! Look upon all of creation with equality and respect, see beyond the flesh and bones, throw away the chains of concepts imposed by human minds. Realize the pancha tattvas in all things and surrender. Why waste time on ritual purity? Put that time into sadhna and watch how you grow, teaches UM. Make your soul pure, not just the body.

Because the UM is the central force of life within our solar system, I have been deeply humbled to view HER stupendous powers in action and I surrender to her with divine reverence.  And, while holding such a feeling, I remember that we are each units of consciousness within HER beingness.  Therefore, to pay homage to UM, is to see the inescapable sacredness of oneself in the process! That has been her gift to me….

Mantrinyambaa virachita vishanggavadha toshita…Lalitha Sahasranaam

Mantrini or Matangi destoyed the demon Vishangavadha and greatly pleased LTS! Mantrini gives us supernatural powers and eradicates negative influences; she is the soul of the mantra and gives it potency. For a srividya disciple, she becomes invaluable as she destroys evil desires of LTS’ devotees. In the Srichakra, she resides in Geyachakra, which consists of a bindu, innermost triangle, five faced angle, inner 8 pettaled lotus, outer 8 petalled lotus, 16 petalled lotus and outer square.

Geyachakra ratha rudha mantrini parisevita…LS 69

Mantrini travels in a rath called Geyachakra rath and is one of the most important ministers in the cabinet of LTS! Only through her worship will the mantras fructify and give benefits and without her go-ahead, there is no going near LTS.

Now visualize her form…

Her complexion is iridescent like that of a parrot’s wings.

her earrings are made of palm leaves.

She chews paan and her mouth has an alluring fragrance.

she has deep red lips.

Her body is full of embellished saffron paste.

She wears a crescent moon on her crown.

Her feet are red with alta.

Her voice is absolutely melodious.

Her saree is red and white.

Her garland on the neck is made of kadamba flowers.

She also wears a tulsi garland.

Her hair falls on her left shoulders.

She has four arms.

She holds a parrot in one hand.

A lotus in another.

She plays veena with the other two hands. The music she creates is mesmerizing, not just for us, but she herself is totally moved by her music.

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Neel Saraswati Devi’s puja mantras and vidhi: An exploration into the 2nd MAHAVIDYA~~~

Neel Saraswati Devi’s puja mantras and vidhi: An exploration into the 2nd MAHAVIDYA~~~

I was always fascinated by the second Mahavidya, Tara as she is such an important manifestation of Parashakti as adya spanda or the primordial vibration and she imparts to us untold wisdom. A text called The Origin and Cult of Tara, written by Historian Hirananda Shashtri was an invaluable resource for me when I was researching her. Tara is worshipped with great fervor in both Sanatan and Buddhist communities. According to this book, there are primarily three versions of Tara, Ekjata, Neel Saraswati and Uratara. Now please understand, these are not different Taras. Tara is one and undivided…AKHAND!

Ekaiva hi mahadevi naam matrang tridha bhavet…

In Buddhism, Tara is the shakti of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshwar. The Buddhists were inspired to give her a prominent place in their divine pantheon as they realized her power and grace. She is shaktishali(powerhouse) and she is compassionate! She is Prajnaparamhita!

This quote of Mahayan reveals her archetype…

She is the Perfect Wisdom that never comes into being, and therefore never goes out of being.

She is known as the Great Mother….She is the Perfect Wisdom who gives birthless birth to all Buddhas.

And through these sublimely Awakened Ones, it is Mother Prajñāpāramitā alone who turns the wheel of true teaching….

TARA IMPARTS TRUE WISDOM! Let’s get that point nailed into our brains.

I have discussed a thousand times about how Vashishta cursed her ekakshari mantra TREEM and then once he got her grace, he sanctified the beej with an S sound. It became STREEM, so I’ll not waste our valuable time.

Let us discuss her main beej STREEM~

First we take Chandra beej “S”, then add “t” and then “ee” and then bindu “ng” and this forms STREENG or streem. This is ekakshari Tara mantra and is her most powerful sound emanation!

Her next most important EKAKSHARI beej is HOOM, which is known as hoomkar.

If you’re thinking of jumping into Tara/NS sadhna, it is important to practice the above mentioned beej mantras for a few months in the correct vidhi.

Many people chant OM HREEM STREEM HUM PHATT without realizing that when you add pranav or OM, the mantra becomes UGRATARA mantra and this form is not to be worshipped by grihastis. It can bring misery and suffering.

Hreem Streem Hoom is the sound form of Nila Saraswati and gives mahamukti.

In the text Neeltantram, Bhairav tells devi that Tara vidya is SARVAVIDYA PRADHANA, deeply mysterious, not revealed to anyone who is unworthy, brings deep wisdom and this vidya is SANATAN! He reveals that MOOLPRAKRITI manifests in infinite forms, but her blue emanations are always remarkable and unique.

The blue forms of Devi connect us to the akash element and the Vishuddhachakra. What do you think of when you visualize blue? Why, the sky and the seas of course! Right? FYI, both of them are colorless, it is sunlight reflecting through them. Deep azure blue reminds us of deep, dark space which is ever expanding and in which the universe or the multiverse is embedded.

The blue/dark forms of Vishnu, Krishna, Tara all refer to an omniscient consciousness, all-pervading and ever expansive! If you scoop up a handful of water from a blue stream, you’ll see it has lost the blueness, so you see, you cannot truly hold onto BLUE! It is an enigma, a mysterious hue and it connects to the primordial divinity!

The connection between the Absolute known as BRAHMAN and expansive space is enunciated in the Chandogya Upanishad.

3:12:7-9: That which is (designated as) Brahman, even that is this ākāśa (space) outside the body. That which is the ākāśa outside the body, even that is the ākāśa inside the body. That which is the ākāśa inside the body, even that is this ākāśa within the (lotus of the) heart. This Brahman is all-filling and unchanging.

Tara is the primordial ocean of sound from which the vibrations of creation begin! Blue is associated with speech, VISHUDDHA chakra and it is the color of Mahadev’s throat which turned this hue after ingesting halahal. This subject matter deserves its own text, because the connection here is that the vast multitudes of space reside in Shiva’s throat. We, that is the physical world is spoken out byy Mahadev into existence!

Ucchishtha Ganapati is blue and his consort is Neel Saraswati or Tara!

In Neeltantram, Bhairav has explained how the blue form of Devi will ferry us through the oceans of samsara and will bless us with wealth, health, fame and wisdom! As she gives us bhog, she takes us towards moksha. Moksha is Shiv and it is her, the cosmic mother who reveals to us SHIVOHAM tattva.

In the same text, Bhairav reveals how Bramha, Vishnu, Mahesh have all worshipped her to gain their positions in the cosmic lila. It’s not just the trimurti, Chandra, Surya, Varun and Kuber have also practiced her mahavidya to gain siddhis. Rishis like Durvasa, Vashishth, Dattatreya and Brihaspati have been her upasak for eons. Bhairav says that all Devis, Devatas, Upadevatas, Gandharv, Kinnar, Yakshas, all celestial folk worship her in some form or another.

I will give you some revelations of Bhairav from the text Neeltantram. It is one of my absolute favorites and I devise my Tara/NS syllabus partly from there. I study it repeatedly over the years and each time it reveals something new and unexpected.

Bhairav says…

Wake up at Bramhamuhurta and before stepping out of your bed, visualize her as kundlini shakti who is spread all through your Mooldhar to your sahasraar! Visualize your whole body turn deep midnight blue from the root of the spine to the bramharandhra. Sahasraar is two fingers above our physical body and it is this nadi that connects us to the final chakra, the crown chakra.

The text does posit some paradoxical concepts, like visualize her as bright and luminescent as a thousand Suns and at the same time, think of her as being cool and pale like a thousand moons. She vibrates with the energy of a million lightning rays that drop from the skies holding in them the energy of a billion Suns! It is this paradoxical nature of tantric texts that have added to the mystique and disreputation of tantra. Contradictory language and ideas are enumerated for the sake of consciousness expansion. Just like the Vedantin NETI NETI!

Sveta raktanta patalah, translates to her complexion being pink. Imagine a drop of blood mixed with white paint. Think of that pale pink color, the lotus comes to mind. That is the best offering for her as well. She loves padmas. Now after you have held her form in dharana for a decent amount of time, visualize your own body turning pink hued, like a lotus freshly bloomed.

I have enjoyed this part tremendously and during deep meditation I can actually feel my whole body turning pastel pink like a luminescent lotus. Since I love associating colors to concepts, I’ve always toyed with ways to explicate the nuances of a shade of color. For me PINK represents…especially the pale pastel pink of Neel Saraswati…

• Femininity and feminine sexuality.
• Healing and restoration.
• Innocence and nostalgia.
• Peace and relaxation.
• Playfulness and sexual allure.
• Romance and sensual vibes.
• Sweetness and release of guilt.
• Tranquility and repose.
• Warmth and creativity.

I mean I could go on and on…but you get the drift. Each color arouses within me deep contemplation with regards to Mahavidya archetypes. Every shape, every color, every nuance becomes fodder for thought. This is how I connect to Shakti. She vivifies me with ideas and realizations!

Back to Neeltantram…

After your body turns pale pink then bring awareness to the Sahasraar and visualize Tara maa residing there; she is Sushitala, cool and mystical and she is varabhaya, showing us both mudras of varada and abhaya and the best part is that she is always prasannavadana, one who is of pleasant disposition. You can learn her dhyana mantra for clarity and try to bring her image to light in the dark of your mind or else you can just attract her with your love. This part is so important as dhyana is the stage of truly connecting to adishakti Mahamaya!

Then Parasmshiv is worshipped in the sahasraar as Guru and his dhyan must be held here. After this starts the process of manaspuja for a certain sect of Kaulas and for the rest, you have to gather puja samagri and begin to offer tika, pushp, dhoop, deep and naivedya. Proper vidhi of Tara sadhna can only be taught by a living Guru and it is at this stage that Guru will reveal Mahadev’s dhyan and mudras. His archana must be done with total surrender in the sahasraar.

My Guru Dr. Brumnath showed me different mudras for panchopachar here. Usually we do tilak with the ring finger, but in dasamahavidya sadhna, we use a different finger, which I cannot reveal. Similarly, pushp is not offered in the narach mudra, but with one finger and this way is secret. This works the best for samayacharis who perfrom mental worship. Dhup will be offered with the finger denoting vayu tattva, so on and so forth…

After this NS stava is recited. I’m giving you

Ghora Roope Maharave, Sarva Shathru Bhayangari,
Bhakthebhyo Varade Devi Thrahi Maam Saranagatham

Surasurarchithe Devi, Sidha Gandharva Sevithe,
Jadya Papa Hare Devi, Thrahi Maam Saranagatham

Jatajuta Samayukthe Lola Jihwantha Karini,
Drutha Budhikare Devi, Thrahi Maam Saranagatham

Soumya Krodha Dhare Roope, Chanda Munda Namosthuthe,
Srushti Roope Namasthubhyam, Thrahi Maam Saranagatham

Jadaanaam Jadathaam Hanthi , Bhakthaanaam Bhaktha Vathsala,
Moodathaam Hara May Devi, Thrahi Maam Saranagatham

Vam Hroom Hroom Kamaye Devi, Bali Homa Priye Nama,
Ugra Thare Namo Nithyam, Thrahi Maam Saranagatham

Budhim Dehi, Yaso Dehi, Kavithwam Dehi Dehi May,
Moodathwam Cha Harer Devi, Thrahi Maam Saranagatham

Indradhi Vilasad Dwanda Vandhithe Karunamayi,
Thare Tharathi Nadhasye, Thrahi Maam Saranagatham.

Idham Stotram Padesdhyasthu Sathatham Sradhayonvitha,
Thasya Shathru Kshayam Yathi Maha Pragnaa Prajayathe

TRANSLATION

O Devi, who assumes a fearsome form, terrifying to all enemies, Bestow your blessings upon your devotees and protect me, who has sought refuge in you.

O Devi, worshipped by both gods and demons, served by siddhas and gandharvas, O Devi, dispeller of inertia and sins, protect me, who has sought refuge in you.

O Devi, adorned with matted hair, having a protruding tongue, Quickener of intellect, protect me, who has sought refuge in you.

O Devi, who possesses a gentle and wrathful form, I bow to you. I bow to you, who is the embodiment of creation. Protect me, who has sought refuge in you.

You destroy the ignorance of the ignorant and have affection for your devotees. O Devi, please remove my ignorance and protect me, who has sought refuge in you.

I invoke the syllables ‘Vaṁ hrūṁ hrūṁ’ with desire, O Devi. I bow to you, who is pleased by sacrificial offerings. I bow to you, the fierce one. Protect me, who has sought refuge in you.

Grant me intellect, grant me fame, grant me poetic skill, grant me, O Devi. Please remove my ignorance, O Devi, and protect me, who has sought refuge in you.

O Devi, who is worshiped by Indra and others, compassionate one, You are the protector of those seeking refuge. Protect me, who has sought refuge in you.

Whoever recites this hymn on the eighth, fourteenth, or ninth day, Will attain success within six months, there is no doubt about it.

The seeker of liberation attains liberation, the seeker of wealth attains wealth, The seeker of knowledge attains knowledge, including logic and grammar.

Whoever recites this hymn with devotion regularly, Their enemies will be destroyed, and great wisdom will arise within them.

In times of affliction, battles, inertia, charity, or fear, There is no doubt that one who recites this hymn will receive auspiciousness.

Having thus offered salutations and praised, one should display the yoni mudra (hand gesture symbolizing the female reproductive organ).

After the completion of this stava, you have to chant VAGBHAVA BEEJ “EING” 108 times. After chanting this VAG beej you have to offer your jaap and then dandavata namaskaram.

Then recite AKHANDA MANDALAKARAM, which is Guru Stotram.

Guru-stotram
akhanda-mandalakaram vyaptam yena characharam
tatpadam darshitam yena tasmai shri gurave namah 1
agyana timirandhasya gyananjana shalakaya
chakshur-oonmeelitam yena tasmai shri gurave namah 2
gurur-brahma gurur-vishnu gurur-devo maheshwarah
guru-sakshat para-brahma tasmai shri gurave namah 3
sthavaram jangamam vyaptam yat kinchit sacharacharam
tatpadam darshitam yena tasmai shri gurave namah 4
chinmayam vyapi yat-sarvam trailokyam sacharacharam
tatpadam darshitam yena tasmai shri gurave namah 5
sarva-shruti shiro-ratna virajita-padambujah
vedantambuja suryo yah tasmai shri gurave namah 6
chaitanya shashwatah shanto vyomatito niranjanah
bindunaada kalatitah tasmai shri gurave namah 7
gyanshakti-samaroodhah tattwamala vibhooshitah
bhukti-mukti -pradata cha tasmai shri gurave namah 8
aneka-janma-sampraptah karma-bandha-vidahine
atma-gyana-pradanena tasmai shri gurave namah 9
shoshanam bhavsindhoshcha gyapanam saarsampadah
guroh-padodakam samyak tasmai shri gurave namah 10
na guror-adhikam tattvam na guror-adhikam tapah
tattva-gyanaat-param nasti tasmai shri gurave namah 11
mannaathah shri jagan-nathah mat-guru-shri jagad-guruhu
madatma sarva-bhutatma tasmai shri gurave namah 12
gururadi-ranadish-cha guruh-parama-daivatam
guroh-parataram nasti tasmai shri gurave namah 13
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tvameva mata cha pita tvameva tvameva bandhushcha sakha tvameva
tvameva vidya dravinam tvameva tvameva sarvam mama-dev-deva

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Lalitha Tripurasundari~

Haris tvam aradhya pranata-jana-saubhagya-jananim
Pura nari bhutva Pura-ripum api ksobham anayat;
Smaro’pi tvam natva rati-nayana-lehyena vapusha
Muninam apyantah prabhavati hi mohaya mahatam.

You who grant all the good things,
To those who bow at your feet,
Was worshipped by the Lord Vishnu,
Who took the pretty lovable feminine form,
And could move the mind of he who burnt the cities,
And make him fall in love with him.
And the God of love , Manmatha,
Took the form which is like nectar,
Drunk by the eyes by Rathi his wife,
After venerating you,
Was able to create passion ,
Even in the mind of Sages the great. ~SOUNDARYA LAHIRI, Shankaracharya~

LALITHA IS A MAHAVIDYA

There are two Mahavidyas, Kali and Tara, but what most people don’t know or don’t realize is that LTS is verily a “Mahavidya” in her own right with possibly the most complex and intricate tantra, mantra and yantra. Her main names are Lalitha, Sodashi, Tripurasundari and Raajrajeshwari.

Sarva-shaktimayi sarvamangala sadgatiprada Sarveshvari sarwamayi sarvamantra svarupini Sarva-yantratmika sarvatantrarupa manonmani Maheshvari mahadevi mahalakshmi rmrudapriya

The concept of devi puja is not new to the subcontinent of Bharat and it has existed from the Vedic times in some form or another. Shakti was considered as the emanating energy of the trinity, Bramha, Vishnu and Mahesh. They were names Bramhi, Vaishnavi and Kaumari. and it was them who were responsible for creation, sustenance and dissolution!

We have to mention the Saptamatrikas of the Vedas who were given supreme importance in the pantheon and within them, Chamunda was held in the highest esteem and importance. Chamunda is worshipped on the sandhi tithi between ashtami and navami of Durga puja, but her form is diametrically opposite to that of Durga. She is ghora(dark and scary) and prachanda(wrathful), whereas Mool tattva Durga is prasanna vadana(pleasant disposition), varada(boon-giving) and kalyandayini(auspicious).

DHYANA OF LTS

DHYANAM

Sinduraruna vigraham, trinayanam, manikya moulisphura tharanayaka shekharam, smitamuki, maapina vakshoruham Panibhya  malipurnaratna chashakam, raktothpalam bibhrathim Sowmyam ratna  ghatastharaktacharanam Dhyayetparamambikam

Arunam karuna tarangithakshim Dhruta paashankusha pushpabana chapam
Animadi bhiravrutam mayukhaihi ahamithyeva vibhavaye, bhavanim

Dhyayetpadmasanastham vikasita Vadanaam padmapatrayathakshim Hemabham pitavastram karakalita Lasadhemapadmam varamgim Sarvalankara yuktam satata mabhayadam Bhaktanamram bhavanim Shree vidyam shantamurthim sakala suranutam Sarvasampatpradathrim

Sakunkuma vilepana malikachunbi kasturikam Samamdahasi tekshenam sasharachapa pashankusham Asheshajana mohini marunamalya bhushojwalam Japakusuma bhasuram japavidhao smaramyabhikam

Take a deep breath with eyes closed and retain your breath keeping focus in the ajna chakra. Now visualize the Devi, her nubile body is lithe and supple and her complexion is coppery red. The radiance emanating from her is of a thousand Suns and her expressive eyes are lotus shaped and the smile playing on her lips could enchant a million worlds!

While meditating on her, always keep in mind that she is the most beautiful Devi in the three lokas; the most gorgeous of apsaras would have an inferiority complex even if they catch a glimpse of only her lotus feet. She is bejeweled and her saree is a lustrous shade of red. The crescent Moon glistens on her forehead and her whole body is bedecked with the most spectacular jewels found in the three worlds. She is trinetra and chaturbhuja and in those four arms she carries a lasso, a goad, a bow made of sugarcane and arrows of flowers.

SRIVIDYA IN THE CURRENT FORM WAS PRACTICED MOSTLY IN THE SOUTH

If you try to demarcate the varying tantric ideologies, you’ll realize that there are three main schools of tantra in India, The Bengal Kali/Kamakhya tantra, Kashmiri Shaivism and Srividya in the south!

The main text from which her vidya is gleaned is from an ancient writing by Parashuram called PARASHURAMKALPASUTRA and in it we find details of Lts’ puja vidhi and upasana. The other important texts of Srividya are SARADATILAK, TANTRARAAJ TANTRA, LALITHA SAHASRANAAM etc. The list is massive! The srichakra, srividya and panchadashi are different forms of srimata; they are all emanations of Parashakti. In Kalpasutra, it is mentioned that LTS vidya is known as Lalithakrama.

However, we in Bengal were worshipping Lalitha as Sodashi in Kamrup, so The Bangla school was quite advanced in propitiating LTS in the form of Sodashi/Kamakhya. Again I will repeat. The DEVI IS ONE, not many. We conceptualize Parashakti as the dasamahavidyas for our own clarity and understanding. For it is not easy to comprehend the complexity of shakti through infinite manifestations! No matter what sampradaya a shakta belongs to, keep in mind that their objective is one and the same, to realize the oneness of Shiv/Shakti tattva within and without.

The Bengal school may differ with the Southern Keralite Srividya, but honestly all the systems are deeply intertwined and the charam siddhanta(ultimate aim) is to experience Sacchidananda Shiv/Shakti samrasya(divine nectar of union)!

LTS REPRESENTS SATTVA GUNA

Although the Mahavidyas can be labelled according to gunas, they transcend them. Kali, Tara, Chinnamasta, Dhumavati may be considered tamasic as they reside in the crematorium, have blood on them, carry severed heads etc etc but they are not tamasic in the way we understand. It means that their vidya helps us weed out the tamas within.

Raajrajeshwari is sattvik, which is why very pure hearted disciples are initiated in Srividya. I mean, that was the norm back in the days, but now things have surely changed. The Mahavidyas are the epitome of the ultimate shakti that animates the worlds; they are pure consciousness and impart the SHIVOHAM experience to us. Their raw and powerful archetypes shatter conventional norms and take us to unchartered territories of the atman.

Each Mahavidya is but ADISHAKTI and there is nothing that can bind them, nothing in the three worlds! The point to remember is that all the devis are SHUDDHA SATTVA, reflecting only the highest goodness, but we must be guided in the right way of worship through gurumukhi teachings. Drop all your conditionings and look at them with eyes of love and devotion, then you will gain true knowledge. The devis are above and beyond any gunas!

MAHAVIDYAS ARE ONE AND ABSOLUTE

If you can eradicate the conditionings that society has imposed upon you, then the omnipresent truth of the Mahavidyas becomes imminent. Think of a modern apartment complex. There are many flats in one building and although we may think of our flat as independent, in fact, it is also but a part of the whole structure. Similarly, take your own flat for instance. You may call the room you sleep in, bedroom and the room you eat in dining room, but in fact they are all part of the flat. The flimsy walls segregate them, yet, they are together, a part of the WHOLE.

Similarly DURGA is the mool tattva and all the other devis are but part of that tattva, expressing different archetypes. She has infinite archetypes, but ten was a pretty solid endeavor for our kind the ancients concurred. Forget learning all ten, just one of the archetypes if consolidated within and realized can mete out the four purusharthas and ferry us through the turbulence.

EROTICISM IN SRIVIDYA

The archetypes of the Mahavidyas are often drawing from the primordial eroticism embedded within the fabric of creation. Kali copulates with Mahakaal in viprit maithun and LTS breastfeeds Kameshwar Shiv! Forget that, She sits on the panchapretas the five shivas! She’s the dominant one and it is obvious!

The ancient tantrics wanted to overthrow the patriarchal Puranic ideologies on the ideal conduct of women. They created these iconoclastic symbols of Adishakti, who were sexually empowered, allowing the women to become emancipated from patriarchal oppression. At least the tantric women, the Lona Chamaris were emancipated from the constrictions of society!

Mahavidyas like Kali, Tara and LTS dominate their Shivas and are unapologetic and free!The Mahavidyas impart total freedom, now do what you will with that! You need to have a guru who can love and support you through this journey. You need a true companion.

Shiva is shava, a corpse, when he is not united with his shakti. He is sat-chit-ananda, but he is static, not dynamic. Shiva/Shakti are always united, but in the jeeva, they lie separated in the physical body. Through tapas, we have to create the merging of Shiva/Shakti in the sahasrar, which is why the Khadgamala stotram imagines the Devi in coitus with Kameshwar Shiv. It is she who is full of desire, thereby wanting to create the worlds. Once she unleashes her desire, Kameshwar is but lost in her lila and they birth cosmic love! The human sexual act is merely a hollow echo of shakti’s viparit maithun with Mahakaal.

SRICHAKRA

LTS’ yantra is known as the king of all yantras and its complex sacred geometry boggles the mind! What an ornate and elaborate design! So complicated, yet so simple. The nine avaranas have to be traversed by an initiate and as one goes through each level, more mysteries are revealed and one gets closer to LTS. Each avarana becomes riddled with complexities and mysterious awakenings and the complexity rises with each movement as we move towards the bindu. We pay obeisance to the 98 yoginis or aspects of LTS as we move towards Kameshwar and Kameshwari in the bindu.

She is the bindu, the point around which the whole chakra is created and she is in coitus with Kameshwar. These Yoginis are gate keepers who guard various marma points; each of their energies and archetypes have to be realized within. It is our quest to internally awaken each yogini and then move closer to LTS and what a journey unfolds. The journey to becoming LTS!!!

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Shivah shakthya yukto yadi bhavati shaktah prabhavitum
Na chedevam devo na khalu kusalah spanditumapi;
Atas tvam aradhyam Hari-Hara-Virinchadibhir api
Pranantum stotum vaa katham akrta-punyah prabhavati

Lord Shiva, only becomes able.
To do creation in this world along with Shakthi
Without her, Even an inch he cannot move,
And so how can, one who does not do good deeds,
Or one who does not sing your praise,
Become adequate to worship you
Oh , goddess mine, Who is worshipped by the trinity. ~~Shankarachary

It was one of those lazy afternoons in Calcutta and my grandmother settled in for her afternoon nap. The oppressive heat breathed down my neck as I wiped away tiny sweat beads from my forehead and my bored mind kept drifting to the puja room for there I knew, I could feel important reciting mumbo jumbo mantras and conducting my own rituals to the Gods and Goddesses.

Those were the days before smartphones and it was a legit way to entertain myself! The puja room was adjacent to her bedroom, it contained a magical world full of mystical artifacts, Gods and Goddesses, all kinds of spices, beautiful shells and conches and the doors were always closed shut. Not with locks though, which is why I often times slipped into it and began my own pujas and rituals much to the dismay of my family. “Don’t touch the banlingam” or “This is not a play area,” and such sentences were often thrown at me to remind me that I was just a child and the puja room wasoff limits. It’s where grownups do serious stuff.

Cutting a long story short, I did not give into any of their cajoling requests or stern scolding and often found myself in there, again I knew not why! What attracted me so much about it?

I would take down my grandfather’s huge shivling and start my own abhishekham. I would precariously carry the heavy Ganapati marble murthi, my whole body bent like a twig about to snap by its weight in my arms. I never dropped anything though, although I had tons of mishaps with sindur, turmeric, rice and water. I would hide and eat the Bengali sandesh offered to Ganapati while stuffing some on the idol!

I’d laugh mischievously as if I shared some great secret with Ganapati! As my mom pulled my ears to extract me from there, I’d joyously scream and say, “Look ma, the chubby little Ganapati is eating…” However, my favorite article in the whole room was a parad or mercury Srimeru, the three D version of the Sriyantra which was given to my grandfather by his Guru, Paramhamsa Vishuddhananda.

I was always fascinated by the Meru. The formation of such an intricate design, it mesmerized me and I always looked for the right moment to bring it down from the top shelves where it lay wrapped in red silk inside a potli with Tibetan letters on it.

My grandfather disappeared for many months somewhere in or near Tibet (he never told us) each year with his Gurudeva and this had been his habit since he was initiated in his early twenties. Sometimes he would tell me stories of the snow-capped mountains and in it lay nestled a magical place created by the Yogic siddhis of very advanced Mahayogis.

His Guru being one such individual who hailed from that place, my Dadu was allowed access into many of its secrets. This place he called Gyangang and he told me so many fantastic stories. It felt like heaven, if my tiny brain could grasp that kind of concept! It felt like I belonged there for some reason, it felt like home.

My favorite part of the story was, in the third level of Gyanganj there existed the Srimeru in all its 3D glory! It was ethereal and holographic and from that structure emanated massive energy which ultimately created all known matter and anti-matter. This was the energy of all the Gods and Goddesses combined and their leader is Maha Tripurasundari.

She is the Great Empress, Maharagni!

Dadu would say, “She is not just Maharagni, she is Sri Maharagni, the Empress of all the Queens!” At that moment I realized she was my one and only queen, the Queen of my Heart and somewhere in my mind a bulb ignited that not only is she the creator of all things, it is she who sustains all and she is seated atop a majestic lion, which happens to be my favorite animal. May have something to do with an ascendant and four planet stellium in Leo or Simha rashi opposite a lonely moon in the 7th in Aquarius!

But that story of the holographic Meru and Rajrajeswari’s temple in Gyanganj really got me fascinated and I couldn’t shake the story off my mind and I kept revisiting that snowy mountain in Tibet and that Sriyantra vibrating like a gargantuan diamond! If only I could touch it!

Dadu told me that there was a temple of Rajrajeshwari, the Supreme Mother of all, Srimata; his Guru’s Guru, Bramharishi Mahatapa resided there. He was known as the Tibboti and his age was an enigma. It was rumored in Gyanganj that he has lived from the beginning of time in this manvantara and will remain till its end.

Strangely I could visualize the Srimeru and I could put a face to Paramguru Mahatapa. It was all like a fairy tale to me, full of wonder and mystique and I wanted to visit Gyanganj. I had no interest in Snow White or Goldilocks as fairy tales, to me the real fantasy that tugged at my imagination was the snow clad Academy of Yoga, hidden in some obscure corner within the Himalayan range.

I wanted to know everything about the mystical Sriyantra back then; I wanted to know about her so bad and that want never dissipated. It just intensified, which is why I made Srividya my Life’s work. I wanted nothing more than to know about Srimata, her dazzling brilliance so attracted me that I vowed to find my way back to her lotus feet.

Her lotus feet, from under which Brahma gathers cosmic dust to create the fourteen worlds (parallel
multiverse structures)! What entitlement you might think! What makes me think I will ever achieve that feat? I am not speaking from a place of entitlement or exclusivity; I am speaking from a place of deep love. The deep love I feel for all the five main deities associated to Srividya. They speak to me, they inspire me, they provoke me, and they captivate me and my whole being.

Who are the five deities of Srividya?
1)Mahaganapati (Ucchishtha Ganapati)
2)Mantrini
3)Varahi
4)Bala
5)Maha Tripurasundari

This is how one enters the sacredness of Srividya…

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The mysteries of KALI MURTHI PUJA~~~

Krishnanda Agambagish was dumbfounded, astonished and stupefied as he gazed upon the woman of the cow-herding family; her stunning beauty was mesmerizing and he couldn’t take his eyes off her! She looked like an ethereal being, so majestic was she! Her skin was star-shadow black and it glistened like precious onyx. Her movements were strong and powerful, her right leg gracefully lifted as she pressed the cow dung cakes in the walls of the shanty hut.

She had smoldering, jet black eyes and a sculpted, curvaceous figure, her youth radiating like a thousand Suns! She dazzled in the soft bokeh light of dawn as she perspired profusely because of her laborious undertaking. It is not easy to plaster a house with cow manure! Her gaze suddenly shifted and her eyes met Krishnanda’s. Noticing him standing there, staring at her, startled her. Her ghungat cascaded from her head and her luscious hair went spiraling down like dense sheets of water released from the heavens in the time of the monsoons.

There was a wisdom about her although she was barely in her early twenties. There was a strength in her gait, a mesmerizing allure that was inexplicable as she moved and swayed. Her gaze was soft and tender, but in it there was a hint of embarrassment; the emotion was raw because back in those days, married women did not reveal their faces and their gorgeous locks to strangers. Her half moon cheekbones glistened with sweat and she smiled faintly, sticking her tongue out while biting it down gently with her perfect pearl white teeth.

Krishnanda noticed that her right hand was full of cow dung and the way she suddenly lifted it, it made him think of the abhaya mudra. Her left hand was held together tightly in a fist, and she moved it like she was about to hold something and in his imaginative mindscape, he saw the varada mudra taking form. As she stood in front of him, her midnight-black skin and her thundercloud hair running amok in all directions, her lips slightly swollen, as if she’d been stung by a bee, Krishnanda Agambagish was left absolutely speechless in awe.

He did not see her as a woman of the cow-herding tribe. He saw her as the very epitome of Parashakti, such was his connection to the Great Mother! He began to tremble as tears started streaming down his face as he pondered on the mystical experience gifted to him by the great mother. His heart began to tremble with joy as he rejoiced in the mahima of Maa Kali. He fell at her feet, crying with reverence and then he stood up and took his leave. He kept his gaze on her feet as he bowed his way out and he felt a wave of creativity surging deep within.

It was the wee hours of the morning and Krishnanda noticed that it was still empty by the Ganges river bank. He collected mud from the banks of the Ganges and began to sculpt the murthi of Maa Kali, drawing inspiration from the intense chance-meeting with the cow-herding woman. Was she even a woman? He had his doubts.

As he sculpted on, he began to realize that the woman he had seen was so strikingly beautiful and unique that he hadn’t forgotten a single detail about her! Another important thing he noticed, was that the devi lakshans cited in the scriptures could all be found in the woman he had been inspired by. His soul began to scream with joy as he spent long hours crafting this murthi with total dedication and commitment. In his heart he knew that he had seen the form that The Goddess had shown him. It was how she wanted to be known and recognized by us mere mortals through the ages.

While carving out the form of this enigmatic woman, she appeared to him as chaturbhuja and he felt compelled to depict her in such a form. Krishnanda did avahana to devi in this very murthi and the level of love and devotion that he felt, brought forth the very essence of Prashakti Kali in her Chinmayi form. His love made mrinmai maa, chinmayi!

Below I will mention some of Krishnanda Agambagish’s teachings and saying…

He always taught his students to simply SURRENDER to maa Kali and watch her operate through the physical vehicle. It is miraculous…

Shokoli tomari iccha…icchamoyi Tara tumi…tomar kormo tumi koro maa, loke bole kori ami…

All is your desire Maa, you are Icchamayi devi. You do what you need to, yet, people think it is me…wrote Rajanikanta..

Krishnanda always stressed on the importance of having a positive mindset and hope. Hope of merging with Maa Kali should be tantamount in our minds and hearts.

The regular perusal of spiritual books was a set routine in his life and he expected all to inculcate this habit. It will set your mind at peace, he would teach!

FEARLESSNESS is very important to a Shakta! When fear drowns our reason, it begins to fester as a parasitic entity, so get rid of that fear, he would teach.

Everything is made possible because of Maa Kali, so sing her praises. Revel in her grace. Surrender to her love. JOY KALI KALKATTE WALI JAI KALI…

Love and respect all of creation and that’s what Kali will give you in return. It is all her Lila! What else is there?

Maa Kali’s mantras and kriyas, taught by a living Guru must be a daily practice to maintain sanity in this insane world. The first Mahavidya is she!

Transcend duality. HELP EACH OTHER! DO GOOD!

Smile. Laugh. Celebrate!

Such simple, yet profound teachings…

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Mahalaxmi Tattva~~~The Way of abundance!

या सा पद्मासनस्था विपुलकटितटी पद्मपत्रायताक्ष
गम्भीरावर्तनाभिस्तनभरनमिता शुभ्रवस्त्रोत्तरीया ।
या लक्ष्मीर्दिव्यरूपैर्मणिगणखचितैः स्नापिता हेमकुम्भैः
सा नित्यं पद्महस्ता मम वसतु गृहे सर्वमांगल्ययुक्ता ॥
ॐ हिरण्यवर्णां हरिणीं सुवर्णरजतस्रजाम्‌ ।
चंद्रां हिरण्मयीं लक्ष्मीं जातवेदो म आ वह ॥
ॐ महालक्ष्म्यै नमः, ध्यानार्थे पुष्पाणि समर्पयामि ।

MAHALAXMI IS COMPLICATED~

As I sit down to pen down my thoughts on the Mahalaxmi Tattva on this Friday, I have in mind only one keyword for this archetype and that is PERFECTION, but how can we understand such a concept in this imperfect world of duality. It seems almost an impossibility! We, imperfect little beings of flesh and blood, how can we comprehend PERFECTION. We prefer to say, nah, perfection it doesn’t exist! But it does, PERFECTION is verily Laxmi tattva. As HRUDAYAGRANTHIBHEDINI, she pierces through the knot of your heart!

What is perfection? As SHUBHA, she is total auspiciousness!

Perfection is a flawless state where everything is exactly right!!! In the MAHALAXMI TATTVA, this is the prevalent energy-signature, which again, can be hard for us to summarize. Now think back, have you ever had a moment where everything is 100% perfect? Or has there always been some stress to encumber your happiness? Can we truly ever find Laxmi? The point is to try and uphold her tattva every single moment of your life, to become one with her. This is easier said than done…

Laxmi posits a very complicated archetype for us to assimilate, and this is a fact even for Sri Hari Vishnu as he too cannot totally comprehend his shakti, Mahalaxmi! But why?

ALWAYS WORSHIP LAXMI AT NIGHT

On Kojagori poornima, Mata Laxmi is worshipped. We also call this day Kaumadi and back in ancient times, Kaumadi Mahotsav was celebrated in Laxmi sharadiya poornima day. The word Kumudi comes from the concept that on this full moon night, the rare Kumud flowers bloom.

Kumidini also means the full moon and the Laxmi tattva is deeply associated with this cycle of the moon.

Kaumadyang pujaye Laxmi…

In the dhyan mantra, she is described as Aishwarya, as beauty and as abundance. On this Ashwin poornima, you have to be awake at night and this is the illuminated silvery night when she roams the earthly realms and gives us her vibhuti. You have to dress beautifully and smell nice, then stay up all night playing pasha. Jua and satta were played all night. The ancient people would stay up and bet all night and this might surprise the typical middle-class moral police, but this is why her tattva is so complex.

LAXMI IS SRI

Historians like Nrisingha Bhaduri have commented on how the name Laxmi is a later invention, her name in the ancient times was SRI! He also noted how Laxmi puja might not have happened in the ancient times, but on this night of Ashwin Poornima, Kaumadi mahotsav was celebrated with great pomp and fervor. It is interesting to note that the texts mention the worship of Lord Indra seated on Airavat during her puja, however, this practice has been abandoned in the modern times. The deeper symbolism here is that because of Mahalaxmi’s existence, Indra sits on the throne of Swarga!

The etymology of the word LAXMI comes from Laxan which can be translated as signs. When Dushyanta saw Shankuntala for the first time, he was mesmerized by her beauty and he wrote that as the moon has certain markings of auspiciousness, so does she. This moon reference always connects to beauty and glamor and the full moon totally epitomizes MAHALAXMI!

MOON GAZING/CHANDRA TRATAK

Nishithe varada Laxmi…she only boons at night. The night is deep and mysterious, incomprehensible, like Mahalaxmi tattva. This kojagari night is so very magical, if you remain awake all night, you will feel what I felt as I sat gazing at the luminescent full moon on those nights! This was the most magical part of my practice, as I allowed my eyes to soak in the moon rays while observing extended periods of tratak.

In my mind, the SHREEM beej kept playing on repeat. Watching the moon in a transfixed state, I could feel the ocean of my intuition swell up with waves of premonitions that Laxmi mata inserted within me. The beauty, the grace, the abundance was everlasting, it was an infinity that I held through the vision of my eyes. It was magnanimous and one of the most mystical experiences of my life. It was always easier to enter into samadhic states after the intense moon gazing.

ARE YOU AWAKE?

Kojagari in Bengali simply means, “Who is awake…”! The ancients tell us, do not sleep, stay clean, stay beautiful and wait for perfection to permeate your being! The point is that you cannot slumber when perfection hits, you have to remain alert and focused to embody Laxmi. There can be no sloth, laziness or complacency!

Laxmi mata tells us, “Tasmai vidyang prajacchami…the ones who are awake, I will bless you with wealth, health and beauty with a dash of glamor!” When people stay up all night betting, in a sense they are making deals and exchanging money, thereby they are exploring Laxmi.

In no Devi’s dhyan mantra will you find such an iconoclastic, yet practical tattva. Here we speak of the exchange of money and staying up late, two things we do not associate with puja and upasna. Of course, some know Tantric pujas are done at night, but the normal householder is often shocked to learn that devi upasna happens at night. Laxmi should only be propitiated during the night!

LAXMI IS PRIMORDIAL

Laxmi is the daughter of the ocean and during the churning of the kshirasagara, she emanated on the poornima in Ashwin…

Sakra: — O Goddess, who appearest from the milky ocean, wife of the God Padmanabha, I prostrate myself before Thee, who art lotus-born. Deign to explain who a living being is.
Sri: — The primordial, absolute I-hood of Hari is myself and I am the transcendental, supreme Goddess.

— Chapter 6 LAXMI TANTRA

Mahalaxmi is the shakti or the dynamism of Sri Vishnu Hari and she is the sustainer of all creation.

PADMA IS HER BEING

When she arose out of the depths of kshirasagara, she held in her hand the padma or lotus. She was accompanied by the wish-fulfilling cow, Kamadhenu, Varuni, Parijat, the Apsaras, Chandra and finally Dhanvantari with amrit. Now you can understand that she brings with herself the power to manifest all kinds of abundance and Kamadhenu is a symbol of that. She brings food as a form of sustenance. is a miraculous cow of plenty who provides the world whatever they desire and is often portrayed as the mother of other cattle.

Padma nabha priyam devim Padmakshim m Padma vasinim,
Padmavakthram, Padma hasthaam Vande Padma maharnisam.

I salute day and night the goddess who is darling of Padmanabha,
Who has lotus like eyes, who lives in lotus,
Who has a pretty face like a fully open lotus and who holds a lotus.

LAXMI INTOXICATES

Varuni is the devi of wine or soma and when she appeared with Mahalaxmi, she had in her hand a pot of wine. The inebriated state of God realization is what this amrit brings. UG is madonmatta, intoxicated with this same soma! Thereby we understand that the worship of Laxmi reveals such inebriated states, where we can suspend our ordinary ego-driven awareness to tune into something higher, something more magical.

SHREEM FREQUENCY

Turn on, tune in and drop out…this is what true Laxmi tattva reveals. Drop out from the suffering, the ugliness, the pain and pathos and tune into beauty, self confidence, glamor and attractiveness. Not the kind displayed by the Kardashians or Btown celebs, but a beauty unparallel and PERFECTED. The exploration of Laxmi is about realizing this PERFECTION! You do not need botox, you do not need a stick thin figure, all you need is the willingness to embody Laxmi tattva against all odds. Do this and watch how magical life can become! When we are high, we are happy and excitable and with Laxmi upasna one stays in this vibration, holding the frequency of SHREEM. It is not easy, which is why she is so complex.

THE MAGICAL PARIJAT

It is ABSOLUTELY awesome to note that the Parijat tree blooms only at night, the flowers cascading on the ground effortlessly, making it the only flower that can be offered to the deities after picking them from the ground, implying that once you embody the Laxmi archetype, you will forever remain UNSULLIED! No matter how deep you fall, you will always be picked up as an offering to the GREAT MOTHER MAHALAXMI!

APSARAS ATTEND TO MAHALAXMI

Apsaras are the very epitome of beauty, grace and glamor, so it is befitting that they arrive with Mahalaxmi during the churning of the ocean of milk. In the RIGVEDA, we find the tale of an Apsara who was the wife of a Gandharva, the court musicians of Indra. Urvashi was her name and an entire hymn deals with the conversation between Urvashi and her mortal lover and through that conversation, we learn a lot about these most elegant and beautiful feminine energies, each embodying the tattva of MAHALAXMI.

MOON CONNECTION

Chandra or Soma is obviously crucial in the worship of Mahalaxmi as she emanates on a full moon night! She is deeply connected to both the Sun and the Moon. She sits on a padma and her name is also Padma and the lotus flower rises out of the muck to greet the skies only during the day when the sun light fructifies it. The moon connection is evident in her iconography and the Puranas tell us that Chandra dev is her brother. Interestingly Guru Shukracharya or VENUS is also the brother of Mahalaxmi, which is why Fridays are so very special for her worship and shravan.

Poornendu vadanam, divya rathnabharana bhooshithaam,
Varada abhaya hasthaadyam dyayeth chandra sahodharim.

I meditate on the sister of the moon, who has a face like a full moon,
Who wears divine gem studded ornaments and who shows,
Blessing and protection by her two hands.

SHE HEALS DISEASES

We can safely assume that mata Mahalaxmi definitely has a lot to do with healing physical diseases as Dhanvantari emanated with her. Dhanvantari is the devata of curing diseases and he is the physician of all Gods and in his hands he holds AMRIT, the nectar of immortality. Now we can deduce that Laxmi upasna gives us immortality. Not in a physical form, as everything born must die! The immortality she metes out to us is about ATMAN realization. We realize that the soul is immortal, the soul is MAHALAXMI! 

THE TRINITY~ MAHALAXMI, MAHASARASWATI, MAHAKALI

As I hold the text of Laxmi Tantra in my hands and peruse through it, I see how the archetype of MAHALAXMI has been given primordial importance. She is a part of CHANDI TATTVA, the amalgamation of MAHALAXMI, MAHAKALI and MAHASARASWATI!

MUSINGS

I went to this VISHALAXMI DEVI mandir in the smashan of Channa gram in Burdwan and right next to this temple, there is a PANCHAMUNDI asan of Kamalakanta. In 2018, they built a new temple here near the original and in that place I’ve had some of the most sublime revelations of Mahalaxmi tattva. This 2023 Dhanteras, I felt sort of the same energy. Think of how difficult it is to be a functional responsible adult every single day! How difficult it is to keep a job, pay the bills, look good, maintain a relationship, raise kids, the list is endless, but you get the drift…

HER JOB IS HARD

Now think of how difficult it must be for MAHALAXMI to sustain and maintain life. We are quick to want money and gold from her, but are we in any way helping her sustain the world or are we causing destruction to what she seeks to preserve. If we are a destructive force with money, then how can we realize Mahalaxmi tattva? We have to embody the LAXMI TATTVA within and without if we want to be blessed with her anugraha. This is why Laxmi is chanchala. The minute we become anti-Laxmi in our habits and behavior, she leaves. Nityagatha is her first name in her Sahasranaam and it means that Mata Laxmi keeps on travelling!

Why do we need to be clean? Because when we are clean we are better able to MAINTAIN our physical body and keep it free from harmful bacteria and other pollutants. When we clean our homes, we are better able to maintain the space we live in, so on and so forth and these workings add to the work of MAHALAXMI. If we each maintain and uphold Grihalaxmi, then wouldn’t the world be a better place?

Icharoopam bhagwatha sachidananda roopinim,
Sarvagnaam sarva jananim Vishnu vaksha sthalalayam,
Dayalumanisam dhyayeth suka sidha swaroopinim.

I always meditate that Goddess who has the form of pleasure and salvation,
Who takes that form which is dear to the God, Who is the form of divine joy,
Who knows everything, who is the mother of all,
Who lives on the chest of Lord Vishnu and who is very merciful.

THE DEER

Laxmi’s older iconography depicts her vahana to be a dear. A female dear! Later on, it became on owl. The she-deer was in fact a perfect symbol for Laxmi, both display the chanchal trait. This asthirata of Laxmi in our lives is in fact our own doing. How will she bless us if our energies are anti-Laxmi/anti-Harivishnu? Learn to be a coauthor in her saga of maintaining the world and watch how DHANALAXMI graces you. You have to understand her mammoth task to have BHAGYALAXMI enter your being. Luck is verily her gift.

SHE IS DURGA

Mahalaxmi reveals her identity as DURGA to Devraj Indra by saying she got that name when she destroyed the asur Durgam. The Narad Puran explains that Durga, Mahakali, Bhadrakali, Chandi, Maheshwari, Vaishnavi and Andreye are different names of MAHALAXMI. Understand her as Bramhashakti, she is SHAKTISWARUPINI!

Let us worship her and sing her praises as MATRUKABEEJROOPINI, the root of all letters!

Sarva mangala Mangalye, Shive Sarvartha sadhake,
Saranye trayambike Gowri Narayani namosthuthe

Oh Goddess who is giver of auspicious things,
Oh Consort of Shiva, Oh fulfiller of all wishes,
Who is to be fit to be surrendered to,
Who is the mother with three eyes,
Oh Goddess who is white, Oh Narayani, we salute you.

Puna punar namosthesthu sashangam mayutham puna

We salute you again and again,
And offer pranams touching the floor,
Ten thousand times.

Sanathkumara Uvacha

Evam sthuthaa Mahalakshmir, Brahma Rudhradhibhir surai,
Namadhbirrathrair dheenaicha nisSwathvair Bhoga varjithai,

Jyeshtaa Jyeshtaischa ni srekai samsara swa parayanai,
Vishnu pathni dadhou theshaam darasanam drushti darpanam

Sarath poornendu kotyabha davala panga veekshanai,
Sarvaan Sathwa samavishtaan Chakre hrushta varam dhadhou.

Mahalakshmi who is the consort of Lord Vishnu,
Glowing coolly like billions of full moons of autumn,
 Thus praised by Brahma, Rudhra and other devas,
Gave new enthusiasm to the devas by her very cool glance,
And with heart full of joy gave several boons,
To them as well as to those who salute her,
To those in pain, those depressed and those who have lost everything.

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Why do we worship Maa Tara’s feet?

You might have noticed that in many temples, especially Tarapeeth, the devi’s feet are worshipped and I’ve explained to you in a video(given at the bottom of the text), how to do mata’s padaseva on a Thursday to appease Jupiter. But why do we worship her feet?

When one worships her lotus feet, she grants you what you desire! If it is financial abundance you seek, then she gives you material wealth. If it is Moksha, a lofty goal indeed that you seek, then she will ferry you to salvation. If like me, you see knowledge and wisdom, then she will impart to you the esoteric arts. Like she does with me.

Each individual worships her lotus feet according to their gunas which generate their inherent desires and dreams and sometimes what they desire may cause them to suffer through numerous cycles of birth and death. Yet, that is their journey and we all have our individual paths to tread and quests to conquer!

Maa Tara is the second Mahavidya and she is the adyaspanda or the first vibration that can be heard in the VOID. She is not naked like Kali, but wears a tiger skin skirt. Kali has veiled herself to appear as sound in the form of Tara. Kali, in her primordial form is the power of electro-magnetism.

Tara’s feet are like padmas or lotuses and although most devi’s and devata’s have eyes like lotus, her feet too appear lotus-like. The pale pink hue, which is connected to Laxmi tattva signifies auspiciousness. Her feet are an omen of good fortune.

In both the Srikul and Kalikul systems, the worship of Devi’s lotus feet is given tremendous importance and an aspirant must learn how to fix his dharana on her charan. I have had vivid visions of her lotus feet, radiant in hue, such a sublime energy emanating from them, leaving me transfixed. These visions are followed by moments of pure bliss, unadulterated joy and connection to Parashakti and Paramshiv!

I am reminded of Soundarya Lahari, where Shankaracharya recounts how Bramha, Vishnu and Mahesh collect the dust from her lotus feet. The dust refers to the pollen grains of the flowers she wears that has been collected at the bottom of her feet. But these are cosmic dusts that create nebulae and pulsar and sometimes an average planet like the Sun that harbors life on a pale blue dot that revolves around it. The astronomers will tell you that we inhabit a solar system created by an average, unremarkable star. But they couldn’t be further from the truth. The Sun is in fact, remarkable!

Lalitha’s feet are full of pollen from the kadamba flowers that she adores, kadamba being one of the sacred five flowers that in actuality represent the four parts of the ANTAHKARANA, the mind, intellect, consciousness and ego, the fifth being the heart chakra, the anahata where the SOUL or atman resides.

Bramha creates fourteen worlds(seven upper and seven lower) with this pollen from her feet which he collected after worshipping them. Vishnu is responsible with the task of sustaining these worlds and ultimately it is Rudra who destroys them in the time of pralaya.

Can you imagine what we mere mortals can achieve just by worshipping her lotus feet?

Can we hope to collect the pollen? Even a minute atom of that pollen which has veiled and limited itself numerous times will be enough to see us through the turbulent samsaric seas of life. Just even a subatomic particle from that pollen!

The dust that the Trinity collect can also be thought of as souls, the ensouled vivified matter that creates the multitudes of worlds. But let us not think of collecting souls just yet! Can we collect that dust to use as a tilak that can open our ajna chakra and remove the shackles of ignorance? Can we visualize the power of the Sun permeating in each particle we receive from her lotus feet and can we use these rays to light the fire within?

Visualize yourself collecting kadamba pollen from Maa Tara’s feet, yes, even she likes Kadamba because verily she is Tripurasundari in another avatar. This dust you will wash off from her padmacharan, treat them like precious diamonds as they will cut away through the material ropes that bind you. A diamond can cut through anything!

By visualizing this during the ritual of charan seva, you will be led to moksha after the realization of the three previous purusharthas. I have noticed that meditation/dhyana on her feet is easier than her whole form. It is a gift for beginners. Forget the rest and just focus on her feet as once you’re able to contemplate on the magnificence of her feet, the secrets and mysteries of her whole form open up to you. Things are revealed if you hold extended practice.

Maya ensnares you with five concealments and these veils are ignorance, ego, attachment, hatred and stubbornness and you can cut away these veils by meditating on her lotus feet. If you’re new to devi worship and want to know how to get her grace speedily, then drop everything and do tratak on her lotus feet. Twenty one minutes of tratak, six months of sustained practice will reveal untold realms out there. Ultimately the knowledge dawns that this world is an illusory projection of Shakti and SHIVOHAM is realized within!

Dhyana on her lotus feet removes the functioning of the ego-driven personality. Nothing is yours and you own no one! It is all her play and to her you shall return. Try tratak on her feet this Guruvar and tell me if you feel this truth that she pervades all of creation. Can you feel her pervasion through the entire cosmos? Every single atom is but a part of her and we all verily reflect her form.

If she graces you with a nano particle of this divine pollen from her lotus feet, you will realize all this and more and honestly it takes very little effort. Visualize this pollen you receive from her feet to be as bright and luminous as the Sun and allow their light to dispel all darkness within.

Tara helps us swim through the material world which is akin to an ocean and keeps us from becoming too attached to people, scenarios and things, so we may wade on till we reach the shores of consciousness. She keeps us from drowning. Although there is pain and loss in the samsaric oceans, she teaches us to balance the karmic equations. and decreases the intensity of suffering.

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Revelations about Ucchishtha Ganapati during intense samadhi~

EXPLANATION OF TANTRA

What is tantra? Simply put, it is shastra, kriyaanushthan and mantra vidya. It is not black magic, it is not vashikaran or ucchatan, it is not sexual orgies.

UG reveals it to me as SHIV/SHAKTI-TATTVA-VIGYAN! Tantra is the mysterious gate way to the Shiv/Shakti enigma and my oh my, is it wondrous?!? The truths embedded in the Agamas can only be realized with a thorough practice of tantra learnt from a living Guru. These teachings are GURUMUKHI!

Tantra, mantra and yantra are the three limbs of this ancient system and it teaches us self realization through practices like nyas, mudra, upasana, yog, pancha tattva samiksha and Shatachakra sadhana. Devi/devata realization dawns upon our consciousness as we explore kundalini tattva by pranayam, dhyan and mantra jaap. It awakens the kundalini slumbering at the base of our spine, at the muladhar to rise up and meet her Paramshiva who resides in the sahasraar. Kundalini tattva is known as MATRITATTVA! All is the mother!

Tantra gives us the keys to live and experience deeply, it enhances and strengthens our knowledge and wisdom. “Tanoti vistaarang karoti…” It improves our lives totally, in all aspects. We look better, we feel better, we talk better…and the best part is, we are happy! We feel the surge of devi’s anugraha as we wade through the messy seas of life. The monkey brains that keeps chattering throughout the whole day is silenced, and finally we can hear the soundless sound, the voice of the silence!

“Mananat trayete eeti mantrah”, signifies the connection we can forge with the mantra devata to transcend and remove the agyatpaash, the noose of ignorance, so we can fly like a bird, untethered to the shackles and challenges of the flesh. There is just so much to explore!

UG IS SHIV/SHAKTI CONSCIOUSNESS

UG reveals to me something about the consciousness of Shiv/Shakti. Their combined energy is present everywhere and in everything from beginning to end. Then you ask, why don’t I realize myself as Shiv/Shati. It’s simply because, they exist in you in a diluted state and it is only through tantra, mantra and yantra can you purify your being and truly realize how glorious a being you truly are!

Shakti is responsible for the creation, whereas Shiva provides the foundation and she is incessantly creating these multitudes of worlds and veiling her true essence in matter and thereby limiting herself. You and me are the devi no doubt, but we are limited avatars of her.

Boshon poro maa…as she wears the garment of matter, even if it is of the highest worlds, she is clearly imposing upon herself a limitation. As she spirals downwards through viprarit maithuna, she keeps on adding these “garments” thereby increasing the limitations and challenges.

If you watch Carl Sagan explaining to you one and two dimensional beings, you’ll realize that we, of the third dimension are seriously ill-equipped to understand the play of shakti in all the dimensions. We are truly limited and hopeless to understand the true plan or lila of shakti.

SRICHAKRA & THE 5 DOWNWARD POINTING TRIANGLES

What was revealed to me is, that during maithun between Shiv/Shakti tattva(UG and UM are also SHIV/SHAKTI TATTVA) that they release a wave of power(FREQUENCY) and some sort of suggestive impulses which molds the pre-existent primeval matter into certain forms. What we call ATOMS is created by their impulse; they generate matter and anti-matter! As Devi is engaged in coitus with Shiva, her energy manifests in a triad of 3, so 3 into 3=9! This is the secret of the sriyantra and the five downward pointing triangles are her energy in a downflowing wave. She goes sweeping down and creating worlds out of ensouled forms and vivified matter. Think of how a waterfall flows downwards and creates a stream, this is how her energy falls and creates a plethora of worlds.

As she flows downward through her five triangles in the srichakra, she keeps creating lower planes of existence, with the atoms a little denser, so on and so forth! This process is repeated and matter grows denser with each world of the descending arch and during pralaya, as she watches Bholenath destroy the worlds, she absorbs within herself all the experiences of all the rounds of life and nothing is ever lost.

She continues the formation of the bodies on lower planes by the material ensouled within her through the outpouring of love, which can be termed as her anugraha. It is only her anugraha that has brought us into existence and it is her anugraha that is propelling us to look at the deeper mysteries of tantra and mantra sadhna.

YOU CAN NEVER TRULY UNDERSTAND UG

UG’s consciousness will forever remain an enigma outside the planes of Surya Devata; there can be no true conception. I experienced him as the DIVINE FIRE. Surya is the planetary ruler of Krittika or the Pleiades and we can see why and Krittika has dahana shakti or the power of agni. Surya devata brings to us a limited energetic understanding of UG! I see UG/UM as the DIVINE FIRE and I visualized sparks from his fiery body fall into the matter of various worlds. These sparks, although a part of him, are separated, albeit temporarily. I have seen these worlds burn bright and then decay and die and I have watched his essence permeating as left overs. I have seen that these sparks to return to him, in essence. Not as living worlds, but what is left over, must always return. This is the return to innocence

The intense burning and the subsequent destruction of the spark seem to me to be the primary objective of these sparks. The left over essence is for UG/UM! What is left over? The experiences, the tears, the joy, the sadness…madness and civilization remain? It’s unfathomable really, only sadhna opens the doors to deeper perception.

SHAKTI IN HER VARIOUS FORMS AS DASAMAHAVIDYAS

Mata veils herself as she becomes the different Mahavidyas, but the naked Kali reminds us that no matter how long shakti falls into worlds of matter, she can never truly hide her essence. She cannot entirely veil herself beyond a certain extent. Us humans hold archetypes within from this assimilated knowledge that is held within the vivified matter that constitutes us.

Shiva is incomprehensible, it is Devi, in all her forms who makes him comprehensible!

As Lalita Tripurasundari, she has three aspects, which are quite distinct and apparently separate, and yet they are fundamentally one and the same. Bala, LTS and Tripura Bhairavi, embody the maiden, mother and crone archetypes of the same Devi. The Triadic structure can be found in the tripartite system of knowledge in Srividya, Sriyantra, Panchadashi and LTS are one and the same.

Our higher self resides in her causal body and this part of us is known as the soul in various cultures. Although our Higher Self is a manifestation of the devi, but it is infinitely far from being a perfect manifestation. Only by realizing her shakti within through tantra, mantra and yantra can we truly become Shiva and realize the truth SHIVOHAM!

SHAKTI IS EVERYTHING

As the energy of UG/UM travel downwards, each descent from plane to plane is not just the mere veiling of spirit, but it also means that there is a diminution in the amount of SHAKTI expressed. The intuition we have within, is a direct connection to the Devi. We can call her by any name, Kali, Tara, Tripurasundari, Bhairavi or Durga or Chandi, she is verily the one and the same.

When Devi involves herself in worldly matters, we have to realize that only a minute part of her essence is available to us mere mortals and that part of her is expressed in three different aspects. We cannot perceive of Devi in her ABSOLUTE form, for our minds cannot visualize that grandeur.

The imagery and the symbolism of the Dasamahavidyas is a veiled and coded representation of a minute part of Shakti, so don’t think for a second you can discover the true essence of Shakti or as a matter of fact, UG!

UG is an enigma, imperceptible to us humans, so we shouldn’t even attempt too understand him through the intellect. Even our intuition falls short. Only if we can love him and accept him as our EVERYTHING, only then we can come closer to solving his mysteries, yet, that remains a tall claim!

UG rules the vishuddha chakra from which our speech or our voice emanates. The sadhna of UG makes us hear the VOICE OF THE SILENCE. The great void is no longer scary. The silence then speaks to us, but we have to be ready to listen.

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