It is because you want to have such mastery over life. Unless you have some mastery over life, you cannot do anything. Everyone has some mastery over life. Otherwise, what could you do? The level of mastery that you have determines how much you can do.
The image of Kali standing on Shiva essentially symbolizes having total mastery over the process of life. It means that you can kill God himself and then give life back to him. That is how the technology of tantra is. Skip to content. Related Content. Recognizing the Adiyogi The Adiyogi brought the possibility that a human being need not be contained in the… Goto page. She had protected them before and was obliged to do it again. Armed with the weapons of the gods, Durga rode into battle on a tiger, her champion mount.
She switched goddess forms many time during battle, slaying demon soldiers as quickly as they advanced until all that remained was the demon-general. The battle between Raktabija and the Devi ensued. From each drop of blood a thousand more demons like him sprang up. Demons advanced on the goddess by the thousands. They rode on elephants and horse drawn chariots.
Upon seeing this, Durga became enraged. She knitted her brows in absolute fury. From this concentration came Kali, the Terrible One. The whole universe shook with the thundering roar of this powerfully terrible goddess.
Those demons who stood nearest the mighty Devi were consumed within the roaring rage of energy. Kali emerged, naked except for a covering of tiger skin. Her skin was of the deepest black, and hung loosely on Her bones. This mad skeleton of a hag was armed with a skull topped staff, a noose, and the sword of Vengeance.
She appeared most frightening with her blood red eyes,sunken deep into her skull, wild with raw power anxious to be unleashed and a third eye flaming brilliantly from her forehead. Her entangled black hair blew wildly about Her shoulders. She turned her furious gaze upon the demon armies, half fell lifeless from the deadly grip of Her stare. With wild cackling, She advanced on Her enemies. She reached out with her claw-like hands and shoveled some of the remaining demons into her gaping mouth.
The rest turned away in fear of this ferocious Devi. The skies were filled with the sound of Her shrieking laughter. She stretched out Her bright red tongue and swallowed all of the elephants and their riders as they tried to run. The horse drawn chariots disappeared with another mouthful into the abyss of Dark Goddess. With his armies fully destroyed, again the great Devi faced off with Raktabija.
Shakti can be glorious as Durga, and she can be fear invoking, as Kali, it depends on the Bhava we set for Her. If we trouble Mother Nature too much, she is bound to get into a Kali Mood. Lord Shiva, her husband laid down on her path, knowing that this will stop her. But she stepped even on Him.
The Maha Pralaya was thus averted. This is the Katha story for which we pray to Ma Kali. But God and Shakti are multidimensional, so there can be many understandings of the symbolism. The esoteric meaning can also be:. After killing the demon Daruka, Kali drank his blood. Chanda and Munda attack the goddess Durga. Durga responds with such anger it causes her face to turn dark, resulting in Kali appearing out of her forehead. She immediately defeats the two demons.
After defeating them, he continues to follow the horse until all evil kingdoms are vanquished. Illusion casting: Kali has the psychic ability to induce mental hallucinations, causing her target or targets to see and hear something that is not truly there.
Kali Puja also known as Shyama Puja is celebrated on the new moon day known as the Dipannita Amavasya of the Kartik month, as per the Hindu calendar. This year Kali Puja will be celebrated on 14 November, Saturday.
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