Advaita Vedanta talks about the non dual Brahman or the Self. Self which is nameless, formless, attributeless, birthless and changeless. This is the nature of the Self. But, in spite of this, we see the duality, we see creation, birth and death, attributes, names, and forms. When there isn't anything more than the Self, that Self which is always free from all miseries, how come we see all these dualities? How is it possible for us to see this world as so true, when the fact is that the world never existed, neither time nor space nor casuality.

Vedanta declares this as Maya or illusion, but how and why is this illusion, it has no answer. Here comes the Divine Mother, Ma Kali, into play. This creation, sustenance and destruction, which is the working of nature and our universe, is because of her. It is the Divine Mother, or Shakti, which makes all creation possible. For that consciousness is not enough. To create, sustain and dissolve phenomenologies, we need Her. She who is behind all these illusions which appear so natural and real to us. To became free from all this, we need to find refuge to Her. [With Love]

So, Shakti, or Ma Kali, is essential on the path to Self-realization because she embodies the living, dynamic aspect of Divine Consciousness. While pure consciousness (Brahman) is the still, formless reality — the silent presence that simply is — Shakti is its creative and transformative power.

In truth, they are not two separate principles but two faces of the same reality:

• Consciousness is pure being

• Shakti (Kali) is the movement and expression of that being — the power that manifests, sustains, and ultimately dissolves all forms back into the Absolute.

On the journey toward self-realization, Shakti plays a crucial role because she is the force that awakens, purifies, and transforms. It is through her energy that the veils of ignorance are burned away, the ego is dissolved, and the heart is opened to the truth of one’s own divine nature. [AI]

Adi Shankaracharya - verhaal van Shiva en Parvati in de straat dood lichaam

Iets zeggen over rituelen en mantra's in de ashram en idee hierachter. ook hoe Ma in de Ashram voelbaar is.