The whole world is a manifestation of Shakti. The countless universe are only dust from the Divine Mother’s holy feet. Her glory is effable. Her splendor is indescribable. Her greatness is unfathomable. She showers her grace on sincere devotees. She leads the individual soul from chakra to chakra, from plane to plane, to union with Shiva in sahasrara. – Swami Sivananda
Dear ones, pray for the grace of the Divine Mother.
The cosmic Shakti manifests in the human body as Kundalini and Prana. Kundalini is the static support for the moving pranic forces. Kundalini is the primordial energy that lies in mooladhara chakra in a dormant, potential state. Continue reading
Worshippers of the Devi or shakti are called Shaktas. The Agama (received knowledge) literature details the Upasana for Shaktas, the concept behind Shaktism which play an important role in Tantrik worship. Continue reading
Dear ones, I have cervical spinal stenosis and I had to have a procedure. I was in the hospital and I came home the next day.
What I want to share with you is that while it was being performed, I was awake. It was done with local anesthesia and I was aware throughout. It was terribly painful, when I felt the needle on my spine. What was wonderful was that they played Devi Kavach. Continue reading
Shakti is the great process lying almost restless at the deepest sphere of individual consciousness capable of creation, progression and destruction. It is the powerful awareness, which is lying dormant at present in us. Continue reading
Any one of us can practice Tantra Shastra. It is for those, who are sincere and genuine and who surrender themselves to Shakti.
In Tantra Shastra, every practice is combined and adjusted with the attitudes and behaviors of an average person. One follows the natural process as one does in daily life. Awakening the Goddess does not mean abstinence and rigidity in one’s life. Continue reading
There are two descriptions of Aakash-Space. In the scriptures, space is known as Brahman, Kham Brahman is the statement of the Vedas, Kham means space and Brahman means the all-pervasive reality. Kham also means ether or the all-pervading, subtle element in which everything exists. Brahman is the highest universal principle, the ultimate reality of the universe in Hindu philosophy. Continue reading
Nyasa means a ritual practice that involves placing Bija (seed) or shakti mantras often in conjunction with a specific deity or chakra. I am describing Shakti Nyasa and Bija Nyasa. Nyasa are advanced forms of Hindu worship. They are performed to energise the Sadhaka’s body with Shakti and Bija mantras. Continue reading
Does it not sound beautiful, saying Lunar Mansions. When we think of mansions, most of us imagine a beautiful house with gardens, fountains and singing birds bathed in moonlight. Continue reading
Why do I start with these lines? Because when we are aware and in the presence of the Divinity, we are never lost.
He who is established in Yoga sees the same Atman everywhere. He sees the Atman present in all beings and all beings in the Atman. – Chapter VI: Verse 30
The Saundarya Lahiri declared,
Shiva is powerless without Shakti.
Mother in the Vedic tradition appears as Kali, Lakshmi and Saraswati. These are three aspects of the Primordial Energy. Primordial energy is the existing energy even before the creation of the Universe. Mother is life giving, infinitely forgiving and compassionate. The sages proclaimed, “You alone are the mother, “and then “You alone are the father.” Continue reading
Om Mata Om Kali Durga Devi Namo Namaha,
Om Mata Om Kali Durga Devi Namo Namaha,
Shakti Kundalini Jagadambe Mata
Shakti Kundalini Jagadambe Mata. Continue reading
From woman man is born,
Within woman man is conceived,
To a woman he is engaged and married.
Woman becomes his friend,
Through woman future generations come, when his woman dies
He seeks another woman,
To a woman he is bound,
So why call her bad?
From her kings are born,
From woman, woman is born.
Without woman there would be no one at all. – Guru Nanak
We must honour the Divine Feminine, which is in all of us. Shakti symbolizes power—divine force that creates, sustains and evolves. Shakti is the essence of existence. Continue reading
Dear ones, I am writing today about Ardhanareshwara and the understanding of Transgenders. Ardhareshwara is a Hindu form of Shiva combined with his consort Parvati. Ardhanareshwara is depicted as half male and half female. Ardhanareshwara represents the synthesis of masculine and feminine energies of the universe—Purush and Prakriti. Another name for Prakriti is Shakti and they are inseparable. The right half is usually Shiva, and the left half is Parvati. However, the timeline is pre-Vedic. The earliest depiction of Ardhanareshwara (Shiva and Parvati as a single androgynous form) are found in the Kushan period art of Gandhara, dating back to 1st Century CE. Continue reading
A tonoscope is a device that helps to make sound visible by displaying vibrations. This phenomenon known as cymatics happens when sound frequencies are driven through inert powders. Meaning of cymatics is the study of wave phenomena, especially sound and their visual representations. Simply explained it is the sound of visualizing audio frequencies. It is an acoustic instrument for enabling a singer or player to see instantly any deviation from proper pitch of the tone being produced. Continue reading