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A Tale of Kali Mata & Shiva
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SGDesigns
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When the Gods lay exhausted after warring with the demons, the evil-natured demon king Mahishasura took the opportunity to assemble an army and declare himself Lord of Heaven, Ruler of the Universe.
This blasphemy reached Vishnu's ears and, in anger, he shot forth a terrible light from his forehead. Shiva, too, was angry. ascended from his lofty state of meditation and beamed a sharp ray of blinding light in the same direction as Vishnu. Brahma, Indra and the other mighty Gods did likewise, each issuing forth piercing rays of light. All the Gods' rays joined at one point and, slowly, the blazing concentration of light took shape in the form of a woman.
The light of Shiva formed her face; Yama gave her hair and Vishnu her arms. From the light of Chandra, the moon God, her two breasts were formed. Indra modeled her waist and Varuna her thighs. Earth gave her hips and Brahma gave her feet. The light from the fire God, Agni, fashioned her three eyes. Thus, all gods contributed their power to manifest the auspicious Devi, the great Mother Goddess ("Devi" is derived from the Sanskrit root word "div" which means "to shine" - the Shining One).
As soon as the Devi was fully formed, the Immortals prayed to her and worshiped her with praise, ornaments and weapons. Shiva gave her a trident drawn forth from his own, Vishnu a powerful discus, and Indra, the king of the Gods, gave her a thunderbolt identical to his own. Surya, the sun God, bestowed his rays on all the pores of her skin, and Varuna, God of the ocean, gave her a divine crest jewel, earrings, bracelets and a garland of unfading lotuses.
"Victory to the Mother," shouted the Gods as they watched the demon battalions approach with the beating of drums, battle cries, and the blowing of conches. Since the
Devi was of enormous size and highly visible, the demons marched straight toward her, attacking from all sides with arrows, clubs, swords, and spears.
Unperturbed, the Devi roared loudly and laughed a frightening, defiant laugh. Again. And again. And then her ten arms rotated, alternately smashing weapons of the demons and hurling them back at her attackers. With great ease, she picked up dozens of demons at once, killing them with her sword. Some demons she didn't even bother to pick up. She stupefied them with the tremendous noise of her bell and then crushed them with her mace.
The demon Raktabija gave the fierce Mother Goddess a fair amount of troubles. He possessed a special magical power which allowed him to create new demons from his own blood. Whenever the Goddess wounded him, each drop of blood that spilled to the ground sprouted another demon full of strength and brutality. But in the end the Mother outwitted him. She picked up Raktabija and lifted him high into the air to avoid spilling his blood on the ground, and then, gnashing him between her teeth, she drank his blood and swallowed him whole.
Other demons, too, tried to confuse the Goddess with their magical powers. Whenever they were threatened by the Devi, they changed their form and color. But, who can escape the great Mother? Bound by her noose and spitting blood, these demons were soon caught by the Devi. And like a child pulling a toy train, she dragged them over the battlefield where scores of demons already lay split into two by the sharp slashes of her sword.
Snatching some elephants with one hand, the Devi flung them into her mouth and, together with the demon drivers, she furiously ground them up with her teeth. She seized one demon by the hair and another by the neck. One she crushed by the weight of her foot and another she crushed with her body.
The Mother's terrible presence filled even the sky. Black clouds gathered and terrifying lightning lit up the ghastly shapes on the ground. There were demons without arms, without legs, and demons torn asunder in the middle of their trunks.
When Mahishasura, the king of the demons, saw his army devastated by the blows of the terrible Mother Goddess, his fury knew no bounds. He expanded his body to take on the fierce shape of a giant buffalo. Intoxicated with his own strength and valor, he roared and charged toward the Devi.
"Roar, roar, O fool," shouted the Goddess. "Roar for a moment. When you are slain by me, the gods will soon roar in this very place."
The earth began to tremble under the stomping feet of the Goddess. Mahishasura fought with all his might but could not conquer the Devi. So he appealed to her sense of justice, complaining that she fought in an unfair way. The Devi, he claimed, received help from so many fierce Goddesses - Durga, Kali, Chamunda, Ambika, and others - and he, Mahishasura, had to fight all by himself.
"I am all alone in the world here," thundered the Devi. "Who else is there besides me? See, O vile one, these Goddesses are but my different powers which again enter into my own self. I stand alone. Don't back off; defend yourself."
The savage fight continued, and the great demon attacked the Mother Goddess with showers of arrows. He hurled discuses, swinging his clubs and mace. To no avail. The Devi killed him with her spear, releasing the soul from its evil-natured body and mind.
Dust clouds carried the stench of singed skin and rotting flesh to the blood-red horizon. The demons had been killed, and their blood flowed, accumulating here and there in small pools around the carcasses of elephants and horses. Only some headless torsos of demons who refused to give up life still fought the Devi. The battle shrieks had died and the only cries now were those of jackals and hyenas. There was nothing left to kill, but the blood-intoxicated Mother in the form of Kali continued the carnage - smashing and slashing dead demons all over again.
The Gods, who had begun to celebrate victory, became filled with fear. Who was going to stop her? There was only one who could: Shiva, the great God. Besmeared with ashes, the third God of the Hindu Trinity went to the battlefield and lay down motionless among the corpses while the rest of the Gods watched from a safe distance.
The intoxicated Kali staggered across corpses until, suddenly, she found herself standing on top of a beautiful male body - nude and besmeared with white ashes. Awed, she stood still for a moment, looked down at him, and saw straight into the eyes of her husband Shiva. When she realized that she was touching her divine husband with her feet - an unthinkably disrespectful act for a Hindu wife - Kali stretched out her tongue in shame and the destruction came to an end.
For those who have grappled with their own ego, the personification of the demons in this story is striking. When the demons first glimpsed the Mother they charged. The darkness sees the light and does not comprehend it. The ego attacks that which it does not understand or that which threatens it.
The demon with the magical power of sprouting a new demon each time a drop of its blood reaches the ground is reminiscent of spiritual pride. This is the power of the ego to inflate itself over "perceived" success in making spiritual progress. Thus spiritual progress is next to impossible as long as spiritual pride keeps sprouting a new demon each time the ego is slashed by some spiritual insight or experience. The ego whispers in our ear, "See what a great spiritual aspirant you are."
Other demons changed form when threatened by the Devi. The ego shifts its position with astounding cunning by the power of rationalization. Mahishasura, the demon king, was intoxicated with his strength and valor and changed into a buffalo. The ego is always consumed with self-importance. When he saw that he was not winning, he tried to fool the Mother with self-pity and claimed that Her many forms were an unfair advantage. The Mother saw through the ploy and destroyed his self-pity with the Truth stating that there was only one Mother. The ego was destroyed and the soul found liberation in Her quick and deadly spear of compassion.
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Meta-Morphosis
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Posted : Nov 25, 2007 11:13
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Great Read
Thanks for sharing 
“What we need is the development of the Inner Spiritual man, the unique individual, whose treasure is hidden in the symbols of our mythological tradition and in man’s unconscious psych.” - CJ Jung |
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Thanx bro 
In fact im sure most people just see and read names on CD Covers, Psytrance artists, record labels, track names, compilation names and lyrics...here is a brief intro to who the WOMEN really are
DURGA - DURGA MATA also known as PARVATI
(Sanskrit: "the Inaccessible"), In Hindu mythology, Mother Durga is one of the many forms of Sakti (the goddess), and the wife of Siva (Shiva). She is the Great Warrior goddess whose energy becomes lethal when directed to the forces of evil. Durga's story is told in the three great legends in Devi Mahatmya. Her best-known feat was the slaying of the buffalo-demon Mahisasura. According to legend she was created for this purpose out of flames that issued from the mouths of Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, and the lesser gods. She was born fully grown and beautiful; nevertheless, she presents a fierce menacing form to her enemies. She is usually depicted in painting and sculpture riding a lion (sometimes shown as a tiger), with 8 or 10 arms, each holding the special weapon of one or another of the gods, who gave them to her for her battle against the buffalo-demon. The Durga-puja, held annually in September-October, is one of the greatest festivals of northeastern India. A special image of the goddess is made that is worshiped for nine days, then immersed in water, all accomplished with large processions and much public and private festivity.
DEVI - DEVI MA
In India the Great Goddess in general is often referred to as Devi. Devi is the sum of all manifestations or forms of the Mother. All forms be they Lakshmi, Kali, or Durga are forms of Devi. As Jaganmata, or Mother of the universe, she assumes cosmic proportions, destroying evil and ever creating and dissolving universes. She is One and she is many. In some forms she is benign and gentle and in other forms she is dynamic and ferocious.
Aspects of Devi There are many ways we can view the goddess Devi: chronological, religious, or by function. There are six basic categories. Devi is first seen as cosmic force (e.g. Durga, Kali), where she destroys demonic forces that threaten world equilibrium, and creates, annihilates, and recreates the universe. Next, in her gentle, radiant dayini form (e.g. Lakshmi, Sarasvati), she is the gracious donor of boons, wealth, fortune, and success. As heroine (e.g. Sita, Draupadi, Radha) and beloved, Devi comes down to earth and provides inspiring models for earthly women. In this aspect, Devi is then seen as a local protector of villages , towns, and individual tribal peoples, where she is concerned only with local affairs. In her fifth aspect, Devi appears as semi-divine (e.g. Nagini, Sundari) force, manifesting herself through fertility spirits, and other supernatural forms. Finally, she is also represented in women saints and yoginis, who are born on earth but endowed with deep spirituality and other-worldly powers.
LAKSHMI - MA LAKSHMI
Also spelled Laksmi. Hindu goddess of wealth and good fortune. The wife of Vishnu, she is said to have taken different forms in order to be with him in each of his incarnations. Thus when he was the dwarf Vamana, she appeared from a lotus and was known as Padma, or Kamala; when he was the ax-wielding Parasurama the destroyer of the warrior caste, she was his wife Dharani; when he was King Rama, she was his queen Sita. In the most widely received account of Lakshmi's birth, she rose from the churning of the milky ocean, seated on a lotus and holding another blossom in her hand. Controversy arose between the gods and demons over possession of her.
Lakshmi is often represented in sculpture seated on a lotus, full-breasted, broad-hipped, beneficently smiling, and sometimes being anointed by a pair of elephants. Her vehicle is the white owl. She continues to be worshiped by modern Hindus, particularly in the home (every Friday) and on regular festival days throughout the year. She is greatly revered by members of the Jainist faith.
SARASVATI - MA SARASVATI
Hindu goddess of learning and the arts. Sarasvati is first referred to in literature as the personification of the sacred river, the Sarasvati, and is also identified with Vac, the goddess of speech. In later Hinduism she is usually considered the consort of the god Brahma (the promulgator of the Veda), but she enjoys an autonomous position as the patroness of art, music, and letters. She is given legendary credit for having invented the Sanskrit language and the Devanagari script in which it is written. She is usually represented in painting and sculpture as graceful, fair (usually stark white), and dressed in white garments, riding on a swan (or goose) and holding a lute and a manuscript or book. Sarasvati is annually worshiped with great enthusiasm by students and teachers alike at the advent of spring, which in the Hindu year occurs in January-February, when her image is taken out in jubilant procession. Sarasvati is also a popular goddess in Jaina and Buddhist mythology.
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Kaz
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Posted : Nov 25, 2007 12:03
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Offtopic. What the hell do RELIGIOUS stories have to do with music? |
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SGDesigns
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SGDesigns
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On 2007-11-25 12:19, Fragletrollet wrote:
btw, is it from te Bhagavad-Gita?
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Hey bro
As far as my knowledge goes, its not
Tha Bhagvad Gita is a book on philosophy of living written in a way of a conversation between Ram (A form of Vishnu) and Arjun (One of the 5 Pandavas)....Its how Krishna tries to convey his message about the philosophies of life is what makes the Bhagvad Gita.
The above is a story or an epic tale of how Kali saved the world from evil and how she was created by the Trinity.
The story actually goes on about who Ganesha is and how Ganesha is related to Shiva.
The story above is probably found in one of the Vedas or Upanishads written centuries before Bhagvad Gita....
Please dont quote me on it though bro as my kowledge about religion is only limited to what i read and heard from my Father about Hindusim, my mother about Christianity and from my first love (ex-girlfriend) about Islam
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On 2007-11-25 12:03, Kaz wrote:
Offtopic. What the hell do RELIGIOUS stories have to do with music?
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I knew someone whould post exactly what u just did
Read my second post...
In the psytrance scene / world, we often see, read and hear words taken from such stories.
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yes, and I know someone just like you who would say that the Word of God is relevant in all we say and do, and that Jesus and his truth hold all the lessons worth learning in the world. I'm sorry, but religion in the eyes of some people is relevant to anything, because religion explains EVERYTHING. He's not a bad person, but this is no different from your point of view. 90% of the people who use these themes are just aiming for the we-were-in-India-and-took-drugs-at-parties crowd, not anything deeper than that. Just like darkpsy artists aren't really serial killers and satanists and wouldn't know their way in a discussion with someone knowledgeable on the subject. |
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On 2007-11-25 12:38, SGDesigns wrote:
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On 2007-11-25 12:19, Fragletrollet wrote:
btw, is it from te Bhagavad-Gita?
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The story above is probably found in one of the Vedas or Upanishads written centuries before Bhagvad Gita....
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The story of Kali and the following story of Ganesha is found in the Shiva Purana. These stories have different versions for different 'kalpas' or ages ( as defined in the Vedas ), and the one posted here is one of many versions that have been passed down over hundreds of years. |
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The light of Shiva formed her face; Yama gave her hair and Vishnu her arms. From the light of Chandra, the moon God, her two breasts were formed. Indra modeled her waist and Varuna her thighs. Earth gave her hips and Brahma gave her feet. The light from the fire God, Agni, fashioned her three eyes. Thus, all gods contributed their power to manifest the auspicious Devi, the great Mother Goddess ("Devi" is derived from the Sanskrit root word "div" which means "to shine" - the Shining One).
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Nice read!  Thanks for sharing bro.
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- Shanti