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MAHA KALI

PHYLOSOPHY OF THE ULTIMATE THRUTH

J.K. Dasgupta

Maha kali or Devi Kali is probably the most dreaded deity in Hindu philosophy. She is black (blue - in

some particular form), with three eyes & four hands, long hairs flowing, without any cloth on body - onlywearing cut human hands (stitched in a row), wearing garland of 52 human heads, upper left hand holding a

kharg (particular type of sword), lower left hand holding a human head with bloods dripping from it, two

hands in abhaya mudra (giving solace). She is dancing on the body of Shiva with her red tongue out and

hold by her white teeth.

Her form depicts the ultimate truth of life and death. One side is her dance in

creation of this universe and holding it through the union of Purusha (male soul)

and Prakriti (female power), and other side the ultimate truth of life beyond

death lovingly kept beyond the general perception by her free flowing hair

(Maya). She is black, as pure light has no color. She is not wearing any cloth as

truth is always bare and she is the ultimate truth. She holds her red tounge by

white teeth indicating to control tamoguna (red) by our satvaguna (white).Godhood of human being is in the head which hold all the knowledge and the

sahasrar chakra. So she wears garland of 52 human heads representing 52

sanskrit letters from which all beeja mantra is formed. She also holds humanhead in one hand showing her ultimate control on our knowledge and will. She

wears human hands showings us the importance of karma in this life and herultimate control on it (or its results). And in one hand she is holding sword of

scriptural knowledge (vidya) to destroy the darkness of ignorance (avidya). She is the Prakriti the female

power, holding and maintaining this universe. She is dancing in ecstasy willing to feed all her children

with divine milk of knowledge from her bare divine breasts.

She is dancing on the body of Shiva, the purusha. He is inactive. He is the pure soul. Without Him Prakriticannot manifest. Again without Prakriti Purusha cannot manifest. Both power combined rules this

universe. Wheels requires the shaft to rotate. The shaft alone has no power to manifest. But both combined

moves the vehicle. This is the basis of all universal law. This also explains the atomic structure, where the

electrons travels around the proton nucleus and form various atoms. This is also the basis of moksha-when

kudalini power the Prakriti rises from muladhar chakra to unite with the Purusha at the shahashrar.

LET US ALL COMBINE TOGETHER TO PRAY TO THE DEVINE MOTHER TO PROTECT THIS

UNIVERSE. LET US PRAY TO HER TO BESTOW SUPREME KNOWLEDGE AND PEACE TO THE

TROUBLED HUMAN BEINGS.