When Brahma created the universe, the Primordial God was divided in two directions:
� Masculine : "Sadha Shiva = the masculine aspect",
or the light which comes from the Sun to warm the Earth.
� Feminine : "Adi Shakti = primordial energy",
which created the Universe and the Earth.
When the Universe began, the Goddess was alone.
From her was born everything beautiful and everything that had energy.
The body is inert without the breath of life, but the goddess Shakti is life, the will and power which animate the eternal gods. She possesses the principle necessary for development of the cosmic embryo (the egg from which Creation was born).
An invisible spiritual entity, Shakti is the force behind Shiva, Vishnu, Brahma and even the apparent rebirth of nature in the spring. This force is the substance of all and is omnipresent.
As a cohesive force, Shakti is the wisdom and conscience of Krishna, the immensity of Brahma and the feminine Yoni of Shiva.
Through his union with this energy, Shiva- the Eternal Lord of Sleep, can become the active, fertile principle. The feminine driving force, Shakti is the necessary complement to the divine masculine force of SHIVA. She initiates creation and procreates.
Thus speaks the Great Goddess in the Devi-sukta of the Rig-Veda [Hindu Holy Scripture:
" I am the kingdom which gives prosperity to all. I know all and my empire is immense. The gods have given me numerous dwellings and I live everywhere (Devi-sukta of the Rig Veda). From me is born everything that eats, sees, breathes and hears. Those who ignore me are destroyed, so meditate carefully on what I say: I am the joy of the gods as well as of men. I can give everyone that which he desires, I fight for the people, I am present in the earth and sky and give birth to the father. " (Rig-Veda)
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Shakti is translated "Cosmic Energy."
Tantric doctrine stipulates mortal women are "life-itself" and Goddess-like, because they embody the principle of Shakti. The sages "hold women in great esteem and call them Shaktis and to ill treat a Shakti, that is, a woman, is a crime."
The final union with Shakti occurs at the moment of death, according to the Tantric mystics. She was both the individual and the cosmic goddess absorbing the body and soul of the dying sage into herself, an experience of unsurpassable bliss on his part. "The possession of her, the cosmic Shakti, the living embodiment of the principle of beauty and youth eternal, is the ultimate quest, the very highest prize."
In Hinduism, for accuracy it should be noted, Shakti means eternal and Supreme Power, variously described as manifest energy, and substance of everything, and all-pervading. In the Vedas the term means energy. Presently Shakti is both connected with and identical to the power of the gods Shiva, Vishnu, or Brahma, the great Hindu triad. From the most ancient Hindu scriptural times Shakti, under a variety of names, is linked to Shiva, the Lord of Sleep (and his various guises, especially Rudra). Shiva is said to be helpless without the divine energy, Shakti. The two, coupled in sexual union, are the two inseparable forces that impregnate the universe with life in all of its forms. Without Sakati, Shiva is merely the Void. "He has no visible form," the Linga-arcana Tantra states. The Goddess is the source of all, the universal Creator. Shakti does not even need Shiva; as eternal Virgin (Kumari) she does not depend on any one's power, for she is the One Itself as Power.
Her Websites ;-)
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Her Art:
I wish to express my appreciation to Canadian artist Jonathon Earl Bowser for permission to use his inspirational pieces on this site.
Please visit his website at:
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Used with permission by the artist..
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She is the manifestation of all female energy. When you recite any female principle mantra, you are calling her.
SHAKTI'S YANTRA
FLOWERS, GARLANDS
MILK & HONEY
CRYSTALS REPRESENTING THE CHAKRAS
THE ETERNAL MARRIAGE
THE GODS & GODDESSES
