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Words on the Way - Muz Murray Mantra Yoga Master

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<strong>the</strong> emanati<strong>on</strong> and dissoluti<strong>on</strong> of <strong>the</strong> phenomenal worlds. As<br />

Time, she ‘drinks <strong>the</strong> blood’ or swallows up, all beings. Thus<br />

her horrific image in ic<strong>on</strong>ography is simply a pictorial and<br />

symbolic representati<strong>on</strong> of reality as it is.<br />

Kal means ‘to count, or measure’ or ‘set in moti<strong>on</strong>,’ again<br />

inferring Time.<br />

Kali has many different aspects: as beauty, as horror, as<br />

creatrice and destructrice, as <strong>the</strong> Eternal principle, as active<br />

power, as <strong>the</strong> element of air or wind, to name a few. In her form<br />

as a loving goddess, she is called Bhadra and is said to reside in<br />

<strong>the</strong> spiritual heart centre <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> right side of <strong>the</strong> chest.<br />

Her bija—<strong>the</strong> c<strong>on</strong>tracted seed mantra of her name—is kr⁄m,<br />

related to kriya, or acti<strong>on</strong>.<br />

As <strong>the</strong> primary goddess of tantric practiti<strong>on</strong>ers, worshippers<br />

have to pass through <strong>the</strong> Kål⁄ Maha Vidya —‘Great Knowledge of<br />

Kål⁄,’ before being allowed to c<strong>on</strong>tinue with <strong>the</strong> percepti<strong>on</strong> of<br />

deeper tantric studies.<br />

Quotes:<br />

O<strong>the</strong>r:<br />

a) The side of a throwing dice with <strong>on</strong>ly <strong>on</strong>e dot.<br />

Bib:<br />

a) Kali:The Goddess of Feminine Energy — Ajit Mookerji (Thames & Huds<strong>on</strong>.)<br />

Refs:<br />

Kål⁄-Yuga<br />

(kar-lee-yoo<br />

yoo-gah)<br />

Var: Kaliyuga, (Kali-yug, Kaaleeyug)<br />

Syn<strong>on</strong>:<br />

Sense: ‘The Age of Kål⁄ (<strong>the</strong> black deity) — known as <strong>the</strong> Ir<strong>on</strong><br />

Age.’ A time period calculated by Sanskrit scholars, such as<br />

Kullka Bhatta, as c<strong>on</strong>sisting of 432,000 human years’. This present<br />

age is said to have begun in 3102 B.C.<br />

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