Thanks, Billy, I really appreciate your response. Marek
** --- In [email protected], "BillyG." <wg...@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Marek Reavis" <reavismarek@> > wrote: > > > > Billy, to me one of the most powerful images in the Hindu tradition re > > the idea of the Divine is Ma Kali. All the elements that make up that > > image combine to portray the wonderful and terrifying profligacy of > > "Mother" nature. > > I think the image has to do with contrasting nature and spirit. Mother > Nature or Prakriti proclaims that we all live and die many, many > times. Change is the essential component of Mother Nature, only Spirit > is eternal, never changing and secure. > > > Reproduction in reckless abandon and the casual extermination of all > > that is born is expressed and encompassed in Kali's form. I don't > > remember Maharishi ever talking about Ma Kali, but I'd be interested > > in your sense and feelings re that form. > > In the Gita Krishna exhorts Arjuna to "stay away from my fearful world > of changefullness", I think this is the context of Kali. Embrace and > identify with the image of God within us and we loosen the grip of > Maya (nature). > > > I'm more of a living in the world sort of guy, but I understand and > > appreciate the more monastic ideal that I believe you are living to > > one degree or another, and I'd like to hear more from you on the > > subject. > > The ideal is to live according to God's will, as his servant, > realizing our total dependence upon him, this is wisdom, IMHO. > > > Thanks. > > > > Marek >
