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PERCEPTIONS

SHAKTHI (SOURCE OF FEMININE ENERGY)

By you this universe is home, by you this world is created. By you it is protected, O Devi. By you it is consumed at the end. You who are eternally the form of the whole world, at the time of creation you are the form of the creative force, at the time of preservation you are the form of the pro- tective power, and at the time of the dis- solution of the world you are the form of the destructive power. You are the Supreme Knowledge, as well as ignorance, intellect and contemplation. 'Devi Mahatmya'

Without Shakthi, Shiva is Dead. Shiva is matter, Shakthi is energy, Their combination creates synergy. Shiva is Adam and Shakthi is Eve, Life is generated when they interweave. Matter and energy are connected by a thread, Without Shakthi, Shiva is dead, Matter and energy are infinitely spread, When Shakthi is furious, Shiva feels dread. Matter and energy are embedded in nature, Metaphorically represented as Ardhnareeshwar, The two are connected by an unseen string, In temples they are represented by Shivling.

sivah saktya yukto yadi bhavati saktah prabhavitum na ced evam devo na khalu kusalah spanditum api atas tvam aradhyam hariharavirincadibhir api . pranantum stotum va katham akrtapunyah prabhavati If Siva united with Sakti becomes able to manifest, If otherwise this God does not know even how to pulsate, How, then, could one of ungained merit be able to bow to, or even praise, One such as You, adored even by Vishnu, Siva and Brahma? Shakthi connotes feminine creative en- ergy. It is considered as energising prin- ciple, because it energises the inert matter, which finds its manifestation in all other natural forces. Shakthi worship has its ori- gin in the basic principle of feminine force, vlherein the female dominates. In Markandeya Purana, Durga repre- sents this dominating principle. She crushes the demonic forces, against which even gods were powerless. Goddess Kali, born from Durga's brow during the battle, represents the annihilat- ing power, as well as power of creation and dissolution. Shakti is worshipped in its many different forms in different parts of the country.. “To awaken the people it is the woman who must be awakened. Once she is on the move the family moves, the village moves, the nation moves”. — Jawaharlal Nehru SHAKTHI (COSMIC ENERGY)

— 'Creation from Shunya' "Trikenu"

PURUSHA (COSMIC MAN)

Yantra of Shiva and Shakthi

Creation of Man from the cosmic sacrifice The Cosmic man,

the first born is anointed on the divine altar. With Him, the Divine, the faultless and the sages sacrifice. They create mankind. In parts do they conceive it? What becomes of His mouth, His two arms and thighs, and what of His feet? Preceptors of mankind flow from His mouth, From His arms the protectors of the world are born His thighs the creators of wealth beget His feet to them that serve and nourish humanity RV. X 90 {Purusha Sukta) 7,11-12

Yantra Yantra is a diagram that acts as a receptacle for mantra shakti. Through the rituals of tantra, yantra gets empowered by the man- tra.