E`to mesto, gde carit t`ma, gde net tenej. Dzirt Do'Urden ne xochet tuda idti. No blagorodnyj drou dolzhen vernut`sya. On snova okazhetsya v Blingdenstoune, gorode gnomov, gde vstretit staryx druzej, a potom prodolzhit svoj put` v Menzoberranzan.
GREAT MOTHER OM SHRI DURGAYE NAMAH - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Shakti means strength, power, female energy; it is the female demonstration of the divine one. The veneration of the various forms of Shakti is largely diffused in India. Toward halves the first millennium it affirms in the Asian subcontinent a new spiritual and religious tide: the shaktism. A myriad of forms of the great mother went to place side by side to the preexisting masculine hinduist divinities forming some divine couples. This tide notably also influenced the Buddhism so that to the various figures of the Buddhas were placed side by side by a female figure. Next to the masculine divinity,that represents the unchangeable one, there is the female divinity,representing the strength, the power and therefore the divine energy. This is a real religious revolution that also corresponds to a new spiritual view.
In the VII century AD the shaktism produced its sacred texts: the Tantras. The deepest roots of shaktism and tantrism can be individualized in the cult of the great mother of the prevedic people. These cults have analogies in the whole rest of the world and bring us to the origins of the spirituality. Or, black Mothers in the most ancient cultures, black goddesses in ancient Greece or black Christians Madonnas comes from one prototype.
An archaic divinity that has withstood the sexist traditions as that Vedic, and that resurfaces with new vitality with the Durga and Kali cults in all their forms. Navdurga (the nine Durgas), the great mother, was born from the union of all the energies of the masculine divinities worn out by the endless struggle with the Asuras (demons). Barsukova veselaya muzikaljnaya gimnastika vipusk 1 2017. In her many arms handed the emblems of all the divinities.
Its strength is dreadful. The goddess defeats Mahishasura, such a powerful demon to compromised the equilibrium of the whole universe. She kills him several times but every time the demon rise even more strong assuming more and more terrible forms. Finally, thanks to the energy she got drinking a cup of sacred wine, Durga cuts off the head of Mahishasura killing the demon definately. Finally the Devas (Gods) can relax and they solemnly honored Durga that since then is also called Mahishasuramardini (She that killed Mahisha the great demon). Tantric Amulets of Kali and Beiro, female and masculine terrific forms of the divine one The Divine Mother is worshipped as ten cosmic personalities, the Dasa-Mahavidya. The Mahavidyas are considered Tantric in nature and are usually identified as: • Kali: The ultimate form of Brahman, 'Devourer of Time'.
• Tara: The Goddess as Guide and Protector, or Who Saves. Who offers the ultimate knowledge which gives salvation (also known as Neel Saraswati). • Shodashi or Lalita Tripurasundari: The Goddess Who is 'Beautiful in the Three Worlds'; the 'Tantric Parvati' or the 'Moksha Mukta'. • Bhuvaneshvari: The Goddess as World Mother, or whose body is the cosmos. • Bhairavi: The Fierce Goddess.
• Chinnamasta: The self-decapitated Goddess. • Dhumavati: The Widow Goddess, or the Goddess of death. • Bagalamukhi: The Goddess who paralyzes enemies. • Matangi: the Prime Minister of Lalita; the 'Tantric Saraswati'. • Kamala: The Lotus Goddess; the 'Tantric Lakshmi'. 10 Mahavidyas Mool Mantras.
When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused. — Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke, 1892-1910. This quote rings so true for myself.
My whole life, whenever I’ve had problems or I was down and out. The simple act of diving into the ocean, waves and the surf always seems to bring everything into perspective. I’m so grateful for the life I’ve led so far and the opportunities I’ve had all around the world to enjoy the ocean and immersing myself in it and soon I'll be back to the ocean and that ' Road less travelled' that I love so much. Oh how we change. This photo was from my time in California about six years ago. - - That was such a interesting period of my life.
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