Thursday, August 28, 2014

Mythology

Das Mahavidhya is referred to as 10 Wisdom Goddesses. There are various stories about how 10 Maha Vidhyas came into existence. The Wisdom Goddesses give us insights, knowledge and teach us about the essential energies that guide us in our spiritual ascension.


The first love story of the existence was of Shiva and Shakti. The association is so beautiful and warming. Sati, consort of Shiva had married him against the wishes of her father, Daksha Prajapati. But love does not know boundaries and Sati a princess, left her palace to live with Shiva in jungles of Kailash. Daksha who was furious on this decision of Sati, decided to do something to insult Shiva. He performed a big magnificent Yagna, to which he invited all god and goddesses except his son in law Shiva.

But when Sati came to know about the Yagna from Narad Muni, she asked Shiva for permission to go to the Yagna. She wanted to go to get the benefits of the Yagna for her beloved husband. Shiva said that Daksha was trying to insult him, so even if Sati attends the Yagna, the fruit of Yagna will not be auspicious. He stopped Sati from going on which Sati go very furious. She thought that Shiva was treating her like a ignorant lady, but she was the mother of universe. She assumed her real form, the one of Divine Mother. There was a great agitation in the universe. The universe could not stand the wonder of Divine Mother, the mountains shook, oceans raged and earth moved.


Seeing the furious form of Sati, Shiva began to shake and tried to flee. But Ten Divine Forms stopped him from all the ten directions. She closed all the escape routes.

These are the 10 Mahavidhyas. Although the Divine mother decided to show her all ten forms here but every form is having a different story, form and mantra. Sacred Tantra teaches you about the insights, wisdom and meditation related to every Goddesses.


Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Shakti Tantra: Shakti Tantra

Shakti Tantra: Shakti Tantra

Shakti Tantra

“Thou art the prime and great Ṡakti (energy) and the very form of all energies. By the help of thy energy we engage in the works of creation, preservation and destruction. Endless are thy manifestations, forms and colour. Nirvana Tantra
The Sakti (energy) is taking new forms and shapes and every time it takes a new form, we give it a new name. Shakti is manifesting continuously with Shiva. Shiva is the pure consciousness (static energy) while shakti is the dynamic one. Shakti is flowing within as Prana and is also as Kundalini seated on the root chakra. Many of the spiritual practices are dedicated to awaken this energy, as here lays the secret of Self-enlightenment. This is how many people have been perceiving enlightenment, which causes them to search for practices to just awaken the Kundalini. Kundalini awakening without preparation is a dangerous affair. The energy in Kundalini is immense and Sadhak or Sadhika need to prepare their body for it.
The study of the tantra is mostly related to worship of the Feminine Energy, the Goddess. The Shakt branch sees everything as a manifestation of the female energy and believes that everything seen or unseen, real or unreal is an expression  of the Female aspect of the universe. There are other Tantras too which are associated with the worship of Shiva, Vishnu and Ganesh.
Here in “Shakti Tantra” we are essentially deliberating over the Wisdom of “Das Mahavidhyas” or “Ten Wisdom Goddesses”
Kali Tara Mahavidya Shodashi Bhuvaneshwari
Bhairavi Chinnamasta Cha Vidya Dhumavati Tattha
Matangi siddha Vidya Cha Kathita Baglamukhi
Eta Dasha Maha Vidya Sarva Tantreshu Gopitah
Kali, Tara, Shodashi, Bhuvaneshwari, Bhairavi, Chinnamasta, Dhumavati, Matangi, Kamala, And Bagla Mukhi are ten Mahavidyas which are secret of all Tantras.
As the energy changes its forms, various aspects of the goddess are revealed, which reveal the inherent quality of everything that exists. The mystery is veiled in such a subtle manner that every Sadhak or Sadhika bounds to see a totally different view with different tools. The tools like mantra and yantra help us to unveil the true nature of what is real, pure and divine within and outside.
A major part of Tantra is related to study of Ten Wisdom Goddesses. What is revealed during the study of each goddess separately is phenomenal. Every practitioner gets a different revelation completely based on his/her Psyche and most importantly “Need of inner being”
Shakti Tantra by Ma Shakti Devpriya is done exclusively for Females under IMSCON (International Mission for Shakti Consciousness.) It been understood that females are not able to even accept their feminity completely leave aside the divine aspect within them. It is the right time for them to learn about the divine aspect of feminity lying dormant in them. Just by knowing the wonderful mystery of Das Mahavidhya so many revelations start to happening within. Every Goddess has various aspect and characteristics which represent few inherent female qualities. The Goddess encourages us to tread the path further and realize the real mission of being on the Human Plane. They show us the path that gives fulfillment and completeness still being a part of the big worldly drama. The spiritual essence that is a part of every soul on the Earth, is not being revealed by many. Especially Females feel left out in this big spiritual transition that is taking place on the Earthy plane right now. Shakti Tantra gives this wonderful opportunity to every female to discover the “Divine Feminine Aspect” within. Every Goddess has a various theory and meditational practices that give an ‘never before’ experience.
The Ten Wisdom Goddesses reveal the knowledge that takes us towards the inner journey. Every layer of past experiences and emotions is peeled out and bondage's start to loosen up as the wisdom starts to waken within us.