Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Only When (poem)
In Many Forms
You can come
in many forms.
Sometimes the young god,
bearing his flute.
Sometimes the god of endless
power, Shiva of the
fiery locks,
his trident and moon.
But only when She comes,
sky clad,
with her welcoming breasts
are you who you truly are.
You can come
in many forms.
Sometimes the young god,
bearing his flute.
Sometimes the god of endless
power, Shiva of the
fiery locks,
his trident and moon.
But only when She comes,
sky clad,
with her welcoming breasts
are you who you truly are.
Dorothy Walters
July 2, 2008
The Vedas state that 'all things exist but become manifest in Her, that is, in the Proto Female'. The Upanishads call this Proto Female Prakriti, that which manifests in nature, which is the material aspect of the Creation. The Upanishads further imply that She is the universal cosmic energy which exists in all that is. The "Goddess" as we visualize her is a symbolic (but sensed) representation of this underlying cosmic force. Kundalini is another name for the Goddess.
"Shaktas (those who worship the Mother) may approach the Devi in any of a vast number of forms. The primary Devi form worshiped by a devotee (i.e., his or her ishta-devi) can depend on many factors, including family tradition, regional practice, guru lineage, personal resonance and so on. There are literally thousands of goddess forms, many of them associated with particular temples, geographic features or even individual villages. However, they are all considered to be but diverse aspects of the One Supreme Goddess." (from Wikipedia)
(Above image from internet entry on an earlier exhibit at the Sackler Museum.)
