Sakti-worship

By you this universe is borne,
By you this world is created,
O Devi, by you it is protected
Devi Mahatma



The Vedic pantheon had one goddess to compare in importance and influence: Aditi. Aditi is regarded by the Vedic seers as the great womb into which the entire universe has entered. The Rig Veda names her as progenetrix of cosmic creation. She holds Agni, god of fire and creator-god, in her womb like a mother. Aditi is the Yoni of the Universe, the Mother-Womb. Almost all the important gods of the Vedic pantheon owe their birth to her.

 




'Sakti-worship' 'Sakti means power, force, the feminine energy, for she represents the primal creative principle underlying the cosmos. She is the energizing force of all divinity, of every being and every thing. The whole universe is the manifestation of Sakti. A 'Sakta, a follower of 'Sakti worship, regards her as the Supreme Reality. The ritual side of the 'Sakta philosophy consists of the worship of the different forms of this Universal Energy personified as a goddess. 'Sakti is known by the general name devi, from the Sanskrit rot div to shine. She is the Shining One as the symbol of the life-giving powers of the universe.


The male and female energy within us. Intuition is the female energy within us, the receptive energy. The male energy is the action energy; action-oriented.Female energy is receptive, it is through the female energy that we receive messages from our higher selves, from parts of our own energy which are disembodied, which we sometimes like to call guides, counselors, and we sometimes like to call them Masters. The bottom line is it is our own energy, because all energy is one. It is through the female part of our selves that we receive. It is through the male part that we act.

We think of intuition as something that we need to sit down and activate; activate through a process that we learnt. In fact, we are using this female energy, which we call intuition, every day, through out the day.


Aditi Shining and Luminous Devi


 

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