Is there anyone in the universe,among heavenly or earthly beings,
who can understand what Kali is?
The systems of all traditionsare powerless to describe Her.
Is Mother a feminine being
or greater than Being itself?Chanting Her transforming Name --
OM KALI OM KALI OM KALI,empowers Lord Shiva,
Who is transcendent Knowledge,
to drink the negativity of all beings,turning His Throat dark blue.
Without Her protection
such poison would be deadly,even to the highest Divinity.
More than Creator and creation,
Mother is sheer Creativity
beyond the notion of duality.Universe and Father-God
are thrilling glances
from Her seductive Eyes.
Always pregnant with ecstasy,She gives birth to manifest Being
from Her Womb of primal Awareness,
nursing it tenderly at Her Breast,
then playfully consumes Her Child.The world dissolves instantly
upon touching Her white Teeth,
attaining the realizationof Her brilliant Voidness.
The various Divine Forms
that manifest throughout history
take refuge at Her Lotus Feet.The Essence of Divinity,
the Great Ground of Being,
lies in ecstatic absorptionbeneath Her red-soled Feet.
Is Mother simply a Goddess?
Does She need a male consort
to protect or complete Her?The cycle of birth and death
bows reverently before Her.
Is She simply nakedor is She naked Truth?
No veil can conceal Her.
Her naked radiance slays demons
not with weapons but with splendor.If Mother is a conventional wife,
why is She dancing fiercely
on the breast of Shiva?
Her timeless play destroysconventions and conceptions.
She is primal purity,
Her ecstatic lovers are purity.
Purity merges into purity,with no remainder.
I am totally inebriated
by Her wine of timeless bliss.
The wine cup is Her Name --OM KALI OM KALI OM KALI.
Those drunk on ordinary wine
assume I am one of them.
Not everyone will encounter
the dazzling darkness
called Goddess Kali.
Not everyone can consciously receivethe infinite treasure of Her Nature.
The foolish mind refuses
to perceive and accept
that She alone exists.Even the noble Lord Shiva,
most enlightened of beings,
can barely catch a glimpse
of Her flashing crimson Feet.The wealth of world-emperors
and the richness of Paradise
are but abject povertyto those who meditate on Her.
To swim in a single Glance
from Her three Cosmic Eyes
is to be immersedin an ocean of ecstasy.
Not even Shiva, prince of yogis,
can focus upon Her dancing Feet
without falling into trance.
Yet the worthless loverwho sings this mad song
aspires to conscious union with Herduring waking, dream, and deep sleep.




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