She is the one from whom the Cosmos obtains it energy to take shape into various forms of nature, right from the Big Bang-sprouting of cloud dust from an infinitely dense singularity, which eventually condense into star dust forming stars, planets, moons with the gravitational waves bestowing the cosmic bodies their structure, attributes, governing the laws of physics. 

She empowers anything that moves, creates, causing events [nimitha]. She is ParaPrakruthi–the Mother Goddess of the entire creation. 

The creation itself is a mere desire of Maa, Kamini: 14, 20, 358, Kali Sahasranamavali. 

She is Shakti herself—SAKTIH:                  281, Kali Sahasranamavali

She is the Shakti of Mahadeva—MAHADEVI: 403, Kali Sahasranamavali

Shakti of SadaShiva’s Pinaka and Shula—PINAKADHARINI:    369, Kali Sahasranamavali

SULINI:                                                                                           365, Kali Sahasranamavali

Shakti of MahaVishnu’s Sudarshan Chakra and Shanka—CAKRINI:

361, Kali Sahasranamavali

SANKHINI:                                                         358,  Kali Sahasranamavali

Shakti of KalaBhairava—KALA BHAIRAVA BHARYA:               11, Kali Sahasranamavali

Shakti of MahaKala—MAHA KAALI:                                              6, Kali Sahasranamavali

Shakti of Skanda—KAUMARI:                                                      453, Kali Sahasranamavali

She who is creative energy—BRAHMI:                                          56, Kali Sahasranamavali

She is Femininity within Narayan and 

Masculinity within Narayani—NARAYANI:                                  57, Kali Sahasranamavali  

The One who is Kundalini Sakthi: KUNDALINI:                         351, Kali Sahasranamavali

The Shakti of Narasimha—NARASIMHIKA:                                 64, Kali Sahasranamavali 

Shakti of Varaha—VARAHI:                                                             63, Kali Sahasranamavali

The One who empowers Indra’s Vajra—VAJRINI                 378, Kali Sahasranamavali         

One who is Sakthi of Indra—INDRANI:                                       533, Kali Sahasranamavali

Shakti of SuryaDeva—SURYATMIKA:                                         276, Kali Sahasranamavali

One who is the form of ChandraDeva—CHANDRASVARUPINI: 275, Kali Sahasranamavali

One who is wisdom of Vedas—VEDAMAYI:                                 188, Kali Sahasranamavali

It is when She decides, the SadaShiva–even MahaVishnu, Brahma haven’t had the grace to have His divine Darshan, descends to take a form. Upon Her will, as She projects Devo Ke Dev, Mahadev with Her Shakti to move around in a state pertaining to the kinetic energy, as the KalaBhairava embodies. When you look at a photograph of Shiva, it is the Shakti of Devi’s projection of Mahadeva into that photograph. She is the One giving form to even that which is beyond form—SadaShiva. It is when Devi’s energy is providing a shape to Shiva tattva that Shiva is illuminated in a Vigraha [Lingam] or a photograph. 

The Shiva linga itself is Devi’s kripa and Leela [379, Kali Sahasranamavali] to enter the lingam first, followed by the arrival of Mahadeva, as She should be around to give Her consort the form with Her MAYA—168, Kali Sahasranamavali [She is MAHAMAYA—79, Kali Sahasranamavali], to have His devotees worship the formless Shiva in a stone. 

In this context, any insult to Shiva, it is Her energy and Yoginis scrupulously dethroning the unrealised, lower level physical being from all the ways, sampradayas, and kulas possible that could end up to the path leading to Shiva and Shakti. 

Maa Kali is that energy into which all creation disolutes and from which every tiny being and dust emanates from. She is the origin and the end to all that has ever been created. 

She devours even the Sun—the King among the planets [according to Sanatana and not mere physical beings’ discovery of the Sun as a star], the planet which is the life source to our solar system. From the King of beings to the ones considered as lowest, it is Her into which everything merges into, at the end of every Yuga, MahaYuga, Manvantara, and Kalpa. 

She is cosmic darkness and black mass lying unknown to the most pioneer of the scientific frontiers. They describe Her as Dark Matter with no mass but of great gravitational intensity, causing gravitational lensing, a huge setback to conduct a reconnaissance of celestial objects, as the gravity that this invisible dark mass creates the dips in the space around it, tampers the fabric of Space-Time itself, bending light itself as it passes across this depression of the fabric. 

Contemporary scientific studies have revealed that the Universe expands at a speed of 74 km/s. 

She is ever creating enormous energy fireball that bewilders even Brahma of his own abilities to create and loses the hold on his 5th head eventually, taking pride in Him beholding the head to which MahaKala Bhairava is the divine consort and a pedestal setting up an unwavering Adhara to His Celestial Divine partner, Adisakthi. 

The first four heads of Brahma signify the four Vedas, the path to everything ritualistic, every Niyamas, Agamas, Shastras, Rituals and Sampradayas are encrypted here. The beings of these four heads are in the Satya Yuga. Apart from the physical Kala Chakra around us, there’s another Kala Chakra that is going around, it’s the Kala Chakra of the Jeeva. In which Yuga the Jeeva, the soul is living in right now, traversing the other Yugas. 

Nonetheless, the Jeevas of 5th Head of Brahma are in the KaliYuga after which is the subtle cosmic dissolution, succeeded by salvation. 

However, when this great Gyana of the 5th Head sprouts sidewise the other heads of Brahma, Brahma starts taking pride in it, owning the 5th Head, delineating from the fact that it is the path leading to Maa Kali and only MahaKalaBhairava can give her the Adhara and He is the Guru for this path. 

He gets into an argument with MahaVishnu on who is greater than Shiva, since He had the Gyana to the path of Maa AdyaMahaKali, He considered Himself as higher than Shiva, who could give Shakti the Adhara, to have Her stabilised. 

Then upon the will of Maa Kali, projecting Her divine Prana [loosely translated to breath—but the forces upon whose operation it take the form of breath and creation] into MahaKala, the static, latent, potential energy lying at one place, insisting Him to take the form of MahaKalaBhairava, the kinetic energy when Shakti pours Herself onto Him. 

As mentioned earlier, She is the reason even Shiva gets to move. 

Now, MahaKalaBhairava with his little finger’s edge cuts down the 5th Head of Brahma, incurring the Karma of Brahma Hatya, in remediation to which He roams around all the Cosmos for 12yrs, demanding Prana in the form of Blood from the Devatas who also engaged themselves in this argument around who is equal to or higher than Shiva. He even visited the Vaikunta to have the Prana of MahaVishnu. 

On request from MahaVishnu’s consorts, KalaBhairava returned to the State of Kashi and the Head of Brahma fell down. 

NOTE: Kashi a State [spiritual state] and not a mundane, physical City. 

The completion of KalaBhairava’s emanation from Shiva’s Third Eye, to maintain a Cosmic order was attained, He had become the Guru of the path. The Guru among the Planets, Brihaspati completes his revolution around the Sun once in 12 Earth years, which very much validates the spiritual journey of KalaBhairava to regulate the Dharma of the Universe, and gaining the Adhikara to be the Guru to the 5th Head of Bhairava.

KalaBhairava is not a Deity of pure rage, yes He had to embody that at a point in Space, as His emanation was completely to look after the Dharma of the Devtas itself. He governs the Devatas to keep them under the check of their duties, for which they were throned. 

He is kind enough to guide His Sadhakas, by establishing a connection with their higher selves operating at the higher dimensions. He watches you turn to ashes in every Cosmos, every birth design, every dimension. Once there’s a connect between you and your Jeeva in much higher realms of Creation, your Jeeva in higher dimensions will guide to take decisions wisely so as to not incur furthermore Karma, and will accelerate your Spiritual Progress by granting you the portal of burning your Karma of some other realm, in this very physical body that is in the Sadhana of KalaBhairava. 

Hence, giving you 300 yrs of progress in just 3 yrs. 

That’s how He acts and how kind He is to open the channel for His devotees to exit the vicious cycle of Birth and Death. 

Maa Kali is the most secretive among the Deities, She is Guhya Kali: 5, Kali Sahasranamavali. 

She is the darkness of the black, undiscovered Universe that you get to see during the night. 

The phases of the Moon are also Her. The Moon also significantly represents the monthly cycle ie., menstrual cycle of a woman. It is a whole lot of subject to be addressed. 

“Blood is Devi.”

There are approx 40-44 names in the Kali Sahasranamavali around the root word, “RAKTA”, meaning blood. 

RAKTAVAHINI: The One who is vehicle of passion, orchestrating creation and dissolution   — 142, Kali Sahasranamavali

RAKTADANTIKA: The whose teeth are red with blood 

— 387, Kali Sahasranamavali

RAKTAPA: The One who drinks the Rakta of the entire creation 

— 388, Kali Sahasranamavali 

RUDHIRATANGI: The One who is covered in Rakta 

— 389, Kali Sahasranamavali 

RAKTAPARAHASTINI: One who consumes Rakta of entire creation in a Khappar              — 390, Kali Sahasranamavali 

RAKTAPRIYA: One who loves blood and bloodlines

— 391, Kali Sahasranamavali 

RAKTABIJAVINASINI: The One who ends the desire of the self                                           — 538, Kali Sahasranamavali

RAKTA: One who is blood/passion

— 786, Kali Sahasranamavali

RAKTAVASTROTTARIYAKA: One who is clad in red garment

— 787, Kali Sahasranamavali

RAKTASAYA: She who rests in passion                                                                      

— 918, Kali Sahasranamavali

RAKTAHOMA: One who accepts oblations offered with passion                                            — 922, Kali Sahasranamavali

RAKTASTHA: She who operates within passion                                                                       

— 923, Kali Sahasranamavali

RAKTAVATSALA: She who accepts the refuge of those situated in passion                            — 924, Kali Sahasranamavali

RAKTAVAMA: One who is described, known and attained by passion                                     — 925, Kali Sahasranamavali

RAKTADEHA: One who has the body of passion                                                                      

— 926, Kali Sahasranamavali

RAKTAPUJAKAPUTRINA: The One is obtained as a Phala to an Austerity or Puja             — 927, Kali Sahasranamavali  

RAKTADYUTI: She who is the dignity of passion                                                                   

— 928, Kali Sahasranamavali

RAKTASPRHA: She who reveals Herself to the ones who are situated in passion                  — 929, Kali Sahasranamavali 

RAKTASUNDARI: The One who is appealing to the eyes of those in passion of attaining Her                                                              

— 931, Kali Sahsaranamavali 

RAKTABHIDEYA: She who bestows passion to attain oneness with Her                               — 932, Kali Sahasranamavali 

RAKTARHA: The One who is explored when the Sadhaka touches upon passion                    — 933, Kali Sahasranamavali 

RAKTAKANDARAVANDITA: She who is the KamaDeva and his Sakthi, Maa Rathi            — 934, Kali Sahasranamavali

MAHARAKTA: One who is attained with great passion                                                           — 935, Kali Sahasranamavali 

RAKTABHAVA: She who exists in passion                                                                    

— 936, Kali Sahasranamavali 

RAKTASRSTIVIDHAYINI: She who is the giver of the seed of passion                                — 937, Kali Sahasranamavali 

RAKTASNATA: The One who is immersed in passion                                                             — 938, Kali Sahasranamavali 

RAKTASIKTA: The One who is completely absorbed in passion                                            — 939, Kali Sahasranamavali 

RAKTASEVTATIRAKTINI: She who becomes intimately passionate with the seeker absorbed in passion                                           

— 940, Kali Sahasranamavali

RAKTANANDAKARI: She who bestows the enlightenment of passion                                 — 941, Kali Sahasranamavali

RAKTASADANANDAVIDHAYINI: She who gives the Sadhaka the ability to seek Her situated in passion                                    

— 942, Kali Sahasranamavali

RAKTASAYA: She who rests in passion                                                                        

— 943, Kali Sahasranamavali

RAKTAPURNA: The One who is complete within Herself and the One who is complete passion                                                                  

— 944, Kali Sahasranamavali 

RAKTASEVYA: The One who accepts service done out of passion                                          — 945, Kali Sahasranamavali 

RAKTAPUJAKASARVASVA: She who is worshipped with absolute passion                        — 947, Kali Sahasranamavali 

RAKTANINDAKANASINI: The One who destroys the inability of the Sadhaka to progress in passion                                                

— 948, Kali Sahasranamavali 

RAKTATMIKA: She who gives the ability to the Sadhaka to express passion                         — 949, Kali Sahasranamavali 

RAKTARUPA: The One situated in the form of passion                                                         — 950, Kali Sahasranamavali 

RAKTAKARSANAKARINI: The One who is the cause of attraction of the Sadhaka in passion to move towards Her                                                

— 951, Kali Sahasranamavali 

RAKTOTSAHA: She who is the enthusiasm of passion in the Sadhaka to attain Her               — 952, Kali Sahasranamavali 

RAKTADHYA: She who rides upon passion                                                                       

— 953, Kali Sahasranamavali 

RAKTAPANAPARAYANA: The One who consumes and accepts everything offered by the Sadhaka with passion                                                  

— 954, Kali Sahasranamavali 

In the Kali Yuga, the name itself has Kaali in it, “up is down, down is up”. In everything inauspicious lies the most auspicious. That’s the path to the 5th Head of Brahma. 

Devi resides there where She’s celebrated, She has to be embraced and experienced for you to have the Adhikara to invoke Her. There are no Sampradayas, Kulas, Niyamas and Agamas to be followed in the KaliYuga, it is the age of fall of Dharma, it’s the fall of everything ritualistic, and everything that is according to the Shastras. 

5,125 yrs into the Kali Yuga, it is when Bhairava is no longer a mere Shetrapala of the first four heads of Brahma, He now begins to take over the path to the Guhya head, the 5th Head.

Even the greatest of the Manliness ever considered and to have lived as the powerful Archer, had to spend a year of his Agyathavasa, as Brihannala, a Eunuch. 

Arjuna, disguised himself as a woman during the last year of his vanavasa, in the Kingdom of Virata. He embraced, completely adored and celebrated femininity. He lived among women’s quarters, dressed like a woman, made up his hair like a woman, adorned himself with all the jewels a woman would put upon herself, he sat and ate with women, taught dance to maidens. 

At the end of the period of his exile, nearing the successful completion of 13yrs in banishment, the cows and cattle of Virata were abducted by Duryodhana, on his uncle’s advice. Then came the warrior who fought against the entire Kurus, to win back the cattle. The side which was defeated to this warrior, had the bulls among the Kurus, the best of the Kuru lineage itself, Bhishma, Duryodhana, Dushasana, Shakuni, Dronacharya, Ashwathama, Karna. 

Karna at one point, was bereft of his arms and ran in the middle of the battle to the Northern mountains. Bhishma fainted halfway through the war and fell on the grounds of the battlefield. It was a single warrior whom none of the Kurus could withstand…

You’ve mistaken if you take it to be Arjuna, who fought against all of them and had been victorious. 

It was Brihannala who fought the war. One year of Shakti Sadhana had bestowed Arjuna a completion to his 12yrs of Shiva Sadhana. 

“The Sadhana of Shiva will take you close to Shiva, but the Sadhana of Shakti will take you inside Shiva, becoming Shiva Himself.”

In Her path, if you sit for Sadhana even while you’re bleeding, She will give you 10x progress than normal times. 

She is MATANGI— 227, Kali Sahasranamavali. 

The Sadhana of Maa Kali/Matangi is about making yourself a little bit uncomfortable, like you would be in your periods [if only you’re physically fit enough to sit].

In the Sadhana of Matangi, it is advised to have the offerings first and then feed Her. Cause, She will have everything that you consume. She is no different than you. When you sit for Maa Kali or Maa Matangi Sadhana, you have to offer your sweat, blood as periods, pains-physical and emotional, sufferings, and ultimately the food tasted by you. As, Maa Kali is all about surrendering and nothing which has to do physically. 

If you consider periods as impure, an insult to the Yoni, an insult to the womb and Devi Herself.

Anything that has a womb, is Devi. Blood is Devi. Yoni is Devi—Kamakhya: 28, Kali Sahasranamavali. The one who gave birth to Skanda/Murugar. 

Maa SATI

 She is Maa SATI: 211, KALI SAHASRANAMAVALI. 

When Maa SATI had to immolate Herself in the Agni of Her yoga, She had set the design for the establishment of the Shakti Peetas. 

It is when Maa AdyaMahaKali in the form of Maa Sati had scarified Her physical identity with the body as Daksha Kanya: , KALI SAHASRANAMAVALI — daughter of Prajapati Daksha.

She deliberately became the Nimitta, a cause for the destruction of Her father, Daksha. 

Only SHAKTI gets to choose Her SHIVA!

SHIVA is all about giving Adhara to SHAKTI, in all what She does, in Her personal life, and the societal role that She plays.

Parents don’t own the girl. 

In the contemporary world, SHIVA is replaced by Brahma, very much identifying oneself with properties, bank balance, exceptional CTC, lands owned, generational wealth. 

SHIVA is never found to have anything to do with wealth and materialism. SHIVA can only be understood by SHAKTI alone. When He sits on the Kailasa, stoned in the deepest states of meditation, high in His own consciousness, delineated from the societal standards, drunk in the Ecstasy of Samadhi, surrounded by Bhoota and Pretha Ganas, smeared in ashes of dead bodies, wearing skulls as garlands and scorpions as earrings, seating Himself in the Smashana among corpses, such a man can only be loved and recognised by His SHAKTI.

If SHIVA and SHAKTI fail to align, there’ll be complete chaos in one’s life. 

Hence, this alignment with right SHIVA and right SHAKTI shall bring absolute peace in the company of each other. 

Only SHAKTI can recognise Her SHIVA.

Reason why women shall be allowed to choose who Her SHIVA would be and whom She marries to. Else, She will destroy the entire bloodline as Maa SATI did.

Societal norms and standards were kept high during SHIVA and Maa SATI’s marriage. Daksha never accepted SHIVA as His son-in-law, refuting Maa SATI’s choice and adhikara to choose Her husband Herself, inviting the destruction of Himself.

This has brought upon His own death by provoking Veera Bhadra’s rage.

Nimitha KALI

 Anytime DEVI is found to be playing a victim, it is when She is actually placing a Nimitta for Her realised Sadhakas to decode Her Leelas and trails in the story for the major lessons to be learnt by giving out messages. 

Either you embrace and understand femininity as Arjuna, or have a life later to take birth in a specific design to live and experience the pain of womanhood. 

Coming back, She is the Amavasya. When the Moon is in its first and third quarter of its phases, the darker part of the Moon represents Kali and the brighter is Sri Krsna…

“KRSNA is KALI and KALI is KRSNA” 

This is not a cultural reference. 

Sri Krsna Himself has stated it in the Gita, “I’m time personified” [Kaal=Kali], and “Among the planets, I’m Shanisvara” [a planet associated with Maa Kali].