The Goddess Energy As Creatrix Of The Universe

For most of us, when we say "Divine Mother" or "The Goddess" { a/k/n Goddess Durga } we are
talking about the Supreme Being as the creatrix of the universe who expresses compassion and
love in a very personal, direct, and intimate way in the same way that a loving mother cares for
her children.

Words fail to say who or what the Goddess is but She can be known and experienced in a direct
and personal way. This means that we can't say for sure how big She is or where She came from or
what Her ultimate form is or why She is. What we can do is enter into a relationship with Her, a
communion that is very intimate, close, loving and personal. She will be our best friend and
confidant and our patient teacher.

Both the creation stories in Genesis and in the Hindu Rig Veda begin with the idea of the
formless, the void, and the absolute. Then creation arose (or is continually arising) out of this. The
Rig Veda describes this "arising" as a divine whim or play of the Supreme. The creation that
occurs is Mother (maya), the divine whim (Shakti or power) is also Mother and the absolute
formless ground of being is, again, Mother. We can grab hold of Her skirt at any point along this
timeless expression of the Divine and, if we hold on tightly, She will dispel our illusions and
deliver us to the blissful and peaceful realization of Divine Truth.

Maya, in Her potential aspect, is the divine power of the Lord. She has no beginning. She is
composed of the three universal qualities (gunas), subtle, beyond perception. It is from the effects
She produces that Her existence is inferred by the wise. It is She who gives birth to the whole
universe. - Adi Shankara, The Crest Jewel of Discrimination Translated by Swami Prabhavananda
& Christopher Isherwood

When the Supreme Being is thought of as actionless - neither creating, sustaining nor destroying -
I call Him by the name of Brahman (pure absolute formless being) or Purusha. But when I think of
him as active - creating, sustaining and destroying - I call him by the name of Shakti (Divine
Mother as primal energy) or Maya (the veiling power of the Divine Mother by which the One
appears as many) or Prakriti (Divine Mother as primordial nature which, in association with
Purusha, creates the universe).

The actionless Brahman and the active Shakti are in fact one and the same. He, who is the
Absolute Existence-Intelligence-Bliss, is also the All-knowing, the All-intelligent and All-blissful
Mother of the universe. A precious stone and its luminosity are one and the same, for you cannot
imagine a diamond without it, and vice versa.

God the absolute (formless) and God the personal (Divine Mother; form) are one and the same. A
belief in one implies a belief in the other. Fire cannot be thought of apart from its burning power;
nor can its burning power be thought of apart from it. Thus God the absolute cannot be thought of
apart from the idea of God with attributes (Mother). - Ramakrishna - The Gospel of Sri
Ramakrishna Translated by Swami Nikhilananda

Experience the divinely intoxicating love of the Goddess. Explore the book Soft Moon Shining.

The following is reprinted from the book Soft Moon Shining.

GARDEN OF LOVE

Sweet Mother Divine
Deep longing for you
comes at first
like faint rolling thunder far away

Then this gripping honey sweet presence
grows louder and stronger
like an approaching stampede
of wild buffalo

At last it gathers these pregnant
love moistened clouds in my heart
causing them to boil over
in a torrential rain of sunlit tears

What a joy if a few flowers
were to bloom
in this rain soaked
garden of love
Foot Note:
Every Goddess in these pages are Ascended Masters as well
as being part of the Divine Mother's Cosmic Energy.
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