One must have for God the yearning of a child. The child sees nothing but confusion when his mother is away.

Ah, that restlessness is the whole thing.

Whatever path you follow-whether you are a Hindu, a Mussalman, a Christian, a Sakta, a Vaishnava, or a Brahmo-the vital point is restlessness.

 

 

"If you are aware of the Male Principle, you cannot ignore the Female Principle. He who is aware of the father must also think of the mother. He who knows darkness also knows light. He who knows night also knows day. He who knows happines also knows misery.

"My mother! Who is my Mother? Ah, She is the Mother of the Universe. It is She who creates and preserves the world, who always protects Her children, and who grants whatever they desire. 

A true son cannot live away from his mother. The mother knows everything. The child only eats, drinks, and makes merry; he doesn't worry himself about the things of the world.

 

 

O Mother, I hide myself in Thy loving bosom; I gaze at Thy face and cry out, "Mother! Mother!"

 

 

I sink in the Sea of Bliss and am lost to sense

In yoga-sleep; I gaze with unwinking eyes

Upon Thy face, powerless to turn away

O Mother, I am terrified by this world;

My spirit trembles and cries out in fear.

Keep me, sweet Mother, in Thy loving bosom;

Cover me with the spreading skirt of Thy love.

 

 

As long as a man is conscious of 'I' and 'You', and as long as he feels that it is he who prays or meditates, so long will he feel that God is listening in his prayer and that God is a Person. Then he must say: 'O God, Thou art the Master and I am Thy servant. Thou art the whole and I am part of Thee. Thou art the Mother and I am Thy child. At that time there exits a feeling of difference: 'I am one and Thou art another. 'It is God Himself who makes us feel this difference; and on account of this difference one sees man and woman, light and darkness, and so on. As long as one is aware of this difference, one must accept Sakti, the Personal God. It is God who has put 'I-consciousness' in us. You may reason a thousand times; still this 'I' does not dissapear.

As long as 'I-conciousness' exits; God reveals Himself to us as a person. "Therefore, as long as a man is concious of 'I' and of differentiation, he cannot speak of the attributeless Brahman and must accept Brahman with attributes. 'This Brahman with attributes has been declared in the vedas, the Puranas, and Tantra, to be kali; the Primal Energy."

 You see the reflection of the sun in clear water. In the mirror of his 'I-consciousness' the devotee sees the form of the Primal Energy, Brahman with attributes. But the mirror must be wiped clean. One does not see the right reflection if there is any dirt on the mirror.

     "As long as a man must see the Sun in the water of his 'I-consciousness' and has no other means of seeing It, as long as he has no means of seeing the real Sun except through It reflection, so long is the reflected sun alone one hundred percent real to him. As long as the 'I' is real, so long is the reflected sun real-one hundred percent real. That reflected sun is nothing but the Primal Energy

 

 

 

O Mother, make me mad with Thy love!

What need have I of knowledge or reason?

Make me drunk with Thy love's Wine;

O Thou who stealest Thy bhaktas' hearts,

Drown me deep in the Sea of Thy love! 

 

 

Is Kali, my Mother, really black?

The Naked One, of blackest hue,

Lights the Lotus of the heart...

 

 

Lighting the lamp of Knowledge in the chamber of your heart,

Behold the face of the Mother, Brahman's Embodiment.

 

 

Why should I go to Ganga or Gaya, to Kasi, or Probhas,

So long as I can breathe my last with Kali's name upon my lips?

What need of rituals has a man, what need of devotion anymore,

If he repeats the Mother's name in the three holy hours?...

 

 

"One feels restlessness for God when one's soul longs for His vision.

 

 

"To love God is the essence of the whole thing. Bhakti alone is the essence

 

 

How are you trying, O my mind, to know the nature of God?...

Who is there that can understand what Mother Kali is?...

O mind, you do not know how to farm!

Fallow lies the field of your life...

Come, let us go for a walk, O mind, to Kali, the Wish-fulfiling Tree..."

 

 

Ma Kali's favorite flower is the red hibiscus.

"Kali likes red"

 

Om Krim Kali

Only Kali

O Mi Kali

Omi Kali

Mi Kali Om

Mi Kali Mom

Mi Kali Ma

Om Kali Ma

Om KRIM Ma Kala

Om KRIM Ma Kali

OM KRIMMA KALI

OM KAMi LA

 

 

"Give up knowledge and reasoning; accept bhakti. Bhakti alone is the essence.

"Have faith. Depend on God. Then you will not have to do anything yourself. Mother Kali will do everything for you.

 

 

Who is there that can understand what Mother Kali is?

Even the six darsanas are powerless to reveal Her....

 

 

Is Mother merely a simple woman, born as other are born?

Only by chanting Her holy name

Does Siva survive the deadly poison.

 

 

She is who creates the world, She who preserves and destroys, with a mere wink of Her wondrous eyes;

She holds the universe in Her womb.

Seeking a shelter at Her feet, the gods themselves feel safe;

And Mahadeva, God of Gods,

Lies prostrate underneath Her feet.

 

 

Great sages have child-like nature. Before God they are always like children. They have no pride. Their strength is the strength of God, the strength of Their Father. They have nothing to call their own.

 

 

Out of a hundred thousand kites, 

at best but one or tho break free;

And Thou dost laugh and clap Thy hands,

O Mother,

watching Them!

 

Remember this, O mind! Nobody is your own:

Vain is your wandering in this world.

Trapped in the subtle snare of maya as you are,

Do not forget the Mother's name.

 

O Mother, dance about Thy devotees!

Dance Thyself and make them dance as well.

O Mother, dance in the lotus of my heart;

Dance in all Thy world-bewitching beauty.

 

O Kali, who can know Thee? Numberless are Thy forms...