How SHE Shows Up For Me ~ Kali
“Oh , you don’t want to do that!” the young student exclaimed, her mouth a perfect ‘O’ of shock and awe. She eyed the coconut I had just purchased with respect, yes, but also with undisguised horror. As she began to back away, I realized how deep her fear must run.
I had just purchased a coconut as an offering to Ammaji in her Kali aspect. Smashing a coconut releases karma in the Vedic traditions. Hey, why not? Whatever is left can go! {Meaning my ego.}
Post-bankruptcy, post-stroke, post-partner, still in deep healing on every level of my life, I went for it. I was a semi-ambulatory expression of “nothing left to lose.” Or so it seemed, to the casual observer. SHE knew better.
SHE intervened, as Kali, when my awakenings had outstripped my lifestyle.
As I prayed, “I don’t know what to do!” SHE answered. “I DO.” Within five literal minutes, the phone rang, the house I was trying to sell fell out of escrow, a job offer vanished, and my about-to-be-ex-partner locked himself in his office refusing to talk to me. The anticipated primal scream didn’t happen. I began to laugh. I felt the slurping of Kali’s tongue as she denied any newly-forming demons their dance.
‘Okay, change it!” I knew to whom that choice was addressed. This wasn’t my first…
