A note on Mahakali and the Ishwara principle

Mahakali is a supreme principle of decimation, working constantly upon the earth-consciousness and, the forces and powers present in the terrestrial & the planes above feel her searing power, but it is only the supreme Ishwara who can bear the violent stampede of her wrath and the trampling of her virgin powers on himself and in the equality of his nature, otherwise the whole earth will plummet in the deepest abyss of fear and self-torture.

The principle of Ishwara in the terrestrial consciousness is a manifestation of a divine equanimity and indifference. A direct manifestation or sudden appearance of the Mahakali Force here without a solid pedestal would mean an immediate प्रलय or destruction of the terrestrial existence.

She warms the worlds of spiritual existence and melts the universe in her descent into the terrestrial and its difficulties.

It was her power which had been embodied by the Mystics of the great Vedic age, more in the mind and vital than in the physical. There the Ishwara experience was less amplified as the spiritual base of the Mahakali manifestation but admitted at the mental levels as a stable development of a spiritualised consciousness.

Though Mahakali destroys only what is imperfect and intolerable, yet even for the most virtuous, her actions bring about a painful destruction of their cherished virtues, often sweeps them of their balance and strips them of their secret vices.

We all need to prepare for her descent into ourselves, and rather offer her a strong body and a stable mind than an imperfect and unstable instrument that is most unlikely to survive the invasion of her divine violence.

The Asura or the demon god runs for cover at the first indication of her presence; do not be troubled by his occult schemata. Mother Kali is most terrible and unmerciful to those who disturb the Lord’s children.

The divine Ishwara is also the Lord of spiritual self-absorption, not static and featureless but dynamic, and He absorbs the world-existence in His higher infinity, laying the first foundation stone for a divine transformation of the earth-consciousness. Mahakali aids the process by destroying the recalcitrant and untransformable elements, and lays the foundation of her work on a stable nature, something that can withstand the mounting pressure of her fierce descent into our difficult existence.

It is in our utter submission and surrender to her complex workings lies the first foundation of our self-transformation, a process guided, governed and fulfilled by the divine Ishwara.

Note: We have briefly discussed Mahakali here, one of the four presiding Powers of The Mother, in relation with her terrestrial work, and in the subsequent essays, will discuss her remaining three Powers. It is part of our aspiration to simplify the complex truths into mental terms which all the like-minded seekers of the path of Yoga can follow, and also to explain or merely show the context in which the practice of Yoga of aspiration and self-surrender becomes largely possible to those who truly seek.