As you know, in Hinduism, in addition to the Supreme deity, there are many other gods and their incarnations. They all serve the same purpose - keeping the person on the path of enlightenment, but each uses its funds.
The Indian goddess Kali represents the destructive form of Parvati, Shiva's wife. She is portrayed usually dancing on body of Shiva, with four arms, one of which she holds the demon's head with his tongue hanging out, dripping blood, and a garland of skulls. It would seem that this way was to make her a negative character, but Hindus highly revere her. There is even a special cult dedicated to Kali. The goddess representing the destructive aspect of Shakti, represents also the protection from the dark forces and the maternal, nurturing the beginning.
Goddess Kali is a manifestation of "divine wrath" and not wantonly destructive aggression. It gets rid of ignorance and demons, cleansing and protecting. She is also associated in Hinduism with great joy: defeating enemies, she always laughs. The goddess always supports honest people. But the adherents of the cult of Kali, incorrectly which has interpreted Hindu philosophy, did some terrible rites accompanied by human sacrifice, with the consequence that the deity became associated with the senseless bloodshed and ruthlessness.
The True nature of this goddess remains a harmonious Union of creative and destructive forces.
The Goddess Kali there are twelve manifestations-manifestations: goddess of Creation, Kali Preservation, Destruction, Limit, Destruction, Death, Horror, the Cosmic Egg Goddess, Kali the Supreme Radiance, a Terrible Fire of Time, a Great Time in Cali and Fearlessness.
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All of these forms carry out a gradual transition of consciousness to enlightenment through the acceptance of all of the objects of the external world as part of your I, and himself as the world.
Thus, the destruction is the blurring of the boundaries between different forms of existence.
The Goddess Kali destroys the duality of the world and doubt.
The Image of this deity involves a lot of characters: her four hands represent how cardinal directions and basic chakras; the three eyes of three main forces, on which rests the whole philosophy of Hinduism: creation, preservation and destruction; garland of skulls - a series of reincarnations of a person and the severed head - the liberation from the ego; blue skin color is eternity; the body under her feet was the frailty of the bodily shell; bloody language - guna rajas, and black hair - the purity of consciousness.
We see that the goddess Kali embodies all the basic ideas and principles of Hinduism, even in a strange and perhaps even repulsive form. It symbolizes eternal life and victory over the petty concerns of the body, ignorance and evil forces.
Despite the fact that she rarely referred to the major gods of Hinduism, her image is undoubtedly a typical example for those who aspire to the comprehension of the Eastern philosophy. After all, Kali is the eternal balance and harmony, unity of the creative and destructive beginning in the form of a female deity.
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