is real the deeper vision that comes with this idea of
that's what i want to explore today the deeper vision that comes out of shakti is this
hinduism says there's a principle just follow me it sounds a bit you know kind of
you know abstract but please follow me there's a principle called brahman it is the one thing
underpinning the whole of creation there's one thing not a person a principle called
now brahma is actually a very powerful thought because this is a principle-oriented tradition
all of the traditions religious traditions are personality-oriented traditions i mean
they focus on god you know like without form or with whatever but we are saying no personality
principle this is one of the wonderful things that comes out of our tradition since very ancient days
and this is the idea of hinduism not focusing on personalities now so this is the first personality
we could think about with idea of ultimate reality is a mother figure so we say we find we agree with
that now it's a very interesting kind of disjoint between the brahma that underpins reality in the
world that we encounter how is this transition possible how can brahma become this world that we
encounter and this issue remains very difficult to address even today it is a very difficult
issue to address what it is and what it appears is there's a disjoint there's no direct link
and this this joint is called maya means something that's very difficult to kind of encapsulate
understand how can something pure and pristine appear as this jagged world that we live in
and this idea is called maya and the wonderful idea that comes with this idea is the word maha
maya means the power that can make this ultimate reality appear in this creation is maha maya and
that's called shakti see this is where the idea of shakthi arises at the philosophic level not
a personality level at a philosophic level so mahamaya the one that makes the brahman
appears this creation is called shakti mahamaya is the lovely name with you now you see just as we
have lots of scriptures there are two scriptures they talk about the idea of shakti in a very
wonderful manner and these two scriptures are in the markandya puran there is a there is the
idea of chandi so they created 700 words it's just like the bhagavad-gita focusing idea of krishna is
ultimate reality idea of ultimate value is mother goddess is seen in the chandi in the markandey
openished sorry enough but then you see the the deeper ideas come from if you like the devi sukta
of the rig veda in the tenth mandal is called devi shukta it's a beautiful idea these are the
key features of devi shukta it says his ultimate reality when it's kind of becomes visible in this
reality he still shows his colors as follows he says all the forces all the powers that all the
gods are human beings have comes from this idea of shakti this is the idea of the idea of you know
the rig veda and then he says it appears also as consciousness see what a wonderful idea is the
strength giving thing and consciousness that we all experience and the most powerful thing is this
when you look at personality oriented hinduism you talk about mother goddess fighting the evil doers
you know like myself you know you've got all these colorful quranic stories one of nothing wrong with
it but the deeper vision that comes from the devi sukta is something different he said the aim of
this day is not to fight a demon who is external like an outside evil guy that we know we have
to kind of destroy their mother goddess has to destroy but the inner demons that we all possess
this is devi it's a deeper vision not exoteric but esoteric esoteric means looking inward and this
is what it says there are six enemies of humanity which doesn't allow our true nature to be visible
to us and these six enemies are kama growth the love of mohammed sarya this is what the devi
supra says my friend if you are able to in a way defeat these inner demons that we all human beings
possess it's not because we have horrible evil peace people but through the process of evolution
we picked up this very poor traits of you know karma growth the love of mohammed sarya and they
innovate obstruct our view of our true reality so this is the power of devi and do you know what how
it ends they should they says when you are able to come conquer these inner demons it's not that
they are monsters we are monsters but we acquire this bad taste if you like over so many lifetimes
when you're able to overcome them then your true nature or the spirit in a way flows
through and this is a beautiful idea in the devi shukta so this idea of shakti is very central
you