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‘You had best study the Bhagavata Purana. Once, at the end of the kalpa when the universe lay dissolved, Narayana lay upon the ocean of eternity as a small child. He lay on a floating pipal leaf and wondered, who has created me a child? Who
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“Other Names for Parvati: Gauri (gow-ree)—The Fair One Minakshi (mee-nak-shee)—She with Eyes Like Slender Fishes Shive (shi-vey)—Feminine form of Shiva Girija (gi-ri-jah)—Daughter of the Mountain Uma (oo-mah)—Maiden Haimavati (hai-muh-vah-tee)—She Who Belongs to the Mountain King Himavat”
― Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga
― Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga
“Shiva and Parvati symbolize the moment when we get spiritually naked”
― Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga
― Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga
“Invoke Parvati for: • strength and commitment • unbreakable willpower • devotion • finding a desirable mate, getting married • success in relationship • conceiving and bearing a child • creative activity • uniting the masculine and feminine polarities within yourself • breakthroughs in yoga practice • will and power in athletic training”
― Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga
― Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga
“Goddess of: • sacred and mundane partnership • patron deity of yoginis, discipleship, and esoteric study • marriage and motherhood • asceticism, commitment to practice, power to practice intensely in yoga, meditation, or athletics • homemaking known for civilizing the wild aspects of the ascetic masculine Recognize Parvati in: • forest groves and mountains • yoga studios • partnerships between self-actualized individuals • unusual domestic situations • working mothers”
― Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga
― Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga
“She’s also showing us a deeper truth about spiritual life: that if we’re willing to make the necessary sacrifices, we can have it all. We can have enlightenment and intimacy together. We can know our transcendent bliss-self, and we can realize that bliss in passionate relationship. The secret Parvati shows us is that the relational form of self-realization requires just as much conscious effort as to realize the transcendent self. Both paths begin with self-cultivation. Parvati has realized that she can’t “have” Shiva unless she cultivates in herself the qualities of stillness, stamina, and devotion. To embody love requires absolute commitment, radical courage, and rigorous self-cleansing. The great desire has to be separated from smaller desires and tested in its own fire.”
― Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga
― Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga
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