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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
“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
“power of self-transformation • balancing of the worldly and spiritual sides of life • commitment to practice”
― Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga
― Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga
“So the story of Shiva and Parvati becomes a tale of consummation, of learning to live in unity while dancing out the ecstasy of relationship—an ecstasy that is a constant rhythmic dance between unity and separation, passion and detachment, movement and stillness.”
― Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga
― Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga
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