Om Ganesha, Namaste my son, How can I not answer such a well put question? It is the very first time that I have answered such a question.
When your Ma was younger and just starting out, my Baba and my Swami would tell me that I was not black enough, They said that if I truly loved my chelas then I would aim the sword of Kali straight through the ego heart. They taught me day and night how to kill the ego and save the chelas spiritual life. Over and over the same teaching until I got it, and became as black as the great Mother Kali, ( well almost ).
It has nothing to do with the Ma as you know her. My chela sits in front of me or in darshan or anywhere and I see very easily what it is that they need to be happy and full filled this life. The aspect of the Goddess that they need then occupies my being and i use their power and Shakti to slay the egos pride or mind. This lets the freedom of the higher mind begin. I wanted to learn. I begged for this boon, ( can you believe this ) Now after so many years this life, my chelas are getting free, due to darshan and this line. It is a very exciting time for us all. I asked only one thing in all this, that I always remember to have a great deal of compassion. This they granted, and that is your Ma’s story.
I love you so very much my son. You are in my heart. Love Ma Jai Kali Ma Ki Jai.!
“William Finkle (Exchange)” wrote:
Om Namah Ganesha Om Namah Shivaya Om Namah Kali Ma
Namaste Ma,
I love you, my Ma. Thank you for your fierce tenderness. I’ve never asked a question like this of you before, and I don’t know what to expect you to say since it’s a question of your “technique” (wrong word for sure, but I don’t know of a word that conveys what I mean). I’m curious, Ma, how you do a killing with such precision & care? Is it part of your personality, is it Kali herself, or the aspect of another Mother, such that when you slay it’s with a steely sharp cut, yet feels like the warmest, sweetest, most tender caress > I’m so awed by your ability and the ease with which you keep track of your chelas lives. That alone touches my heart, Ma.
I find my eyes welling up and my heart overflowing so often as I sit in electronic darshan. I love you so very much, my Ma.
Ganapati Das