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Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga QUOTES

Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga QUOTES

41 " 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 "

― Sally Kempton , Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga

42 " 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 "

― Sally Kempton , Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga

43 " power of self-transformation • balancing of the worldly and spiritual sides of life • commitment to practice "

― Sally Kempton , Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga

44 " Vishnu maintains the worlds and upholds the dharma, or universal law, but he is also the deity of statecraft, rulership, and politics. That means he is a master of expediency. One of his gifts is the discernment to know when a righteous end justifies unusual means. His Shakti consort is Lakshmi, goddess of abundance, fertility, and wealth. She is the power of attraction that holds life together. Powered by Lakshmi’s Shakti, Vishnu represents both the love that upholds the worlds and the social mores that resonate with divine law. He is a deity of the enlightened public sphere, embodying classical virtues like detachment, generosity, and forbearance as well as the powers of governance, royal authority, and strategy. "

― Sally Kempton , Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga

45 " Durga, slayer of the demons of ego and greed "

― Sally Kempton , Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga

46 " Deity practice helps us embody the subtlest powers of the universe. It affects us psychologically, spiritually, and even physically. It can protect us, empower us, teach us unconditional love, and even enlighten us. "

― Sally Kempton , Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga

47 " The first forms she manifests are extremely subtle. They are worlds consisting of light and awareness, populated by beings with bodies far too subtle to be seen with human eyes. At this stage, the veils that hide the creation from its source are nearly transparent. By the time Shakti has condensed herself into the various universes of physical energy and matter, the illusion of separation has become so thick that it is impossible to penetrate with the naked eye. "

― Sally Kempton , Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga

48 " Tantra is a series of practices and teachings that help us realize that the world is filled with divine energy, with Shakti. "

― Sally Kempton , Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga

49 " He embodies patriarchy’s inability to see the primal divinity of the feminine. "

― Sally Kempton , Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga