Goddess of the Month ~ Kali

Kali: Fierce and mighty, Kali has been called the goddess of birth, death, transformation and truth and the one who assists you in facing fear, seeing beyond darkness and ego to illuminate and transform your life. Kali is often referred to as the Dark Mother Goddess. She illuminates our darkness through the transformative power of truth. Kali helps us see past the external which we futilely try to control, and through illusion so that we instead seek to understand ourselves first. Kali assists us in releasing attachments to the external so that we may hear the tender and loving guidance within us. The energy of Kali is presently at work to awaken individual and Universal consciousness.

	Audio 1:  Introduction
	Audio 2:  Introduction Continued
	Audio 3:  Affirmation
	Audio 4:  Meditation

March begins the rebirth of the earth in much of the world, and this brings to mind Kali, who is nature personified. She calls us to release ourselves from the darkness of the external, including past shame and anguish so that we may face our fears, and step into the light and Truth of who we are. Transformation is possible when we face our darkness and bring it into light. The sunlight warms and transforms the earth into a place of beauty and joy, a welcomed relief from the cold and dark of the season past. Similarly, through facing our own darkness and fears, we are able to release them with compassion and understanding so that we, too, may look within and see the magnificence of our place in creation and step fully into the beauty and joy of life.

“It’s our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves “who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we’re liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” –Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love

Inviting Kali Into the Modern Goddess’ World:

Action: Although fear may serve to warn you against danger, it can also keep you from claiming you true place in creation, which you are an integral part of. Summons Kali’s courage, face your fears with honesty, and transform into the powerful, loving, capable self God created you to be. Much of the fear, shame and anguish you experience today comes from your perspective of external events that happened in the past, often in childhood. It is possible to rewrite the stories of your past if you can allow yourself to visit them with the understanding that you chose the moral of the story. This is not to say that if you were abused, for example, that you chose the abuse, but that you chose the message you incorporated into your life as a result of it. Where in your life have you chosen, based upon a past incident to believe that you were stupid, worthless, unlovable, incapable, or weak? Does a ghost from the past still haunt you with fear, stealing the courage that keeps you from living fully? Examine what you are afraid of, root it back to its origin, hold it up to the light of Truth, watch it fall to ashes as you open to the possibility of powerful transformation. Listen to the powerful intuitive voice within you, the voice of love, and release the external concerns that have kept you from your light.

Affirmation: I now face my darkest fears and transform them in the light of Truth. I am fearless, capable and powerful.
Meditation: Find a comfortable chair, close your eyes, relax all the muscles in your head, face, shoulders, allow your entire body to go limp. Breathe deeply and slowly, summonsing the courage of Kali. Feel her transformative power well up inside your core. When you feel her energy, envision a deep, dark pool within you where your fear resides. Call one of your fears forward. See it come toward you; hear it, smell it, feel it. See the situation that causes the fear to arise. Feel every emotion that comes from the fear. Cry if you need to cry. Scream at the fear. Face it head-on knowing that it is an illusion that traps you from your glory, and then blow it away…in three deep, expressive exhales, blow the fear out through your mouth…send it out of your body. Feel it ejected from your core. Stay in the place of quiet for a moment, feeling the void left by the absence of the fear, filling the void left it with pure, bright light. See rays of light joining with the energy of Kali, filling you with power, love and Truth. See the light expand throughout your body. Take a deep breath of gratitude, appreciating any lessons you can derive from having had the fear, and for your new found freedom from the fear which has now transformed into strength and wisdom. New opportunities are presenting themselves that will help you step fully into your courageous and powerful self. Trust the loving intuition within you to guide you. Release the critical voices within you and externally…they have no more power over you. You are brave; you are ready; you are a goddess.