What is the cuase of manifestation of Maa Kali?

hi, Brenda --

kala does mean time. it also means 'poison' and in some South Indian languages, 'cobra'. time's a poison that no one gets to avoid or defang.

Kali -- as far as I know -- didn't 'create time' -- She's a kind of antidote to its ravages.

btw, I do think we can comprehend timelessness -- from the inside.

Alx

There is a mother who is not our real mother, and she has imprisioned us in the material world. I am not this body, yet I am always suffering in the shackles of the threefold miseries. She is only a perverted reflection of the true mother of souls, and we have become enamoured with her and convinced that she is our mother, the illusory energy, Maya.

Our true mother, Yoga Maya, does not offer physical lust and ensnare us into traps, no never. She is literally the creator of the spiritual world (not the heavenly planets but the transcendental world where there is never death and rebirth). She sometimes covers the knowlege of her children so that they can enact divine dramas, but she does not cover them with gross material matter. She is compassionate and always wants her children to come home.

What I said about Kali Ma originating from Sati during the fire sacrifice, it was something I read on the internet, but I'm not sure about the authenticity of the source. Which goddess is Kali Ma, I can't really say, whether she is Mahamaya or Yogamaya. But we can rest assurred that Mahamaya is only a partial manifestation of Yogamaya, and she has no power over anyone who truly develops love and affection for their spiritual mother.

She is simultaneously different and non-different from her creation. Divine Mother is formless and eternal, and She also has at least one eternal form. I do not know about all her name preferences, but she is Shakti, the eternal power that creates not only the spiritual world, but the material world also emanates from her expansive energies.

Mahamaya is Sakti too, and she is also an aspect of Divine Sakti, and in fact she is totally dependent on Yogamaya to do anything. Yogamaya acts through Mahamaya, for they are different and nondifferent simultaneously. The Vedas refer to this concept as acintya bheda-abheda truth. Mahamaya is a shadow aspect of the Mother of All things spiritual and material. In fact, spiritual and material are simultaneously the same and different, and that's a fact.

The philosophy that the material world is divine is the highest truth sounds wonderful in theory. Why not just believe it, we don't know anything different. In fact, Mahamaya has been propagating this theory for eons, and it's her job to do so. The truth does not come cheap, which is to the benefit of our evolution in consciousness. To realize the fact that we are covered in the shadow aspect of Kali's true divine eternal nature, one would have to understand the Vedas. To understand the Vedas, one would have to be enlightened. Otherwise, even the Vedas are covered by a dark shroud. An omniscient being can not only realize the deep esoteric value of the scriptures but can also uncover truths in them to others, which under scrutiny cannot be defeated by anyone in any debate, and even the most learned scholars cannot deny the truth when presented with it.

The whole of the Vedas has two simultaneous meanings, one of shadow nature and one of eternity. It's part of a divine plan by trancendental-Kali, also known as Bali. She will serve you herself if your every action is for the good of all, for her energies are unlimited, and technically, we could all live like kings. But if you are desiring to serve your own ego, she will make you pay your own way like we have to in this world. Mahamaya aspect is very wonderful, but serving her will not put an end to your cycle of birth and death. She will unleash the 64 diseases upon you, and now you are bound to get old and die. Everything she creates in this world is temporary. It's not because our Divine Mother doesn't love us. She is most compassionate to make us evolve toward perfection, keeping her transcendental kingdom free from all forms of selfish behavior. It is here too, but the transcendental world is veiled to the eyes of the blind, which unfortunately, we are.

Acintya bheda-abheda truth also maintains that Shakti is simultaneously different and non-different from her eternal consort Shiva, as one is raw power, and the other is powerful. It doesn't matter which one is more important, both are mutually interdependent, due to the intense love between them.