Kali Celebration! ⁰

Goddess Kali came visiting the other day. Now she has ruled our ground for a while, and as a result of this, we would like to explore and share her powers together with you!

Very often people seem to avoid the Kali power. Spiritual communities often tend to go for light, love and peace. Nice indeed, but something is missing. That’s just half the show! Why are we afraid of Kali? What is it we don’t want to see and acknowledge?

Kali is the Goddess of time, creation, death and discrimination between what arises from ego and pure consciousness. Fearlessly she cuts away our false believes, our images and our identifications, our ego minds, telling us to go the “headless way”, which means beyond thought and imagination. Her necklace of 50 sculls is telling the story of victories over separation.

Just looking at images of the Goddess Kali might be scaring. She is portrayed with a cut off bleeding head in her hand, and a sword in the other. This is the head of a wrathful demon, a symbol of our hidden aspects of the psyche.
She is naked, because any identification or mask will be destroyed by her powers. Her skin is black or dark blue as the night, and as all colors disappear in black, so does all names and forms disappear in her.

For those who seek the truth, Kali is the symbol of the Divine Mother. Although she challenges our sense of separation and makes us tremble, she do this out of love and compassion with her children. Her open hand tells us not to fear. She is indeed the mercyfull mother.

She is shown standing upon her blissful husband Shiva. Shiva is pure cosmic consciousness, and Kali is cosmic energy. No creation is possible without their union. Shiva cannot manifest without the power of Kali, and Kali cannot function without the consciousness of Shiva.

When: 2012, February 10. –  February 12.
Time start: Friday at 19.00

Where: “ Ambassaden i Åmål”, Karlbergsvägen 6, 66230 Åmål, Sweden.
Time ending: Sunday at ab 14.00
Cost: 1000.- Skr, food included.
Food: we serve delicious vegetarian food, incl diary products.

If you have any special needs according to food, please tell in advance.
Lodging: we can offer a few beds in shared rooms :  300.-  Skr, or we can provide you with a mattress in our temple rooms, as a dormitory: 150.-  Skr. We have pillows and blankets. For additional 50.- Skr we can provide you with bedding. Bring your own towel for shower and sauna.
There are also nice sleeping facilities nearby, in the picturesque little town of Åmål.

“If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.”

- Jesus Christ,
The Gospel of Thomas

Be welcome!
With love and anticipation,
Mette & Richard.