Shakti and Shâkta : essays and addresses on the Shâkta Tantrashâstra

IS SHAKTI FORCE?

has others, and will worship Her in all such forms. He will also know that She is beyond all limited forms as that which gives being to them all. We may then say that Force is a gross form of Shakti, but Shakti is much more than that “ here” (Iha), and the infinite Power of Consciousness “there” (Amutra). This last, the Shakti of worship, is called by the Shastra the Pairnahambhiva or the experience “ All I am.”

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