Moksha of Kali

Her passionate desire for your liberation is unflagging. And so your relief shall come swiftly. She is speaking to you from within. She is the voice of reassurance. Can you hear her? Trust her? Soon, you will see things in a better light. You are going to be liberated from the struggle you are currently experiencing. Be true to yourself and your life path and you will attract the way forward as obstacles disappear. Do not turn away for you are destined to overcome all opposition, bringing your sacred path to fruition.

Moksha is a Sanskrit term meaning ‘freedom’ in the sense of complete self-actualization and spiritual liberation. It refers to the attainment of enlightenment and is considered the final release from involuntary suffering. The distinction between voluntary and involuntary is made because at a high level, certain divine beings will take on the experience of suffering to assist those who are yet to experience moksha. They help to carry the load and move others forward.

Our love for another, our compassion for their pain, may make us wish we could take on their suffering, so they no longer need to struggle. This is counter to the divine perspective of higher beings. They enter into the realm of suffering to assist all. The Divine understands the purpose of suffering, that it can lead us toward wisdom, strength and ultimately, empowerment. There is an art to alleviating suffering without depriving the soul of the growth it can bring. There are loving divine beings of great wisdom willing to help those trapped in suffering at all times. We can call for assistance whenever we find our pain difficult to bear, including the anguish we feel when faced with the struggles of others. These divine beings have sufficient wisdom and higher understanding to help in ways that create benefits for all.

There are times when suffering is so great that it threatens to overwhelm the soul. Perhaps that intense degree of suffering is a result of accumulated unresolved pain of generations of ancestors, resting upon the spiritual shoulders of one family member, brave enough to admit the truth when the others are trapped in delusion and denial. Similar situations can arise in a societal, religious, cultural or corporate context. Intensified suffering can be an initiation for a particularly talented soul who has the potential to bring light and freedom to the world. To achieve this, that soul must learn to deal with the darkness in equal measure. That typically entails periods of intense struggle until the best methods are realized to find peace and awareness without being overcome by pain.

Many mystics report dark nights of the soul-a struggle with negativity, suffering and pain of various kinds-that last for a long time. They are not failing on their spiritual path. They are at an advanced level. They are willing to engage with their struggles because of their great love for the truth, the light, for the Divine, in whatever form resonates for their hearts. Nothing can make them turn away from that great love. Higher love is the power that fuels moksha. It fuels the release from suffering. It is spiritual juice to keep doing the inner work, to seek the path through and refuse to give up, even if we are still figuring out what our persistence is going to look like today.

The Moksha of Kali teaches us that our suffering is no source for shame, but rather, a badge of spiritual honour, acknowledging that we are deep on the soul’s healing pathway. However, that doesn’t mean that the more we suffer, the more spiritual we become, and the more spiritual we become, the more we have to suffer! It means our capacity to process our suffering increases, and in that increase, we experience more sunshine-through-the- clouds moments of peace, liberation and higher understanding Rather than a way of life, periods of suffering become like toxins our body, mind and soul need to process and release, perhaps akin to digesting a meal but on a multilevel scale.

The oracle brings the message of relief and realization. There is much you will accomplish through your own efforts, and much more that can be accomplished if you include regular prayers for assistance from the Divine as part of your lifestyle. If you have been working hard on an issue and wondering if it will ever give way to an improved set of circumstances, the oracle indicates that, yes, a time of freedom from this difficulty is on its way.

Invocation Ritual

Say the following prayer:

Kali Ma, goddess of enlightenment, wisdom and grace. You are the beginning and the end. You are beyond this journey, beyond suffering, beyond all experience. Kali Ma, Nirodha Shakti, you who still the incessant fluctuations of being and bring peace, I call upon your wisdom to break the cycles that need to be broken. You are absolute and the completion. I rest in you Ma, for the spiritual benefit of all beings. Jai Ma Kali!

When you are ready, you are going to enter into the cleansing power of nirodha shakti, the power of Kali that dissolves the fluctuations of the mind and provides the capacity to withdraw the senses from distraction and into restful inner immersion.

To do this, you may wish to rest in a darkened room or simply close your eyes. You can sense, feel, imagine or visualize Kali Ma in your heart like a powerful, black and magnetic force of love. She draws you to her so strongly that you must let go of your attachments to outer things, thoughts and rumination. Instead, allow your awareness to be captured by her, to be pulled toward her. Your sense of being is drawn into her deep silence. The agitations of your being settle and dissolve. Allow her to consume you, to absorb your thoughts, your ideas, your identities. There is just Ma Kali now. Rest here for as long as you wish. When you are ready to emerge, place your hands in prayer. Ground yourself with some movement.

You have completed your healing.