Vishvamata

With her protection, even significant uncertainty does not need to be wrought with despair. There is a pathway that can shift your devastation into a palpable experience of being protected and guided through a difficulty. Trust where you are being led. Grace shall come from this.

The Divine Mother sees our capacity for breathtaking transformation and spiritual awakening, often far more than we recognize in ourselves. To fulfill our inner purpose, and move beyond unnecessarily restrictive self-imposed limitations, we need her. When we hold back, gripping on to what is familiar, she lovingly forces our hand. Under her influence, we do not evade what is required of us. We find the inner strength to move directly through what we once denied ourselves the right and opportunity to overcome.

You are encouraged to develop the confidence and commitment necessary to undertake the tasks that challenge and yet also inspire you. Do not allow yourself to be intimidated by the prospect of failure or opposition. Stay true to your path and progress, step by step. Trust your capacity to grow into the fulfilling manifestation of your heartfelt aspirations.

Although you may be in circumstances you would prefer not to be in, you are in a position of unrealized spiritual power. You will gain benefit from what is transpiring. When the relevant learning and personal growth have been acknowledged and integrated, these circumstances will give way to a more favorable situation.

When Vishvamata appears, it not only signifies that we have the capacity to move through a situation we have avoided dealing with in the past, but that we can do so in a far gentler and more graceful manner than expected. You have the power of the Divine Mother’s wisdom and blessing within you. Do not underestimate her. Do not underestimate yourself.

When we are willing to look at ourselves rather than other people or external circumstances as the primary source of our pain, Vishvamata, the Cosmic Mother, appears with a genuine desire for you to heal and outgrow the causes of suffering. She is Kali as a sweet saviouress and beloved Soul Mother. She becomes Kripadhara, or the ‘vessel of compassion’. We can go to her and receive as much love, support, kindness, protection and anything else we need. The babies that hang from her ears are invitations to approach her as a child would approach its mother – with complete trust and positive expectation.

If we have had issues with mother figures, her presence triggers healing. Mother issues can impede our ability to trust and feel that we are safe and belong. They make it hard for us to feel that our inner life is valuable and worthy of attention, that we are truly loved and valued just as we are, and able to rest within ourselves feeling that we are enough. The Divine Mother does not struggle with human limitations. We can go to her wounded and messy, and she will receive, heal and love us without judgement.

Her expression, semi-wrathful yet serene, reminds us that her ways strengthen our boundaries against that which cannot support the soul. She will not hesitate to strike at what could harm us. She also dissolves the defenses we have unconsciously set up against life so that we soften and become eager to participate in our life journey. When we are not hardened, corrupted, or rendered bitter by life experiences, we can be more open, like a curious child, and be guided more easily by our hearts along the unique and empowering life path the Divine Mother offers us.

Invocation Ritual

Connect with your heart in whatever way works best for you. Say the following invocational prayer:

I bow to thee, Kali Ma, cosmic queen and supreme yogini of all hearts. You know how to overcome the ways in which I delude, deny and diminish myself, where I am complicit in deceptions that can only birth sorrow. You are gentle and sweet, even as you lead me into direct confrontation with that which I have tried to avoid. Your compassionate wisdom is unwavering. Through your fierce devotion to my heart’s liberation, I shall overcome even the deepest wounds within myself. Vishvamata, Kripadhara, in your kindness, you require me to cross the threshold from fear to trust and blissful peace in the sanctuary of you. You know my capacity and how to evoke my potential into expression, even more than I do. With perfect trust in your wisdom, I shall not turn away from what is before me. I shall successfully navigate and triumph over all soul challenges, through your grace, for the spiritual benefit of all beings.

Place your left hand over your heart. Raise your right hand high to the heavens above, reaching for her. Feel that she grabs hold of your right hand. Slowly guide your right hand, with her hand resting atop of it, until it covers your left hand at your heart. Feel, sense and receive her spiritual protection of your heart. She is with you.

You have completed your sacred ritual.