RADA has no lord. There are not two.
The name RADA allows Goddess realization because it reveals that the soul is not separate from God and requires no intermediary. The soul, the physical existence, all existence, is in a state of exalted mystic union... perpetually. We simply fail to realize this fact due to false obscurations.
Here in the west we have not had much of a living Goddess tradition... But, it is the truth and it is very much attainable. In true tantric union, true mystic union, there is no "other." Each of us is capable of merging, right where we are, at any given moment. We do not need things, rituals, statues, etc. in order to merge into full Self Realization. Such things may have been helpful along the path, but are discarded at the gate.
The gate is the third eye, behind closed eyes... awakening occurs through chanting of the holy name RADA. One comes to understand, to see, that there is no duality here... "Radha," as she is known in the east, is always with Krishna. It is a way for our minds and hearts to begin to comprehend. But, to experience is of greater value.
To know this:
The name RADA allows Goddess realization because it reveals that the soul is not separate from God and requires no intermediary. The soul, the physical existence, all existence, is in a state of exalted mystic union... perpetually. We simply fail to realize this fact due to false obscurations.
Here in the west we have not had much of a living Goddess tradition... But, it is the truth and it is very much attainable. In true tantric union, true mystic union, there is no "other." Each of us is capable of merging, right where we are, at any given moment. We do not need things, rituals, statues, etc. in order to merge into full Self Realization. Such things may have been helpful along the path, but are discarded at the gate.
The gate is the third eye, behind closed eyes... awakening occurs through chanting of the holy name RADA. One comes to understand, to see, that there is no duality here... "Radha," as she is known in the east, is always with Krishna. It is a way for our minds and hearts to begin to comprehend. But, to experience is of greater value.
To know this:
- Sit in a meditative posture, comfortably.
- Look into the space behind closed eyes, between the eyebrows.
- While silently chanting the name RADA repeatedly, also visualize the name in the center surrounded by lovers in tantric union... Each pair containing one feminine and one masculine form.
- Know that there is no separation. There is no duality. The two are not divided...
- Dwell in this as long as possible, hours or days at a time.
- Self realization need not take a lifetime. Commit to sitting and doing nothing. If you must have thoughts, let them be of RADA.
We have been plagued by an unbeauteous bias toward male lordship and authoritarianism, even in our religious spheres. This is due to the misperception that there is a fundamental separation between us and God in the first place. The concept of religion-- meaning to "bind back" or "to bind again" (Latin, re-ligare), distracts us from the truth that we are already That... Already connected. Religion only holds sway in the realm of our forgetting. Remember, and awaken by choice.
In the imagery of Radha Krishna, we have hints at it. Many know them to be non-dual. Yet, it is said that for the sake of devotion and play it is best to conceive of them as two. It is said that it is harder to reach God as a nameless formless absolute because we need everything to be presented in physical terms. Yet, nameless and formless "it" is. It takes form, it is form, it is formless. All at once. We must be careful not to do our own enlightenment a disservice by limiting our perception based on hand me down concepts.
In the imagery of Radha Krishna, we have hints at it. Many know them to be non-dual. Yet, it is said that for the sake of devotion and play it is best to conceive of them as two. It is said that it is harder to reach God as a nameless formless absolute because we need everything to be presented in physical terms. Yet, nameless and formless "it" is. It takes form, it is form, it is formless. All at once. We must be careful not to do our own enlightenment a disservice by limiting our perception based on hand me down concepts.
Direct perception is possible via chanting of the holy Names. The Name is the deity, the reality itself.
Why "Goddess" Realization?
Given that this state is supra-physical, in reality it bears no binary gender... no female or male. But, we find ourselves waking from a dream of patriarchal hegemony. So, for women to move toward the attainment of such a state it is necessary to acknowledge it as "Goddess." It is necessary to acknowledge that the Divine Feminine is indeed a possibility-- and more so, an actual reality.
Women have unique mental clutter to unload on the path to Self Realization. There is much to be acknowledged and much to be discarded.
Through Name, one discovers for oneself...
RADA "is" Krishna... is RAMA... is the Nameless... is the ALL. Right here in this very flesh God/dess can be known.
Women have unique mental clutter to unload on the path to Self Realization. There is much to be acknowledged and much to be discarded.
Through Name, one discovers for oneself...
RADA "is" Krishna... is RAMA... is the Nameless... is the ALL. Right here in this very flesh God/dess can be known.
Go into the silence.
(Abhishekam clip courtesy: sriradhanikunjbihariji)
Devotees and seekers may adore the dual presentation for aesthetic bliss, and the lila pastimes for the purpose of remembrance or bhava... but relish also the secret of their literal union.
In truth they are/it is merged, containing both and yet gender-less. We are however claiming the right and the ability to attain Self Realization, as women. After all, we are here as women... and realizing ourselves simultaneously to be the Absolute. Be here as Radha... as RADA, one with the highest Self. Let your consciousness, your awareness, merge with the Nameless source of All.
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