Obsidian, Ugra Kali Tara & Transmutation
You -could- use Obsidian, or another dark stone for shielding or protecting... but that is to miss the deeper truth. Obsidian, and similar dark crystals, aid us in revealing and transmuting karmic debris which we have taken on over various spans of experience. These types of crystals assist us in bringing up, facing and transmuting that dark programming.
So, you see, it is your own karmic or shadow mess which you find yourself needing protection from when it appears in front of you in the guise of unpleasant experience.
We refer to it as dark because it is a multitude of shadow, a heaviness--baggage if you will. Based perhaps on some act that another person committed against you or even an act you've committed yourself, in order to survive, etc. This leads to deep seated social and cultural biases, dark impressions about self-worth, about gender codes, race, etc... and these we carry with us as programs. These programs determine how we act and respond in various situations. Fear may throw itself up on the screen of your awareness, or female submission, or racial inadequacy and so on. If you are an empath--not only carrying your own dark programs but picking up on the shadows of others--then this effect can amplify manifold, producing an isolating wall of false perception based on fear, anger, exhaustion and confusion.
So, you see, it is your own karmic or shadow mess which you find yourself needing protection from when it appears in front of you in the guise of unpleasant experience.
We refer to it as dark because it is a multitude of shadow, a heaviness--baggage if you will. Based perhaps on some act that another person committed against you or even an act you've committed yourself, in order to survive, etc. This leads to deep seated social and cultural biases, dark impressions about self-worth, about gender codes, race, etc... and these we carry with us as programs. These programs determine how we act and respond in various situations. Fear may throw itself up on the screen of your awareness, or female submission, or racial inadequacy and so on. If you are an empath--not only carrying your own dark programs but picking up on the shadows of others--then this effect can amplify manifold, producing an isolating wall of false perception based on fear, anger, exhaustion and confusion.
All of these shadow experiences--even just in this life if you do not believe in past lives--produce a dark haze over one's perception. But there are ways to pierce though. The Mahavidya (or Goddess) Kali Ma and the crystal known as Obsidian are related. One is a form of the other. The Obsidian crystal cuts through this miasma of karmic blindness. You do not need to pay someone to initiate you into "dark goddess" paths, or to put that force in a pot on your altar. That was a "way" for a time. We are growing beyond limitations of form and dependency on external sources of power. We are taking the responsibility of acknowledging and clearing our own shadows.
The Obsidian crystal ball is best used in tandem with the Clear Quartz crystal ball. Juxtaposed, they will help you to better see the difference between your false karmic beliefs and the clear empowered path of freedom which is really before you.
You are not limited by your darkness. Your past experiences and beliefs brought learning... taught you who you are "not." Now you can embrace that "not-ness." The Clear Quartz crystal ball teaches us that we are free of those entanglements and oppositions. In the "I AM" presence of pure self, we emanate highest truth and love. From the blank slate created through acknowledgement and transmutation, we can start anew.
Deepening our Gaze: Ugra Kali/Obsidian
Inner Revelation
Ugra Kali Tara is a powerful force, known to us through religious guises yet beyond form. For the work required to transcend our karmic baggage, we take on the fierce attributes of Mother Kali. This force can be seen as a vast blackness, encompassing all of space time and beyond it. It holds ALL and is aware of all, including the secrets we think are hidden. This force therefore contains the cosmos within; its third eye as all the universes and worlds that have ever been and ever will be. This force moves swiftly and fiercely, clearing away erroneous attachments and false beliefs.. saving the seeker from her own mind, bringing release from all that binds.
When exploring the imagery of Ma Kali, one finds violent weaponry, carcasses and blood. This is not merely some disassociated iconography of religious occultism. This is the very nature that a mystic seeker must adopt to free herself. The path of personal mysticism is no cake walk. To proceed, we must bring up our nastiest, hidden and repressed truths in order to neutralize and transmute that energy.
If for example one was raped or abused in other lifetimes or in this very lifetime, without facing and engaging those resultant programmings one will continue to throw up abuse/rape holograms... generating victimization-based karmic responses to life's situations. When seeking a partner, one would attract abusers. When seeking employment, one would find oneself in menial or degrading work or work which simply "uses" without allowing one's divine purpose to shine through. These are just examples, but the truth here is obvious. To put it plainly, in order to proceed on the mystic path, we must destroy, cut, trample and flay our "issues."
If for example one was raped or abused in other lifetimes or in this very lifetime, without facing and engaging those resultant programmings one will continue to throw up abuse/rape holograms... generating victimization-based karmic responses to life's situations. When seeking a partner, one would attract abusers. When seeking employment, one would find oneself in menial or degrading work or work which simply "uses" without allowing one's divine purpose to shine through. These are just examples, but the truth here is obvious. To put it plainly, in order to proceed on the mystic path, we must destroy, cut, trample and flay our "issues."
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We are dealing here with multi-dimensional energies/truths. The crystal known as Obsidian is a manifestation of Ugra Kali so it is expert in the field of shadow work. It grants an unobstructed view into your darkness and beyond it. It is a potent and literal visual aid in the shadow work process.
Other black crystals are also willing to lend aid. They assist us in this work of acknowledgement and integration. Only Truth can proceed, all falsehood is left behind.
"Obsidian was forged in ancient volcanic fires, which erupted and then cooled very quickly. It's about the dark side, about that side that keeps us from letting our light shine. Scientifically there's no cellular structure that our energy has to flow through, its an open form.. so our energy flows through Obsidian very quickly. Because of that, it allows us to cut through.. to get to the truth, it allow us to see the truth so that we can work thru it and bring the light to the surface."
--Courtesy: CelestialDancerGems
Other black crystals are also willing to lend aid. They assist us in this work of acknowledgement and integration. Only Truth can proceed, all falsehood is left behind.
"Obsidian was forged in ancient volcanic fires, which erupted and then cooled very quickly. It's about the dark side, about that side that keeps us from letting our light shine. Scientifically there's no cellular structure that our energy has to flow through, its an open form.. so our energy flows through Obsidian very quickly. Because of that, it allows us to cut through.. to get to the truth, it allow us to see the truth so that we can work thru it and bring the light to the surface."
--Courtesy: CelestialDancerGems
The Blade of Spiritual Discernment
Bringing up and facing our shadow aspects can be frightening to say the least. In the case of the rape "victim" she may find herself again in the experience of hateful male aggression and having to finally deal with it head on. She would need to confront those aspects of herself which accept that energy as a truth. This will involve extensive dreamwork, journeying for higher guidance, fasting, purging and rebuilding.
Truth is a fierce thing, in and of itself. It cuts through, it destroys, it levels. Often ugly, shocking, and grotesque... it explodes to the surface demanding our acknowledgement. "Why do you keep choosing men who abuse you?" "Why do you keep accepting an inferior position?" "Why do you hide your own light?"
Truth is a fierce thing, in and of itself. It cuts through, it destroys, it levels. Often ugly, shocking, and grotesque... it explodes to the surface demanding our acknowledgement. "Why do you keep choosing men who abuse you?" "Why do you keep accepting an inferior position?" "Why do you hide your own light?"
Sekhmet is a force similar to Ugra Kali Tara which can be felt using Obsidian, Tiger's Eye and Leopard Skin Jasper crystals. Mother Sekhmet demands that Truth be given full power of expression, unmolested and unencumbered. Like Ma Kali, she is not one to be trifled with. Any threat to one's self-empowered awakening will be destroyed. This can be seen in the ancient Kemetic (Egyptian) story of Sekhmet and the Eye of Ra, where Mother Sekhmet destroys all evil doers in the land until her thirst for blood becomes unquenchable.
As mystics, this fierce leveling of falsehood is our ally... never an enemy. We do not hide from the truth, we revel it in. We think it in our minds, utter it from our mouths and manifest it into form. It may frighten others, but that's okay. Once you're this far along on the path you no longer care what others think. Say what needs to be said; create what needs to be created; do what needs to be done.
As mystics, this fierce leveling of falsehood is our ally... never an enemy. We do not hide from the truth, we revel it in. We think it in our minds, utter it from our mouths and manifest it into form. It may frighten others, but that's okay. Once you're this far along on the path you no longer care what others think. Say what needs to be said; create what needs to be created; do what needs to be done.
Awake
When people talk of enlightenment (or that state of mystic knowing... whatever the terminology), they may speak of before and after like a hazy film over the eyes and then the dawning of a clear and perfect perception. It is the interplay of an Obsidian darkness against a Clear Quartz transparency and light. When we have faced and transmuted our karmic darkness--eliminating its unchecked and destructive programming--then we can finally see reality and ourselves in the clarity of Truth. Only then can we act from a place of pure love, wisdom and peace.
The way is through love...
Self-love acknowledges the first law of nature... self-preservation. We do not "give ourselves away" as martyrs to falsehood. Instead we stand fiercely as agents of Truth. Before we can lend our aid to the world (in its collective bringing up and facing of darkness) we must first bring up and face our own.
I wish for you much guidance and light on your path. Whatever darkness comes, whatever skin you must shed... Keep your vibration high and wield your sword of discernment.
Love, bliss and truth...
~Sekayi
The way is through love...
Self-love acknowledges the first law of nature... self-preservation. We do not "give ourselves away" as martyrs to falsehood. Instead we stand fiercely as agents of Truth. Before we can lend our aid to the world (in its collective bringing up and facing of darkness) we must first bring up and face our own.
I wish for you much guidance and light on your path. Whatever darkness comes, whatever skin you must shed... Keep your vibration high and wield your sword of discernment.
Love, bliss and truth...
~Sekayi
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