{"id":159,"date":"2026-04-19T13:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T23:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/?p=159"},"modified":"2026-01-12T16:51:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T02:51:46","slug":"lesson-8-dancing-with-siva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/lesson-8-dancing-with-siva\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 8 \u2013 Dancing with \u015aiva"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DwS-Lesson-008.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Recording: Gurudeva&#8217;s cloned voice<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Is the Magic and Power of \u015a\u0101ktism?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u015aLOKA 8<br>\u015a\u0101ktism reveres the Supreme as the Divine Mother, \u015aakti or Dev\u012b, in Her many forms, both gentle and fierce. \u015a\u0101ktas use mantra, tantra, yantra, yoga and p\u016bj\u0101 to invoke cosmic forces and awaken the ku\u1e47\u1e0dalin\u012b power. Aum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BH\u0100SHYA<br>While worship of the Divine Mother extends beyond the pale of history, \u015a\u0101kta Hinduism arose as an organized sect in India around the fifth century. Today it has four expressions\u2014de\u00ad\u00advo\u00ad\u00adtional, folk-shamanic, yogic and universalist\u2014all invoking the fierce power of K\u0101l\u012b or Durg\u0101, or the benign grace of P\u0101r\u00advat\u012b or Ambik\u0101. \u015a\u0101kta de\u00ad\u00ad\u00advo\u00adtionalists use p\u016bj\u0101 rites, especial\u00adly to the \u015ar\u012b Chakra yan\u00adtra, to es\u00ad\u00adtablish intimacy with the God\u00addess. Sha\u00ad\u00adman\u00adic \u015a\u0101k\u00adtism employs magic, trance medium\u00adship, firewalking and animal sacrifice for healing, fertility, pro\u00ad\u00adph\u00ade\u00adcy and power. \u015a\u0101kta yog\u012bs seek to awaken the sleeping Goddess Ku\u1e47\u00ad\u1e0dalin\u012b and unite her with \u015aiva in the sa\u00ad\u00adhas\u00ad\u00adr\u0101ra chakra. \u015a\u0101k\u00adta universalists follow the reformed Ved\u0101ntic tradition ex\u00ad\u00ad\u00adem\u00adplified by Sri R\u0101m\u00ada\u00adkrishna. \u201cLeft-hand\u201d tan\u00adtric rites transcend traditional ethical codes. \u015a\u0101ktism is chiefly ad\u00advaitic, de\u00adfin\u00ading the soul\u2019s destiny as complete identity with the Un\u00adman\u00ad\u00adifest, \u015aiva. Central scrip\u00adtures are the Vedas, \u015a\u0101kta \u0100gamas and Pur\u00ad\u0101\u1e47as. The Dev\u012b G\u012bt\u0101 extols, \u201cWe bow down to the uni\u00adver\u00adsal soul of all. Above and below and in all four directions, Mother of the universe, we bow.\u201d Aum Cha\u1e47\u1e0dik\u0101yai Nama\u1e25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Is the Magic and Power of \u015a\u0101ktism? \u015aLOKA 8\u015a\u0101ktism reveres the Supreme as the Divine Mother, \u015aakti or Dev\u012b, in Her many forms, both gentle and fierce. \u015a\u0101ktas use mantra, tantra, yantra, yoga and p\u016bj\u0101 to invoke cosmic forces and awaken the ku\u1e47\u1e0dalin\u012b power. Aum. 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