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From: brianf88@bigpond.net.au

"Kali"  wrote in message
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> In article <80GJf.11096$yK1.8525@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
> posted Sat, 18 Feb 2006 14:17:40 GMT, Brian Fletcher brianf88
> @bigpond.net.au says...

>
> Hi Brian,
>
> Kali's husband was Shiva, who is known by worshipers as, among
> other attributes similar to Kali, "The Ultimate Reality" (of
> death). Yet both are complex, and associated with the cycle of
> life. In every interpretation I've come across, Kali and Shiva
> give liberation by dissolving the illusion of the ego, either
> through living transformation or the ultimate, death.

Hi Kali

I was using a different ref, which didnt include Vishnu either :-)


>
> I think you have kal and maya in mind; two of three parts of the
> authentic Hindi God, the third being karm, or the accumulated
> karma of all souls. Kal is "time", and maya is "cosmic power",
> representing the human bond to the material world.

That's more in line with my refs, although I see Kal as being the source of
duality, through which all maya is manifested.....

Doesnt stop me enjoying a good dance though :-)

BOfL






>
>>BOfL
>>
>
> Kali
> --
> "We found a great number of books...and since they contained
> nothing but superstitions and falsehoods of the Devil we burned
> them all." -  Bishop Diego De Landa, who burned priceless books
> of Mayan history and science

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