"So whatever be said, Goddess Parvati has two main forms, what actually shaktas say out of which one is Lalita who is Supreme in Srikula family of shaktism and second one is Durga or Kali who is supreme in kalikula family."
My first gong is named Parvati. The second Bhagamalini. She is one of the aspects of Lalita. The mandala book I am working from has mandalas for all of the aspects of Lalita, and all of the aspects of Durga/Kali. Sweet. I'm working through so much sexual pain that needs to be released by working on these "RED" mandalas. Below, it is almost finished.
Red. Love. Love. Love.
And after watching the TED Talk: "Radical Self Love: Gala Darling at TEDxCMU"...Free compliment to myself: I am bountiful, I am blissful, I am beautiful...and being bisexual and devoted to the concept of polyamory as a way of being in relationships is a beautiful way of living. It is open, it is loving, it is right for me, and anyone who does not 'get' that is not my concern. I have as much right to the lifestyle choice of polyamory as others do to committed relationships with one person, be they same-sex or opposite sex. My love for more than one person just makes my own heart bigger. This is MY radical form of self-love: who I AM and my relationship choices are valid.
The video about Radical Self-Love is on youTube:
Watch the video. Create your own journal of radical self-love. Break your own out-dated boundaries...give yourself as many compliments as you can.
And for the record, she says nothing about polyamory, it's just me coming out louder to myself and others about who I am. And I am polyamorous. It's about love, not about lust.
Thinking about all of this...
And then today, we have the LBGT logo popping up all over Facebook, and everyone saying: "paint the town red"!
Over a week ago, I was just starting to paint my mandala book red...working on every mandala described as having red in it without realizing it until I began each one. Red was always my favorite color. Life giving. Power. Working with my group of 'mandala women' in "Sacred Feminine Mandalas".
One woman posted today that she is going to a Jungian-inspired workshop where they will be painting and coloring mandalas. This not only reminds me of the Art & Yoga workshops I have tried to do in the past with Kundalini Yoga, just like Hari Kirin, but made my eyes pop out, because I've been thinking of adding mandala coloring to the roster of activities for next Tuesday's class with the kriyas "Clearing the Subconscious Reverse Personality" and "Breaking the Mask". Why not? It's all Jungian shadow/persona work anyway...isn't it???
I am reminded of the Paul Lawrence Dunbar poem that Terpsichord, our modern dance club in high school at Girl's Preparatory School, choreographed a dance to, complete with black unitards (classic Martha Graham design! Ha, ha!) and white paper mache masks:
"We wear the mask that grins and lies
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes
This debt we pay to human guile
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile
And mouth with myriad subtleties..."
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