What is 'AHAM VIMARSHINI' in Kashmiri Shaivism ??

Aham Vimarshini is the Self-Reflective Power of Consciousness in Kashmiri Shaivism. It is one of the most exquisite and profound concepts in Kashmiri Shaivism. While Aham Brahmāsmi of Advait Vedanta reveals the oneness of the individual with the Absolute in Advaita Vedanta.

Aham Vimarśinī in Kashmiri Shaivism explores how that Absolute becomes aware of itself through its own Saktī and expresses itself as the universe.

DESCRIPTION OF MANDIVIPA 🌹

Mandivipa the abode of Tripurásundarī 💗

सर्वदो निजवासार्थ प्रकृत्या मूलभूतया ।
कैलासादधिको लोको वैकुण्ठादपि चोत्तमः ॥
गोलोकादपि सर्वस्मात्सर्वलोकोऽधिकः स्मृतः ।
नैतत्समं त्रिलोक्यां तु सुन्दरं विद्यते क्वचित्‌ ॥ Meaning:

In the very beginning, the Devi Mula Prakriti Bhagavati built this place for Her residence, superior to Kailasa, Vaikunta and Goloka. Verily no other place in this universe can stand before it. Hence it is called Manidvipa or Sarvaloka as superior to all the Lokas

Beautiful sculpture of Lajja Gauri 💗.

It can be daunting and make people uncomfortable as it is raw naked form of the divine Mother, free from any filters of social norms.

Devi is called Śrī Mata i.e the Mother that gives birth to the entire universe. How are we Born ??
The obvious answer is through the female genital (Yoni). That is the place where the procreative power of God lies.

The Male genital is one that sows the seed of creation and the female nourishes it and gives life to it. She is source of creation

Nice fictional story but the reality is Francis Xavier was a Christian fanatic who established the Goa Inquisition, which lead to killing of large numbers of hindus and Jews and Destruction of temples.

https://twitter.com/Tawadros15/status/1873060697204244918

Xavier and Jesuits unleashed terror in Goa. Hindus & Jews were forcefully converted by means of torture, bribery , threat, social & economical pressure to accept christanity.

Xavier's did it because Goa was a centre of Hindu learning and he knew it isn't easy to proselytise

Shut up !!

No IVC wasn't buddhist coz Siddharta himself was born in a Hindu family before he started his cult.

Ashokan Inscriptions of Negliva and Paderia mentions that Amravati stupa of Ashoka depicts that Siddharta Gautama's tribe worshipped Ishvara (shiva.)

https://twitter.com/ambedkariteIND/status/1863517882333675706

Siddhartha Gautama knew about Saivism. He mentions it as Siva Vijja , even buddhist commentator buddhagosha calls it bhuta Vijja.

Even Tripitak, Sutpitak & Digha Nikaya & Brahmajala sutta speaks of Siva Vijja .
(Ofc Buddhist referred it as evil ).

This shows Saivism existed

🔺AMRITESHVARA BHAÍRAVA 🔺

In the Bhairava Agamas of Kashmiri Saivism, includes the worship of Amriteshvar Bhairav. This form of Bhairava holds Amruta of Immortality. In the Bhairav Agamas, Parvati asks Siva:

O Lord your eyes loaded with tears of compassion are so beautiful. Please tell me how these eyes are capable of such a flare that it can reduce Death itself to ashes.

Books on Tantra 🔱

While I believe no book can ever elucidate the divine knowledge of Tantra, that a guru can, but still since I was requested to share few books here are few :

1) These two books by Arthur Avalon, who was shishya of Acharya Sivachandra of Bengal
2) By Robert Svabodha , shishya of Aghori Vimalananda

HṚDAYADEVĪ💗
The Goddess who resides in your heart.

Devi exists in three states :
Para, Apara and ParaPara

1) Para is the most supreme transcendental, energy that is out of human experience or understanding. 2) ParaPara

In order to Manifest in the cosmos which is just equal a thought in Devi's mind, she limits herself during manifestation to level of Mediocre or Moderate Sakti. This is the state of Para Para

BASIC NAVRATRI UPASANA SUGGESTIONS 💗

Chant either of the two or both :

1) "Om Durgaye Namah "
21 or 108 malas (as per your convenience) you hve to finish this in 9 days

2) Stotram of 32 Names of Durga 108 times in 9 days. Offer some Bhog that you prepare like Payasam. Devi loves it💗 orelse offer sweets or fruits.

Offer her beautiful flowers in Red, White or Yellow Colour.

Avoid Tulsi . Candíkā gets angry with smell of Tulsi.

महेश्वरमहाकल्पमहाताण्डवसाक्षिणी ❤️‍🔥

She who is the witness of the great dance of maheshvara (shiva) at the end of the great cycle of creation.

Siva causes the great dissolution where everyone gets dissoluted into him. Devi is a witness to this. Everything is destroyed by Siva, all devi devatas, asuras and this entire cosmos merges within Siva and then he himself merges with Devi and dissolutes himself within her.

Only then she's Parashakti. She is the residence for all the 36 tattvas during the period of Dissolution.

Matangi: The holder of the Supreme Sound 🌹💗

She is the Mantrini Sakti of Lalita Mahatripurasundari . She represents the power of attraction of Lalita.

Her main purpose is to bring people to Lalita Upasana by her innate aspect of Akarshana power (attraction power) Lalita uses this mantra to attract devotees to her, while the devotee thinks he is attracting Lalita to him. This is the secret of Matangi.

Tantras recognise four types of sounds in our Body. They are :
Parâ, Pashyanti, Madhyama, and Vaikhari.

🗣️: "She is our compassionate mother she can never ask for Bali”

Meanwhile to those who know that she was the cause of the entire Ramayan & Mahabharat. Kālī made both groups fight each other and enjoyed their blood and flesh when they killed each other.

SOURCE: Kalika Puran🌝 According to the Kalika Puran it's due to the will of Sakti only that entire Ramayan and Mahabharat war happened and she enjoyed seeing both groups kill each other.

Why ?? Because it's her own play.

It's an Abrahamic view to show "God" as "All Merciful & Good only"

Pashubali at Nava Durga Bhavani Temple in Nepal 🙏

Manusmriti 5.41 states :

At the Madhuparka offering, at sacrifices, and at the rites in honour of the Pitrs, at these alone should animals be killed, and nowhere else: thus has Manu declared. Manusmriti further states:

The twice-born person, knowing the real import of the Veda, killing animals on these occasions, carries himself and the animal to the most excellent state.

Khadga of Bhagvati cuts of all ignorance. When she rises everyone surrenders to her.

At this stage every sort of ignorance, including the ignorance of duality that we percieve gets destroyed by her. Even the duality we see between Síva and Sakti is Destroyed. This state is the state that is beyond the 36 tattvas including the Siva and Sakti.

This is state of Paradevata. Saivas call it Parasiva, Saktas called it Adiparashakti.

Acharya Abhinavagupta in the Tantraloka states:

Let the sharp pointed triśūla of Bhairava filled with will, knowledge & action have predominance in knowledge only. And let that jñāna-śūla remain in such a way that it destroys the opposites of the highest state of bliss. May that jñāna-śūla destroy all the three bondages by its flame of absolute divine God consciousness.

O supreme Bhairava! You alone possess the three glorious energies of absolute independence, of the will of desiring the world of succession, & of the world of succession itself.

🔻MADURAI MINAKSHI 🔻

The Minakshi Pancharatnam states:

श्रीविद्यां शिववामभागनिलयां ह्रीङ्कारमन्त्रोज्ज्वलां
श्रीचक्राङ्कितबिन्दुमध्यवसतिं श्रीमत्सभानायिकाम्।
श्रीमत्षण्मुखविघ्नराजजननीं श्रीमज्जगन्मोहिनीं ।
मीनाक्षीं प्रणतोऽस्मि सन्ततमहं कारुण्यवारांनिधिम् || Translation:

Behind the splendour of Her rising Form, is rising the Sri Vidya shining with the splendour of Hrimkara Mantras, where She is residing as the left-half of Shiva.

Within the Bindu, at center of the Sri Chakra; & presiding over assembly of Deities in Sri Chakra

🌹KALI IS LALITA , LALITA IS KALI 🌹

Tantras state, Those who treat one as inferior to other rots in hell.

It Reality, it's Devi having her own experiences with her different forms, from the fierce Kali to the delightful blissful Lalita.

When a Sadhak does Sadhana of Bhagvati, then Devi rejoices in giving you similar experiences so you can experience this blissness too.

This leads to a state where u achieve indifference from her. And then you yourself are Sakti.

|| 🔻MAYA🔻 ||

“ ‘Ma’ stands for ‘Moksha’ and ‘Ya’ stands for ‘Giver’. Therefore Bhagvati is called Māyā because she is the granter of Moksha. ”

~ Brahma Vaivarta Purana, Krishna Janma Khand, Chapter 29 Maya is often perceived negatively as something that deludes you, so it's bad.

But in Tantric Philosophy, Maya is nothing but Bhagvati herself. A individual might feel that Maya is engulfing them and deluding them.

🔻GLORIES TO SAKTĪ 🔻

Devi in the Kularnava Tantra states :

l am the embodiment of Great Nature, consciousness and bliss, the essence that is revered with devotion.

In my realm, there is no presence of Brahma, Hari, Shambhu, or other deities. Their is no presence of the processes of creation, maintenance, and dissolution are nonexistent.

Where I reside, attachment, happiness, sadness, liberation, goodness, faith, atheism, guru, or disciple are all absent.

||🔻 CHAD SHAKTA HINDUS OF BANGLADESH🔻 ||

This Bengali Hindu Who is narrating as to how at this time in Bangladesh his family living their defended themselves from Islamists.

He also mentions how is family is used to see Bali hence they were not scared to fight.

They brought out weapons including axes and they marched towards the Mullah groups shouting "JOY MAA 🔱" .

The Islamists got scared that they chose to run away into fields and lakes.

🌹 SHUBH SHRAVAN SOMVAAR 🌹

Srí Krishna Says :
“ The one who chants the name Mahādevā Mahādevā Mahādevā.......
I run behind his or her feet. ”

~ Brahma Vaivarta Purana 75.91

From Blade of a Grass to Vishnu all are Páshús (bounded by cycle of birth and death) . Only Síva is the Pati (the supreme lord) of all Páshús

~ऋभु गीता , श्रीशिवरहस्ये - शंकराख्ये - षष्ठांशे - अध्याय ४९