KALI – archetype and inspiration

The only way to heal and be free is to first be totally destroyed. So it says in much of the spiritual literature thoughout many traditions, worldwide. Our culture certainly conditions us in many ways that are clearly toxic. Once we’ve been wiped out completely (all that conditioning wiped away clean) we discover we are an animal whose nature is in synch with all. Can you say KALI?? We live in a time when KALI is needed everywhere, everyday and always…

Kali came to me when I was a young woman. First she had me name my cat after her. Then she had me use her name as pen name….

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I didn’t understand her power then, but she was working with me. I called myself Kali for many years. Gianna Kali was the author of Beyond Meds, this site…until I took back my birth name. Still, Kali, truly was my name. I adopted her for real. She remains a part of me.

And yes, Kali has utterly and completely destroyed me. And now she raises me up from the ashes…alive like never before. These days I no longer fight this majestic goddess…Kali gently takes my hand and I follow her in love…knowing she guides me to true life.

I’m going to share a blog post from Awakening Sacred Flow that you might be introduced to some of the power of Kali:

Have you ever felt the forces of the universe storm through your life breaking the very foundation you thought carried you around? Has Kali or Oya graced your life with destruction of the old to such degree that you no longer recognize the now wild but once conquered landscape of your being?

These are goddesses who cut through the unnecessary garbage in our lives that we dare not release for fears of never reaching our dreams. They infuse us with madness to let go of everything ready to be composted. They are just clearing the way to make us ready for the new. Sometimes painful, sometimes exhilarating, their work clears and creates networks needed for more joy to flow!!

They cut off our heads full of ego trips that keep us in eternal limbo. This is life bringing us to our knees to kiss the earth in gratitude for this precious opportunity to be alive.  They bring our life to ruins so we can start again, destroying our sick foundations to rebuild us.  It’s a fresh start to feel alive, reclaiming our true nature hiding behind false temples. Now these false temples are rubble on the ground. Let’s just immerse our numb hands in the waters of the Earth and cleanse them of our own poisoning. (read the rest — site is no longer available update 2025)

More posts on topic:

• The Purpose of Life and the Human Conditioning
  
• Goddess Kali, an archetype that has been with me a long time
• Sweet memories of half my life
• Working with “parts” and “subpersonalities” as we come to consciousness and heal
• We are all healers, warriors, visionaries and teachers …
• The wounded healer: revisiting the archetype

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