BALIDAN- The Sacrifice

The sun is about to set, the sky is red and on the mountain peak stand Mother Kali and the devotee. The red sky scintillates through an outline of divine aura formed around Mother Kali. Her vibes are a mix of anger and an earnest desire to destroy evil ultimately to seek truth. The devotee is shivering as he sees the majestic look of the goddess.She holds a sword in her hand, her open hair touches the handle of the sword, and the tip of the sword touches the soil.

Kali Ma closes her eyes. The sun is just behind her head and Ah! when it comes exactly at the level of her forehead behind her , her third eye begins being visible at the center of her forehead and slowly it opens. From the light that originates from her third eye originates a huge rock between the devotee and her. The word "Lust"  engraved on it. Ma Kali makes her grip on the sword firm, swings her head back making her hair move back, and then strikes the rock with the sword.

The rock breaks into pieces and from the slit originates a stream of blood that slides from the peak down the mountain. The devotee's body feels light but he is unable to maintain his posture. Now a second rock comes in between with the word "Ego" engraved. Ma Kali strikes it harder and again blood comes out of the slits and flows down the mountain. The devotee feels an ecstatic energy but falls on his knees. He constantly chants the mantra 'om krim kalikaye namoh namah'.

Next comes a huge rock with the words "complacent and laziness" , Ma makes her hands move behind as if gathering energy and then lets her sword penetrate the rock with more vigor. The devotee feels Ma Kali as his chest falls with force on the soil. His head is still above the ground as he sees Ma strike the last rock with the word "attachments" and as the rock breaks and more blood goes down the mountain, the devotee smiles as his forehead falls on the soil.

Now he sees the collected blood through the mountain, the lake of blood at the ground level. Whose blood is it? It is his own blood that had the soul of evil. Ma Kali keeps her hands on his shoulders and lifts him up. He realizes that he is free from all the bad he acquired by getting trapped in the illusions of the world. Now he was fully hers, ready to unite with his mother, his origin, Ma Kali. She has tears in her eyes, tears in which the devotee sees Motherhood.

There was sacrifice..Lust, Ego, Complacency and attachments were all sacrificed from the inner universe. They are down now, and above them are only two souls now -the devotee and his mother. Ah! Where is the devotee? It is night now. Ma Kali looks at the night sky from the mountain peak, within her eyes resides the devotee now, whose devotion for Ma Kali reflects in every star in the night sky. Everyday we must write  stories of our sacrifices and work hard in silence to one day become the vision of Ma Kali!