Shakti and Shakta: Essays and Addresses on the Shakta Tantrashastra c19.15
Shakti and Shâkta: Essays and Addresses on the Shâkta Tantrashâstra c19.15
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c19.15
But we know we are not perfect consciousness. There is an apparent unconsciousness. How then is this explained? The unmanifested Brahman, before all the worlds, is Nirguna Shiva—the Blissful undual consciousness. This is the static aspect of Shiva. This manifests Shakti which is the kinetic aspect of Brahman. Shakti and Shaktimân are one; therefore, Shiva manifests as Shiva-Shakti, Who are one and the same. Therefore Shakti is consciousness.