We need context to understand the above: who is Kali?
Kali (/ˈkɑːliː/; Sanskrit: काली, IAST: Kālī), also called Kālika, is a major goddess in Hinduism, primarily associated with time, death, and destruction. Kali is also connected with transcendental knowledge and is the first of the ten goddesses who provide liberating knowledge. Kali is held to be the most famous goddess. She is chiefly worshipped as the Divine Mother, Mother of the Universe, and Divine feminine energy.
So, is she the destroyer or the nurturer?
While one facet of Kali is as a destroyer, but what she destroys is what cannot nurture the soul. She nurtures by clearing away that which would cause harm.
We need Kali the destroyer when we are poisoning rather than nourishing ourselves, particularly if we don’t realise what we are doing to ourselves. We need a strong spiritual hand to guide – or push – us out of harm’s way. Kali is that guide.
A helpful real-life example of this is the mother who snatches up her toddler as he runs towards something interesting, oblivious to the dangers of oncoming traffic. In that moment she has destroyed his sense of freedom and joy, and he may be angry with her, but she sees what he cannot.
In his perspective as a young soul, she is the destroyer, but as an older soul he recognises that his perception of destruction was incorrect, and that the reality was an act of much-needed protection.
Kali (/ˈkɑːliː/; Sanskrit: काली, IAST: Kālī), also called Kālika, is a major goddess in Hinduism, primarily associated with time, death, and destruction. Kali is also connected with transcendental knowledge and is the first of the ten goddesses who provide liberating knowledge. Kali is held to be the most famous goddess. She is chiefly worshipped as the Divine Mother, Mother of the Universe, and Divine feminine energy.
So, is she the destroyer or the nurturer?
While one facet of Kali is as a destroyer, but what she destroys is what cannot nurture the soul. She nurtures by clearing away that which would cause harm.
We need Kali the destroyer when we are poisoning rather than nourishing ourselves, particularly if we don’t realise what we are doing to ourselves. We need a strong spiritual hand to guide – or push – us out of harm’s way. Kali is that guide.
A helpful real-life example of this is the mother who snatches up her toddler as he runs towards something interesting, oblivious to the dangers of oncoming traffic. In that moment she has destroyed his sense of freedom and joy, and he may be angry with her, but she sees what he cannot.
In his perspective as a young soul, she is the destroyer, but as an older soul he recognises that his perception of destruction was incorrect, and that the reality was an act of much-needed protection.
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Let me explain what I see in the posts above. CLARITY. Level 2.
What does the main idea look like?⬆️
What does the main idea look like?⬆️
What if micro learning fooled us?
Engaging with ONE long-form piece of content is better for your brain and attention than watching 20 one-minute reels on the topic.
Engaging with ONE long-form piece of content is better for your brain and attention than watching 20 one-minute reels on the topic.
People tell you your English is good. You know that isn't the point.
The point is the meeting with native speakers where you had a great idea, and all you said was "Sure."
The point is the voice message you recorded 15 times to make it sound cool in English… and then you sent a text instead.
You know exactly what you want to say. What you actually say in English is somehow a smaller version of it.
More vocabulary won't solve the problem. More preparation might help, but it's impossible to prepare for every moment when you need to say something important in English.
You need your expression to match your intelligence, in any moment, without preparation.
Expression only gets better with practice. And practice only works when someone whose feedback you trust is listening.
I created a room in my community where we train spontaneous speech in English with precise feedback, until your thoughts and your English arrive together.
From Monday, November 2 to Friday, November 7, the practice room will be open. There's a new prompt every day, you will share something spontaneous daily, and you'll get my feedback.
On Saturday, November 7, we close the week with a live coaching call where we look closely at your default speaking patterns.
From November 8 to 30, we keep practicing with specific exercises to change the patterns we've identified.
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Now the part I really want you to hear.
You've probably started many courses you didn't finish. That guilt might still haunt you when you choose to start something new.
This is not a course.
You can't fall behind in it, and you can't be late to your own practice.
If you come in on Wednesday, you come in on Wednesday.
Guilt doesn't belong to this practice.
Everyone has room here, including the version of you who only has ten minutes this week.
You don't have to answer all the prompts. I share them to get you started.
You can share anything. The only rule is that it's spontaneous.
If you're struggling, if you're overwhelmed, if you open the practice room and have no idea what to say, say that.
This is the right room for it. You'll still get feedback, corrections and guidance, and you'll have added one more day to your practice.
That's what I want you to protect. The result is made of the days you add up. Days you didn't practice don't add up to anything. Days you did, even the clumsy ones, do.
So if this week is heavy, choose your minimum. What's the least you can do and still stay in?
Maybe it's listening to the prompt each day. Even that gets your thinking back on track. Maybe it's listening to others practice. Maybe it's simply knowing you belong to a community of people who choose to keep going.
I talk about choosing your minimum in this video: What am I committed to, even on my worst day?
Someone here will share their practice on a day they really don't feel like it. That one recording may be exactly what holds up another member who is going through something hard that week.
Some weeks you'll be the one who records anyway. Some weeks you'll be the one who needs to hear it.
We don't wait for the chaos to settle. We practice inside it.
Once you're in, you belong here, for who you are. No one is excluded for what they didn't do perfectly on a hard day.
So don't exclude yourself.
If you'd like to join this cycle, add your name to the waitlist.
I'll share all the links closer to November 2.
Let's do this together.
The point is the meeting with native speakers where you had a great idea, and all you said was "Sure."
The point is the voice message you recorded 15 times to make it sound cool in English… and then you sent a text instead.
You know exactly what you want to say. What you actually say in English is somehow a smaller version of it.
More vocabulary won't solve the problem. More preparation might help, but it's impossible to prepare for every moment when you need to say something important in English.
You need your expression to match your intelligence, in any moment, without preparation.
Expression only gets better with practice. And practice only works when someone whose feedback you trust is listening.
I created a room in my community where we train spontaneous speech in English with precise feedback, until your thoughts and your English arrive together.
From Monday, November 2 to Friday, November 7, the practice room will be open. There's a new prompt every day, you will share something spontaneous daily, and you'll get my feedback.
On Saturday, November 7, we close the week with a live coaching call where we look closely at your default speaking patterns.
From November 8 to 30, we keep practicing with specific exercises to change the patterns we've identified.
***
Now the part I really want you to hear.
You've probably started many courses you didn't finish. That guilt might still haunt you when you choose to start something new.
This is not a course.
You can't fall behind in it, and you can't be late to your own practice.
If you come in on Wednesday, you come in on Wednesday.
Guilt doesn't belong to this practice.
Everyone has room here, including the version of you who only has ten minutes this week.
You don't have to answer all the prompts. I share them to get you started.
You can share anything. The only rule is that it's spontaneous.
If you're struggling, if you're overwhelmed, if you open the practice room and have no idea what to say, say that.
This is the right room for it. You'll still get feedback, corrections and guidance, and you'll have added one more day to your practice.
That's what I want you to protect. The result is made of the days you add up. Days you didn't practice don't add up to anything. Days you did, even the clumsy ones, do.
So if this week is heavy, choose your minimum. What's the least you can do and still stay in?
Maybe it's listening to the prompt each day. Even that gets your thinking back on track. Maybe it's listening to others practice. Maybe it's simply knowing you belong to a community of people who choose to keep going.
I talk about choosing your minimum in this video: What am I committed to, even on my worst day?
Someone here will share their practice on a day they really don't feel like it. That one recording may be exactly what holds up another member who is going through something hard that week.
Some weeks you'll be the one who records anyway. Some weeks you'll be the one who needs to hear it.
We don't wait for the chaos to settle. We practice inside it.
Once you're in, you belong here, for who you are. No one is excluded for what they didn't do perfectly on a hard day.
So don't exclude yourself.
If you'd like to join this cycle, add your name to the waitlist.
I'll share all the links closer to November 2.
Let's do this together.
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