Divine feminine

We are enveloped by the Divine Feminine. In this cocoon of energy, we are born, live, die and merge into. The Adi Shakti, Divine Feminine, is the primordial source of energy that can neither be created nor destroyed. She is ever-present, energising us to perform our daily mundane tasks to the most creative work. The Divine Feminine is the substratum that shapes us and our creative streaks.

Scriptures say that for a sadhak, spiritual practitioner, engrossed in the worship of the Devi, there is never a dull moment. Not only is his journey full of exciting spiritual experiences - practitioners have reported seeing visions or hearing naad, the unstruck sound - it also culminates in the most satisfactory of ways. The sadhak is assured of the following muktis, forms of liberation, as a consequence of his lifelong sadhana: salokya, samipya, swarupya and sayujjya.

The Shaiv and Vaishnav schools of thought offer different interpretations of the four forms of mukti. According to some, salokya means entering the deities' lok; the sojourn in the goddesses' lok depends on the merit that a sadhak has earned through his spiritual practice, the jap; however, the moment his merit is spent, the sadhak is back in the cycle of death and rebirth.


Samipya is when the sadhak develops a closeness with the deity. Swarupya means to attain the physical form of the Devi. Worshipping all forms of the Divine Feminine principle, ultimately leads to sayujjya, merging with the Divine Feminine, when the worshipper and worshipped become one and externalities dissolve. It is the ultimate union with the Being.

A sincere sadhak can access these through higher states of consciousness by invoking the Devi through spiritual practices.