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The Mother in her cosmic power is all things and all divine Person-
alities, for nothing can be in manifestation except by her and as
part of her being. But what was meant in the Visions and Voices
was that the Ishwara and the Divine Shakti were one Person or
Being in two aspects and it puts forward this union of them as
Krishna-Mahakali as of great power for the manifestation.
(CWSA 32:67-68)

Q: In the same book you say “her hands are outstretched to strike
and to succour”. …What do you mean by “strike” here?

It expresses her general action in the world. She strikes at the
Asuras, she strikes also at everything that has to be got rid of
or destroyed, at the obstacles to the sadhana etc. I may say that
the Mother never uses the Mahakali power in your case nor the
Mahakali pressure.
(CWSA 32:210-211)

Kali in the vital
Q: While praying today I saw the image of Mother Kali. She was
black and naked and standing with her foot on the back of Shiva.
Why is Kali seen in such a form and on what plane is she seen like
this?
It is in the vital. It is Kali as a destroying Force — a symbol of the
Nature Force in the ignorance surrounded by difficulties, trampling
and breaking everything in a blind struggle to get through till she
finds herself standing with her foot on the Divine itself — then she
comes to herself and the struggle and destruction are over. That
is the significance of the symbol.
(CWSA 32:68-69) Sri Aurobindo

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