The Tantric Path of the Goddess Kali

Ramakrishna considered himself a child of Goddess Kali, the Divine Mother of the Universe. As a child who knew nothing and decided nothing, he would speak and act spontaneously as She spoke and acted through him. He did not even regard himself as a guru, or teacher. His guiding vision was that of the continuum of Consciousness in which all forms or viewpoints take shape and dissolve like bubbles in a stream. Ramakrishna's was a comprehensive way of devotion to the Divine Forms revealed in all sacred traditions. But his was simultaneously a way of wisdom that never perceived Divine Forms or Attributes as separate from their source in Ultimate Consciousness. Ecstatically to experience all forms as one continuum of Consciousness, which Ramakrishna identified as Goddess Kali in Her all-embracing aspect, is the Tantric attitude by which the ways of wisdom and devotion are fused. Through this Tantric attitude, Ramakrishna helped to release advanced spiritual seekers from the limits of their formal practices and religious perspectives into the flow of Ultimate Consciousness, or Enlightenment.

Hixon, Lex. Coming Home: The Experience of Enlightenment in Sacred Traditions (English Edition). Edición de Kindle.