MahaKali. Mother of the Universe

Every True Woman is a little bit, Mahakali. Kali (Sanskrit Kali - dark; time) is a goddess worshipped as the inexorable force of time, the consort of Shiva. The most powerful form of Shakti, fierce and wrathful, representing a destructive manifestation of cosmic energy. She is the fierce aspect of the goddess Durga (Parvati). The embodiment of fear, while she herself is beyond it. In the Vedic scriptures the name ‘Kali’ is mentioned as one of the seven tongues of the Agni flame, which is the fire of transformation of matter into energy.

Mahakali (Sanskrit Mahakali - ‘Great Kali’) is the highest form of Brahman and one of the three main forms of the Mother Goddess, Maha-Devi, who's other two forms are Mahalakshmi and Mahasaraswati. She is a powerful cosmic aspect and represents the guna of tamas. In the form of Mahakali, the Great Goddess represents the cyclic aspect of existence and maintains cosmic order. Mahakali is depicted with ten heads and arms. In each of her ten hands is an attribute of one of the devas, representing his power. The implication here is that Mahakali is responsible for all the powers that these deities are, that is, Mahakali contains all the powers of the Universe, for She is the Beginning and the End.

Kali is most often regarded as the Shakti of Shiva. In legends where Kali slays demons, her anger gets out of control, but only Shiva can calm her down. They are the essence of two polarities and yet one indivisible whole. The most famous depiction of Kali is the one where she stands (or dances) on her consort, the god Shiva. Let us consider what symbolism is hidden in this image and what meaning it carries. According to one version, when Kali is depicted trampling Shiva's foot, lying lifeless on the ground, in this image she is a force that destroys Life. Shiva is here symbolically represented as nothingness, in which the forces of life are absent. Kali carries them away into eternity and unmanifestation. From this moment comes Pralaya, or the period of the Great Dissolution of the world, in which there is nothing but the power of destruction - the power of Kali.
 
Also the white body of Shiva (as radiating the light of pure Consciousness) is an image of the transcendental state of Consciousness. He is immobile as he is not subject to change. He is the unchanging aspect of the Supreme. Shiva is Purusha and Kali is Prakriti, Nature itself, energy. Whereas Kali is the driving force of Time, which is the changing aspect of the Supreme. Shiva in this case appears as Nirguna, who is beyond the gunas, or qualities of Nature. And Kali appears as Saguna, that is, possessing all the qualities of material existence, but at the same time unaffected by them. Both Shiva and Kali together are one unified whole. Shiva without energy cannot abide in manifested existence and fulfil his role in the evolutionary process of all living beings. Therefore, Shiva without his Shakti is just a lifeless corpse with no power to act.
 
As the ‘Yoga Vasishtha’ (Book VII, Chapter LXXXIV, ‘The Union of Shiva and Shakti’) states: like the wind and its gusts, like fire and its heat and flaming bursts, like the Ocean and the waves, Shiva is Consciousness and Shakti is the vibrations that cause changes in Consciousness.
 
‘Shiva is perfectly calm without his will or desire, which is his feminine energy - Kali.’ - ‘Yoga Vasishtha

Like the Great Mother Kali, each Woman is an image of this duality - Night and Day, Moon and Sun, End and Beginning. She is Love, but her love is not blind at all, for the Light of her Mind penetrates to the very essence of events, she cannot be deceived by man or asuras. Therefore, she knows exactly who is in front of her - a karmic partner, a soul mate or the True Twin Flame. She cannot be bribed with sweet speeches and gifts if there is no sincerity and clear understanding of her path behind them. She is justice and reason, and she is also the ultimate sensuality. Feminism has nothing to do with it either, but rather a higher realisation that each of us should strive for, don't you think?