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"The philosophy of Saktism is a kind of non-dualism (advaita), similar to that of Kashmir Saivism. In both the systems, the highest Reality is styled Siva-Sakti. Siva and Sakti are not different; they are one. Siva is consciousness as stasis (cit); Sakti is consciousness as dynamis (cidrupini). Siva is pure awareness, which is the ground of all existence. Through his Para Sakti, he effects the manifestation of the universe. He is the sole and whole cause of the world. Only, he becomes the cause, not in his aspect as stasis, but through his dynamic aspect which is spoken of as his feminine part. The main difference between Kashmir Saivism and Saktism is that while the former lays relatively greater stress on the Siva-aspect, the latter emphasizes more the Sakti. Between the Saiva and Sakta philosophy on the one hand, and Advaita-Vedanta on the other, there is close kinship. Advaita too teaches that the ultimate Reality is non-dual, and that it is of the nature of pure consciousness. But, for it the world-process is not real. The world, according to Advaita, is mayika, illusory appearance. The theory of world-appearance is here called vivarta-vada. The corresponding doctrine of the Saiva and Sakta schools is known as abhasa-vada. According to this view, the universe consists of appearances which are all real in the sense that they are aspects of the ultimate Reality."

-T.M.P. Mahadevan, 1955 foreword to "The Garland of Letters" by Sir John Woodroffe

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"You are already Dead -

You have only forgotten."

-Me

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"I switched my motto -- instead of sayin f*ck tomorrow

That buck that bought a bottle coulda struck the lotto"

-Nas, "Life's a B*tch"

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"...[T]here were many turning points in each of which Saktism was a driving force standing for something new, owing to it's flexible nature which made it subject to various interpretations in different ages and by persons and sects belonging to a variety of ideas and beliefs.

It will be significant to observe that throughout the ages the Female Principle stood for the oppressed peoples, symbolizing all the liberating potentialities in the class-divided, patriarchal and authoritarian social set up of India, and this alone explains why attempts were made from different corners to blacken Sakta-Tantric ideals"

-N.N. Bhattacharya, "History of the Sakta Religion"