Is Kālī Lying To You? | & Why I Love Women Who Lie

The ephemeral and fleeting nature of Māyā (the manifest world) leads many traditions (who are all of them totally valid by the way because different strokes for different folks) to the conclusion that the world of a void, an illusion and a trickster out to get you and rob you of your true inheritance: joy, bliss, peace, blessedness etc. Even in Eastern traditions that don't have room for the Devil, we tend to make a devil out the world; we demonize its dynamism because we haven't understood it or how to worship it & we cherish (often times escapist and life-negating) views that fetishize silence and stillness. 

In this talk, as per our somewhat provocative title, we say that Kālī does indeed lie and trick but as part of a game, as part of an art project (the idea of art as "artifice) and as part of her feminine power of concealment, veiling and secrecy which do not detract from, but add to her beauty. We contemplate the role of the "veil" and the use of magic, make up and subtlety of speech in our idea of the Divine Feminine to argue that all the things that we tend to problematize in the world are actually to the credit and glory of this Divine Enchantress and Mistress of Magic. 

Also, I just offer some anecdotes from my own dating situation to show how this understanding of Kālī shows up in my romantic preferences haha! 

You'll find all the lectures for this retreat here + some other talks we gave immediately before and after the retreat that are related here:

https://www.patreon.com/collection/2206631