I am truly delighted to have this opportunity to contribute a Lite Bite. Though to be honest, the prospect of sharing my writing with you all makes me a little queasy.“Recognize the voices of self-doubt and self-pity that work hard to keep you entrenched in your old non-serving habits.” – Kavitha Chinnaiyan  Believe it or not,

Kali is the first Mahavidya because she represents time – the backdrop for creation. With each step of her dance, she destroys the past to summon the future. Creation thus begins with time and is sustained through death.Once we realize the I-self that is born in the cemetery of time is not who we really are,

She’s dark, so very darkDarker than the moonless nightHidden from unseeing eyesVeiled in plain sight.Call me mother, do you?She roars in deafening laughter.Well then, let me show youMy impeccable mothering skills.I couldn’t care lessHow you feel about me,Your life, your path, your woesAnd concepts of your long learning.I give and take as I pleaseWhat I

When Kavitha Amma found me I looked at the world through a half empty cup. I was deeply involved in activism work and I remember a friend sharing that oppression would never end in our lifetime, but it was our duty to fight regardless. I looked at the world from a losing standpoint and I

A critical part of the inner journey is to resolve our conflict with what is. Easy to say, not so easy to do, and we spend much of our time in some form of resistance to reality. This resistance shows up as our “shoulds” and “should nots”, feelings of unfairness or of being slighted, and