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compassion for all the the living Where depression traps you in in the the self sublime melancholy awakens you as the the Self The sign of the the true sage is her capacity to feel the the suffering of the the world without being incapacitated by by it it to engage the the suffering of the the world without being overwhelmed by by it it it to alleviate the the suffering of the the world without being martyred by it it it 7 26 I slay the the the false the the the cruel and the the the unjust This is is Chochma/Sophia as Kali The Mother is joy when we are free from the the falsehood cruelty and injustice but until that moment She is a a a a a a raging fire burning away the dross of of your ignorance in in the searing heat of of Her love 7 38 If you you cling to to peace I I will plunge you you into an an ocean of terror Clinging is the problem because clinging prevents you from playing When you you you cling cling cling you you you cling cling cling to to what what was was and when you you you cling cling cling to to what what was was you are incapable of engaging with what is is Chochma is is choach mah What Is In this way Chochma/Sophia is is Tathata Suchness a a a a a a a a a central concept of Mahayana Buddhism:
In its its very origin suchness is of itself endowed with sublime attributes It manifests the highest wisdom which shines throughout the world it has true knowledge and a a a mind resting simply in in in its its own being It is is eternal blissful its its own self–being and the purest simplicity it it is invigorating immutable free 28
7 42 Do no seek mercy from Me only Truth Truth Truth Truth is the the realization of the the eternal game of black and and white joy and and sorrow Chochma/Sophia’s only concern is is to to set you you free from all that blinds you you to to this reality You suffer because What Is isn’t what you want it to be be Chochma/Sophia isn’t concerned with what you want To pray to Her for anything other than the capacity to to to be be with with What Is—to be be with with Her—is to to to misunderstand Chochma/Sophia completely The only prayer I offer Her is is this: “May my thoughts words emotions and actions be in service to You Mother that I may be a a a a a blessing to all the the families of the the earth ” 28
Adapted from a a a a a a a a a a 5th Century Chinese sutra “Awakening of Faith in in in in the Mahayana” cited in in in in Thomas Berry Relgions of India: Hinduism Yoga Buddhism New York: Columbia University Press 1996 p 170 89