Who Tara is for me....
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 10:34 pm
For a few years I considered myself a "Goddess Woman". I found myself at the time very drawn to Tara. My background with her was the Tibetan "Tara".
Then I felt some confusion about my focus on the Divine Feminine Goddess (without consideration of Divine Masculine God) as an unbalanced contemplation. The association I had at the time with "The Goddess" was toward becoming a priestess in a traditional lineage with a particular form and rituals. I dropped out. I thought I needed to be neutral in some indefinable way I was attempting to understand. I became abstracted from the basic care and feeding of my own life for awhile at the same time.
I am still here in a body and it is female and I need some connection to this physical that I cut off some how. In the last few months, I have found myself drawn again to Tara.
I have started to call on Tara again to help me.
The following quotes come from here: http://www.goddessgift.com/goddess-myth ... _white.htm
"In Tibetan, Tara is known as “Dölma” (Sgrol-ma), or “She Who Saves.” In particular she represents compassion in action, since she’s in the process of stepping from her lotus throne in order to help sentient beings."
I also have been studying the remnants of the probable "Mother civilization" directly seeding our own recent "history". It is my suspicion that Tara as "goddess" is the recollection of culture after the decimation from earth changes. What is key is COMPASSION in Action. IMO compassion is put in action by ameliorating conditions of suffering and what is REAL suffering is very basic...hunger, thirst, cold, sickness......all very basic and when not accessable, in need of compassionate response.
I am thinking about about Tara from the perspective that Tara represents the "process" of transmitting natural earth connected REAL principles of culture that may save humanity through basic care and nurture. Certain earth skills save us from the earthly dangers and the spiritual ones that come arise from our physical suffering. After all, in a world that is not needy and starving, where is the need to steal from others? In a world of abundance, IMO the attraction to Peace becomes strong? This compassionate action of giving what is missing is reflected to me in what has been said about Tara:
"Tara, Goddess of Peace and Protection
Goddess Tara is probably the oldest goddess who is still worshipped extensively in modern times. Tara originated as a Hindu goddess, a Great Goddess -- the Mother Creator, representing the eternal life force that fuels all life.
There are many embodiments of Tara, but the best known are the White Tara and the Green Tara.
The peaceful, compassionate White Tara gently protects and brings long life and peace. The more dynamic goddess, Green Tara is the "Mother Earth", and a fierce goddess who overcomes obstacles, and saves us from physical and spiritual danger.
In Sanskrit, the name Tara means Star, but she was also called She Who Brings Forth Life, The Great Compassionate Mother, and The Embodiment of Wisdom, and the Great Protectress.
Adopted by Buddhism, she become the most widely revered deity in the Tibetan pantheon. In Buddhist tradition, Tara is actually much greater than a goddess -- she is a female Buddha, an enlightened one was has attained the highest wisdom, capability and compassion. . . one who can take human form and who remains in oneness with the every living thing."
Recently I have been studying the possibility that our recent history of civilization (RE)started from the North and here is Tara again:
" The oldest reference to the goddess Tara, perhaps, is found in an ancient saga of Finland thought to be 5 thousand years old. The saga speaks of a group known as Tar, the Women of Wisdom.
A version of the Goddess Tara exists in virtually every culture. Indeed, it is said that the Goddess Tara will assume as many forms on earth as there are needs for by the people.
The Celts called their Great Goddess Tara. Her name is thought to be the root of the word Tor, which is a mound of earth or hillock imbued with spiritual energy or connection to the other worlds.
We also hear the echo of her name in the Latin word for earth, Terra, a connection between Tara and the concept of "Mother Earth".
The Goddess Tara is also associated with Kuan Yin, the great Chinese goddess of compassion. In South America she was known as the ancient mother goddess Tarahumara.
The Cheyenne people revere the Star Woman who fell from the heavens and whose body became the earth that provided them with food.
The ancient Egyptian Goddess Ishtar who, in her myths, came to earth from the heavens and instructed her people to co-mingle and intermarry with the earthlings to give them the benefits of their learning and wisdom was yet another incarnation of the Goddess Tara."
Was civilization REstarted by seemingly "god and goddess" like beings after horrible earth changing cataclysm?
At any rate, I am taking Tara on again as I seek to REStart my own life which seemed devastated for awhile....with the goal of sharing being happy and free.
After moving away from being a Goddess Woman, I resolved some questions....I am a female and I can just relax and just be female at this time. I am a woman and this means something new to me now. Tara is important to me now again as a touch point of my intention.
"It is told that Tara first appeared rising from a lotus blossom in the lake that had formed from Avalokitesvara's tears of compassion, tears that fell when he first beheld the scope of suffering in the world.
Because of her essential goodness, she was granted the right to assume her human form as a man. But Tara elected instead to remain in her womanly form.
The Goddess Tara vowed:
"There are many who wish to gain enlightenment
in a man's form,
And there are few who wish to work
for the welfare of living beings
in a female form.
Therefore may I, in a female body,
work for the welfare of all beings,
until such time as all humanity has found its fullness."
Just wanted to share the mantra that I am taking on:
[youtube]https://youtu.be/lqcWl6VAB_M[/youtube]
"OM represents Tara’s sacred and enlightened body, speech and mind.
TARE means liberating from all discontent.
TUTTARE means liberating from the eight fears, the external dangers and also from the internal dangers such as ignorance and delusions.
TURE means liberating from duality; it shows the true cessation of confusion.
SOHA means “may the meaning of the mantra take root in my mind.”
Then I felt some confusion about my focus on the Divine Feminine Goddess (without consideration of Divine Masculine God) as an unbalanced contemplation. The association I had at the time with "The Goddess" was toward becoming a priestess in a traditional lineage with a particular form and rituals. I dropped out. I thought I needed to be neutral in some indefinable way I was attempting to understand. I became abstracted from the basic care and feeding of my own life for awhile at the same time.
I am still here in a body and it is female and I need some connection to this physical that I cut off some how. In the last few months, I have found myself drawn again to Tara.
I have started to call on Tara again to help me.
The following quotes come from here: http://www.goddessgift.com/goddess-myth ... _white.htm
"In Tibetan, Tara is known as “Dölma” (Sgrol-ma), or “She Who Saves.” In particular she represents compassion in action, since she’s in the process of stepping from her lotus throne in order to help sentient beings."
I also have been studying the remnants of the probable "Mother civilization" directly seeding our own recent "history". It is my suspicion that Tara as "goddess" is the recollection of culture after the decimation from earth changes. What is key is COMPASSION in Action. IMO compassion is put in action by ameliorating conditions of suffering and what is REAL suffering is very basic...hunger, thirst, cold, sickness......all very basic and when not accessable, in need of compassionate response.
I am thinking about about Tara from the perspective that Tara represents the "process" of transmitting natural earth connected REAL principles of culture that may save humanity through basic care and nurture. Certain earth skills save us from the earthly dangers and the spiritual ones that come arise from our physical suffering. After all, in a world that is not needy and starving, where is the need to steal from others? In a world of abundance, IMO the attraction to Peace becomes strong? This compassionate action of giving what is missing is reflected to me in what has been said about Tara:
"Tara, Goddess of Peace and Protection
Goddess Tara is probably the oldest goddess who is still worshipped extensively in modern times. Tara originated as a Hindu goddess, a Great Goddess -- the Mother Creator, representing the eternal life force that fuels all life.
There are many embodiments of Tara, but the best known are the White Tara and the Green Tara.
The peaceful, compassionate White Tara gently protects and brings long life and peace. The more dynamic goddess, Green Tara is the "Mother Earth", and a fierce goddess who overcomes obstacles, and saves us from physical and spiritual danger.
In Sanskrit, the name Tara means Star, but she was also called She Who Brings Forth Life, The Great Compassionate Mother, and The Embodiment of Wisdom, and the Great Protectress.
Adopted by Buddhism, she become the most widely revered deity in the Tibetan pantheon. In Buddhist tradition, Tara is actually much greater than a goddess -- she is a female Buddha, an enlightened one was has attained the highest wisdom, capability and compassion. . . one who can take human form and who remains in oneness with the every living thing."
Recently I have been studying the possibility that our recent history of civilization (RE)started from the North and here is Tara again:
" The oldest reference to the goddess Tara, perhaps, is found in an ancient saga of Finland thought to be 5 thousand years old. The saga speaks of a group known as Tar, the Women of Wisdom.
A version of the Goddess Tara exists in virtually every culture. Indeed, it is said that the Goddess Tara will assume as many forms on earth as there are needs for by the people.
The Celts called their Great Goddess Tara. Her name is thought to be the root of the word Tor, which is a mound of earth or hillock imbued with spiritual energy or connection to the other worlds.
We also hear the echo of her name in the Latin word for earth, Terra, a connection between Tara and the concept of "Mother Earth".
The Goddess Tara is also associated with Kuan Yin, the great Chinese goddess of compassion. In South America she was known as the ancient mother goddess Tarahumara.
The Cheyenne people revere the Star Woman who fell from the heavens and whose body became the earth that provided them with food.
The ancient Egyptian Goddess Ishtar who, in her myths, came to earth from the heavens and instructed her people to co-mingle and intermarry with the earthlings to give them the benefits of their learning and wisdom was yet another incarnation of the Goddess Tara."
Was civilization REstarted by seemingly "god and goddess" like beings after horrible earth changing cataclysm?
At any rate, I am taking Tara on again as I seek to REStart my own life which seemed devastated for awhile....with the goal of sharing being happy and free.
After moving away from being a Goddess Woman, I resolved some questions....I am a female and I can just relax and just be female at this time. I am a woman and this means something new to me now. Tara is important to me now again as a touch point of my intention.
"It is told that Tara first appeared rising from a lotus blossom in the lake that had formed from Avalokitesvara's tears of compassion, tears that fell when he first beheld the scope of suffering in the world.
Because of her essential goodness, she was granted the right to assume her human form as a man. But Tara elected instead to remain in her womanly form.
The Goddess Tara vowed:
"There are many who wish to gain enlightenment
in a man's form,
And there are few who wish to work
for the welfare of living beings
in a female form.
Therefore may I, in a female body,
work for the welfare of all beings,
until such time as all humanity has found its fullness."
Just wanted to share the mantra that I am taking on:
[youtube]https://youtu.be/lqcWl6VAB_M[/youtube]
"OM represents Tara’s sacred and enlightened body, speech and mind.
TARE means liberating from all discontent.
TUTTARE means liberating from the eight fears, the external dangers and also from the internal dangers such as ignorance and delusions.
TURE means liberating from duality; it shows the true cessation of confusion.
SOHA means “may the meaning of the mantra take root in my mind.”