कात्यायनी / kAtyAyanI

Phase / Face / Form : 4

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The fourth stage of Conscious Evolution has been named :

कात्यायनी / kAtyAyanI. 

Which is the word indicating one is elder, pure, ripe and mature in mind and spirit, 

This form of  देवी / devI is indicative of a grown up elderly woman. She is also fully pure, mature, in mind and spirit. She is said to be :

रक्तवसना / clothed in red.

This may also point out the stage when the life transforms from the bone to serum, and serum into the blood.

But as this corresponds to the divinity as well, the same is indicated as the :

Spiritual Conscious Evolution.

also. 

This is described in the 

श्री देवीअथर्वशीर्ष / Sri devI-atharvasheerSha,

as in the following verse :

हृत्पुण्डरीकमध्यस्थां प्रातःसूर्यसमप्रभाम् ।

पाशाङ्कुशधरां सौम्यां वरदाभयहस्तकाम् ।

त्रिनेत्रां रक्तवसनां भक्तकामदुघां भजे ।।२१।।

This is the very form  where we could find the same in the 

उषःसूक्तम् / uShaHsUktaM 

In the Veda.

This is when the sun has just come up over the horizon in the east. 

There is again striking resemblance with the form of Lord Shiva as :

अरुणाचलेश्वर शिव / AruaNachaleshwara Shiva,

who is the very आत्मा / Self,  who resides in the cave of the heart of all beings.

We can also relate this to Gita, chapter 18, where Lord Sri-Krishna points out : 

ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां हृद्देशेऽर्जुन तिष्ठति ।

भ्रामयन् सर्वभूतानि यन्त्रारूढानि मायया ।।६१।।

And in chapter 10 again :

अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः ।

अहमादिश्च मध्यं च भूतानामन्त एव च ।।२०।।

A Yogi could meditate upon the Supreme Reality in this way, through any of these above forms and can attain Him.

We all know the red is the color of the light that moves fastest, is easily seen and therefore used for caution as a sign of danger.

Again this form of देवी / devI is the very 

"I AM" principle everyone is always aware of  spontaneously, naturally and effortlessly.

From here, we could discover a lot about the :

चेतना / Consciousness.

This is the very heart of Conscious Evolution, that takes place when one tries to understand and contemplate upon the Supreme Reality.

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