Epiphany I

I am Goddess Durga on stage. Everyone gives me reasons why I have to be Her. They say:

“Your parents are great believers.”

“You are so brave! You're the perfect person to leap around on stage and behead Demon Mahishasura!”

 “Your eyes are as dark as black bumblebees just like Her's.”

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Demons are those who steal your budding Power. Demons are perpetrators, our fears and anxieties.

It takes nine long grueling days on stage and nine very long torturous nights to finally kill Mahishasura. 

I sliced him in half with my Ace of Swords.

This demon will not bother me anymore.

I look at this bloody, daggered carcass and know that I have murdered it with every shred of Strength, steel and bone in my body. 

I see that this demon used to be a part of me. she is now also Dead. 

“All hail the Goddess Almighty! Mahishasura is dead!"

Jaya Jaya Hai Mahishasura Mardhini
Ramya Kapardini Shaila Sutay

Epiphany II

All we ever have, like Eckhart Tolle says, is 

THIS moment.

All we ever have is the NOW.

There is no past and future.

It is all in our mind.

I am standing at the top of the mountain NOW.

I have always made it to my Victory.

As I look below at the valley that nested my Voyage, 

with all its horrors and crazy creatures running about,

I wonder how did I ever cross it.

Moreover, I wonder, did it really exist?

This valley that I have crossed – 

It isn’t there anymore is it.