Kathamrita Volume II - Swami Vivekananda

now comes and reveals herself.”Mani is wondering why God makes one runaround restlessly. Thakur immediately says, “Itis Her will that there should be some runningaround. Only then is there fun. He has createdthis universe in sport. That is what Mahamayais. One must, therefore, take refuge in thatMother, the embodiment of Shakti (Power).One has been bound in the meshes of maya. Bytearing its net, one can have the vision of theLord.”Primal Energy [22] , Mahamaya and worship of ShaktiSri Ramakrishna — To obtain His grace, onemust keep the Primal Energy, Shakti, pleased.She Herself is indeed Mahamaya. Byenchanting the world, She creates, preservesand dissolves. It is She who has deluded ourspiritual awareness. One can enter the dooronly when She allows us through. When one isoutside, one can see only outer objects – onecannot know the Supreme Eternal Person, Satchit-ananda[23] . Therefore the Puranas state:Brahma and other gods sang hymns of praise toMahamaya at the time of the assassination ofdemons Madhu and Kaitabha [24] .“Shakti is at the root of the universe. Sheincludes both knowledge [25] andignorance [26] . Ignorance deludes and enchants