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Brahma is composed of cosmic consciousness, called Shiva, and cosmic energy, called Shakti, and it exists in two states. Like flowers and their fragrance or fire and its burning, Shiva and Shakti are inseparable. Understanding this oneness is essential. Religion often divorces Shiva from Shakti, saying that God and creation are different and separate. But both Tantric science and modern physics contend that consciousness is one, whether manifest or unmanifest.

In the very beginning Brahma is so pure that it has no sense of existence. It is beyond anything we can imagine. Shakti, the latent creative force, is composed of three tendencies or forces. The sentient tendency imparts the sense of existence and also the feelings of happiness and relief. It awakens the desire to seek liberation from bondage. It is the force of life, of luster and beauty. The mutative tendency is the sense of action, of growth; it activates the “I.” The static tendency is that which gives the results of action, which binds action to reaction. It is the force of stagnation and death.

These transforming qualities are apparent in every object of the created universe. One of these is always dominant, as the play of forces moves from one to the other. The life force of the mutative tendency is what dominates as a flower blossoms in the spring. As long as the mutative tendency prevails, the sentient tendency glows from within. But when the force of the mutative tendency is spent, the static tendency predominates, and the luster of the sentient tendency fades; the flower wilts and dies.