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Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Activating the Energy of the Goddesses in Your Life

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2015

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Ekabhumi Charles Ellik is an artist, poet, and teacher of classical Hatha yoga. With Sounds True, he has created The Shakti Coloring Book—which is not only a beautifully illustrated coloring book for adults, but also a comprehensive guide to dozens of goddesses and their associated yantras. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon and Ekabhumi speak on how he understands various goddesses and their energetic presence in the world. They also talk about the relationship between the goddesses and yoga—particularly those goddesses that inspired specific yogic postures. Finally, Tami and Ekabhumi discuss the concept of “deity practice” and how inviting specific goddesses into our lives can align us with the great virtues they embody. (68 minutes)

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This program is brought to you by sounds true.com.

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At sounds true.com you can find hundreds of downloadable audio

0:08.0

learning programs, plus books, music, videos, and online courses, and events.

0:14.3

At sounds true.com, we think of ourselves

0:17.2

as a trusted partner on the spiritual journey,

0:20.2

offering diverse, in-depth, and life-changing wisdom.

0:24.0

Sounds True.com, many voices, one journey. You're listening to Insights at the edge. Today my guest is Aikaboomi Charles Ilic.

0:45.8

Aikaboomi is a poet, an artist, a husband, a student,

0:49.6

and a teacher of classical Tontric Hatha Yoga. He holds a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Cal State

0:57.2

Long Beach with an emphasis in figurative art. Yet his creativity is expressed in many ways. With the encouragement of his guru,

1:06.7

Darmenidi Sarsfati, he retired from producing poetry events in 2010 in order to focus on producing sacred art and

1:16.8

teaching. At that time he also became a regular student of Napoli's master painter, Dinesh Charen.

1:26.2

And in 2011, he took a trip to India to study Yantra and the

1:33.2

painting of Devas in the lineage of Halish Johari.

1:35.2

Which sounds true,

1:37.0

Aikabumi has released a new book called

1:40.0

The Shakti Coloring Book, Goddesses, Mondolas, and the Power of Sacred Geometry.

1:48.2

In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Ikeboomie and I spoke about the connection between the practice of yoga and the goddesses of ancient India.

1:57.0

We also talked about how he understands goddesses, as archetypal energies, as embodiments of particular virtues, and as energetic

2:09.0

beings, and most importantly, how our own energy is repattered when we invite goddesses into our life.

2:20.0

Finally, we talked about devotion and the practice of sacred art, and how even someone who is a

2:28.2

beginner in what Ekaboomi deity practice, can begin to relate to the energy of the goddess.

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