Wonderful! Shakti — power, ability. The fundamental forces acting in the Universe. They arise from the Absolute in the forms of goddesses; through yoga practices, these powers can be attained—telepathy and others. Shakti
(Shakti) Literally: “power, ability.” First and foremost, this is the name given to the fundamental forces acting and manifesting in the manifested Universe. They are believed to arise from the unified foundation and source of all existence, the supreme and universal Brahman (see), or the Absolute (see), which is the causeless cause of everything that exists. These forces of the manifested Universe are often represented in the forms of goddesses dwelling in our world and serving as the feminine counterparts to the three divisions of power known as Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma (see), which exist beyond the manifested Universe. The currents of feminine, or manifested, forces are not limited, however, to those three fundamental manifestations associated with creation, preservation, and destruction, which are realized in the material and intellectual aspects of the manifested world and remain in constant interplay with one another, preserving their perpetual balance. These three manifestations are depicted as Saraswati, the consort of Brahma and patroness of the arts; Lakshmi, the consort of Vishnu, goddess of prosperity and well-being; and Parvati, Shiva’s wife, who in some aspects of her activity appears in the form of Kali. These shaktis branch out into lesser forces, represented by letters the alphabet on the petals of lotuses, or chakras (see Chakra) of the human body, in which not only gods but also goddesses symbolically dwell. Shakti as powers that can be attained at various stages of yoga practice can be classified as follows:
Jnanashakti are associated with perceptive abilities such as clairvoyance, clairaudience, telepathy, psychometry, extending to divination using tea leaves, crystal balls, amber, and clouds, as well as the interpretation of omens. All of these are essential ways of stopping thought, since one deals with random forms rather than rational images and sequences of symbols.