There is a widespread belief in the West that women are inherently "passive" and men are naturally "active" To the Hindu mind, this belief is clearly nonsense. In the Hindu tradition, active power is always thought of as feminine while passive stability is masculine. Hindu know that women get just as much of the work done in the world as men do, if not more. And what male warrior is as fierce and furious as a mother protecting her young?
The sanskrit word for power or energy is shakti. Shakti is also the generic name for the Goddesses, so her worshippers are called Shaktas. No male deity can accomplish anything without his Shakti, his female consort. She is his strength and power of accomplishment. Some goddesses are married. Others are independent feminine powers of limitless intelligence and capacity.
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