Known to many and revered across India and United States Didi Ma Shivani or Guru Ma, has been directly under the aegis of Divine Mother Kali; to be precise Mother’s Bhavatarini – Brahmamayi aspect that used to appear to her from an early age, always from Dakshineshwar, a place she had never been to, or didn’t know about at that time.  The journey of decades does include many profoundly influential leaders of the past century; siddhas, bhaktas and men of knowledge, then the advent of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother in the subtle form, and last but not least a meeting with the Guru of the gurus Sri Dattatreya in physical form who is considered the source of all forms of yoga (paths) in India.  Ma speaks of them all with great reverence and love. She believes that all these experiences made her consciousness global by which she recognizes and respects all paths equally.  In her company the latent Shakti (power) of a being begins to awaken thus opening the pathway for the aspirant to walk the spiritual journey.  By doing so, a grand personal transformation begins to take place granted the student regularly does work on his/her part.  For that’s when the flame from within shines its best.  While there is much more to be said about Ma, at the moment I leave you with the famous quotation of (the Gita) by the great Swami Vivekananda: “As the different streams having their sources in different paths which men take through different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to Thee.”  For Ma it was the Divine Mother Kali in whom merged all and who claimed her as her own in every way.