where i got my creative outpouring from

"The significance of Mother worship to a real sadhaka (spiritual aspirant) is to feel that he and his universe are nothing but media for the manifestation of one all-pervading Power - the Power of God (Maya), the Power that is one with God. Not merely to understand intellectually, but to realize in each and every one of his cells that he lives and moves and has his being in the divine Power that is both immanent and transcendent. All spiritual endeavors of a true devotee of Shakti aim at the realization that his self, including his body, mind and spirit, is an instrument through which the great Mother produces the song of life - a song infinitely varies in tunes and melodies."

-Great Women Of India, pp. 79-80.
-Quoted in the book Kali, The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar