>>13739635>Shiva represents eternal consciousness, Being, Purusha>Kali represents shakti, Prakriti, Becoming, NatureIn this picture, the forces are out of balance, Kali (the Becoming, serpent, shakti) is trampling on her counterpart, Shiva (Being, consciousness). Sometimes the shakti serpent energy overpowers conscioussness.
This is the higher aspects of mind and spirit (the connection to source, i.e. holy spirit, the eternal atman) vs. the vitality of matter (the serpent, kundalini, dragon, i.e. the magnetic base that attempts to climb it’s way back to source through the novelty generation)
In other words: the steadfast sustaining life force (Being) vs. the chaotic evolutionary force (Becoming)