There is a goddess known as Akhilandeshwari, which means “never not broken (akhilanda) goddess of the universe (ishvari).” Her brokenness is her source of power, her formerly one yet now many selves preventing her from becoming a whole, a limitation by dint of it being just one, while each broken piece of her former whole self is a powerful force of its own. She wears Sri Yantra earrings, which alter her powers: instead of threatening and angry, she is mesmerising, transformed from an angry and restricted woman to a goddess with a role of universal governance. Akhilandeshwari only wears the earrings during the day: during the night, her power is not confined but unleashed, which reminds us that she cannot be contained, that no one can remove the mysteriously destructive qualities she possesses, that in fact this brokenness is her power. She is the actual force of the Sri Yantra, and the earrings denote her unity with Siva—the yantra contains the energies of cyclic creation a...