It may be interesting to discuss the basic idea of energy, or the
principle
of energy. Basic energy is called sunyata, the energy of sunyata. And
from
this energy of sunyata, or of emptiness or voidness, rises the active
energy, which is called the dakini, or the feminine, principle of
energy.
The dakini energy is all pervading energy within our state of mind.
Often
this energy manifests as either destructive or positive. Thus, the
dakini
principle of energy also seems to describe the source of chaos in the
world, whether there may be war, or famine, or the confusion in
people's
minds. Everything is caused by this dakini principle of energy,
including
positive aspects of situations as well. That is say, there should be an
intuitive understanding of how this principle, as the symbolic aspect
of
mind, can be used in the world so that a person is able to use it and
live
with it as a kind of inspiration.

From "Challenge from a Wise Demoness," an unpublished talk by Chogyam
Trungpa, given in 1970 as part of a seminar on the 100,000 Songs of
Milarepa, at Karme-Choling, Vermont. Edited by Lisa Teitlebaum and
Robin
Kornman.

All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used by
permission.