Excerpt from "Kali's Oddiya"

"Strict control of the mind is not necessary. Only constant practice of ritual and intent is required."

"Ritual consists of actions done with intent. Meaning is irrelevant. Intellectual understanding of the ritual and the chants is counterproductive to the fostering of faith and intent...in the beginning some rituals are for integrating karmas into the intent. this produces bliss instead of guilt. Later, there are rituals that probe and extract power from Nature. Then there are rituals that convert this power into expanded awareness and growing freedom." The power and grace of the adept is vastly important.

"If karmas force sensual desires in your mind, then let them have their way. These thoughts come only now and then. But soon after they subside, use your free will and perform tenfold actions of a divine nature. By allowing the karmas to bloom, you will release energy trapped in them, thus exhausting the karmas. by performing acts of a divine nature, you will build up karmas that will you to the Divine Mother.
"On the other hand, if you project revulsion toward these karmas--shut them off and negate them--you will only succeed in creating a dark shadow person out of all these desires inside yourself. Once you have given life to the shadow being, it demands to be fed. When you deprive it of food--fulfillment of its desires--you act violently toward it. This is nothing but self violence, and that is the very first thing these scriptures ask you not to do."

"Do not split your mind with these cogitations. The Divine Mother loves, and this sensory world is Her beautiful body. All your desires are fragmented attempts at adoring and experiencing Her divine beauty."

"Only surrender can manifest worship. Acts of passion, if sanctified, can be transformed into articles of worship." Desire, passion, attachment, etc. are unrefined forms of love, with the highest form of love being worship.

"Lust is an act of violence, and guilt depreciates the joy that life is, and will lead to mental problems." Both lead to bondage. "Lust feeds your self-importance, which draws you into the hands of the demons. Guilt weakens your mind. It splinters the mind, making it feeble and unfit for the pursuit of freedom." Act with intent and complete surrender.

?How can an odiyya have an intent of his own, when he has surrendered?"
"When self-importance if surrendered, all that remains is unlimited awareness and one desire--the desire for freedom. Intent emerges out of these two."