SHIVA.....THE DIVINE DARKNESS

DEAR READERS,

IN TODAY"S WORLD , "SHIVA" IS REFERRED TO AS THE HINDU DEITY WHO IS WORSHIPED ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR THE WELL BEING OF PEOPLE. HE IS REGARDED AS THE POWERFUL SOURCE OF ENERGY. IF YOU ASK PEOPLE WHO IS HE EXACTLY...WHAT ANSWERS DO YOU EXPECT ??? WHAT EXACTLY PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT HIM !!!!!

1. THE HINDU GOD WHO IS WORSHIPED AND LISTENS TO THE PRAYER OF PEOPLE EARLIER THAN ANY OTHER DEITY. ISN'T IT INTERESTING???? WHICH MEANS THAT THERE IS ALWAYS A RACE OR COMPETITION GOING ON BETWEEN THE GODS....WHO WILL LISTEN TO THE DEVOTEE FIRST AND SHIVA---THE GOD WINS THE PRIZE. IT OBVIOUSLY DEPENDS ON HOW YOU WORSHIP HIM.

2. OTHERS WILL SAY THAT, A CHARISMATIC DANCER AND THE GOD WHO IS VERY CALM AND QUITE. BUT WHEN HE SHOWS HIS ANGER, HE CAN DESTROY THE WHOLE UNIVERSE WITH THE THIRD EYE. HE IS THE ONE BEHIND THE CONCEPT OF "NATARAJ"---- THE DANCING SCULPTURE OF LORD SHIVA AND IS REGARDED AS THE CREATOR OF THE DANCE FORM. ALL CLASSICAL DANCERS SPECIALLY WORSHIP  HIM AS THE ENERGY OF DANCE COMES FROM HIM.
IN THE PICTURE , YOU CAN SEE LORD SHIVA IN THE AVATAR OF NATARAJ. BUT, THERE IS NO MOON ON THE TOP ...INSTEAD A CROWN WHICH HE NEVER USES. ALSO, THE TRIDENT KNOWN AS TRISHUL IS ABSENT.  THIS MEANS , THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS AND FORMS IN WHICH HE IS WORSHIPED.

3. TODAY'S GENERATION CONSIDERS HIM AS THE MOST COOLEST GOD WHICH MEANS THAT HE WAS THE LORD WHO DIDN'T WORRY ABOUT THE DRESSING SENSE OR HIS DAILY ROUTINE. HE DID YOGA BUT USED TO CONSUME WEED. HE WAS CALM BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE HE WAS A DANCER OF ANOTHER LEVEL.  A PERSON WITH PROPER MUSCULAR BODY AND ABS AND LONG HAIRS.

BUT IS THIS THE DESCRIPTION OF LORD SHIVA OR GENERALLY "SHIVA". WHAT IS HIS ORIGIN?????WHERE DOES HE COME FROM?????

ACTUALLY IF WE SEARCH THE EXACT MEANING OF "SHIVA", IT SAYS "THAT WHICH IS NOT".IN OTHER WORDS IT MEANS "NOTHING". THE BASIS OF EXISTENCE AND THE FUNDAMENTAL QUALITY OF COSMOS IS VAST NOTHINGNESS. THE GALAXIES ARE VERY SMALL AND TINY FIGURES IN FRONT OF IT. JUST A SPRINKLE IN FRONT OF IT.
OTHER ARE ALL VAST EMPTY SPACE....THE WOMB FROM WHICH EVERYTHING IS BORN AND EVERYTHING IS SUCKED INSIDE.

SO IF WE GO DEEP INTO IT , IT SAYS SHIVA IS DARKNESS  WHICH IS ETERNAL. THIS IS BECAUSE LIGHT IS NOT ETERNAL.....THE SOURCE MIGHT HAVE SOME END TO IT.DARKNESS  IS MUCH BIGGER THAN LIGHT,NOTHING NEEDS TO BURN..HENCE IT IS ETERNAL. HENCE,SHIVA IS ETERNAL...THE ENERGY THAT WOULD NEVER END.
WE CAN CALL HIM "THE DIVINE DARKNESS".

ANOTHER DESCRIPTION TO SHIVA DATES BACK TO HISTORY. "THE ADIYOGI" OR "THE FIRST YOGI". WE ALL KNOW THAT LORD SHIVA USED TO AND STILL RESIDES IN THE LAP OF HIMALAYAS. BUT HOW DID HE REACH THERE...?????
BEING THE ADIYOGI , HE CAN BE REGARDED AS THE MAN BEHIND YOGIC SCIENCE WHAT WE SEE AND STUDY TODAY. PEOPLE HAVE A THINKING THAT YOGA IS JUST A FORM OF EXERCISE , BUT IT IS MORE THAN THAT.

EVEN THE HISTORY SAYS THAT YOGA IS THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY THAT IS USED TO KNOW HOW THE LIFE IS CREATED AND HOW YOU CAN TAKE TO ULTIMATE POSSIBILITY. A QUESTION MIGHT POP UP THAT WHY THEN TODAY WE DON'T FIND SUCH POSSIBILITIES. WE HAVE MANY YOGA GURUS BUT THEY ALSO DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER HOW THE LIFE IS CREATED AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS. THIS IS POINT WHERE THE ULTIMATE POSSIBILITY COMES.

WE HAVE HEARD THAT IN OLDER DAYS KINGS AND SAGES USED TO SIT AND CONCENTRATE TOWARDS GOD FOR HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF YEARS WITH LONG BEARD,WITHOUT EVEN EATING AND DRINKING. THAT IS WHERE WE FIND THE LEVEL OF CONCENTRATION AND YOGA...WHAT IT CAN DO TO A SIMPLE HUMAN BEING.

SO , IF WE TALK ABOUT THE SECOND DESCRIPTION, IT SAYS THAT SHIVA CAN BE A SIMPLE PERSON WHO CAME TO HIMALAYAS AND DISCOVERED THE MAGIC OF YOGA. A PERSON WHO KEPT ON CONCENTRATING AND DOING IT AND FINALLY GOT ENLIGHTENED  AS HE FOUND THE SECRET OF LIFE.
IT IS BEING SAID THAT THE FIRST TRANSMISSION OF YOGIC SCIENCES WAS FOUND IN KANTI SAROVAR SITUATED NEAR KEDARNATH WHERE YOU CAN ALSO FIND THE TEMPLE OF LORD SHIVA.

SO, THIS WHOLE REFERENCE OF BEING A YOGI OR NON-BEING CAN BE SAME AT A CERTAIN POINT. BECAUSE A YOGI WITH A PURE EXISTENCE WOULD HAVE EXPERIENCED IT COMPLETELY. BECAUSE THE YOGI WOULD HAVE HOLD THE EXISTENCE AS AN EXPERIENCE ..... THEN THAT PERSON WOULD HAVE TO BE A NON-BEING. BECAUSE NOTHINGNESS HOLDS EVERYTHING. WE CAN DESCRIBE YOGI AND NON-BEING AS SAME BECAUSE THERE WOULD ALWAYS BE A MEETING POINT BETWEEN THESE TWO THINGS. BUT AS WE ALL KNOW INDIA IS A DIALECTICAL CULTURE, WE WILL MIX BOTH OF THEM OR JUMP TO BOTH OF THEM EFFORTLESSLY.

ON A PERSONAL NOTE , IF I COULD HAVE TRAVELED BACK TO HISTORY, I WOULD ALWAYS HATE TO SIT IN FRONT OF A PAINTER TO BE A PAINTING BECAUSE I WILL GET ASSUMED IN THAT WAY.  THAT IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH OUR DEITIES.
WE HAVE ASSUMED LORD SHIVA  AS A BLUE COLORED MAN WITH CHUBBY CHEEKS AND A TRISHUL ASIDE....REMOVE THE TRISHUL AN HAND OVER A FLUTE...THEN HE BECOMES LORD KRISHNA AND THE LIST GOES ON.

THERE IS NO PARTICULAR IMAGE OF ANY GOD OR GODDESS... WE HAVE ASSUMED THEM AS SUCH. THIS CAME FROM AN INNER REALIZATION. WORSHIP AND RESPECT THEM AS A SOURCE OF ENERGY, INSPIRATION, TRUTH AND DIGNITY. NEVER LOSE YOUR HOPE ON THAT ENERGY BECAUSE IT GIVES US THE FAITH THAT SOMEONE IS LOOKING AFTER US AND WE ARE SAFE AND SOUND TILL THE POINT HE/SHE IS THERE. THE SOURCE IS AND ALWAYS BE ETERNAL.