ANUGRAHA ( Shiva's Grace, in lifting the veil of Maya)
I had an amusing thought on seeing this pic: After actually creating the entire Universe, Shiva and Ma Shakti take cover. Not that they are hiding from anything, but by concealing their own identity, they are adding to the great mystery of the play.
Now, in the understanding of the Rishis of Kashmir, among His several attributes, Shiva has 5 principal powers along with His inseparable Shakti that pertain to rolling the great drama of the Universe:
Sristi : Creation (of the world )
Sthiti : Sustenance ( of this created world )
Samhara : The dissolution of the world back into themselves.
These 3 processes normally attributed to Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh ( Shiva) constitute pretty much the processes of time cycles, or the age of the Universe itself, spanning endless Yugas in a cosmic continuum of birth and re-birth. But in Shaivite understanding ,it is Shiva and Shakti who do it all.
And then there are the two powers that take all this to the realm of spiritual seeing..:
Vilaya : We cannot 'see' clearly enough the role of Shivashakti in the functioning of the world, because there is a veil on our mortal eyes.We know this as 'Maya" . So 'on stage' is the drama of our own lives in this world, but we do not know who it is being supported by ..!
Anugraha : When, after lifetimes of devotion and meditation, Shiva graces us by lifting the spiritual veil, or draws the curtain to let us understand what is being done "back stage' we suddenly see it all as it actually is in its full reality!'
That, is the amazing Lila of Shiva Shakti.
Now a special mention about the word Samhara:
After creation ( Brahma) and preservation ( Vishnu)
Samhara, the role of Shiva has always been thought of, as 'destruction' and we all know Shiva as the God of destruction, do we not? But the Shaivite rishi knows dissolution as something completely different from the destruction of the world: He, devotedly understands it to be the destruction of this cloud of Maya between us and God, so he actually prays for this destruction, and the gifting of spiritual eyes to see that he is , in fact in the vicinity of his Lord in Sivalok, once and for all.
The meaning of Sam- Hara also means simply that: In the vicinity of Hara, Shiva.
I wonder again, are Shiva Parvati taking cover, or slipping the blanket off the eyes of the Universe .
Aum ShivaShakti Namaye.
Shail Gulhati is the author of the books :
SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.
The Yogi and the snake
Shiva Poetry
NAAM ROOP- A Tribute to the Divine
And Life Said.
Available on Amazon E books :
https://www.amazon.in/dp/
I had an amusing thought on seeing this pic: After actually creating the entire Universe, Shiva and Ma Shakti take cover. Not that they are hiding from anything, but by concealing their own identity, they are adding to the great mystery of the play.
Now, in the understanding of the Rishis of Kashmir, among His several attributes, Shiva has 5 principal powers along with His inseparable Shakti that pertain to rolling the great drama of the Universe:
Sristi : Creation (of the world )
Sthiti : Sustenance ( of this created world )
Samhara : The dissolution of the world back into themselves.
These 3 processes normally attributed to Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh ( Shiva) constitute pretty much the processes of time cycles, or the age of the Universe itself, spanning endless Yugas in a cosmic continuum of birth and re-birth. But in Shaivite understanding ,it is Shiva and Shakti who do it all.
And then there are the two powers that take all this to the realm of spiritual seeing..:
Vilaya : We cannot 'see' clearly enough the role of Shivashakti in the functioning of the world, because there is a veil on our mortal eyes.We know this as 'Maya" . So 'on stage' is the drama of our own lives in this world, but we do not know who it is being supported by ..!
Anugraha : When, after lifetimes of devotion and meditation, Shiva graces us by lifting the spiritual veil, or draws the curtain to let us understand what is being done "back stage' we suddenly see it all as it actually is in its full reality!'
That, is the amazing Lila of Shiva Shakti.
Now a special mention about the word Samhara:
After creation ( Brahma) and preservation ( Vishnu)
Samhara, the role of Shiva has always been thought of, as 'destruction' and we all know Shiva as the God of destruction, do we not? But the Shaivite rishi knows dissolution as something completely different from the destruction of the world: He, devotedly understands it to be the destruction of this cloud of Maya between us and God, so he actually prays for this destruction, and the gifting of spiritual eyes to see that he is , in fact in the vicinity of his Lord in Sivalok, once and for all.
The meaning of Sam- Hara also means simply that: In the vicinity of Hara, Shiva.
I wonder again, are Shiva Parvati taking cover, or slipping the blanket off the eyes of the Universe .
Aum ShivaShakti Namaye.
Shail Gulhati is the author of the books :
SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.
The Yogi and the snake
Shiva Poetry
NAAM ROOP- A Tribute to the Divine
And Life Said.
Available on Amazon E books :
https://www.amazon.in/dp/
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Anuraga anubhava anubhanda Aradhana🙏💝 selflessly dedication to such an enigmatic charm (SHIVA)
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