DEAR SHIV BHAKTAS, did you know, there is a very old shaivite understanding that states Shiva's lila simply , as :
Shiva seems to play the game
of
losing himslef
looking for himself
and finally
finding himself out!
SHIVA'S GAME
“So, too, the whole world was ready to be created; a stage, waiting for Shiva’s own arrival. But there was still one problem.”
“A problem? What problem could God have?” asked Shaunaka.
“Hmm…the problem is, if you already know you are God, you already know that you can do anything , then in a subtle way, it actually lessens the potential to learn about yourself.
To be predictable, lessens the play,” answered Suta.
“Ah! I wouldn’t have thought of that, Gurudeva” said Shaunaka in bewilderment. “To be predictable lessens the play, therefore it must follow, that to be less predictable enhances the learning?”
“Yes” Suta smiled, “You are beginning to understand the play of the Divine”.
“So how does Shiva manage this problem?”
“That, my son is the secret of what God does right after creation!” smiled Suta mysteriously.
“Oh Gurudeva, please… please tell me,” implored Shaunaka.
Suta smiled and spoke softly, in almost a whisper, “In all His magic, Shiva, had the most fascinating magic—that of forgetfulness.”
“I don’t understand, Gurudeva, forgetfulness?”
“Hmm. It was quite simple really, that the master of all memory, would induce to Himself a mystic forgetfulness; a spiritual concussion of sorts, that would temporarily make Him forget the time before He embodied Himself in a role.
“Ah”
“It was called Baindavi Kala. The art of the smallest point. A whole Infinity reduced to a dot,” said Suta enigmatically. And the dot crowned the syllable ॐ.
~ from the book SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller..by Shail Gulhati
art by Vrindavan das.
Shiva seems to play the game
of
losing himslef
looking for himself
and finally
finding himself out!
SHIVA'S GAME
“So, too, the whole world was ready to be created; a stage, waiting for Shiva’s own arrival. But there was still one problem.”
“A problem? What problem could God have?” asked Shaunaka.
“Hmm…the problem is, if you already know you are God, you already know that you can do anything , then in a subtle way, it actually lessens the potential to learn about yourself.
To be predictable, lessens the play,” answered Suta.
“Ah! I wouldn’t have thought of that, Gurudeva” said Shaunaka in bewilderment. “To be predictable lessens the play, therefore it must follow, that to be less predictable enhances the learning?”
“Yes” Suta smiled, “You are beginning to understand the play of the Divine”.
“So how does Shiva manage this problem?”
“That, my son is the secret of what God does right after creation!” smiled Suta mysteriously.
“Oh Gurudeva, please… please tell me,” implored Shaunaka.
Suta smiled and spoke softly, in almost a whisper, “In all His magic, Shiva, had the most fascinating magic—that of forgetfulness.”
“I don’t understand, Gurudeva, forgetfulness?”
“Hmm. It was quite simple really, that the master of all memory, would induce to Himself a mystic forgetfulness; a spiritual concussion of sorts, that would temporarily make Him forget the time before He embodied Himself in a role.
“Ah”
“It was called Baindavi Kala. The art of the smallest point. A whole Infinity reduced to a dot,” said Suta enigmatically. And the dot crowned the syllable ॐ.
~ from the book SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller..by Shail Gulhati
art by Vrindavan das.
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