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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.
A mixing of the time worlds, in the stillness of
now.
This would enable them not only to rejoice in the essential Oneness, but also
enable the group to bring forth and introduce characters into the play that
were hitherto unknown to the other.
Everything
would just become a divine moment, a
climax of the life lived. Samadhi.
The magical moment of transcendence was loved by the wise seers. They
understood a divine sound, a divine vibration for it, and whispered it almost
inaudibly…“AUM”.
The art of the littlest point.
A whole infinity reduced to a dot. And the dot crowned the Aum, represented by crowning the syllable ॐ.
Aum, was always in the now. Samadhi was a moment of the future mingled with the past. The
seers understood that Samadhi was the grace of Shiva, it was the ultimate
revelation about the Self.
He knew a perfect stillness.
When He sat alone, He was in deepest oneness, always. When He closed His eyes
in self-repose, a most enigmatic dance presented itself to Him; a dance of Time;
where the past and the future got animated as players and themselves entertained
Him , like performers in a carnival. It had dawned on Him that He was an
eternal witness, and thus too, the realisation that the story of all life, was His story.
~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller. by Shail Gulhati
Availabe on Amazon : http://www.amazon.com/dp/B017ECI6CU
and for INDIA exclusively:
https://www.amazon.in/dp/B017ECI6CU
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/B07HVY1PPS (INDIA)https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HVY1PPS ( USA)
Dear friends and Shiva bhakts,
we all know the story of how Shiva volunteered to receive Ganga on His
head when she had to descend to earth from the heavens for the
upliftment of humanity, both living, and the dead. But, she was so full
of Divinity that the very earth she was coming to purify would not have
been able to take the impact of the torrential 'weight' of her Gyana
or satvikta! Shiva stepped forward to make His own matlocks a landing
pad for her, Shiva's Yogic hair already contained the ultimate
Gyana,infinite Divinity within, and could receive an infinite amount
more.
This reminds us of the Purna prayer from the teachings
of the ancient hindu rishis, in the Isha Upanishad, which is the first
Upanishad.
ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्पूर्णमुदच्यते ।
पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते ॥
Om Puurnnam-Adah Puurnnam-Idam Puurnnaat-Puurnnam-Udacyate |Puurnnasya Puurnnam-Aadaaya Puurnnam-Eva-Avashissyate ||
Meaning:
Fullness 'that' (Outer World)
Fullness 'this' (Inner World)
From Purna is manifested Purna (From the Fullness of Divine Consciousness within, the outside world is manifested),
Even after manifesting a whole Purna from itself, Purna still remains the same.
Shaivites believe that Shiva is the Adi Purnam, the Original Fullness,
therefore no amount of giving or receiving Gyana will affect His own
Fullness in any way. And this makes it easier to understand why Shiva
has a nature of taking every cosmic event upon His own head, be it the
Samundra manthan or then, the reception of Ganga.
Aum Namah Shivaye
~ Shail Gulhati , Author of :
SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.
Shiva Poetry
The Yogi and the snake
And Life Said.
NAAM ROOP- A Tribute to the Divine
Available on Amazon : http://www.amazon.com/dp/B017ECI6CU
Dear Shiva Bhakts, 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
Available on Amazon as an E book
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B017ECI6CU
and for INDIA exclusively:
https://www.amazon.in/dp/B017ECI6CU
art by Vrindavan das.
