53 SIVA
She who is the personification of Shiva.
She who is the personification of Shiva.
Here Shiva means her people, it is us.Shiva symbolizes devotion,concentration,dedication and time and again it was been narrated in different stories that shiva without sakthi is powerless This is to show that the ardent devotee of the Maha Maaya is Shiva.The image of Shiva is that of yogic posture,implying to the world that Sakthi is inseperable from her devotees. We are immortal souls living and growing in the great school of earthly experience in which we have lived many lives. Vedic rishis have given us courage by uttering the simple truth, "God is the Life of our life." A great sage carried it further by saying, there is one thing God cannot do: God cannot separate Himself from us. This is because God is our life. God is the life in the birds. God is the life in the fish. God is the life in the animals. Becoming aware of this Life energy in all that lives is becoming aware of God's loving presence within us. We are the undying consciousness and energy flowing through all things. Deep inside we are perfect this very moment, and we have only to discover and live up to this perfection to be whole. Our energy and God's energy are the same, ever coming out of the void. We are all beautiful children of God. Each day we should try to see the life energy in trees, birds, animals and people. When we do, we are seeing Shiva in action. The Vedas affirm, "He who knows God as the Life of life, the Eye of the eye, the Ear of the ear, the Mind of the mind--he indeed comprehends fully the Cause of all causes." Secondly when we think of of ourselves we all want to be one with god through self realization and we often tell ourselves we cannot be seperated from the trust we have for god.So here god becomes inseperable.So bhakthi is shiva,our mind is shiva,our devotion is shiva and our action is shivaness.that is why shiva becomes her personification. The realization of the Self, Parashiva, is the destiny of each soul, attainable through renunciation, sustained meditation and frying the seeds of karmas yet to germinate. It is the gateway to moksha, liberation from rebirth. The Self lies beyond the thinking mind, beyond the feeling nature, beyond action or any movement of even the highest state of consciousness. The Self God is more solid than a neutron star, more elusive than empty space, more intimate than thought and feeling. It is ultimate reality itself, the innermost Truth all seekers seek. It is well worth striving for. It is well worth struggling to bring the mind under the dominion of the will. After the Self is realized, the mind is seen for the unreality that it truly is. Because Self Realization must be experienced in a physical body, the soul cycles back again and again into flesh to dance with Shakthi, live with Shakthi and ultimately merge with Shakthi in undifferentiated oneness. Jiva is actually Shiva. The Vedas explain, "As water poured into water, milk poured into milk, ghee into ghee become one without differentiation, even so the individual soul and the Supreme Self become one." Did you know that the dancing shiva could depict the soul.?All motion begins in God and ends in God. The whole universe is engaged in a whirling flow of change and activity. This is Siva's dance. We are all dancing Siva, and she with us. Ultimately, we are Sivas and in us sakthi dwells. The same meaning is given in Ananda lahiri
"Shivah shakthya yukto yadi bhavati shaktah prabhavitum
Na chedevam devo na khalu kusalah spanditumapi;
Atas tvam aradhyam Hari-Hara-Virinchadibhir api
Pranantum stotum vaa katham akrta-punyah prabhavati"
Lord Shiva, only becomes able.
To do creation in this world along with Shakthi
Without her, Even an inch he cannot move,And so how can,
one who does not do good deeds,Or one who does not sing your praise,
Become adequate to worship youOh , goddess mine,
Who is worshipped by the trinity.
So he who realises Himself and he who connects himself with God,becomes immortal and remains one with GOD.
