Today is 4th of July. Known as the America day. But closer Home, In India , it was the day that the cyclonic Swami Vivekananda Left His body to merge with the Universal Consciousness,that we call God. A few years back i found this picture on the net somebody made of swamiji looking like Shivji. In the absolute terms, ALL IS SHIVA.In bhakti terms the Bhakt longs to merge with His own Ishta. It is true that a few times, on Shivratri the Swami played the role of Shivji for His Guru bhais! But of course considered Himself only a Bhakt of Shivji and Ma. According to His own Guru Ramakrishna, He had a great nature of Shiva!
Here is a bit sourced from the written books of and on Swami Vivekananda:
In one of Vivekananda's early visits, Sri Ramakrishna said to him :'Behold, in you is Shiva! And in me is Shakti! And these two are One!'
According to the testimony the Mother-guided Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda is 'Siva', born 'to bring spiritual consciousness to people'
Swami Vivekananda had great fascination for Lord Shiva during his childhood. As he grew older his love for Shiva, the Lord of monks and yogis deepened. And now in the Himalayas, the abode of the Great God,the thought of Him was uppermost in the Swami's mind.
`Yes!' he said of Shiva one day, `He is the Great God, calm, beautiful
and silent; and I am His great worshipper'
during his stay in Kashmir, Swami Vivekananda was in a different world altogether. Visions of Shri Amarnath, Mother Kali and
Kshir Bhavani remained always with him. Later at Belur Math he said :
"Since visiting Amarnath, I feel as though Shiva were sitting on my
head for twenty-four hours a day and will not come down."
There are many more records of episodes that showed this nature, including one of Naga Sadhus En route to Amarnath declaring the Swami to be possessed of great Shiva power, being his supreme Bhakt.
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