Lord Shiva In Deep Meditation : Whom Does He Meditate Upon

* Lord Shiva In Deep Meditation : Whom Does He Meditate Upon *

Lord Shiva is the Ultimate Reality. He is both Yogeshwara (Supreme deity of all yoga paths) and Yogishwara, i.e. the Master and teacher of all Great yogis(yoga practitioners/Masters). So, we all meditate on him. In Kundalini Yoga, we merge with Lord Shiva by the help of his consort, Mother Kundalini(Shridevi Parvati).

Generally, in any Lord Shiva’s picture we see him in a sitting posture engrossed in deep meditation. This is somewhat puzzling! Right?

So, we are now very curious to know:

Whom does the Lord Shiva meditate upon?

It is both funny and intriguing question indeed! Short answer: Lord Shiva meditates upon himself. Now, let us delve into greater depths.

Lord Shiva is the full and complete Ultimate Reality himself. There is no need to meditate on anybody else! In other words, he is always happy and contented being himself. So, he doesn’t have to do anything to seek happiness anywhere outside.

Everything resides within him. So,there is no object of meditation. He is the one and only subject. There is no external object. Here is another interesting question:

You said “Lord Shiva meditates on himself”. But, why?

The supreme bliss(ananda) is the essential nature of Lord Shiva, who is also the Universal Self. It is the Lord’s nature to dwell in his own bliss. According to Scriptures Shaiva agamas, Lord Shiva is static and his dynamic power is Devi Parvathi. So, he sits and meditates. He carries out various activities through his power, i.e. Devi Parvati.