ARDHANARISHWAR
A fabulous painting of the Divine Parents in perfect repose and Balance. Lord Shiva on the right side is the mystic, intuitive, transcendent and pure Being, whereas Devi parvati on the left stands for all manifestation,pragmatic, nature loving , pure becoming. The artist has very delicately indicated Parvati as Mother Nature, Mother of all creation by painting a dear springing from her side!
Shiva is everything as the ultimate consciousness. But when He manifests in form, it is male. Here too, He is inseparable from His consort, parvati, who is female, together they are called Ardhanarishwar, the God that is indistinguishable in gender.
Ardhanarishwar, the androgynous representation, of Shivji and Parvati, is an extremely beautiful Shaivic symbolism. It denotes the perfect repose of Prakasa (illumination) and vimarasa (reflection of that illumination on itself, therefore its power, to do).
This is yin yang, being and becoming, wu and wei, Shiva and Shakti, in physics, potential and kinetic energy.
The paintings that depict Ardhanarishwar, however, have their limitation, as all symbols must. Obviously thought out before the technology of 3D pics, their limitation is that they makes you think of ShivaShakti as half of Shiva and the other of Shakti, which it certainly is not.
Shiva, is Shakti, Shakti is Shiva..its like a thing, and its 'in herent" quality, like fire and heat.The Ardhanarishwar is the HIGHEST YOGA between Being and becoming!!
Perhaps This kind of a 3D representation, which shows Shakti separate from Shiva when seen from far,But as ONE as you approach the picture, would be a closer representation.This, does not, of course, in any way lessen the unique representation thought out by the earlier pictures by ancient seers.
This is another pointer too, that Godhead is never referred to in a particular sex, technically, consciousness is not a 'He", nor a 'She", but Everythingness. Aum Namah Shivaya!!
Shiva is everything as the ultimate consciousness. But when He manifests in form, it is male. Here too, He is inseparable from His consort, parvati, who is female, together they are called Ardhanarishwar, the God that is indistinguishable in gender.
Ardhanarishwar, the androgynous representation, of Shivji and Parvati, is an extremely beautiful Shaivic symbolism. It denotes the perfect repose of Prakasa (illumination) and vimarasa (reflection of that illumination on itself, therefore its power, to do).
This is yin yang, being and becoming, wu and wei, Shiva and Shakti, in physics, potential and kinetic energy.
The paintings that depict Ardhanarishwar, however, have their limitation, as all symbols must. Obviously thought out before the technology of 3D pics, their limitation is that they makes you think of ShivaShakti as half of Shiva and the other of Shakti, which it certainly is not.
Shiva, is Shakti, Shakti is Shiva..its like a thing, and its 'in herent" quality, like fire and heat.The Ardhanarishwar is the HIGHEST YOGA between Being and becoming!!
Perhaps This kind of a 3D representation, which shows Shakti separate from Shiva when seen from far,But as ONE as you approach the picture, would be a closer representation.This, does not, of course, in any way lessen the unique representation thought out by the earlier pictures by ancient seers.
This is another pointer too, that Godhead is never referred to in a particular sex, technically, consciousness is not a 'He", nor a 'She", but Everythingness. Aum Namah Shivaya!!
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