THE ONE BEFORE US ALL
One thing that stood out clearly in the descriptions, was that there was much paradox about Him. The moment anyone thought they understood one aspect of Him, immediately another would come and juxtapose itself in contrast.
And that was the way He was known by most people: As the greatest enigma in the pantheon of the hindu Gods, No one was ever sure of His antiquity, or His antecedents; none knew who His parents were, or if He was actually a sibling to the Vedic Gods. Some said He was Brahma’s son, others asserted He was Swayambhu, the Self-created, who, after manifesting Himself, in fact, created Brahma also.
Every search for Him spiraled into a concentricity of a higher realm. Even after hearing about Him endlessly, one would come back to the same mystery, What was His story, really? Where were His origins? Why was He called Rudra the terrible, in one breath and also Pasupati, Lord of all creatures, in another?
His one thousand and eight other epithets that had astounding ramifications in their tributes, left so many tracks to follow.
He seemed to be all-pervasive.
This Omnipresence had a magical effect; it veiled Him.
And that was the way He was known by most people: As the greatest enigma in the pantheon of the hindu Gods, No one was ever sure of His antiquity, or His antecedents; none knew who His parents were, or if He was actually a sibling to the Vedic Gods. Some said He was Brahma’s son, others asserted He was Swayambhu, the Self-created, who, after manifesting Himself, in fact, created Brahma also.
Every search for Him spiraled into a concentricity of a higher realm. Even after hearing about Him endlessly, one would come back to the same mystery, What was His story, really? Where were His origins? Why was He called Rudra the terrible, in one breath and also Pasupati, Lord of all creatures, in another?
His one thousand and eight other epithets that had astounding ramifications in their tributes, left so many tracks to follow.
He seemed to be all-pervasive.
This Omnipresence had a magical effect; it veiled Him.
“He is The God,” ancient rishis emphasised, and in their tedious manuscripts, added, “Ultimately, of All things.”
“Time and again He has appeared on the scene and time and again, He has vanished. No one knows where He comes from.
The one thing that’s almost certain is, that even when He appears to us for the first time, the records of our forefathers remind us that He has been here before. He has been here before us all and so, no one knows where He comes from, or when He was born,” they repeated.
“Time and again He has appeared on the scene and time and again, He has vanished. No one knows where He comes from.
The one thing that’s almost certain is, that even when He appears to us for the first time, the records of our forefathers remind us that He has been here before. He has been here before us all and so, no one knows where He comes from, or when He was born,” they repeated.
~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.
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