Nandi is not waiting for Shiva to come out and say something. He is in waiting. Nandi is a symbolism of eternal waiting, because waiting is considered the greatest virtue in Indian culture. One who knows how to simply sit and wait is naturally meditative.
Nandi is Shiva’s closest accomplice because he is the essence of receptivity. Before you go into a temple, you must have the quality of Nandi – to simply sit. Don’t ask for this or that. Just go and sit. Nandi is not waiting in anticipation or expectation. He is just waiting. That’s meditation.
People have always misunderstood meditation as some kind of activity. No, it is a quality. Prayer means you are trying to talk to God. Meditation means you are willing to just listen to existence, to the ultimate nature of creation. That is the quality of Nandi – He is sitting very active, full of alertness and life, but no expectation or anticipation. That is meditation.
Meditation essentially means the individual person is not doing his own thing. Once you are simply there, you become aware of the larger dimension of the existence, which is always in action. Becoming aware that “I am a part of it” is meditativeness. Nandi is the symbolism of that , he reminds everyone, “You must sit like me.”
Om Namo Nandishwaraya Namah ~ Shivaya Namah Om!
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