SHIVA- THE GOD OF GODS
Creation,Preservation,and Destruction. It further believes,that God optimizes his attributes in a particular manifestation to enable the execution of a specific process with the greatest efficiency and efficacy, Thus Brahma is the creator of the world, Vishnu incarnates time and again, for he is it’s preserver. Which , in some thinking leaves Shiva as the destroyer of the Universe at the end of a world cycle.
However, this is one view. Those who know Shiva better (the Shaivites), see His role in a different way :
In a world full of changes, something must mark the parameter of permanence, and that permanent principle is Shiva. Shaivites prefer to understand Him as the
"Re-absorber". Their view is :
Shiva is actually Bhairava, one who creates (Va) maintains ( Bha) and finally withdraws the Universe into Himself ( Ra) .
In the beginning,before the world or even time was created, only Shiva Was existent. He was endowed with immense power,Shakti,which is none other than Devi,the eternal consort; The two are inseparable, like Sun and light.
Shiva and Shakti created the world through Brahma and maintained it through Vishnu.
When Shiva enters the world He Himself created , most of us know Him from here,in his popular depiction as Shiva, the Yogi.
He is Dhyanastha-meditative,mindful, beneficent, always immersed in transmitting spiritual guidance,sharing many methods of attainment.
Ultimately, at the end of life, all things are absorbed back to him. But, those few bhaktas are lucky, who get absorbed in Godhead in their current birth, even while retaining their body,that is, before actually dying. This is real attainment. This is real Moksha and jivan mukti for a lover of Shiva.
Aum Namah Shivaye.
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