AWAKE TO THE KNOWING OF WHO HE IS

 

AWAKE TO THE KNOWING OF WHO HE IS

Sometimes, Shiva appears to sleep,

but in between guarding Him, Nandiji peeps,

and smiles, knowing that the Lord does dream, and knows too, the deep dreamless state called sleep,

but He is always awake.

When asked by the Ganas for this Shiva gyan,

Nandi bellows:

This is not about the opening of the eyelids

but the knowing in every bone and muscle,

every vein and every breath the knowing

of who He is.

Shiva the lord, Mahadev.

the One we love

The great God, Shiv, dancer of the Universe

at the start of it all

He is the poet and writer of the whole

His single poem is the making of the world,

the down to earth ruler of the sky,

that Lord, whilst grounded does always fly!

In His pristine Turiya state , which is the fourth,

beyond dream sleep and waking.

Namah Shivaye,

Aum Namah Shivaye!

~ Shail Gulhati: Shiva and Mysticism.