Lord Shiva sleeping

 

A lovely pic with Lord Shiva sleeping, like a baby, in his supreme pristinity.

It is said of the true Yogi” He is always awake” But that Awakeness is about always being centred in your Spiritual Self. Sleep, when it is very relaxed, surprisingly puts you in a state of freshness, which is a renewal of your own calm Nature. Indeed, in the Siva Sutras, the great revelation text of Kashmir Shaiv Darsana : Kashmir Shaivism, Shivji tells sage Vasugupta how to become centred in your Divinity, and there he affirms that even through sleep one can remain immersed in the great state of awakening. Aum Namah Shivaye!

~ Shail Gulhati: Shiva and Mysticism.

INFINITY

 

INFINITY

You cannot describe infinity. Infinite is such a big word. Yes, but guess what, you can always merge into it! And it is just like that with God.

~ Shail Gulhati: Shiva and Mysticism.

TEACH ME, LORD

 

TEACH ME, LORD

“So, what work do you actually do?” Sati asked coyly like any newly married wife.

“I meditate,” Shiva answered.

“So then, teach me about meditation,” She said.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

COME BACK, WITH GOD WALKING WITH YOU ON THE TRAIL

 

COME BACK, WITH GOD WALKING WITH YOU ON THE TRAIL

What is it to meditate between pleasure and pain

loss and gain

sensibility and the insane?

What is it to dive deepest down

in an ocean of fear

and surface with that, which is extremely dear

What is it to woe your own human frail

and then,

come back, with God walking with you on the trail?

( A tribute to all those who have had a very difficult time and faced it with courage and fortitude)

~ Shail Gulhati: Shiva and Mysticism.

Shiva is: Gangadhara

 

Shiva is: Gangadhara- The One who bears the Ganga upon His matted locks.

Shiva stands magnificently beneath the Himalayan sky, Ganga descending from heaven in a tremendous celestial torrent, gets received in His jata as a landing pad . And the story behind the name gives the image real meaning: this heavenly river , who is actually a Goddess, is too powerful to fall directly upon Earth, so Shiva receives her in His locks and releases her gently. शिव गंगाधर हैं:

वे जो अपनी जटाओं पर गंगा को धारण करते हैं।

शिव हिमालय के आकाश के नीचे भव्य रूप में खड़े हैं। गंगा स्वर्ग से एक प्रचंड दिव्य जलधारा के रूप में उतरती है और उनकी जटाओं में मानो एक सुरक्षित अवतरण स्थल की तरह ग्रहण की जाती है।

और इस नाम के पीछे की कथा छवि को सच्चा अर्थ देती है: यह स्वर्गीय नदी, जो वास्तव में एक देवी हैं, पृथ्वी पर सीधे गिरने के लिए इतनी शक्तिशाली हैं कि शिव उन्हें अपनी जटाओं में धारण करते हैं और फिर धीरे-धीरे, कोमलता से मुक्त करते हैं।

~ Shail Gulhati: Shiva and Mysticism.

WITH HIS LOVE AND COMPASSION

 

WITH HIS LOVE AND COMPASSION

Friends, i saw this beautiful Image of Shivji on the net, where a bhakt has obviously tried to decorate Him in silver as is often done on calender art with a sort of silver dust to enhance the image.

But the Image gave me another feel: it was as if Lord Shiva is just arriving from a scene of extreme winter, snow, and of an ancient past.

Like the Arrival of an Ancient scientist, doctor, healer, to change the present Life cycle with his love, knowledge and compassion. Aum Namah Shivaye.

~ Shail Gulhati

~ Shail Gulhati: Shiva and Mysticism.

HOW SHIVA PLAYS!

 

The Yogi and the snake is a story written by author Shail Gulhati ,  which is basically  a conversation of a bhakt with God Shiva. Here,  the Bhakta has taken the form of a snake, in order to be able to meet the Great Yogi, Shiva. It is like a spiritual diary full of questions that  we want to ask  God, and the answers in simple conversations.In the following chapter, the bhakt discovers that the whole Universe created by Shiva is still young, and it will become full of more and more adventures.

“Does God aspire?” asked the snake.

“I had asked you to meditate upon this”, said the Yogi.
“They say God cannot desire. This calls for a high spiritual understanding.
If God does not desire, there is no need for creation, life, and God itself.
The God of no desire can only rest in a void, in the primordial state, why should He go for the dynamics of creation?
The God of no desire would thus be a neutralized force.
Such a state of God can last for longer than the age of the Universe itself”, the Yogi was becoming very still.
“Then, there is a stir!  and the God of desire begins to vibrate!” said the Yogi, changing his tone dramatically. “This vibration is His very Nature. He always aspires for play and growth. He is not just content with tranquility, as in the state of extreme nothingness.
He needs to manifest, needs to reflect His own power of creation, to put it to use.
So the process of cosmic evolution is still in its infancy, and God is just a baby whose play has just begun.
Shiva’s Mantra is not just Om Shanti, it must culminate in Om  Anand, ultimate bliss!  at all levels of existence”     

~ From the book The Yogi and the snake ( conversations with God Shiva)!