WHAT WORK DO YOU DO, ASKED SATI ?

 

WHAT WORK DO YOU DO, ASKED SATI ?

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

“I meditate,” Shiva answered.

“No, I meant what work do you do as in work?”

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

AUM PURNAMADAH PURNAMIDAM

 

Dear friends and Shiva bhakts,
we all know the story of how Shiva volunteered to receive Ganga on His head when she had to descend to earth from the heavens for the upliftment of humanity, both living, and the dead. But, she was so full of Divinity that the very earth she was coming to purify would not have been able to take the impact of the torrential 'weight' of her Gyana or satvikta! Shiva stepped forward to make His own matlocks a landing pad for her, Shiva's Yogic hair already contained the ultimate Gyana,infinite Divinity within, and could receive an infinite amount more.

This reminds us of the Purna prayer from the teachings of the ancient hindu rishis, in the Isha Upanishad, which is the first Upanishad.

ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्पूर्णमुदच्यते ।
पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते ॥

Om Puurnnam-Adah Puurnnam-Idam Puurnnaat-Puurnnam-Udacyate |Puurnnasya Puurnnam-Aadaaya Puurnnam-Eva-Avashissyate ||

Meaning:
Fullness 'that' (Outer World)
Fullness 'this' (Inner World)
From Purna is manifested Purna (From the Fullness of Divine Consciousness within, the outside world is manifested),
Even after manifesting a whole Purna from itself, Purna still remains the same.

Shaivites believe that Shiva is the Adi Purnam, the Original Fullness, therefore no amount of giving or receiving Gyana will affect His own Fullness in any way. And this makes it easier to understand why Shiva has a nature of taking every cosmic event upon His own head, be it the Samundra manthan or then, the reception of Ganga.
Aum Namah Shivaye

~ Shail Gulhati , Author of :
SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.
Shiva Poetry
The Yogi and the snake
And Life Said.
NAAM ROOP- A Tribute to the Divine

THE TRIBE OF SHIVA

 

THE TRIBE OF SHIVA

If discoverers of the cosmos and Time travellers could find the tribe, surely the mountain Chieftain and His Queen would be spotted in the midst of it all.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

Shaivism Today Soul Speak ( 4) Tat Tvam Asi- Know Thy Self.

 

I usually feel good on Sunday mornings!
Do you feel like that too?
Most of us do. Why do you think so? What’s so special about a holiday?
It’s because there's no agenda imposed on you: You get to be your own Self!  No school, no office, no getting up early, no taking a bath in record time  without enjoying the shower,
no gulping down the breakfast so that you don’t miss the bus…you get the general vibe: There’s no rush. And you can ‘Do your own thing’
And  hey, there you are: You feel happy, when you can do your own thing.You feel happy when you are not in a rush, and when you are not rushed by a compelling outward situation.
And this is what the ancient rishis, i think, were always trying to tell us: Be your Self.
Hmmm.

But for that they added : You have got to know your Self first!
“Of course I know myself!” , you say. But wait, the rishis were talking of a deeper Self, a deeper you.
This has been a common exhortation of the earliest darshatas (seers ) the world over. Whether  we talk of  the call of the ancient Hindu rishis in the Chanddogya Upanishad “Tat Tvam Asi “तत्त्वमसि, the great Sanskrit phrase, translated as " You are  That," . This phrase is respected as a Mahavakya ( Divine Statement ) in the  Vedantic Sanatana Dharma.

Whether it was the ancient Greek aphorism ‘: γνῶθι σεαυτόν’  "Know thyself" inscribed in the forecourt of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi.

Whether Jesus exhorted “ They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken. I have said, “You are gods; you are all sons of the most high’
Or whether we come to the modern Saint Sri Ramana Maharishi’s simple enquiry method “ Who am I ?”


The deeper meaning is not to just know ourselves as Shail Gulhati or Sachin Verma or Masoom Hamza or Raakesh Agarwal!
But the inner self, that voice which gets strong, often when you feel weak! That voice which tells you to move on because a higher power is with you...And actually a great Divinity  resides within you, as your own higher Self. And this Self is not only your best friend, but also your permanent guide. And therefore we see that when we do things in our own relaxed way, we become more in sync with our ‘Chi’  or ‘Kundalini’, or inner energy; and then, paradoxically, life becomes  joyfully peppy!

So, today enjoy knowing yourself inwardly, as you sip your morning tea, or go with your families for a picnic, or with your friends to view a football or cricket match, or then even if you use it up for cleaning out your wardrobe to get out your winter clothes. Feel and then give the positive vibe, to make your own surrounding world a more harmonious place.
Aum Namah Shivaye!

~  Shail Gulhati is the author of the books :

SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.
The Yogi and the snake
Shiva Poetry
NAAM ROOP- A Tribute to the Divine
And Life Said.

The right use of money

 

"I need to ask a few questions about things that are in focus today, said the snake, what about money?" Said the snake

"What about money? "asked the yogi," it has always been in focus."

"Well what of it then?"

"Enjoy money, only, don’t let it deprive you of whatever comes for free, don’t let it deprive you of friendship with the transpersonal doers."

"Can a moneyed man be spiritual? "asked the snake.

"Why not?" answered the yogi, " Man has only made the currency. But money is evaluated in terms of what it can buy. Whatever it can buy, from where has all this come? Break everything down to the elements and you are back to Nature again. It can buy food, livestock, tents, a home, gems, metals, contraptions? All these belong to God in any case.
Is money unspiritual? No you cannot blame the piece of paper. What goes wrong then? a moneyed man, a man of means, gets so involved with those means, he forgets the end. He gets so externalized, he seldom finds the time, or has the need to introspect, to meditate; therefore the chances of his making contact with the source, become minimal. He remains joyous with these toys, to which he has easy access. We say he is distracted. Not attracted to the source of joy, within. We say he is deluded.

Such a man, is rarely compassionate, indifferent to the welfare of fellow beings, and prone to oppressiveness and unrightful authority. Where there is unrightful authority, there is hell.

But, if such a man, who inspite of his money, doesn’t lose kindness, love and other things that money can’t buy, can he not be spiritual? If a moneyed man doesn't lose track of the end goal of life,will Heaven not welcome him then?
So, enjoy money, with a through understanding about its limitation. Understand the mystic character of money, it deprives you of what it can’t buy. Do not let it deprive you of harmony." replied the Yogi

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

THE MAGICIAN

 

THE MAGICIAN

“My Lord! My Lord! There is a man who calls himself a dancer and street magician. He has barged into the palace. He states he wants to have an audience with Queen Mena and yourself,” announced the royal guard to King Himavat.

“Ah! Let him enter, and usher in Queen Mena. Call all the courtiers and the children too; I am sure everyone can use a little bit of entertainment!” replied Himavat.

The court hall filled in quickly with all the citizens as King Himavat directed. There was a palpable excitement in the air. Who was this curious man who had entered the royal court? What was he going to do? Was he going to manifest castles? Gold? Jewellery? Or was he going to create spirits and hobgoblins? What was he going to do?

“Your attire is a rather curious one,” remarked Queen Mena to the Magician.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

SHIVA PARVATI FIRST MEETING

 

SHIVA PARVATI FIRST MEETING

“My Lord, King Himavat has come to visit you,” Nandi announced Himavat’s arrival.

“Yes, King Himavat, please go ahead,” said Shiva

“My Lord, my daughter…Parvati.”

“Yes?”

“She wants to meet you, my Lord.”

“Whatever would She want to see me for? You know I don’t meet anyone. And a girl on top of that… how…” Shiva was reticent.

“My Lord, for my sake,” said Himavat, folding his hands into a namaskar.

~ SHIVA The Ultimate Time Traveller. Part 2