SRISTI ISWARA MAHARAJ

 

SRISTI ISWARA MAHARAJ

Sati loved Sristi Iswara Maharaj. Whenever She approached the forest, She felt Her feet breaking into a run; She could never just walk. This became a daily ritual: She would not stop running till She reached the enigmatic Shivlinga.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

SHIVA'S FAMILY

 

SHIVA'S FAMILY

It was as if He had made the beasts and birds His family.

Over time, some more beings, who were different from humans, and from the other beasts as well, started joining in, creating an even more extended family. The word had spread that Rudra never asked anyone their antecedents, never questioned their strange appearance; it was enough for Him that someone wanted to be part of His family.

“We are one big family,” He would tell His forest friends.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

When is it possible to actually get God to accept your gifts?

 

AUM NAMAH SHIVAYE.

Dear friends and Shiva bhakts,
this is an amazing pic from the net. A bhaktin does Abhishek of a Shivalinga somewhere near the banks of a holy river town- probably Haridwar or Rishikesh, and we note that Lord Shiva virtually pops up to give blessings. Her efforts have born fruit. But we also see something startling: Shiva is drenched with the potions of the Abhishek!

Is this possible? Can an offering on a stone image thousands of miles away actually reach a chosen personage? Practically speaking, this is an impossibility, a type of wishful thinking.

But we in India, have long had the tradition of sharing even our food with our God first in a similar manner, and we call this 'Bhog lagana'- 'To make God partake in our feast, knowing that all comes from Him anyway', and because according to the ancient rishis, anything was possible for God,we would do well to understand that this painted scene means to convey a higher message:

When you do something with your body and mind and also pour your soul into it, when Namah Shivaye becomes Mano Shivaye, Tano Shivaye, Dhano Shivaye, metaphorically speaking, ' Shiva is drenched with your love' . He can no longer resist giving you His Darsana.When you offer Him everything you have, your body ( karma)  your mind ( gyana) , and your very soul ( raja yoga) , knowing that all these come from Him, then your worship with the combination of all these  blossoms into a great Bhakti bhava, and Shiva ,who is Aashotosh, ( easily  pleased ), will come to your very doorstep. His Idol in your heart and mandir both, will begin to shine with a divine luminescence for ever after.

Aum Namah Shivaye!

Shail Gulhati author of SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.series.

SHIVA & PARVATI

 

“Here you go, my Lord,” said Parvati demurely as She poured water onto Shiva’s hands.

She looked at Shiva, only to see a full gaze from Him in return, which caused Her to quickly look away shyly. The water started dripping out from Shiva’s hands onto the floor of the cave.

“Oh, my Lord! You have dropped the water!” said Parvati, with half a giggle.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller. Part 2

THE QUEEN JEWEL- रानी गहना

 

 He was a Time traveller; He had been to many lands in many times and had known many different people. But, no matter where it was that He sat, at the thought of Heaven, images of snow-clad mountains and a certain indescribable joy of togetherness would inevitably come rushing to His mind. Another image almost always linked itself to the landscape:

A gypsy tribe of fierce men and gorgeous women dancing around a bonfire of pure warmth, in a happiness that was incomparable in the entire Universe.The quest for that unlimited happiness led intergalactic travellers to search for this tribe like the Holy Grail.

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.
Parvati.

The very thought of Her made Shiva smile. She was the Queen Jewel seated in His heart as centerpiece, around whom, all the rest rallied in adornment.

~ From the book Shiva, the ultimate time traveller

रानी गहना
 वह एक समय यात्री थे; वह कई बार कई स्थानों  में गए थे और कई अलग-अलग लोगों को जानते थे। लेकिन, कोई फर्क नहीं पड़ता कि वह कहाँ थे, स्वर्ग के विचारों में, बर्फ से ढके पहाड़ों की छवियां और एकजुटता का एक निश्चित अवर्णनीय आनंद अनिवार्य रूप से उनके दिमाग में आ जाता । एक और छवि लगभग हमेशा खुद को परिदृश्य से जोड़ती है: शक्तिशाली  पुरुषों और भव्य महिलाओं की एक बंजारी मर्यादा सी एकता ओर नृत्य , एक खुशी में जो पूरे ब्रह्मांड में अतुलनीय थी। उस असीमित खुशी की खोज ने अंतरिक्ष यात्रियों को पवित्र कंघी बनानेवाले की रेती की तरह इस जनजाति की खोज करने के लिए प्रेरित किया। यदि ब्रह्मांड के खोजकर्ता और समय यात्रियों को जनजाति मिल सकती है, तो निश्चित रूप से पर्वत सरदार और उनकी रानी को इस सब के बीच में देखा जाएगा। माता पार्वती। उनके विचार से ही शिव मुस्कुरा उठे। वह उनके हृदय में केंद्रबिंदु के रूप में विराजमान रानी गहना थीं, जिनके चारों ओर, बाकी सभी अलंकरण में जुटे हुए थे।

Hindi translation by Yash NR

LOVE AND LEARNING

 

LOVE AND LEARNING

“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?”

“I meditate,” He answered again with a strange smile.

“I don’t understand,” She said.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

A greater happiness, a beautiful waking.

 

 

They started meeting everyday. Each meeting was a greater happiness, a beautiful waking, which was surrealy dreamy. But Sati had stopped wondering if the dream had indeed come true.
She liked this dreamality. And so, another year passed in love and happiness. She would often ask Him things about spirituality, and hear His answers out with rapt attention.
“Tell me Shiva, what is the whole world play about? What is God, what is consciousness and what is its play?”
“In the beginning was only The One.
And He thought may I be two, may I be many.
To love, and to be loved.
And so the universe came into being.

( From the new book SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller. )

वे रोज मिलने लगे। हर मुलाकात एक बड़ी खुशी थी, एक सुंदर जागरण, जो वास्तव में स्वप्निल था। लेकिन माता सती ने यह सोचना बंद कर दिया था कि क्या वाकई सपना सच हो गया था। उन्हें यह सपना पसंद आया। और इस तरह, एक और साल प्यार और खुशी में बीत गया। वह अक्सर उनसे आध्यात्मिकता के बारे में बातें पूछती थीं, और बड़े ध्यान से उनके उत्तर सुनती थीं। “बताओ शिव, सारा संसार क्या खेल रहा है? ईश्वर क्या है, चेतना क्या है और उसकी लीला क्या है?” "शुरुआत में केवल एक ही था। और उन्होंने सोचा कि क्या मैं दो हो सकता हूं, क्या मैं कई हो सकता हूं। प्यार करो और प्यार पाओ। और इसलिए ब्रह्मांड अस्तित्व में आया।
Hindi translation by Yash NR