I FELT THEE, SHIVA

 

I FELT THEE, SHIVA

My tree of waking

only showed me, that all trees

are of your making.

In the root of my soul I felt Thee, Shiva

leaf by leaf ,

learnt the dance,

the tree of my waking

set the forest shaking.

In the root of my soul,

I felt Thee, Shiva.

~ From the book 'Shiva poetry' by Shail Gulhati

IS IT YOU I FEEL

 

IS IT YOU I FEEL

Is it you I feel

in the warmth of the Sun?

But then

there you are again

in the soft touch

of the moon you so adorn!

Is it you, by chance

I see, tapping in the midst of creations dance

you it is dancing at your mountain top,

But then

Who was that in the vale,

Who indeed the master of the wood,

Who in the Desert was the water well ?

Who caressed the waves of the Ocean

running fingers through the hair of this child?

Who whispered lullabies from the sky?

Namah Shivaye, Aum Namah Shivaye!

~ From the book ' Shiva poetry '

The word bhūta has many overlapping layers of meaning.

 

Shiva spoke again, his voice carrying the weight of the ages. “As we discussed by the fire, the word bhūta has many overlapping layers of meaning.”

The seeker nodded, counting them on his fingers. “Ghost. Disembodied spirit. Physical element. And the past itself.”

“Exactly,” Shiva said.

The ancient stories of the Puranas returned to the seeker’s mind in a flash of clarity: the wild descriptions of Shiva wandering through cremation grounds covered in ash, surrounded by ghosts, goblins, and strange, otherworldly beings; Shiva choosing to keep company with the outcasts and the forgotten while the other gods dwelt in magnificent, pristine palaces.

“Why do they follow you, Lord?” the seeker asked softly. “Why do you surround yourself with the ghosts and the dead?”

From the book ‘ The Shiva Scientist ‘ by Shail Gulhati

THE SUPREME REALITY OF SHIVA

 

Inside Shiva's cave, the animals never  disturbed Him as He meditated. Sometimes, He opened His eyes after hours of inward concentration, to see a deer looking at Him curiously! A snake or two cuddled peacefully in a cozy corner was not uncommon either. It was unbelievable, that sometimes, bumble bees hovered around His Kamandalu, desperately looking for the source of a sweet and enigmatic aroma that would emanate almost every time He went into meditation.
Even thesnakes knew that He was the One who existed even before the world began.
He was the One who has been prayed to, even when He was unseen.
And ever since the very first time He chose to make His presence known, Shiva was loved by millions.
~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller. A modern story telling of Great God Shiva.

THE END OF QUESTIONING

 

THE END OF QUESTIONING

“A lovely story about the time of Shiva's wedding with Parvati, goes somewhat like this,” said Suta.

“Yes! Yes, Gurudeva, please tell!”

“At the point of the solemnising of the marriage by a holy Havan, the pundit asked Shiva, "Who is your father?" Shiva looked at Brahma and said, "He."

"And who is Brahma's father?" asked the pundit. Shiva looked at Vishnu and said, "He is."

But the pundit persisted. "And who, may I ask, is Vishnu's father?"

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

THE REINCARNATION LOUNGE

 

THE REINCARNATION LOUNGE

In one vision, Shiva saw Himself in the future , sipping His coffee, and smiling - Airport lounges were, in a way, the modern analogy of reincarnation. We come and go, only to receive and see off others.

Ultimately all of life seemed to be a preparation for a much greater flight, and somewhere between the shopping, disappearing, re-appearing, somewhere between missing heartbeats for a loved one, and embarking the great flight onward to an eternal sky, we had a lounge, called Heaven.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

MEETING SHIVA

 

MEETING SHIVA

You may have heard of 'Neti neti' , The spiritual training of rejecting every material thing as ' not this, not that' . This is a way taught by saints to ignore the world of Maya, so that we may carry on a spiritual journey till we have Self realisation, or meet God.

But once you have that meeting, something really beautiful happens :

Suddenly everything changes to 'Tat ashu, Tat asthu ' with Shiva's benificent smile, ' So be it so be it,'

Let all be true, let all be happy.

~ Shail Gulhati: Shiva and Mysticism.