He is the One who existed before everyone. Ever since Shiva has made His presence known, He is loved by billions.

 

He is the One who existed before everyone. Ever since Shiva has made His presence known, He is loved by billions.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

When Shiva opens His Third Eye

 

THE DESTROYER

“Now, tell me”, said the Yogi, “how am I supposed to destroy the world?”

By opening your third eye, wherever you shift your gaze then, turns to ashes.” Answered the snake.

“Mythologically” , said the Yogi. “ Now, listen to the philosophy. At the personal level, the destruction of illusions, makes the meditator enlightened. This is the opening of Gyan Chakshu, this is the whole path of the yogis! The gaze of the discriminating mind destroys wrong previous concepts and illusions. Whatever scriptures such a man reads, he interprets rightly, whatever situation he encounters, he understands. The mind of spiritual discrimination destroys falsehood and delusion.
At the transpersonal or cosmic level, I am a paradox however. My capability is to destroy the whole cosmic play. But, if I use only half my power, to destroy the destructive processes themselves, verily, I become the course for expansion. So using half your power doubles your strength. It also takes double your strength to use half your power. Meditate upon this!”, said the Yogi.

            Destruction, paving the way for creation. I understand, said the snake. Like the defrost button in a refrigerator, enables us to defrost the frozen zones, leaving the other, major portions infact. Destruction, paving way for creation. It is obvious now, that although your symbol, the Shiv linga is a symbol of creation, they still call you the destroyer, this is paradox.

          "Yes", said the yogi, you are learning to cut through the paradox.

{ From the book The Yogi and the snake}

Artist Varun Rampal.

AJAPA MANTRA-अजाप मंत्र

 

“So hum”, hummed the Yogi.

"So Hum ?" asked the snake

“You and I, are one”, said the Yogi; “more appropriately, you are one with God, so, am I, thus we are one with one another. How does one and one make one? meditate on this”

“I have heard mention of the so hum mantra by the great ones”, said the snake.

“The seed of Ajapa is resting in your very breath, said the Yogi, “lest you forget. This is a great mantra. Literally, it means ‘I am He’. Here, ‘He’ stands for God.
But chanting a mantra without understanding it, is like blowing on a flute without understanding its contraption, only a wasteful wind will come out the other end. Have you heard of the man from the land of the fan?
There was once a man who voluntarily got into a time machine and went back a few years to a land, where electricity existed but there were no fans.
The man tried his best to explain the concept of the fan to the natives, but try as he did, his own knowledge was limited to being an end user, so, he could not go beyond drawing sketches. This knowledge was very frustrating for him, he couldn’t do anything except wait for an engineer to land from his time or someone else to be able to follow his words to a re-invention.
Such is the state of wisdom today. We draw yantras, chant mantras, and speak in parables about fantastic achievements; these are truths from ancient memory, not just wild imaginations, what we need is engineers, not just users; deep love of Divinity, not just terminological interest”.

~ The Yogi and the snake

अजाप  मंत्र

 "सो हम", योगी गुनगुनाए। "आप और मैं, एक हैं", योगी ने कहा; "अधिक उचित रूप से, आप भगवान के साथ एक हैं, और में भी भगवान् के साथ एक हूं, इस प्रकार हम एक दूसरे के साथ एक हैं। एक और एक , एक कैसे बनते हैं? इस पर ध्यान करो"
"मैंने महान लोगों द्वारा सो हम मंत्र का उल्लेख सुना है", सांप ने कहा।
योगी ने कहा, " अजाप का बीज आपकी सांस में आराम कर रहा है," ऐसा न हो कि आप भूल जाएं। यह एक महान मंत्र है। इसका शाब्दिक अर्थ है 'मैं वह हूं'। यहाँ 'वह' का अर्थ ईश्वर है। लेकिन बिना समझे किसी मंत्र का जाप करना, बांसुरी को फूंकने के समान है, दूसरे सिरे से केवल व्यर्थ की हवा निकलेगी।
क्या आपने पंखे की भूमि के आदमी के बारे में सुना है? एक बार एक आदमी था जो स्वेच्छा से टाइम मशीन में शामिल हो गया और कुछ हज़ार साल पहले एक ऐसे देश में चला गया, जहां बिजली मौजूद थी लेकिन पंखे नहीं थे। उस व्यक्ति ने मूल निवासी को पंखे की अवधारणा समझाने की पूरी कोशिश की, लेकिन जैसा उसने किया, उसका अपना ज्ञान एक अंतिम उपयोगकर्ता होने तक सीमित था, इसलिए, वह रेखाचित्र बनाने से आगे नहीं जा सका। यह ज्ञान उसके लिए बहुत निराशाजनक था, वह अपने समय से एक इंजीनियर के उतरने की प्रतीक्षा करने के अलावा कुछ नहीं कर सकता था या कोई और उसके शब्दों का पुन: आविष्कार करने में सक्षम था। आज बुद्धि की स्थिति ऐसी ही है। हम यंत्र बनाते हैं, मंत्रों का जाप करते हैं, और शानदार उपलब्धियों के बारे में दृष्टांतों में बोलते हैं; ये प्राचीन स्मृति के सत्य हैं, केवल  कल्पनाएं नहीं, हमें केवल उपयोगकर्ताओं की नहीं, इंजीनियरों की आवश्यकता है; दिव्यता का गहरा प्रेम, केवल पारिभाषिक हित नहीं"।

Hindi translation by Yash NR 

YOGA ABHYASA

 

YOGA ABHYASA

One day Sati asked Shiva, “So do you get all these deep wisdoms in your Yoga abhyasa? I’ve been seeing you do all sorts of postures; Asanas as you call them.”

“Yoga asana is only a seat for the great flight to the self. meditation can be as synergized, as natural as my rides on Nandi. When you are meditating, don't think about what a meditation should be. We have a saying, You don't find meditation. It finds you." Replied Shiva.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

RUDRA

 

RUDRA

Before dawn, sometime during a winter month, while most of the world lay asleep, a young ascetic was walking briskly through a forest. It had become a habit with the young Rudra to start His day like that, without waiting for the sun. His pace was brisk, yet steadfast; the gait graceful, yet determined. He looked straight ahead, yet was aware of all His surroundings. And He thought of nothing, yet His mind was full of God.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

SHIVA, ORIGIN OF SUPPLY TO LAKSHMI AND KUBER-शिव ही हैं जो माँ लक्ष्मी और कुबेर को धन देते हैं

 

  He is the One who existed even before the world began.

He is 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 has been loved by millions.
In the Hindu pantheon of Gods, He is called the destroyer,
And yet, known by the beautiful symbol of creation, the Shivlinga.
But never can one know enough about this amazing God.
This is because He has always been here before us all, He has been here before any other Devata, and therefore the Shaivite bhaktas know that it is in fact Lord Shiva who gives the portfolios and powers to all the other Devatas.
In this beautiful picture we see Mother Lakshmi and Kuber Devata, the Finance minister and treasurer of Universal finance actually sitting at Shiva's feet and receiving abundance from Him. It is very much like a Bank taking it's own funds from the Source, the HUGE Reserve bank.
Shiva Himself is not known to be fond of money and riches, but He is always the One who can generate anything He wants by His chintan and Dhyana. Jai Mahakaal ! Hail Lord Shiva ~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller. series

THE QUEEN OF TIME

 

THE QUEEN OF TIME

She was beauty incarnate

Maya, of the highest bind

and He

just an ascetic, of the simplest kind.

They met,

they had to, as all mayic stories unfold!

and speak of a magic hitherto untold.

He was suitably stunned ,

struck at first sight, benumbed.

And regaining consciousness , began to beat His drum,

singing,

'Hail the Queen of time, the eternal Sorceress Divine;

You need to be mine '

She blushed, how could He do this ?

Unravel Her plots every time!

and He sang more ' Because, i am forever Thine'

~ From the book ' Shiva poetry vol2 ' by Shail Gulhati: Shiva and Mysticism.