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)!

WHO IS THE REAL BHAKTA OF SHIVA?

 

One day Shiva said to Parvati, "Where are all those who cared so much for the planet, for life, for love, for goodness, and, for God? We need to re-group all the saints who walked this earth for the betterment of all beings. We need to galvanize a council of mystics, from all ages and all lands, who in turn , will galvanize love, kindness and spirituality only; turning God’s flight back onto the course of Universal harmony.”
“Oh ! How beautiful your mind is, Shiva,and how beautiful are your thoughts..so are you really looking for good souls?”
"Yes"
"And how will you find them? in which place, or which profession?"
"Not place or profession, Parvati, i will find them by their actions"
"What do you mean Swami?"
"A persons's social status is of no meaning to me.Because everyone has divinity in them, everyone is made of my own Shiva Tattva."
"Everyone?"

" Yes. Devi, you must know that know that everyone has it, not just saints not just you, everyone is Shiva’s child, and Shiva is no one’s monopoly. How one dresses, be it ochre or be it white, makes no difference to me. All the colours are mine. In fact, young people wearing jeans seem to have sub-consciously hit upon my  favourite  colour,  Blue! Look how much of it  i used in the sky! How much spice a man  eats in his food is not of much consequence either.  I think it should be a topographical rather than spiritual preference. If he speaks softly, yet is given to hatred, or is loud, but warm hearted, i have enough discernment to see through both. Indeed, I have seen profane men speak profundities for their own interests and heard profound men being coarse, to deliver a refined message.”

What then are the real indicators of an evolved being, a God’s man?”  asked Parvati.

“Love and Kindness” , answered Mahadeva, “Some things never change, some things we can never have enough of ; love and kindness, the two real indicators of God’s man, and luckily these are far more difficult to feign than a dress or a dietary code. These spring only from true knowledge and understanding"
~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller. by Shail Gulhati

THE GREATEST TRANSMISSION OF SHIVA TO PARVATI

 

THE GREATEST TRANSMISSION OF SHIVA TO PARVATI

"What is it that you know always, that all the yogis always want to know?" asked Parvati in the Amareshwar cave.

Shiva smiled, laughed, and then spoke exaltedly like a poet. “This earth upon which we sit, the hills, these trees, the springs, this soft wind, even the moon, the sky, those distant stars that bejewel the night are offerings to you, truly, dearest!" He exclaimed, arising. "The entire universe is a projection from the pristine essence within me; this human bodied Yogi you love - your husband, Shankar! I am always the knower of the highest transcendence, I am always the knower of what is always."

Even as Shiva was expounding the most secret Agama of Srishti rahasya to Parvati, a trickle of water on a portion of their cave wall began solidifying, in the form of a magnificent Linga,

which was the symbol of all creation.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

TRISULA DHARI, CHANDRA SEKHAR, DAMARU WALE BABA!

A different But very beautiful Painting of Shivji, elaborating many of His attributes:
Ganga
Chandrama
Trisula
Rudraksha
Bhujang(snake)
Trinetra
Damru
Kundal( Curly hair)
Abhaya Mudra( Hand raised in blessing)
Nanti( Yogi Ear rings)
Mrig shala( deer skin)

Prayers to Shiva are usually the description of His own Attributes back to Him. Thus here is a small prayer to Shivji  by  Shail Gulhati  Author of ~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.  


त्रिसूला धरी चन्द्र शेखर डमरू वाले बाबा ,मेरे भोले नाथ त्रिनेत्र भंधारी !! पहन ली हमने गले में तेरी माला तेरे रुद्राक्ष की महिमा न्यारी !!!!
Trisula dhari, Chandra sekhara ,Damaru wale Baba , Mere Bhole Nath trinetra Bhandari !!!
Pehen li hamne Gale mein teri Mala , tere Rudraksh ki Mahima Nyaari!!


Lord Shiva keeps all the incidents of his creation safely tucked away in his memory , long after they are gone. Rudraksh are His tears that get automatically shed in love for all beings .They are the most pious remembrance of all. And we should honour them and if we wear them it should be with respect and this awareness. Jai Shiv shanker!
~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller. by Shail Gulhati

Shiva is: Trilochana

 

Shiva is: Trilochana

The Three-Eyed One — whose vision sees beyond the past, present and future. With this third eye, He can 'open' the seekers mind to the fourth dimension, or then He can destroy any object He gazes at, with the intention to dissolve it back to the origin. शिव त्रिलोचन हैं: तीन नेत्र वाले — जिनकी दृष्टि भूत, वर्तमान और भविष्य से परे देखती है।इस तीसरे नेत्र से वे साधक के मन को चौथे आयाम में ‘खोल’ सकते हैं, अथवा जिस वस्तु पर वे इरादे के साथ दृष्टि डालते हैं, उसे मूल में विलीन करके नष्ट कर सकते हैं।

~ Shail Gulhati: Shiva and Mysticism.