EARTHILY MAGNETIC , ENDEARINGLY HUMAN GOD.
He, Shiva, was supposed to be the ultimate spiritual alchemist.
But whatever He could see of Himself, was plainly human.
He felt like a human; fond of the forest life, and like all the other creatures that roamed in the forest, always looking forward to more of it. Gods were said to be without desire, but He loved life!
Gods were timeless, but He was always contemporary, always in the present.
Gods were supposed to have some subtle form of body, or then none at all, but He was the most earthily magnetic mountain man.
Yet, legend insisted that He was no ordinary forest dweller.
“He is the Supreme, in the midst of all beings,” ancient Seers noted in their historic notes.That ‘Shiva was an aloof mendicant’, was the greatest misnomer.
He defied the very concept that the more mystic one is, the more detached he becomes. Contrary to what people had come to believe of Him, as the most mystic of all, He was very attached to those He loved, which made Him endearingly human.
~ From the book SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller. by Shail Gulhati