Wednesday, 27 May 2026

THE ART OF BECOMING A DOT

 


THE ART OF BECOMING A DOT
“Verily, there is a great lesson you must know, my dear Shaunaka,” said Suta. “There is Shiva tattva and there is Shiva, the Yogi.”
“You mean there are two?” asked Shaunaka. “Now I am really confused, Gurudeva. Please clarify.”
“There is just The One, there has always been One, and there shall always be The One only. The One is Shiva tattva, the universal stuff from where all things are made. From where all beings originate, including us.”
“So who is Shiva the yogi?”

SHIVA PARVATI VIVAH - THE GREATEST WELCOME TO GOD, ON EARTH!

 


SHIVA PARVATI VIVAH - THE GREATEST WELCOME TO GOD, ON EARTH!
“The moment that Lord Shiva put a jaimala around Parvati was more than just a marriage; It was a coming together of being and becoming, of transcendence and manifestation, of yin and yang.
It was a fulfillment of creation; the Creator and the created, of love and bonding, of togetherness, of Godhead and Lila...” said Suta with emotion.
“Yes, Gurudeva,” replied Shaunaka.

Tuesday, 26 May 2026

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'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.

Monday, 25 May 2026

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.

Sunday, 24 May 2026

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 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