HE IS SHIVA, LORD OF THE DANCE

HE IS SHIVA, LORD OF THE DANCE.

It was as actually as though Shiva was the supreme alchemist, transmuting the spirit of the seers with his touch. The very ‘seeing’ itself , drew out a dormant Divinity within the Seer.
A Divinity, which now they came to realise, was timeless and present from the very inception of the World.
Speechless as they were, these meditators then termed the Seeing as a Revelation of the Self,
a Darsana. Those to whom the Darsana’ happened’ came to be called Rsis.
These seers prayed differently.
They spoke of Shiva in endearing terms as Natraja, the King of the cosmic dance.

Shiva , the auspicious, Shiva the warlord, Shiva the mountain God, Shiva the dweller of the cremation grounds, Shiva the creator of the Universe, Shiva the destroyer, Shiva the ascetic, Shiva the loyal husband, Shiva the intoxicated, Shiva the meditator ; Shiva the recluse,
Shiva ,the supreme spiritual master! Which One was He? “Verily He is all” , said the transformed seer,
“He is Shiva , Lord of the dance “

{From the forthcoming book SHIVA From Shail Gulhati: Shiva and Mysticism.}