SHIVA, THE DIVINE TEACHER
Shiva had this generous habit: He gifted His attendants, the powers to be almost Shiva themselves. Gorakh Nath, Balak Nath and Shamshan Nath were just a few of the people, who, if they wanted, could conjure all three worlds from their magic bags.
But not once, in known history, had the ganas ever usurped power.
This was most unlike the Asuras, another primal race, who were actually the earlier cousins of the Devas. The Asuras had a peculiar trait of misusing power. Everyone knew the pattern.
They first performed penances for hundreds of years to Shiva, and when He would be happy and ready to grant a wish, they would ask for power.
Once booned, they would start to plunder everyone else. This had happened several times.
But Shiva never changed His giving Nature. Instead, He understood that to digest power was far more difficult than the act that helped acquire it. It was only being in touch with one’s divinity that could enable this spiritual maturity. Shiva was always in touch with His own divinity; He was the most powerful. And so He felt the need to train some beings to digest power.
These chosen ones were the ganas. And that was the difference, which never allowed them to become like Asuras: The training from Shiva about one’s own divinity.
But not once, in known history, had the ganas ever usurped power.
This was most unlike the Asuras, another primal race, who were actually the earlier cousins of the Devas. The Asuras had a peculiar trait of misusing power. Everyone knew the pattern.
They first performed penances for hundreds of years to Shiva, and when He would be happy and ready to grant a wish, they would ask for power.
Once booned, they would start to plunder everyone else. This had happened several times.
But Shiva never changed His giving Nature. Instead, He understood that to digest power was far more difficult than the act that helped acquire it. It was only being in touch with one’s divinity that could enable this spiritual maturity. Shiva was always in touch with His own divinity; He was the most powerful. And so He felt the need to train some beings to digest power.
These chosen ones were the ganas. And that was the difference, which never allowed them to become like Asuras: The training from Shiva about one’s own divinity.
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