AMARNATH-The Nath always exists
"What is it , that you know always, that all the yogis always aspire to know?"
The Devi once asked her beloved Nath, Shiva.
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 with its distant stars that bejewel the night as 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."
The Devi once asked her beloved Nath, Shiva.
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 with its distant stars that bejewel the night as 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."
The Devi was impressed,but, “ where do i fit in?" she asked teasingly
“You, Parvati,” He urged emphatically, “are the embodiment of Shakti, my inseparable power of dynamics, you cause the projection.without you,there would be no manifest world,
and i would remain ever, in my transcendence , by myself.”
Seeing that his young wife was pleased , Shiva continued,
"and so this beautiful miracle, that tonight we sit as two beings in love, chatting, admiring each other and these beautiful surroundings of which we are a part,and yet i tell you, we are the perennial source of all that is...”
Even as Shiva was expounding the most secret Agama of Srishti rahasya to the Devi, a trickle of water on a portion of their cave wall began solidifying, in the form of a magnificent LINGA,which is, of course, the symbol of all creation.It was as though to demonstrate the manifestation of
a subtle state into a grosser one,as if to freeze the magical words for posterity. As though to make explicit , the truth that water and ice are one,and yet each contains the other."Witness, my dearest", said Shiva "this linga as a symbol of our love; a reminder of our eternal togetherness
a vision of the eternal principle of shiva shakti ,therefore a vision of foreverness in its simplest form.
"And when shall my children get this vision?" demanded the mother , latent ,in the bride.
"In due course of time,many kathas later O devi " vouched Shiva, " any being that attains to this station to which you are primal witness, shall be granted the Amrita."
This was the divine prelude to Amarnath. Shiva had asserted that the whole world is his playground, every place is pervaded by his divine essence,and yet ,there are places where this divinity is more clearly perceived,places where the individual's consciousness is uplifted spontaneously into universal being.places,where yogis and bhaktas have meditated and done tapas , in order to get closer to the pristine truth.And these are stations which give an instant feel of the truth.
Amarnath where the whole truth had been expounded by the NATH himself, is an extremely powerful station,
still vibrating with the divine essence of existence ,
still echoing shiva's words and parvati's love ....
still remaining the fountainhead of all life.
“You, Parvati,” He urged emphatically, “are the embodiment of Shakti, my inseparable power of dynamics, you cause the projection.without you,there would be no manifest world,
and i would remain ever, in my transcendence , by myself.”
Seeing that his young wife was pleased , Shiva continued,
"and so this beautiful miracle, that tonight we sit as two beings in love, chatting, admiring each other and these beautiful surroundings of which we are a part,and yet i tell you, we are the perennial source of all that is...”
Even as Shiva was expounding the most secret Agama of Srishti rahasya to the Devi, a trickle of water on a portion of their cave wall began solidifying, in the form of a magnificent LINGA,which is, of course, the symbol of all creation.It was as though to demonstrate the manifestation of
a subtle state into a grosser one,as if to freeze the magical words for posterity. As though to make explicit , the truth that water and ice are one,and yet each contains the other."Witness, my dearest", said Shiva "this linga as a symbol of our love; a reminder of our eternal togetherness
a vision of the eternal principle of shiva shakti ,therefore a vision of foreverness in its simplest form.
"And when shall my children get this vision?" demanded the mother , latent ,in the bride.
"In due course of time,many kathas later O devi " vouched Shiva, " any being that attains to this station to which you are primal witness, shall be granted the Amrita."
This was the divine prelude to Amarnath. Shiva had asserted that the whole world is his playground, every place is pervaded by his divine essence,and yet ,there are places where this divinity is more clearly perceived,places where the individual's consciousness is uplifted spontaneously into universal being.places,where yogis and bhaktas have meditated and done tapas , in order to get closer to the pristine truth.And these are stations which give an instant feel of the truth.
Amarnath where the whole truth had been expounded by the NATH himself, is an extremely powerful station,
still vibrating with the divine essence of existence ,
still echoing shiva's words and parvati's love ....
still remaining the fountainhead of all life.
And so, the rishis went for darsana,the siddhas went,the sadhs went, and went the jogees, kulas and sants, like a backward flow of waters, back to the origin, and felt for themselves the presence of the perennial source.They prayed, meditated ,gave offerings , and then came back home to tell the others stories of AMAR NATH, himself,the master storyteller.
Till today Amarnath stands as a colossal sanctorum.and thousands go for the holy trek to have darsana of the lord's symbol in its prisitne glory. !
He is Natraj, the great performer ,
and when he has a devoted audience, you can be sure that the play is in full swing,and not only is Shiva present, He is dancing.....
and the happy bhaktas can feel His dance in their own
He is Natraj, the great performer ,
and when he has a devoted audience, you can be sure that the play is in full swing,and not only is Shiva present, He is dancing.....
and the happy bhaktas can feel His dance in their own
....they are sure of His presence much before they reach the cave,sure that He has been with them from the first steps of the yatra....and when they reach the top and see the Shivlinga for themselves,it is a great vision, a great fulfillment of the very life purpose.Aum Namah Shivaye!
( #shailgulhati )
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