Lord Shiva is the god of Destruction as well as Creation, which in a perpetual cyclical movement follow one another.

Lord Shiva is the god of Destruction as well as Creation, which in a perpetual cyclical movement follow one another. His body is covered with ashes, symbolic of death and regeneration. Shiva is always naked, which symbolizes his primal condition, his non-attachment to the world. On his forehead are three horizontal lines, painted with ashes, representing the threefold power of will, knowledge and action. Around his neck is a garland of 108 beads, the 108 elements of material creation, and on his hand/arm a rosary of 50 beads, the 50 letters of the Sanskrit alphabet.

Shiva is often shown sitting or wandering in the cremation ground, which symbolizes the correct attitude of a yogi to life. Shiva disenchanted with the games of humans, chooses a cremation ground or shamshan ghat to meditate, where the actual action of soul liberating from the body happens. Shamshana is the end of the pysical phase of life. This is a prerequisite for every new creation. He roams there as a Yogi, or sits in meditative state, and wears ash and skulls, to teach us the impermanence of the reality that we take for granted. He teaches equanimity by considering a venomous snake as good as a bejewelled garland, and drinking poison and amrita with the same attitude. While Shiva is the Destroyer, Destruction is not necessarily a bad thing. Hence, being the Lord of Destruction is not a bad thing. What is light but the destruction of darkness? What is education but the destruction of ignorance? What is moksha but the destruction of the cycle of birth and death? None of these terms have a meaning without the accompanying destruction, and none of these terms are considered negative.! ✨👁🕉📿🐍🔱🌷💀🌿🌙🌀🐚🔔🎨✨

Hari Om Tat Sat ~ Har Har Mahadev 💀👁💀
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