“Tell me you love me,” Sati said to Shiva one day. “Prove it with your poems and clever words.”
“Oh, but I do love you,” He said.“And it’s when you specifically ask me to say that I love you, I find myself speechless; such are your charms and magic,” Shiva laughed.
“Really?” Sati was pleased. “So go on, tell me more.”
“Before I met you, I had no wants. I was okay with everything that already was, okay to be by myself alone , oblivious of so many beings in this world...but now…”
“Now?”
“Now it’s all changed, it’s all different”
“How?”
“Because now, when I see you, and I see us together in this world, it all takes on a whole new meaning! The world is such a great place to be, with you by my side. I never thought I would want anything so much as your company.”
“Ah! But isn’t it wrong for yogis to want... ? Aren’t yogis supposed to be without desire?” She asked.
“Desirelessness? Hmm. … mine is a Shaivite creed:
One full of desire to see Shiva Shakti in limitless manifestation and play...” Shiva said.
“You can really show the extreme opposite as a reconciliation, can’t you?” Sati smiled, " And yes, true again, how could the world have been created if God did not desire it !!"
“Oh, but I do love you,” He said.“And it’s when you specifically ask me to say that I love you, I find myself speechless; such are your charms and magic,” Shiva laughed.
“Really?” Sati was pleased. “So go on, tell me more.”
“Before I met you, I had no wants. I was okay with everything that already was, okay to be by myself alone , oblivious of so many beings in this world...but now…”
“Now?”
“Now it’s all changed, it’s all different”
“How?”
“Because now, when I see you, and I see us together in this world, it all takes on a whole new meaning! The world is such a great place to be, with you by my side. I never thought I would want anything so much as your company.”
“Ah! But isn’t it wrong for yogis to want... ? Aren’t yogis supposed to be without desire?” She asked.
“Desirelessness? Hmm. … mine is a Shaivite creed:
One full of desire to see Shiva Shakti in limitless manifestation and play...” Shiva said.
“You can really show the extreme opposite as a reconciliation, can’t you?” Sati smiled, " And yes, true again, how could the world have been created if God did not desire it !!"
( From the book SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller. by Shail Gulhati )
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