Shiva is that from where everything has come, everything is sustained in it and everything dissolves into it—that is Shiva or the Shiva Tattva.

Shiva is that from where everything has come, everything is sustained in it and everything dissolves into it—that is Shiva or the Shiva Tattva. There is no way that you can ever step out of Shiva at any time because the creation is made up of Shiva. Your mind, body, everything is made from the Shiva Tattva. That is why Shiva is called ‘Vishwaroopa’, which means that the entire universe is his form. Creation is a mix of opposite values - positive and negative attributes. The universe has fire and water, goodness and evil, and so on. Shiva is present in all opposing values. This is why Shiva is called Rudra (fierce) and at the same time, he is called Bholenath (the most innocent). He is called Sundaresha (beautiful) and also Aghora (terrifying).

A famous Shiva prayer describes Shiva as Gowram (fiery), and in the same sentence, he is called Karunavataram (the embodiment of compassion). Shiva is beyond the sleeping, dreaming and waking states of consciousness. Shiva is samadhi - the fourth state of consciousness which is achieved through meditation. In samadhi, the mind is in total equanimity. It is peaceful and alert at the same time. It is the Lord, it is the most powerful, it is all over, spread everywhere. There is no place that it is not. It is that space, that consciousness where all the knowledge is present. It was never born and it has no attributes. It is a state of Samadhi where there is nothing, just the inner sky of consciousness. That is Shiva.! ✨🌈👁🌷📿🌼🕉🔱🐍🐚🔆🍂🌀🏔🌸🌙⌛️💀🌿🌺🔔🎨🌻🙏✨

Hara Hara Mahadev ~ Om Namah Shivaya ✨🌈👁🌷📿🌼🕉🔱🐍🐚🔆🍂🌀🏔🌸🌙⌛️💀🌿🌺🔔🎨🙏🌻✨