WHEN IT IS SHIVA YOU LOOK FOR, TALK FROM YOUR HEART.

 

Dear Shiva bhakts and Shiva lovers,

how do we get close to Lord Shiva?

You can do Tapasya, Bhajan, Jaap, you can go to temples and undertake Yatras, all these will help, but the most important thing is :

WHEN IT IS SHIVA YOU LOOK FOR, TALK FROM YOUR HEART.

Lord Shiva looks straight to the heart.

What somebody looks like, what clothes and colours a person wears, this does not mean much to Him.

How one talks, cannot hold Shiva for very long;

He does not go for tone , nor even for content :

it hardly matters if you are loud or soft; words can always be crafted into pleasing, but still be an act of deceit...

or then, your prayer can be unelaborate, but heartfelt; your speech can be raw, but truthful!

And Shiva can see through all this.

So then, if He does not see colours and tones and other such 'make-up' , what is it that 'holds' Shiva?

He 'sees' the basic Svabhav ( propensity) of a person.

Not so much about your content, but rather it is Intent that matters to Him. He is straight Himself, verily He is Bhole Nath- the innocent, and thus too He loves innocence above all skill , all knowledge, all craft: therefore, the simplest rule is : शिव के साथ , सीधी बात !

Those that are loving and kind, Shiva, in turn loves,

but the unkind too, He helps to find their Divinity, one way or the other. Ultimately, all is His. Ultimately we are all returned to Him..

Aum Namah Shivaye.

~ Shail Gulhati: Shiva and Mysticism.