SHIVA MEDITATED TO END SUFFERINGS
That ‘Shiva was an aloof mendicant’, who just sat in the Himalayas doing his tapasya and was indifferent to the world and it's sufferings, was a wrong notion.
He defied the very concept that the more mystic one is, the more detached he becomes.
He loved relationships,and cared for his friends and bhaktas, sometimes knowing, at other times eager to know, how his favourite people had surfaced to their present form in this life. He always wanted a recap from the other’s story.
In each lifetime, in each story, He enjoyed sitting with His friends, sharing quality time in long conversations. They would exchange anecdotes and talk of the experiences gathered in each other’s absence. It was like filling in the blanks, putting in the pieces that fitted into a mystic Jigsaw puzzle like children. Unfailingly, each time, there would ultimately be that one glorious moment when, while sitting and exchanging their own private worlds and sojourns, the final piece would fit, completing the big picture.
it was simple: Shiva loved everyone.
And he knew that love had its periods of pain, and accepted this as a free will of the play, but it was a half-baked acceptance. He never allowed the idea of permanent pain or permanent separation to crystallize itself into completion. He always believed in a permanent togetherness, a permanent happiness. He believed in ‘Forever’.
“But How can there be a permanent happiness?” While some academic godmen expressed a doubt and even thought Shiva had spiritual immaturity, a few others saw it as the greatest hope of the world. If even Shiva aspired for a happiness that would last forever, then there was a hope that it could happen.
And that is what Shiva did in his intense tapasya,chintan and Dhyana: He made elaborate teachings in his wisdom so that ultimately a lot of people could learn them and end their suffering as also the suffering of others." said rishi Suta.
