This beautiful Shiva Parvati art immediately brought to mind my own writing from SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.
“Humesha…” He whispered softly, and lifted Her, bringing Her face near His own.
“Hum, Isha. When the divine finds its plurality as One, it is forever.
A love so perfect, it becomes clear there never were two!
That Shiva and Parvati are eternally together, two bodies , one soul, or two souls in one eternity, is very clear to anyone who is a bhakta of Shiva. Parvati is the very reason Shiva creates the world- To be loved and to love. But in this world that is created by Him, we are also present! So, what about our existence? If Parvati's life finds meaning and fulfillment in finding Shiva and being together with him, what is the purpose of our life ?
And the answer my friends- is that it is the same for us too!
Just like Parvati, we must realise that in this amazing mystery of creation, this creation of immense plurality and manifestation, there is underlying a Divine Singularity. And that is the Shiva Tattva in each of us. Shiva is where we come from and to whom we must go. Make no mistake about it, we must all find our connect with Him, and then we will find the immense love that He had envisioned for all of us. To see a wonderful painting of Shiva Parvati like this must inspire us to seek the same love and joy of being together with God in our own life also, For ever- Humesha.
Throughout time, the wise one's in search of Shiva have known this and acted accordingly.The rishis of Kashmir in particular , did not just treat this as a theory but lived it out in their own life. Thus too the wonderful Shaivagamas- teachings of Shiva , revealed to them by Shiva Himself and then recorded by them for the benefit of later generations are still as potent in their lesson as they were thousands of years back- Shiva's words are eternal. The Siva sutras , can benefit us as much as they helped those rishis to find purpose in their life.
Aum Namah Shivaye.
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