PARVATI - THE ONE HE LOVED IMMENSELY

 

PARVATI - THE ONE HE LOVED IMMENSELY

The one person that Shiva loved meeting in this cosmic mind field, the one person whose memory He would not allow to fade even when they were not together, was, unchallengeably, His Woman. In a whole universe that had been projected by Him, She was the one being He loved immensely.

Parvati, His inseparable better-half.

Parvati, without whom, Shiva felt like ‘not Shiva’.

Parvati, without whom, Shiva didn’t feel anything at all.

Parvati, without whom, the Seers summarized, “He was Shava, a corpse.”

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

A TIMELESS LOVE

 

A TIMELESS LOVE

Personally, His mind always went out to two things: The first were the snow-clad mountains He could see but did not know.

The other, the woman He knew, but could not see.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

SHIVA'S STRENGTH

 

SHIVA'S STRENGTH

Suta ji tells Shaunaka of Shiva's strength.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

THE FRUIT OF SOUL YOU CREATE .

 

THE FRUIT OF SOUL YOU CREATE .

In silence He waits, where the mountains and valleys meet,

Waiting in silence, for the sound of Shakti's feet.

No throne, no kingdom - just love and faith,

What to offer, but the fruit of soul you create.

~ Shail Gulhati: Shiva and Mysticism.

WHO IS GOD SHIVA?

 

IN THE BEGINNING

(An introduction to Lord Shiva)
by author Shail Gulhati

Who Is Shiva?

TRANSCENDENT GOD
Shiva is the timeless God of the Universe.
Before even the creation of our world, He alone exists; as Existence itself,
and can be understood as the Ultimate transcendence,the Supreme Being..

PERSONAL GOD

This Supreme Being,wants to become something,
The Upanishads say, in the beginning was the One. He looked around and saw that there was no one else. He felt alone and thought, may i be two, may i, be many!
Actually God wanted to be loved. And that is why he created, simply, To love and to be loved.
So, He manifests the world as we know it,with himself the projector,
but alongside all that he creates,he enters the project as an embodiment,
much like the director taking a role in his own play! this is the step from Being to becoming.
Once he Enters His own creation as an embodied being, He now involves himself in meditating and re-connecting with his transcendent Godness,
Such connecting is termed as “Yoga”,and so, Shiva who is the Yogi par excellence, is replete with Divine knowledge and power.
Shiva constantly deploys his powers and wisdom, his Godhood,to uplift all his children , In this,he is goodness personified,and many who have faith in his immanence, worship him as their personal god. Shiva, therefore, also means , simply, the Auspicious, and we understand that Godliness is Goodness.

WHY THEN, IS SHIVA KNOWN AS THE DESTROYER?

Hinduism believes that the processes of God are principally threefold:
Creation,Preservation,and Destruction. It further believes,that God optimizes his attributes in a particular manifestation to enable the execution of a specific process with the greatest efficacy,
Thus Brahma is the creator of the world, Vishnu incarnates time and again , for he is it’s preserver.
Which , in some thinking leaves Shiv (शिव as his name is pronounced in sanskrit) as the destroyer at the end of a world cycle.

However, this is one view. Those who know Shiva better (the shaivites), see His role in a different way:
In a world full of changes, something must mark the parameter of permanence, and that permanent principle is Shiva. Shaivites prefer to understand Him as the
"Re-absorber". Their view is :

THE SHAIVITE BELIEF

Shiva is one of four main Gods of Hinduism, the other three being Brahma, Vishnu and Devi, Shiva’s consort Herself.
In the beginning, only Shiva Was. He is endowed with immense power,Shakti,which is none other than Devi,the eternal consort. The two are inseparable, like any one thing and its inherent nature, like Sun and light, Fire and warmth , Moon and Shine, stars and night.
So, when we say only Shiva 'was', it automatically, means only ShivaShakti IS.
God, and Mother Nature “In-here” in each other as one.
Where there is God, (creator) there is creation(Nature), where there is Nature, you can be sure, God too, is here!

DHYANASTHA SHIVA (Click on the pic to enlarge)

Now, in the Shaivite view, They (Shiva and Shakti) create Brahma and Vishnu. Brahma creates the world,and enters it, so does Vishnu enter it ,and, yes, So do Shiva and Devi, as his loving ,inseparable wife, Parvati. Most of us know Shiva from here,in his popular depiction as Shiva, the Yogi.
He is dhyanastha-meditative,mindful, beneficent, always immersed in transmitting spiritual guidance,sharing many methods of attainment.
Ultimately, at the end of life, all is absorbed back to him,but, those are lucky, who get absorbed in Godhead in their current birth, whilst retaining their body,that is, before actually dying. This is real attainment.This is real Moksha and jivan mukti for a lover of Shiva.

LEARNING SHAIVISM

So,to one who wants to learn of Shiva’s mysticism, destruction does not mean ‘finishing of the world’, It rather connotes the ending of ignorance and falsehood,It is the ending of identifying too much with the finites. Therefore, interestingly,Shiva guides us to higher wisdom not by giving things, but by the ‘taking away’ of junk messages that have accumulated in our minds through ages,much like a computer vendor cleans up your personal computer to make it efficient and new , once again. These junk messages may have resulted not only in personal misery,but also creating chaos and disharmony when we come together in collective societies.So too, Shiva is Hara,'the taker away" in taking away, He gives! Ignorance goes, Godhood returns.

WHAT DOES SHIVA TAKE AWAY?

Foremost amongst our errant conditionings, is:
We think we are distant from God.
Shiva ends the delusion that we are only body and mind,distant from God.
Ending of delusion,ends limitation. So if there is something Shiva does destroy, its your limitation:
Shiva destroys your sense of separation from Shiva !
He tells you that you are one with God, you always were, and you always will be, because, there is nothing that can exist outside of God!
Shiva teaches "God is nearer to you than your very breath"
for simply understood, is not God the breath in you?
And thus, Shiva begins to remind us of where it all began….


He teaches that we, in fact, are made of the same ShivaShakti principle that began the world.
All creation is from one source and that there are no two different origins.This makes him the teacher divine, Shiva Dakshinamurti. He who taught without taking a fee.Thus too His Bhakts ( devotees) and lovers call Him शिवजी Shivji, Ji is an honorific. I spell His name shiva with an "A" at the end , only because i write for an International audience, who pronounce it that way. Names dont matter, The essence does.
Aum Namah Shivaye! We salute the Great Adi Guru.
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SO IT SEEMS

 

SO IT SEEMS

So

it seems

the gist of the world

is simply this:

We are but a beam from your mind,

a thought.

But there is a game.

and as we play ,

we need somehow, to slip

into your heart

just so you may find,

and fix a dream

into your eternal day.

Sometimes, life can become like a dream

where day after day,night after night, things repeat.

Things repeat at a personal level, and we call it routine.

Things repeat at a Universal level, worldwide, and we call it the Times, good or bad.

All Shiva says, is wake up to the origin, wake up to me.

Instead of always focusing outwardly, look deep within and see.

~ From the book ' Shiva poetry Vol 2' by Shail Gulhati

Matrika, the Universal Mother- ज्ञानाधिष्ठानं मातृका

 

 JNAN ADHISHTAAN MATRIKA

ज्ञानाधिष्ठानं मातृका

The Siva Sutras teach that Matrika, the Universal Mother,is the master director of the triple knowledge consisting of Anava mala, Mayiyamala and Karmamala. When Universal energy is known in a correct way, it is Svatantrya Sakti,When it is known in a wrong way it is energy of illusion and it is called Maya Sakti. So Matrika is both the one who binds and the one who frees you.

It is the Un- understood Mother that is the basis of the limited knowledge. She ( Matrika) brings about knowledge in a limited form, e.g. ”I am imperfect”(anavamala), “I am thin or fat”(mayiya mala), “I am doing an engineering job (karma mala) and by penetration in the minds of the listener, brings about a feeling of sorrow, pride, joy, and passion.

Therefore Matrika Sakti is the Hetu (cause) of all creation and limitation, and She is always seated authoritatively, in the midst of all this confusion and ignorance ,reduction and limitation, as the Queen Mother who is waiting to be re-cognized by the sadhaka.

The most amazing miracle is that by studying and practising Shaiva sacred literature like Siva Sutras. Prtyabhijna and Vijnanbhairava, we get to the ultimate Transcendent world of Shiva's Divinity, through the recognition of Shakti pervasive in our own manifest world!
Aum Namah Shivaye.
~ Shail Gulhati: Shiva and Mysticism.

ज्ञानाधिष्ठानं मातृका

शिव सूत्र सिखाते हैं कि मातृका, सार्वभौम माता, अनव माला, मइयामाला और कर्ममाला से युक्त त्रिगुण ज्ञान की मास्टर निर्देशक हैं। जब सार्वभौमिक ऊर्जा को सही तरीके से जाना जाता है, तो यह स्वातंत्र्य शक्ति होती है, जब इसे गलत तरीके से जाना जाता है तो यह भ्रम की ऊर्जा होती है और इसे माया शक्ति कहा जाता है। तो मातृका वह है जो आपको बांधती है और जो आपको मुक्त करती है।

अज्ञेय माता ही सीमित ज्ञान का आधार है। वह (मातृका) सीमित रूप में ज्ञान लाती है, उदा। "मैं अपूर्ण हूँ" (अनावमाला), "मैं पतला या मोटा हूँ" (मैय्या माला), "मैं एक इंजीनियरिंग नौकरी (कर्म माला) कर रहा हूँ और श्रोता के मन में प्रवेश करके, दुःख, गर्व की भावना लाता है। , खुशी और जुनून।

इसलिए मातृका शक्ति सभी सृष्टि और सीमा का हेतु (कारण) है, और वह हमेशा आधिकारिक रूप से, इस सभी भ्रम और अज्ञानता, कमी और सीमा के बीच, रानी मां के रूप में बैठी है, जो कि रानी द्वारा फिर से पहचाने जाने की प्रतीक्षा कर रही है। साधक

सबसे आश्चर्यजनक चमत्कार यह है कि शिव सूत्र जैसे शैव पवित्र साहित्य का अध्ययन और अभ्यास करना। प्रत्यक्षाभिज्ञ और विज्ञानभैरव, हम शिव की दिव्यता के परम पारलौकिक संसार में पहुँचते हैं, शक्ति की मान्यता के माध्यम से जो हमारे स्वयं के प्रकट संसार में व्याप्त है!

ओम् नमः शिवाय।
Hindi translation by Yash N R

EMPTY YOUR HEART

 

EMPTY YOUR HEART

Did you know that you are like a beautiful bench in a park. Empty your heart of the rush

and sit awhile with your own timeless Self.

~ From the book' And life said' by Shail Gulhati

NANDI'S GAME

 

NANDI'S GAME

Nandi loudly declared, “My Lord, are you ready to play a game with Her Majesty, Queen Parvati?”

“Hmm… okay,” said Shiva.

“lets play an ancient game, my Lord. One, that I have no doubt you will enjoy playing. It is called, simply, ‘Find Me’.”

This ring will show which one of you found the other through love,” said Nandi, putting the ring into the milk plate. and then added loudly, “Aum Aim Hreem Kleem Chamundaye! Aum Triyambakam yajamahe!

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

SHIVA PARVATI- THE FIRST MEETING

 

SHIVA PARVATI- THE FIRST MEETING

Shiva noticed how extraordinarily beautiful Parvati was, when She spoke animatedly, completely absorbed in the argument She was making. He smiled. “I guess you have a point there, young lady.”

“And?” Parvati smiled back.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

MOTHER OF ALL REDRESSAL: DURGA

 

MOTHER OF ALL REDRESSAL: DURGA

“Arise, O Yogini! You have prayed to me in the deepest solitude for more than five hundred years. You have not been bothered about hunger, nor have you let the changing seasons, the blistering sun, the thundering rains, or the biting cold affect you in any way. Not once have your lips stopped chanting, ‘Aum Aim Hreem Kleem Chamundaye Vichaye Namah.’ So ask, O Devi, what do you want?”

“Aum Aim Hreem Kleem Chamundaye Vichaye Namah,” repeated Mena.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller. Part 2

SHIVA THE YOGI

 

SHIVA THE YOGI

Even as an adolescent, Shiva was of strong built. And soon He started becoming aware of His physique. Every morning, as He bathed under a favourite waterfall, He would take time to see His own reflection in the still waters of the pool. Sometimes He posed in techniques, which could be described as a yoga of flexing. The animals laughed, even as their doe-eyes widened in loving admiration.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

SHIVA, DRUMMER OF MY SOUL

 

SHIVA, DRUMMER OF MY SOUL

Shiva!

drummer of my soul,

this is no dream,

ask my heart, where you lurk,

the woods are green.

And I have danced!

What of youth,

and life

and being

I am your very breath,

O King, of Kings,

Lead me gently now,

This world your dancing ring.

~ From 'Shiva poetry '

A WHOLE NEW BIRTH

 

A WHOLE NEW BIRTH

Connect all the dots

every little drop

back to where it did begin

and you will have entry to

a deep Ocean within.

Connect all the things

that have happened so far

in your own life , and the world at large

and you will see the presence God at long last.

This is the play of Heaven and earth

to move away in the beginning

and then, find each other in the end

but this finding is a whole new birth.

Aum Namah Shivaye

~ From the book' Shiva poetry Vol 2' by Shail Gulhati

THE DESTROYER

 

THE DESTROYER

The most popular belief had Him listed as The Destroyer.

This was the great mystery—when did the endearing mountain dweller become a cosmic hard stepper, the Avatar of destruction? And, why?

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

A Fabulous story of Bhakti for Rama- श्री राम भक्ति की अद्भुत कथा

 

A COMPLETE ACCEPTANCE

There is a wonderful legend of Lord Rama, i heard as a child, and which has always touched my heart . I am sharing the beautiful story with you today. This is set during the building of Ram setu- the bridge of stones between the tip of kanyakumari and Srilanka, at the time when Rama wanted to go to Srilanka and recue Sita from Ravana’s deceptive captivity . It is said, after watching the Vanar Sena (army of monkeys) working ceaselessly and with so much devotion, Rama also picked up stones manually and threw them in the Ocean for the bridgework. After a while he was tired and sat down on a rock for rest. Unbeknownst to Him, a little Squirrel, who had also been helping timidly by putting interweaving twigs on the setu, had already seated himself on the same rock, with the same purpose of taking a little rest. When Rama arose again, to his utmost surprise he noticed that all this while , he had been accidentally sitting on the little squirrel. Immediately he picked up the Squirrel tenderly and asked ” I have been sitting on you all this while, wasn’t my weight a lot for you?”
“oh yes my Lord it was, the little Squirrel, barely managed to whimper back, he was almost dead.
” Then why didn’t you cry for help?” asked a perplexed and saddened Rama
” Because my Lord, if any other calamity befalls me, I chant Sri Ramji Sri Ramji, but what to do when Sri Ramji Himself fell upon me?” answered the wise little creature.
Sri Ram was astounded with this devotion, and gently caressed the hurt back of the Squirrel with his three fingers; and Lo! Not only was the Squirrel completely restored to health, but three beautiful white stripes also appeared at his back where Rama’s fingers had caressed him.
” Henceforth you and your entire clan shall be remembered for your utmost devotion, the mark of my fingers shall remind all, of your great perseverance” said Rama.

It is said squirrels were all brown before this great episode, and then they got their stripes of honour from God Himself, for the rest of eternity! infact, an extended version says that it was actually a mountain rat who had come down all the way from his mountains to help, and thereafter evolved into a squirrel! at the very touch of God, we evolve!!
The lesson was of course this, that a Complete acceptance of the will of God is the highest devotion!
Jai Sri Ram! Aum Namah Shivaye!

Shail Gulhati 
Author of SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

THE REINCARNATION LOUNGE

 

THE REINCARNATION LOUNGE

In one vision, Shiva saw Himself in the future , sipping His coffee, and smiling - Airport lounges were, in a way, the modern analogy of reincarnation. We come and go, only to receive and see off others.

Ultimately all of life seemed to be a preparation for a much greater flight, and somewhere between the shopping, disappearing, re-appearing, somewhere between missing heartbeats for a loved one, and embarking the great flight onward to an eternal sky, we had a lounge, called Heaven.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

PLAY ALONGSIDE

 

PLAY ALONGSIDE

He can catch even your thought,

make you come alive from a stone

He can write and rewrite

your script,

so that you know the worldly delight

and yet embark on a spiritual flight.

You are not just a number, a game,

as the simulation scientists claim

not a toy in the hand of a child,

you are the loved child yourself , to play alongside.

~ From the book' Shiva poetry Vol2 ' by Shail Gulhati

WHEN I WAS SATI AND YOU WERE RUDRA…

 

WHEN I WAS SATI AND YOU WERE RUDRA…

He had virtually all the self-containment that anybody could ask for. And yet, He never got to the mystery of the woman. She appeared daily, without fail, at the end of each meditation.

One day She came in His meditation and even as He stared at Her, She returned the stare with an enchanting smile. He had been meditating ceaselessly for three nights and the result was that even in His thoughts, He was staggering.

“Who are you?” He finally asked.

“I am you, Rudra,” She said. “But to make things simpler, I am Sati.”

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

GANAS WELCOME MA PARVATI

 

GANAS WELCOME MA PARVATI

The welcome to Parvati in Kailash was stupendous.

Ganas and ganikas had lined up on both sides of the mountain path leading up to Shiva’s cave.

Their hands were full of forest flowers and some wild berries which they showered upon the divine couple. They cheered loudly, “Welcome Parvati, welcome Mistress of the jungle, Ruler of the world, Goddess of our hearts! Welcome to Kailash, Mother Annapurna, nourisher of our bodies! Welcome Bhagwati, nourisher of our souls! Welcome, welcome, welcome home!”

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

THE REINCARATION LOUNGE

 

THE REINCARATION LOUNGE

He was a Time traveller; He had been to many lands in many times and had known many different people. All through this, His greatest throb remained the same as ever: Parvati.

Of all thrills, seeing Her again was the greatest.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.