5 principal powers along with His inseparable Shakti that pertain to rolling the great drama of the Universe:
Sristi : Creation (of the world )
Sthiti : Sustenance ( of this created world )
Samhara : The dissolution of the world back into themselves.
These 3 processes normally attributed to Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh ( Shiva) constitute pretty much the processes of time cycles, or the age of the Universe itself, spanning endless Yugas in a cosmic continuum of birth and re-birth. But in Shaivite understanding ,it is Shiva and Shakti who do it all.
And then there are the two powers that take all this to the realm of spiritual seeing..:
Vilaya : We cannot 'see' clearly enough the role of Shivashakti in the functioning of the world, because there is a veil on our mortal eyes.We know this as 'Maya" . So 'on stage' is the drama of our own lives in this world, but we do not know who it is being supported by ..!
Anugraha : When, after lifetimes of devotion and meditation, Shiva graces us by lifting the spiritual veil, or draws the curtain to let us understand what is being done "back stage' we suddenly see it all as it actually is in its full reality!'
That, is the amazing Lila of Shiva Shakti.
Now a special mention about the word Samhara:
After creation ( Brahma) and preservation ( Vishnu)
Samhara, the role of Shiva has always been thought of, as 'destruction' and we all know Shiva as the God of destruction, do we not? But the Shaivite rishi knows dissolution as something completely different from the destruction of the world: He, devotedly understands it to be the destruction of this cloud of Maya between us and God, so he actually prays for this destruction, and the gifting of spiritual eyes to see that he is , in fact in the vicinity of his Lord in Sivalok, once and for all.
The meaning of Sam- Hara also means simply that: In the vicinity of Hara, Shiva.
I wonder again, are Shiva Parvati taking cover, or slipping the blanket off the eyes of the Universe .
Aum ShivaShakti Namaye.
Sristi : Creation (of the world )
Sthiti : Sustenance ( of this created world )
Samhara : The dissolution of the world back into themselves.
These 3 processes normally attributed to Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh ( Shiva) constitute pretty much the processes of time cycles, or the age of the Universe itself, spanning endless Yugas in a cosmic continuum of birth and re-birth. But in Shaivite understanding ,it is Shiva and Shakti who do it all.
And then there are the two powers that take all this to the realm of spiritual seeing..:
Vilaya : We cannot 'see' clearly enough the role of Shivashakti in the functioning of the world, because there is a veil on our mortal eyes.We know this as 'Maya" . So 'on stage' is the drama of our own lives in this world, but we do not know who it is being supported by ..!
Anugraha : When, after lifetimes of devotion and meditation, Shiva graces us by lifting the spiritual veil, or draws the curtain to let us understand what is being done "back stage' we suddenly see it all as it actually is in its full reality!'
That, is the amazing Lila of Shiva Shakti.
Now a special mention about the word Samhara:
After creation ( Brahma) and preservation ( Vishnu)
Samhara, the role of Shiva has always been thought of, as 'destruction' and we all know Shiva as the God of destruction, do we not? But the Shaivite rishi knows dissolution as something completely different from the destruction of the world: He, devotedly understands it to be the destruction of this cloud of Maya between us and God, so he actually prays for this destruction, and the gifting of spiritual eyes to see that he is , in fact in the vicinity of his Lord in Sivalok, once and for all.
The meaning of Sam- Hara also means simply that: In the vicinity of Hara, Shiva.
I wonder again, are Shiva Parvati taking cover, or slipping the blanket off the eyes of the Universe .
Aum ShivaShakti Namaye.
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