THE PLAY OF SHIVA AND SHAKTI

“Tell me you love me,” Sati said to Shiva one day. “Prove it with your poems and clever words.”
“Oh, but I do love you,” He said.“And it’s when you specifically ask me to say that I love you, I find myself speechless; such are your charms and magic,” Shiva laughed.
“Really?” Sati was pleased. “So go on, tell me more.”
“Before I met you, I had no wants. I was okay with everything that already was, okay to be by myself alone , oblivious of so many beings in this world...but now…”
“Now?”
“Now it’s all changed, it’s all different”
“How?”
“Because now, when I see you, and I see us together in this world, it all takes on a whole new meaning! The world is such a great place to be, with you by my side. I never thought I would want anything so much as your company.”
“Ah! But isn’t it wrong for yogis to want... ? Aren’t yogis supposed to be without desire?” She asked.
“Desirelessness? Hmm. … mine is a Shaivite creed:
One full of desire to see Shiva Shakti in limitless manifestation and play...” Shiva said.
“You can really show the extreme opposite as a reconciliation, can’t you?” Sati smiled, " And yes, true again, how could the world have been created if God did not desire it !!"

( From the book SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller. by Shail Gulhati )

SRI MUNISWARAR ALAYAM (TEMPLE), SUNGEI GADUT, SEREMBAN, N.S., MALAYSIA ANNUAL PRAYERS THIS AFTERNOON.

Our Payyan family member visited and offered his prayers at the Sri Muniswarar Alayam (Temple) at Sungei Gadut, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia this afternoon (15 July 2018).

The temple was holding their annual prayers today and this year is its 89th year of holding this prayers and feast.  A big crowd of devotees were present to celebrate this grand 89th year occasion.

All devotees were served with a delicious mutton meal.

The photos of the event :

-photos taken by Mr. CK Kannan

PAYYAN FAMILY MEMBER AND TWO CLOSE-FRIENDS VISITED AND OFFERED THEIR PRAYERS AT THE SRI MUNISWARAR - SRI MAHASAKTHI ESWARI TEMPLE AT KOTA, NEGERI SEMBILAN, MALAYSIA THIS EVENING.

This evening (12 July 2018), our Payyan family member and his two close-friends visited and offered their prayers at the Sri Muniswarar - Sri Mahasakthi Eswari Temple at Kampong Semarbok, 5th Mile, Kota, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.

One well-wisher had even offered rice and chicken dinner to be served to all the devotees who have come to this temple this evening.

The photos of the visit:

-photos taken by Mr. CK Kannan

YEARLY PRAYERS AT KALI KOIL, 8th MILE SEREMBAN - MANTIN ROAD, MANTIN, NEGERI SEMBILAN, MALAYSIA

A Payyan family member attended and prayed at the yearly prayers at the Kali Koil, 8th Mile Seremban -Mantin Road, Mantin this afternoon (8 July 2018). 

A delicious mutton and chicken meal was served to all the devotees after offering to the Lord at around 12.30 noon.

The photos of the event:

photos taken by CK Kannan Payyan

Ganesha is Lord Shiva’s son and representative.

Ganesha is Lord Shiva’s son and representative. Shiva is Pashupati, or the lord of animals. Ganapati is the foremost of the animals, Shiva incarnate as the ruling principle in the manifest worlds. Both Ganesha and Shiva are Om. Shiva is Om in its transcendent state. Ganesha is Om in its state as underlying and ruling all other forces.

Lord Shiva represents the unbounded consciousness beyond the limits of the dualistic mind. Shiva turns the individual soul into Ganesha by taking it beyond the individual mind to the universal consciousness embracing the whole of existence.

When we surrender to Shiva as the non-dual state, we align ourselves with Ganesha and are no longer bound to our human conditioning. This requires the difficult sacrifice of the ego represented by the human head.

The trident, or the spear with three prongs, is one of the accessories of Shiva and symbolizes His three fundamental powers iccha(will), kriya(action) and jnana (knowledge). It also signifies His power to destroy evil and ignorance. As His weapon and instrument of punishment the trident represents Lord Shiva's manner of punishing the evil doers on all the three planes - spiritual, subtle and physical.

Trishul represents the three aspects of consciousness – waking, dreaming and sleeping, and it represents the three gunas – satva, rajas and tamas. Holding a trishul(Trident) signifies that Shiva (the divinity) is above all the three states – waking, dreaming and sleeping, yet is the upholder of these three states.

The divinity is beyond the three gunas, but it holds the three gunas together.

Shul means problems or suffering. Trishul means that which destroys all kind of suffering.

Three types of pain that arise in life:
1. Aadibhautik (physical)
2. Aadhyaatmik (spiritual) and
3. Aadidaivik (ethereal)

What relieves you from all the problems and suffering is the trishul. And it is in the hand of Shiva. Hence Lord Shiva is the destroyer of Suffering.

Damaru represents the Shabda Brahman. It represents OM from which all languages are formed. It is He who formed the Sanskrit language from the sound of Damaru. Sound of damaru is symbolic of rhythm of all creation..! ✨👁🔱🐘🏔🐍⌛️🌙💀📿❤️🌀🕉🙏🏻✨

Om Shri Ganeshaya Namah ~ Hara Hara Mahadev 🔱⌛️🔱