WHAT WORK DO YOU DO ?

 

WHAT WORK DO YOU DO ?

“So, what work do you actually do?” Sati asked coyly like any newly married wife.

“I meditate,” Shiva answered.

“No, I meant what work do you do as in work?”

“I meditate,” He answered again with a strange smile.

“I don’t understand,” She said.

“For most people, a livelihood and a way of life are two different things. For me, it is all one,” He said.

“And you and I are one,” She said, drawing close to Him.

“Yes,” He smiled.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

Shiva, the family man

 

There are so many things we love about Shiva, because there are so many interesting and amazing things about Him to love! But one most endearing quality is that He is a family man. Totally devoted to His wife and children.That is why we see as many pictures of Him with Parvati, Kartikeya , and Ganesh ( Time for family) as we see Him in Dhyana ( Time for Himself ). And this is one quality we must ourselves imbibe from the Great God.

By Himself, Shiva loves wilderness, whether it is in the snowy ranges of the Himalayas, were no one reaches physically, or then ,the cremation grounds of river ghats,where no one likes to go mentally.Both the places afford Shiva 'Ekant- all aloneness'. Shiva loves His aloneness because it affords Him the time and the opportunity to dwell into Dhyana, a deep meditation .We must note that to be alone is not to be lonely. You can be in the company of dozens and yet be lonely, or then you can be by yourself and not lonely, knowing well that you too, are a part of this great Universe.

But the amazing thing is that while He loves His aloneness for Dhyana, Shiva makes time to play with His Younger son Ganesh, and He takes time to teach the elder son Kartikeya.
Shiva is also a great chieftain to His tribes, the ganas of Kailash. He is always there to counsel them as their Kulapati, the father of the tribe.

And then, there is Devi Parvati. Their love stories are legendary. Shiva does not do anything without her consent, or then without explaining His motives to her.
We are indeed lucky that the Great Mahadev has someone to whom He always listens.
And thus His role as a Grihasthi is of paramount importance.
Aum Namah Shivaye.
Shail Gulhati is the author of the books :
SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.
The Yogi and the snake
Shiva Poetry
NAAM ROOP- A Tribute to the Divine
And Life Said.

The earth the sea and the sky

 

“The earth the sea and the sky

Was a mix

He used

put it in the Flame of desire

and blew.

Here you are,

and yet you gaze eternally

and ask

what

am i “

~ Shail Gulhati: Shiva and Mysticism.

FOREVER

 

FOREVER

The first time Shiva went into a cosmic trance, He was thrilled to bits. And He realised that’s where His story began:

in a cosmic trance.

He loved mountains. He loved to dance. He loved to wear His hair long. So many times on His mountain sojourns, He had chanced upon a singing shepherd, or a wandering minstrel, singing of Shiva!

There were all sorts of things talked about Him, and He generally liked most of it, just because of the possibility it offered.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

THE LOVE YOU NEED

 

THE LOVE YOU NEED

I alone , am the one,

he sang

And that is what

i do not wish to be:

Alone.

Come, sing along with me

he sang

Come be with me,

roll the drums

call the thunder

lilt the tone

evoke the tender

create a world of magic,

a God mind bender.

Together let us be

the multiverse vendor:

Bring that wish in your heart

Into the speech

say it aloud

the love you need.

~ Shiva poetry Vol2

SHIVA MAHADEVA- MIGHTIEST WARRIOR, GENTLEST SOUL

 

“Tell me, Nandi,” asked Bhringi the next morning as he went for his field walk with Nandi.“What kind of God is our Lord?”

“What do you mean, Bhringi?”retorted Nandi.

“I mean, you saw what happened yesterday. That vain Daksha was heaping insults on Shiva, and what did Shiva do in turn? He just turned away…”

“Are you suggesting Shiva was not up to taking on Daksha?” Nandi growled.

“No! Not at all!! I am not that ignorant of our Master! I meant, how does He have so much patience, how can He remain so calm when someone insults Him? Aren’t we mountain warriors? Don’t we have a temper?” asked Bhringi with a childlike innocence.
“Ah, now I see what you mean,” said Nandi in a mellowed tone. “Actually, to be honest, even I lost my temper yesterday. One who loses his temper, often loses control, as our Master has always taught. And yesterday was an example of that: the Master, by remaining composed, showed a mastery, and I, just lost my mind and therefore my control, bull-headed beast that I am!”

“Aw, no you are not,” said Bhringi in literal awe, closing up to Nandi and holding his hand.“You are a loving soul, like an elder brother to all the ganas. It’s okay, even I was losing my temper yesterday, ready to be at your side if a fight ensued, no matter what the consequence.”

“It is not as if Shiva cannot fight,” continued Nandi, pleased at being accorded the status of an elder to all elementals. “Verily, Shiva is the gentlest soul. However, He can also be the most dreadful of all. He is the mightiest warrior these mountains, in fact  this world has ever known. No onslaught is powerful enough to even budge Him for more than a moment. On the other hand, none can stand His onslaught. You do know the power that propels His mighty Trisula, do you not?”
“Ah yes, it is like the comet of death itself, hurtling at a being whose time is surely over,” shuddered Bhringhi.

“Yes. That is the power of Shiva, the God of Power itself. He is Shakti Maan, the wielder of Shakti!”

“Then… why… why did He remain so calm? How come He didn’t get into the hurtling mood?” asked Bhringi, again with the same childlike innocence.

“For the same reason, my dear Bhringi, for the same reason: Shakti.”

“I do not quite follow,” said Bhringhi.

“It is Shakti who Herself is Sati. Daksha the haughty does not know this, because of his very attitude of being ‘a know all’.
But Shiva, the Supreme Knower, is, of course, mindful that Sati is His own half, She is Shakti.
Daksha thinks that he is the cause for bringing Sati to this world, whereas in reality, it is Sati Herself who has chosen Daksha as a ‘venue’ to be manifested at.
But by so doing, She is bound to honour the Karma of manifestation itself, bound to honour Her earth father.
And Shiva it is, who puts His whole Self into Her respect:
He will never stray from that, even if it means a heap of insults from an insolent, ignorant man. That man is the father of His beloved, and that is what lets him go free, from the comet of death or any other terrible fate charging at him.”

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

JAI MATA DI TO THE MOTHER OF ALL : DURGA

 

JAI MATA DI TO THE MOTHER OF ALL : 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