“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”
– Rumi
So what is this Lord Shiva that you're talking about?
He has many names…
Let's just say for now that He is the Eternal One.
I am saying ‘He’, because he’s still and rigid with little to no movement like a Man, and on the hand, she is Flowy, Wavy like a Woman, and full of Life with all moods and colors.
And also because I am personifying this element for you. Yes I am aware pronoun problems are getting out of hand nowadays.
In Yoga and Spirituality he's called many names –
‘Mahadev’ - God of the Gods
‘Maheshwara’ - Lord of the Lords.
‘Mahakaal’ - Beyond Time, Space and Death.
‘Nirguna’ - Doesn't have any Quality.
‘Nirakara - Formless or Beyond Form.
And many countless names.
Matter, Space, Time and All Gods, Angels, Demons, Ghosts, Djinns, All Entities of other Realms, Aliens, Interdimensional entities and everything that is manifested in this universe including what you heard in ancient books, myths and scriptures come under him.
In Science, they called this vast infinite space within which the whole universe exists.
They say she dances on him. And the whole universe plays out from start to end.
Creation happens, it goes on for some time and again Disappears into oblivion.
One big bubble, and in those bubbles very small bubbles – Stars, Planets, Black Holes, Nebulas, Galaxies, Neutrons, Protons, Electrons, Sound, Light, Earth, Fire, Water, Air, Solid, Liquid, Gas… 1D, 2D, 3D, 4D, so on ….
Whatever you name it, whatever you imagine, think or do… It’s all playing out in a vast dark canvas.
A canvas that has no end or beginning. Simply happening one creation after another.
A canvas…that's beyond time and space.
A canvas…that's beyond life and death.
This dark canvas has been portrayed very badly in movies and stories. Like something evil and all, especially in the West.
The East sees this dark blank canvas as a Gateway or a Door where everything that exists inside it can be accessed.
And breaking from this damned Cycle of Life and Death too. A way to Ultimate Liberation. A total and Once-For-All Exit from this Game of Life.
But the way you’re right now, the way you behave, act, talk, walk, sit, laugh and make choices in a given situation, the way your personality is designed, the way your body behaves, the way your mind and emotions behave the way it is…
Is all because of a certain Software or Memory in it. Call it a Seed. And when energy flows in your body, mind, emotion, it plays out the way it is because of this Seed.
You don't become a tomato after eating it because of the memory in your Body. The same goes for Mind, Emotion and Energy too.
In Yoga and Spirituality, we call this “Karma”. A huge goddamn silo of memory. This repetitive cyclical nature of who you are is because of this Karma.
Not just you, everything alive and dead has memory that's why the way it behaves the way it is because of Karma or Memory.
Earth is going around the Sun, it's just not gravity, there's a memory of gravity too that makes it work the way it is.
If the Earth was more conscious and animate like a Human, it could have just drifted off somehow in another direction all by itself. Maybe go into another galaxy too.
Sun is burning, the atoms and molecules of Hydrogen and Helium have memory hence they behave the way it is.
They both can't start behaving like Oxygen the next minute. If it did, the Sun wouldn't be a huge ball of fire, instead it would be a huge ball of Liquid Oxygen or even Gaseous Oxygen.
Look around my friend, there's a pattern to everything. If possible go out in the same cafe that you go to everyday and just look around and ask yourself why this is the way it is? Because that's the way it's designed! And who designed it??
I mean Gadgets were designed by Humans, I hope that you know by now..
They contribute and play a role in 99.999999999% of things happening in this universe as of now, even this second you're reading this all fields in existence are playing out by themselves …
Even if the whole Earth vanishes in a second, no one in this Cosmos is going to notice, a small dot vanishes in this Vast Canvas just like how a star vanishes and normal people wouldn't even notice its presence for their 10 lifetimes. Totally blind to it.
But we know exactly what inside this Dot means and exists for us. It means everything. Our planet means everything that we’re right now. And yet this Vast Dark Blank Canvas is holding it in its lap keeping it alive and nurturing it for at least 3-4 Billion years.
Forget about Earth for a second, even if you vanish right here, right now, no one would notice in this world. Some of them may cry for a while. But after some time you’ll be a bundle of memories, stories and words, which will also be lost in the oblivion of time in some days.
So these Existential questions that come into your mind when things get tough or simply pop up in midnight silence, in the shower, in the toilet, especially when you're all by yourself…
Just ask yourself… who asked this question? Is it you or you think it was you and something else was into play?
Did She ask through your mind or He called you from the other side…
Why are you on this planet?
Why were you born in the first place?
If born, why in this body called Human, why not an animal body, plant body, single cell body?
Why in this family, these circumstances?
Why in this country only? Why not that?
Where does this begin and where does this end?
Why is there so much suffering in this life?
Am I trapped with my negative emotions forever or can I play with them like a child plays with its toys?
Did I suffer if I had a body of insect, or animals?
How long have I been taking birth on this planet?....
What's there beyond this universe?
I don't know when you will get answers to the questions but what if you reach a state where the questions become non-existent?
Doesn't matter what phase of life you’re in … just know the calling has come.
Whether you answer the calling or put it off to blow up on your face one day that's the question..
Because anyway the Karma and Memory will play out …
So you remember that Switch in Mind when you turn it ON you're drowned in an Ocean of Ecstasy…where all scratches and wounds on you washes off…
Well, it's called Anandamaya Kosha in Yoga. Meaning the Bliss Body. The Devi’s Superior Version.
There are 5 Bodies in Human Beings..
The Physical Body - called Annamaya Kosha.
The Mental Body - called Manomaya Kosha.
The Energy Body - called Pranamaya Kosha.
The Etheric Body - called Vignyanmaya Kosha
The Bliss Body - called Anandamaya Kosha.
This Bliss Body is where your first stop is – towards Her.
If you don't make the stop your life will anyway be a Roller Coaster.
Once you get access to it, your Inside is not a Roller Coaster anymore. It's heaven – A Temple of God.
Then Outside you can play with it however you want. Like a Method Actor. No scratches will be left on you.
But to access it people take lifetimes. Once you access there's no such thing as Life and Death for you. You’re beyond that.
No more getting Crushed by the Great Wheel of Time for many lives.
No more staring at the Dark Abyss of Uncertainty.
No more drowning in drugs, alcohol in desperation to shut your mind.
No more getting trapped in Psychotic and Maniac episodes of Fear, Depression and Anxiety.
No more getting into toxic relationships just to get adventure in life.
Outside, your life will be an adventure. You will live on the edge totally.
But if you want to take the edge off, you can just revert back and drown yourself into Bliss Body. For as long as you want…
Life will be a Mystery to unfold, enjoy and relish..
What about Him? What about Shiva??
Which brings me to the next point and the final part in this series…