Post by AgeA on Sept 14, 2005 10:21:28 GMT -5
Shiva (Siva) the destroyer and reproducer, is the agent of death and destruction, without which growth and rebirth could not take place. He is either represented with one or five faces and four arms, which hold, fire, a drum, a horn or trident, or take the position of protection or action. He is often surrounded with arch of flame, sometimes has third eye. His matted hair is said to carry Ganges, the goddess of the river Ganges, in it. He is show with a serpent around his neck. One of Shiva’s (Siva’s) reincarnations is Nataraj, the cosmic dancer, whose dance shook the cosmos and created the world. Shiva’s (Siva’s) consort is Parvati, the beautiful daughter of Himalayas and is considered to the perfect wife. She is a form of the mother goddess Devi, whose body is India and who appears as Durga, the terrible (who holds weapons in her 10 hands, rides a tiger and slays the demons of ignorance) and Kali, the fiercest of the gods (who demands sacrifices and wears a garland of skulls).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva
Shiva (Siva) and Parvati have two children. Ganesh is the elephant-headed god of prosperity and wisdom and is the most popular of all gods. His vehicle is a rat. Shiva (Siva) and Parvati’s second son is Kartikkaya or Skanda, the god of war, whose vehicle is peacock.
According to the foundation myth of Kaalism, Kali (pronounced Kaahli) came into existence when Shiva looked into himself; she is his mirror image.
As Nataraja, Shiva is the Lord of the Dance, and also symbolises the dance of the Universe/Nature, with all its delicately balanced heavenly bodies and natural laws which complement and balance each other. At times, he is also symbolized as doing his great dance of destruction, called Tandava (Pronounced with a soft 't' and a hard 'd'), at the time of pralaya, or dissolution of the universe at the end of every Kalpa.
sivasakti.com/articles/tantra/shiva-shakti-art39.html
The Shiva Principle is directly linked to the Eternal Spirit. In the antique mythology, Shiva was presented as "the one who Defeats Death"
The whole universe is created from the union of the two immutable principles that represent the masculine and the feminine principles.
In the Oriental iconography, Shiva is represented either as a lingam (a phallus), or as a lingam with a certain face, or as a column, or as a yogi sitting or standing with his lingam in erection, or as an anthropomorphic representation with many arms.
The Tantric works say that there is a lingam in each yoni. Anatomically speaking, this thing makes refference to the clitoris. When it is excited it is erect and reminds us of the inherent bisexuality in every woman.
The understanding of Shiva's transcendence allows one to perceive the subtle worlds. During the Tantric erotic game try to identify with Shiva's extraordinary mental energy. This will give you the transcending experience, which is a lot further than the limited world we live in.
Shiva is experimented as an understanding of the space depths, as a penetration in the infinite Universe, beyond any thing or any event, known or unknown. A Hindu Tantric text, Shiva Samhita, says that "those who can experiment Shiva's principles are the heroes, enterprising, free from the sorrow and blind emotions, capable, perseverant, talented, happy and with a determined and disciplined mind."
Transcendence can't be known or perceived from a worldly point of view because, by definition, it goes beyond any limits of the known Universe.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva
Shiva (Siva) and Parvati have two children. Ganesh is the elephant-headed god of prosperity and wisdom and is the most popular of all gods. His vehicle is a rat. Shiva (Siva) and Parvati’s second son is Kartikkaya or Skanda, the god of war, whose vehicle is peacock.
According to the foundation myth of Kaalism, Kali (pronounced Kaahli) came into existence when Shiva looked into himself; she is his mirror image.
As Nataraja, Shiva is the Lord of the Dance, and also symbolises the dance of the Universe/Nature, with all its delicately balanced heavenly bodies and natural laws which complement and balance each other. At times, he is also symbolized as doing his great dance of destruction, called Tandava (Pronounced with a soft 't' and a hard 'd'), at the time of pralaya, or dissolution of the universe at the end of every Kalpa.
sivasakti.com/articles/tantra/shiva-shakti-art39.html
The Shiva Principle is directly linked to the Eternal Spirit. In the antique mythology, Shiva was presented as "the one who Defeats Death"
The whole universe is created from the union of the two immutable principles that represent the masculine and the feminine principles.
In the Oriental iconography, Shiva is represented either as a lingam (a phallus), or as a lingam with a certain face, or as a column, or as a yogi sitting or standing with his lingam in erection, or as an anthropomorphic representation with many arms.
The Tantric works say that there is a lingam in each yoni. Anatomically speaking, this thing makes refference to the clitoris. When it is excited it is erect and reminds us of the inherent bisexuality in every woman.
The understanding of Shiva's transcendence allows one to perceive the subtle worlds. During the Tantric erotic game try to identify with Shiva's extraordinary mental energy. This will give you the transcending experience, which is a lot further than the limited world we live in.
Shiva is experimented as an understanding of the space depths, as a penetration in the infinite Universe, beyond any thing or any event, known or unknown. A Hindu Tantric text, Shiva Samhita, says that "those who can experiment Shiva's principles are the heroes, enterprising, free from the sorrow and blind emotions, capable, perseverant, talented, happy and with a determined and disciplined mind."
Transcendence can't be known or perceived from a worldly point of view because, by definition, it goes beyond any limits of the known Universe.
