Gratefulness Unfolds

“What seems to be a mistake in our lives may actually be a step forward that leads to a Great Way, though we had no way of recognizing that at the time” Stephen 

This is true for lost opportunities and punishments also; however most of the times our mindset does not allow us to accept these facts.

Ramnath lost his father when he was studying in 10th class just before board examinations. He belonged to middle-class family and uncertainty developed about his further progressing with studies.

one of his father’s friends who was a trustee in a social organization offered him a part-time job as a librarian. His work was to distribute books and provided him with opportunities to go through various magazines and books available in the library.

He was impressed by the editorial skills of One writer who is one of the editorials has written that it is difficult to understand dictionary meanings of words unless one has opportunities to experience them.

With the blessings Of almighty, he was able to successfully complete Engineering graduation and had a successful professional career.

During the course of study and the professional journey, he was able to realize the meaning of Almighty’s desires, mother’s love, friends, wife, Children’s life and support, zero-tolerance, etc.

After retirement, he is trying to understand and experience what he had read about religion while working as a part-time librarian.

Lord Shiva is generally portrayed holding a trident, which represents the trinity of Īshwara, Purusha, and Prakriti.

Īshwara is the omnipresent, eternal, formless divine principle; Purusha is the Ātmā and Prakriti is the manifestation, nature. An electric light can be used to explain their relationship. The electric current, which is the source of the light, is Īshwara; the light is Purusha, and the object that is illuminated is Prakriti.

SHAKTI (or Prakriti) means energy, power, movement, change, nature. It is the maternal principle – the provider, abundance. In the human as well as in the animal kingdom the mother offers nourishment, warmth, and security. There is no greater love than the love of a mother. The mother carries and nourishes the child in her own body. When it is born she provides it with mother’s milk and raises it at the sacrifice of her own self until it becomes self-reliant.

SHIVA (or Purusha), on the other hand, is pure consciousness – the unchanging, unlimited and unswayable observer. Purusha has no desires whatsoever; these are inherent only in Prakriti. Purusha is the empty, clear screen onto which Prakriti projects her colorful film.

Shiva and Shakti are manifestations of the all-in-one divine consciousness - different sides of the same coin. In many pictures these two primal powers are each depicted as being one half of the same image; one side female and one side male. The left side is the Divine Mother, Pārvatī, the “feminine” energy, and the right side represents Shiva, the “masculine” consciousness.

Through the splitting of the primordial principle at the advent of creation the duality within our lives came into being, together with a strong force that is constantly striving to re-unite with the other part.

Only when Shiva and Shakti combine can action, movement and creation arise. Until energy is impregnated with consciousness it is ignorant, disordered, aimless and “blind”. Energy alone can produce nothing; consciousness bestows upon its content, form, and direction. Conversely, consciousness without energy is dormant power, sleeping energy, and on its own is unable to be the cause of anything. Just as Prakriti without Purusha is unable to act, and vice versa, Purusha without Prakriti is also incapable of creating anything.

The meaning of Shiva and Shakti is occasionally misunderstood when Shiva and Shakti are looked upon as “man” and “woman” and their union is regarded as a sexual relationship. Sexuality is something completely natural, and misunderstanding arises only when sexuality and spirituality are mixed.

Sexuality is the union of man and woman

Spirituality is the union of human and divine consciousness.

Shiva and Shakti exist within each of us as the masculine and feminine principles. This has an effect on the physical level – it is the cause of sexual attraction. Within man, there exists a tendency towards the feminine qualities and within the woman a tendency towards the masculine. Through this, the masculine consciousness is attracted by the feminine and vice versa. Shakti is the Primary form of divine entity. Shiv is regarded as eternal Param Brahma (Maheshwara = Maha Ishwar) & Shakti is his Cosmic divine energy hence collectively known as Shivshakti. Introduction of Shakti. Shakti is an ancient goddess of feminine energy worshiped all around the world.

Shiva resides in the Sahasrāra Chakra and Shakti in the Mūlādhāra Chakra. When Prakriti and Purusha unite in the Sahasrāra Chakra, knowledge, knower and the object of knowledge become one. Once we have experienced this no desires remain within us because we realize unequivocally that everything we have ever yearned for is carried within us. In this state of absolute consciousness, there are no polarities and therefore no more sorrows; there is only everlasting joy, unconditional love, unlimited compassion and total understanding for all living beings.

Ramnath's exploration journey continues.