Shiva is all, All is shiva

Most people denote Shiva to a Yogi, the Adi-yogi, who lived in the Himalayas. Married to Parvati, father of Ganesh and Kartikeya. But in reality, SHIVA is not a person, SHIVA is the whole existence, the ineffable eternal one beyond all measures or form, The Nameless Silence.

Shiva in reality is the very SELF (ATMAN) of everyone and everything. The being in all is Siva, the ineffable presence in all is Siva which is ever-present, whether One is Conscious of it or not. The silent presence of our being is the source of Awareness, and Awareness in turn is the root of the mind, thoughts, feelings, judgements all arise from Awareness itself. Even after being ever-present, most beings are unable to recognize it, because the SELF in the form of ignorance veils the True Nature of One’s Eternal Being.

The Self recognizes ITSELF by ITSELF, by its own will. That’s why it’s called Awakening, we awaken to our True Immutable Self, but Awakening is not our choice, there is nothing we can do about it. Moreover, we should see that there is nothing we can do or which has been done is not done by us. If we just look at our Life, I mean nobody decided to take birth on this Earth, in a body, in a certain culture, a certain nation. Just observe your body and you will see that you never decided to be in this body, breathing, thinking, moving, performing actions — all of this is a miracle. If you observe properly you will see everything is a miracle. If we compare ourselves with a computer we will see, that just for a simple task a computer needs lines of code, with specified commands. Unlike computers we don’t need code to perform actions in our daily life, they are happening effortlessly. Awareness is the code of life, it is an inert intelligence that gives birth to itself and nourishes itself, and keeps itself in ignorance. Awareness plays with itself, Siva is Awareness the inner silent presence.

All the awakened beings who have been ever born on this planet, the ones who are present today and who will get awakened in the coming times are all just Siva acting in different forms. The one reading this is a manifestation of Siva (whether you are aware of it or not). The one who has written this is just another manifestation of Siva. The text you are reading is also Siva, everything and everyone — living or non-living is just Siva. Siva is the very BEING of yourself, this is no me or you, all that there is just Siva. This is Brahmgyaan, the highest Vedantic Truth, which by the way is just an illusion.

The real truth cannot be comprehended nor it can be defined, SILENCE is the best way to understand the Unknown. The known and unknown all are ONE, this is Non-Duality, this is Self.

So next time whenever you are worshipping Siva, understand that you are just worshipping yourself which you share with all. So in short you are worshipping the Whole Existence, all the dimensions, all the universe, the boundless whole. If you observe deeply you will recognize that there is no ‘You’ or ‘I’ all that there is just nameless ineffable silent presence — the presence of your being.

Om Namah Shivaya

Om — Soul

Na — Earth

Mah — Water

Si — Fire

Va — Pranic Air

Ya — Sky

Its total meaning is that Universal Consciousness is ONE.

ALL ONE

I AM YOU

YOU ARE ME