Shuddha Tattvas - Shivaloka

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The shuddha tattvas: Actinic or spiritual energy. This is the superconscious

realm, also known as shuddha (pure) maya or mahamaya. Bindu, transcendent light,

is the "material" cause of this pure sphere. This is the Sivaloka, the region of

the 330 million Gods, the myriad rishis and other beings who have attained

freedom from the triple bondage.

 

1) Siva tattva: "auspiciousness," of two parts: the higher is Parashakti,

"Supreme Energy," from which emerges primal sound, nada (more precisely

Paranada, soundless sound). Though most often referred to as sound, nada is more

mystically known as movement, the first impulse arising from perfect quiescence,

the first "thing" out of the motionless Self. This is Siva's second perfection,

Parashakti, superconsciousness, the mind of God. The Siva tattva pervades all

other 35 categories and possesses the powers of will, knowledge and action

(icgha, jnana, kriya).

 

2) Shakti tattva: energy, corresponds to bindu, light, the cause of form (more

precisely Parabindu, primal nucleus). This is the tattva of Parameshvara, the

Primal Soul, father-mother God, Siva's third perfection, who after mahapralaya

remains transfixed in deep samadhi, until He again emanates the universe through

His Cosmic Dance.

 

3) Sadasiva tattva: the power of revealing grace. In this realm the energies of

knowledge and action are in perfect equilibrium. This is the realm of the

anandamaya kosha.

 

4) Ishvara tattva: the energy of concealment, concealing grace. The energy of

action prevails over that of knowledge in order to arouse cosmic activity in its

subtle form.

 

 

 

(from the website http://www.himalayanacademy.com/books/dws/lexicon/t.html)

 

 

 

In the article above, it is mentioned that the Shuddha Tattvas are Shivaloka.

 

What exactly does that mean?

 

I always thought that Shivaloka is more a mythological than philosophical

concept.

 

In Vishnu worship there is the idea of Vishnuloka, the followers of Rama belive

in heavenly Ayodhaya and in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition Krishna lives in

Goloka.

 

I thought that Shivaloka is the Shaiva equivalent to those concepts.

 

But when Shivaloka is another name for the group of Shuddha Tattvas, this is

clearly a philosophical concept.

 

Has someone more information?

 

Can someone explain the Shuddha Tattvas in more detail?

 

Does individuality exist on this level/these levels?

 

Are souls who exist on this level enlightened?

 

 

 

Conny

 

 

 

 

 

 

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