demon son of Shakti? No !

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The tandava of Shiva shows his 5 cosmic activities which are srishti

(creation) sthiti Maintenance) and samhara (dissolution) tirodhana

(disappeareance or veiling) and anugraha (divine grace or release)

 

The arm carrying the damaru is creation the heartbeat or the twin

poles of kula and akula when spread apart, the raised hand with the

mudra of protection is maintenance, the hand carrying the fire is

dissoulution.

The one hand pointing to the the tip of the left leg is anugraha

which leg is a symbol of the fourth state beyond dream waking and

deep sleep, thus pointing towards it the hand shows the boon of

moksha whereas the other foot placed on the body of apasmara purusha

represents the action causing veiling or disapperance, the dwarf is

representing ignorance, ego and inertia, bondage, the cause of

waking dream and deep sleep.

Because all this dance is a whirling Motion his matted hair is flying.

After having completed all his five actions the cosmos in the end

dissolves in Mahapralaya only devi is witness to this last dance

thats why she is called:

 

maheSvara-mahAkalpa-mahA-tandava-sAkshiNi

 

 

 

Mahahradanatha

 

 

 

, "Ralph Nataraj" <108@p...>

wrote:

>

> Dear pelgrims in Shakti Sadhana,

>

> I am pondering on the following topics out of Saiva and

Sakta 'mythology'.

>

> Mythology seems to be a special and elastic realm. One of my

teachers - who

> is a master from the Himalayas (www.saivisme.nl) - once told me

that Lord

> Shiva was a man (as a human being) who once lived in actuality. I

guess

> thousands of years ago. I do not know what to think of this.

>

> But my question centers around the Nataraja. It is said that Lord

Nataraja

> dances on a dwarf. Others say that he dances on the demon-child of

Shiva and

> Shakti. I would like to know the story of this demon-child and how

it came

> into existence. How can the great God and the great Goddess give

birth to a

> demon-child that has to be killed or crushed later on? What is the

> implication for our life and especially marriage? Can a spiritual

and

> sattvic couple on the tantric path together give birth to demonic

energies?

> How to understand this and what to 'do' when something like that

happens?

>

> Another question i have is about Lord Ganesha. According to

folklore, Shiva

> chopped of the head of his son after being away for several years.

Is it

> generally understood that Shiva is the genetic father of Ganesha or

did

> Parvati give birth to Ganesha is a similar way as Maria did to

Jezus in that

> there was no conception-fusion with the sperm of a man?

>

> If anyone can shed light on the above, i would be grateful.

>

> Thanx.

>

> Ralph Nataraj

> Cz.

>