How do we serve the Lord?

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enters Kriya, devotion or Bhakti yoga, and finally blossoms into Kundalini yoga.

Jnana is the state of enlightened wisdom reached toward the path's end as a

result of Self-Realization. There can't be any greater service to humanity

than guiding souls toward Self-Realisation because you can stop the souls from

taking thousands of unnecessary repeated births. Swami Vivekananda has preached

'JIVA SEVA IS SIVA SEVA ', but he very clearly said that if you want to do

social reform and bring welfare to the society you must first realise your

Self. A Self-Realised soul gains great Will power (Spiritual) and the service

will have a last longing effect. Lord Siva does retain some individuality

(divine-ego) on His sincere devotees so that they can dance with Him, i.e

consciously participate in His unending act of

Creation, Preservation and Destruction. He uses these Great souls as instruments

to serve His created beings. One example would be Rishi Tirumular. He is a Great

Siva Yogi. He was called Tirumular because he entered into the mortal frame of

Mulan. He transversed through space from Kailasa and went to Tiruvavaduthurai

(in South India), he took bath in the river Kaveri and went to the temple. He

went round the temple twice and offered prayer to the Lord. When he was walking

along the bank of Kaveri, he saw a herd of cows shedding tears and he was unable

to bear the sufferings of the cows. He found out the cause: the cow-herd lay

dead. Rishi Tirumular wanted to pacify the cows. He entered the body of the

cowherd after safely depositing his own body in the trunk of a tree. The cows

rejoiced again. This cowherd was known as Mulan, a

resident of Sattanur. In the evening, he drove the cows back into the village.

Mulan’s wife was eagerly expecting the return of her husband. But, when she

approached him that day, he would not allow her to touch him, but said: ‘Oh

lady, I am not your husband. Adore Lord Siva and attain Liberation.’ He left

her and went away to a near-by Math. The lady complained to the leaders of

the place, about the conduct of her husband. They examined him and came to the

conclusion that he had attained great spiritual evolution. So, they asked her

to leave him alone. The next day, Rishi Tirumular followed the cows, but could

not find his body where he had left it. It was the Lord’s Lila. Lord Siva

wanted Rishi Tirumular to write a book on Saiva Philosophy, containing the

essence of all Siva Agamas, in Tamil. Rishi Tirumular understood His wish and

returned to Tiruvavaduthurai. He worshipped the Lord and sat under

the near-by peepul tree in deep meditation. He was in Samadhi for three thousand

years. But, every year, he would come down from Samadhi and compose a stanza:

thus, in three thousand years he wrote three thousand stanzas. This book is

called Tirumantiram. The Lord’s mission had thus been fulfilled. Then, Rishi

Tirumular went back to Kailasa. One of Tirumantiram verses says:

mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">"The ignorant prate that

love and Siva are two. They do not know that love alone is Siva. When men know

that love and Siva are the same, love as Siva they ever remain.” Sivaya Namah

Divakara Tanjore <div_tan > wrote: Dear Sir,I am deeply

moved by your experiences, but I have aquestion, what do you mean by serving

lord shiva. howdo we serve the lord?isnt serving humanity not serving the

lord?.Please let me know,Divakar.

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