WHY WORSHIP SHIVA

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>From the book: "Before Becoming This- Conversations with Shree Maa

and Swami Satyananda about Life, Love, and the Cosmic Play".

Available thru Devi Mandir.

Why worship Shiva?

Shiva is the Lord who causes transformation. He makes changes happen.

He makes changes happen by clearing away the old and making way for

the new. Shiva takes away all fear. The transitory nature of

existance makes us feel insecure. We want things to stay the way they

are. Until we accept the will of Shiva, there will be fear. As long

as we identify with the changes that are occurring, we create our own

pain by our attachment to the way we think things should be.

 

Through Shiva we cultivate the attitude of perceiving the intrinsic

reality, not extrinsic appearance. We identify with that which does

not change. We become the witnesses to the changes of nature.

Remembering the eternal reality, we free ourselves from pain and fear.

We see them as passing states of mind and accept the will of God.

Shiva is also the strength of willpower to define and obtain our

goals. Nothing deflects Shiva from his path. Shiva gives us the

strength to attach ourselves to the sustaining values of life, to the

values that will stay with us through eternity.

 

Jai Maa Jai Swami

 

love

Vishweshwar