The glory of the divine parents

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The glory of the divine parents

 

One can not express the glory of the divine parents in mere words. Reading the

life histories of the bhakta-s who were devoted to Her, and the saints in the

periyapurana is inspiring. So is the reading of the thiruvilaiyadal (leelas of

Lord Shiva), the various puranas like the basava purana, brahmananda purana, the

shiva purana, the devi bhagavatam etc. However, all of these fall short of the

actual experience one has when one stands before Them with folded hands and

stills the mind.

 

One is right to question on who am I to even talk about their glory. However, I

take consolation in the fact that no one is. Even if Brahma was to sit down and

detail the intricate lilas of Lord Shiva and Shakti, he wouldn't come close to

finishing the dissertation before the end of this yuga.

 

The reason a servant talks about his master is not because the master needs

publicity or support, but because the servant is happy doing so. A child may

talk about his mother, sometimes even wrongly and mistakenly, but the Mother

always forgives the child because She loves him. Such is the case here.

 

Some of you may be confused with the non-dualistic experiences and 5houghts

below and their connection with the divine parents. The state of non-duality can

be achieved not only by self-enquiry as to 'Who am I?' but also by unconditional

surrender to the divine parents by offering everything in a spirit of sacrifice

(though in a sense there is nothing to offer or sacrifice, since everything

belongs to Them).

 

Further, Shiva-Shakti does not mean just manifestations seen by the senses but

also mean consciousness at rest and consciousness in action, respectively. Thus

they represent the noumenon and phenomenon, respectively. Who can know Shiva?

Who can know Shakti? Only those who experience the Self. Since God is

omnipresent, He is surely within you as the Self. Intellectual movements in the

consciousness can not hope to fathom the glory of the spirit. Any mind which

operates by exclusion, in duality cannot hope to realize the nondual reality.

Until one surrenders completely, breaking the chains of devouring desire and

ignorance, Shiva-Shakti will remain but a nice idea, someone who is worshipped,

an interesting aspect from a distant land....

 

Humble obeisances to the eternal couple - ShivaShakti - always in undivided

union and abiding as the universal consciousness which inheres as the Self

(Atman) in all, from which all creations are projected and into which everything

is finally dissolved.

 

May we joyously participate in the lila of Shakti

while being established in the consciousness of Shiva.

 

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