THE TIMES OF INDIA-09-MAR-2013,
Why Shiva Flies Into A Rage
Interaction: Sadhguru
hy does Shiva fly into a rage ~ he is
\ \ ] believed to do the rudra tandava
as expression of his anger. How
important is the Shiva mythology to our
understanding of Self?
‘Though this vast emptiness which we refer
to as Shiva is a boundless non-entity that is
eternaland always, since human perception is
limited to form, we created many wonderful
forms for Shiva in tradition and culture. The
enigmatic, non-perceivable Ishwara; the auspi-
cious Shambho; the disarmingly naive Bhola;
Dakshinamurthy, the great master and teacher
of the vedas, shastras and tantras; the easily
forgiving Ashuthosh; Bhairava, the
one tainted with the very blood of the
creator; absolute stillness, Achalesh-
wara; the most'dynamic of dancers,
Nataraja — as many aspecis as there
are to life, that many aspects have
been offered to him. :
with life isthat we are always tryingtopick out
what is beautiful and what is not, what is good
and what is bad. You will not have a problem
with anyone if only you can accept this man
who isacomplex amalgamation of everything
that lifecan be.
Inthe Shiva Purana stories, you will see that
the Theory of Relativity, Quantum Mechanics —
the whole of modern physics ~ has been very
beautifully expressed. But somewhere along
the way people dropped the science and just
carried the stories, and the stories were exag-
gerated from generation to generation to a
point of being absolutely ridiculous. If you put
thescience back into the stories, it isa beautiful
way toexpress the science.
‘The Shiva Purana is the highest
science of elevating human nature to
the very peak of consciousness, ex-
pressed in beautiful stories. Yoga has
been expressed in the form of a sci-
ence without stories attached to it,
but if you look at it in a deeper
Generally, in most parts of the THE sense, yoga and the Shiva Purana
world, anything that people refer to cannot be separated. One is for
as divine is always referred to as’ "SPEAKING ® those who like stories, another is
good. But if you read through the TREE for those who are willing to look at
Shiva Purana, you cannot identify
Shiva as a good person or a bad person. He is
everything ~ he is the ugliest, he is the most
beautiful; he is the best and he is the worst; he
is the most disciplined, he is a drunkard. Gods,
demons, and all kind of creatures in the world
worship him: So-called civilisation has conve-
niently eliminated all those un-digestible stories
about Shiva, but that is where the essence of
Shivais.
Completely contradictory aspects of life
have been built into the personality of Shiva.
Such a complex amalgamation of all qualities
of existence has been placed in one person
because if you can accept this one being, you
have crossed life itself. The whole struggle
everything scientifically, but the
fundamentals of both are the same.
Today, scientists are suggesting that one of
the best ways to impart education is to impart
it in the form of stories or in the form of play.
A little effort has been made in that direction,
but most of education has remained hugely
suppressive. The huge volume of information
suppresses your intelligence unless it is given
to you in a certain form, and the story form
of teaching would be the best way. Follow
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