MahaShivRatri. Shiva.

Today is Mahashivratri, a very auspicious day amongst the Hindus, since it's Lord Shiva's Birthday. Many Hindus fast today and offer prayers to Lord Shiva.

On this occasion, in our meditation group, we had a chance to discuss about Lord Shiva, fasting etc.

Shiva is not God.
Shiva is a part of God.

Shiva is consciousness, the energy.

God divided himself in 3 parts : Bramha – creator, Vishnu- preserver and Shiva/ Mahesha- destroyer of all evil & to submerge life into energy. 

There are numerous forms of Shiva - we have the Earth Shiva, the cosmic Shiva, the universal Shiva, multi- universal Shiva because Shiva is energy..

The planetary Shiva is the energy that pervades over everything on this planet. We have the Mansarover, the Amarnath, where this energy is supposed to be coming from.

Likewise, the Solar Shiva – pervades over the sun.

God as Shiva means that God's energy pervades over entire cosmos.

That is why the popular bhajan, Shivo Hum Shivo Hum – which means we become / merge with the consciousness.

We should pray to the Shiva energy who pervades over the entire cosmos.

Extra Note : So now, the evolution theory states that life forms changed / disappeared over many years. So if Vishnu was supposed to preserve exactly what Brahma created, then.. he wasn't accurate to do that right..? But then I got the answer, that whatever is not required is destroyed.

So today's special mediation would be to imagine a tiny flame inside your heart ( 1/16th of an inch). expand it to fill your heart, then chest, abdomen.. and slowly he entire body. Then cover the ethereal body with light which is 2 inches above the physical body. Then cover the mental body which may be a foot wide enclosing our physical body. Then engulf the emotional body in light which is outside the mental body, a foot or 2 foot wide .. you will now feel light, and probably would feel like flying.. as there is light everywhere..

Then you can expand the light to fill your room, home, colony, Delhi, India and then the planet. When you fill up the planet with light, imagine you are at the tip of North Pole and seek health from Amarnath to fill this planet with light.. keep affirming, may their be peace and light.. ( or whatever you'd like to say about this city/ country/ planet)

Then with the help of cosmic Shiva imagine that there is light all around the universe and cosmos.. feel the cosmic Shiva, hear the bells ring, feel the breeze, the light, the peacefulness..

But before beginning the meditation do the invocation ( that's a thumb rule for all meditations ).

End it by thanking all the forces of heavens present with you and chant Om shanti shanti Om - 3 times.