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Let's Talk About Shiva

ChieftheCef

Active Member
Looking inward isn't about seeing "what comes inwardly." It's about realizing what is immanent...what is inherent in/as the nature of one's being as opposed to seeking what is transcendent.
Even still my point stands. It is about not all of it. Eastern wisdom has wisdom, but it's adherents take a lot for granted those enlightenend being didn't.
Chidananda rupa Shivoham Shivoham.
I agree, but I see like Kapila. Shiva is yet one of my guides in life. The other is Love and the riverman.
I assure you this is no flaw.
Shiva is flaw. That's all it is, flaw working together. And it makes the most beauitiful picture when casting the gaze outside of civilization. Say, can you do this favor for me: when you be good, be good for yourself, the other and your world because your lasting forever in the eyes of reality actions not only last forever but they impact you, your world and the other.

Besides this I will warn you, Atlantis has been found. Shiva built the faulty eventually too evil civilization on shaky ground. Now it's in the middle of the Atlantic, probably why it's named that honestly. Go figure, anyone could see it all along. But be careful with your monkey paws. You could be under the ocean soon
 
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ChieftheCef

Active Member
Well I was referring to you.
Shiva is the 1/3rd. He is the badness. It fertilizes goodness. But he has bounds, being one in the same as everything else. We all are flaw, we have badness in us. Men do not know meditation, it should be taught in schools. Gives you more intelligence and compassion, oxygen. If you're wise enough, as if it's working better. Shiva is the darker side of the Trimurti. And it's really good because there are tons of ******* who say "no drugs, no sex, no gambling, no dangerous stunts, no making fun of each other, no badness". What does that do? It ****** him off. Literally, gods are just personifications of Nature. It makes everything go backwards when they can't have what they want because they are less happy. Another way to be less happy: deny yourself. Not absolutely, like nothing is, literally. But to deny yourself simple things like sugars, meats, weeds, wines is actually as grotesque as buddha. Shiva wants to remind us, not too much, but not too little. Buddha is right on many things, like whether the world is illusory or whether we all are voidiocity or the middle way, but on that last one there is a caveat, his middle way is not actually appropriate for monkeys, of which we terribly are, so much so that we call other apes monkeys, see I call humans monkeys because they are. Anyway there is a golden mean, not a middle ground to follow. Besides this there is a different set of needs for everyone. Eh, I'm rambling.
 
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dybmh

דניאל יוסף בן מאיר הירש
I know nothing about the text. View about Bhairava varies some. Some see Him as an aspect, some see Him as an avatar of Siva, (non-Saiva view), and other see Him as a different form of Shiva.

In your community? Is there a primary source for reading and learning about Shiva?
 

JustGeorge

Imperfect
Staff member
Premium Member
Does anyone known any mantras for clarity of mind? Can anyone teach me how to use a mala with it?
My favorite mantra for just about anything is 'Aum Namah Shivaya'. Its simple, and if I'm in an emotional state, its easy for me to repeat.

To use a mala, you start at the 'guru bead'(the largest, obvious on most mala's), and take each bead between your third finger and thumb, chanting your mantra once per each bead. When you've cycled through all 108 beads, you can be done, or do another round, as per your choosing.
 

dybmh

דניאל יוסף בן מאיר הירש
From Wikipedia:

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Shaivite theology ranges from Shiva being the creator, preserver, and destroyer to being the same as the Atman (Self) within oneself and every living being. It is closely related to Shaktism, and some Shaivas worship in both Shiva and Shakti temples. It is the Hindu tradition that most accepts ascetic life and emphasizes yoga, and like other Hindu traditions encourages an individual to discover and be one with Shiva within.
"

Is it a fair description?
 

JustGeorge

Imperfect
Staff member
Premium Member
From Wikipedia:

"
Shaivite theology ranges from Shiva being the creator, preserver, and destroyer to being the same as the Atman (Self) within oneself and every living being. It is closely related to Shaktism, and some Shaivas worship in both Shiva and Shakti temples. It is the Hindu tradition that most accepts ascetic life and emphasizes yoga, and like other Hindu traditions encourages an individual to discover and be one with Shiva within.
"

Is it a fair description?
Its a general one, but fair, overall, in my opinion.
 

ChieftheCef

Active Member
My favorite mantra for just about anything is 'Aum Namah Shivaya'. Its simple, and if I'm in an emotional state, its easy for me to repeat.

To use a mala, you start at the 'guru bead'(the largest, obvious on most mala's), and take each bead between your third finger and thumb, chanting your mantra once per each bead. When you've cycled through all 108 beads, you can be done, or do another round, as per your choosing.
I wish you well on your journey
 

Vinayaka

devotee
Premium Member
In your community? Is there a primary source for reading and learning about Shiva?
I see Him as a different form of Siva. In my community the primary source for learning is the trilogy of my Guru: Dancing with Siva, Living with Siva, and Merging with Siva. In my second level community (Sri Lankan Tamil Saiva) it would be the Tirumurai, the collective Thevaram hymns of the Saiva saints, as well as the Tirukkural.
 

Spice

StewardshipPeaceIntergityCommunityEquality
My favorite mantra for just about anything is 'Aum Namah Shivaya'. Its simple, and if I'm in an emotional state, its easy for me to repeat.

To use a mala, you start at the 'guru bead'(the largest, obvious on most mala's), and take each bead between your third finger and thumb, chanting your mantra once per each bead. When you've cycled through all 108 beads, you can be done, or do another round, as per your choosing.
This is the one that calls the four elements, isn't it?
 
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