Why Shiva Meditates being the almighty

November 8, 2009 by krishna.varanasi

SHIVA means combination of two words SHIka and VAsa combinedly meaning The one who resides in the Shika or the Sahasrarcha Chakra forming the Shiva-Shakti.
When Shiva himself being the almighty who grants Kaivalya by keeping the soul with himself(union) and not giving it back to Brahma for re-creation(samsara) meditates, always a question rises as to why the almighty himself meditates, what is the necessity?
Actually, it has been said that the almighty said in the begining of the creation, ekam eko anekaha( Let me become many)...he became everything(sarvam eeshwara mayam)...but where did he create this world...where is that factory that created so much material to build this universe...where was all this material before the big bang...where was it parked...what sorrounded it....who held it...what was displaced to accomodate it...the answers are nil......but the answer is in the description of the almighty himself....if it was only he who was there before the creation, during the creation and after the creation then all this creation is an illusion or maya.But this maya also called Vishnu Maya is a sustainance.This sustainance is possible only during a dream state(turiya avasta) or the kalpavriksha state(ie; whatever we think becomes true or gets executed). Shiva in his universal dream extending all permutations and combinations created this universe of all possibilities. In such a permutation and combination of illusion, life also existed.The illusion or maya exists and does not exists at the same time.This is because a dream is a reality till it is dreamt and becomes a mist when one is awake.But both dream and reality is based on experience and hence looks real.
Ultimately there is no difference between the dream and the dreamer.The dreamer becomes the dream.Hence in this divine dream everything we see and feel and even ourselves is nothing but Shiva himself.Hence AHAM BRAHMASMI.

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