Art and Science Of Life

Wonderful ! so far so good.....continuing the discussion further i said, Ganpati days continues till this energy rises to the Solar plexus or Manipur Chakra. This is commencing of Pitrapaksh - the fifteen days devoted to our ancestors. We should work our a method to get their blessings in this period as they are freely available for supporting us. These days energy moves into the Solar plexus, which has fire element and hence these days comes across as full of fire - hot summers. This situation exist inside us also with lot of humidity coming from sacral plexus or Swadhisthan due to heat of Solar or Manipur.  This heat is converted with blessings of Pitra during Pitrapaksh to convert our state from liquid to air and we are able to rise into Anahat or the heart chakra. The heat continues and this air element of Anahat is further heated to convet into Plasma state in sky. Sky element is present in Throat chakra - Vishudhi, so we reach here.  This way downward and upwar...

We know Shiv as God but what does Ratri means? she asked. In Tantra, its very clear and a Sadhak knows that Day is Shiv and Night or Ratri is Devi. Devi is worshipped with various names, like Ratri, Nisha and others. Then what is this meeting of flow with ratri? she questioned. Its the state where down fall of cosmic energy through spine hits the ground. Some of this energy gets grounded and some part starts rising back. This rising energy is Shakti. This state of transition is referred to as Sandhya in Sanskrit. This is the state where Shiv and Shakti are in complete harmony, a dynamic balance. Its transition time and suggested for stilling the body and observing inside us.  This act is sometimes referred to as Sandhya Puja.  This state is transition from Shiv or Nirgun state to Goddess or Sagun state. Ratri starts taking over after Shivratri.  It starts with rise in the counciousness with Goddess till Janmashtami (Birth celebrations of Shri Krishna...

Shravan month is said to be very dear to Shiv. Rains does Shiv Abhishek, Sahsrabhishek to everything on earth whether one desires it or not. There is a silent flow that gets intensified with the cleaning done by rains. Rains cleans air from poisonous gases and suspended particles, so that we could breath clean air and get our Sushumna activated.                       Once Sushumna is activated we could notice cosmic energy flow very easily. This silent flow of energy that comes from cosmos enters from the head and travels down the sushumna in the spine while producing Panchakshri in different chakras (it is covered in detail in Mahakaal article - To know how Panchakshri is produced with Abhishek in the body, read article on Mahakaal. Hope that few readers might have experienced these flows in body by now). This downward flow of cosmic energy with Panchakshri is related to Shiv and at some point during this flow it hi...

Well, Mother earth gets fertile with rains and hence gets full of greenery. One could easily notice that like Jalabhishek to Shiv Ling, rains also does Abhishek to earth. Its said that "kankar - kankar" is Shankar. This hypothecates that each stone is the form of Shiv. We could see that Shivling is of different shapes and sizes and are of stones. Therefore, each sand particle is also Shiv and rains does Abhishek to each of these during Shravan. I believe you know that Shravan is a month that is one of the period equivalent to a month during rainy period of the year. Yes, I know that, she said. Ok that's good, you will agree that we need to have a keen observing eye. The day we could observe, the world around us will change and then it will be different. We could then observe - how rains does abhishek. We live on earth and exist between clouds and earth making abhishek to happen or pass through us. We could note that this is natural Jalabhishek and doesno...

We visited Rudraprayag some time back. In fact my wife's friend is living there. Rudraprayag is a wonderful place with lots of greenery and with the Sangam of river Mandakini and Alaknanda."Sangam" is a Sanskrit word meaning union. These two are very powerful river streams and they combine to form a further larger stream. Therefore, its called a Prayag - Sangam or Union. Rudra is the fire that assimilates everything in itself. Fire is the one that purifies. Simple example is Gold becomes gold only after its processed by fire. Fire has multiple functions and in Tantra its described in detail. It has 10 characteristics, these are referred to as ten Kalas of fire. Agni Puran describes fire in detail.  Rudraprayag is an important halt in travelling to evolved religious places like Kedarnath and Badrinath. The roads split in two directions. If you travel along Alaknanda, you will reach Badrinath and if you travel along Mandakini, you will reach Kedar...

Now as we are through with the science part and could comprehend some level of understanding of Shiv Ling and Parivar (family). It’s equally important to know how to apply this understanding for the benefit of one and all. Its important to know application of these facts to make our life more beautiful and full of Love. The art of praying Shiv Parivar creates a very pleasing effect. We find a deep peace with in us, therefore, would recommend trying it to experience it. This is a simple process and in Sanskrit its termed as Prokshan, Abhishekam or Tarpanam. These words hints on a life invocation process.  Well! The process goes like this…… Take some water, may be with some pleasant additives. Stand on one side of the Shiv Linga and shower it with continuous stream of water. One could use Panchakshri (explained in article on Mahakaal) for connecting this Abhishek with the cosmic flows in the inner world. The Mantra oscillations resonates in the nature and cosmic...

The overall Body is neutral while the charge flows through spine. The charge exchange across the surface of neurons happens in the spine. These charges are two ionic poles; Shiv and Shakti. This way the continuous churning in chakras by Shiv and Shakti results in secretions from these chakras. These secretions are called Rasa. These Rasa goes out to the vital body parts to sustain life symptoms.  Devi is form of original source of energy and hence termed as Adishakti in sanskrit. This energy that manifests into different forms and hence empowers our body parts to perform their natural functions. The secretions or Rasa from Chakras gives them divine nectar for bringing an order in them. This Rasa is the fuel for those vital body parts to function and retain their order.    We see this order in entire nature and this order is necessary for sustenance of life.  If we see around us we will find that though everything might be unorganized but all of these toge...