Sadhguru
When we say 'Shiva', it's not about creating one more idol, one more god that we can beg to, ask for more prosperity, and for better things in life. It is not about that.
The word 'Shiva' means 'that which is not.' Not that which is, but that which is not. If you want to put it in logical terms, we have been saying everything begins from nothing and ends with nothing.
Everything that's here has evolved itself out of nothingness; now it is here; and again it goes back to nothingness. This is a fact of life.
That nothingness is Shiva. What we call 'shoonya' is Shiva. That emptiness is Shiva. You can call it by any name or form, or if you have that much awareness, you can look at it as a formless energy.
But that which contains everything, that which is not, is Shiva.
@SpiritualBooks
When we say 'Shiva', it's not about creating one more idol, one more god that we can beg to, ask for more prosperity, and for better things in life. It is not about that.
The word 'Shiva' means 'that which is not.' Not that which is, but that which is not. If you want to put it in logical terms, we have been saying everything begins from nothing and ends with nothing.
Everything that's here has evolved itself out of nothingness; now it is here; and again it goes back to nothingness. This is a fact of life.
That nothingness is Shiva. What we call 'shoonya' is Shiva. That emptiness is Shiva. You can call it by any name or form, or if you have that much awareness, you can look at it as a formless energy.
But that which contains everything, that which is not, is Shiva.
@SpiritualBooks