Q. Who is Siva?
A. A Jiva (Soul) who has forgotten his real self.
Q. Who is Shakti?
A. The One who moves Siva.
Q. As in?
A. The Power which moves you and me.
Q. Where is Siva?
A. Where ever you are to be.
Q. How to find Him?
A. By finding yourself.
Q. Then what is Kailasa?
A. It is the Kalasha (Crown of the Head).
Q. How to reach there?
A. By Breath.
Q. Breath?
A. Yes. The abode of Siva can be reached through Vasi (Breath in Tamil).
Q. So no need to go to Kailash?
A. "If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, then Muhammad, must go to the mountain."
Q. What does it imply?
A. The Mountain is atop your head. Go climb it, through Yoga.
Q. What is the Shiva Lingam?
A. Lemme tell you what it is not instead. It is not a Phallus, as you think it to be.
Q. Then what it is?
A. The word "Lingam" in Sanskrit has around 18 different meanings. Which one you want to know.
Q. Hmm! Is that so?
A. Yes. That is why it is gravely misunderstood.
Q. So Siva is a symbol?
A. No. Siva is a state which every Jiva can attain.
Q. How?
A. Through Shakti of course.
~ Compare both the pic and let your imagination do the rest.
Article Courtesy:
Srinath Raghavan.
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