Watching Shiv Shakti on Jio

 I felt a deep connection with teh characters of Shiva, shakti, Narad and Vishnu and the Shiva ganas in this new serial on Jio. Thanks, Prabhu, for introducing me to this. Now I can watch one or two episodes everyday :)

My favourite song from this :

https://youtu.be/41RCF4Howwc?si=wwlkx0Jo3sQY5VQD

https://youtu.be/5PAxNWus8TM?si=Z-CrrNMJcZYjNF5f

The depth of connection between Shiva and Shakti is very nicely portrayed. 

Shiva also instructs that True Love is not for Happiness, its tapas and tyaga (sacrifice). Never thought unconditional love is all about sacrifice and Tapas.

Now I see Angel number 11:11

Today He says ... Keep the attention on the karm not on the phal (result). Then only you'll be able to enjoy the results.

Where there is doubt there is no love, where there is love there is no doubt. You have to clear the doubts on your own. If you kill the doubts (Shanka) then you will recognize (Shankar). 

 

Fire of Unclutching

While chanting Aum Haam Haum Shivaya namah, visualise Shiva or Guru burning your ego (bhasmam daggum sariram), and associated desires, feelings, imaginations or visualisations, 

thank Shiva for purifying me. 

Another way is feeling I'm sitting in fire 🔥 

Another thought: After I think of - or visualising any past or future conversation, Chant like above and burn associated Visualising in fire of Tapas.

Guru Stotram (Adi Shankara) with Translation

With surrender to my Guru I get this translation by the blessings of Sankara. Touches my heart every time I chant for my Guru Nithyananda

gururbrahmā gururviṣṇuḥ gururdēvō mahēśvaraḥ |
gururēva parambrahma tasmai śrīguravē namaḥ ‖ 3 ‖

Meaning: Salutations to that guru who is the Creator, Sustainer, and Destroyer, who is the limitless one.

Brahmanandam parama sukhadam kevalam jnaanamurtim
Dvandvaateetam gaganasadrusham tatvamasyadi lakshyam
Ekam nityam vimalamachalam sarvadheesaakshibhuutam
Bhaavaateetam triguna rahitam sadgurum tam namaami.

• Brahmanandam: The bliss of Brahman (the ultimate reality)
• parama sukhadam: The giver of supreme happiness
• kevalam jnaanamurtim: The embodiment of pure knowledge
• Dvandvaateetam: Beyond the pairs of opposites (like pleasure and pain, heat and cold)
• gaganasadrusham: Expansive like the sky
• tatvamasyadi lakshyam: Whose goal is indicated by the great saying "Thou art That" (referring to the identity of the individual soul with the Supreme Soul)
• Ekam: The one
• nityam: Eternal
• vimalam: Pure, spotless
• achalam: Unchanging, immovable
• sarvadheesaakshibhuutam: The witness of the functions of the intellect (the inner Self that observes all thoughts and feelings)
• Bhaavaateetam: Beyond all mental conditions or emotions
• triguna rahitam: Free from the three Gunas (Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas - the qualities of nature that bind the soul)
• sadgurum: The true Guru
• tam: To him
• namaami: I bow down

I bow down to that Sadguru, who is the bliss of Brahman, the giver of supreme happiness, the embodiment of pure knowledge. He is beyond duality, expansive like the sky, whose goal is indicated by the great saying 'Thou art That'. He is the one eternal, pure, unchanging witness of the functions of the intellect, who is above all mental conditions and the three Gunas.

caitanyaḥ śāśvataḥśāntō vyōmātītō nirañjanaḥ
bindunāda kalātītaḥ tasmai śrīguravē namaḥ

• caitanyaḥ: Pure consciousness or awareness
• śāśvataḥ: Eternal, unchanging
• śāntō: Peaceful, tranquil
• vyōmātītō: Beyond space or the sky
• nirañjanaḥ: Stainless, pure, without any blemish
• bindunāda kalātītaḥ: Beyond the unmanifest sound (the cosmic vibration that precedes creation) and beyond time
• tasmai: To him/her
• śrīguravē: To the glorious Guru
• namaḥ: Salutations

 "Salutations to that glorious Guru, who is pure consciousness, eternal, peaceful, beyond space, stainless, beyond the unmanifest sound (the source of creation), and beyond time."

ajñānatimirāndhasya jñānāñjanaśalākayā
cakṣurunmīlitaṃ yēna tasmai śrīguravē namaḥ

• ajñānatimirāndhasya: Of one blinded by the darkness of ignorance
• jñānāñjanaśalākayā: With the collyrium-stick of knowledge
• cakṣurunmīlitaṃ: Opened the eyes
• yēna: By whom
• tasmai: To him
• śrīguravē: To the glorious Guru
• namaḥ: Salutations

"Salutations to the glorious Guru, who with the collyrium-stick of knowledge opened the eyes of one blinded by the darkness of ignorance."

akhaṇḍamaṇḍalākāraṃ vyāptaṃ yēna carācaram
tatpadaṃ darśitaṃ yēna tasmai śrīguravē namaḥ

akhaṇḍamaṇḍalākāraṃ: In the form of an unbroken sphere (or circle)

vyāptaṃ: Pervading, permeating

yēna: By which

carācaram: The moving and the unmoving (the entire universe)

tat: That

padam: State, condition, abode

darśitaṃ: Revealed, shown

yēna: By whom

tasmai: To him

śrīguravē: To the glorious Guru

namaḥ: Salutations 

Salutations to the glorious Guru who revealed that state (of consciousness), which pervades the entire universe in the form of an unbroken sphere, and by which the moving and the unmoving are pervaded.

sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ vyāptaṃ yatkiñcitsacarācaram
tatpadaṃ darśitaṃ yēna tasmai śrīguravē namaḥ

sthāvaraṃ: Stationary, immobile

jaṅgamaṃ: Moving, mobile

vyāptaṃ: Pervading, permeating

yatkiñcit: Whatever, whatsoever

sacarācaram: With the moving and the non-moving (the entire universe)

tat: That

padam: State, condition, abode

darśitaṃ: Revealed, shown

yēna: By whom

tasmai: To him/her

śrīguravē: To the glorious Guru

namaḥ: Salutations

"Salutations to that glorious Guru, who has revealed that state (of consciousness) which pervades everything, whether stationary or moving, the entire universe, both animate and inanimate."

cinmayaṃ vyāpiyatsarvaṃ trailōkyaṃ sacarācaram
tatpadaṃ darśitaṃ yēna tasmai śrīguravē namaḥ

cinmayaṃ: Pure consciousness, made of consciousness

vyāpiyat: Pervading, permeating

sarvaṃ: Everything, all

trailōkyaṃ: The three worlds (heaven, earth, and the netherworld)

sacarācaram: With the moving and the non-moving (the entire universe)

tat: That

padam: State, condition, abode

darśitaṃ: Revealed, shown

yēna: By whom

tasmai: To him/her

śrīguravē: To the glorious Guru

namaḥ: Salutations

"Salutations to that glorious Guru, who revealed that state (of consciousness) which is pure consciousness, pervades everything, and encompasses all three worlds, with the moving and the non-moving."

yat satyena jagat sarvaṃ yat prakāśena bhāti yat 

yadānandena nandanti tasmai śrī gurave namaḥ

yat satyena jagat sarvaṃ: By whose truth the whole universe exists.

yat prakāśena bhāti yat: By whose light everything shines.

yadānandena nandanti: In whose bliss everyone rejoices.

tasmai: To him/her

śrī gurave: To the glorious Guru

namaḥ: Salutations

"Salutations to the glorious Guru, by whose truth the whole universe exists, by whose light everything shines, and in whose bliss everyone rejoices."

na gurōradhikaṃ tattvaṃ na gurōradhikaṃ tapaḥ
tattvajñānātparaṃ nāsti tasmai śrīguravē namaḥ

na gurōradhikaṃ tattvaṃ: There is no truth (or reality) higher than the Guru

na gurōradhikaṃ tapaḥ: There is no austerity (or spiritual practice) higher than the Guru

tattvajñānāt paraṃ nāsti: There is nothing greater than the knowledge of the truth (or reality)

tasmai: To him/her

śrīguravē: To the glorious Guru

namaḥ: Salutations

"There is no truth higher than the Guru, there is no austerity higher than the Guru. There is nothing greater than the knowledge of the truth. Salutations to that glorious Guru."

mannāthaḥ śrījagannāthaḥ madguruḥ śrījagadguruḥ |
madātmā sarvabhūtātmā tasmai śrīguravē namaḥ ‖ 12 ‖

mannāthaḥ: The Lord of my mind

śrījagannāthaḥ: The Lord of the universe (a title often associated with Lord Jagannath)

madguruḥ: My Guru

śrījagadguruḥ: The Guru of the whole world

madātmā: My inner Self (Atman)

sarvabhūtātmā: The Self of all beings

tasmai: To him/her

śrīguravē: To the glorious Guru

namaḥ: Salutations

"Salutations to that glorious Guru, who is the Lord of my mind, the Lord of the universe, my Guru, and the Guru of the whole world. He is my inner Self and the Self of all beings."

Chit rupena parivyaptam trailokyam sacharacharam
tatpadam darshitam yena tasmai sri gurave namaha

Chit rupena: In the form of pure consciousness

parivyaptam: Pervading, encompassing

trailokyam: The three worlds (heaven, earth, and the netherworld)

sacharacharam: With the moving and the non-moving (all beings)

tatpadam: That state (of consciousness)

darshitam: Revealed, shown

yena: By whom

tasmai: To him/her

sri gurave: To the glorious Guru

namaha: Salutations

Salutations to that glorious Guru, who revealed that state (of consciousness) which, in the form of pure consciousness, pervades the three worlds along with all moving and non-moving beings.

sarvaśruti śirōratna samudbhasita murtaye
vēdāntāmbuja sūryayaḥ tasmai śrīguravē namaḥ

sarvaśruti śirōratna samudbhasita murtaye: Whose form has arisen/manifested from the crest-jewel of all the Vedas.

vēdāntāmbuja sūryayaḥ: Who is like the sun illuminating the lotus of Vedanta (the philosophical essence of the Vedas).

tasmai: To him/her

śrīguravē: To the glorious Guru

namaḥ: Salutations

Salutations to that glorious Guru, whose form has arisen from the crest-jewel of all the Vedas, and who is like the sun illuminating the lotus of Vedanta.

jñānaśaktisamārūḍhaḥ tattvamālāvibhūṣitaḥ
bhuktimuktipradātā ca tasmai śrīguravē namaḥ

jñānaśaktisamārūḍhaḥ: Established in the power of knowledge (or one who has ascended the heights of knowledge and power)

tattvamālāvibhūṣitaḥ: Adorned with the garland of truth (or one whose very being is decorated with the principles of reality)

bhuktimuktipradātā ca: And is the bestower of both bhukti (worldly enjoyment or material prosperity) and mukti (liberation or spiritual freedom)

tasmai: To him/her

śrīguravē: To the glorious Guru

namaḥ: Salutations

"Salutations to that glorious Guru, who is established in the power of knowledge, adorned with the garland of truth, and is the bestower of both worldly enjoyment and liberation."

 

anēkajanmasamprāpta karmabandhavidāhinē
ātmajñānapradānēna tasmai śrīguravē namaḥ

anēkajanmasamprāpta: Accumulated over countless lifetimes

karmabandhavidāhinē: To the one who burns the bonds of karma

ātmajñānapradānēna: By granting the knowledge of the Self (Atman)

tasmai: To him/her

śrīguravē: To the glorious Guru

namaḥ: Salutations

Salutations to that glorious Guru, who, by granting the knowledge of the Self, burns the bonds of karma accumulated over countless lifetimes.

śōṣaṇaṃ bhavasindhōśca jñāpaṇaṃ sārasampadaḥ
gurōḥ pādōdakaṃ samyak tasmai śrīguravē namaḥ

śōṣaṇaṃ bhavasindhōśca: Drying up the ocean of worldly existence (or the cycle of birth and death)

jñāpaṇaṃ sārasampadaḥ: Revealing the wealth of essential truth (or the ultimate reality)

gurōḥ pādōdakaṃ samyak: The water that has perfectly washed the Guru's feet

tasmai: To him/her

śrīguravē: To the glorious Guru

namaḥ: Salutations

"Salutations to that glorious Guru, whose water that has washed his feet completely dries up the ocean of worldly existence (samsara) and reveals the wealth of essential truth."

gururekam jagat sarvam brahma vishnu shivatmakam
guruhu parataram nasti tasmat samho jaye gurum

gururekam jagat sarvam: The Guru alone is the entire universe.

brahma vishnu shivatmakam: Embodying Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.

guruhu parataram nasti: There is nothing higher than the Guru.

tasmat samho jaye gurum: Therefore, let us together praise the Guru.

"The Guru alone is the entire universe, embodying Brahma (the creator), Vishnu (the preserver), and Shiva (the destroyer). There is nothing higher than the Guru. Therefore, let us together praise the Guru."

yasya deve parā bhaktir yathā deve tathā gurau
tasyaite kathitā hy arthāḥ prakāśante mahātmanaḥ

yasya: For whom, for one who

deve: To God, to the divine

parā bhaktir: The highest devotion

yathā deve: As to God

tathā gurau: So also to the Guru

tasya: To him/her

ite: These

kathitāḥ: Explained, spoken

hi: Indeed, verily

arthāḥ: Meanings

prakāśante: Become revealed, become clear

mahātmanaḥ: To the great souls

"For one who has the highest devotion to God and an equal devotion to the Guru, the meanings of the scriptures, as explained, become revealed. This happens to those great souls."

Dhyaana-Muulam Gurur-Muurtih Puujaa-Muulam Gurur-Padam, Mantra-Muulam Gurur-Vaakyam Mokssa-Muulam Guruur-Krpaa

Dhyaana-Muulam Gurur-Muurtih: The root (or source) of meditation is the form of the Guru.

Puujaa-Muulam Gurur-Padam: The root of worship is the feet of the Guru.

Mantra-Muulam Gurur-Vaakyam: The root of mantra is the word (or teachings) of the Guru.

Mokssa-Muulam Guruur-Krpaa: The root of liberation (or spiritual freedom) is the grace of the Guru.

The root of meditation is the form of the Guru, the root of worship is the feet of the Guru, the root of mantra is the word of the Guru, and the root of liberation is the grace of the Guru.

New technique from Shiva

While walking this morning Shiva gives me a new technique which is while breathing in visualising Guru Deva and while breathing out visualising me. Discrete the circle between me and Gurudev and his constant presence puts my mind in the Quiet. There are many times where I see Gurudev is also burning my ego and associated attachments. (Bhasmam daggum sariram) Overall all I'm happy with the way my Guru is guiding me.

I think this is only the meaning of Soham 

I can also combined with this being (an) is  surrendering to the source when I do breathing. As in while in breath (so) surrender to source and while out breath (being conscious of the little self, an or little ego)

Fire engulfing me

Was able to visualise my guru visualising or projecting fire on me and causing purification of my thoughts and my associated Memories 

(Bhasmam daggum sariram) 

Replace below face with mine ... And

Ali cravings are the mind

All cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things and in the future as a substitute for the joy of Being. As long as I am my mind, I am those cravings, those needs, wants, attachments, and aversions, and apart from them there is no 'I' except as a mere possibility, an unfulfilled potential, a seed that has not yet sprouted. In that state, even my desire to become free or enlightened is just another craving for fulfillment or completion in the future. So don't seek to become free of desire or “achieve” enlightenment. Become present. Be there as the observer of the mind. Instead of quoting the Buddha, be the Buddha, be “the awakened one,” which is what the word buddha means.

Prayer manifestation

From friend:

 Flower fell from Shiva when I surrendered and prayed to Him to bless me with Forgetfulness of - and associated Memories, feelings and emotions. 

I (an) is surrendering to Shiv and pray for forgetfulness of - and associated Memories, feelings and emotions. 

After this around Lake while walking, again prayer to Parandhama Krishna on the same. Because from Him comes Knowledge remembrance and forgetfulness. So I pray and He responds back with 3 temple Bell rings or so and then one more after a few seconds.

My prayer has been answered. I don't know how it will manifest but i know it will be answered.

Aum 🙏🏼 

Thoughts and Emotions

Basically, all emotions are modifications of one primordial, undifferentiated emotion that has its origin in the loss of awareness of who you are beyond name and form.

-Eckhart Tolle

Every time you do ajapajapa, just take a few seconds to feel the high pitch eee sound (presence) and ask yourself "how are you feeling right now

Your goal is to be in control of your energies so that surrender is happening and not let the whirlpool of thoughts to cause emotional disturbances in your inner space. 

By dwelling mentally on the situation, event, or person that is the perceived cause of the emotion, the thought feeds energy to the emotion, which in turn energizes the thought pattern, and so on.

Echart Tolle.

Divine Synchronicity: A Call to Unity with Shiva

Today, I experienced a profound moment of spiritual connection. As I prayed to Shiva, the universe responded with a stunning synchronicity.

*My Prayer:*

"Shiva, I yearn to be one with you. Free me from lower states of consciousness. Grant me constant dwelling in higher realms of awareness, joy, and freedom from pain and suffering."

*The Synchronicity:*

As I spoke these words, the temple bell rang out.

*Deciphering the Sign:*

This unexpected event signaled:

1. Divine acceptance of my prayer

2. Spiritual awakening and transcendence

3. Possibility of rising above suffering and pain

*Key Takeaways:*

1. Unity with the divine is possible

2. Higher consciousness holds the power to transcend pain and suffering

3. Synchronicities guide us toward our highest potential