On the divine occasion of Shiv Ratri

On the Path of Spiritual Journey, we have nearly given our lives in finding answers of ‘WHY’ of things and never gathered the courage to ask or question the ‘HOW’ of things. In the Spiritual world ‘WHY’ sounded very pleasing & satisfactory but in this journey of Life, it is only ‘HOW’ that matters. To tackle an inquiry intellectually is very easy but to tackle a question existentially- not just to think about it, but to live it through, to go through it, to allow yourself to be transformed through it. That is, to know love one will have to become Love. That is dangerous because you will not remain the same.

When Devi questions about Shiva’s reality. The dialogue is not between a teacher and a disciple but it is a dialogue between two lovers. So the language of love; the disciple must be in an attitude of Love. A disciple needs a womb-like receptivity. Whatsoever is received is not to be gathered as dead knowledge. It must grow in you. It must become blood and bones of you. It must become a part now. It must grow.

Every treatise starts with Devi asking a question & Shiva replying to it. Modern psychology, depth psychology particularly says that man is both man & a woman. No one is just male or no one is just female. You have seen pictures of Shiva as ardhanarishwar- half man & half woman. So Devi is just not a consort, she is Shiva’s other half. And unless a disciple becomes the other half of the master it is impossible to convey the higher esoteric methods. When you become one then there is no doubt. When you are one with the master – so totally one, so deeply one, there is no argument, no logic, no reason. One simply absorbs.

There are two types of languages- Logical Language and Love Language. Logical Langauge is aggressive, argumentative, violent. If I use logical language I become aggressive upon your mind. I try to convince you, to convert you, to make a puppet of you. My argument is “right” and you are “wrong.” Logical language is egocentric: “I am right & you are wrong, so I must prove that I am right & you are wrong.” I am not concerned with you, I am concerned with my ego. My ego is always right.

Love Language is totally different. I am concerned with my ego, I am concerned with YOU. I am not concerned to prove something, to strengthen my ego. I am concerned to help you. It is compassion to help you to grow, to help you to transform, to help you to be reborn. Secondly, logic will always be intellectual. While in Love language what is said is not so significant; it is the way it is said. The container, the word, is not important the content, the message, is more important. It is a heart to heart talk. not a mind to mind discussion. It is not a debate, it is a communion.

So this is rare: Devi is sitting on the lap of Shiva and asking, and Shiva answers and it feels as if Shiva is speaking to himself.
We have made Shiva’s abode on Kailash. That is symbolic. It is the highest peak, the holiest peak we have made it Shiva’s abode. We can go there but we will have to come down to our abode, it cannot be our abode. We can go on our pilgrimage, a journey. We can touch for a single moment the highest peak; then we will have to come back.
Sometimes someone moves to the peak of love but then falls back because it is so dizzying. Love is so high & you are too low. It is so difficult to live there. The Peak of Love is Shiva’s abode, he lives there it is his home. and he is not even aware of it, because if you live on Kailash you will not be aware this is Kailash, this is the peak. The peak becomes plain. Shiva is not aware of Love, We are aware of love because we live in non-love. And because of the contrast, we feel love. Shiva is Love. He lives on the peak.

Radhe Radhe