Who is Shiva?

I thought of writing about my beloved deity Shiva peruman (peruman is Indian language meaning a great divine soul) today. The reason I dont use the word Lord Shiva instead is apparent if you have read my BDSM GODS vs Universal GODS article before. The word Lord comes from English and instills the feudalism concept of Lord and servant in the relationship with the absolute divine which in my opinion is counterproductive for spiritual evolvement. Instead the Indian language refers to gods as divine atma (divine sould) and calls them paramatma or peruman which I prefer to use here refering our relationship with the absolute divine as a teacher-student relationship.

Anyway so who is Shiva? Well as I said above Shiva rules the sign Scorpio and also Aquarius and Pieces in the zodiac belt. Therefore he imbibes this energies into himself. Scorpio first. Scorpio is that dark house of all mysteries and secrets. The classic 8th house of the horoscope.

As it is the house of secrets, all things secret comes into the domain of this houses whgich include but not restricted to things like, occult, death, sex, tantra, magick, secret emotions, secret societies, kundalini, mysteries, obstacles, sudden events, poisons, etc. Shiva therefore embodies all this qualities within him. In this house Shiva assumes the form of Bhairava. Picture of Bhairava below:

Bhairava is part of Shiva which is attuned to the darker side of things just like the sign scorpio. The enlightenment produced here is that of illumination within the darkness of Scorpio/ Vrichika. Shiva Bhairava's energies are usually used for Tantric practices as Bhairava rules scorpio. So is it for magick. Therefore the 1st energy of Shiva peruman is that of Bhairava. To honor Bhairava's energy one invokes and makes prayers to him on the 8th phase of the waning moon. As I have said before, Shiva loves the waning moon and not the waxing moon. Bhairava generally relates to the tamasic aspect of manifestation as he does not differentiate between satvik, rajas and tamas, anything goes with him. All is Shiva, thus the aghoras in India (Tantric cult) even goes to the extent of eating dead corpses and living in the graveyards!!!...

An image of an Aghori...

Now the second part of Shiva peruman. This is the star Thiruardirai which is ruled by Rudra aspect of Shiva. Now Rudra is the part of Shiva which is the storm part. Full of anger wanting to destroy things on his path. Imagina a storm coming your way, thats the energy of Rudra peruman. Rudra here relates to Rajasik energy, or the passionate aspect of manifestation. In modern living, this is about achievements. Thiruardirai is the star of achievements. Rudra is the storm but he also represents overcoming the storms. Storms can be challenges one faces in life. Therefore Rudra energy is overcoming storms in life. Thus Shiva peruman is honored and prayed for relief of all sufferings in the waning 13th phase of the moon (my birth moon phase). This is called Pradosham in Tamil language. Thus Shiva becomes violent as Rudra and destroys anything in his way. Definetely this is a dangerous energy to mess with!!!...

Image of Sri Rudra...

The 3rd aspect of Shiva peruman would be that of Sadashiva. Now Sadashiva is related to the Pieces part of the zodiac. Pieces represents the mystical, blissful spiritual state. The yogic state of samadhi is finally achieved in Pieces. The kundalini energy which was activated in Scorpio now finds its culmination in Sahasrara Chakra in Pieces. In other words, Bhairava becomes Sadashiva. Sadashiva means purity and auspiciousness. All that is pure and auspiciouss is Shiva. Therefore Shiva means blissful state of conciousness, sat-chit-ananda (truth, conciousness, bliss)...

So this is the basic energies of Shiva peruman. Remember Hindu rituals are based not on feudalistic system of god worship. However when a Hindu does prayers, what is happening is archetype energies are invoked to influence one's unconcious mind. When the unconcious mind is affected, changes in life can be activated. When we activate Shiva peruman's energy, we would flow towards transcedence and spiritual bliss. All spiritual knowledge and mysteries would be solved. Love of Shiva releases us as I said before, from the shackles of bondage of rebirth and sufferings. True wisdom and enlightenment is gained by gaining the blessings of Shiva peruman.

Jai Shiva...