Sadhguru’s
speech on Shivrathiri day (Indian Express)
Whenever
we say Shiva, there are two fundamental aspects that we are referring to. The
word “Shiva” literally means, “that which is not”.
Today,
modern science is proving to us that everything comes from nothing and goes
back to nothing. The basis of existence
and the fundamental quality of the cosmos is vast nothingness.
Another
aspect of Shiva, we are referring to the Adiyogi or the first yogi, who is the
basis of yogic science. Yoga does not mean standing on your head or holding
your breath. It is the science of
technology to know the essential nature of how this life is created and how it
can be taken to its ultimate possibility.
When we
talk about Shiva as “that which is not” and Shiva as a yogi, in a way there are
synonymous, yet there are two different aspects. India has a dialectical culture, so we shift
from one to another effortlessly.
Yoga is
the science of inner evolution. This is a way of stepping beyond the boundaries
that human beings are supposed to stay within.
Breaking
the law of spiritual nature is spiritual outlaw. In this sense, we are outlaws and Shiva is
the ultimate outlaw. We cannot worship
shivA but you may join the Gang.
If you
want to join the Gang, there is no better night than Mahasivarathiri. The planetary positions on this night are
such that there is a natural upsurge of energy in the human system. This
process of raising one’s energies to their ultimate pitch to dissolve oneself
and become a part of the cosmic oneness, has happened in abundance on this
night. A certain nightlong festival has
been established to make use of this possibility awake and keeping one’s spine
erect.
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