Today's Past Talk Transcription

On Mahasivarathri, the Saivites all over the world are worshipping Lord Siva. The one day of the year, where the Saivites come forward to worship Lord Siva.

There are very few rules for worship. One is that, you give your whole heart and soul to Siva. If you don't know how to do that, another rule is, you enter into the temple of Lord Siva's sanctum or attend the ceremony out-of-doors, in humility and awe. And, then the magic will happen. Lord siva will take your heart, take your soul and realize Himself in you.

Beautiful Saiva Siddhanta philosophy - You take one step to Siva, Siva takes nine steps to you. If you come to Siva on this night and you are confused, you are unhappy, you are sad, everything has gone in the opposite direction than what you expected throughout the year. . . the energy of the unhappiness, the energy of the sadness is pure energy coming from Siva. And, the magic that you can make within yourself is to realize yourself as energy. Rather than being the confusion, being the unhappiness, and holding many regrets.

The electricity flowing through the coil into the television set, lighting the light, makes many pictures come on the screen. Good pictures, bad pictures, happy pictures, unhappy pictures. It doesn't affect the light. Nor does it affect the energy making the light.

One of the gifts Lord Siva freely gives to every one of his devotees, is a new identity. When Siva realizes Himself in you, you have a new identity. You see yourself as pure energy coming from Siva, as light of the mind is coming from Siva. When Siva realizes Himself in you, you can sit quietly without thoughts entering your mind, and feel the presence of Siva within you, as absolute peace.

The entire Universe is held together by a plasma. The entire Universe is held together by prana. That prana is emanating out of Siva, that plasma is emanating out of Siva, every minute of every hour of every day. Your new identity is - You are a perfect, beautiful soul, made of quantums of pure energy and light. Once you accept your new identity, you will realize that your soul body, anandamaya kosa, lives in the astral body. The astral body is the mover of the physical body.

Once you realize yourself as a pure, untarnished soul, you will realize that you have a tool, which you call the intellect. You have emotions. You have feelings. Because the mind is very complex, so are the emotions, so are the feelings. Your personal magic is to realize daily that you are a soul. Keep every reminder of your true identity. People will tell you have a name. People refer to you as a physical body. People will tell you that you have responsibility. All that may be true, but that is not the real you.

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