Hindu's! How does Shakti bring Shiva out into the open?

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And is this really necessary? Why?
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Thanks, OM TAT SAT, I don't know where those thumbs down came from, maybe the're religious folk. : )

OM TAT SAT: Thank You. I will be back tomorrow and read it with intrest, right now this coyote is going to sleep, it's 5:30am here in the middle of the Bible belt. See you later brother. : )

Aum., Thanks brother, I will read it with intrest later to,sleepy time for coyote, you Hindu's are great, so much wisdom. : )

Jade, I think you could very well be right. The west has so much to learn about real spirituality but most are conditioned from an early age as I was. I got sick enough of it that I learned to look for myself. I owe a great deal to Hindu's for you have so much wisdom. : )

Really great answers, so much depth. : )

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Answer 1

This slot is for me I'll answer later :)
"Utterly fearless and uninhibited it is this consciousness that brings
into manifestation and sustains the infinite
variety of beings, from the creator to the
blade of grass. It is ever dynamic and active,
yet it is more inactive than a rock and is more
unaffected by such activity than space."
Yoga Vashishtha - 5:23)

Shiva represents the unmanifest and Shakti the manifest; Shiva the formless and Shakti the formed; Shiva consciousness and Shakti energy, not only in the cosmos as a whole but in each and every individual. The roots of Shakti are in Shiva. Though one is manifested and the other unmanifested, they are in the ultimate sense one and the same One is the principle of changelessness and the other, the principle of change- Shakti is change within changelessness while Shiva is changelessness as the root of change. The experience of perfect unity of the changeless and the changeable, the dissolution of duality, is the aim of Tantra, and thus of Yoga.

Everything you see around you, whether physical, psychic, mental or whatever, is Shakti, both individually and collectively. This includes everything from a pebble to the sun. All manifestations of Shakti come from the underlying substratum, Shiva. The aim of Tantra is to invert the process to retread the path of creation as it were, back to union with Shiva or the Paramatman (supreme).

Tantra says that Shakti or the power of creating separate centres of manifestation (i.e. objects, individuals, etc.) is in essence consciousness itself (Shiva). However, the power of the phenomenal world around us veils itself through the power of maya. Each and everything in the created universe is actually no more than manifested consciousness and even though everything comes from it, there is no change in the nature of consciousness. From Shiva comes the universe as a whole and everything individually through the power of Shakti, yet Shiva remains the same. The eternal wonder and mystery is that Shiva and Shakti are one and the same.

Shakti is the mind of each one of us which can either enslave us or free us. She is 'Maya', (the creator of illusion), for it is through her power that one fails to see 'reality'. At the same time it is through the power of Shakti that the world is experienced; through her that Shiva can experience himself. Shakti is para brahman, the absolute, when she becomes a brahman at the time when Shiva and Shakti unite.

There is a supreme experience where Shiva and Shakti no longer exist as separate entities. Some call it 'Brahman', others refer to it as being 'Not this, not this', meaning that it is inexpressible, while still others say that it is one without a second. This is the state of nirvana, samadhi, perfect oneness, moksha or enlightenment. It is the state where Shiva merges so closely with Shakti that they become one. They embrace each other so tightly that they cease to be separate. And this is the meaning of the many 'seemingly' ero(t)ic sculptures which personify these two principles - Shiva and Shakti. They symbolise that enraptured state where separateness is no more. This is 'The divine embrace of Tantra'.

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Answer 2

Shiva and shakti are one .They seem to be different because shakti has taken the form of ego for no reason.Shakti always wants herself to unite with shiva the supreme truth-consiousness-bliss .This trying of unification is failing her every time.When shakti becomes inert only SHIVA.....

Answer 3

I cannot explain it better than the people before me but I can hypothesize about the thumbs down...it seems many times when a question is posed to Hindus or about Hinduism, it generates thumbs down regardless of what is being asked. While I won't fingerpoint to a particular religion, I do believe it is some people of a certain religion that would like to see their religion maintain the majority of questions being asked here, and they don't like it when another religion gets attention....and yes, I know how immature that sounds, but it's what I truly believe happens. Namaste.

Answer 4

When Shakti brings shiva in the open, no one is there to see Shiva.

We have to become shiva to see that event

:P

Answer 5

Shakti gives birth to shiva, not ordinary birth but she utilises whole of her being in making shiva's body

you can not see both together unless you are shiva yourself

Answer 6

Its very simple ! "Shakti" ,power and is double sided sword. If used for good reason its fine ! But power never knew where to stop, so to pacify it you need Shiva the pacifier !
And again if power used for the wrong reason Shiva the destroyer needs to eliminate the bad power !!!

Answer 7

Shakti hides Shiva behind her manifestations....

At the height of her Tamoguna (gross manifestation)... shiva is hidden inside stones and rocks...

And then shiva awakens...and the evolutions starts... shiva starts purifying the gross nature (shakti hidden)...into subtler forms...

in humans Shiva is hidden behind mind, intelligence and sub-conscious.

Shakti is slowly changing herself into shiva...and finally will merge into Shiva completely...and only shiva is visible.

More wise to say... shiva becomes shakti and hides his true nature behind his own manifestations...

Shakti is shiva at work.... and shiva is shakti at rest in bliss

But before that they have a great dance of destruction.... ending all our desires, all our thoughts, our mind, physical intelligence.... each step of dancing bringing out the divine light ... replacing physical counterparts

Answer 8

" Vishnuh shareera grahanamahameeshana evacha" ( Sapatashati)

By giving birth to Shiva.