A gift from the Gods
Editors Note
In January 2005 THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM began speaking on Shiva Sutras which is a collection of various books like Vignana Bhairava Tantra, Thiru Manthiram, Guru Gita, Shiva Sutras and others scriptures.
He started speaking on Devi's doubts: What is life, beyond form pervading forms?
THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM then said:
'Frozen into one frame, Mother or Lover, I am easy for you to capture and retain. I am then easier to market. It's good business for me, not good business for you. I want you to be confused so that you become enlightened. I want you to die so that you are awake. Come to me with your ignorance; it's my duty to show you the path. Don't hesitate to fall into my arms with love; you will soar with me into bliss.'
As we heard him we wondered: Who is he? Is he Father, Mother, Son, Brother, Friend, Lover or a Fake? We know he would love to be called a Fake. That would make the confusion more complete. Is he all forms in one? He can be the terror of Shiva. He can also be the nectar of Krishna. Is he better as a bitter nightmare or a sweet fantasy?
There were times when he chided, eyes aglow with anger. One learned to stay quiet. The grimace morphed into a grin; Shiva morphed into Krishna. Tears come to my eyes even as I write; what to speak of being in his presence.
He is all forms and no form. He refuses to be captured in a frame, turned into a stone, worshipped as an image. He is not a master who will be hung on the wall by his devotees, a master dying at the hands of the fantasies of his devotees. He would rather be the 'simha swapna' awakening us into wisdom. He would rather be the Zen stick that prods us into wakefulness, than the crutch that we are comfortable with. He relates to us on multiple frames and planes, just to keep us off balance and in confusion, than allow to be frozen into one frame that kills the master and ourselves.
The Master is beyond forms and beyond dimensions. He is not uni, bi, tri or multi dimensioned. His dimensions and forms are infinity; infinite dimensional; infiniD.
He calls us to embrace him to soar into bliss. We are so used to falling into mud that we hesitate. Soaring into bliss is not our nature as we understand it. Our anxieties and fears work upon us creating nightmares and fantasies.
We are watching a movie all the time. It's only when the movie stops that we see the screen beyond without which the movie can't be projected. We know not it's a dream till we are awakened. Unless we experience the 'no mind', we have no idea that we have been fantasizing. A child when she plays still knows that she is playing. An adult keeps playing not knowing that all he plays with is unreal.
It's the Master's job to rudely awaken us to show us a glimpse of the reality. He enhances our problems so that our small worries are drowned in much bigger ones; with his grace the troubles fade and the Sun shines into reality.
When we dream, when we fantasize, it is about others and us. The first person attaches the second and the third. 'I' includes 'you' and 'they' as well. When the dream breaks, the movie stops, the circus gets over, you and they merge with the 'I'. Then the 'I' disappears and only the Consciousness remains.
Form and forms disappear once we realize we are watching the movie; even the screen collapses. Nightmares and fantasies cease. We awake.
This is the point of Ananda Gandha, the sweet spot, where the energy centers merge and where the form merges with the formless, and Devi's doubt answers itself: What is life, beyond form pervading forms?
What THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM presents in these discourses is the Consciousness of Shiva as he takes us through the responses of Bhairava to Devi. Each sutra is an understanding of the state of Shiva Consciousness followed by a meditation that takes us into that Consciousness. THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM has said time and again that in these 112 techniques each one of us on this planet can find a technique that suits us to elevate us into our own awareness and enlightenment.
These discourses are quintessential THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM. Profound and never serious, communion and never a lecture, these words resonate long after one has read them. Each word is a 'click' as he calls them, a transformational experience that changes the way we think and act.
Let our Master's blessings be upon you!