Shiva is the knower. Shakti is the known. They appear to be separated in space and/or in time. An interval measures the distance in space and time together. The scientific formulation (where c is the speed of light; that is, 186,000 miles per second) would be:
(Interval)² = (Distance)² − (Time difference × c)²
Aikya means union. They were not united, but now we are uniting them; that is, now we’re reducing the interval between them to zero. Aikya rūpiṇī means “having the form of union.” The form of what? Of the zero interval.
There are two ways for this interval to be zero.
The first is to make the distance and the time difference both equal to zero. That is, to place the seer and the seen at the same place at the same time, so they are one and the same. This is the state of just being. There is no energy in it, not even the desire or power to move.
The second way is for space and time differences to exist, but for both to be equal. When the spatial interval is equal to the time interval multiplied by c, the interval vanishes. This is an interesting case of dynamic power: Shiva is the power of being, Shakti is the power of awareness, desire, knowledge and manifestation. When the two merge, they become total power—they can be anywhere at any time, have any knowledge and manifest any desire.
And that is the secret of this great mantra. It teaches us how to become total power—the power to be, to know, to heal, even across great distances or time intervals.
For example, we can travel to any place we desire in zero time, via teleportation. Not physically, of course, but mentally. We don’t even have to know the path, because we’re not following any path—there is no path. And we don’t need to travel through telephone lines either; the sky will do.
We can perform distance healing, too. To do so, two conditions must be met.
First, our form must be made of light, so that we can move at the speed of light. Then time freezes for us and distance no longer matters. We can be anywhere in zero time.
Second, the desire to heal must exist. If it does, then the healing will be automatic, for what disease can stand against light? If you become light and you wish to manifest anything, anywhere, you will manifest it—a universe, if you like.
But as physical beings, we are not made of light. Only as mental beings are we made of light. This is how the power of visualization manifests that which is visualized.
And this is where the visual symbols called yantras come into the picture. They are our mental visualizations; thus, they are made of light. They have the intelligence of cosmic power streaming through them. All forms are yantras. They create space, time and matter.
This great mantra—śivaśaktyaikyarūpiṇī—teaches that all powers lie within us. It is for us to determine what it is that we want, and then to employ these spiritual techniques to obtain it.
So let us now consider some practical applications of the mantra and the yantra embedded within it.
What is the yantra suggested by, or embedded within, the mantra? It is that “she has the form of the union of Shiva and Shakti.” Thus, the physical form we can visualize in manifesting our desire is that of the liṅga and yoni in union. Geometrically, we can think of the central triangle as the yoni (Shakti), and the circle inscribed within it as the shaft, or liṅga (Shiva).
And where do we go from there?
Well, the place we want to travel to is probably different from the place where we are now. So it has an interval—think of that as the yoni. As Shiva, I have to place myself within it, thus achieving the unity of Shiva and Shakti.
And what is the visualization?
First, I imagine the triangle. Then I enter that triangle and visualize the place I want to go, not worrying about the path needed to get there. And presto—I am there with an astral presence. Those with calm minds can see me there; they can talk to me, do whatever they want with me—love me, kill me even. But I am here, too. So I may be dead there, but I’m still alive here.
But wait a minute.
Suppose I want to heal the relationship of a woman and a man. If I am a woman, I can map the other woman onto my own yoni and visualize the man as the liṅga entering it, thereby witnessing the union of Shiva and Shakti. Their relationship will be healed.
The difference from the previous example?
I have not gone anywhere. I am simply mapping their presence onto myself.
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