Friday, April 8, 2016

Levels of understanding of Shiva Linga





Guruji: The lowest level at which we understand the Siva Linga is at the level of physical union. It is the male phallus which is called Siva and the female yoni which is called Parvati. It is their union that we are worshiping. There, the union is for procreation.
At the next highest level, the fire in the navel center and the love in the heart center, their union is called Siva and Shakti.
In the next higher level still, space is considered the womb and time is the linga which is moving. The universe of space and time is called the Siva Linga. All the five elements, all the ways in which we perceive, all these are considered to be lingas.
After these three levels, we reach the fourth and transcendent level where there is no distinction between the seer and the seen. They have become one. That is the highest form of the linga. It is called alinga. There is no linga there. There is no characteristic that differentiates one from the other. You are joined so totally with the world. You have absorbed the whole world into yourself and there is nothing other than you. So, to reach that state is called moksa.

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