Lord Shiva is the eternal source of self-upliftment and welfare of the world.

It is said that truth is God. Means, where there is truth, God resides there. In Mahabharata, where there is truth and religion, there God is with. And where God is with us, victory is sure. But no truth is God in itself. Because, truthfulness is a great divine knowledge, quality and power. But, it is not God. God is the eternal source of truth. This in itself is a fine and great truth. It is fine because it is very subtle. He is beyond corporeal and formless existence. He is bodiless and incorporeal. But, they are rich in supreme consciousness and supreme sensitivity. This is his excellence and greatness.

That spiritual father of all human souls is the Supreme Soul. Like other souls, they are points of divine light in form. But there is Sindhu in spiritual knowledge, virtues and powers. Being always and benefactor of all, he is Sadashiv and Sarveshwar. His work in making the entire human life, living beings and the inert world balanced, harmonious, satto-oriented and happy is always beautiful and pleasant in true sense. In all sense God is Satyam Shivam Sundaram. That is, God is the supreme truth of the world, whose virtues and duties are called Sadashiv, who is always beneficial to all. Benevolence for the whole world and creatures is their true beauty.

In religious scriptures, Lord Shiva has been considered as formless divine light. Lord Shiva in the form of Jyotirlinga has been called the deity of many deities like Brahma, Vishnu, Shankar etc. The twelve Jyotirlingas of India commemorate the divine descent of Shiva, the supreme light in creation, and the reunion with the Shaktis. This is a memorial to empower and culture the entire humanity with divine knowledge, yoga, global values ​​and divine virtues. It is said in Yajurveda, “Tanme manah shivsankalpamastu”. That means every resolution of my mind should be Shivamaya, that is, it should be auspicious and auspicious. In fact, Lord Shiva is the basis of peace of mind, strength, happiness, concentration, satisfaction and happiness. He is the eternal source of pure determination, self-sacrifice, self-upliftment and world welfare.

If seen, his auspicious duty is contained in the word Shiva itself. Shiva made of ‘She’ and ‘V’ is the destroyer of sins and the giver of liberation. That is, the one who removes everyone’s sins and gives salvation, that Supreme Soul is Shiva. By understanding this philosophy of Supreme Lord Shiva, and by following His best opinion i.e. Shrimat, one attains self-progress and realizes the Supreme Soul. In this way, by becoming pure and pious souls, the whole humanity gets liberation, liberation of life, speed and salvation. The welfare of the world takes place.

In the Vedas and Puranas, the Supreme Soul Shiva has always been described as the form of light, nature’s husband, trigunatit and beyond the cycle of birth and death, unborn. Then, why is Mahashivaratri called Trimurti Shiva Jayanti? How is the birth and birth anniversary of the unborn? In fact, the Supreme Soul Shiva is always without body, without body. Beyond birth and death, subject enjoyment, disease and sorrow, he is the form of non-abhokta, ashochata, ayonijanma, always formless divine point of light. He is beyond the three gunas and states of nature, satto, rajo and tamo. He does not take birth from the human body of the five elements, or from the mother’s womb. Because, He is the husband of nature and the spiritual parent of all, the Supreme Lord. They cannot have any parents.

Shiva is mentioned in Mahima Stotram, Supreme Soul Shiva, the embodiment of the three-fold light, creates the new world by the rajo guna of Brahma deity, and destroys the impure old world by the tamo guna of Rudra deity. And Vishnu follows the new creation through the seven qualities of the deity. While all the gods and goddesses have shapely and corporeal bodies, the Supreme Soul Shiva is the formless and formless form of eternal light.

Often people mix Lord Shiva with the deity named Shankar and Rudra. Actually, Shankar and Rudra are subtle embodied deities. Whereas, Shiva is the Supreme Soul, the creator of all deity souls. It is for them that there is a hymn in the Guru Granth Sahib, ‘Manush ko dev kiye karat na lage war…’, that is, God does not take time to convert a human into a deity. Similarly, three lines are written on the Shivling by saying Namah to Lord Brahma, Namah to Lord Vishnu and Namah to Lord Shankar. Tilak point is applied on those three lines by saying Namah to Lord Shiva. Due to which, the Supreme Soul in the form of a point of divine light is also the director of the three gods, Tridev and Trimurti Shiva. That is, through these three deities, the Supreme Soul Shiva establishes, sustains and destroys the Iron Age unrighteous culture of the Golden Age world. Three divine duties are performed by three deity souls. That’s why the incarnation of Shiva on the earth is called Trimurti Shiva Jayanti.

Jyotirlinga Shiva is the Supreme Soul, the Sun of Knowledge. They arise at the time of the end (Kalpant) of the Kalpa consisting of four yugas. Their corporeal mediums mentioned in the scriptures appear and incarnate in the forehead of Prajapita Brahma. Kalyugi ends the night of unrighteousness, the night of Brahma. Human life and the environment of the world are made pure, pure, green and happy. And the golden-aged ones always bring an atmosphere of spring. Maha Shivratri festival is celebrated in memory of his divine manifestation and world welfare duties.

The word ‘ratri’ in Shivratri is indicative of darkness. Which is the sign of ignorance, body pride, arrogance, unrighteousness and darkness in the mind of humans. Lord Shiva incarnates to remove Tamas in the form of those vices from human life and the world through the education and practice of Divine Knowledge Yoga. It has been said in the scriptures that the Jyotirlinga, the Sun of Knowledge, Shiva emerges in his corporeal medium, Brahma. And through him, he enables many to observe spiritual fast (Shiva Sankalp), fasting (staying close to God), Jagaran (self-awareness) and soul-divine union. Due to which there is change in culture, upliftment of life, welfare of the world and rejuvenation of the whole world. Man becomes equal to God and the world becomes happy. This is called the true Maha Shivratri festival.

Every month, Shivaratri takes place on Krishna Paksha Chaturdashi. But, Maha Shivratri comes only once at the end of the year. According to the scriptures, at the end of every Kalpa, the Supreme Soul Shiva has to incarnate on earth only once for the transformation of the universe. In whose memory, we celebrate Maha Shivratri only once every year. For whom it is sung, ‘the sun of knowledge rises, the darkness of ignorance destroys’.

Just as the bright light of the physical sun removes or destroys the darkness spread in the atmosphere, dirt, bacteria and germs. In the same way, the spiritual sun of knowledge, with the holy rays of his divine qualities and powers, burns away the filthiness, filthiness, disorder, evil and sins of the mind and intellect of those who have love and yoga with him. Due to these welfare works of God, his original name Shiva is the meaning of his duty. Which means auspicious or auspicious. The literal meaning of the word Shiva, which means God, is also the destroyer of sins and the liberator. He is called Sadashiv because he is always a benefactor of inert, living beings, nature and men.

If Lord Shiva in the form of divine light is the Sun of Knowledge, then the divine knowledge, qualities and powers of Shiva are in fact, the benevolent subtle rays that rejuvenate human beings. The rays with which the disorders, sins and demonic demerits present in humans, bacteria, germs etc. are destroyed. Due to the rising of Shiva, the Sun of Knowledge on the world, the ignorance of the Tamogun and Rajogun etc. settled in the mind and intellect of human beings goes away. The Mahashivratri festival, the auspicious meeting of the soul, the divine and the powers of Shiva, teaches the devotees the lesson of self-observation, self-study and self-realization.

That’s why human beings should receive spiritual knowledge and teachings of Raja Yoga from the Supreme Soul Shiva. Get your inner powers and blessings of Shiva, so that they can control their senses as well as conquer the mental disorders like lust, anger, greed, jealousy, hatred, ego etc. Along with this, re-development of divine qualities, divine character, divine culture, divine culture and divine civilization in human life and society through divine knowledge received from Lord Shiva and regular and collective practice of Raja Yoga. That is, along with destroying the darkness of ignorance and disorders in the mind with the power of knowledge and yoga of Supreme Soul Shiva, develop the Golden Age Goddess qualities and divine rituals in your life. This will be the true Mahashivratri festival on earth. And this will be the best gift from our side to Supreme Soul Shiv Baba.

– B.K. Sushant

(The author is the national media in-charge of Brahmakumaris Sanstha.