Have a blessed Mahashivarathi Day

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I wish all of you a blessed Mahashivarathri - Day

May this Day in particular and all following days

take the veil away to bring a lot of changes in our lifes

Sai Sister Gitta

Importance Of Shivaratri

"Among the festival days, Mahashivaratri is of exceptional importance. Today God

is in close proximity to man. At midnight (on Shivaratri), Divine vibrations are

close to every human heart. At such a time, when people are engaged in holy

tasks, they get suffused with the Divine vibrations." Sai Baba. SS, 4/94. p. 87

"Today is Shiva-ratri day. You experience the night everyday. These are ordinary

nights. They are nights of darkness. But Shiva-ratri is an auspicious night. How

is it auspicious? There are sixteen aspects of the mind. The moon is the

presiding deity of the mind. Of the sixteen phases of the moon, today, in the

fourteenth day of Margashirsha month, fifteen of the phases are absent. On this

day, it is possible to get full control of one's mental faculties. Hence, it is

considered an auspicious day. Auspiciousness consists in diverting the mind

toward God. This calls for getting rid of the inherited animal tendencies in

man. This is the occasion to recognise the omnipresence of the Divine in all

beings and in all objects. It follows that whomsoever you adore or condemn, you

are adoring or condemning God. You must follow the injunction: Help ever, hurt

never." Sai Baba, SS. 3/96. pp.65 & 66

Symbolism Of Shiva's Form

'The secret of creation is evident from the description of the form of Shiva.

The crescent moon on Shiva's head symbolizes the consciousness in human beings,

the Ganga symbolizes the Life Force and the snakes on Shiva's body represent the

myriads of living beings He resides on a silver mountain. His dearest friend is

Kubera, the Lord of Wealth. Despite being endowed with all these, why was he

obliged to carry the begging bowl? To demonstrate to the world that every kind

of wealth is a hindrance to spiritual advancement, Shiva renounced everything.

It is through renunciation, Shiva became the eternal embodiment of supreme

bliss." Sai Baba

"In the divine family of Lord Shiva, we should understand that Shiva represents

energy, Parvati nature, Buddhi (intellect) and Siddhi (fulfillment) are

symbolic of Ganapati and Subramanya. They are all one, though conceived in

different forms. All the five fingers, in the hands are not alike but different

in size and shape. But when you do any work, they join together to give maximum

effect. If all are equal in size, it will not be functioning." Sai Baba. SS,

11/93. p. 297

Sri Sathya Sai Baba

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