The Siva-Linga

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points to an inference. When you see a big flood in a river, you infer that

there had been heavy rains the previous day. When you see smoke, you infer that

there is fire. This vast world of countless forms is a Linga of the omnipotent

Lord. The Siva-Linga is a symbol of Lord Siva. When you look at the Linga, your

mind is at once elevated and you begin to think of the Lord. Lord Siva is

really formless. He has no form of His own; and yet, all forms are His forms.

All forms are pervaded by Lord Siva. Every form is the form or Linga of Lord

Siva. A Powerful Aid To Concentration There is a mysterious power or

indescribable Sakti in the Linga to induce concentration of the mind. Just as

the mind is focussed easily in crystal gazing, so also the mind attains

one-pointedness when it looks at the Linga. That is the reason why the ancient

Rishis of India and the seers have prescribed Linga for being installed in the

temples of Lord Siva. Linga Represents The Formless Siva Siva-Linga speaks

to you in unmistakable language of silence: “I am one without a second. I am

formless.” Pure, pious souls only can understand this language. A curious,

passionate, impure foreigner of little understanding or intelligence says

sarcastically: “Oh! The Hindus worship the phallus or sex-organ. They are

ignorant people. They have no philosophy.” When a foreigner tries to learn the

Tamil or Hindi language, he first tries to pick up some vulgar words. This is

his curiosity-nature. Even so, the curious foreigner tries to find out some

defect in the worship of symbols. Linga is only the outward symbol of the

formless being, Lord Siva, who is the indivisible,

all-pervading, eternal, auspicious, ever-pure, immortal essence of this vast

universe, who is the undying soul seated in the chambers of your heart, who is

your Indweller, innermost Self or Atman and who is identical with the Supreme

Brahman. Sphatikalinga—A Symbol Of The Nirguna Brahman Sphatikalinga is

also a symbol of Lord-Siva. This is prescribed for Aradhana or worship of Lord

Siva. It is made up of quartz. It has no colour of its own, but takes on the

colour of the substances which come in contact with it. It represents the

Nirguna Brahman or the attribute-less Supreme Self, or the formless and

attributeless Siva. The Mystic Sakti In The Block Of Stone For a sincere

devotee, the Linga is not a block of stone. It is all radiant Tejas or

Chaitanya. The Linga talks to him, makes him shed profuse tears,

produces horripilation and melting of heart, raises him above

body-consciousness, and helps to commune with the Lord and attain Nirvikalpa

Samadhi. Lord Rama worshipped the Siva-Linga at Ramesvar. Ravana, a learned

scholar, worshipped the golden Linga. What a lot of mystic Sakti there should

be in the Linga! May you all attain the formless Siva through the worship of

the Linga, the symbol of Lord Siva which helps concentration of mind and which

serves as a prop for the mind to lean upon, in the beginning, for the

neophytes. Sivaya Namah

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