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Dear All, I request you to visit and EDIT these pages. Neelam Gupta on Maha Sivaratri: http://groups.google.comancient_astrology/web/maha-siva-ratri-neelam-gupta

Vinita Kumar on Maha Sivaratri:http://groups.google.comancient_astrology/web/maha-siva-ratri-vinita-kumarVinay V Kapoor on Maha Sivaratri:http://groups.google.comancient_astrology/web/maha-siva-ratri-vinay-v-kapoor

I request all the members to please start actively participating in editing messages and preparing readable articles out of them as well apart from posting messages. Love and regards,Sreenadh , "sreeram srinivas" <sreeram64 wrote:>> > Namaste Madamji,> > It is interesting to note - That "Shankar" conjoined with "Mamta" to> generate this good response, offbeat, yet logical one.> > With regards,> > Sreeram_Srinivas> > > , "vinita kumar"> shankar_mamta@ wrote:> >> > Yoga> > Mahashivarathri ? Opening the third eye> > The 14th day of every month or the day before the New Moon which is> > the darkest> > night in the lunar month, is known as Shivarathri. Among all the 12> > Shivarathris in> > a year Mahashivarathri is the most powerful one. On this day the> > planetary> > positions, especially in the northern hemisphere, are such there is> > a natural> > upsurge of energies in the human system.> > In the yogic tradition, Shiva is not worshipped as a God but> > considered as the Adi> > Guru, the first Guru from whom the knowledge originated. For the> > ascetics that is> > the day he became one with the Kailash; he became like a mountain -> > still,> > absolutely still. After many millennia in meditation, one day he> > became absolutely> > still; that day is Mahashivarathri. All movement in him stopped and> > he became> > utterly still, so ascetics see Mahashivarathri as the day of> > stillness.> > Shiva has always been referred to as Triambaka in so many ways> > because he has> > a third eye. The third eye is the eye of vision. These two eyes are> > sensory organs;> > they feed the mind with all nonsense because what you see is not the> > truth. You> > see this person, think something about him; if you see that person> > it is something> > about him, but you are not able to see the Shiva in him. These two> > eyes don't see> > the truth so another eye, an eye of deeper penetration, has to be> > opened up. In> > this country, in this tradition, knowing doesn't mean reading books,> > knowing> > doesn't mean listening to someone, knowing doesn't mean getting> > information> > from here and there. Knowing means opening up a new vision into> > life. So true> > knowing means your third eye has to open up. If your third eye is> > not opened then> > there is no way you can see Shiva. So this day, the Mahashivarathri> > day, that> > possibility, nature is bringing it close. Everyday it is possible;> > it is not that you will> > have to wait for this day. But this day nature offers it to you> > easily.> > One of the prescriptions for today is you do not lie down in> > horizontal positions;> > remain in a vertical position. Remaining vertical alone is not> > sufficient; we will> > have to be in such position where we are not ourselves. Allow him to> > be; you are> > not. Shiva means `that which is not'. If you become like that the> > possibility of> > opening up new vision into life, looking at life with clarity is> > possible.> > Any amount of thinking, any amount of philosophising, will not bring> > clarity into> > your mind. Only when vision opens, only then there is clarity.> > Nobody, no> > situation, can distort this clarity within you. But the logical> > clarity you create,> > anybody can distort it. So today is an opportunity for you to become> > a> > "Triambaka", for you to open your third eye.> > Mahashivarathri is very significant for people who are in the> > spiritual process, it is> > also very significant for people who are in family situations, and> > it is also very> > significant for the ambitious in the world. By people who live in> > family situations,> > Mahashivarathri is worshiped as Shiva's wedding anniversary. For the> > ascetics that> > is the day he became one with the Kailash, because he became like a> > mountain -> > still, absolutely still. And the ambitious of the world see that day> > as the day Shiva> > conquered all his enemies. Now, why are this day and this night held> > in so much> > importance in yogic traditions? Modern science has gone through many> > phases and> > arrived at a point today where they're out to prove to you that> > everything that you> > know as life, everything that you know as matter and existence,> > everything that> > you know as the cosmos, as galaxies, it is all just one energy> > manifesting itself in> > millions and millions of ways. This reality is an experiential> > reality in every yogi;> > the word "yogi" means just that. As you know, the word "yoga" means> > union. The> > word "yogi" means one who has known the oneness of existence.> > When I say "yoga," I'm not referring to any one particular practice> > or system; all> > longing to know the unbounded, all longing to know the oneness in> > the existence> > is yoga. This night offers one such opportunity to experience this.> > The sages and seers of the past recognised this natural phenomenon> > in the human> > body and they made it a part of the tradition to make use of that> > day as a day of> > sadhana, as a day of intensifying the spiritual processes. In Isha> > we have set up a> > tradition where the Shivarathri day every month is of importance to> > people who> > are here. The Mahashivarathri, which occurs once in a year, is of> > even greater> > significance. We want to be aware, awake, focused, and vertical> > also. So various> > situations are created at Isha Yoga Center on this day, combining> > powerful> > meditations and celebration, which will definitely keep you awake.> >> > Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev> >>