Mahashivaratri

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Well.. now, we all know about the greatness of Shivarathri and let's know about the true nature of the Shiva linga..... Pls. read all these thoroughly..

Dakshinamoorthy is having four hands and in one hand he is having fire, in his other hand he is carrying a small drum, in his other hand he is having Vedas and in the fourth hand which is giving grace kept in sin mudra (index finger folded to touch the middle of thumb finger).

In this way they saw the four hands of lord dakshinamoorthy.

In the right side of dakshinamoorthy’s head which is wearing crown there is sun and in the left side of his head there is curved moon. His face is displaying calmness, dispassion and equanimity and is very beautiful with a mild smile. They studied this form and shape, thought using their knowledge and wisdom, discussed among themselves and finally arrived at the correct conclusion. What is that?

The form that appeared before them is none but supreme lord himself. To overcome death (lord yama) who is represented as south direction and to achieve divine immortality lord dakshinamoorthy is facing south and we have to sit in the direction of north facing dakshinamoorthy. Since lord is sitting facing south they called him dakshinamoorthy (thatchinaa -> means south and murthi means form of lord available for his devotees).

Since lord is sitting with complete silence and without any speech they realized one has to maintain silence and avoid speech. This is called Moona Nilai.

Since lord is carrying fire in his one hand they realized god is of form of divine flame or divine jyothi. Since he is carrying drum in his other hand god is also of the form of divine sound which is Ohm. Which means god is of both divine sound and light. This is nothing but vindu naadham.

Please be clear of this vindu naadham is quite different from what many westerners r mentioning as Siva n shakthi resembles our genitals(Phallus n Yoni)... but the divine secret here is not genitals but "Eyes".... pls read below to understand that so clearly our gnanis identification of real shakthi n sivam....

By carrying vedas in other hand he is imparting to the sages that Vedas teach them that god is of divine light and sound and also it teaches the way to reach him. The fourth hand is giving grace to the people with the sign of sin mudra.

God who is of divine light and sound is showering grace upon us and his grace can be realized from the place of sinmudra. Know and realize what is sinmudhra and do penance there with silence. This is the message that thatchinaa murthy is conveying to the humans with his form.

The divine message that thatchinaa murthy bought is “Keep your eyes open and be just present without any action”. This is what told by thatchinaa murthy without any speech. This is the secret wisdom of divinity.

Vedas tell the same truth in coded and hidden way. The lord who is present everywhere is of the form of divine light. With this divine light divine sound is also present and this divinity is present in human body in the place of sinmudra.

If we cling on to this sinmudra and be just there, we can realize and reach the supreme lord.

Sanakaathi sages came to know this and by following this they realized him and reached him and attain divine blissfull immortal life.

In this the important thing is sinmudra. This is the place in the human body through which he is accessible and we can reach him. This is the place in which we have to do penance. This is the place where we have to be just there. Lord as Thatchinaamurthy has bent his index finger and touching the middle line of the thumb with his other three fingers stretched out.

The Lord Ayyappa in sabarimala is also showering his grace in the sign of sin mudra. With sin mudra in your hand and if you turn your hands the region in which the index finger is touching the middle finger resembles like our eyes. Our eye length is same as the length of thumb finger from the tip till the middle line.

So Sin Mudra means Eye and this has been represented in coded terms so that we may think and realize this. To make us use our knowledge only these things were represented in coded form.

In KathaUpanishad the hero character Nichikethan asks the lord of death yama where the lord is residing in human body. To this lord yama replies the supreme lord is present in the human body which is of the size of thumb and is present as smokeless divine flame. This is one more proof that eye is the way to reach god.

In our human body the length of thumb from tip to the middle line represents the eye as both are of same length. The lord who is of divine supreme flame and light is of flame without any smoke. He is inside our eyes as the divine light without any smoke. This is divine secret.

Only if we get to know this we can be just there and do penance with our eyes opened as indicated by Thatchinaamurthy.

I am telling this divine secret to the whole world. Our eyes were the lamp of our body. The divine light present in our body is nothing but the supreme lord himself. One who does penance by constantly thinking of the light of the eye with consciousness in the eye and with eyes open and with alertness and by just being there will see and realize the supreme lord.

One who knows what sinmudra denotes and who just be there in the consciousness in the place of sinmudra with the eyes open will get the pleasure of reaching the supreme lord.

“Cling on to Thumb for getting divine pleasure and bliss” – Siddhar song.

Understand the greatness of "Tamizh" language here.... it's as "Thumb + izh" - i hope no explanations needed.... that's what it's codedly been conveyed to us as "Agastiar is been taught tamizh language by Lord Muruga(Sadashiva), our inner guru" n words of great saint as "Kadavul enai padaithan, nandraga tamizh cheyumare.... here, he didnt mention this with just language as being guessed by us normally, but he is intimating about this great thavam(meditation) here not as mere language but the self realization itself....

So that only, there came a song for the greatness of tamizh comparing it to all the precious things n been called as Chemmozhi.... The song is "Tamizhukum amuthendru per...."

Showing sinmudra they are indicating our eyes. So siddhars were asking us to cling on to our eyes for getting divine pleasure and bliss.

So as Thatchinnamurthi the supreme lord’s teaching is realize the divine light in our eyes and be there with our eyes open. Since sanakaadhi sages were highly learnt, knowledgeable and intelligent they can understand lord’s teaching and can realize him. Since Thatchinna Murthy imparted to them without speaking they were able to realize the truth. This is the truth. This is satya and this has been certified by different sages, seers, siddhars and Nyanis.


Whatever lord as dakshinamoorthy imparted is also confirmed by another incident in another Nyani’s life. This saint is none but great ArunagiriNathar (Author of famous tamil divine poem and song ThiruPukal). Aadhiguru imparted the teaching to sanakaadhi sages without speaking whereas in the case of ArunagiriNathar lord muruga took the form of a Brahmin and imparted the teaching by speaking the words “Just be there(Summa Iru)” and saved him.

In all the above incidents god did not showered his grace directly instead god came as guru and imparted his teachings and blessed them as guru. By this the supreme lord tells about the importance of guru and imparts the teaching which is “Just be there”.

Those who does penance with the divine consciousness in the eye and with the eye open will get spiritual maturity and only for those person the supreme lord will show himself , will make them realize him, will embrace them and will overwhelm them with his grace.

In ThiruPuzal ArunagiriNather praises lord muruga as how he has been shown grace by the lord as guru by speaking the words “I am telling you to be just there”.

So AadhiGuru means the first guru is Thatchinnamurthi. Thatchinnamurthis is none but that supreme divine lord. His teaching was “Just be there with Alertness and with eyes open”. This is the divine wisdom and way to divinity.

The same divine wisdom is conveyed by all the seers, saints, siddhars, Nyanis and our divine saint Vallalar who have come in the family of divine members who were sent to uplift this world. This divine wisdom is told to people in different ways using different words and with coded forms. This same information is told as divine secret so as to make people search for it.



எண் சாண் உடம்புக்கு சிரசே பிரதானம் !உயிராக சிற்றோளியாக நம் உடலில் தலையின் உள் நடுவே இருக்கிறார் அந்த பரமாத்மா !

உச்சிக்கு கீழே அண்ணாக்குக்கு மேலே சுடர்விடும் அந்த ஜோதி அழியாதது !அது இறையம்சல்லவா !
நம் தலை உள் நடுவிருக்கும் நம் உயிர் , அங்கிருந்து இருநாடி வழி இரு கண்களிலும் துலங்குகிறது ! ஒன்று , இரண்டாக இரு கண்மணியாக ஒளிர்கிறது !

நம் கண்மணி பூமியைப்போல் உருண்டையாக , பூமியைப்போல் உள் மத்தியில் நெருப்பை கொண்டதாகவும் , மத்தியில் ஊசி முனையளவு துவாரம் உள்ளதாகவும் , அந்த ஊசிமுனை வாசலைமெல்லிய ஜவ்வு மூடியபடியும் அமைந்துள்ளது !!

கண்மணி ஊசிமுனை வாசலை மறைத்து கொண்டிருக்கும் மெல்லிய ஜவ்வே நம் மும்மலத் திரையாகும் !

இதைத்தான் நமது வள்ளலார் 7 திரைகளாக விவரித்து கூறியுள்ளார் ! நம் அத்மஜோதியை மறைத்து கொண்டிருக்கும் 7 திரைகளும் விலகினாலே , அதற்காக நம் ஞான தவம் செய்தாலே , நாம் நம்முள் இருக்கும் நம் ஜீவனான அந்த பரமாத்மாவை தரிசிக்க முடியும் !

ஜீவன் எங்கிருக்கிறது ? எப்படி இருக்கிறது ? என்பதை முழுமையாக அறிந்து அதை அடைய ஞானிகள் காட்டிய வழியல் செல்வதுதானே புத்திசாலித்தனம் !

நம் சிரசின் உள் மத்தியில் உள்ள நம் ஜீவனுடைய, அதோடு தொடர்பு உடைய நம் இரு கண்கள் வழியாக உள்பிரவேசிப்பதுதானே சாத்தியம் ! உலக ஞானிகள் உரைத்த சத்தியம் இதுவே !

நம் சரீரத்தின் விளக்காக கண் விளங்குகிறது என்றல் , கண் ஒளியால் நம் உள் ஒளியை பெருக்கி பேரொளியான அந்த இறைவன் அடையலாம் அல்லவா ?!

நம் அகத்தீ பெருகவேண்டும் ! அகத்திலே துலங்கும் ஈசன் அருள்வான் ! சுட்டும் இருவிழி சுடர்தான் சூரிய சந்திரனாகும் !

எட்டும் இரண்டுமாக இருப்பது இரு கண்களே !

சிவசக்தியாக இருப்பதும் இரு கண்களே !

“ஊனமர்ந்தோரை உணர்வது தானே”
இறைவன் மனித தேகத்தில் “ஊன்” கண்ணில் மணியில் ஒளியாக துலங்குகிறான் என்பதை உணர வேண்டும். இம்மானிட பிறவி எடுத்ததன் பயன் இதுவே.

“சோதித்த பேரொளி மூன்றைந் தெனநின்ற
ஆதிக்கண் ஆவதறிகிலர் ஆதர்கள்
நீதிக்கண் ஈசன் நெடுமால் அயன் என்று
பேதித் தவரைப் பிதற்று கின்றாரே”

எல்லாம் வல்ல இறைவன் பேரொளி . அதன் ஒரு சிறு சோதியானது மூன்று நிலையாகி சூரிய சந்திர அக்னியாகி முச்சுடராகி விளங்குகிறது. ஐந்து பூதங்களும் இணைந்து ஒரு சேர நின்ற கண்களில் துலங்குகிறது.

மூன்றும் ஐந்தும் எட்டு ‘அ’ என்றும் கண்ணாக நிற்கிறது. ஆதிக்கண் என்றது நாம். நம் தாயின் கருவில் உருவாகும்போது இறைவனால் அருளப்பட்ட ஜீவனைக் குறிப்பதாகும். இரு கண் மூலமாகவே ஆதிகன்னான ஜீவனை அடைய முடியும். பாவாத்மாக்கள் இந்த உண்மையை சொன்னாலும் புரிந்து கொள்ளார். இறைவன் நம் உடலில் இங்ஙனம் குடி கொண்டிருக்க இது புரியாமல் சிவன் விஷ்ணு பிரம்மா என பலவாறு தெய்வங்களை கூறி பிதற்றுவார்கள்.

உடலினுள்ளே பார்க்காமல் உலகிலே தேடுவார்கள்.

நமது கண் ஒளியை பெருக்கி உள்ளே கொண்டு போனால் உள் உள்ள ஆன்ம ஜோதியை மறைத்துக் கொண்டிருக்கும் வினைகள் அகன்று விடும். இதுவே ஞான தவம். இப்படி செய்துதான் நாம் தூய்மையாகிதன் இறைவனை அடைய முடியும்.

நம் சிரசிலிருந்து ஒரு நாடி கீழே இறங்கி நமது தொண்டையில் உள்ள சிறிய நாக்கின் மேல் பகுதியில் அண்ணாக்கின் மேல் நின்று அங்கிருந்து இரு நரம்பாக பிறந்து இரு கண்களிலும் வந்து சேர்க்கிறது.

நாம் நம் கண்மணி ஒளிமூலம் தவம் செய்யும் போது இருகண்ணும் உள்ளே ஒன்றுசேரும் இடமே உச்சிக்கு கீழே அண்ணாவுக்கு மேல. இதுவே நமது ஆத்மஸ்தானம். உயிர் இருக்குமிடம்.

“உச்சிக்கு கீழடியோ அண்ணாவுக்கு மேலே வைத்த விளக்கு நித்தம் எரியுதடி வாலைப்பெண்ணே”

நமது உயிர் – பிராணன் – ஜீவன் – ஆத்மா இருக்கும் இடம் இதுவே.

இதற்க்கு வாசல் இரு கண்களே ஆகும் இதை அறிந்தால் தானே தவம் செய்ய முடியும். குருவடி தீட்ஷை பெற்று உணர்ந்து தவம் செய்து ஆத்மஜோதியை தரிசிக்கலாம்.


திருமந்திரத்தில் முதல் பாடலாக இங்கே வைக்க விரும்புவது 138 வது பாடல்தான்


பாடல் – 138

திருவடி யேசிவ மாவது தேரில்
திருவடி யேசிவ லோகஞ்சிந் திக்கில்
திருவடி யேசெல் கதியது செப்பில்
திருவடி யேதஞ்சம் உள்தெளி வார்க்கே.


இறைவன் திருவடியே நமது கண்கள்!


இங்கு திருமூலர் திருவடி என்று எதை சொல்கிறார் என்பதை முதலில் விட்டு விடுவோம். ஆனால் இங்கு கவனிக்க வேண்டியது என்ன என்பதை ஆணித்தரமாக திருமூலர் அய்யா சொல்கிறார். ஆம் நான்கு வரிகளிலும் திருவடி திருவடி என்று திருப்பி திருப்பி சொல்கிறார்


விளக்கம்

“திருவடியிலே சிவமாகிய ஒளி உள்ளது.
திருவடியே ஒளியுள்ள ஆத்ம ஸ்தானத்திற்க்கு நம்மை அழைத்து செல்லுமாதலால் அதுவே சிவலோகம்.
திருவடியே நமக்கு கதி மோட்சம் தரும். திருவடியே கதி என்று இருக்க வேண்டும்.
திருவடியே தஞ்சம் என பரிபூரணமாக சரணாகதியானாலே நம் உள்ளம் தெளிவாகும்!”
மேலே இருக்கும் விளக்கத்தில் இப்பொழுது “இறைவன் திருவடி கண்கள்” என்பதை பொறுத்தி படித்து கொள்ளுங்கள்.


எல்லாவற்றுக்கும் தேவை திருவடி! எல்லாம் பெற தேவை திருவடி! நாம் நாட வேண்டியது திருவடி!



இதுதான் மெய்பொருள்!

“மந்திர மாவதும் மாமருந் ஆவதும்
தந்திர மாவதும் தானங்கள் ஆவதும்
சுந்தர மாவதும் தூய்நெறி ஆவதும்
எந்தை பிரான்தன் இணையடி தானே”


திருவடியே கதி, திருவடியே சிவலோகம் மற்றும் திருவடியே சரணாகதி என்று சென்ற பாடலில் உள்ள பாடலை பார்த்தோம். மேலும் தந்திரம், தானம், சுந்தரம் மற்றும் தூய்நெறி எல்லாம் இதுதான் என்று சொல்கிறார். நாம் வேறு எதுவும் செய்ய வேண்டியது இல்லை இந்த திருவடியை பிடித்தால் மட்டும் போதும்


Kindly understand the true nature of our Shivam and praying Shivarathri truely understanding as where the real sivam is, gives the result a thousand folds...

 

“Which is the first organ to form in the body? Which is the place where six five and 2 petals were formed? Which is the place where the troubling five senses gets controlled? If a person can answer this then we can offer him our humble respects and can call him as Guru. “ – Siddhar Poem.

The first organ to form inside mother’s womb is our eyes. The divine light of the eyes were responsible for the formation of the body.

It is lord Muruga/Arumuga who has six faces and appear as six band of light and it is lord Ganesha who has five hands and who is the head of all the senses in the body and will appear as OhmKara and two petals were nothing but our two soft eyes which were as soft as the petals of the flower and the divine light is the one appearing in our eyes.

The five basic elements were all present in our eyes. Our eye has tears in it. It represents basic element water. The flesh of the eye represent the basic element earth. You have noticed the tears were sometimes hot. This means there is fire inside our eyes. So if fire is there then there should be air. So all the four basic elements can be easily understood to be in our eyes. Now where is the element sky in the eyes. This is the secret. Look at the structure of our eyes.

In the outer we have white layer. In the middle of it we have Iris. In the centre of iris we have what is called as pupil. In Tamil it is called KanMani (meaning bell of the eyes) and KrishnaMani (bell of LordKrishna).

This pupil is in the middle of iris and inside the iris and it is hanging there without any direct support.

This is where we have the last basic element which is sky.

In this way all the five basic elements which represent the five basic senses were present in our eyes. All the five basic senses will come under control in the eyes only.


I told that our pupil is hanging without support. Is it possible for any material to hang without support? How our earth is there. Is it not hanging without any support. Our pupil is hanging there just like how earth is hanging in the sky. Seers use to tell “Whatever there is in the universe is also there in the human body”. How it is there in universe the same way it is there in the human body. This is the truth.

Our earth is like a round ball. It rotates on its axis . It is rotating in the sky. For this there should be some reason or force making it to rotate. Is it not? The reason for this is the fire which is at the centre of the earth and by its energy and force making the earth to rotate on its axis. This is also responsible for the gravity of the earth.

Now in the centre of our eye pupil in the size of the tip of needle there is divine fire glowing. That is why pupil is hanging and rotating just like our earth. So the pupil is in the sky of the body. By this we can say that there is fire in the centre of the pupil.

The saint seer and Siddhar Pattinathar says “It is as beautiful as world and has three eyes and it is sugarcane in the shores of Otrriyoor”. Our eyes were beautiful as our earth.

What is meant by three eyes?

Outside the eye it has three layers the white layer, black iris and black pupil.

If you see inside of the eye the right eye and left eye will go in and meet in a centre place which is straight inside of the forehead. This place is called 3^rd eye or NettriKaan.

By this the human has three eyes. He also tells it is the sugarcane in the shores of a place called Otrriyoor. Now let us deciper this.

We can’t take literally these words. We have to decipher it. We all know that sugarcane will not grow in sea shore. By this he is meaning the divine light of the eyes in which tears flow out like sea and the divine light is in this shore. Our tears were salty like the water in the sea. Is it not.

Also in tamil if you split the word for sugarcane it comes as KarumPoo (Karupuu + Poo) which means black flower.

Do you find black flower in any part of the world. We call our eyes as flower (KanMalar). So pattinathhar is refereeing to our eyes only. He is telling it as it is as beautiful as the earth and has three eyes. He is refereeing to our eye structure in our head and making us to think by his words.

Like this all the seers and saints has mentioned about our eyes as the Meiporul as it contains the divine light of the supreme being. They have used so many different words to describe it.

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“God is present as light and if you walk in the light you will reach him” – Bible.​

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“Eyes were the lamp of our body. If your eyes were full of light then your whole part of body will be of light” – Jesus.​

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“Killer of Time is in my eyes, see it” – Saint ThiruNavukarasar.​

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Our Saint Vallalar in his ThiruVarutpa which has 6000 songs has mentioned about our eyes at innumerable place and tells clearly that the way to divinity is through the divine light of eyes.​

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“Oho My Eyes, Pupil of my eyes, Divine Light in the pupil of my eyes” – Saint Abhirami Pattar.​

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In KathaUpanishad the hero character Nachikaten asks the lord of death (called Yama) about our soul and lord. To this Yama answers “Lord is within every living human body in a place which is of the size of SinMudra in a form of smokeless divine flame.” Explanation to the phrase is given below:​

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Two things have to be noted here. One he is in human body and other he is in the form of smokeless divine flame.​

 

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The meaning of the divine word of Lord Krishna means “all attractive” and “full black”, the lord who is all attractive and is full black. The organ that is full black in our body is the pupil of our eyes and the lord in that place is the divine light displaying in the eye from our soul.​

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Krishna in Tamil means “Kannan” which implies Kan – our eyes and Kannan means he is the one displaying in our eyes. Getting consciousness on our eyes is the true meaning of Krishna consciousness.​

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In BhagavatPurana Krishna is said to reside in inner recess of heart, we have seen that without heart one can live, if this is so what does heart means. Heart in indian language is called Irudaya which when split becomes Iru + Udaya. Iru means two and Udaya means rise (sun rise and moon rise). Two rises in our body is our eyes only. Right Eye is called as Sun while left eye is called as Moon. So Krishna is present as divine light in our body. This divine light is the lotus feet of the supreme lord. So the only way to realize us and also the supreme lord is to cling the lotus feet of the lord which is our eyes –pupil of eyes- divine light of our eyes.​

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If we go to any temple after showing the holy flame before the deity we will touch the flame and keep it in our eyes. This indicates that lord is present as light in our eyes.​

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Shiva Linga when looked from top resembles our eye and this is the true meaning of Shiva Linga.

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Dear Friends,

Hope now u understand what that Jyothir lingam actually means, what does the shape of Shiva linga means and why they say us to pray lord shiva in the form of linga which is more auspicious.... meaning... they are asking us to do meditation or penance through our eyes and with eyes opened with full awareness in our eyesight coming from within pupil especially from the right eye.... Kindly understand....

For all of us' easy reference, i've added all the collective info. regarding this in a single thread "How to do meditation or Penance..." in "Queries in Religion n Spirituality" thread... Pls. read those n try to implement in life for that's the real purpose of the human birth.. Have a nice day.... All the best..

wishes n regs,

S. Sriumadevi Srinivasan.