SHIVA
"Om Namah Shivaya" Shiva can be split as Sha+ee+va where Sha stands for shareeram or body Ee stands for eeshwari or life-giving energy Va stands for vayu or motion Thus Shiva represents the body with life and motion. If the 'ee' is removed from Shiva, it gets reduced to sha+va or Shava which means a lifeless body. Anything with Shiva is with life, and anything without Shiva is Shava, or without life. So Shiva is auspicious, Shiva is potential, and Shiva is life. Shiva is all-encompassing - the universal soul or consciousness. Realizing this Shiva Tattva leads to Ananda (bliss). सत्यम्, शिवम् सुंदरम्। These three words are the root of life. This trinity is dear to Lord Shiva. Is Shiva there? Shiva is all around us. Whatever we conduct, whatever we behave, whatever actions we perform, whatever we suffer, whatever we live, whatever we die, the root of all this is Shiva. No worship with...