Thank you Dan Brown for sweeping
the path for me :-)
The Siva-Shakti form
fascinates me. The familiar Ardhanareshwara form is a good (visual)
representation of this Siva-Shakti union. It is the form that shows one half as
Shiva, the male principle, and other half as Parvati, the female principle.
Each half in the divided states supports, inspires, tickles, irritates,
complements and supplements the other in a sort of playfulness. The union
brings the bliss and stillness in a sort of everlasting orgasm. In Hinduism,
the concept is easily acceptable by any common man because of the way Hinduism
loads and codes the answers to the riddles of universe with deities, symbolism
and myths.
There exist many entities
in this big universal soup. But most of these entities exist as the complements.
There can be in the 1-to-1 association; 1-to-many and sometimes even many-to-many.
The tendency of each of the complements is to search, reach and assist in the
completion of the whole. Until then there is yearning and incompleteness.
In Hinduism most (if not
all) of gods in the pantheon have one or more (1-to-many) ‘consorts’ (Note: They were not wives but 'consorts'.
Marriages are for the society and unnatural :-) ) In the polytheistic
pantheon gods-goddesses combinations existed across cultures like with the
Egyptians (Isis-Osiris), Greek (Adonis-Aphrodite) and more. The many-to-many
structures seems to be prevalent in some old rare uncategorized societies like
tribes, new-age pagan revivals etc
Completion is the way
forward.
Just so you know, Dan Brown books are found in the fiction section for a reason. Happy Blogging!
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