My Science of prayers

Science in prayers 

Growing up as a child I was trained with the values of Sanatan Vedic Hindu Dharma. My illiterate mother had always inspired me to light a Diya (lamp) in the morning and in the evenings. Looking at the prayer altar, I always looked at a few images of Hindu deities and the Diya burning. I was given a set of prayers that I was to recite.

This image and procedural teachings of my mother remained in my mind and as my intellect got stimulated with the real world, I started experiencing the ritualistic life of the many Hindus. It was here my reasoning went beyond the normalcy of ceremonial practice and observed a very similar mindset of others which I grew up with.

Many of the non-Hindus made fun of Idol and fire worship and regarded their religions as the supreme. This is the first time that my stimulated intellect activated the hidden consciousness within me. Having visited many religious organizations I observed that each had an object that they either respected or preached. Hindus had idols of their respected deities; Christen had a wooden cross and in Islam, the sacred direction towards Mecca, or more precisely, towards the sacred Kaaba in Mecca. Muslims face this direction in prayer and during various other ritual acts (Note; The Kaaba was a sanctuary in pre-Islamic times. Muslims believe that Abraham—known as Ibrahim in the Islamic tradition—and his son, Ismail, constructed the Kaaba. ... Upon his return to Mecca in 629/30 CE, the shrine became the focal point for Muslim worship and pilgrimage. The Kaaba is built around a sacred black stone; a meteorite that Muslims believe was placed by Abraham and Ishmael in a corner of the Kaaba, a symbol of God's covenant with Abraham and Ishmael and, by extension, with the Muslim community itself. It is embedded in the eastern corner of the Kaaba.) which convinces me that the Muslims also have an object of worship.

From the three main religions of the world, I concluded that natural objects were taken and revered as an object of worship by reciting words or making sounds calling it prayers while concentrating on these objects, why?

My childhood memories reminded me that in prayer or worship there should be an object one must pray for; it must be visible and must be accommodated with sound? That brings to me the prerequisite of a prayer ritual that must have matter, light, and sound (vibration). Can I relate this to science?  Yes

Light is composed of particles called photons, and matter is composed of particles called electrons, protons, neutrons. Yes, this reminded me of the double-slit experiment on the light in science where consciousness was named and debated. (One of the most famous experiments in physics is the double-slit experiment. It demonstrates, with unparalleled strangeness, that little particles of matter have something of a wave about them, and suggests that the very act of observing a particle has a dramatic effect on its behavior.) This is light and it is because of its existence that we can see.

Secondly the chemistry of matter, Matter is made of particles (atoms and molecules) that are too small to be seen with the unaided eye and molecules do not stop moving at absolute zero in the matter. They move much less than at higher temperatures, but they still have small vibrations at absolute zero. The matter is anything that has mass and volume. Mass is the amount of matter in an object. The mass of an object does not change. The word matter is sometimes used to refer to a pure substance. Air surrounding you, means it occupies space. So air is an example of matter even you are an excellent example of matter, you have mass and occupy space. Likewise, water, sun, earth, moon, electron, proton, mesons, quarks are also examples of matter.

Sound is the term to describe what is heard when sound waves pass through a medium to the ear. All sounds are made by vibrations of molecules through which the sound travels or sound is produced when something vibrates. Sound travels through the vibration of atoms and molecules in a medium (such as air or water). In space, where there is no air, the sound has no way to travel.

 The common factor of sound and matter is that they are the properties of vibrating molecules and light is described by waves and particles. This simple science allows me to describe why we communicate with the matter, sound, and light with our creator or so-called god. Note; there is no god but a devotee has created god and so he is in control of the so-called god. Accepting that everything vibrates at its own natural frequency, if you could discover the frequencies of any identified entities then one could destroy them with the same vibrational frequency or go into resonance. Resonance is the state of a system in which an abnormally large vibration is produced in response to an external stimulus, occurring when the frequency of the stimulus is the same, or nearly the same, as the natural vibration frequency of the system.

The theory of resonance, in chemistry, is the theory by which the actual normal state of a molecule is represented not by a single valence-bond structure but by a combination of several alternative distinct structures. A devotee can bring any object to this state with the 3 vibrations that it will produce.

With this argument, I am convinced that with the right sound one can change the frequency of matter and finally bank or retrieve the required vibration one desires. Hence prayer is a set of vibrations that can communicate with matter and by gazing at that matter one stimulates consciousness. Here is where I am convinced that the Hindu idols have resonating vibration that produces abnormally large vibration which is shared for the benefit of its devotees. So the worship of idols, reading Holy Scripture, reciting mantras, people going to partake in 'darshan'(an opportunity to see or an occasion of seeing a holy person or the image of a deity.) has a meaningful science through which people communicated with their creator.

Sanatan Vedic Hindu Dharma has played a meaningful role in stimulating the intellects of evolving humans from the beginning of time. It has considered all matter, vibrations, and sight besides designed rituals to worship its creator.

The simplest act given to its devotees is a prayer ritual and to this day it is a continuation of the creation of great thinkers who had communicated with consciousness who had a stimulated consciousness. The five main Vedic deities who are mainly Nature gods and who have touched the cycle of life of man are Surya- Sun God, Indra- King of Gods, Agni- God of fire, Vayu- God of Winds, Varuna- God of water.

In addition, is matter described as the five tattvas, which we experience as qualities in the body and in all matter, are: Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Ether (Panchmahaboot) or five great elements, also five a physical element is a group of five basic elements, which, according to Hinduism is the basis of all cosmic creation. Hence worshiping of matter in Hinduism is in harmony with its creation and the surrounding.

Having said that all matter has vibrational energy in it one seeks to communicate with these vibrations hoping to reach higher planes. Everything vibrates at its own natural frequency and if you could discover the frequencies of any identified entities then one could destroy them with the same vibrational frequency or create resonance to experience the resultant vibration. This is what the intellectual yogis do with their meditation.

To experience the communication with the creator the Hindus created a prayer ritual that included matter and used sound to create the required vibration. The vocal sounds were enriched with the ringing of the bell, blowing of the conch, and playing of musical instruments. In this process, the vibration of the surrounding resonated AUM (OM). This is the vibration which was regarded as the finite vibration that can reach the cosmic vibration and hence it is encouraged to repeat Om with the beginning and end of any mantras, prayers, or recitation in the praise the creator. 

The science of prayer has been long forgotten but the Hindus of today worship the five Vedic Nature gods in a prayer ritual, invoking the Soul (Jivatman). The faith and respect in the worship of these Vedic gods go as far back as 12 000 years.

• Hindus always face the east to acknowledge the rising Sun.

• By making a tiluck on the foreheads of idols or pictures of a family deity (Ishtadev) Idradevs power is evoked.

• In lighting the lamp (Deepak) one evokes Agnidev, the true spirit.

• We also confirm the presence of Vayudev by lighting an agaratti, loban or camphor, evoking his ability to take our day’s message to the Lord.

• By putting a tiluk, swastika, or Aum on the container of water one evokes Varunadev. This is to confirm the truth that Vedas worship. Truth is infinite and timeless

By doing these rituals, we evoke the supreme Soul (Paramatma) or the one God (Prabhu) who is ageless, formless, and sexless. With praises to God, repeating mantras, and approaching the end of the ritualistic worship we perform the aarti.

The aim of the prayer ritual is to activate the intellect so that consciousness is stimulated. This allows all dualities to be eliminated from information and facts then singularity defines the required non-contradictory reasoning. Consciousness is that truth that defines reality when truth activates the intellect to accept consciousness as the supreme. In simple terms, one experience the resonating vibrations from the creator which will create sustain and destroy the entities which surround you. This is the ultimate realization for mankind.

Note;

Here again, I am suggesting that a devotee must be an observer and if his devotion stimulates the consciousness then he or she will create God (Prabhu) with faith and devotion for whom god will truly exist. In reality, God is a created image that does not exist but consciousness gives it a form of energy. That is why I will call God my creator and suggest that one must always activate its intelligence.

Or God does not exist but a devotee with activated intelligence and a stimulated consciousness gives birth to god and the existence of God becomes finite for that devotee.

Why I keep on mentioning an activated intellect is because all organic life has a dormant intellect programmed in its DNA. I would like to call god has Prabhu because the devotee has created god in his image as a human being idealizing "Purushottama" meaning "Supreme Purusha", "Supreme Being", "Supreme God". It means "Foremost Amongst All Men"

 

Celebrating Shravan with Shiva -30

 Shiva Day Thirty

Krishna as Brahman

It is believed that Krishna possesses all arts. After the slaying of Kamsa and the thread ceremony, Krishna and Balrama went to the ashram of Guru Sandipani in the city of Avanti (Ujjain). There within a span of 64 days, Krishna learned fourteen types of sciences (vidyas) and sixty-four arts (kalas).

Lord Krishna holds superficially an ordinary flute in most Hindu scriptural appearance.

Now it is up to the devotees to interpret the meaning of flute with their own view. Even the flute of Lord Krishna is full of all the Kalas and is a symbol of love. In his entire life, Krishna only once raised a weapon, that too in the form of the wheel during the battle of Mahabharata, to protect the vow of Pitamaha Bheeshma. Otherwise, only the flute was everything for him. Like a magic stick, the flute accompanied Krishna all through his appearance on earth

Srimad Bhagavata says, Krishna:

ü Is Brahman (the Absolute),

ü Paramatman (God),

ü  Bhagavan (the Incarnation).

Bhagawan is described as one having bhaga or majesty. The bhaga or majesty is described as six-fold and Krishna had them all –

1.  omnipotence,

2.  virtue,

3.  glory,

4.  beauty,

5.  omniscience and

6.  non-affectedness

The full manifestations of all these six excellences are called ‘bhaga’. He who is distinguished by these excellences is the Bhagawan.

Hence Krishna is Bhagawan.

THE SIXTEEN KALAS of Krishna

1)   Anna Maya (with cereals)

2)   Pranamaya (with breath)

3)   Mano Maya (with the mind)

4)   Vigyanamaya (with knowledge)

5)   Anandamaya (with joy)

6)   Atishayini, (With Peace)

7)   Viparinabhimi (With Love)

8)   Sankramini. (With Creator)

9)   Prabhvi. (Able to do the seemingly impossible tasks)

   10) Kunthini,

   11) Vikasini, (Great)

   12) Maryadini, (Highly respected or with   etiquette)

   13) Sanhaladini, (Cheering, a source of happiness)

   14) Ahladini, (Causing joy or delight)

   15) Paripurna (Complete knowledge of all forms of awakening)

   16) Swarupavasthit: (swarup + awasthith = established in his real self)

Ø The first five Kalas are present in every human being.

Ø With little effort, humans can perfect in three more Kalas – 6, 7 and 8

Ø Anybody who has the ninth Kala (Prabhvi) besides the first five natural Kalas and the next three perfected Kalas, becomes the god.  As per scriptures, the ninth Kalas Prabhvi means KARTUM AKARTUM, which is able to do seemingly impossible tasks. Bhagawan Narasimha is an example of this ninth Kala. Bhagawan Narasimha has an altogether different appearance. He had the body of a human and the head of a lion. He appeared from a stone pillar that demon Hiranyakashipu had broken with a blow of his mace. It is not possible for an ordinary human being, only a God, having the ninth Kala Prabhvi, can do this.

Among all incarnations, only Bhagawan Krishna is full of all the sixteen Kalas. Hence called Purna Purusha or Purna Purushottam

Purna Purusha is known as” The Complete Man” Every Man has some weaknesses and some strengths someone got courage but no patience, some got intelligence but no art, some got art but no style, some got style but no confidence so when we say “Complete Man” or “Purn Purusha” so it means he is got Style, Intelligence, Courage, Confidence, etc. at the same time Krishna was a complete avatar that could be witnessed from his activities – He was a philosopher, politician, diplomat, warrior, artist, fighter, leader, reformer, yogi and romantic at the same time. It is impossible for one person to possess all these and that too in totality.

Hence Krishna Bhagawan is called the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The only incarnation that perfected the representation of Brahman in mind, body, and soul.

A simple thought on the theory of creation in Hinduism;

The five nature gods were instructed to assist in the creation, maintenance, and dissolution of life on earth.                                                            

The trinity of the supreme divinity of Hinduism in which the cosmic functions of creation, maintenance, and destruction are personified as a triad of deities, Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver, and Shiva the destroyer.                   

Brahman is just an instructor and a decision-maker. At the most fundamental level, management is a discipline that consists of a set of five general functions: planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling. (Notice Hinduism perfected   the art of managing thousands of years ago.)

To appreciate the management of the manifested universe, the chart below was introduced to Hindu children for the understanding of creation, preservation, and destruction. The material elements were provided by the Pancha Mahabhuta and the work (action) was carried out by the 5 nature gods with the supervision of the trinity. The administrator is Brahman; the head of the existence of the universe. The Pancha Mahabhuta (according to Hinduism, is the basis of all cosmic creation.) provided matter. All that matter is made up of the five great elements (Pancha mahabhuta). These elements are Ether (Space/Akasha), Wind (Air/Vayu), Fire (Agni), Water (Jal), and Earth (Prithvi).

Humans are social creatures who interact and communicate with each other in a cooperative and supportive way. The impact of religion and religious thinking on human functioning and evolution is a captivating intellectual debate that shows no sign of ending. Of course, one might argue that God creates everything outlined in describing Brahman with the existing universe but then this leads us onto another, bigger question: what is the evidence for god?

Humans have created the concept of God and have to satisfy the inquisitive nature of mankind. The early Humans described God in their own image as a Humanoid and respected the view that it has all bodily features of Humans or more.

The Human mind is complex with all the senses, recording information to guide the mind and body to take appropriate action in the gifted life. Logical thinking and critical thinking also influences emotions which are essentially shortcuts built by the brain to generate feelings on subjects, which then guide decisions and actions. This is how the concept of God was introduced in the instinctual knowledge gatherers. The forms of the so-called God are conceived by the mechanism of our senses. Thus form or formless are both qualities of God.

People are religious because the theory of God is convincing and that it is real. People believe because they communicate with it and perceive evidence of its involvement in the world. Religion always implies an interpretation of the nature of reality: it involves an interpretation of the meaning of the whole universe in terms of its value for life. Religions have convinced people of the fears and rewards, for beliefs in the concept of God

Vedas and Upanishads were the first to introduce the concept of God as Brahman. The Human mind needs information that is convincing and true in existence. The audiovisual sense of knowledge gatherers has manipulated the Human mind into believing the concept of God. Each civilization created its own concept of god and got washed away in the floods of the evolving Human race. Thus the many Gods in India satisfy the ever-changing knowledge which changed with time, leaving history as the witness of the many notions and names of God. This is how religion was created and the Hindus were given the freedom of choice to adopt any concept from the past dating back 15 000 thousand years. Many other religions destroyed their past records in the hope to enforce a strict code of conduct to suit their needs to satisfy a social structure. This also allowed them to invade other cultures with the aim to destroy the history and religions of the subjugated civilizations.

In conclusion, it is my meditative view that nearest to our millennium is Dwapara Yuga and Krishna was the most perfect representation of god or Brahman in this age. The scripture that describes Krishna and his teachings are the Bhagavad Gita.

Recommendation to all confused Hindus of this millennium is to read the Gita meditating on its teachings with the realization that anyone can be granted Moksha or Salvation having understood Brahman in the form of Krishna. It also gives a hidden formula to become a self-realized Yogi with the analysis of the contradictory knowledge hidden in the conversation between Krishna and Parth.

The purpose of life as per Bhagavad-Gita is to purify our Existence from all material contamination by practicing Bhakti-yoga or Devotional Service and at the end of life go back home, back to Godhead, i.e. Lord Krishna's abode.

The secret knowledge for a self-realized yogi to recognize Brahman is simply narrated by Krishna in Chapter 18 Moksha Sanyasa Yoga

B.G 18.50 Now try to understand from me in brief, O Kaunteya, how one who has achieved perfection can attain Brahman, the highest state of knowledge and transcendence.

B.G 18.51 With intelligence purified, engaged in self-control with determination, giving up the sense objects such as sound, etc., setting aside hatred and attachment.

B.G 18.52 Residing in solitary places, eating lightly, restraining speech, the body and the mind, always engaged in transcendental meditation and sheltered in detachment.

B.G 18.53 Freed from egoism, force, arrogance, desire, anger, and greed for material things, without possessiveness, peaceful - such a person is qualified for the realization of Brahman.

B.G 18.54 Attaining Brahman, immersed in bliss, he neither thinks nor desires, equally disposed towards all beings, he gains My Supreme Devotion (attention).

B.G 18.55 Through devotion, he realizes Me, all that is to be known about Me in truth. Knowing Me thus in truth, he enters into Me.

It does not look as simple as what it says in the Bhagavad Gita and Jayaram V. sums it up very well in the following article

Emptying Your Mind and Becoming Zero By Jayaram V

The factors which contribute to your success in worldly life are your will or intention, knowledge, intelligence, determination, competitive spirit, individuality, confidence, pride, adaptability, and self-esteem. At the basis of all these are your desires and attachment. Together they determine your success and shape your life and destiny.

When you turn to spiritual life, the same factors become a major impediment to your progress. If you have led mostly worldly life and turned to spiritualism later, you will have to fight some of the toughest battles in your mind and body to overcome your old habits and past attachments. It is not going to be easy because you have to overcome many hurdles to bring a complete transformation and reorientation of your thinking and attitude.

To be successful in worldly life you have to clutter your mind with a lot of knowledge and information. You have to cultivate specific ways of thinking and acting and learn to manipulate people and situations to your advantage. You may have to compromise truth and values and indulge in deception to achieve your goals. Spiritually it is a huge sacrifice, fraught with many dangers to your spiritual Well-being and the prospects of falling down into sinful worlds.

The world respects you in proportion to what you have or what power you can exercise in society. If you do not have either, chances are you will be ignored. This has been the case with civilization since the earliest times. It may not be an exaggeration to state that we might never know the world's best and the greatest who lived in the past. The world knows about only those who manage to catch public attention by creating a positive frame of reference about themselves. Therefore, I do not consider history a true measure of humanity's true greatness but its ignorance, prejudice, and short-sightedness. Look at some of our world leaders today whom we elect to offices and whom we often decorate with the highest awards. Some of them do not deserve to be anywhere except in prisons.

All these changes when you enter spiritual life……..

Read more

https://www.hinduwebsite.com/divinelife/selfnegation.asp

Celebrating Shravan with Shiva -29

 

Shiva Day Twenty-nine

Brahman and Hinduism.

In this millennium the principal deities of Hinduism can be summarised in finding two who stood the test of time as supreme beings, Shiva and Krishna. Shiva initiated time and was worshiped by the people as the supreme mystical entity. This legend is thousands of years old. There is no literature to trace this legend but its flexibility to adapt to the surviving reality, has made the ideology of a supreme being's existence possible. The only mantra passed on in all the Yugas is ‘Om Namo Shivaya’ and the truth was revealed to the worshippers idealizing Shiva to be infinite, the only mantra that stood the test of time. Truth has many roots yet one trunk with many branches and that truth is Shiva. Shiva had no avatars and no incarnations but each devotee developed his own image-making Shivalinga the most popular. (Note OM is the universal sound that takes the prime position in the mantra OM NAMO SHIVAYA)

In the present cycle, starting with Satya Yuga to Dwapara Yuga there were many ideologies, philosophies, and thoughts which investigated the concept of god, creator, or supreme being within the boundaries of human existence and limitations. In Dwapara Yuga the Vedas were compiled in an orderly manner and the Upanishads were created with the foundation of Vedas. The two epics of Hinduism Mahabharata and Ramayana; incited the people with human boundaries and accommodated the supreme being with logical and critical thinking which gave the people a foundation for lateral thinking to spread knowledge on the theory of truth. This accommodated the concept of God

Dwapara Yuga is nearest to our present millennium and Krishna came into our existence as a perfect depiction of God. Entering Kali Yuga, the way of life of the common man had changed so much so that the concept of god and the ancient knowledge did not inspire the confused minds.

·       The Bhagavad Gita in the Mahabharata became the scripture of knowledge that described all in one.

·       It is sad that in Kali Yuga, only Bhakti Yog, the Yog of Devotion can inspire a self-realized Yogi to acknowledge god and will be rewarded with Mukti or Moksha.

Bhakti is mentioned in the Shvetashvatara Upanishad where it simply means participation, devotion, and love for any endeavor. Bhakti yoga as one of three spiritual paths for salvation is discussed in depth by the Bhagavad Gita. The personal god varies with the devotee. 

You have a choice to make with Shiva as a mystical concept of god or Krishna as the perfect representation of God, being the eighth Vishnu avatar with the boundaries of human existence. Both are that one and one entity called Brahman, with different names which make Hinduism a Monistic Religion. Sanatan Hindu Vedic Dharma is united with the greatest manta OM. Shiva and Krishna are identifiable as AUM or Brahman. Meditating with the mantra OM you will identify the supreme as one entity.

Sanatan Hindu Vedic Dharma explains with many selections which allow you to follow Dharma inspired by the knowledge of the soul. The Upanishads is the foundation that educates a devotee with many adoptions for the realization of the existence of a supreme entity that has no beginning or an end. Bhagavad Gita is a follow-up of the Vedic knowledge with Upanishads as a reference making Bhagavad Gita the most comprehensive scripture for our millennium.

Brahman, the Highest God of Hinduism.

While Brahman lies behind the sum total of the objective universe, some human minds boggle at any attempt to explain it with only the tools provided by reason. Brahman is beyond the senses, beyond the mind, beyond intelligence, beyond imagination. Indeed, the highest ideal is that Brahman is beyond both existence and non-existence, transcending and including time, causation, and space, and thus can never be known in the same material sense as one traditionally 'understands' a given concept or object.

The word Brahman is derived from the root word "brah" meaning to expand. It is a reference to his infinite power, infinite dimensions, and endless manifestations. Note Brahman (not to be confused with the deity Brahmā) is seen as a Cosmic Spirit.

The non-dualistic schools of Hinduism consider him to be the only reality and everything else a mere appearance. However Brahman is a key concept found in the Vedas, and it is extensively discussed in the early Upanishads. The Vedas conceptualize Brahman as the Cosmic Principle. Or the Vedas depicts Brahman as the Ultimate Reality, the Absolute or Paramātman (Universal Self). Brahman is the indescribable, inexhaustible, incorporeal, omniscient, omnipresent, original, first, eternal, both transcendent and immanent, absolute infinite existence, and the ultimate principle who is without a beginning, without an end,  who is hidden in all and who is the cause, source, material and effect of all creation known, unknown and yet to happen in the entire universe.

The Upanishads worship Him as the highest, eternal, self-existent, indestructible, indefinable, indivisible, infinite, all-pervading, omniscient, omnipotent, supreme, pure, Self, who has hands, feet, faces, eyes, ears, noses everywhere, and who shines with the brilliance of thousands of suns.

The Bhagavadgita states that the entire creation and all manifest universes are upheld by a tiny aspect (amsa) of Brahman. The rest remains hidden, mysterious, and unknown. Brahman is considered the all-pervading consciousness which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material. (brahmano hi pratisthaham, Bhagavad Gita 14.27)

Brahman manifests as Hiranyagarbha, the "cosmic soul", which also can take many forms or manifestations of the thousands of gods. It was deemed a singular substrate from which all that is arises, and debuts with this verse:

It can be at best described as infinite Being, infinite Consciousness, and infinite Bliss. Brahman is regarded as the source and essence of the material universe. The Hindu scriptures declare that Brahman (the impersonal God) is beyond description, and can be understood only through direct spiritual experience.

Hindus view Brahman as having two aspects: impersonal and personal. The impersonal aspect is called Nirguna Brahman in Hindu scriptures. Nirguna Brahman has no attributes and, as such, is not an object of prayer, but of meditation and knowledge. This aspect of Brahman is beyond conception, beyond reasoning, and beyond thought. The personal aspect of Brahman is known as Saguna Brahman, which is Brahman with attributes.

Celebrating Shravan with Shiva -28

 

Shiva Day Twenty-eight

Brahaman as Shiva

Shiva, whose name means “auspicious one” and “untouched” (When we say Shiva is untouched means, he is free from this cycle of Life and Death), he performs 5 actions, Creation, Preservation, Dissolution, Concealing Grace, and Revealing Grace. Each of the five actions corresponds to a name and form of Shiva with varying attributes. Like energy (Shakti), Shiva takes many and often inconsistent forms. Although some of the combinations of roles may be explained by Shiva’s identification with earlier mythological figures, they arise primarily from a tendency in Hinduism to see many harmonizing qualities in a single confusing figure.

I conclude from the evolution theory that there was a time when the human mind was systematically stimulated with activated intelligence and that created the first humanoid or a Yogi with three eyes. This was a manifestation of Sadashiva or supreme energy and knowledge. Sadasiva is the omnipotent, subtle, luminous absolute; the highest manifestation of almighty that had the blessing with Anugraha or grace and that was Shiva, born in his human form that initiated time from ground zero. I call it the beginning of time.

Shiva is associated with time and the only knowledge the earlier humans had was of creation. With critical analyses, the first theory of creation was from the observations in nature. All creation in nature was associated with the male and the female sperms.

(In the human reproductive process, two kinds of sex cells, or gametes (pronounced: GAH-meetz), are involved. The male gamete, or sperm, and the female gamete, the egg or ovum, meet in the female's reproductive system. When sperm fertilizes (meets) an egg, this fertilized egg is called a zygote (pronounced: ZYE-goat). The zygote goes through a process of becoming an embryo and developing into a fetus.

Humans, like other organisms, pass some characteristics of themselves to the next generation. We do this through our genes, the special carriers of human traits. The genes that parents pass along are what make their children similar to others in their family, but also what makes each child unique. These genes come from the male's sperm and the female's egg. https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/male-repro.html )

Having no knowledge of this science it was then concluded that the male and the female reproductive organs were responsible for the life that is produced. Linga and Yoni were given the divine position in worshipping creation and it was represented in the very first temple of Shiva and was called Shiva Linga. (Note; the popular belief is that the Shiva Linga or Lingam represents the phallus, the generative power in nature. But according to Swami Sivananda, this is not only a serious mistake but also a grave blunder.)  Whether the Shivalinga is a phallic emblem or not, is a debatable point. Phallic cults have existed in all countries and in all civilizations. It is quite likely that the phallic cults of an aboriginal civilization were absorbed into Hinduism and the worship itself was elevated to honor the Father Mother-Principle of creation.

Shiva was first worshipped in the form of the lingam, a cylindrical votary object that is often embedded in a yoni, or spouted dish. It had to be kept wet at all times for continuous creation in the ever-expanding universe. This was a perfect duplication of nature that existed. According to Hinduism, it is the same God that creates, sustains, and destroys the universe; the Shivalinga represents symbolically God himself. Since God is beyond name and form, and since we cannot conceive of an abstract principle like him, without the aid of concrete symbols, a rounded surface is perhaps the nearest approach to him.

In the evolution of human history, a tradition was set to worship Shiva in temples with the male and female energies. Shivalinga represented the energies necessary for life on both the microcosmic and the macrocosmic levels; both the world in which we live and the world which constitutes the whole of the universe

Nevertheless, Shiva was always associated with creation. In Hinduism, the universe is thought to regenerate in cycles (every 2,160,000,000 years). Shiva destroys the universe at the end of each cycle which then allows for a new creation. As he is linked with time he is a destroyer of all things, as well as associated with creation. Destruction and creation are intimately linked; one cannot exist without the other, making Shiva particularly important.

Literally, Shiva is one in whom the Universe 'sleeps' after the destruction and before the next cycle of creation. All that is born must die and all that is produced must disintegrate and be destroyed. This is an inviolable law. The principle that brings about this disintegration, the power behind this destruction, is Shiva.

Hence my conclusion that Siva was the first concept of God or the highest form of Ishvar is formless, limitless, transcendent, and unchanging absolute Brahman and the primal Atman (soul, self) of the universe. With more knowledge on creation, Shiva was regarded as the supporter god of yoga, meditation, music, language, art sound, Vedas, Tantra, and so on. He is the ultimate and source of everything. When Vedas were compiled by Veda Vyas, Shiva was called Rudra (Rudra is the personification of 'terror' and regarded as the most frightening god)  and given the sacred position as a destroyer for without him, there would be chaos in the life cycle of all creations. Hindus believe his powers of destruction and recreation are used even now to destroy the illusions and imperfections of this world, paving the way for beneficial change. According to Hindu belief, this destruction is not arbitrary, but constructive. In modern science, Shiva is the Blackhole. (Black holes are some of the strangest and most fascinating objects in outer space. They're extremely dense; with such strong gravitational attraction that even light cannot escape their grasp if it comes near enough.)

Nataraja is Siva as "King of Dance." His ananda tandava, the fierce ballet of bliss, dances the cosmos into and out of existence within the fiery arch of flames denoting consciousness and Aum. Shiva's dance indicates a continuous process of creation, preservation, and destruction.  A perfect description of quantum physics of the modern world.

 I deduce that Shiva as Adiyogi dominated Satya Yuga. The Satya Yuga is the Yuga (Age or Era) of Truth. Shiva is actually above the Yugas. Yugas are the timescale of our world and Shiva is beyond that.

Shiva as primordial energy represented the supreme, both in Ramayana and Mahabharata. Shiva is the primary deity being worshipped. Everyone including Rama and Krishna prays to Shiva to seek boons and blessings for their endeavors. In Ramayana - Ravana who considered himself superior only bowed to Brahma and Shiva but was a staunch devotee of Shiva.

Shiva also means untouched, which conveys the meaning that he is free from this cycle of life and death, so Shiva dint take any avatar and he is "swayambhu" which means no one created him, he created himself. (In physics and chemistry, the law of conservation of energy states that the total energy of an isolated system remains constant; it is said to be conserved over time. This law means that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; rather, it can only be transformed or transferred from one form to another). Science would describe Shiva is energy

It is a misconception that Shiva the infinite takes avatar. Infinite cannot be born out of finite.

Below mentioned are Shiva’s different forms and not Avatars

1.  When Shiva is in deep meditation, we refer to him as YOGI.

2.  We see him as SHANKARA, with his consort Parvathi and their children.

3.  We see him as RUDRA, when he is in his ferocious form.

4.  We see him as KAPAALI, when he is in Rudra Kshetra(burial ground).

5.  We see him as KAALA BHAIRAVA, with Dog as his Vaahana (vehicle), (he is the God for the time that is why we chant him as Om kaala Kalaaya namaha, kaal means time).

6.  He is VEERABHADRA, the warrior.

7.  He is BHOOTANAADHA, God for the five elements of this nature.

It is humanly impossible to explain Shiva, just as it is impossible to explain the universe. From simple human intellect, he is the one from whom the Brahman emerges, in whom it stays, and within whom it goes back.

Here Brahman is not merely the Universe but is the one who is the base and cause of the universe. Brahman holds the universe. Shiva is the reason for all causes. He must not be seen as a Human-God. That’s a wrong notion. Scriptures call him the Nirgun Brahman and the Sagun Brahman

 

Shiva exists in 3 states

1.  Nirgun: In this state he is formless, and the whole universe and creation lie in the pervasiveness of Shiva.

2.  Saguna: In the Saguna state Shiva is the entire universe and his “ansh” is present in the tree, the insect, the animal, the male, the female, and the whole creation. In this state, though all forms arise out of him yet, no form can describe him.

3.  Nirgun-Sagun: In the Nirgun-Sagun state Shiva is worshiped as the Shivalingam. The word Shivalingam has been derived from Sanskrit roots Shiva (Lord) + Lingam (Mark/Chinha/Symbol). Hence, Shivalingam is the mark of the lord within its creation. Everything in the world arises out of a dome, a ball, or a Pindi. Be it a tree which comes from a seed which is round, a child which comes from a cell which is round, all heavenly bodies are round, the minutes of cells are round and our very earth is round. Everything being round is a mark of Shiva. Since Shiva can’t be comprehended, we worship his mark or we worship the whole Brahman in a Shivalingam.

 

Shiva also is the creator of a harmonious vibration of the universes that maintain a steady-state of the Universe at all times and when translated this vibration into an audible sound it’s called none other than OM. Shiva-sound of OM

 

Hence Shiva is Brahman