“How to establish Shiva.”

Every matter has been created with a deity and that deity is established in that matter, as you know. So, when it was thought by Adi Shakti that first we must establish Shiva; without Shiva you cannot establish anything. First, He is to be established, because He is the absolute. So you have to establish Shiva.

And now what should we do? How to establish him? He is the God of Tamo Guna. He is the cold, He is the God of all that is not active. So first of all, this earth, when it receded from the sun, which was very hot, was taken very near to the moon. The moon is the brother-in-law of Shiva. So it was taken so close to moon that the whole earth got covered with ice. And it was then gradually moved towards the sun. When it was moved towards the sun, gradually, then it started melting. And the point that did not melt at all was the point where Shiva was to be established.

That was predestined, that spot, and that spot is the Kailash. The ice never melts there and if you see the whole mountain is like the face of Shiva – the eyes, the nose and everything you can see clearly getting out – and all the year round, it keeps its shape as it is.

That is how Shiva was created. And He was placed in a witness state, as the spectator of all that happens on this earth, facing towards the Kundalini of the universe, which they were going to place in India. So He is facing towards the south.

He is looking at the south with both the hands like this, like a spectator watching the spectacle of the Adi Kundalini. That is how Shiva was created. So, though we say that the heart of the universe is England, still Shiva resides on top of the Sahasrara: this is the seat.

Like you have got the seat of Shiva on top of your head, but He resides in your heart, in the same way, Shiva belongs to this place and He looks at the whole body from that, this point – so the Feet are the south, this (Sahasrara) is the north, this is the west (right arm), and this is the east (left arm). That is how we can see the whole map of the universe, of the world that is created. ….

So now, when we understand that Shiva is the first thing that is established in the matter, then in us also first the Shiva is established. When the foetus takes its form, the throb in the heart is the establishment of Shiva. That is the sign that Shiva has been established.

In case of people who are born with bad heart or with troubles, one has to say that Shiva is not fully established. Not that they are bad people, but they are not supposed to live for long, and have to have another heart later on maybe, or that there might be some sort of a problem in their previous lives, and if they pay attention to Shiva tattva, their heart can be cured.

So, the most important organ in the body is the heart. If the heart fails, you cannot remain on this earth. So, the most important thing is to look after your Shiva principle which is the Atma. We are worried about every sort of mundane thing. Worried about this, worried about that, but we are not worried about our Spirit. This is the biggest problem with us.

If you worry about your Spirit, if you pay attention to your Spirit, the whole universe then vibrates with Parabrahma, which is nothing but joy. So without, without any attention to Spirit, if you think you can enjoy life, you cannot.

H H Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, Mahashivaratri Puja, New Delhi, India, February, 20th, 1982.