Inner truth: Mahashivratri Day

Energy can neither be created nor destroyed.  Creation follows a cyclical pattern consisting of opposites. The darkest of nights leads to the brightest of days. When these opposites diverge, it is called destruction and when they converge it is called birth. The night of Shivratri is a night of birth. It is a night of merger, a night of Creation, a night of manifestation and a night of thought fulfilment. The word Shiva consists of shav, which is a dead body and i, which is shakti — the force which runs creation. This force needs a vehicle or a body to manifest into, so shav becomes shiv and a child is born. Similarly the night of Shivratri has the power to give birth to your thoughts. On the night of Shivratri, the ability of mantras  (incantations) increases by many times and effects generated far exceed several months of mantra sadhana combined. Mantra has to initiated by a guru which will give you the experience of the essence of Shiva, provided your guru is free from the clutches of maya and has not charged you a fee.

The author is the guiding light of Dhyan Ashram. Mail queries to dhyan@dhyanfoundation.com