#Thread on #MahaShivaratri

The five faces of #Mahadev -

🔸️ Sadyojata - the newly born consciousness

🔸️Vamdev - preserves consciousness

🔸️Aghora - The power of dissolution of the terrifying things within us. Representing the dropping of our ego.

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🔸️Tatpurush - the power of obscuration, represents the transition period from extreme darkness to complete light within us.

🔸️Ishaan - the power of revealment, representing moksha or the oneness.

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On Mahashivratri, dances are performed for time immemorial, which are termed as cosmic dance

5 key dance forms of Natraja

🔸️ Srishti - Creation

🔸️Samhara - Destruction of the self/ego. "There's no being, only becoming"

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🔸️Sthithi - Maintainence/Protection
To accept that change is normal & maintain the state of a selfless being.

🔸️Tirobhava - Concealment
Maya, illusion and the veil of ignorance can pull one away from Sthithi.

🔸️ Anugraha - Liberation/Moksha.

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What's the significance of #Mahashivratri ?

It's the wedding of material & spiritual.

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