The main
characteristic of Shiva is detachment.
Why detachment is so important?
In our daily life we come across lots of events. Some of
them bring us happiness, some of them bring us sadness, some of them bring us
stress and anxiety and some of them bring us anger and frustrations.
But all of the above events will play havoc with our emotions.
without a proper handle on our emotions we will ride on an emotional
rollercoaster and this is not in the best interest of our health .
When we speak about Lord Shiva we come across lot of people
who might ridicule the beliefs that we have on the basis of atheism. Spiritual belief
is not something that you believe anything and everything.
Teachings of Shiva have a basis. It is encouragement of a
pure life. When I say detachment and pure life it does not mean that one has to
leave the worldly relationships and commitments and take up a life away from
family and friends.
Lord Shiva`s teachings are to lead a happy family life.
Detachment is powerful weapon to combat the daily stress and strain of the
worldly troubles.
I am not a sage or a scholar on religious affairs or someone
with fanatical religious beliefs. I am merely a person who is living an average
family life with average relationships. But before I embarked upon knowing more
about Lord Shiva and his teachings I had many unanswered questions with lots of
confusion hanging over the events that took place in my life.
I am not claiming that I am a trouble free learned person. I
still have problems and confusions but these do not disturb me as they used to
be before . I have more explanations for what happens in my life.
Through this quest for knowing more I am slowly experiencing
the benefit of Detachment. By detaching one’s self from his life in mind it is
amazing to look at your life as a third person . And it is fascinating that the
cause and the solutions for your problems in life lie within yourself.
Ones you start to realize this your ego starts to dissolve
and your appreciation of the people around you and their life begins to unravel
within yourself.
I am only in the first step of the great ladder that Shiva
provided. I have many, many more steps to climb but it is my intention to share
my experiences and record them as the present writings are the mirror of our
times to the future generations.
Even though we all have different cultural background and
different religious beliefs we are all of the basic human kind with respect and
love for each other. The best way to serve god is to be a considerate human and
have respect for each other and their beliefs.
This is what Lord Shiva said.
Om Namashivaya
Sakthi Sakthithasan
