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I, too, feel Shankar is the highest stage of vairagya (renunciation of worldly desires) and acting purely based on benevolence and compassion hence is is depicted to give boons even to rakshshas and is shown in graveyard indicating his renunciate stage.
He is supposed to be the most merciful, giving sustenance to evil spirits, i.e. accepting them unconditionally and sustaining them - shouldn't be misunderstood as encouraging them to do evil deeds. In contrary he pacifies them and may be help them lead a better life/experience an elevated state of consciousness. He is shown with a ganga river on his head indicating his intellect brimming and overflowing as gnan ganga (river of knowledge) [also it is important here that he is not depicted as an ocean but Shiv Baba is depicted as ocean of knowledge and bliss]. His body is smeared with
May be the highest stage we can experience living in a body is Shankar stage but seed stage, i.e. being a soul in Paramdham/soulworld is higher than this but in that stage maybe we don't feel our body, but Shankar stage is being in a body and doing actions but with an ultimate stage of renunciation (icha matram avidya, i.e. not having any longing towards desires but just benovelance being the only reason for our actions).
He takes vish/poison from ksheer Sakar manthan (i.e. churning of milk ocean), it can be understood as absorbing all negativity in the world or may be neutralising negativity in the world with his power of penance so that everyone else can have the benefit of immortality by drinking the amrut/nectar that comes after poison from ocean - the milk ocean is churned by both devas and rakshasas. This can be understood as our thoughts effecting our environment both devas (positive thoughts) and danavas (negative thoughts) effect the outcome and the result is poison(from -ve thoughts) and nectar of immortality (from positive thoughts) and Shankar is that dev who can neutralise the poison by keeping it at his throat but not swallowing it, i.e. he neutralises the negativity but he is not affected by it.
The crescent moon on his head indicates that he is a moon that reflects sun ShivBaba's knowledge but is not an original source of it. Third eye is the eye of intellect, the unseen eye that 'sees' through the situation may be intution amd may also be intellectual clarity and wisdom, being 'trikal darshi' knower of past-present-future of a situation (i.e. understanding the origins and forecasting the future based on the present action) & 5000 your cycle.
Wearing snake as garland indicates he has got victory over 5 vices and cannot be harmed by them. Wearing of rudraksh might indicate simplicity & renunciation in contrast to Vishnu who is decorated with jewels and gold. In fact, as per Baba, Vishnu Iron Age a stage of being an embodiment of knowledge and virtues and enjoying our rewards where as Shankar is a stage of contribution.
The Trident is supposed to be three ways of world destruction (1. civil wars 2. nuclear wars 3. natural disasters). In Hindu scriptures also, there is a mention of pralay tandav" destructive dance" of Shiva (its actually Shankar as told by Baba) that results in cataclysms. Also the skin colour of Shankar is white (he is neelkanth-only throat is navy blue due to intake of poison) in contrast to blue colour of Vishnu (this is as per Hindu scriptures, Baba says Krishna/Narayan in goldenage is white (gora-hindi word for white) but effort maker soul of Krishna is depicted as blue (shyam).
He rides an ox (nandi) indicating brahmababa is his vehicle. The instrument dhamaruk indicates destruction where as Krishna's flute is sweet and pacifies soul. He is said to have burnt manmadha (the love god-cupid) indicating he is above attachment and lust. Here it doesn't mean he doesn't have compassion or benevolence just means he is impartial, committed and just. He wears tiger skin indicating renunciation. He is arthanareeshwar (half body of man and another half of women) indicates he; 1. gives half of his power to his wife, and 2. is complete in both feminine and masculine qualities (may be right brain and left brain).
He "lives in himalayas" means he lives on a mountain of coolness, i.e. having a very stable mind and aloof of vices (vices are supposed to be hot, but even Yoga agni that burns vices maybe cool).
The difference in Shankar and Shiv is Shankar is an astral body where as Shiv has no astral body since he does not take birth.
He is supposed to be the most merciful, giving sustenance to evil spirits, i.e. accepting them unconditionally and sustaining them - shouldn't be misunderstood as encouraging them to do evil deeds. In contrary he pacifies them and may be help them lead a better life/experience an elevated state of consciousness. He is shown with a ganga river on his head indicating his intellect brimming and overflowing as gnan ganga (river of knowledge) [also it is important here that he is not depicted as an ocean but Shiv Baba is depicted as ocean of knowledge and bliss]. His body is smeared with
May be the highest stage we can experience living in a body is Shankar stage but seed stage, i.e. being a soul in Paramdham/soulworld is higher than this but in that stage maybe we don't feel our body, but Shankar stage is being in a body and doing actions but with an ultimate stage of renunciation (icha matram avidya, i.e. not having any longing towards desires but just benovelance being the only reason for our actions).
He takes vish/poison from ksheer Sakar manthan (i.e. churning of milk ocean), it can be understood as absorbing all negativity in the world or may be neutralising negativity in the world with his power of penance so that everyone else can have the benefit of immortality by drinking the amrut/nectar that comes after poison from ocean - the milk ocean is churned by both devas and rakshasas. This can be understood as our thoughts effecting our environment both devas (positive thoughts) and danavas (negative thoughts) effect the outcome and the result is poison(from -ve thoughts) and nectar of immortality (from positive thoughts) and Shankar is that dev who can neutralise the poison by keeping it at his throat but not swallowing it, i.e. he neutralises the negativity but he is not affected by it.
The crescent moon on his head indicates that he is a moon that reflects sun ShivBaba's knowledge but is not an original source of it. Third eye is the eye of intellect, the unseen eye that 'sees' through the situation may be intution amd may also be intellectual clarity and wisdom, being 'trikal darshi' knower of past-present-future of a situation (i.e. understanding the origins and forecasting the future based on the present action) & 5000 your cycle.
Wearing snake as garland indicates he has got victory over 5 vices and cannot be harmed by them. Wearing of rudraksh might indicate simplicity & renunciation in contrast to Vishnu who is decorated with jewels and gold. In fact, as per Baba, Vishnu Iron Age a stage of being an embodiment of knowledge and virtues and enjoying our rewards where as Shankar is a stage of contribution.
The Trident is supposed to be three ways of world destruction (1. civil wars 2. nuclear wars 3. natural disasters). In Hindu scriptures also, there is a mention of pralay tandav" destructive dance" of Shiva (its actually Shankar as told by Baba) that results in cataclysms. Also the skin colour of Shankar is white (he is neelkanth-only throat is navy blue due to intake of poison) in contrast to blue colour of Vishnu (this is as per Hindu scriptures, Baba says Krishna/Narayan in goldenage is white (gora-hindi word for white) but effort maker soul of Krishna is depicted as blue (shyam).
He rides an ox (nandi) indicating brahmababa is his vehicle. The instrument dhamaruk indicates destruction where as Krishna's flute is sweet and pacifies soul. He is said to have burnt manmadha (the love god-cupid) indicating he is above attachment and lust. Here it doesn't mean he doesn't have compassion or benevolence just means he is impartial, committed and just. He wears tiger skin indicating renunciation. He is arthanareeshwar (half body of man and another half of women) indicates he; 1. gives half of his power to his wife, and 2. is complete in both feminine and masculine qualities (may be right brain and left brain).
He "lives in himalayas" means he lives on a mountain of coolness, i.e. having a very stable mind and aloof of vices (vices are supposed to be hot, but even Yoga agni that burns vices maybe cool).
The difference in Shankar and Shiv is Shankar is an astral body where as Shiv has no astral body since he does not take birth.