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In my last post (which was long, long, long ago) I had unveiled (unveiled? More like force-shown!) my collage which I had so very tediously put together. I had even written about three of the image in the collage, the three ones which I had already written a thesis about in the previous posts! But there was one new addition in the collage: A new tangle! And I had left the explanation for next time. Now that the next time is finally here, let’s dive into the tangle! And in case you haven't read the previous post, Go Read It. Now. Bye.
In case you do have, feel free to scroll down and stroll through the post.... (That is me acting all nonchalant, when actually my insides are churning up into buttermilk! A lot of philosophy is going to be sprouting up, after all!)
That tangle there, my friends, is the Artist’s rendition of the Pashupati Astra, the near-Daivi Astra which destroyed the “perfect” land of Meluha by blowing up its heart, brain and soul, its Capital, Devagiri.
Seven arrows, representing the Seven Sages worthy of the Somras. Somras was the cause of Meluha’s creation, and Somras was the cause of its destruction. Had the Saptarishis held on to the Somras, maybe this disaster could have been averted. So yes, the seven fire-arrows destroyed Meluha. For good.
Love. Isn’t that what life is all about? Love for the Creator, love for the earth, love for all organisms, love for one another, love for yourself. Love makes things easier, love solves problems. Love leads to desire, which causes a whole lot of problems. Love is the question, love is the answer. Shiva’s love for Sati, Parvateshwar’s love for his duty, Anandmayi’s love for Parvateshwar, Dilipa’s love for the Somras, Daksha’s love for Sati… That is what it is all about! Daksha’s love for Sati causes a change in Swuth, Sati’s love for Shiva overcome her Suryavanshi tendencies, Anandmayi’s love for Parvateshwar cause her to perish along with him, Dilipa’s love for the Somras makes him blindly follow Bhrighu…. Love is the power and love is the fuel. (Allow me to digress a bit: In Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Harry’s life gets saved by the shield of his mother’s love. One of the most famous quotes in the Bible is Mark 12:31 - Love thy neighbour as yourself. The 3 magical words are always, “I Love You”. Notice something? Love is everywhere!) The heart in my tangle represents this very important element of life: Love. Disaster may strike, you may stand on a floor of fire, surrounded by enemies, the sky full of arrows. But if you have the power of love inside you, you will always stand strong. (Allow me to digress again, please!: There is an extremely quotable quote in The Shiva Trilogy. It says that the opposite of love isn’t hate. It is apathy, not caring about the other at all. Hate is just love gone bad.)
And all this is enclosed within an eye, a very special eye. It is the third eye of the Mahadev, the eye that sees all while it is shut and causes destruction while it is open. It is dormant while shut, active while open. As long as it is shut, peace prevails. If it opens, nobody can stop the wrath of the Mahadev. The same object can have two radically different characters! The same goes for people. Everyone is active and passive at the same time. Everyone can be destructive and peaceful, childish and mature, good and bad, Yin and Yang. (There. I’ve done it. Why do I connect everything in the world to the Divine theory of Duality? Wait. It is because everything in the world IS about the Divine Theory of Duality!)
So there. That was my last tangle dedicated to The Shiva Trilogy.
You cannot imagine what I am feeling right now. The perfect closure. A feeling, so sweet, it is worth starting a new series, or a new single tangle just to gain the same satisfaction again. So yeah. Be prepared. ZenCrazy is in form, and will be back soon, with a whole lot of tangles and philosophy again! And then again! And then again!
Till then, Happy Tangling!
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