The fire represents the final destruction of creation, but the dance of the Nataraj is also an act of creation, which arouses dormant energies and scatters the ashes of the universe in a pattern that will be the design of the ensuing creation. One hand is stretched across his chest and points towards the uplifted foot, indicating the release from earthly bondage of the devotee. Under his feet, Shiva crushes the demon of ignorance called Apasmara Purusha, caused by forgetfulness. In the pose of Nataraj, the King of Dance is giving darshan to his beloved devotees within the “Hall of Consciousness”, which is the heart of man. His Dance of Bliss is for the welfare of the world. Shiva Nataraj‘s dance represents both the destruction and the creation of the universe and reveals the cycles of death, birth and rebirth.
The last also forms the connection to the Rudraksha mala – a rosary made of the dried fruits of the Rudraksha tree.Īnother form is the Nataraj. Shiva has many forms, which are visible in his Panchavaktra form with 5 heads, a combination of all Shiva energies : Aghora (resides in the creamation grounds), Ishana (most often appears as the shivalingam), Tat Purusha (meditating), Varna Deva (the eternal Shiva) and Saddyojat or Braddha Rudra (the old wrathful form). Thus the power of destruction associated with Lord Shiva has great purifying power, both on a more personal level when problems make us see reality more clearly, as on a more universal level. All that has a beginning, must have an end. He is responsible for change both in the form of death and destruction and in the positive sense of destroying the ego, the false identification with the form.
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