Tag: anger

Friends, there is a story in the scriptures mainly the Shivapuran that once Devraj Indra along with Lord Brahma and other gods left his house with the desire to go to Kailash and have the darshan of Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva came to know about this because he is trikaldarshi or all time viewer. He thought of testing him. He disguised himself as an Avadhoot or badly posed renunciate type with matted hair and stood in his way. Devraj Indra asked him who he was, and asked him to leave the path. Also asked about the here about of Shiva if he was at Kailash or not. But he did not answer. He was asked again and again, yet he did not answer. At last, in anger, Indra fired his deadly weapon Vajra at him. At the same time Shiva came into his true form so that the vajra could not do any harm to him. Lord Shiva was very angry at Indra and was about to kill him when Brahma fell at his feet and started placating him. Due to this Shiva felt pity on him. Shiva asked him where he should vent his anger. Once the anger of a Purnayogi or accomplished yogi comes out, it never returns. Brahma asked him to pour that anger into the sea. From it the demon Jalandhar was born from the sea.

Spiritual analysis of the above story

Shiva means the awakened one here. Indra here means ordinary Tantrik or ordinary Panchamkari. The power obtained by him from simple tantra is not used for Kundalini meditation, but for the growth of worldly life. It also includes Kali Tantrasiddhis or black magic like Maran, Taran etc. Probably the use of Marana or killing Shakti by Indra has been called Vajraprahar, because like awakening, the basic source of such tantric powers also seems to be the Vajrashakti or Sushumna Shakti passing through the spinal cord. There seems no other way to attain supernatural power in the body than this. But it does not harm a real Tantra Yogi in the same way as fireflies cannot harm a lamp, on the contrary they can burn themselves. Sometimes, if many fireflies gather, they can cover the lamp a littlebit. Similarly, very powerful Vajra Shakti or hateful tantric Vajra Shakti launched by many people can also cause some harm to the awakened Yogi too. However, he keeps walking on the path of truth without caring about his own loss, but when his life is in danger, then anger comes out naturally for self-protection, it is not a common anger that is expressed deliberately, nor it sounds like anger. His anger may come out in a transformed form. Like in the form of some social reform movement or as a boon to someone. That anger does not harm anyone, because an awakened person does not harm anyone at all. Now, it is not known what good of the society is hidden in the origin of Jalandhar, but Indra was saved from destruction, meaning the entire creation was saved from destruction, because Indra is the king of the gods. Anger is man’s biggest enemy. Anger weakens or destroys one’s own body, and all the gods including Indra are situated in the universe of our own body. It can be said that Jalandhar is the energy of anger that has descended to Muladhar. This is called drinking anger. At that time it was drunk but later it can also come out of Muladhar in the form of immoral love affair. This is Jalandhar who had become enamored with goddess Parvati and Lakshmi. Only his devoted wife Vrinda saved him from death. This means that he had become as powerful as Shiva and Vishnu through the power of Tantra. He is already considered to be a part of Shiva. He defeated all the gods, meaning he was no longer under the control of the nature governed by the gods, and despite giving pain to everyone, remained happy through the power of Tantra. When Vishnu violated Vrinda’s modesty by deceit, she committed suicide through burning in the fire and the Tulsi plant grew there with her ashes. Tulsi is the most sacred plant of Hindu religion which can be found growing in the courtyard of almost every Hindu family. It is a storehouse of medicinal and spiritual properties. The meaning is clear that a devoted woman is superior to all types of human beings and should be present in every family. Jalandhar city of Punjab is named after this demon. There is also a temple of Vrinda here. In fact, the wife plays a big role in the success of a tantra yogi. If the wife does not cooperate, even the gods do not cooperate. Failing in this path of salvation is considered death. In reality, the extra tantric power of a meditative yogi gets spent in Kundalini meditation, due to which he has not any strength remaining to think bad or do bad. But those who use tantric practices and techniques but do not do proper meditation, their excess tantric energy remains accumulated in the body. Only it can make them do wrong. Call it black magic or sorcery or posing bad eye or creating ruckus by eating and drinking or keeping jihadist type mentality in local language. It would not be an exaggeration to say that many organisations, nations, religions or sects have been using this excess or uncontrolled Tantric energy for centuries for their illegal and immoral growth. Even demons were born from this, although they also died from this. It depends on the method of use. Energy has to be released. Anyway, Shiva is having fun. Meaning he is happy with himself. This means that he possesses all the qualities within himself as per his need. That is why they are called ghostly, because they also accept dark Tamoguna when needed. Perhaps this is how the concept of Tantrik Panchamakar originated. Others depend on each other for balance of basic qualities or gunas. Some people always remain in state of Satoguni, such as Vishnu, some in Tamoguni, such as Asuras or demons and animals and still others in Rajoguni, such as Brahma and Indra. These three types of people remain dependent on each other. Therefore, they avoid angering or disturbing each other as much as possible. Especially people with good qualities or satoguna, because it’s the weakest, and it needs both the other gunas even for its sustenance. But Shiva does not care about anyone. He is completely capable in his own right. That is why he’s not in a mood to forgive Indra, but it has to be done for the public good, not to fulfill his selfishness, because he does not need anyone. The state of awakening cannot be called Satoguni, although it is achieved by abundance of Satoguna. Of course, there is a light like good quality in it, but it is different from the common worldly good quality. It also has the appearance of Tamoguna and Rajoguna, but they also seem different from worldly gunas. It cannot even be called a mixture of all three qualities, of course one has to take help of them to describe it, and it feels like a mixture of them, but according to the scriptures it is not even a mixture of them. Perhaps that is why it has been called Trigunatit or devoid of any Guna. It is like if lemon, sugar and salt are mixed in equal quantity in water then that water will appear plain but in reality it is not pure plain water. Similarly, if all the three gunas remain equal then that state will appear to be trigunateet but in reality it is not a pure trigunateet or nirgun state of the soul. Perhaps because of this deception many spiritual leaders consider themselves God. It is for this reason that the experience of awakening does not seem different in nature from the worldly experience. But in reality there is a world of difference between the two. While the experience of awakening is like pure water, the worldly experience is like water mixed with salt, lemon and sugar. The ratio of all three keeps changing every moment. When it becomes equal, then light and happiness like awakening is felt. This mainly happens due to the balance of Idapingala i.e. Yinyang through Yoga. It gives us a feeling of a state of awakening. This inspires one to achieve real awakening. The meaning from these talks is clear that the so-called Tamogun of Shiva does not hinder but helps in his awakening. Although it is not Tamogun but it looks like Tamogun. If it happens then it is of good nature. Perhaps this happens by eliminating the ego of good qualities or Satoguna. It is also said in the scriptures that awakening from good qualities is achieved only when the egoistic feeling towards it is destroyed. Due to destruction of ego, despite having good qualities, one does not focus on these much. It is because of the lack of attention or attachment towards it that it appears to be like the state of Tamo Guna. All this means Shiva’s Tamoguna is virtual, not real.