महाशिवरात्रि — MAHASHIVRATRI
महाशिवरात्रि — MAHASHIVRATRI
Mahashivaratri is celebrated every year in the auspicious Hindu month of Magha/Phalgun as the Sun moves into Pisces .
It is a wild, dark night of high frequency energies that arrives just a day before the New Moon.
Mahashivratri: The Great Night of Shiva (Consciousness) is a one-day and night celebration where the veil of Maya thins enough to allow higher consciousness to permeate physicality. And therefore is also celebrated as a night of the marriage of Shiva-Shakti.
The one who vibrates as Shiva plays as Shakti!
You are love and I, your beloved.
You are life and I am living.
My love for you is not mine.
It is you loving me.
You, my Maheshwara (Supreme Self)
Are the luminosity of my shapes.
My form, your desire.
My play, your intention.
More @ https://emergenceeducation.com/mahashivratri-celebrating-shiva-shakti/
The positioning of the Northern hemisphere on this day/night is such that when we sit erect, it allows the Chakras of our bodies to align with the sacred geometry of the cosmic Chakras.
When upright our merudanda (Spine) hailed as the microcosmic axis of the macrocosmic axis receives an extremely high rush of energy, the rate of which is said to be only available on this one night.
It is considered an opportune time to embody and awaken as Shiva himself.
This is a rare event where losing sleep and staying up through the night in meditation is highly recommended for everyone this one day.
For all who participate, this is a day where we make ourselves completely available for this to transpire by fasting, praying, and meditating.
Mahashivratri favors an unfathomable direct experience of spiritual enlightenment and liberation like no other night.
A night of potential and possibilty, this celebration is all about realizing, living and expressing our highest self.
Mahashivaratri is on Monday, 28th Feb, 2022 (U.S.A)
- If following a ritual of adoration, the Nishita Kaal (Midnight) Pooja time falls between 12:18 AM to 01:08 AM CST on 01st Mar.
- If you plan on fasting, you can fast on Feb 28th and break your fast on 01st Mar — Shivaratri Parana Time anywhere between 06:57 AM to 01:30 PM CST.
(Time information from https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/maha-shivaratri/maha-shivaratri-date-time.html)
ALIGNING WITH THE CYCLES OF THE MOON
The 14th night of the lunar month in the waning phase/Krishna Paksha) is considered the darkest night of the month and is called Shivratri. While every month has a Shivaratri, the Shivaratri that arrives in Feb/March is celebrated as Mahashivratri as it heralds a significant shift in energies.
The ancient cultures knew we are an integral part of Nature and how by living and aligning with the phases of the Moon, we can live in and as our true Nature and move in ways that serve the highest good of all.
The wisdom of the Moon has always been revered a guidance system as it is seen as a reflection of the light we are in our human self.
The waning phases of the Moon as the light diminishes on her face, she invite us to spend our time going inwards. It’s a time best used to journal, contemplate and meditate so we can sense what new beginnings are simmering within. On the other hand, the waxing phase of the Moon is a more creative time for us where we are called to expand, express, and become visible as she does. One may also say the waning Moon time is when we are called to move towards Shiva and our Spiritual Nature while the waxing Moon time is a time of play as Shakti on this physical plane.
Aligning with Nature and the cycles of the Moon allows us to effortlessly live our most balanced, fulfilled lives.
As the trueSelf our body-minds naturally recognize and live these cycles. When functioning from beyond the conditions of the Mind, we can observe how our unconditioned and aligned body-minds naturally move to Nature’s innate rhythm because that is what we are. Living our most expansive aligned lives is not as complicated as the conditions of the Mind tend to define it. When our body-minds are well integrated, our whole experience of life on this plane flowers beautifully.
We naturally experience more joy, love, and peace and our every movement arises from the wisdom and intuition of our true center.
Saṅkalpā सङ्कल्प -MANTRA AND MEDITATION HOUR
A holy night of truth and awakening night allows for deeper spontaneous awakenings as we open our body-minds to realizing the Sankalpa — sacred intention we are.
Shiva is unfolding as Shakti.
Join us to celebrate Shiva-Shakti, a divine embodied purpose of love, power, grace and flow.
Monday, Feb 28th 2022, 9:00–10:00 pm EST @ Mystery School Members Circle
To celebrating the journey from ॐ नमः शिवाय OM NAMAH SHIVAYA, where we recognize ourselves as a play of the 5 elements in these body-minds and realizing शिवोऽहम् SHIVOHAM — I AM that which all IS.
Bolo Har Har Mahadev!
Wishing everyone a very Happy Mahashivaratri!