Mahashivratri sadhana sadhguru biography

Mahashivarathri is a day, or rather a night of many possibilities. The fourteenth day of every month, which is known as a Shivaratri, is the darkest day of the month.

Celebrating Shivaratri on a monthly basis, and the particular day, Mahashivaratri, almost seems like celebration of darkness. Any logical mind would resist darkness and naturally opt for light.

Mahashivratri sadhana sadhguru biography

But the word “Shiva” literally means “that which is not.” “That which is,” is existence and creation. “That which is not” is Shiva.

That which is not means, if you open your eyes and look around, if your vision is for small things, you will see lots of creation.

If your vision is really looking for big things, you will see the biggest presence in the existence is a vast emptiness. A few spots which we call galaxies are generally much noticed, but the vast emptiness that holds them does not come into everybody’s notice.

This vastness, this unbounded emptiness, is what is r