Taijitu
'Ardha' means half; 'nari' refers to female; 'roop' means the face or the abode.
"God is not just man, or just woman. The Whole Creation is both male and female."
Came across a beautifully answered question by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the founder of Art Of Living Foundation that works for Spiritual Upliftment and Peace across the world.
Q: Can you please talk on the concept of "Ardhnariswaroop"?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Everyone has both female and male genes. You are made up of both your father and mother – Half father and half mother. Divinity is both male and female. This was acknowledged long ago and represented as Ardhnariswaroop. God is not just man, or just woman. He is Ardhnariswaroop – Whole creation is both male and female.What a beautiful description..! The world exists on the balance of the male and female energies- Yang and Yin which has been denoted by the Taoists with the universal symbol- Taijitu.
The almost misunderstood concept of "Pati Parmeshwar" is known to all. A Hindu word meaning "The husband is God to the wife". People have suppressed women taking that into account and the activists of the female liberation movement keep nailing it as the worst notion that has resulted in male-female inequality.
But there is -as there had to be- a second half to that. The root of this saying is very pious and worth understanding. Pati (Husband) is called Parmeshwar - this is half of the complete belief. Pati (Husband ) is Parmeshwar and Patni (Wife) Pameshwari. Because all men and women are subtle manifestations of God. The union of Parmeshwar and Parmeshwari; or Yin and Yang results into creation.
Your partner is a Door to the Divine. People fall in Romantic Love, rejoice, share, explore each other. But since the form is limited, since the conditioning is limited; there comes a time, this Exploration ceases. Lovers might say, we miss the charm; or we don't fulfill each other anymore; and no matter how hard we try we cant get things to work between us.
But the Exploration hasnt occurred much on the Spiritual base. The Exploration that makes you realize that, " You and your partner are but One." The Exploration that connects you with the Divine. The Exploration that heals. The Exploration that transcends all the negatives of Life.
That is what a Spiritual Relationship has to offer--The Infinite.
the exploration that begins but ends soon, and then people complain that they dont have as much joy as they had in the beginning of their relationship. thats because they have left exploring each other, thats also because they think this is what my man is like, thats a flaw because everyday there will be a change in your man and in your woman and hence the exploration must continue and so will the joy then. beautifully written, can go deeper.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all...congrats for finally starting the Blog :))
ReplyDeleteRegarding the Subject...very beautifully written...the whole creation is both male and female....very true and we can find the same in ancient texts from most of the religions.
Good Subject...keep it up :))
heyy Veer.. thanks a lot for the encouragement..i am glad you loved it :))
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