The Five Acts of Shiva: Creation, Preservation, Dissolution, Concealment, and Grace
The Five Acts of Shiva In Trika Tantra, Shiva is not understood as a passive, distant, inactive Absolute. Shiva is pure consciousness, but this consciousness is alive. It shines, knows, creates, sustains, withdraws, conceals, and reveals. In Kashmir Shaivism, the Supreme is not merely a witness standing outside the universe. The universe itself is the […]
Malas in Trika Tantra — The Three Veils That Create Bondage
Malas in Trika Tantra In Trika Tantra, bondage is not understood as a punishment. It is not that the soul has become sinful, rejected, or separate from Shiva in any absolute way. The deepest Self is still consciousness. The light of awareness is still present. Shiva has not disappeared. But consciousness becomes contracted. The infinite […]