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In this image Shiva is the Self dancing in a ring of fire which symbolizes the cosmos. Because it 'dances' in the Heart of evcery atom, the world pulsates with life. The small drum in his upper right hand symbolizes creation, the fire in his left destruction of Self ignorance. The third hand is in abaya mudra, the gesture of fearlessness. The Self is fearless and protects the creation from fear. The arm sloping downward represents grace.
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A composite of the ghats along the Ganges at Benaras and a Thai temple silhouette.
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The Self as Shiva, the destroyer, Brahma the creator and Vishnu the preserver. This image came from a scan of a bhatik wall hanging I found in a shopping bazaar in New Delhi.
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The wall with the window represents the decaying world of time. Behind this ever changing reality lies an eternal world of vibrant awareness which is symbolized by the sky and ocean beyond.
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The entwined snakes represent the Kundalini Shakti, the 'serpent' power on journey out of darkness to union with Shiva, the Self, symbolized by the petals of the lotus.
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The gesture of perfection and fearlessness. The joined thumb and forefinger represents the Self which transcends the three 'bodies' which are the source of existential fear.
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