All of creation is dance. Referring to Lord Shiva as Nataraj, we are not talking about an individual dancing. If we examine the portrayal of Nataraj, we notice there is a circle around him. The circle is always the symbol of the cosmos because when anything flows in motion, the most natural form that happens in the existence is a circle. Anything that happens by itself is a circle or an ellipsoid – which is a slightly distorted circle as a circle is the shape of least resistance. The planet, the moon, the sun, these are all circles.
This is reason why the circle around Nataraj is symbolic of the cosmos.
He is a cosmic dancer. Since we are individuals and we understand everything as separate life forms, we individualize it as Nataraja for our own deciphering.
The word “Shiva” literally means “that which is not” or “that which is nothing”. It is nothing, it is empty space, but it is dancing. Because it is dancing, everything is happening. It always was and will be without an origin, supreme consciousness.
Let us become the dance!
We can experience the aesthetic of the dance, or become the dance. If you experience the beauty of the dance by observation, we say you are a seeker. In society, you may be called by different names – maybe a scientist – but still you are a seeker. If you wish to get to the depth of its being, you are to pay attention merely.
If you become the dance, you become the divine, you become a yogi. That is the choice you are endowed with by the grace of the almighty.
Om Namah Shivaya!
By K.Nagori
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