Aldous Huxley Describes the Dancing Shiva Image

The great writer Aldous Huxley (Brave New World, The Perennial Philosophy, The Doors of Perception, Island) describes the "Dancing Shiva" image (Nataraj) of the Hindu tradition and its immense significance and comprehensiveness. This is from an interview with Mr. Huxley which was done in 1961 in London and was recorded and distributed under the title "Speaking Personally". Though now out of print, this audio collection can occasionally be found at Amazon.com & Ebay, and for all I know, you might be able to find some or all of it on KZbin.
The Dancing Shiva image shown here is the one on permanent display at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, the huge particle accelerator/collider that recently discovered the Higgs Boson, a fundamental breakthrough in physics.
Thank you for listening. And to the greatest extent possible each moment, may all sentient beings find true happiness! Om Namah Shivaya, Om Shanti Shanti Shanti.

[@ganeshr8207]

I am not religious but since childhood this image of Nataraja has always had a hold on me. Have no freaking idea why!!! It's at a rudimentary level the most aesthetic and fluidic representation generated out of metal.

[@phanisai1997]

Atheism is accepted in Hinduism, Buddhism, , etc

[@kjjohnson1689]

Hinduism isn’t a religion, it’s a group of closely related philosophies. You might actually like to do more research into the different schools of Hinduism!

[@lilykk5718]

It's very balanced on several planes, elegant, graceful and deeply symbolic as Huxley explains.

[@sairamshanmugam574]

Then travel to Vadalur. Everything is compete

[@aviralsharma7744]

@@kjjohnson1689 accepted brother..have you been to India/Bharat

[@drbharatj]

The symbol of Nataraj has a meaning. It tries to say that the dancer and the dance are not two things . So long as the dancer is there the dance is also there. It tries to say that the creator and its creation are not two things . They are one. So one should not try to separate them . when the creator and the creation are one, a different term can be given, that is creativity. So GOD is creativity. Dance is the creation, and the dancer is the creator. Hence the word creativity.

[@jagathmithya719]

+Bharat Jobanputra Hit the Bull's eye. Well said what Duality and Non-duality is!

[@drbharatj]

+Jagath Mithya ADWAIT. NOT TWO.

[@jagathmithya719]

+Bharat Jobanputra Thanks. My understanding is that creation is the movement of the Self. Destruction is the absence of that movement. Siva symbolise both creation and destruction. The Self is Siva, the movement id Shakti or motive power. Their union is creation, a concept brought closer to home by the depiction of the Lingam (phallus) and Yoni (womb) in the Siva Lingam statues. This shows the male, female duality in creation. This idea again finds expression in the Ardhanarishvara - half male (Siva), half female (Shakti) split down the middle - half bronze, half brass statues. I think this depiction while asserting the duality in creation goes beyond to show that both Shakti and Siva are one not separate - the position of Advaita.

[@ioanateo1359]

+Bharat Jobanputra it implies that we can be one with Shiva in the heart, and take part in the cosmic dance, since the dancer and the dance (creation) are one. Shiva also destroys ignorance and evil, dancing joyfully in defiance to the oppresive powers in the world. So the statue of him crushing the dwarf (ego) could also mean that he destroys evil and its manifestations, in order to purify the universe and start anew (creation). So its like a cosmic cycle, or Yuga. Now we're in the Kali Yuga, so Shiva's dance is destructive (divine destruction, not the destructivity of the evil ones). Shiva is actually a very complex and multifaceted symbol

[@SouravDas-cc9zt]

wah. most beautiful observation

[@kapilsethia9284]

"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." -Huxley.

[@gora876]

Said every other guy 🙄

[@CornellD.Cavendish]

@@gora876 I think he may be referring to the French philosophers who “doubt everything” like Descartes. But you’re right that it seems an arrogant statement.

[@Helelsonofdawn]

@@CornellD.Cavendish he means american democrats

[@Helelsonofdawn]

@proudgoyim631 so is jesus

[@Helelsonofdawn]

@proudgoyim631 jesus was jewiish

[@2sridhark]

Dwarf under Shiva's right foot is "Apasmara" (aka " Muyalaka") is a demon representing ignorance/evil/ego.

[@a550011]

"Apasmara" also means forgetfulness of the truth..

[@SuperFreedomRock1]

Why do you say "demon?" That is a Western view, Apasmara represents the Ego, generally speaking, as Huxley stated.

[@alabastardmasterson]

@DrEustace Mullins what did you receive your Doctorate in?

[@Lakshyam9]

@DrEustace Mullins get out of your narrow Christian world view. There are worlds beyond your dualistic good-evil perspective.

[@Lakshyam9]

@Holly13 Satre89 ever heard of symbolism ???

[@Kimchiboy08]

Will never look at Indian symbols the same thanks to explanations like this. Much thanks🖖🏽🙏🏽🕊🔥

[@AnHeC]

Now learn about our symbols you ignorant fool. Apparently you are just uneducated in everything.

[@simonhumphries3747]

Like Sheila na gig?

[@nyakwarObat]

@@thakursatish100 praheen Moran is cool but no disrespect you better off with the likes of sadhguru

[@sparke585]

Huxley was surely a freemason.. therefore heed caution and use discernment with every word he says.

[@CesarandtheClew]

If you like this, you'll really appreciate Joseph Campbell if you haven't heard him already.

[@David-Field.Stuff01]

Very interesting. I am a Sculptor living in the West of Europe and I'll admit my total ignorance when it comes to understanding this sculpture but now that I have heard the interview it is astonishing to me how many times i have seen modern western sculptures and artwork that clearly have been influenced by this.

[@egosatwork3255]

You're third 👁,,, is awake,,,,, act on it,,,,, ☺

[@ramaraksha01]

It is strange and unsettling to see a westerner take a look at modern art and confidently tell us that we must see beyond the image, look with the mind's eye The very same person looks at our Hindu images and mock the 10 arms ha, ha - amazing how the brain can be misled so easily

[@NoneOfTheAbove123]

@@ramaraksha01 Yes, I hate the condescending attitude.

[@ramaraksha01]

@@NoneOfTheAbove123 Our silence is also part of the problem - one guy was lecturing me about the power of silence - not say anything & that is why we get so much hate We still seem colonized - for so long we went around with a bent back - slaves - 2nd class citizens - afraid to speak up & unfortunately I think we still carry that legacy

[@richiknair9036]

Can you tell me about symbols influenced by this ? I'd like to check then out and see what they look like

[@PrinceoftheAbyss]

Huxley was the one of greatest philosophical minds in the 20th century. A truly enlightened individual.

[@spurohit6976]

NIELS BOHR “I go into the Upanishads to ask questions.”

[@tomaskoptik2021]

Unfortunately. Western materialistic science stole the model of atom from Šrimad Bagavatham and the only thing they did with that was creating the atomic bombs. And on top of that they deny the consciousness as the cradle of all that is. It would be funny if this arrogant schizophreny of western materialism were not trying to impose their ridiculous assumptions on all of us...The more I know about Hindu philosophy the more I try to overcome all that crap they told me in school...

[@tomaskoptik2021]

@@spurohit6976 Ok, thanks for info. Vedas brought me here ;)

[@kairos116]

@@tomaskoptik2021 it hurts to see western media hating on us Indians. They run a propaganda against our nation, religion, philosophies. We’re just trying to live peacefully. We gave meditation, yoga, vegetarian system, vegan system, reincarnation beliefs, Karma, burning of bodies etc etc. Now the westerns are accepting and adapting these things while not giving credits to our ancient culture. We never attacked and spread our religion through wars. We accepted people from every religion and they thrived in ancient India. But the media has portrayed us as some barbarians with caste system. I used be ashamed of my culture but now I just feel lucky to be a part of this culture and the wisdom our ancestors had. We were under invasion for 1000 years, we were robbed off and were left with poverty. But we will rise again and karma will do its work.

[@tomaskoptik2021]

@@kairos116 It´s kinda schizophrenical. Indian culture is VERY admired in Europe at least so it´s not so much against the nation. But there is a several houndred years at least kinda religious hystery against reincarnation or tranformation of Soul. I´m sure every other culture could kinda say something bad about the Western way. Believe it or not, it´s pissing all intelligent people too ;)

[@tomaskoptik2021]

@@kairos116 It hurts everybody, trust me. It´s similar all over the globe. It´s yuga, it´s not that people will be better. They will be always behaving according to yugas. And every single one of us is the one who selects the yuga he is experiencing. I am crazy from seeing all the western physicists mingling with the field of consciousness while calling it atom. They are like small children. That´s materialism but it´s slowly going away. Materialistic society cannot grasp or comprehend the ancient sciences of Bharat or Khemet. Remember that agressivity is a pain inside you not outside, it really hurts everybody. Until western society stops that lunatic crap about atoms and Darwin they will not be able to see their body IS Universe. Which is what all the ancient traditions speak about. Materialism my friend. That´s the sickness. And both you and me have chosen to witness it first hand. Our choice, our karma ;)

[@elliottbanjo]

the most wise, inclusive and cosmic symbol on this earth. i have many in my apartment. i give small ones as gifts. the best possible gift.

@@mauricejones8494 Idiot indeed.

[@daieast6305]

i lost my lil bronze one but i now see it all around me

[@AK47_414]

@ You are the idiot brainwashed by Christianity

[@Frank289100]

EXODUS 20:4 THERE IS A REASON GOD MAKES IT QUITE CLEAR WHY NOT TO MAKE ANY IMAGES OF HIM. BECAUSE THE DEVIL HAS THE POWER TO TAKE EVERY SHAPE AND FORM. I WITNESSED IT FIRST HAND 28 YEARS AGO TRYING TO SECURE A RECORD CONTRACT. SHIVA WAS THE DEVIL MANIFESTING ITSELF IN THE FLESH JUST LIKE ALL THE GREEK AND ROMAN gods WERE.

[@infinityxtanishq8712]

Renn get ur self a working brain dumbfk

[@imagist.]

Dwarf is called Apasmara, and represents "forgetfulness" which is the root of ignorance itself. It's so pleasant to listen to Aldous, what a guy.

[@autumnicleaf]

Yes, he can sell any art piece; buy some snake oil from him for just a few million $$.

[@rakeshvaisoha2015]

Inadvertence, as from inattention, leads one to see a snake of a rope and to so live a fear of that snake where a snake is really not. The fear lived is an undeniable experience and lived fear thenon to trigger other activities, born but of a misperception, which perception as having becoming a seed to all newborn actions and thoughts, build in the individual a potential world of misperceptions lived as a reality, which as a life may endlessly continue cyclically as life and death , i.e a falsity can't die of its own until corrected.

[@Sketcher86]

@@autumnicleaf Your sarcasm is beyond hopeless. You need to raise your level of consciousness.

[@oblivion2967]

"Forgetfulness" sounds similar to "we are a species of amnesia" Graham Hancock

[@imagist.]

@@rakeshvaisoha2015 namaskar

[@mysticoversoul]

It is wonderful that the audio recording of Huxley's discussion of the Nataraj was preserved for posterity and the world.

[@tahiragibson6407]

Although he is a bit mush-mouthed.

[@aek12]

@@tahiragibson6407 Words are just pointers not the actuality.

[@Indusxstan]

The wealth of symbolism in this single very ancient image is truly staggering. This is how Hinduism has survived for over 9,000 years now (based on latest archaeological excavations showing religious artefacts in Bhrrna, Haryana, India).

[@smartbaba1321]

M Ex Muslim just counvertived to Hinduism. My family don't like me but now I love myself.

[@uselesshero.official]

Be safe brother. Satyamev jayate!

[@motivationdrugs6670]

@@uselesshero.official 🙏🙏🙏 kord loves u ..u r free bird now...

[@rexluminus9867]

You just freed yourself & should be smile on your face. Well done.Be safe & healthy. Thank you for sharing it with us.🌞

[@byron-ih2ge]

Bro u dont convert to hinduism, u adopt hinduism . there is no conversion process in general hinduism except if u have joined some specific sampradayam(sect is the closest word) like arya samaj or isckon .

[@byron-ih2ge]

@Rahul keep this islamic concept for urself . this isnt true

[@KimKoomKum]

Aldous Huxley. What a fine intellectual. A deep thinker. An insightful story-teller. And a humble person.

[@AniAni-md2tl]

Rightly said 👍

[@rubenjacobo3919]

Amen to that.

[@nexussymbiosis9270]

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[@jonathankuhn2180]

Dude, he was part of the fabian society and wrote the predictive program Brave New (age) World (order).... black magic, he is one of them....

[@sunnybunnyfeeling7062]

A humble gate keeper?

[@johncitizen3227]

‘Lord of a thousand worlds am I, And I reign since time began. Night and Day in in cyclic sway, Shall pass while their deeds I scan. Yet Time shall cease afore I find release, For I am the Soul of Man.’ 🕉

[@johncitizen3227]

Prove what? It’s a poem called ‘Song of the Soul ‘. It belongs to everyone. 😘

[@pereraddison932]

john citizen ... not belong... But, never-the-less... CONJOINED...

[@Frank289100]

EXODUS 20:4 THERE IS A REASON GOD MAKES IT QUITE CLEAR WHY NOT TO MAKE ANY IMAGES OF HIM. BECAUSE THE DEVIL HAS THE POWER TO TAKE EVERY SHAPE AND FORM. I WITNESSED IT FIRST HAND 28 YEARS AGO TRYING TO SECURE A RECORD CONTRACT. SHIVA WAS THE DEVIL MANIFESTING ITSELF IN THE FLESH JUST LIKE ALL THE GREEK AND ROMAN gods WERE.

[@The-illuminated]

@@Frank289100 exactly God cannot have a form

[@Inversed00]

@@Frank289100 shut up Christian. Religions are a dead thing now

[@ashishpatel350]

👌🏽. Damn KZbin recommended something actually important and deep.

[@YuyiLeal]

I agree! hahaha :D

[@Frank289100]

EXODUS 20:4 THERE IS A REASON GOD MAKES IT QUITE CLEAR WHY NOT TO MAKE ANY IMAGES OF HIM. BECAUSE THE DEVIL HAS THE POWER TO TAKE EVERY SHAPE AND FORM. I WITNESSED IT FIRST HAND 28 YEARS AGO TRYING TO SECURE A RECORD CONTRACT. SHIVA WAS THE DEVIL MANIFESTING ITSELF IN THE FLESH JUST LIKE ALL THE GREEK AND ROMAN gods WERE.

[@abhiramims9465]

@@Frank289100 If God takes a form, devil will also be in form (because god is all inclusive, including the devil), but see where shiva has kept the devil.. Under his feet. Standing on it.. Divinity dominating the evil. Shiva is the symbol of pure consciousness.. If god or bhrahman takes a form, that is Shiva, The yogi, transcending materialism..

[@Frank289100]

@@abhiramims9465 I WITNESSED THE DEVIL TAKE MANY FORMS. THIS IS WHERE SHIVA CAME FROM.

[@abhiramims9465]

Actually the devil is an illusion by itself. It doesn't exist. Illusion changes our perception. We don't see things as they are. And shiva has his third eye which perceives only the reality. So shiva is in no way the devil. Shiva is said to be all that is material and immaterial. Supreme consciousness is the one that is free of all illusions. Shiva is the supreme consciousness taking a form in the material world. And the devil is not something to be afraid of. It is illusion that is making you to be.

[@StephenS-2024]

Aldous would be pleased to see Shiva Nataraja at CERN.

[@StephenS-2024]

@Sluggo Bill even though. Yes. 😁

[@karlstrausside107]

No he wouldn't really would he ☺

[@StephenS-2024]

@@karlstrausside107 i think both Huxley and his friend Krishnamurti would view the Shiva statue as a universal symbol. Nothing more. I'm not sure, being pacifists, whether they would view CERN as a scientific instrument or a weapon. Probably both.

[@mikewilt7857]

@ not as bad as the Christianity cult

[@Sniegel]

@ Absolutely not. Luciferianism has taken the symbolism of hinduism and perverted it to its opposite in many cases. It makes a joke out of the religion just like christian churches and institutions have been perverted by evil people and the media has demonized christianity. Doesn't mean christianity is evil and doesn't mean hinduism is evil. You are being decieved. The suspicious people of CERN are "playing god" (associating with shiva) and misinterpret (or mock) hinduism. They are deluded materialist atheists and/or luciferianists. So yes. Luciferians may be behind the choice of this imagery. I can agree on that. But a satanist could also use christian imagery in order to give jesus a bad name. Remember... "You will know them by the fruits of their labor" And "Satan always presents himself as an angel of light". Don't rely simply on imagery.

[@lilykk5718]

Hinduism is a deeply symbolic set of philosophies. Take this, for instance: "In our legends it is said that the goddess Ganga’s descent from the heavens would have split the earth had Lord Shiva not tamed her torrent by tying it into his ash-smeared locks. To hear this story is to see the river in a certain way: as a heavenly braid, for instance, an immense rope of water, unfurling through a wide and thirsty plain. That there is a further twist to the tale becomes apparent only in the final stages of the river’s journey-and this part of the story always comes as a surprise, because it is never told and thus never imagined. It is this: there is a point at which the braid comes undone; where Lord Shiva’s matted hair is washed apart into a vast, knotted tangle. Once past that point the river throws off its bindings and separates into hundreds, maybe thousands, of tangled strands." - Excerpt from The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh on the Sunderbans Delta.

[@naimulhaq9626]

The motionless figure of Vishnu with his meditative wisdom is my favorite. He is the cause of the evolution of the world.

[@bhayankar_Chaudhary]

My favourite too✌️

[@zensmita]

Wah wah 👋

[@janakiraam3876]

Yes for mee too Hare Krishna

[@naimulhaq9626]

@@janakiraam3876 Krishna was a natural philosopher like Socrates. He gave the Sanatan religion to the Yadava tribe and made them civilized, they prospered and multiplied and spread all over India and beyond. Today 70-80% are Yadava. MortalKrishna ,9500 bc, discovered the divine design of Vishnu and was elevated to the status of the god.

[@janakiraam3876]

@@naimulhaq9626 he is not a natural philosopher He is a super human Belongs to 9 th dimension Jagadguru

[@Unfamous_Buddha]

This Is IT! This Is IT! This Is IT! Forever and ever, only one thing . . ..

[@ramaraksha01]

yep that is the point of Reincarnation - Don't for a moment think we can run away & hide in some fantasy Retirement Home in the sky & sit about doing nothing while a magic being will cater to our creature comforts for eternity! Amazing how many bright educated people fall for such cheap promises - the prospect of an easy living seems to blind people Reincarnation is basically saying THIS IS IT! THERE IS ONLY ONE WORLD! THIS ONE!

[@Unfamous_Buddha]

@@ramaraksha01 -- ""The universe is the game of the self playing hide-and-seek with itself, forever and ever"

[@ramaraksha01]

@@Unfamous_Buddha It's just some small talk - no basis in reality or evidence

[@Unfamous_Buddha]

@@ramaraksha01 -- Yeah, words aren't reality. Maybe, "That which can't be named" is closer.

[@senorbeckon]

One mustn't neglect Vasuki-Shiva's serpent-coiled 'round Shiva's neck and indicative of His mastery over Kundalini Shakti.

[@schonbaka1649]

Sean Yee stfu hinduphobe

[@Frank289100]

EXODUS 20:4 THERE IS A REASON GOD MAKES IT QUITE CLEAR WHY NOT TO MAKE ANY IMAGES OF HIM. BECAUSE THE DEVIL HAS THE POWER TO TAKE EVERY SHAPE AND FORM. I WITNESSED IT FIRST HAND 28 YEARS AGO TRYING TO SECURE A RECORD CONTRACT. SHIVA WAS THE DEVIL MANIFESTING ITSELF IN THE FLESH JUST LIKE ALL THE GREEK AND ROMAN gods WERE.

[@silverback3633]

@Sean Yee How is that bat soup you ate in December of 2019?

[@silverback3633]

@@Frank289100 If you an Aryan believe in this thing because it belongs to you, otherwise follow Islam. kzbin.info/www/bejne/joS5i3Vpr69ma6s

[@schonbaka1649]

@@Frank289100 Abrahamics needs to shut their ass up

[@SuperBenette]

I had a dream of Shiva, since then I cannot change that image, it had nothing to do with the other interpretations, be blessed.

[@barbarik3797]

@Marilyn G Y will he fear pls dont comment about shiva if u domt know what he represents

[@nkbali5473]

The symbol of endlessness, boundless energy, that can create millions of world and destruct millions of worlds too, he is Lord Shiva....

[@egodust11]

The ego, along with the world, isn't a mistake committed by Brahman. It's a product of Desire, which is the generator of the Leela. It cannot and should NOT be destroyed! What is needed is its attenuation. Neither expect the cessation of Dukkha or suffering. It is the price we must forever pay for our awareness in this relative world. The sooner we realize this, the sooner we'll eradicate our hopeless expectations, and embrace the wonder, beauty, and love of life within the playful mAyA of the Plenum.

[@egodust11]

@DrEustace Mullins .. Interesting you make such an assumption. Lol. Why?

[@JrJ2016]

Firstly the dwatf is technically not ego rather ignorance. What you have confused as 'necessary ego' is called 'confidence'.

[@metrognome2225]

Holy fuck I was not expecting to see those replies to this comment, nor will they get any respecting. Only replying to say far out brother, keep on keeping on

[@egodust11]

@@metrognome2225.. Thanks. You too, of course..

[@egodust11]

@Sunyata .. already done! Lol. 🙏

[@francoisdelmar3]

The wisdom of Huxley is astounding; such men are scarce nowadays. Great posting.

[@greent4163]

Hindu gods represents the universal forces and factual realities of universe. Other religious gods is about the historical human beings characters.

[@ariari4133]

Flikkert nou s en eindje de ruimte in idioot nooit iets meegemaakt maar toch denken dat jouw ideeën eriets toe doen

[@ariari4133]

Irritant.niksnut

[@numinous_neccesities]

Absolutely false

[@seanmoran6510]

david rodriguez Explain

[@rustyjjohnson4103]

The dance is a code involving nuclear energy. Nuclear weapons were used in ancient past hence the no go zones in those countries from radio activity. It is hidden knowledge unless you study the past. They used the dance at the opening of the satan conjuring cern hellhole. Be aware...Just Sayin...😇🇺🇸 Rusty*J

[@whitekiltwhitekilt1611]

Hello there. Everyone relax, everything is unraveling as Planned. Thank u

[@arealassassin]

That's what worries me...

[@roguestatus9297]

Negative...complacency is not my nature...and you could be right... just dont ask me to apologize for it

[@LEO-xo9cz]

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[@LEO-xo9cz]

Watch 'I Pet Goat 2'

[@almagirimai8931]

Nice to have a visit from Marvin, the robot with the brain the size of a planet.

[@rr7firefly]

I am always amazed when I read comments about the placement of the Shiva statue at CERN, as if that was some demonic homage. So obvious is its formal connection to the site's geometry: CERN is a very large ring, and this dancing Shiva is inscribed within a bounding circle. Why is that so difficult to get? That is not its only symbolic reference but clearly it is a part of its relevance. There is a far richer symbolic connection in relation to that specific placement of the Shiva, but not many people are knowledgeable with Hindu deities, the concept of archetypes, materiality and non-materiality etc.

[@saskoilersfan]

A large ion particle experiment._. Experimental particle collider of tommorrow._. , collider experimental research du nuclear._. The alice project ._.The epcot project ._. The cern project ._. Hydrogen , atomic , nuclear ._.

[@hellooutthere8956]

Actually if the is all u get from the I do not know how much shallower one could go. Your theory has nothing to do with Shiva. Don't be so bland.

[@kedarchitre9813]

The ring around Shiva has 108 projections inwards. 108 is a very significant number in vedic mantras. Examining it closer. It actually is the ratio of distance of earth with sun or moon to the diameter of sun or moon. Its mind boggling how the number is formed.

[@rr7firefly]

@@hellooutthere8956 Only people who have advanced visual cognition and appreciation for the inherent beauty of geometry (such as a perfect circle) could understand my comment.

[@Frank289100]

EXODUS 20:4 THERE IS A REASON GOD MAKES IT QUITE CLEAR WHY NOT TO MAKE ANY IMAGES OF HIM. BECAUSE THE DEVIL HAS THE POWER TO TAKE EVERY SHAPE AND FORM. I WITNESSED IT FIRST HAND 28 YEARS AGO TRYING TO SECURE A RECORD CONTRACT. SHIVA WAS THE DEVIL MANIFESTING ITSELF IN THE FLESH JUST LIKE ALL THE GREEK AND ROMAN gods WERE.

[@levelfuel3650]

shiva's dance is the vibration om inside the deepest depths of the atoms, from which forms the basis of all existence. Shiva is dancing right now inside each and every atom of the universe and that is what is the universe. Om namah shivaya.

[@jsmith3980]

a superb explanation

[@thenewman1996]

Two idiot convincing each other

[@SSingh-qd6ie]

The Shiva is non other than you, you are the Shiva. The Master. But you have to realize it!

[@ichbinraghu]

Its True

[@op-pv2nn]

S Singh Jesus is the Messiah.

[@SSingh-qd6ie]

Owen Johnson Jesus is son of Shiva. Without the Shiva there is no Jiva. Without Jiva there is no Yeshua.

[@op-pv2nn]

S Singh And what verse of the Holy Bible are you basing this upon?

[@tl4856]

@@op-pv2nn All of the verses from the bible. You didn't get it, but you did. I'm sorry. With sincerest respect, God = Shiva, God = Satan. Antichrist and christ is the same breed. Only difference is that Jesus used his manipulation skills to convience people with kindness rather than for his own selfish needs. If he would've killed people then he would have not been remembered.

[@patrickfrancis4287]

We are now living in Kali yuga end of times or time to change

[@donnieallemanni8572]

The Kali Yuga age also known as the Iron Age started in 500 a.d. and ended in 1700 a.d. We are currently in the Dwapara Yuga age of space annihilators or the age of electricity. We will remain in the Dwapara Yuga for 2400 years. That would be 4100 a.d. Fear not we are not even close to the end

[@janosk8392]

Would not that description belong to all time? moment by moment for all that has been and all that will be.

[@donnieallemanni8572]

@@janosk8392 one day of creation is 4,300,560,000 years for those on Earth. The universe is much older 314,159,,000,000,000 years or One Age of Brahmin.

[@prigee]

Hindus doesn't have end of times concept as in the abrahamic religious sense. We have a cyclic notion of time, which basically means after the end there will be another beginning. And this notion is not far from reality. Anything which is matter have cyclical existence; whether an atom or heavenly bodies in space.

[@nk-by5nl]

THANK YOU!

[@LVXMagick]

In my search for truth within religion and science, Hinduism seems to have more correct than anyone else. At some point science may catch up, but I doubt it will occur in my life time. One of my biggest goals is to live in india a couple years before I die, and learn ashtanga in mysore. GREAT VIDEO!!! THANKS!

[@newaryamen]

Yes but like all relegion it has gotten distorted

[@MrND7]

I experienced a dancing shiva on my first DMT experience... it was mind blowing. No language, all telepathy communication. She asked me if I knew what love was when I was at a very low point of my life and then gave me an almost electromagnetic blanket of love waving through me. Something I’ll never forget and am extremely grateful to have experienced.

[@thelostnerd4540]

He is both he and she ! Male and female

[@MrND7]

@@thelostnerd4540 Wow that’s deep! I’m just glad I seen the upper half of the body then if that’s the case.. The movement of the arms was mesmerising

[@slevinkrauss6873]

Mine started doing the helicopter with the man parts, then bent over and shown me some brains.

[@19mani20]

What is DMT Experience

[@MrND7]

@@19mani20 you inhale the DMT which derives from plants or the Mimosa hostilis bark. Tribes have it as Ayahuasca in a brew also as a medicinal ceremony.

[@SomboonCM]

The circle is Eternity. The Dancer is Pure Benevolence, Creative Energy, You as the Entire Universe.

[@abolichavan8892]

One of the most beautiful and important recommendations by KZbin! ♥️

[@lakshmankumar-mu1rx]

My understanding of the nataraja symbol (everytime I see it) is that the eternal dance of nataraja represnting the eternal cosmic dance in the macroscopic scale of stellar objects to the microscopic scale of atomic particles. Not simply a dance but such a graceful, artistic periodic motions. Just imagine in a single picture, the harmonic movement of sub atomic particles across atoms, atoms making objects, objects moving on planets, satellites across planets, planets across stars, stars in galaxy, galaxies in space. And not for a finite period of time but for eternity and thus the gigantic amount of energy this universe possess And a tiny human mind (which seems an invisible point in the scale of space and universe) contemplating this grandeur. And all this makes me adore and bow before the idol not by submission but by pure admiration. There are two emotions of nataraja's dance as I know. The aananda tandava which is a dance of joy which signifies motion and life on universe and the rudra tandava (the angry, violent dance) which represents destruction of universe in form of explosions and collisions. In one line, the idol explaining all the science of motion, energy, creation, destruction. How spirituality melds and merges with science. Can never stop admiring and reverring it

[@MRUDUL9]

Well commented. Happy to know that you have understood the meaning of Nataraj

[@Frank289100]

EXODUS 20:4 THERE IS A REASON GOD MAKES IT QUITE CLEAR WHY NOT TO MAKE ANY IMAGES OF HIM. BECAUSE THE DEVIL HAS THE POWER TO TAKE EVERY SHAPE AND FORM. I WITNESSED IT FIRST HAND 28 YEARS AGO TRYING TO SECURE A RECORD CONTRACT. SHIVA WAS THE DEVIL MANIFESTING ITSELF IN THE FLESH JUST LIKE ALL THE GREEK AND ROMAN gods WERE.

[@urielurrutia3137]

@Seth Organ, you're obviously the only ignorant one. It shows in your response, your assessment and your blind hatred against something you haven't achieved to understand beyond what you hear others repeat. Grow as a human being before talking or writing.

[@urielurrutia3137]

@Seth Organ it's okay, I see you got my point and hope you keep thinking about. May God bless you soul. I sincerely do Have a great day tomorrow!

[@mangeshchalan8786]

@@Frank289100 dumb if it can take any shape and for that means it's also formless just like YOUR GOD, THYS you'll never know which is god which is devil Since you're GOD WILL NEVER KILL THAT DEVIL Because then h won't have honest scared slave's like you who will beg to him everyday for taking away the sisns you never did(I mean born sinner) While our god created everything and is everything there is nothing like evil is always your wrong doings of the past that you're paying for Our god will never forgive us for doing something wrong no matter how much we beg (since he's god without human emotions) he will just let the things happen what should happen It's you who will decide how you're next life will be Or weather you'll achieve moksha and free yourself from this cycle of life and deth and mearg with the supreme lord A god cannot treat you specifically special because than he would not be just to others Like if you stole from someone and both are great belivers than who will god be siding with??? Well non karma will play it's role you will suffer from it on wah or the other.....😎 I guess mine is more believable than Praying to be saved from something you never did😀.

[@Frank289100]

@@mangeshchalan8786 THERE IS NO REINCARNATION MY FRIEND. ONE LIFE WITH MANY SHOTS AT THE BASKET AND IF YOU DON'T GET IT RIGHT YOU WILL SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES. JESUS CHRIST SAID: "THROUGH ME YOU GO TO THE FATHER". GET YOURSELF A BIBLE. IT IS THE ONLY INSPIRED WORD OF GOD.

[@Johnnyhumbkr]

Just finished reading “Brave New World”! A lot of food for thought in that one, and it’s an easy read. I think it took me four nights.....but a very good book!

[@mjmcrae1168]

We DO have a symbol like this! The world has THIS! This was a beautiful explanation of it!

[@artortega7230]

❤

[@lonewolfindia3489]

Har Har Mahadev

[@sunnyboynfs]

+abhijat shrivastava OM NAMAH SHIVAYEH!

[@pereraddison932]

dom com. ... and so ... GOD BLESS EVERYONE BLESS EVERYTHING ALWAYS AMEN for... Love Humility Gratitude Confidence Prowess Love

[@Sketcher86]

@dom com. lol we had enough with that take a break.

[@PesalamPesuvom]

Har har mahadev

[@tapank3890]

dom com. Clearly not. Jesus was a brown man too. We invented your religion.

[@Tinyteacher1111]

Thank you for publishing this!

[@Coccelo]

Blesseth be the the algorithm.

[@YuyiLeal]

si!!

[@williamjoyner3759]

Did you mean to do that?

[@UmeshKhanna2]

Fits the bill perfectly

[@voraciousreader3341]

I love Aldoes Huxley’s mind, the way he thought and articulated his knowledge.

[@gabahungle568]

The drum is called damru, it has only one string with a single stone at end. Each flick of the drum flings the weighted string for a strike producing only one dum i.e one bang i.e one big bang i.e one om i.e ik onkar. It represents the creation of a universe at each flick in this celestial dance of Shiva.

[@Flyingmachines350]

You forgot to mention that it is shaped in the infinity symbol!

[@gabahungle568]

@@Flyingmachines350 iow 'infinity symbol' is shaped to form damru because that is what Shiva's damru represents.

[@mountaidew]

​@@gabahungle568 did the symbol of infinity came first or the damru existed before that?

[@sincererespects6658]

The cobras, which rise up behind Shiva‘s head in most representations of Nataraj, are said to represent the awakening and arising of the kundalini, and it’s apex accent at and through the topmost chakra, the Sahastara.

[@skywatcher5978]

My first impression, intuitively speaking, is that the being inside the circle is dancing through time and space via a wormhole or cosmic portal to convey that transversing the universe was and is possible in ways that most modern humans do not remember

[@SubhamKumar-is9si]

This is Statue of Lord Shiva, most loved and worshipped God of Hinduism.🕉️🙏🇮🇳

[@tyronsimpson2143]

Shiva is life. Shiva is vibration......

[@UttarpurvBharat]

Hari AUM.

[@spiritofearth]

Shiva is absolute consciousness . He is the source of everything and nothing. Logical Science has finally started to come to the gates of consciousness. Someday we will have proof that there is a absolute consciousness and pure intelligence behind every thing

[@ariari4133]

SHIVA IS THE DESTOYER

[@ariari4133]

@@UttarpurvBharat ohm

[@trevorjohnson5213]

Shiva is garbage nigga

[@rohaniyer4218]

Really humbled to know these aspects of Hinduism, whats scary is the violence that is created out of comparisons with other beliefs and eventually end up deviating from what a belief(in this case-hinduism) is actually trying to convey.

[@pereraddison932]

... and therefore, Creation = Constant Conflict, Crisis & Delema = REALITY... so ... GOD BLESS EVERYONE BLESS EVERYTHING ALWAYS AMEN FOR Love = Humility = Gratitude = Confidence = Prowess = Love

[@barbarik3797]

Bruh caste is a colonial construction did krishna or vedas ever tell u to get restricted to ur birth on they defined it by qualities and just cheak who was ruler of king when manusmrithi was established

[@mohankalaiyappan6733]

All the worldly conflicts, war, and all are His creation too (?). Tiruvilaiyaadal (?)

[@harisanagaram4131]

I at times wonder why there is a statue of "Dancing Shiva" (in the picture) outside CERN which hosts the world's most powerful particle accelerator /smasher - perhaps to remind us something...

[@ColtraneTaylor]

It's mainly there because it was sent to them by the Indian government.

[@madaleine0n864]

No doubt a vain connection to Oppenheimer quoting veda; l am become Shiva ,destroyer of worlds "..(.....bent black humour of nuke geeks )

[@teresaolszanka112]

Because the science of quantum physics demonstrates and proves that the world is, in fact, both: material and non-material. Subatomic particles cannot be seen, they can only be experienced. Hadron Collider studies and documents traces left behind by accelerated particles. No one can see the actual particles, the properties can be described. It's pretty much what the Dancing Shiva depicts: the Universe and we are made of the same stuff - energy particles which are in constant motion. This is why the statue is placed where it is. For a very good reason. Indian mythology and European science meet here and understand one another. The Collider scientifically confirms that the Indian understanding of the nature of the Universe as depicted by Dancing Shiva is correct.

[@pradeep11110]

The symbolism in Nataraja, the Cosmic Dancer, explains the basis of all. The realms of Energy and that of the Mind are to be experienced for realising the Truth. Nothing but the combination of both, the Consciousness is the reason for everything. Perhaps Modern Physics is still trying to master the realm of Energy. The dancing Shiva reminds the scientists of CERN and elsewhere that there is so much work remaining and they need to be alert and attentive. They can't rest till the goal is reached. The relevant mantra is, "Uthishtata, Jagrata, Prapyavara Nobodhata".

[@madaleine0n864]

@@pradeep11110 the-realms-of-energy-and-that- of-the-mind- are-to-be-experienced-for-realising-the-truth.... [ it's jibberish...ha ha l guess...]

[@joehellno9097]

Wonderful! Eternal balance as dance! A fine reminder! Energy, space and time. Contemplation. I’ve always loved this image, and now find that love enhanced and better understood.

[@shivkumarbhatia1327]

Shiva is best explained in a Prayer composed by Saint Shankaracharya called "Nirvana Shatakam". The prayer is available in KZbin and it's meaning is also available only be on many websites.

[@spurohit6976]

MARK TWAIN Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India.ROMAIN ROLLAND If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.

[@Deliquescentinsight]

Hindu thought is very ancient, Aldous is right, what a symbol this is.

[@thakursatish100]

Please subscibe to phenominal travel.Praveen Mohan to know about history of Bharat(India).

[@beaulin5628]

The Devil is also "ancient". That something is ancient does not mean it is good or true..

[@Deliquescentinsight]

@@beaulin5628 Of course not, my comment was a lazy one, Aldous Huxley discusses many other qualities of this symbol, the mere fact it is very old is not the main point at all.

[@30parimeeta]

​@@beaulin5628the devil will take birth when kali yuga start Abrahamic started in kaliyuga and are devil be aware

[@frasercairns5582]

Such a beautiful description, I first came accross this in Huxley's book the island. It's amazing to hear his actual voice.

[@av1421]

Wish they taught this in schools, highschools in India!! This should be part of our curriculam

[@faruzurtev2284]

Thank you. Huxley is arguably "our smartest guy" ever so the more we all listen to him the better. R. Buckminster Fuller, too. Fight through his scratchy New England accent and listen to him. Development begins with humility: shutting the mouth and opening the ears.

[@petrustella]

Nice voice and explanations, a great perennial philosopher... A pionner in the comparative studies and in the ecumenical path, as his " Perennial Philosophy " shows so well...

[@coreycox2345]

Crazy anachronism hearing his voice, Pedro Teixeira da Mota.

[@lidu6363]

This should be on the Accidental ASMR playlist

[@celtickshatriya4306]

Absolutely love Huxley s description of lord Shiva?om namo shiviya.

[@theresaheyer537]

verrrry timely,thanks for the upload,all paths end up over "there"

[@JM-co6co]

Seeing this idol puts and end to all my worries

[@LowenKM]

Thx, and also simply as Art, the Dancing Shiva is just such a timeless piece of *_sculpture._*

[@robertschlesinger1342]

Excellent talk by Aldous Huxley. Very interesting, informative and worthwhile.

[@TheCurtainraiser1]

Shiva is often represented as half male and half female symbolizing that the perfect human is an equal mix of masculine and feminine.. one cannot exist without the other.. Shiva is also represented as a lingam symbolizing the process of creation.

[@darshangh6616]

TheCurtainraiser1 That other half is the consort of shiva, parvati. That phenomenon is called ardha narishwara. It is one of the forms of shiva.

[@talk2kumar]

God=Sada Shiva(=Brahman/Adi Shakti/Maha Vishnu/Brahma): Sanatan(eternal) dharma(now HINDUISM): ========================================================================================== God is one Sada Shiva(Brahman), everything derived from one god(sada shiva). Sada Shiva(Brahman) represents the unmanifest(unmanifestation) and Ma Adi Shakti(energy form) the manifestation of same(it is called universe). Shiva the formless and Shakti the formed of same. Shiva consciousness and Shakti energy, not only in the cosmos as a whole but in each and every individual. The roots of Shakti are in Shiva. Though one is manifested and the other unmanifested, they are in the ultimate sense one and the same One is the principle of changelessness and the other, the principle of change- Shakti is change within changelessness while Shiva is changelessness as the root of change. The experience of perfect unity of the changeless and the changeable, the dissolution of duality, is the aim of Tantra, and thus of Yoga. Universe expanding and collapsing, it is a infinite cycle no end no beginning. Universe will be destroy/disappear/transform to nonexistence(non-manifestation) and again recreate to come to existence(manifestation). it is not single big bang, it is cycle of many big bang. The whole creation is the dance of one consciousness (Shiva/Brahman). The one consciousness danced and manifested(called Ma Adi Shakti) into a million species and objects in the universe. So this infinite creation is the dance of Shiva/Brahman Tandav. The whole world is a place of Shiva/Brahman. you can imagin shiva(Brahman) like shiva(right half) and shakti(left half). we called Shiva trasformer/destroyer of everythings in universe and universe itself. Ma Adi Shakti Mother's(you can imagine it as power, force, energy or in idol/image, which is in manifestation form) part of it divided/separated itself into Vishnu forms. Vishnu form(Vishnu, part of Brahman, it is Brahman) is for managing/preserving the universe. Vishnu form(Vishnu) created Brahma form(Brahma, part of Brahman, it is Brahman) before time exist. Brahma form(Brahma) created everything in universe and again Shiva(Brahman) will destroy/transfrom the universe to recreate it from beginning. Mathematically it is perfect circle, any point can be taken as starting point and ending point. so it has no end and not beginning. There is a force(is part of adi shakti(energy)), which is balancing this universe every day today, so it exist in every one consisousness and outside, this force is called Vishnu form. now Vishnu is preserving the universe and descending to planet in incarnation/avatar. Brahma is past of universe, who created it. All forms are Ultimate truth(Brahman/Shiva). Shiva(Brahman) is farmless, anatham(infinite), omnipresent and eternal.it is beyond your knowledge and understanding. Shiva(Brahman) has no parents and have no birth and death either. she/he/it is infinite and eternal beyond birth and death reminder. so everything created in this universe are from energy and from that energy panchatava(five basic elements) created. Those 5 basic elements further proprsenat into all matter(which is visible) around us in this universe. It is impossible to imagine God(sada shiva) as it is staying out of space and time as well as every where(in universe) in the form of energy. but still if we want to imagine it as per information available , god will be like sun and spread across every where in infinite direction like sun light but sun light will look like vacuum/nothing. universe is created/manifested from nothing and disappear/destroyed/deleted into nothing. there is one form kalavirava(manifestation of shiva), which is destroyer of time, to recreate it again. where you thing nothing exist, god exist. Understand as human what are thing in god control in details: 1. Lord Shiva’s Damru symbol meaning:=> Universe expanding and collapsing, it is a infinite cycle creation and distruction of universe, it has no end no begining. The two sides of the drum separated from each other by a thin neck-like structure represents the two utterly different states of existence, unmanifest and manifest. When a damaru is shaken, it produces Nada(is the source of creation), the cosmic sound of AUM, which can be heard during deep meditation. 2. Unclad body smeared with ashes:=> This form of Lord Shiva symbolizes the transcendental aspect of his nature and indicates that his presence is much higher than this physical phenomenon. The ashes on the Lord's body is cemetery ash, which points to the philosophy of the life and death and shows that death is the ultimate reality of the life. Most things in the universe reduce to ashes when burned and this aspect of nature is suggested by the ash-smeared appearance of Lord Shiva, who is held to be the God of destruction 3. Shiva’s third eye:=> Desire is in his control and the rejection of desire. It is the eye that killed Kama. Desire not only evokes positive emotions (love, affection, contentment, compassion), it also evokes negative emotions (anger, dissatisfaction, sorrow). Shiva therefore shies away from it, preferring the cold still mountains which represent the state of transcendence - where there is just stillness, silence and bliss. While his other two eyes indicate his activity in the physical world, his third eye in the center of his forehead looks beyond the obvious. It stands for spiritual knowledge and power, and is thus called the eye of wisdom or knowledge. Like fire, the powerful gaze of Shiva's third eye can search evil from anywhere and annihilate it completely. This is the reason why evil-doers fear his third eye. 4. Half-Open Eyes:=> The half-open eyes of Lord Shiva convey the idea that the cycle of universe is in process. When the Lord opens His eyes a new cycle of creation begins and when He closes them it signifies the destruction of the universe for creation of the next cycle. 5. Shiva wearing snake/Serpent as necklace:=> controls time, fear and death by wearing snake as ornament, it(he, she and matter, i.e., shiva) is independent of time, fear and death. Three rounds around Lord Shiva's neck depicts future, present and past. Shiva(Brahman) is Independent of Time and controls time. The snake looking in the right direction of Lord Shiva signifies that the Lord's perpetual laws of reason and justice preserve natural order in the universe. 6. Tiger Skin:=> he is the master of Shakti(power and energy) and is beyond and above any kind of force. The Lord's sitting on Tiger skin indicates that he has conquered lust. Lord Shiva is the source of the creative energy that remains in potential form during the dissolution state of the universe. He activates this energy using his own Divine Will to project the universe in endless cycles. 7. The Elephant and Deer Skin:=> Elephants stand in for pride while deer represent the flickering mind. Wearing elephant and deer skin shows that Lord Shiva has conquered both these vices. 8. Shiva Tandav:=> The whole creation is the dance of one consciousness (Shiva). The one consciousness danced and manifested into a million species in the world. So this infinite creation is the dance of Lord Shiva or Shiva Tandav. The whole world is a place of Shiva. 9. Lord Shiva’s Trishul (Trident) :=> Trishul represents the three aspects of consciousness - it represents the three gunas - satva, rajas and tamas. Holding a trishul (Trident) signifies that Shiva (the divinity) is above all the three states, yet is the upholder of these three states. It also signifies His power to destroy evil and ignorance. it is also symbolizes it three fundamental powers iccha(will), kriya(action) and jnana(knowledge). 10. Kundalas:=> the kundala in the left ear of the Lord is of the type used by women and the one in His right ear is of the type used by men. The dual type of Kundalas represent the Shiva and Shakti (male and female) principle of creation. 11. Crescent Moon on Lord Shiva’s Head:=> Wisdom is beyond the mind, but it needs to be expressed with a tinge of mind and this is symbolized by the crescent moon on head. 12. Jata (Matted Hair):=> The flow of his matted hair represents Shiva as the Lord of Wind or Vayu, who is the subtle form of breath present in all living beings. 13. Sacred Ganga :=> During the dark moonless night, you might have seen that a very long River like scene of billions of Stars as if flowing from north to south can be seen in the sky. It is a column of stars & carries 2/3 rd of total weight of the Milky way(akash ganga). This is how, it holds the rest of the Galaxy in stable state. Hence it has been stated, that Lord sada Shiva holds “GANGA” on His Head. This pouring from Aakash Ganga also serves as “PRAN VARSHA (ENERGY RAIN)” or "soul". It keeps all the creatures living on Mother Earth alive & activated. If this “PRAN VARSHA’’ stops even for a moment, the entire Mother Earth shall become the Mortuary. also Ganga means knowledge; knowledge that purifies your soul. Head is always the symbol of knowledge. Knowledge is liberating, knowledge brings freedom, knowledge is purifying. All these are the characteristics of knowledge. Knowledge is also movement/motion. So Ganga (knowledge) has to come out of Lord Shiva’s (the divinity’s) head and the bestower of knowledge, purity and peace. 14. Nandi:=> Bull has been used as a symbol of dharma (righteousness) from a long time, throughout the world. Lord Shiva riding on the bull simply means that when you are righteous and truthful, the infinite consciousness, the innocent consciousness is with you.

[@talk2kumar]

15. Rudraksha Necklace:=> wearing a necklace having 108 beads made with seeds of the Rudraksha tree. The beads represent the elements used in the creation of the world. The word 'Rudra' means "strict or uncompromising" and aksha means "eye." It illustrates the fact that Lord Shiva is firm about His cosmic laws and strictly maintains law and order in the universe. 16. Vibhuti:=> It signifies the Immortality of the Lord and his manifested glory. 17. Mount Kailash:=> The abode of Shiva is in Mount Kailasa, and the smashana (the cremation ground). Kailasa means 'where there is only celebration', and smashana is where there is only void. The Divinity dwells in the void as well as in celebration. And in you there is void, in you there is celebration. 18. Shiva Linga :=> Lingam means identification, a symbol through which you can identify what the truth is, what the reality is. What is not visible but yet can be identified by one thing, that is lingam. Similarly, how do you identify the Lord of this Creation? He has no form! So then they said that there should be a sign to identify Him. So the sign, by which you identify both the male and female forms, combining them both to form one single symbol to identify the Lord who has no form or identity; who is all pervading in this entire Brahmanda (Creation), is Shiva Lingam. From the form, you go to the formless, through the Shiva Linga. It is a symbol that is the representation of the cosmos and the creator of the cosmos, as one. It is the Shiva and the Shakti, the two principles in the creation. The silent un-manifest and the dynamic manifestation together are represented as Shiva Linga. Shiva Linga is not just Shiva, but the completion of the total Supreme Consciousness. Sadhguru - Difference Between Rudra and Shiva Avatar | Mystics of India

[@richJinny]

TheCurtainraiser1 What is it that you want to state?

[@ardhanariswara]

The deity that represents this androgynous 'perfect human' is Ardhanariswara. I have renamed myself Ardhan as an injunction, to aspire to that level of consciousness in this lifetime.

[@lachuv]

Thankyou Sir, for this gem of a recording!! Please keep them coming!

[@brs99999]

Thank you for explaining it to us. Om Namah Shivay 🙏🙏🙏

[@frankmalinaro9700]

~~Brilliant ! A gift from the universe . A humble thanks .

[@theoddonceextraordinary7172]

Some relegious scholars left the chat 😇😅 Proud sanatani😘

[@barbarik3797]

Lol

[@sainalal2431]

Proud ? so after all, Muyalaka lives !

[@nilnull5457]

Are you talking about zakir naik? xtian missionaries? mullahs? They don't even touch these videos.

[@rajut7496]

@@nilnull5457 this beyond their comprehension....

[@doureradjouperoumal9367]

Mr. Aldous Huxley, Its great that you can understand and explain what you understood to others about the Thillai Natarajar. This is a kind gift of ancient Tamil king, Cholan to our humankind in order to understand the whole world. It is interesting to hear from you. However it does not matter where you found the depiction on earth but do matter that you found it. Now its time to spread these knowledge to people of our kind. Lord siva found you! You are greatly blessed! Thanks for this video

[@Jeed92]

lord shiva found you? you sound like a brainwashed christian. India is a country of seekers not believers. at least it used to be when it wasnt totally corrupted. And the tiny bit that is left over from Indias history and wasnt destroyed gets destroyed by ur crude beliefs now? Whats wrong with our world, every idiot thinks hes an expert in what he says. I dont know it 100% either but at least I say so. You sound like a fucking christian missionary looking for new believer victims. I hope im wrong but India follows the west in every step anyway these days. They are the pets of the west and lost their great nation in dirt and a dark future when they began to run behind americans and europeans. When they accepted they are 2nd class humans. When they accepted their whole country is corrupt. when their highest goal became money and not liberation. Im rly disapointed in my fathers country. I can understand that the horrors of centuries that English fucks caused must have been so horrible i cannot imagine it (i saw pictures of Brits forcing Indians to kill their cows, who were like family members to them, then make a boat out of their bladder just for the amusement of some psychopath brits). But is that really the way India wants to go now? Is that the way u try to reestablish any sense respect for India? Guess what, it wont work since u arent even an Indian. Ur a half western and half nothing. Go learn about history. Go fast. Learn how Indian knowledge was destroyed by the brit invasion and how they ruined the nation systematically so they can rule it.

[@charlespatterson8412]

But don't let it poison your Life any more than it has to. You have some reasons to be angry but you will not let it define you and you must live on.

[@jayd7022]

Doureradjou Peroumal wow man

[@Shrikant_Patil]

damm man.Tamils....when will you guys elevate your level of consciousness beyond 'that' small temporary, worldly, identity of being "Tamil"... at least in topics of spirituality stop spamming your Tamil pride references (or for that matter "Indian" “identity” “pride”)... what do we understand by Universal or cosmic, nobody “finds” anybody in cosmos.. Nobody is “lost” in cosmos.

[@alanmalcheski8882]

if i could grab your face like a man grabs a snake's tail... imagine me doing that and then swinging the rest of you against a rock wall.

[@drShivaR]

Thank you for this beautiful piece of his interview.

[@raghushetty596]

Shiva is a life complete, from creation till death, cosmic, psychologically humane well admired by this great writer of all time Aldous Huxely. My village name is Kade/Shiv/Alaya = Kadeshivalya.

[@ginogino3551]

A similar symbol and concept in the Andean religion is the Chacana expression of time-space dynamics. Marvellous!!!

[@patsutubehortchan]

That does it!!! I'm now going to have to read "The Doors of Perception" which is where Jim Morrison got the name "The Doors". I have read "Brave New World" with essays. There's a good reason why It is considered classical literature and is often required reading in college. And it's not necessarily because of the sex and or orgies (Ford have mercy!). But I'm now getting a real feel for who Huxley was. Thanks for posting this.

[@johnchemist8628]

Please read Huxley's The Island. As Brave New World describes a dystopia, The Island describes utopia. And of course, do read Doors of Perception.

[@yagesh287]

As an English Literature student from India, I often read about English authors and then end up listening to their ideology about my own religion. Before it was Yeats, now its Huxley.

[@Amrendra_Yadav07]

Aldous Huxley was indeed a genius!! Explanation was accurate, this pose is called "Tirobhava" and the kick represents the removal of "Maya" or Illusion.

[@DannySullivanMusic]

👍👍👍

[@viswavijeta5362]

5:53 human mind is a symboliphic instrument. It exists to manifest symbols, to turn the immediate experience into symbol to manage it in a convenient way. Every godly sculpture in bharatiya dharma is full of symbols.

[@shivkumarbhatia1327]

Shiva is best explained in a Prayer composed by Saint Shankaracharya called "Nirvana Shatakam". The prayer is available in KZbin and it's meaning is also available only be on many websites.

[@vonlossberg]

Wonderful explanation..bravo to the artist who created it way back when.

[@SubhamKumar-is9si]

This is statue of Lord Shiva. And Lord Shiva is most loved and worshipped God of Hinduism.🕉️🙏🇮🇳

[@vonlossberg]

@@SubhamKumar-is9si thank you so much for telling me. I thought it was Krishna.

[@shivanshsingh7593]

@@vonlossberg Krishna is symbol of Love and Evolution

[@shivanshsingh7593]

@@vonlossberg Shri Krishna statue is similar to Lord Shiva, but he hold flute and Chakra

[@vonlossberg]

@@shivanshsingh7593 Thank you.

[@giuseppersa2391]

How delightful to listen to Huxleys voice

[@teresaolszanka112]

Giuseppe RSA, Isn't it just.

[@beaulin5628]

He sounds creepy to me. An old, decaying Brit with a pompous accent. He committed suicide with LSD the same year JFK died. Not that smart.

[@teresaolszanka112]

@@beaulin5628 I am not at all surprised Huxley's voice sounds creepy to you. It's a well-modulated voice of a man with a cultivated mind - clearly not the qualities I'd associate with you judging by your simplistic post. Huxley had terminal cancer of the larynx when he died. You might like to get your facts correct before you spread misinformation.

[@beaulin5628]

@@teresaolszanka112 He wrote some creepy things during his lifetime, like Brave New World. Your opinion is as valid as mine. To some he sounds "cultivated" to some he sounds like a pompous aristocrat as so many of the English elites do. I'm sorry he had cancer. Apparently he committed suicide.

[@teresaolszanka112]

@@beaulin5628 I repeat what I said in my first reply to you: your mind is definitely not cultivated and not "tarnished" by reasoning, reflection or introspection. If The Brave New World is creepy for you, I suggest you get a brain and language upgrade, before you venture there again. Without that don't waste your time reading or listening to Huxley. If Huxley sounds like a pompous aristocrat - this speaks volumes of your (limited) capacity to understand complex and abstract concepts. Plus you don't learn: "apparently he committed suicide". The facts are easily found, so go find them: Huxley had TERMINAL laryngeal cancer. If he went by his own choice, then so be it. Some people choose NOT to die by slow decay and in pain

[@happyfreeky]

Note: Despite what it might sound like Huxley is saying, Shiva is not ever dancing in joy for any situation. He dances on the corpses of his defeated enemies, and to give himself ..the frequency to pass through dimensional portals.

[@dudu77mt]

The statue here is from CERN, where the world's largest particle accelerator is. I used to work there a few years back, and yes, we used to open the gates of hell every Thursday on our lunch break. Best time of my life!

[@SolaceEasy]

He does not mention the effortlessness shown on the visage. Does not show the focus in the eyes as they gaze directly ahead. The depth of meaning is very rich in these symbols.

[@jaysilverstone7221]

Now 58, grew up in a progressive house, so we had one of these around. Sure that it left an indelible impression. Some time after an enlightenment intensive I realized " I am the One dancing", must have been implanted by Nataraja thirty years earlier.

[@MMaheshThakur]

Whole universe is dancing I think so..

[@barbarik3797]

Thats just a hindus purpose is that u should realise that u are one woth god im 17 im so lucky to be born in india and understand sanathan dharma

[@jaysilverstone7221]

@@barbarik3797 lovely comment

[@phoenixj1299]

"shivoham" literally mean i am shiva.

[@luisalejandromurat1315]

So this symbol represents the god create and destroys at same time...but what is the relation with CERN

[@godofEuthotion]

Whole galaxy is work by this cycling process. Build- Destroy.

[@deeprollingriver5820]

I have refuse to be identified by a religion but if I had to choose a religion to identify with it would definitely be Hinduism.

[@AnjuBala-hs6zc]

Proud to be a hindu. 😌😌😌 OM NAMAH SHIVAY 🙏🙏🙏

[@dailyviews2843]

Why tell religion here?

[@Shishirsadventure]

​@@dailyviews2843 it's called attention seeking, the ego shanting out.

[@themiddlepath8939]

Interesting! I was hoping he would speak about the belt that flows (like his hair) not just to the edges of the universe, but a little past its bounds. It also reminded me of a road or a path.

[@NetiNeti25920]

Any Alan Watts fans here? So much like Alan Watts - the voice, the phrases, the tonality and so much more! Truly all wise beings are connected at a higher consciousness!!!

[@rabi8053]

Exactly! I've listened to so many lectures by Alan Watts and I could instantly recognise the similiarities.

[@thakurkvinay]

Whatever is his explanation, Shiva is mysterious. As mysterious as this Universe. Still today we know only one street of this universe. We are yet to explore the whole town, whole country, planet and many more such Universes. All this is not an accident and someone is leading us to him. Is he Shiva? No! there perhaps all religions will merge at one common understanding. I predict modern religions will become unattractive to humankind in next 50-100 years. Trust me on this. Quest for truth will still be there as well as differences between humankind.

[@kishangupta7611]

well said. congrats

[@riyajacob2909]

Glad to see open minded people out there....

[@lindyloo7177]

So blessed to have come across this 🕉

[@qquark99]

Wow, Aldous Huxley was one of the foremost intellects.

[@BillKinsman]

Absolutely brilliant and beautiful! The most elegant and rare command of the English language, that is very hard to find these days. We have to get back to work on the education of the children. We are going backwards.

[@daieast6305]

we are just mounted backwards, the horse is going forward

[@johnchemist8628]

Shiva. Great effing Dude. Met him at a Grateful Dead show.

[@mmojorissen]

Yes... a righteous dude!! And a lady's dude- slipped "Scarlet Begonias" the "Hot Shiva Injection." Always had "Lamb's Bread" to share with everyone- must of hung out with "Bob Marley" as well.

[@billmarsh1971]

He was a podium dancer in ibiza clubs before it went commercial. Met him at the Cafe del Mar in 88. Top bloke

[@mmojorissen]

@@billmarsh1971 Dude can party lije a madman.

[@sjs928]

One of the Doors of Perception. ...Huxley had some wonderful insights

[@loboalamo]

He is a 'dangerous man'. Like all those before him.

[@marshacraven4174]

Buster 928 The Huxleys were part of the Royal Society and created the false narrative of the psychdelic conscious mental trap. He was deeply connected to the CIA also

[@domoroboto8752]

Marsha Craven, you are absolutely ignorant and misinformed , take off the tinfoil hat . Huxley is one of the greatest minds of the 20th century.

[@marshacraven4174]

chasing the dragon.

[@domoroboto8752]

Marsha Craven .

[@vids569]

Such a masterpiece by the Cholas!

[@hunter-z4547]

Sleeping budha and dancing Shiva are some of the unique statue I ever seen .

[@BitthalKaniya]

Sanatan Dharma followers are natural seekers... What if number of sages and scriptures and religion has said. Finding the almighty my own way

[@ivankaramazov707]

Yes very natural seekers , who would classify people (caste) and deny rights based on birth and augment whole life what they will become till the end . Yeah that's what seeking means

[@MM-qs8io]

@@ivankaramazov707 these evil practises were imposed by some pandits aur Some people I don't know what were they called but If you Will read bhagvad gita there is nothing like caste system ..

[@tingtingshiny2877]

🎼🎶✨

[@infinityxtanishq8712]

Ivan karamazov lol , says the racist ahole

[@r.radhakrishnan3501]

@@ivankaramazov707 Absolutely right.

[@arnolddalby5552]

Shiva is immortal and can teleport anywhere in the universe and judge planetary peoples who are doing bad things. Shiva loves to dance and music and is without ego because he has everything. All living planets should fear his return through a space portal. Shiva is really annoyed that you didn't reach the highest level of immortality while he was away.

[@Gorborothh]

Rubbish

[@ElaReMan-KTS]

Great video. Thanks for uploading!

[@erikpeterson25]

Fascinating !!!! Thank you for this...very appropriate!

[@porchelviramr4404]

Hats off to you Sir! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼