Oh, that reminds me of a story....
The Play of Energy
Before the Universe was created, it is believed that there was just darkness. That darkness pervaded everywhere. It was the raw energy, an energy with its own consciousness, hence, it is called the cosmic intelligence. The culture named it as ‘Shakti’. Though the Shakti was all-pervading, but it was uncontrolled. Thus, nothing formed out of it and the energy remained raw throughout.
Within that play of Shakti, a point came when there was a super-saturation of the energy leading to a massive explosion — which science identifies as the ‘Big Bang’. What happened at that time?
The Controlled Manifestations
The Yogis explained — at the very moment of the massive bang the Shakti (the single conscious energy) manifested into two. One part is the consciousness and the other is the matter. Yes, even the matter, the non-living elements, all came out from the same energy. In this way the uncontrolled Shakti manifested into different creations due to the presence of that control, which the Yogis named as ‘Shiva’. This is why, in the Indian culture, they are revered as a couple. Because, without Shakti, the control (Shiva) is of no significance; and without the Shiva the uncontrolled Shakti cannot be manifested into anything.
This could be understood with an example. Today, we see a thousand electric appliances that are useful to us. They all use the same electricity. But, is the raw electricity of any use to us? No. Only when the raw electric energy (Shakti) is controlled (Shiva), we get the amazing creations that we can use. This concept of Shiva and Shakti is applicable to every aspect of this Universe
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