{"id":232,"date":"2026-04-30T13:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/?p=232"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:35:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:35:58","slug":"lesson-19-dancing-with-siva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/lesson-19-dancing-with-siva\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 19 \u2013 Dancing with \u015aiva"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DwS-Lesson-019.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Recording: Gurudeva&#8217;s cloned voice<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Is the Nature of the Primal Soul?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u015aLOKA 19<br>Parame\u015bvara is the uncreated, ever-existent Primal Soul, \u015aiva-\u015aakti, creator and supreme ruler of Mah\u0101devas and beings of all three worlds. Abiding in His creation, our personal Lord rules from within, not from above. Aum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BH\u0100SHYA<br>Parame\u015bvara, \u201cSupreme Lord,\u201d Mother of the universe, is the eternal, sovereign one, worshiped by all the Gods and sentient beings. So loved is \u015aiva-\u015aakti that all have an intimate relationship. So vast is His vastness, so over-powering is He that men cringe to trans\u00adgress His will. So talked of is He that His name is on the lips of ev\u00aderyone\u2014for He is the primal sound. Being the first and perfect form, God \u015aiva in this third perfection of His being\u2014the Primal Soul, the manifest and per\u00adsonal Lord\u2014nat\u00adur\u00adally creates souls in His image and likeness. To love God is to know God. To know God is to feel His love for you. Such a compassionate God\u2014a being whose res\u00adplen\u00addent body may be seen in mystic vision\u2014cares for the min\u00adu\u00adtiae such as we and a uni\u00adverse such as ours. Many are the mystics who have seen the brilliant milk-white form of \u015aiva\u2019s glowing body with its red-locked hair, graceful arms and legs, large hands, per\u00adfect face, loving eyes and musing smile. The \u0100gamas say, \u201cPa\u00adr\u00ad\u00adam\u00ade\u015bvara is the cause of the five manifest aspects: emanation, s\u1e5bish\u1e6di; preser\u00advation, sthiti; dissolution, sa\u1e41h\u0101ra; conceal\u00ad\u00adment, tiro\u00adbh\u0101va; and revelation, anugraha.\u201d Aum Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Is the Nature of the Primal Soul? \u015aLOKA 19Parame\u015bvara is the uncreated, ever-existent Primal Soul, \u015aiva-\u015aakti, creator and supreme ruler of Mah\u0101devas and beings of all three worlds. Abiding in His creation, our personal Lord rules from within, not from above. Aum. 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