WILL AND WISDOM - A Creed for Saivite Hindus

WILL AND WISDOM - A Creed for Saivite Hindus


We could compare the twelve beliefs of our Saivite Creed to the scientific laws governing the creation of molecules, upon which all life, all form, is constructed. Scientific laws express in a capsulated form the basic building blocks of the physical universe. Our twelve beliefs summarize metaphysical reality. Today, study beliefs one through six.


1.
I believe Lord Siva is God, whose Absolute Being, Parasivam,transcends time, form and space.


2.
I believe Lord Siva is God, whose immanent nature of love is the substratum or Primal Substance and Pure Consciousness flowing through all form.


3.
I believe Lord Siva is God, whose immanent nature is the Primal Soul, Supreme Mahadeva, Siva/Sakti, the Creator, Preserver and Destroyerof all that exists.


4.
I believe that each individual soul is created (through emanation) by Lord Siva and (its uncreated essence: Pure Consciousness and Absolute Being) is identical to Him, and that this identity can be and will be fully realized by all souls when the triple bondage of anava, karma and maya is removed through His Grace.


5.
I believe in three worlds of existence: the First World (Bhuloka or gross plane), where souls take on physical bodies; the Second World (Devaloka or subtle plane), where souls take on astral or mental bodies; and the Third World (Sivaloka or causal plane), where soul bodies, Mahadevas,exist in their own self-effulgent form.


6.
I believe in the Mahadeva Lord Ganesha, Son of Siva/Sakti,to whom I must first supplicate before beginning any worship or task.


REVIEW


1. Scientific laws describe the building blocks of the physical universe.


2. Our Creed summarizes metaphysical reality.


Source: Saivite Virtue