The meaning of Somaskanda

Satsang of 31 August 2024

Question: Please talk to us about the significance of Somaskanda Murti here in Switzerland but also as a deity in his own right.

In the Hindu tradition, there is only one God. That God has no form. It’s expressed in the tradition as brighter than a million suns. Pure brightness.

So, being God in that state, we, with our naked eyes, cannot connect.  How  do we usually connect with others? Through our senses. Through our mind. And through our intellect. None of these things are good enough for connecting to God. So, what do you do? Senses, mind, intellect, ego, body, are not good enough to connect to God. 

Because the definition of God is brighter than a million suns. Devi Surya Sahastrasya.

The Lords

So, various great masters derived tangible frequencies out of one God. And they are called Lords. Lord means something or somebody whom we can connect to, tangibly.

Every Lord has a form, a particular frequency it represents, an energy moving body, or movement of energy structure, vibration – mantra, and method of worship – tantra. Three hundred and thirty million such derivations were found by great masters of our time. Three hundred and thirty million possibilities. Three hundred and thirty million frequencies that plucked out of one large frequency. This is what we consider as deities.

Even planets you can see here in this particular platform. How do you make deities out of planets? Planets are tangible globes, right? You can make them deities when you know their frequencies and know their vibratory levels. Same, Sai Baba was a living master. Now, he is worshipped as a deity. So, when a person becomes a frequency and a presence, it can be a deity. 

Lord Murugan

Here, this particular idol, has Murugan, as snake. Why snake? One: snake represents eternal. No beginning, no end. Nature of Shiva is also no beginning, no end. Means nor born nor will die. And what is Shiva’s frequency? OM. What is the frequency of supreme God? OM. And Skanda is a bridge between OM and earth, here, our frequency.

He is considered as the chieftain of army. What is this army for? To stay clear from negativities. What are negativities? Anger, hatred, jealousy, revenge, pride, ego. All the things which bind you are negative. Very simple. What is negative? That which binds you. A situation, an emotion, a place, a pattern, can all be negative if they bind you. What’s your birthright? Freedom. Unbound. Unbound freedom. Anything else is negative. Even freedom from your own Guru. Means, you are always free.

So, Muruga is the warrior leading an army helping us to defeat our enemies. So, this deity is a combination of supreme consciousness, Shiva, and connection of the consciousness to earth, Muruga. 

Soma

Soma is another word for Shiva. And please remember, what is Shiva? A state. State of stillness. No beginning, no end. Supremely blissful. You see? That is Shiva. And that state of Shiva is stabilised in the Alps, here, in this mountain by the sankalpa of Guru Subramanium. And that is what you all are enjoying.

You see? All you need is a heart filled with gratitude.

Gratitude opens the door for grace to flow. All you need is gratitude. 

You got the picture of Somaskanda? What else can I say?

The Naagas

And also, naaga loka, the world of snakes, have a direct connection to earth. And there are so many beings living in naaga loka as well. They are not snakes. They are essentially very luminescent beings, they shine bright. But when they come to earth, they assume the form of snakes. Why? Because human beings are so dangerous.

We are so dangerous. We kill everybody, everything. If we like something we kill it, if we don’t like something we definitely kill it. So, whether we like or not, that’s for sure. So they come as snakes so that they are left alone. That’s why they appear here as snakes. And usually, they come as very bright golden snakes. Some people would have seen them. They come, they appear.

The snakes are usually associated with family, children, good relationships, things like that. So when we do worship of snakes, that’s usually to have harmony at home, children, good relationships, all those kinds of things. So that is about Naaga. 

And Lord Muruga appears in various forms, even as Babaji. He can also come as a snake. And Shiva has many snakes around his neck. The garland of snakes. Eight snakes around Shiva’s neck. Deadly poisonous. Very poisonous. Somebody asked me recently: is that why Shiva doesn’t have a haircut? Because barbers can’t come close, the snake will bite. That’s not the reason. 

Anyways, why Shiva has wound those snakes around his neck? He is stillness, stability. You see, most of the serpents, the cobras etc., they stay in places which are still and stable. 

Plus, Shiva is protecting the world from them. Imagine they are wandering, it could be dangerous for people.

Is this a good enough answer? If you ask the same question next time, I’ll say something else.

The Yoni

Question: What about the Shakti aspect, the yoni?

As I said, Shiva is the source. No beginning, no end. Shakti is the moving energy. Please remember: still energy has no manifestation. Supreme consciousness has no manifestation, no need for manifestation, because it’s pure energy. So it needs Shakti, the moving energy, for the sake of manifestation.

So, imagine a cosmos, the whole universe, filled with pure bright energy, no movement. Then, energy started moving within. When energy started moving within, it started conglomerating, and matter was formed. This space is called hiranya gharba, the womb of a deer. Then, the matter happened by conglomerating energy.

If you look at the theory of the atomic bomb, it’s dissection of matter to create raw energy. So when raw energy is conglomerated it became matter.

And this matter occupied space. That’s how space happened. When space happened, to measure the space time happened. Before the space there was no time. Because there is no need for time, it’s stillness.

Technically, who created the tangible universe? Shakti. Feminine energy. Why is it called feminine? Because feminine energy is nurturing energy, creative energy. That’s the yoni. 

If you look at the shape  of Shiva linga, all the atomic reservoirs of the world  are of that shape. Why is it not square, rectangular, triangular, round? That’s the form which can retain energy for a long period of time without spilling it.

So, this is the combination. Shiva without Shakti has no expression. That’s why when Sathi died, Shiva became angry. Why should that man still become angry? Because his expression stopped. Expression stopped.

He became stillness again. Means there is no creation on earth.

Where does Shakti come from? It’s part of Shiva, comes from Shiva. And where will Shakti go back to? To Shiva, still energy. Where do we go back to? The same. 

We came from pure consciousness and will go back to pure consciousness, meanwhile we walk this earth.

Bring me some fire

One child told his father: Father, I don’t feel like pure consciousness. Why do you keep repeating I am pure consciousness? Can you prove it?

So father said: bring me some fire.

The child brought a lamp, lit a lamp with a flame. Father said I told you to bring fire, not a lamp. 

So the child understood and brought a burning coal, amber. Father said, you are bringing coal, burning charcoal, but I want fire.

Then the child said: I cannot bring fire by itself. 

So the father  said: supreme consciousness needs a medium to express itself, that’s you. If you understood this, you understood God. If you live this, you become a Guru.

All the time you should remember this, you’re not your mind, not your personality, not your projection. You should always remember: I am walking, talking consciousness. You should not be caught by emotions. You should not be caught by ownership. Don’t try to own anything on earth, because nothing belongs to you.