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Bhuvaneshwari
THE MACROCOSM [http://sivasakti.com/glossary/macrocosm/] IS HER BODY
The fourth Great Cosmic Wisdom in the Hindu pantheon is Bhuvaneshwari, or
Bhuvanesi, as She is also named in certain areas of India.
This Great Cosmic Wisdom is worshiped as the Great Goddess who protects all
manifested worlds. This attribute of the goddess is also suggested by Her name:
the Glorious Queen, or the Governor (Ishwari) of the whole realm of creation,
with all the worlds (Bhuvana) which are contained in Her.
In other words, She is the Divine Mother who protects the worlds and
consequently the whole universe is Her body on which the numerous beings
that exist are like jewels adorning her.
SHE PROTECTS THE SEEN AND THE UNSEEN WORLDS
From a symbolic point of view, Bhuvaneshwari is depicted as a goddess with
three eyes, sign of her complete knowledge of the manifested worlds, very big
breasts (all the beings are nurtured and extract the essence of life from Her),
and a smiling face, once again underlying the maternal aspect of this Great Cosmic Wisdom.
Her glory and greatness are signified by Her brightness filled with goodness that irradiates from Her, just as the rising
sun or by the moon that drops the divine nectar (soma) from the goddess’s head.
Bhuvaneshwari sustains all the worlds, with the beings and things that are characteristic to all of them, in a gesture of
perpetual blossoming of the creation.
In other words, we may say that Bhuvaneshwari is in fact the whole universe embodied as a deity. Her ardent worship
attracts the cosmic vision of the Reality, surpassing thus any limits imposed by a certain opinion, or belief.
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Bhuvaneshwari is also correlated to the cardinal points the four main directions of
space (north, south, east and west) are nothing but different visions or hypostasis of
this Great Cosmic Wisdom’s presence, each of them having distinct qualities.
HER RESIDENCE IS YOUR HEART’S HEART
As a significant parallel, Kali creates in the same way what we name the “directions”
of time, which as we know are the present, the past and the future. The Tantric
[http://sivasakti.com/glossary/tantra/] spiritual tradition notes the fact that space is
mysteriously particularized in time.
For instance, the spacial direction east represents almost always the beginning of an
action, while the north represents the spiritual illumination. West is correlated to
experience and the process of spiritual maturity, and south represents the fullness of
the spiritual realization.
Because of this, we may state that in a mysterious way, space contains time and similarly time contains space. Each
moment in time is characterized by a location and a direction or spatial orientation.
Philosophically speaking, a certain place from space (be it physical or subtle) represents only
a reflection of our vision on that particular reality. If this vision changes, the place, the space
in which it was will certainly move and change too.
Moreover, our visions or our imagination determine also the direction of our field of
experiments. Thus, when we direct our minds to a certain space-time area, we will perceive
various events and places that are characteristic to that particular area.
Therefore the tantric writings of the Hindu sages say that Bhuvaneshwari represents God’s
very initial creative vision; in other words, Bhuvaneshwari represents the direction in which
the Divine direct the attention towards the act of creation or the force of awareness of the
manifestation.
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On the other hand, the ineffable space of love represents a nurturing space granting the people who are capable of it
as well as to their loved ones the possibility of growing and develop.
We may state that if love does not create the feeling of space and freedom, it does not represent a divine love, but it is
merely the egoist expression of a possessive and non-spiritual affection.
It is known the fact that such affection leads the persons in cause to absurd states of suffering and attachment
especially when it is manifested through a fierce jealousy.
The frenetic worship of Bhuvaneshwari makes possible even for such a person to transcend his or her pitiful
limitations through the revelation of the fact that the genuine universal love has no form (it is not “contracting” and
focuses on one person, or object), yet this real love is all the forms.
BUILD HER A TEMPLE INSIDE YOUR OWN BEING
Gods infinite love gives birth to the desire to create and then to follow then
the wonderful spectacle of the Creation. From this perspective,
Bhuvaneshwari creates the worlds in which the endless power of the divine
love manifests.
This divine game (Lila) is continuously effervescent because space (akasha)
represents an infinite potential energy, which is always updated in the
infinite ways and forms of the manifestation.
Therefore, the yogic spiritual tradition says that the whole universe comes
from the infinite space of the Divine Consciousness. Especially for those
struggling to become artists, or creators, the devotion for this Great Cosmic Wisdom, Bhuvaneshwari, will prove
unbelievably helpful.
This devotion will help them create a sacred space inside their beings. At the same time, creating a certain space, we
become free from stress and tensions, which are merely limited forms of our conceptions, preconceived ideas and
attachments.
In other words, the endless space can be assimilated to repose, rest, peace and perfect equanimity. This ineffable
state is granted through Bhuvaneshwaris grace and consequently one needs to obtain Bhuvaneshwaris grace in order
to find supreme peace and tranquillity.
Bhuvaneshwari represents the power of openness and infinite expansion, of equanimity in spirit and profound peace
that contains in it all things and that cannot be disturbed. Indeed we will be able to understand this assertion better
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From this throne, Bhuvaneshwari controls and organizes the movement of the entire universe. Different gods and
goddesses who serve her and immediately obey her orders surround Bhuvaneshwari.
Meditating with great perseverance on this beautiful goddesss form, the sincere practitioner may obtain her infinite
grace, become even enlightened, and reveal his or her supreme Self.
Another modality through one may obtain her grace is to meditate on the reality of the infinite space. Another
method is to develop and refine within ourselves the attitude of detached witnesses in the manifestation, witnesses
who simply observe the various events, things, beings that may cross our paths, but without becoming ever identified
with these aspects.
Another modality is to try perseveringly to eliminate from our mind the idea that surrounding names and forms
represent the Reality.
This method is very resembling to the practices from Jnana
[http://sivasakti.com/glossary/jnana/] Yoga
[http://sivasakti.com/glossary/yoga/] , and are based on the fact that
everything we know is based on an over positioning of names and forms,
which are in fact just conventions, over an unknown presence, which is
nothing
else but the creative void supported by an infinite energy.
Of all these spiritual processes of worshipping the Divine Mother
Bhuvaneshwari, becoming perfectly detached from the illusionary nature
of the dual aspects of the cosmic illusion and manifesting a sincere and
complete openness towards finding the Supreme Truth represent the most
indicated ways of adoring Her and also of honouring the charming presence of the Great Cosmic Wisdom
Bhuvaneshwari.
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