bhakti path<\/a> call upon this aspect of Spirit.<\/p>\nLord Shiva is the aspect of God that destroys and his consort is Parvati, the Goddess who resists and realigns. Shiva eliminates waste, excess, attachments, imperfections and undesirable thoughts, habits and tendencies. His head is adorned with a crescent moon and a third eye. The snake around his neck
\nindicates the courage necessary for inner transformation. Shiva energy appeals to those involved in solitary and rigorous austerities and meditation practices.<\/p>\n
All natural phenomenon and spiritual evolution, however, begin with destruction. The great Yoga Masters remind us that we must empty our glass before we fill it. Only then can creation and preservation occur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In the Vedic tradition, the ancient root of yogic philosophy, the concept of God or Supreme Reality is understood in a three-fold manner. The triple function of God, Trimurti in Sanskrit, is expressed as Brahma the creator, Vishnu the sustainer and Shiva the destroyer. Each energy has a specific task. Let us examine them. Lord […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[92,128,100],"tags":[22,38,124,135,136],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5543"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5543"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5553,"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5543\/revisions\/5553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}