Rukmini Vijayakumar Instagram – Day 25: #100daysofinnergrowth I have been a part of Shivaratri celebrations, participating in dance and music for as long as I can remember. Shiva has been depicted in stories, song and dance in many different ways. Often I would see Shiva depicted as being angry, with his third eye open, dancing full of rage. And it took me a long time to realise that this anger was not personal. The rage that shiva is shown to have is not a personal rage like a human has, because Shiva is not a human being. Shiva / Ishwara represents the all pervasive consciousness. His dance is the dance of the cosmos and the depicted rage is the dissolution of the material universe. I suppose Shiva is shown to have ‘Rage ‘ – because we as humans understand emotion. And rage in reality destroys and ends a lot! Composure, peace, relationships…. Etc But it is a limited human quality superimposed on something that has no limit. As a tribute to realising this concept of “rage” in Shiva, I want to see whether I can remain without raising my voice. This is a hard one for sure. I can’t say, that I won’t get upset. That’s too far a reach. Even if I know the futility of getting upset in retrospect, the emotion always seems to get the better of me in the most inappropriate moments. So for now…. I want to try to control the physical outcome of that emotion. So I will sincerely try not to raise my voice even when I’m upset. Wish me luck! ❤️ Photo: @vivianambrose #shiva #anger #emotion #overwhelm #thoughts #spirituality #awake #reason #trident Bijli Mahadev Temple