No, I am not going to repeat the
same mythological story you might have read or heard or watched that – Lord
Shiva is called Neelkanth, because his neck is of blue color. His throat became
blue because - during the churning of the milky ocean for the Amrut, the elixir
of immortality, the first thing emerged from the ocean was the Halahal, the deadly
poison, which had the potential to destroy the entire world. Nobody but lord
Shiva had that capacity to consume that Halahal.
Lord Shiva was invoked. He
consumed the Halahal and saved the world. Noteworthy – he did not swallow the
Halahal rather hold that in the middle of his throat. The effect of the poison
was so intense that his neck turned into Blue, and hence he is called
Neelkanth.
That is justifiable from the
story, but still … why only lord Shiva was invoked for this cause…? Why not, other gods or goddesses…? Why lord
Shiva did not consume and digest that poison…? Why he held that in the middle
of his throat…? Let us try to illustrate it.
The milky ocean is an analogy to
our mind. The treasure of happiness (positivity) and poison of distress(Negativity)both
are hidden in our mind. To touch that layer of Amrut inside our mind, first we
have to clear the poison of negativity from there.
When our mind is churned out, the
first thing that comes out is the poison of negativity which has been thrust in
our mind through our five senses. The stored poison of negativity is so concentrated
that can blot our entire life. That is very frightening. Due to which, most of
the people even do not attempt to churn out their mind. But to get the Amrut, without
any alternative, we have to churn out our mind and consume and control the
poison of negativity.
That is alright, but, what is the
connection of the poison of negativity and lord Shiva.
It is because - Lord Shiva is an
ascetic and Adiyogi. He has control over his senses, mind and breath. Without
control over the senses, mind and breath, it is not possible to confront the
poison of negativity either coming from our own mind or thrown towards us from
the external world.
Perfect, then why lord Shiva did
not consume the poison and digested, but held in the middle of his throat.
He has so strong control over his
breath that he did not let that poison reach to his stomach. Please note - The
throat where he holds the poison is equi-distance from the head and heart. Although, the poison was horrifying, he
consumed also, but he did not allow to reach to either his head or heart. The
poison did not make any harm to him because that could not reach to either his
head or heart.
When we contemplate to start new
things, set a new goal to achieve something significant in our life , or try to
do something unconventional, the first thought comes in our mind - whether we
are going to succeed or not, what will happen if we fail, what would be our
reputation in the society. Also the people around us try to thrust many
negativity towards us in the beginning.
This poison of negativity is so severe
that if it is not controlled properly and kept away from spoiling the head and
heart the way lord Shiva did, nothing great can be achieved which the world
remembers.
Amrut is the elixir of
immortality. This made consumer an immortal. But how it is applicable to human
being…? No matter what, human is mortal. Right, but this story is not talking
about the mortality or immortality of the human body, but human deeds and
achievements.
Many great people who have left
this world physically, but their deeds and achievements are immortal. Albert
Einstein, Newton, Swami Vivekananda etc. are some of them.
Nobody becomes great in their
first attempt. In the inception, they consume and control the plethora of
poison in the form of rejection, humiliation, discrimination, prejudices,
hatred and so on. And then in the end, they get the Amrut of achievement by which
this world remembers them forever.
ThebBlue throat of lord Shiva is
the reminder of the presence of the poison in every human being and he shows a
method how to control it in order to achieve the higher goal in one`s life and
become immortal.
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