Because…
Just in case you are curious, here’s an abbreviated excerpt from Yoga Magazine, defining Shiva and Shakti:) The masculine/feminine duality in all – this is very very abbreviated:
Shiva is the father, the male force, said to ride a bull called Nandi and contains within the seeds of all creation. Shiva is the king of all yogis for he represents the supreme experience. Shiva has many aspects. Sometimes he is called ‘Rudra’, the destroyer – he who destroys… in order to make space where creation can take place. The absolute supreme auspicious consciousness, that is Shiva:)
Shakti is the mother and the female counter-force. She is known as ‘prana’ – life force, nourishment and growth of matter in all forms of life. She is ‘kundalini’ – the power that lies dormant in everything and which can be unleashed through yogic practices. She is called ‘Kali’, the dissolver of the world, who withdraws everything into her womb at the end of the allotted life-span. She is the epitome of the loving and faithful consort of Shiva. She is the primordial power- ‘Adya’, the universal mother, and represents knowledge for she is the means of removing bondage and achieving liberation or enlightenment. Shakti is the “primordial cosmic power” = energy …
Mythical story of Shiva & Shakti explains the energy and our existence, the universe, so reflective of the wisdom and imagination spanning some 5000+ years… whether one believes the Shiva & Shakti dance or not, it’s not a literal belief or religion (not for me) so much but more of a …romantic lore and a legend. I am sure human bodies have been dissected from time immemorial, and there is more scientific ways of looking at the world but… doesn’t these poetic and mystical interpretation make matters more interesting? When you think of everything in terms of “energy” and “consciousness”, things fall into place …and it’s because… it is.
