Yogi Ashwini explains the evolution of the magnificent energy that is Shiva, by going back to the beginning of the creation Nature has its way of providing for balance in creation. Darkness is nothing but absence of light. Similarly, silence is nothing but the absence of sound. It is the duality in nature, the coexistence of positive and negative, that gives meaning to the existence of the whole or purna . What if there exists the entirety of positive and negative? Then the two will balance each other out completely, the net result being shunya and also purna . There would be everything yet nothing. The only form that could fit such a description is the formless — Nirakaar, Para Brahma . This is the swaroop of Lord Shiva. What then is the dancing male form, or the half-man half-woman, or a sadhu clad in loincloth with body smeared in bhasma ? Are Nataraja, Ardhanareshwar and Neelkanth myths? Let us dwell upon the infinite energy that is Shiva, let’s go back to the beginning. ...