A Conversation with Shiva - An Unexpected Encounter that Changed Everything

It started with a blue light coming from the TV that caught my attention.

It felt similar to a strange experience that I had just a few days ago, not sure if it had been a dream or traveling through different dimensions and realities.

It caught my attention as my strange experience started out the same way.. A blue vertical light.. Similar to the video on my tv.

It turned out to be a song.. Shiva’s song. A beautiful one, but one I'd not heard of before.

I was transfixed, fully focused on the song.. And noticed tears. For no apparent reason.

I let it go. I did not think much of it. Surprised, but let it be.

But it happened again the next day.

The song came on and I was in tears, again.

Uncontrollable ones.

And I wasn't sure why I was crying but I know I felt the song opening something in me.

I also remembered my mom in tears at times when she's listening to chants, songs.. And felt that devotion might be the answer to my tears as well.

But it didn't end there. The song was stuck in my mind. I was constantly singing in my head.

It was nonstop.

The call was so strong.

By the next day end, I was only listening to this song. On loop. And realized that I needed to answer the call.

I put the song on loop and sat down to meditate. The minute the song started, the tears were back.

An hour spent in tears while I had the most intense, out of the world mystical experience ever.

It started with Him showing me images, flashbacks of every time I ever prayed to Him. Every picture of His I collected through the years. Every time I visited Him in temples, in thoughts, in conversations.

He reminded me of how I loved Him, always. He was the one I spoke to, late at night, as a little child before sleeping.

Of how my connection with Him only grew stronger, when my grandmother told me, “Shiva is in you. He sees what you do through your eyes.”

And through my tears, I remembered my love for Him or rather He reminded me.

Adiyogi, Isha Yoga Coimbatore

Which then led to a conversation, then an argument, then a complete breaking through of my fears, blocks, worries.. In the space of an hour, He broke through so many conscious and unconscious blocks that I had. A mindset shift, in other words.

I was being given messages, insights into what's coming.. And I was stunned and reeling from all of it. I could not believe what had just happened, but I came out of it, a different person.

For days, I couldn't understand what had happened.. I shared with my mother, Bishu (my husband) and a few friends. And every time I did, I wasn't sure anyone would believe me if I told them.

The whole encounter seemed unreal.

But whether anyone believed me or not.. I knew that I was blessed to have experienced Him.

Recently, I heard another song that stopped me in my tracks yet again.

It was a song dedicated to him.

But what struck me were the lines..

Someone else had experienced what I had.

Etthan maravadhe ninaikkinren manatthunnai

Not a single breath passes, without you in my heart.

The first few days before and after my experience had been consumed with him, the song constantly running in loop in my head.. My living room echoing the song from the TV…

But mind you, I'm not a very religious person. I believed in a higher presence, worshipped Gods my family did, but that was the extent of it.

I wasn't one who prayed everyday, nor did puja as is done, I just connected to something bigger than me in this universe when I felt like it.

This level of devotion was new to me.

I still don't do any of the religious things.. But my belief has only increased 10000 fold.

Why wouldn't it…

Paadham panivaargal perumpandam adhu paniyaay, Aadha porulaalen arivillen arulaala

Not just to those that bow down and pray to you, You have made yourself available even to an ignorant one like me

Thannaar madhi soodi thazhal polum thirumeni, Ennar puramoodrum eri una nagai seidhai

The calm of the moon and the fire of the sun, are seamlessly contained within you, A mere glance from a being so powerful, has destroyed all discordance within me.

Etraar puram moondrum eriunna silai thottaai, Thetraadana soli thiriveno chekkar vaaneer

You have destroyed the 3 qualities in me, the traps that held me down. Stuck in my web of ignorance, I have failed to see your might.. Yet you have shown me the way.

Aarooran em perumarku aal allen enalaame..

O Shiva! How can I say I'm not yours? I am blissfully enslaved to you!

Someone decades or centuries ago, wrote everything I felt.

(Do listen if you feel called to)

I've been wanting to share this but I never knew what to say and knew that I would write when the time was right.

For so long, this experience was just mine..

But it's ready to be shared now.

And maybe it was meant to be read by you.

I close this with no moral of the story, no takeaway for I believe everyone will have their own.. If not, it's just me sharing my experience and you reading a story ❤️

If you spent time reading, thank you 💗

I am grateful for your time.

Love,

Reshma

I haven't shared the messages I received as I don't feel it's for me to share, but He did say “you'll thank me when you come visit me” and I did.

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P.S - As a coach or human, I don't force my beliefs, any religious faith I have on anyone. Inspite of everything I've experienced, my approach is always neutral. I believe in a higher force, as is the spiritual way. And that force can be called by many names. No one name is better than the other. It's all Source, it's all Divine❤️