When Nataraj Danced

।। नाट्यकर्ता नटपरो महानाट्यविशारादः ।।

The one who does dance, who is best dancer, who is expert at doing the great cosmic dance. (Shiv shasranama under shiv rahasya)

In this post, I am sharing an experience that filled me with immense faith. Please don’t share it with non-believer.

I was in class 11th (2018). During that year I had started regular practice of pranyama and little meditation. I used to do it in evening time for about 1 hour. One of my daily practices included suryabheda pranayama. One day, as I was holding my breath in suryabheda pranayama, with my focus on brow center, I saw him dancing !

There was nothing. Mahakaal emerged from nowhere. I didn’t see his clear physical form. It was a completely dark shadow. He began dancing. So gracefully, so beautifully, so energetic, so enthusiastic, so exuberant, so mesmerising !!! ( Add some more words if you know 😀) I don’t remember any exact steps. I have never seen so beautiful, so perfect dance in my life.

Personally, I never liked dance. Although I dance a little sometimes for Shiva as he is “नाट्य प्रिय”, one who loves dance. It is very childish, so I never dance in front of this world.

Coming back to this post, he danced for even less than a minute. But, it made me extremely blissful. So, I tried to see that dance again by doing one more round of breathhold in same way, but I have never ever seen him dance again. Which means it was not my imagination 😀! That one incident increased my faith in him and I was more attracted towards him. Was it dance of creation or dance of destruction? I don’t know. But I was mesmerized. Glories to Nataraj, the lord of dance !!! No one can match him in dance !!!

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