Ascendence

I was listening to Namadeva this morning and he was talking about Shiva as the great spiritualizer, not the great destroyer.

He uses H20 as an example. Ice, water and steam are all the same concept at different energy levels. As latent heat is surpassed, the energy present in the system is unable to contain the new state and is destroyed. Preparations must be made to conserve any information from one state to the next, because state changing by its nature destroys the original form.

Taking ice as an example, as ice cube left on a table will bear no resemblance in any capacity to the puddle of water that will result. An ice cube left in an ice cube tray is specially prepared to conserve at least some of its original state information. Of course elevating to the even higher energy state of steam will conquer the ability of any ice tray to retain the water molecule's shape.

Same thing with Shiva. He may be painted as the great destroyer, but he actually pumps consciousness/ energy/ spirituality into the universe. If the receptacle is unable to or unprepared to receive his power, it is reborn in a different state with no conservation. However if the receptacle is ready, it will resonate with Shiva instead of dissonate (is that a word?) and the new state will conserve the important aspects.

It isn't as though the melted ice cube should be a cube of water, but it shouldn't melt on the table, either. Proper preparation for the state change could involve no more than placing the ice in a glass with a drink to be cooled. Then the spiritualization/ energization of the ice is not a random destruction, but rather is lending its state in exchange for purpose.