This year Mahashivratri is being celebrated on 8 March 2024. The festival of Mahashivratri is celebrated to commemorate the marriage of Mother Parvati and Lord Shiva. Lord Bholenath lived a family life and also lived like a monk. Animal skin instead of clothes, instead of living in palaces, families lived together in the snowy and cold environment on Mount Kailash. Instead of eating various kinds of delicious food, he would remain happy by eating Bhang Dhatura. Such is the life of Bhole Bhandari. However, the personality of Lord Shiva, who stays away from worldly things, is considered to be very simple. He becomes happy with his devotees immediately and also gets angry very quickly.
If we adopt some qualities from the personality of Lord Shiva, then we will be able to face every difficulty in life as a skilled warrior. On the occasion of Mahashivratri, know about the qualities of Bholenath, which you can incorporate into your personality to live an ideal life.
Concentration
Lord Shiva is considered to be the greatest yogi in this universe. It is not easy to control oneself in every situation, but whenever Mahadev sits to meditate, no one can disturb his meditation even if the world goes from here to there. Once the gods had sent Kamadeva to break his meditation.
Positivity amidst negativity
One quality of Mahadev is to remain positive even in negativity. When poison came out from the churning of the ocean, everyone stepped back but Mahadev himself drank the poison. This quality of his teaches that negativity comes in life, but one should remain positive while going through it.
Live life freely
He lived the lifestyle of Mahadev or his incarnations in a completely different way. Sometimes he became Nataraja while performing Tandav, sometimes he became Neelkanth who drank poison, absorbed Mother Parvati, and became Ardhanarishwar and sometimes he became Bholenath who became happy first. Live your life openly, and express every emotion at the right time.
Choosing qualities rather than external beauty
Looking at the complete form of Mahadev, it becomes clear that those things which people do not even want to see close to them have been adopted very easily by Lord Shiva. A garland of snakes around the neck, Bhabhut on the body, Nandi around, and a group of ghosts, all these always stay with Lord Shiva. This gives the message that bad in appearance is not bad in reality, it just has to be accepted.
Understanding priority
One of the qualities of Lord Shiva is to understand his priorities and act accordingly. Mahadev gives priority to his family like mother Parvati, son Karthik and Ganesh ji, and also gives importance to the gods and devotees in his life.
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