1- “He is all and everything. He is the universe.” 2- “Only when Shiva is united with Shakti does he have the power to create.” 3- “Shiva is Chidambaram, like the inner sky. Shiva is the inner sky of consciousness.” 4- “In the yogic culture, Shiva is seen as the Adi (first) Yogi – the source of knowing and liberation.” 5- “Shiva is depicted with a snake around his neck with a raised hood, to indicate that the energies have hit the peak.” 6- “Shiva is not a god up there above but a living presence here.” 7- “When Shiva beats his Damru – Evil Shakes; while the Wise Awakes!” 8- “There is no Shiva without linga. The linga is the passage to the boundless nothingness that we refer to as Shiva.” 9- “I am not a devotee of Shiva. He is my fifty-fifty partner. He sleeps, I work.” 10- “Both the eyes are one-sided. For the perfect balance, you need Shiva’s third eye.” 11- “Shiva likes people who are not inclined towards anything but simply a burning.” 12- “The limitless nothingness that is the very basis of existence is what we refer to as Shiva.” 13- “We did not say Shiva is divine. We did not say Shiva is god. We said Shiva is ‘that which is not.” 14- “Shiva is Ardhanari – that means he is half a woman, half a man. Without the feminine dimension, he cannot be a Yogi” 15- “The whole universe bows to lord shiv and I bow to lord Shiva. Har Har Mahadev!” 16- “Shiva represents the non-dualistic Absolute, all dualities merge within him.” 17- “When the world puts you in trouble. Shiv rescues you.” 18- “Mahadev teaches you to do deeds that are good for people.” 19- “Shiva will always be a true definition of love.” 20- “The word Shiva means the deathless, changeless, timeless, formless all-pervading absolute essence of the universe.” Also Read: Malaysia's parliament holds special sitting for five days from July 26 Hearing against Baba Ramdev postponed by SC on his statement on allopathy J&K: RDX and IED bombs filled with nitrate, dropped by GPS drone