Baba
Why phallus worship
Namaskar,
Lord Shiva came on this earth about 7,000 years ago. Even before that,
if we look into the history, the phallus worship (liunga puja) existed.
Modern humans can be traced back about 100,000 years. Around 99.99% of
that time was very difficult for human existence. Even if we look back
just 100 years ago, survival was tough, what to speak of tens of
thousands of years ago. Many people used to die prematurely because of
calamities, or struggle of existence as there was no science to cure
diseases (cholera, plague, etc.), or people were killed by animals.
Therefore, to increase the size of their family or clan, people thought
of having more children.
History behind Shiva liunga puja / phallus worship
People were reliant on muscle power as there was no sign of modern
industrialization. The household that had more children was more
powerful. Similarly, the population increase was needed from family,
village, state, and country to secure muscle power and strength. Out of
necessity, people were increasing the size of their families / clans etc
to gain power as well as to dominate others. Power was defined by the
number of people. By having more children, the idea was that even if one
or two die, some will still remain to contribute to the mass and gain
muscle power.
They were aware that children can be created by the male and female
genitalia. They thought that was the origin so they started worshipping
those two organs and asking for more children. So they started doing
puja, and the purpose of liunga puja was to procreate more and more and
increase the number of people in the home, society, etc. At one point or
another, this was prevalent in all the religions. If one sees the shiva
liunga carefully, then there is a male genital, and another female
genital. The male genital is on top of the female genital.
Please see carefully this below image. The vertical piece is the male
genitalia and the v-shaped design around the male genitalia is the
female genitalia. The male genital is in the female genital. That is
what is depicted here. By uniting the two, children are created. That is
the knowledge they had those days which they reflected in this image.
To procreate more they did worship to this piece.
Figure 1: An image of a typical Shivaliunga
How Phallus worship changed to Lord Shiva’s phallus worship
In the hoary past, its name was phallus worship and later on when Lord
Shiva came on this earth, and His presence became more and more popular,
people associated liunga puja / phallus worship with Lord Shiva.
Similarly, today in the name of Lord Shiva’s worship, dogmatic followers
use marijuana, bhang, country wine, tobacco, and hashish. They
associate those intoxicants with Lord Shiva.
This is typical of what happens to those who become known in the
society. People connect (sentimentally) their current practices with the
famous person. Likewise, people associated the liunga puja with Lord
Shiva, and started continuing the practicing liunga puja referring it to
as Shiva liunga puja. This is the history behind Shiva liunga puja as
prehistoric people adopted the practice to increase their offspring.
In the distant past, this stone image was known as a general male-female
genital. But after Lord Shiva’s great popularity, the definition
changed. And dogmatic people were justifying that this is the genital of
Lord Shiva and the genitalia of His wife Parvati. That is the way it
was depicted.
See how the definition changed. And it was announced that the above
image is the phallus of Lord Shiva and female genitalia is of Parvati.
Shiva liunga means phallus of Lord Shiva and puja’ means worship. Shiva
liunga puja means worship of Lord Shiva’s phallus. And the motive is
these two are the same: To create an overabundance of children.
Figure 2: Worship of Lord Shiva’s phallus
See below how the hungry child in India does not have anything to eat.
So he is collecting something from the garbage to earn a few pennies for
his next meal. This point is also indirectly related with Shiva liunga
puja. We will discuss this in the next letter.
Figure 3: Child collecting plastics for income and survival
Phallus worship would increase births: ancient people thought
Ananda Marga philosophy states, “Ancient people had to increase their
numbers, because constant clashes between the different groups caused
many deaths. Fights were as numerous as sticks and stones...women were
revered for their child producing capacity. Consequently, the social
order at that time was matriarchal and matrilineal.”
“Later people started phallus worship. In that undeveloped stage of
society, people gave great importance to the phallus because they
thought that phallus worship would increase their numbers. Many ancient
civilizations, including the Mayan civilization, practiced phallus
worship. Phallus worship continued after the advent of Shiva about seven
thousand years ago, and even today people still worship Shiva in the
symbolic form of a phallus.” (1)
In Him,
Nirakar
Reference
1. Prout in a Nutshell - 16, Religious Dogma – Excerpt B
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== Section 2: Important Teaching ==
Terrible harm by today’s pop stars
Ananda Marga philosophy teaches us, "Strict vigilance should be kept
over the purity of their individual conduct. They should not become the
cause of a disease which invades the whole social body like a cancer. If
actors and actresses fail to acquire a basic level of personal purity
or are reluctant to acquire it, it will be the duty of society and the
state to compel them to lead good lives by creating circumstantial
pressure. No matter how talented they may be, immoral actors and
actresses will have to be deprived of their right to exhibit their
artistic talents, and sent to reform schools." (1)
Here Baba is guiding us that those leading debauched lives must not be
allowed to work in the art and entertainment industry - whether they be
actors, actresses, singers or performers etc. This applies to all those
artists leading promiscuous lives. Naturally, this also includes the gay
and lesbian community that is well-known for engaging in the arts and
leading sensually depraved lives. Such persons must be forced to lead a
sentient life or be removed from the stage.
The real danger is that if they fail to reform themselves, then with
their degrading habits and high-profile life they will adversely affect
and harm others, especially impressionable youths. Sadly, we have seen a
few cases like this in AMPS where artistically-inclined, gay / lesbian
musicians and songwriters etc wreaked havoc on innocent margiis by using
their star power and manipulating them into relationships etc. Many in
numerous sectors have been badly abused by such depraved singers.
That is why Guru's definitive statement is that only those artists who
are strict in Sixteen Points may perform. All others must be forced to
rectify their conduct. Until then, they are not allowed to appear on the
public stage etc.
In Him,
Rasamay
Reference
1. Human Society - 1, Various Occupations
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