OCTOBER 29, 2025
He removes illusions to reveal your deeper, truer self.
There is something unsettling about Lord Shiva. He doesn’t promise comfort. He doesn’t promise gold, luxury, or an easy path. He sits in ashes, silent, detached, terrifyingly still and yet, you feel drawn to him. Because somewhere in your bones, you know: comfort never healed you. Pain did. Silence did. Losing everything did. Shiva is not the god of those who want more, he is the god of those who are ready to lose what never mattered. He doesn’t decorate your cage; he burns it down. And in the smoke of what you once called “your life,” you finally see something you never did, yourself.
Shiva Doesn’t Give, He Strips You Down to Truth
Other gods bless you with what you want. Shiva gives you what you need, even if it comes disguised as loss. He doesn’t hand out desires; he hands out awakenings. That’s why his devotees often face chaos before calm, pain before peace. Because transformation never looks like comfort when it begins.
You ask for love, he takes away the one who doesn’t value you. You ask for success, he tears down the job that was crushing your soul. You ask for peace, he makes you sit with everything you’ve been running from. He’s not punishing you. He’s purifying you. You asked for awakening; he’s making sure you wake up.
The God Who Lives in Ashes Teaches You About Letting Go
He shows that endings are beginnings disguised as loss.
Shiva wears ashes, not because he glorifies death, but because he knows everything ends. What you cling to will eventually turn to dust. The money, the fame, the relationships, even your own image of yourself. And he wears that dust proudly, reminding you, “When you stop fearing endings, you finally begin to live.” Most people pray to be protected from loss. Shiva invites you to walk through it with open eyes.
Because until you lose your illusions, you never truly own your life. Every time something you love falls apart, that’s Shiva sitting quietly beside you, whispering, “Now you’ll see who you are without it.”
Comfort Is a Beautiful Cage And Shiva Breaks It
He shatters comfort to awaken your dormant, fearless soul.
Comfort feels safe. Predictable. Familiar. But it also makes you forget who you are when stripped of all that defines you.
Shiva doesn’t let you stay asleep in that softness. He disturbs what you settle for. He will make you question your relationships, your work, your identity, not to torture you, but to wake you from the hypnosis of “I’m fine.”
He knows too much comfort kills evolution. The moment life gets too smooth, the soul stops growing. So, when Shiva enters your life, don’t expect your days to be calm, expect them to be real. He will burn your illusions, and from those ashes, he’ll hand you the mirror you’ve been avoiding all along.
Shiva’s Wealth Is What Cannot Be Taken Away
He blesses you with inner strength, not fragile possessions.
People chase wealth that shines outside. Shiva gives the wealth that glows within. His blessings are not gold or power, they are awareness, peace, and strength that doesn’t depend on circumstances. He doesn’t give you a palace; he gives you stillness even when the palace burns. He doesn’t give you comfort; he gives you a mind that doesn’t crave it.
He doesn’t give you followers; he gives you the courage to walk alone. When everything collapses and you still find a strange calm within you, that’s Shiva’s grace. The wealth that survives every destruction is the only wealth that’s truly yours.
The Blessing of Discomfort
Maybe Shiva never promised comfort because comfort never birthed truth. Maybe he lets your plans fail because your soul has a better one. Maybe he lets people walk away so you can finally walk towards yourself. Shiva’s love is not the soft kind that hugs you to sleep, it’s the fierce kind that shakes you awake. He will not make you rich in what fades; he will make you abundant in what lasts.
When you finally stop asking “Why me?” and start whispering “Thank you for showing me,” that’s when you’ve understood him. Because Shiva doesn’t grant comfort. He grants clarity. And once you have that, you’ll never beg for anything lesser again.
Courtesy/Source: TimesLife
