it's good to see so many Shiva Bhaktas Shiva and Shakti is the spirit in all of us. S/He can take the form of courage, passion, love, selflessness, innocence, kindness, knowledge.........etc..etc how can i ever justify my praise to: the source of all begining and ending, who drinks 'halahal bish' ( poison) without hesitation for the sake of well-being of others, who is the epitome of love, who is the ultimate power yet easy to please, who is richest and yet portrays a simple living, who has unmatched humility, Typical father who takes his daughter (Ganga) on his head, who is the ultimate Dancer (nataraja) whose cosmic dance keeps the cosmos in motion.............. Shiva is in us and we are in Shiva. We cease to exist whithout Shiva and Shiva ceases to exist without us because we are Shiva and Shiva is us. Shiva is Shakti, Shiva is jannma, Shiva is Dharma, Shiva is Karma, Shiva is Gyana, Shiva is Mokshya, Shiva is my begining, my purpose and my end. Om namaha Shivaya Bhakta Birbhadra