Shiva is the destroyer, but he is also the very basis of creation. He is the most beautiful and he is the most ugly. He is the most wonderful and he is the most terrible. Shiva's personality has been created like this because, if you can accept this one man, you will accept the whole creation the way it is. It is a tool, it is a device
Additional information/ Source: Book: From Creation to Creator; Page #24 (paraphrased for flow)
Categories: Wisdom Yoga Spirituality Lord Shiva
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