My discovery of a self-manifesting Shiva lingam carved by the elements at my seashore playground in Africa

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I live in a beautiful stretch of the African coastline, right at the far south which is near a town and yet seems so remote and isolated. Hardly any of the town’s people come to this particular stretch of the shore, since there are finer white sandy beaches nearby that they prefer. I however, like to explore this rugged and isolated part of the shoreline and find it very picturesque, so I took some photos to show you.

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There is one particular stream that really flows well during the rainy season. It cascades down the cliffs at a waterfall and then rushes to the sea nearby as if approaching a long lost friend. At the exact juncture with the sea it pours over the rock in a small torrent, for days on end after the rains.

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Most of the year it’s just a little trickle and sometimes even dries up for a while. So it’s awesome to see it full like this and so abundant, compared to the rest of the year. So much pure fresh healthy rain water just pouring into the sea, looks like a waste but such is the way of nature. It’s not worth damming up or anything since it’s so sporadic and it’s occasional that it flows so prolifically. So when it’s in full flow it looks like a free flow of watery bounty for those who are in the right place at the right time to benefit.

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This stream has probably been flowing for thousands of years by the look of the eroded path it takes down the ravine and over the cliff edge at the waterfall. And where it hits the sea there’s a curious smoothly rounded feature in the rock that looks like it has also been worn away over the centuries at the river outlet. It forms what to me looks like a pool with a curious single protruding rock feature in the center. In fact it looks to me like a naturally formed Shiva Lingam, if you know what that is.

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In India the god Shiva is celebrated as the archetypal male progenitor and thus sometimes depicted via a stone carving which is phallic in shape. His consort known by various names, like Durga, Shakti, Kali, Maya, etc is then depicted as the yoni or feminine feature of the same carved sculpture. The seaside carved rock at my river outlet appears perfectly placed at the very center of the smoothed round hollowed out rock pool and to me looks just like the lingam surrounded by the yoni that one would find in many temples throughout India.

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In India this sculpted feature has been worshipped for thousands of years and here today I have come across just such a feature, spontaneously carved by the elements over thousands of years. In India they would call it a self-manifesting deity. Obviously the interaction of the river water pouring into the sea over thousands of years has somehow carved this smoothly rounded rock pool, with one central protruding rock in the very center, like a phallus or lingam surrounded by the yoni.

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To me it appears as an auspicious place. Not only is there a river pouring into the sea, but there is also this auspicious looking natural carved rock formation, which would be considered a symbol of divinity in India, or at least of fertility. And I may be one of only a handful of people that actually come here to see it. The place is not that easily accessible, although recently a path has been carved and cleared to allow more people to hike here down the cliff side. I used to just bundu bash or follow some old fishermen paths, but the new pathway makes it much easier to access this particular stretch of coastline. Still, hardly anyone comes here, certainly not when I’m here, which is a few times a week.

So it’s a kind of natural temple for me, a sacred space where I can come and commune with nature or even with the gods, if you like. I have a fertile imagination and this place is conducive to meditation and connecting with the unconscious or higher self, so I come here often to tap in to the powerful life force available as well as link up. If you get a chance to travel then do come look me up and I will take you exploring these mystical isolated rugged regions of the wild and uninhabited African shoreline way down south.



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Everywhere in Nature we see the Sacred and the Divine reflected and mirrored, over and over. What a stunning piece of coastline!! And yes, Mother Earth IS the most perfect temple ever.

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Thanks for your kind comment Artemis, yes nature around here looks like a temple and a sacred space. It's a great place to commune with the divine.


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Quiet in every way except sounds of nature, a great place to enjoy. Somewhere to reflect and enjoy life surroundings.

Actually hope people don't find the path Julian, once a place is found later over run by humans leaving a trail of trash behind.

!LUV

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Yes when I see a bit of litter like a chip packet lying around here in this pristine area then I pick it up for the trash can. And thanks for the luv there Joan, that's very kind of you.


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Places untouched that not many know about should perhaps stay that way. Have a great day and love seeing the area through your lens.

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First of all Thanks to @steemflow for reblogging this post
I am glad to know about this place and the amount of knowledge you have about Sanatan Dharma
You should feel lucky that Town people don't visit there :D

I just wanted to add few lines here in this post to submit my contribution

Shiva is the supreme consciousness, It is the observer who is observing everything. Your conscious mind is also one part, from which Shiva the supreme consciousness is observing. That stone is also a part of that supreme consciousness which is visible in its manifested "Roop"
This whole world was impossible without an observer like Shiva, Now a days scientists are talking about "The Double Slit Experiment" and the probabilistic nature of quantum mechanical phenomena.

To understand this World our(yours and mine) Vedic ancestors gave two more names to Shiva i.e. Sambhoo and Sawyambhoo

you should find about it

SHIVOHAM


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Many thanks for your positive feedback Satoshi, yes Shiva has many names, like Ashutosha, which means - one who is easily pleased.
And Pashupati which means - Lord of the animals.

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