DEMYSTIFY ShivaShakti - The Vibrating Truth Behind and Within Everything
- joy5819
- Jun 19
- 3 min read
Updated: Jul 2
“Shiva is the vastness in which nothing happens –
and Shakti is the dance that creates everything.”
Imagine lying in the grass at night, gazing at the sky. No sound. No light. Just space. But this space isn’t empty – it hums. Perhaps inaudibly, but it's full of potential. This is where the journey of Shiva and Shakti begins.
These two are not just mythological figures. They are principles of being. Living archetypes. They move through you – through your body, your nervous system, your awareness.
What is ShivaShakti - and what does it have to do with you?
Shiva and Shakti are not just mythological figures – they are two primal forces that move through every cell of your body. They are the foundation of tantric philosophy – and at the same time, highly modern when viewed in conjunction with quantum field theory, fascia research, and sound medicine.
🧘♂️ Shiva – The Consciousness That Holds It All
In tantric philosophy, Shiva represents pure, unchanging consciousness – the vastness in which all things arise, yet which remains untouched. He is the ocean floor beneath the waves. The eye of the storm. The silent witness.
In quantum physics, Shiva mirrors the quantum field – an invisible, omnipresent layer of potential, filled with zero-point fluctuations. Not empty. Brimming with energy. Yet unmoving.
Shiva is not absence. He is presence. Still. Without judgment. Without direction. Without goal. He is the depth within you when you are fully here – without needing anything.
🔥 Shakti – The Energy That Dances
Shakti is Shiva’s complement and counterpart. She is movement, sensation, creation, transformation.
She is the pulse in your cells, the fire in your desire, the tear that falls when you feel. In the universe, she manifests as motion, electricity, vibration. In physics, she is mirrored in quantum fluctuations, dark matter, and electromagnetic fields – the forces that bring form to the formless.
Shakti is the current that moves through your nervous system the moment you remember you're alive.
🌌 Spanda – The Divine Pulse
Where Shiva and Shakti meet, a third principle arises: Spanda – the sacred vibration. A shimmer. A tremble. A wave.
Spanda is not a thing – it’s a moment. Not static, but rhythmic – the first quiver before anything takes form. In tantric teachings, Spanda is the original tremor of creation – the pulse that moves through all life.
Modern science affirms this in various ways:
● Quantum field theory: particles as vibrations in fields
● Fascia research: connective tissue responds to subtle vibrations
● Trauma healing: regulation happens through rhythm and awareness
Spanda is the bridge between stillness and experience.
🎶 Nada Brahma – The World Is Sound
In the ancient Vedic view, Nada Brahma means: the world is sound.
Joachim-Ernst Berendt’s book “Nada Brahma – The World Is Sound” describes how all matter is vibration, and how our bodies, emotions, and consciousness are shaped by sound.
Practice:
Listen now – really listen.
What do you hear around you?
Then gently cover your ears.
What do you hear within?
Maybe silence. Maybe a pulse. Maybe a subtle hum.
That space inside you – it's sacred.
In tantric understanding:
Sound is Shakti
The silence before and after is Shiva
The act of listening is Spanda
💠 How to Embody ShivaShakti in Daily Life
This is not philosophy – it’s practice. It’s breath. It’s sensation. Here’s how:
🔹 1. Feel your nervous system
● Goosebumps, breath, tingling – gateways to your inner Shakti
● Feel your pelvic floor → you shift your reality
🔸 2. Cultivate still presence
● Stillness is not empty – it’s full of answers
● Shiva arises when you stop reaching
🌀 3. Follow the tremble
● Your impulse is intelligent
● Let it vibrate you awake. Let it move you home.
✨ You are not either/or – you are Spanda
You are not a machine.
You’re not here to perform.
You are a vibrating mystery of space and motion.
Shiva in you holds.
Shakti in you pulses.
Spanda in you whispers: yes. now. this.
💌 An Invitation to Remember
If you’re ready to feel more than think, if you want to trust your nervous system as sacred intelligence – then join me inside:
🌀 Temple Within
A living embodiment space for ShivaShakti women.
📩 Message me to receive your invitation – or share this article with a sister who’s ready to remember how alive she truly is.
Text: Joy Tara Amba / Sources: Sasha Cobra, Jaiya (Goop), Margot Anand, Betty Dodson, personal experience