Shiva is a complex and contradictory God. He is the God of destruction, but the true objective of destruction is the creation of a new World. His eyes are half-opened, as he opens them for the creation of a new World and closes them to terminate the universe and start a new cycle.
Shiva is represented sometimes as a dancer in the middle of a fire-ring, meaning that he burns desires with fire. In this representation, Shiva has four arms, with the upper right hand holding a drum representing the rythm of the universe, the lower right hand making a sign of protection, the upper left hand holding the light of knowledge and the lower left hand showing the ground. The right foot is crushing the demon of ignorance and the left foot is is the dancing position.
This representation of Shiva represents the universal and eternal energy. This dance creates the days and the nights, the seasons cycle and the life and death cycle. At the end, his energy will cause the end of the universe and will make it reborn.
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