Words on the Way - Muz Murray Mantra Yoga Master

S — WORDS on the WAY
Sabikalpa (see Savikalpa Samadhi)
Çabda — see Çhabda
Çabdhabhyasa
— see Çhabdabhyasa
bhyasa
Saccidånanda — see Sat-chit
chit-ånanda
Ía∂a~ga (sad-dan-gah)
Sense: ‘The Science of Forms.’ According to the theory of this
science, the external forms of things do not intrinsically
correspond to that which is perceived by the eye, but relates to a
‘known’ prototype in the mind.
Sadashiva (sah-dah-shee-vah)
Var: Sadasiva
Synon: Para-shakti*
Sense: ‘The force which transcends and motivates the entire
universe.’
Sadashiva (‘the always auspicious’) is an aspect of Shiva, which
rules the element of space. In tantrism, this force is conceived of as
the presiding deity of vishuddha chakra (the energy vortice of the
throat) and the third manifesting element (tattva
tattva) in descent from
Shiva as the Ultimate Reality.
In the philosophy of the Trika school of Kashmir Shaivism,
Shiva is Pure Knowledge, Pure Awareness, without movement.
When his energy is manifesting in action, it is known as Shakti.
When both aspects are in harmonious equilibrium, this state is
known as Sadashiva. The Shiva-Mahapurana (or Rudra Samhita)
explains that after the great dissolution of the universe, in the
empty void there arose a force of creative energy known as
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