LORD SHIVA IS PREPARING TO INCARNATE AS HANUMAN JI


	  On the huge beautiful top of Mount Kailash Lord Shiva was sitting
in Samadhi under a Banyan tree. On His marvelous camphor-white body,
 His reddish-brown hair was scattered artfully. On His hands, neck and
 chest,rudraksa beads and snakes were hanging as ornaments. They were there,
enjoying the soothing touch of Lord Shiva.

	His dear carrier, Nandi the bull, was sitting in front of Him, and a
little further away His attendants were enjoying various love plays. A
crescent moon was decorating the top of His matted hair as a symbol of
Shiva's mercy and the silvery current of the holy Ganga was clearly
  visible there. His third eye was calm and quiet. The sacred ashes pasted in
 three lines on His forehead were  beautiful and captivating. 	Suddenly Lord
 Shiva broke His Samadhi by chanting, "Rama, Rama," as if a cloud had rumbled.
Everybody's eyes were  loveingly and joyfully turned towards Shiva. From one
bush there appeared  Sati, the dearest consort of Lord Shiva.

	She found her beloved spouse looking at her with special, graceful
eyes. She came forward and stood in front of Him with folded hands and
 with a heart full of love. She spoke amiably, "My Lord, my heart swells in
 joy after seeing You have come out of such a long Samadhi. How shall I
 serve You? May I do any service for you, dear? I feel that You wish to say
something."

	Lord Shiva replied, "My dear consort, a very pious and auspicious
desire is arising in my being today. Rama , on whom I meditate and
contemplate always, whose transcedental  pastimes I love to narrate to
 you always is coming, descending onto the earth with all the gods and
representatives of celestial and astral planets. They are taking birth
 in the semi-divine and human races so that the earth will receive the
 great fortune of His service. I wonder why I alone should miss this valuable
 holy occasion? Let Me also go to the place where He is."

	The beautiful Sati, dangling between the feelings of pleasure and
pain, (since her husband's pleasure was her pleasure and the separation
 from Him was great pain) said, "My Lord, Your desire is all auspicious, all
sublime, all natural. As I want to serve You,  so also You want to
 serve Your Lord, for service is the only expression of deep love. But my
 Lord, my heart is tormented by just imagining the future separation. Please give
 me power so that my heart can enjoy Your happiness in totality.

	"My Lord, Your Beloved Lord Rama is descending to unburden the earth
of a most powerful ten-headed monster, King Ravana. But, King Ravana is
 your great devotee, to whom You have offered many boons, for he has
 satisfied You through ten thousand years of austerity and by sacrificing his ten
 heads one by one in the fire. How can You help anyone in killing him?"

	Lord Shiva laughed and said, "My dear consort, you are very
innocent. You need not be afraid of separation. I shall remain always
 with you. I can manifest Myself in various forms. At times I shall be taking
 you to Lord Rama, but by another form which will be the manifestation of my
eleventh expansion.

	"Be aware that I divide My energy into eleven spheres or bodies. It
is the eleventh expansion that will be incarnated on earth as  Hanuman.
 In the past, the demon King, Ravana, insulted and left My eleventh
 expansion un-satisfied and unworshipped. Now that eleventh expansion can be used
 to fight with Ravana and serve My Lord Rama. I have decided to take birth
 from the womb of Anjana by Kesari. Are you happy?"

        Sati smiled filled with joy and love.