Lord Siva wants, in His Creation, to disconnect His God-Consciousness completely and then to discover that it was never disconnected.

 

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(from "Self Realization In Kashmir Shaivism" by Swami Lakshman Joo"):

atidurghaṭakāritvamasyānuttarameva yat |

etadeva svatantratvamaiśvaryaṁ bodharūpatā ||7||

This supreme action [of concealing and revealing His Nature] cannot be accomplished by any other power in this universe except Lord Siva, who is completely independent, perfectly glorious and intelligent. [Bodhapanchadashika 7]

Swami Lakshman Joo: This kind of action cannot be accomplished by any power in this universe other than Lord Siva. Only Lord Siva, by His own Svatantrya can totally ignore and mask his own nature. Lord Siva wants, in His Creation, to disconnect His God-Consciousness completely and then to discover that it was never disconnected. Although it is disconnected it is not disconnected. In the real sense, it is not disconnected. This is the Supreme action. If you are full of life, how can you be without life? You cannot but Lord Siva can. Lord Siva can become without life. He can become completely insentient (jada) and totally disconnected from God Consciousness, just like a rock. For where is the existence of Lord Siva in a rock? In rocks there is nothing, it is just a rock. This is His Svatantrya, His Glory, His intelligence. Intelligence doesn’t mean that in this super-drama called creation, you will only play the part of a woman or a man. With this kind of intelligence, you will also play the part of rocks, of trees, of all things. This kind of intelligence is found only in the state of Lord Siva and nowhere else.