Mythology @ Creation .

1. is
of
They are respectively the creator, preserver and
destroyer of the universe.
The Trimurti (trinity) of Hinduism
at Elephanta Island in Mumbai.
Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.
Each God in the trinity has his consort. To
Brahma isSaraswati, the Goddess of knowledge.
For Vishnu isLakshmi, the Goddess of love,
beauty and delight.
For Shiva is Kali (Parvati) , the Goddess of
power, destruction and transformation.
These are the three main forms of the Goddess,
as Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are the three main

2. forms of the God.(thankfully shared
from:http://www.hindunet.org/god/trinity/)
The "Trimūrti" is a concept in Hinduism "in
which the cosmic functions of creation,
maintenance, and destruction are personified by
the forms of Brahma the creator, Vishnu the
maintainer or preserver and Shiva the destroyer
or transformer."
These three gods have been called "the Hindu
triad" or the "Great Trinity", often addressed as
"Brahma-Vishnu-Maheshwara."
(thankfully shared
from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimurti)
Vishnu, the sustainer of the universe: Vishnu
is the All-Pervading One. His name is derived
from “vis’ in Sanskrit which means both ‘to
spread’ and ‘to be present everywhere’.
Vishnu exist as the total energy of
universe: Even when there was Nothing, there
was Vishnu, present as a nameless, formless,
dormant energy. In this un-manifested (nirguna)
state,

3. even Vishnu was not aware of his own being. He
just was. Just because he was not perceived,
does not mean he did not exist.
Universe as the dream of Vishnu: In this
Nothingness, when the first ripple of awareness
stirred , spontaneously and of its own will, the
formless energy became Vishnu, the Supreme
Being,
As Vishnu lies in a dream like
state on the serpent Adisesha Ananta who is
Time, without beginning or end. Ananta floats for
all eternity on the waters of the Ksheer Sagar
(the ocean of Cosmic Consciousness).

4. Vishnu's dream world
pic credit: http://mesosyn.com/hindu-5.html
When Brahma begins the process of
it is Vishnu who expands into
everything and becomes part of everything. Now
he is Brahman, the Cosmic Consciousness.
As if he is seeing a dream, Vishnu watches
Brahma create the Universe. By the act of
watching his dream, Vishnu sustains the
Universe. When Vishnu wakes from his dream
one cycle of Creation ends.
From the Nirguna Brahman (formless energy)
Vishnu thus becomes Saguna Brahman, a God
with forms and attributes. Vishnu is now the
Supreme Lord,
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