Mahashivratri - A festival or a spark

While my regular reading I came across some notes that defined?Shivratri,?Mahashivratri, and Shiva.??

According to those ...?

The fourteenth day of every lunar month or the day before the new moon is known as?Shivratri.?

It's also the darkest night of the month.?

?Among all the twelve?Shivratris?that occur in a calendar year,?Mahashivratri, the one that occurs in February-March is of the most spiritual significance.?

It, apparently, has an upsurge of energy because of the way the planet is positioned.?

?The word “Shiva” literally means “that which is not.” “That which is,” is existence and creation. “That which is not” is Shiva.?

Besides all that we are able to see, the vastness is mostly emptiness. This unbounded emptiness depicts?Shiva. And if we look around there are so many things that are happening or exist, and there are so?many things that are not happening and don't exist. These things that don't happen or don't exist are also a source of what triggers the imagination of founders.?

For me, this also makes the Adi Guru – Shiva, the guru of founders in a way. For me, it makes?Mahashivratri?not just a festival, but a spark – a spark to novel things that may come into existence.?Observe non-existence and emptiness to move towards existence and creation.

A link to the article where I found those definitions - Why Mahashivratri is Celebrated and the Significance of Mahashivratri

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