GAYATRI MANTRA - STEP NINE

 

                                                                STEP NINE

                                               

                           AND THEN WE DO WE CALL, SWASTI VACHANA. SWASTI MEANS KALYAN, AUSPICIOUSNESS, GOODNESS, AND VACHANA MEANS TALKING OR CHANTING. IT WOULD TAKE YOU AT LEAST 10 TO 15 MINUTES TO CHANT A WHOLE SWASTI VACHANA. BUT, I HAVE TAKEN THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF SWASTI VACHANA AND SHORTENED IT FOR YOU. (THE MEANING AND TRANSLITERATION IS GIVEN IN THE APPENDIX).

                         HARIHI OM BHADRAM KARNEBHIH SHRNUYAMA DEVAH

                         BHADRAM PASYEMAKSABHIYAJATRAH

                         STHIRAIRANGAISTUSTUVAGAMSTANUBHIH

                         VYASEMA DEVAHITAM YADAYUH

                          SVASTI NA INDRO VRDDHASRAVAH

                          SVASTI NATAKSARYO ARISTANEMIH

                          SVASTI NASTAKSARYO ARISTANEMIH

                          SVASTI NO BRUHASPATIRDADHATU

                          OM SHANTIH SHANTIH SHANTIH

                        IF YOU CAN'T CHANT THIS, JUST READ THE TRANSLATION. BUT EVEN IF YOU PRACTICE THESE MANTRAS A LITTLE, YOU'LL FIND THE VEDIC SOUND HAS A POTENT ENERGY, BECAUSE SANSKRIT MAKES EXTENSIVE USE OF TWO PARTICULAR SOUNDS, ONE IS THE "M" SOUND, THE OTHER IS THE "N" NASAL SOUND. YOU CAN DRAG THESE SOUNDS ON FOR HOWEVER LONG YOU WISH. IT'S JUST "HMM". YOU CAN SING ANYTHING IN SANSKRIT.

                      YOU CAN SING ALL SANSKRIT SCRIPTURES, BARRING PERHAPS COUPLE OF UPANISHADS THAT WERE WRITTEN PROSAICALLY UNLIKE ALL THE REST THAT READ POETICALLY.

                                                                     STEP TEN

                              NOW, IT'S TIME TO MEDITATE ON YOUR GURU- TO PERFORM GURU DHYANA, OR GURU MEDITATION. USUALLY, YOU MEDITATE ON YOUR GURU ON  YOUR CROWN CHAKRA, AT THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. MY GURU, NAGA BABA, TOLD ME THAT WHEN YOU MEDITATE IN THE MORNING, YOU SHOULD IMAGINE A VERY PLEASING, SMILING FACE OF YOUR GURU.  I HAD TROUBLE DOING THAT, BECAUSE I RARELY SAW BABA SMILING. IN THE IMAGES THAT I HAD IN THE PHOTO ALBUM OF MY MIND, BABA WAS MOSTLY STERN OR ANGRY, WHICH ONE SHOULD I PICK? WHICH ONE WOULD DO JUSTICE TO HIM? I SMILED A LITTLE TO MYSELF WHEN BABA TOLD ME THIS, BUT I FOUND SOME WAYS OF MEDITATING ON HIS SMILING FORM.

                          THE GURU MEDITATION IS USUALLY THE FIRST THING A GOOD DISCIPLE DOES IN THE MORNING, EVEN BEFORE HE JUMPS OUT OF BED AND CHECKS HIS PHONE MESSAGES. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A GURU IN HUMAN FORM, YOU CAN JUST VISUALIZE LIGHT OR THE DEITY OF YOUR MANTRA IN THE CROWN CHAKRA, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT EITHER BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN AFFINITY FOR A PARTICULAR FORM OR GOD, JUST VISUALIZE THAT GOD THERE- IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH RELIGION. THE IDEA IS TO START DAY WITH SOMETHING GOOD, TO START YOUR DAY WITH A SOFT, WARM FEELING IN YOUR HEART.

                                                          STEP ELEVEN

                                               

                            NOW CHANT YOUR GURU MANTRA. THE GURU MANTRA IS USUALLY DIFFERENT FROM YOUR SADHANA MANTRA. SOMETIMES IT CAN BE THE SAME IF YOU ARE DOING A SADHANA OF THE GURU MANTRA ITSELF. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A GURU AND YOU DON'T HAVE A GURU MANTRA, YOU CAN SIMPLY CHANT THE GAYATRI MANTRA.

                         I URGE YOU NOT TO THINK THAT THE ABSENCE OF A GURU MANTRA MEANS YOU WILL NOT SUCCEED. GURUS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT NOT INDISPENSABLE. IT'S ENTIRELY IN YOUR HANDS. PLEASE DON'T GO LOOKING FOR GURUS- YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED. AND PLEASE DON'T THINK FOR EXAMPLE, THAT IF YOU ARE FASCINATED WITH DEVI WORSHIP AND YOU GET INITIATED IN SRI VIDYA, YOUR PROGRESS WILL BE ASSURED. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO WOULD INTIATE YOU FOR 50 RUPEES. YOU MAY GO TO THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND SAY, "INITIATE ME", AND THEY MIGHT SAY, ALL RIGHT TAKE A SEAT.

                      THOSE INITIATIONS HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER. YOU ARE THE MAKER OF YOUR DESTINY, YOU KNOW THE PATH, YOU KNOW THE SCIENCE BEHIND IT. JUST STICK TO YOUR ROUTINE, DO YOUR PRACTICE AND YOU WILL GET THERE.

                                                                   STEP TWELVE

                          IN THIS STEP, WE PAY OBEISANCE TO ALL THE SIDDHAS. YOUR LINEAGE MAY HAVE DIFFERENT ADEPTS THAT YOUR GURU MAY TELL YOU TO PAY OBEISANCE TO, BUT IF YOU DON'T BELONG TO A LINEAGE, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN INITIATED INTO GAYATRI SADHANA, YOU CAN SIMPLY SAY OM DIVYOG NAMAH, OM SIDHYOG NAMAH, OM MANAVOG NAMAH. I OFFER MY OBEISANCE TO ALL SIDDHAS WHO ARE IN DIVINE, ETHEREAL AND HUMAN BODIES.

                        THE IDEA IS TO DO EACH OF THESE STEPS WITH HUMILITY IN YOUR HEART.

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GAYATRI MANTRA - STEP THIRTEEN

 

                                                         STEP THIRTEEN

                              ISTA GENERALLY MEANS DESIRED. ISHTA-DEVATA IS THE DEITY OF THE FORM OF GOD YOU GENERALLY PRAY TO. YOUR CURRENT SADHANA MAY WELL TO BE INVOKE YOUR ISHTA OR IT MAY BE TO ATTAIN MANTRA SIDDHI OR SOME OTHER DIVINE ENTITY. FOR EXAMPLE, ON YOUR USUAL DAYS YOU MAY BE PRAYING TO KRISHNA, ETC., BUT NOW YOU ARE TRYING TO INVOKE GODDESS GAYATRI. IN THIS CASE,  YOUR ISTA IS KRISHNA, WHEREAS THE DEITY OF YOUR MANTRA IS GAYATRI, BEFORE YOU CAN AWAKEN THE MANTRA OF YOUR DEITY, AN ASPIRANT IS REQUIRED TO MEDITATE ON HIS ISHTA-DEVATA AS WELL. IF, HOWEVER, THE DEITY YOU ARE TRYING TO INVOKE IS YOUR ISHTA-DEVATA, SIMPLY MEDITATE ON THE FORM OF YOUR ISHTA.

                           YOUR ISHTA-DEVATA COULD BE ANY GOD, GODDESS FROM ANY RELIGION FOR THAT MATTER. RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT IN SADHANA, FOR SADHANA IS A RELIGION IN ITS OWN RIGHT. IF YOU PRAY TO A SPECIFIC GOD, PRAY TO THAT DEITY NOW OR SIMPLY MEDITATE ON MOTHER GODDESS GAYATRI USING THE MANTRA BELOW.

                             OM BALAM VIDYAM TU GAYATRIM LOHITAM CHATURANAM,

                             RAKTAMBARADVAYOPETAMAKSHASUTRAKARAM TATHA.

                             KAMANDALUDHARAM DEVI HAMSVAHANASAMSTHITAM,

                             BRAHMANI BRAHMADAIVATYAM BRAHMALOKANIVASINIM.

                            MANTRENAVAHAYEDDEVIMAYANTI SURYAMANDALAT.

                                                               STEP FOURTEEN

                         CHANT THE MANTRA OF THE DEITY YOU VISUALIZED IN THE PRECEDING STEP. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT YOUR MAIN MANTRA. BUT, IF YOUR ISTA-DEVATA IS THE SAME AS THE DEITY OF YOUR MANTRA THEN, OF COURSE YOU'LL CHANT THE SAME MANTRA. ISHTA-MANTRA IS TO BE CHANTED 11,21,OR 31 TIMES.

                                                            STEP FIFTEEN

                           NOW WE PRAY TO MOTHER EARTH BY PERFORMING PRITHVI PUJA. IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE SITTING ON THE EARTH. IN ALL FORMS OF CLASSICAL DANCES OF INDIA, WE OFFER RESPECTS TO EARTH BEFORE BEGINNING WITH THE MAIN PERFORMANCE. I'VE KNOW GANESH, A BHARATANATYAM DANCER, FOR NEARLY FIVE YEARS NOW AND WHEN I WATCHED HIM PERFORM FOR THE FIRST TIME, I SAW THAT BEFORE STARTING, HE OFFERED FLOWERS TO MOTHER EARTH AND SOUGHT FORGIVENESS, THAT DEAR MOTHER, I WILL BE STOMPING ON YOU AND I MIGHT BE CAUSING YOU HURT BY DOING THIS, SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME, IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT- EVEN DANCE BECOMES SADHANA. THIS ACT OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION BECOMES A SPIRITUAL ACTIVITY BECAUSE THE SENTIMENT BEHIND IT. I WANT TO PRAY AND EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE. RATHER THAN CHANTING, SOMEBODY MIGHT OFFER HIS WORSHIP WITH DANCE, SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT DO IT WITH PAINTING, FOR EXAMPLE.

                          THE USUAL WAY YOU PERFORM PRITHVI PUJA IS TO TAKE THE WATER IN A VESSEL, DIP YOUR RING FINGER IN THE WATER, AND DRAW ONE LINE ON THE GROUND IN FRONT OF YOU. YOU THEN DRAW ANOTHER LINE, THEN ANOTHER LINE TO FORM AN INWARD-POINTING TRIANGLE. THE SAME WAY, YOU TAKE WATER ONCE MORE AND PUT A DOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS TRIANGLE.

                      

                      SO YOU HAVE TAKEN WATER FOUR TIMES. THAT BECOMES A SYMBOL OF DEVI, OF ADHAAR SHAKTI. ADHAAR MEANS FOUNDATION, THE FOUNDATION ENERGY. WHEN WE PLACE THE DOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRIANGLE, WE CHANT THE MANTRA HRIM ADHAAR SHAKTEYA NAMAH. IT MEANS, I AM OFFERING MY OBEISANCE TO MOTHER EARTH, THE FOUNDATION ENERGY, AND I AM GOING TO START MY SADHANA.

                TAKE A MOMENT TO MENTALLY EXPRESS YOUR GRATITUDE TO MOTHER NATURE, MOTHER EARTH, FOR BLESSING YOU WITH THE PRIVILEGE AND THAT GROUND WHERE YOU ARE ABLE TO SIT NOW AND INVOKE DIVINE ENERGIES.

                                           

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MONSOON BEAUTY IN HIMALAYA

 

                                                DREAMS WITH BEAUTY

                        TALKS BETWEEN SATYAKAM AND KAPALAK NOW LINGERED MOSTLY ON BHAIRAVI. AS SOON AS SATYAKAM AS SATYAKAM RETUREND FROM SEEING HER, KAPALAK WOULD ASK HIM ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE. SATYAKAM GREW ENTHUSIASTIC AS HE TALKED LESS ABOUT NADA. YOGA AND MORE ABOUT HIS DIALOGUES WITH BHAIRAVI. KAPALAK HARDLY CHASTENED HIM, AS IF THIS WERE BOUND TO HAPPEN AND HIS TRAINING WITH SATYAKAM HAD THUS ENDED.

                      THE ATTRACTION BETWEEN SATYAKAM AND BHAIRAVI NO LONGER REMAINDED A SECRET. MANY PONDERED THE RIGHT AND WRONG OF IT. HOWEVER, NONE HAD THE COURAGE TO OBJECT OPENLY OR TO PRY INTO IT FURTHER. THE WHOLE DRAMA SEEMED THE PRODUCT OF A DIVINE DECREE, AND SLOWLY PEOPLE BEGAN TO TAKE IT QUITE EASILY AND NATURALLY, REGARDING THE COUPLE AS A PART OF THEIR COMPANY. SOME PEOPLE, OF COURSE, CAME TO RESENT ALL THIS, THEY GOSSIPED A LOT AND KEPT AWAY. THE OVERALL RUSH OF PEOPLE TO VISIT BHARAVI  REMAINDED MORE OR LESS THE SAME.

                        OFTEN BHAIRAVI AND SATYAKAM WOULD BE SEATED TOGETHER WHEN THE PEOPLE PAID THEIR RESPECTS AND GAVE OFFERINGS. SINCE THEY SOUGHT BLESSINGS FROM BOTH OF THEM, SATYAKAM DID NOT HESITATE TO TOUCH THEIR HANDS WITH HIS BENIGN HANDS.

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                        THE YEAR ENDED WITH THE GREAT DURGA PUJA, FESTIVAL. THEN CAME KALI PUJA, MOST AUSPICIOUS FOR TANTRICS. THRONGS OF PEOPLE POURED INTO THE TEMPLE DAY AND NIGHT. ENJOYING A DOUBLE FEAST THIS YEAR - KALI PUJA AS WELL AS A HOLY COUPLE IN HUMAN FORM. BUT WITH INCREASED WORSHIP BY THE PEOPLE AND THE WARMTH AND LOVE BETWEEN THE TWO, THERE GREW IN SATYAKAM A LINGERING APPREHENSION ABOUT IT ALL. HE BEGAN TO QUESTION IS LEGITIMACY.

                            KAPALAK, WHO COULDN'T HELP NOTICING THIS,  INVITED HIM FOR A DIALOGUE ONE DAY. SEATED ON THE BANK OF ADI GANGA, SATYAKAM EXPRESSED HIS CONFUSION OVER THIS MAN-WOMAN RELATIONSHIP VERSUS HIS SPIRITUAL PRACTICES. HIS LOVE FOR BHAIRAVI WAS FULL, BUT HE COULDN'T HIDE HIS TRADITIONAL DOUBTS. HE KNEW THE POWER OF TEMPTATIONS. KAPALAK HEARD HIM WITH COOL PATIENCE AND LOVING CARE. FOR A LONG WHILE THERE WAS SILENCE. CONFUSED AND DISHEARTENED, SATYAKAM BECAME DEEPLY SAD FOR THE SECOND TIME. HE REMEMBERED  THE FIRST TIME HE HAD BECOME TIME. HE REMEMBERED THE FIRST TIME HE HAD BECOME SAD, WHEN HIS  MASTER HAD ENTERED HIS HUT FOR THE LAST TIME IN HIMALAYA.

                      THE MUDDY WATER OF ADI GANGA FLOWED SLOWLY AND QUIETLY. WITHOUT HIS FACE, KAPALAK BEGAN TO SPEAK IN A RICH, HEAVY VOICE.

                      SATYAKAM, YOU HAVE BEEN SEEN HERE FOR THIS PURPOSE. AN INCLINATION FOR LEARNING TANTRA WAS SIMPLY AN EXCUSE, THOUGH NOT ALTOGETHER A HOLLOW ONE. PRECISELY SPEAKING, YOU WERE TO GO THROUGH TANTRA EDUCATION SO AS TO KNOW AND FULLY APPRECIATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN, NOT IN THE WAY PEOPLE GENERALLY UNDERSTAND IT, BUT ON A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL: AS THE MYSTICAL PHENOMENON OF CREATION.

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                     BE MINDFUL, SATYAKAM, THAT EACH MALE HAS A PORTION OF FEMALE IN HIM AND EACH FEMALE HAS A MALE PORTION IN HER. ACCORDING TO TANTRIC TEACHINGS, A MAN HAS FOUR ELEMENTS OF MALE AND THREE OF FEMALE IN HIM, AND A WOMAN HAS FOUR ELEMENTS OF FEMALE AND THREE OF MALE IN HER. THIS DIFFERENCE OF ONE ELEMENT MAKE A MAN AND A WOMAN. ITHERWISE  THERE IS NO ESSENTIAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO. BOTH HAVE BEEN CREATED IN THIS WAY SO AS TO MAKE CREATION POSSIBLE. WOMAN IS AN EMBODIMENT OF NATURE, WHICH IS PART OF MAN.

                            BARRING ONE ELEMENTAL DIFFERENCE, BOTH HAVE THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS, BIRTH-DEATH, LOVE-HATRED, TOLERATION-ANGER, THIRST-HUNGER, FEAR-COURAGE, PASSION, LUST, BELLIGERENCE, WILL TO LIVE, THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS, AND SO FORTH.

                        TOGETHER THEY MAKE COMPLETE COMBINATION OF THE SEVEN ELEMENTS AN THUS MAKE UNION POSSIBLE.

                       HEAVING A DEEP SIGH, KAPALAK LOOKED AT SATYAKAM WHO WAS LISTENING INTENTLY, KAPALAK CONTINUED, WHATEVER PERFECTION YOU MAY ACHIEVE IN YOURSELF WILL ALWAYS REMAIN INCOMPLETE WITHOUT KNOWING THE CORRESPONDING RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE, OF WHICH WOMAN IS AN EMBODIMENT - FOR MAN. UNIVERSAL NATURE, OFTEN WOMAN TOO! TRADITIONAL WAYS OF DEALING WITH A WOMAN ARE NO LONGER PRACTICAL FOR A WHO WANTS TO ACHIEVE PERFECTION. TEMPTAION IS ANOTHER WORD FOR FEAR.

                     I DO NOT MEAN TO EMPHASIZE THE RELATIONSHIP AS SUCH, BUT RATHER YOUR KNOWING THE SECRET OF THAT RELATIONSHIP. ONCE YOU REALIZE THAT WOMAN IS IN YOU, AS MAN IS IN WOMAN TOO, YOU'LL HARDLY FIND A STRUGGLE NECESSARY TO HAVE OR NOT HAVE A RELATIONSHIP.

                     DO YOU MEAN THAT ONCE A MAN KNOWS HIS NATURE FULLY WITHIN HIM, INCLUDING THE FEMALE ASPECT, THEN THE NEED FOR A WOMAN, OR  THE ABSENCE OF THIS NEED , IS IMMATERIAL, AND THE SAME HOLDS TRUE FOR A WOMAN, TOO?

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                   EXACTLY, KAPALAK CONTINUED, IN OTHER WORDS, MAN AND WOMAN NO LONGER REMAIN A TEMPTATION TO EACH OTHER, BUT ARE COMPLIMENTARY WHEN YOU KNOW YOUR NATURE WITHIN FULLY, THE OUTER WORLD, INCLUDING THE OPPOSITE SEX, MERELY PRESENTS A RELECTION OF IT. IN SHORT, WHATEVER WEAKNESS OR STRENGTH LIES WITHIN YOUR MENTAL FABRIC, THE CORRESPONDING TEMPTATIONS RO MASTERY WILL FOLLOW WITHOUT. GREATEST OF ALL IS THE KNOWLEDGE WHICH RELEASE YOU FROM TEMPTATION AND WEAKNESS AND MAKES YOU SEE THE TRUTH. CONSEQUENTLY, HAVING A RELATIONSHIP OR NOT LOSES ITS DISTINCTION AND THUS YOU ARE FREE FROM TEMPTATIONS OR AVOIDANCE.

                    SATYAKAM TURNED HIS GAZE ON KAPALAK'S FACE, ASKING SHAPLY, WHY DID YOU PREFER NOT TO HAVE A CONSORT SINCE YOU KNOW THE SECRET OF THE MAN-WOMAN RELATIONSHIP?

                   KAPALAK SMILED AND RAISED HIS HEAD. MAJESTICALLY, HE TURNED HIS WHOLE TORSO TOWARD SATYAKAM AND WITH UTMOST COMMAND HE REPLIED, WHO TOLD YOU I DIDN'T HAVE ONE ON THIS OR THE PREVIOUS BIRTH? AND DIDN'T I SAY THAT AFTER YOU KNOW THE MYSTICAL SECRET OF YOUR NATURE YOU ARE NO LONGER IN NEED OF OR WITHOUT NEED OF SUCH A RELATIONSHIP?

                  KAPALAK LOOKED TRIUMPHANTLY AT SATYAKAM AND RELEASED THE LAST MISSILE, I HAVE AVOIDED HAVING A CONSORT WITH ME, IF THAT IS WHAT YOU MEANT, NOT TO AVOID TEMPTATION OR DOWNFALL, BUT BECAUSE I NO LONGER FEEL A CRAVING FOR ONE. I FEEL SO FULL INSIDE BECAUSE, HAVING KNOWN AND MASTERED MY NATURE, I HARDLY NEED A COMPANION OUTSIDE. THIS DOES NOT MEAN EITHER THAT IF HAD ONE IT WOULD MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE IN MY BEHAVIOR. PERHAPS YOU MAY TAKE IT THAT WITHIN AND WITHOTU HAVE LOST ANY MEANING FOR ME, AND THIS IS THE WAY I AM IN THIS INCARNATION.

                    SATYAKAM BECAME SOBER AND WITH HIS HEAD BENT DOWN. DEFEATED, HE HUMBLY ASKED, THEN WHY DO YOU ENCOURAGE ME TO HAVE A CONSORT, WHEN THE POSSIBILITY OF DERIVING FULL KNOWLEDGE AND PERFECTION LIES IN KNOWING MY OWN NATURE INDEPENDENTLY?

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                  BENIGNLY, KAPALAK SPOKE, YOUR KARMAS AT PRESENT ARE DIFFERENT FROM MINE. PERHAPS AT ONE POINT I HAD THE SAME NEES AS YOU HAVE NOW. ONE HAS TO FOLLOW THE PATH ACCORDING TO ONE'S REQUIREMENTS AND NOT BY MECHANICALLY IMITATIONG SOMEONE ELSE.

                  

                                   ALSO, YOU MUST BEAR IN MIND THAT EACH ONE'S MISSION ON THIS EARTH IS ONE'S OWN, AND THUS DIFFERENT FROM ANOTHER'S. IN ONE RESPECT YOU ARE VERY LUCKY, SATYAKAM. YOU WON'T HAVE TO STRUGGLE MUCH WITH THIS MAN-WOMAN PROBLEM, BECAUSE BOTH YOU AND BHAIRAVI ARE ALREADY ADVANCED SOULS. YOU WILL BE PLEASANTLY SUPRISED ONE DAY WHEN YOU'LL FIND THAT THING THAT PERHAPS BOTHERED YOU SO MUCH, THAT BROUGHT YOU DOWN FROM HIMALAYA, WAS NOT REALLY A TEMPTATION OR A DOWNFALL. RATHER, IT WAS A FULFILLMENT AND COMPLETION OF YOUR UNDERSTANDING, A MISSION FOR YOU TO BRIDGE A GRAP IN YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF MAN IN GENERAL AND OF THE WHOLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN.

                          SATYAKAM RELEASED A LONG BREATH AND LOOKED AT KAPALAK WITH THANKFULNESS AND AMUSEMENT.

                       KAPALAK SUDDENLY JUMPTED UP AND QUIETLY BEGAN WALKING AWAY FROM THE RIVER. SATYAKAM, SOMEWHAT DAZED, FOLLOWED AFER HIM.

                      NEARING THE HUT, KAPALAK ABRUPTLY TURNED BACK AND ANNOUNCED, ON THE DAY OF THE NEW MOON, AT MIDNIGHT, MEET ME AT THE SAME SPOT ON THE RIVERBANK WHERE WE WERE JUST SITTING, I'LL START SOME MORE TANTRIC TECHNIQUES WITH YOU, SAYING THIS, HE ENTERED HIS HURT AND CLOSED THE DOOR BEHIND HIM. SATYAKAM WAS BEGINNING TO SEE A HITHERTO UNKNOW FACET OF KAPALAK.

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GAYATRI MANTRA STEP SIX

 

                                                                STEP SIX

                    

                            LIGHT A LAMP NOW, YOU CAN LIGHT THE LAMP JUST AS YOU WOULD LIGHT A CIGARETTE, THAT IS, WITHOUT ANY MANTRA AND WITH THE SAME EAGERNESS. OR, YOU COULD TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER AND CHANT A MANTRA AND DO IT WITH DEVOTION.

                               

                                         OM AGNI VARCHAU JYOTIR VARCHAU SVAHA

                                         OM AGNI JYOTIR AGNIH SVAHA

                                         SURYO JYOTIR SURYAH SVAHA

                                         AGNIR VARCHO JYOTIR VARCHAH SVAHA

                                         SURYO VARCHO JYOTIR VARCHAH SVAHA

                                         JYOTI SURYAH SURYO JYOTHI SVAHA

                                                             STEP SEVEN

                                        NOW, WE INVOKE GANESHA. ALL VEDIC, MANTRIC, TANTRIC AND PURANIC PUJAS MUST BEGIN WITH GANAPATI. THIS IS A SCRIPTURAL INJUCTION AND THERE IS A SIMPLE MANTRA, IF YOU WANT TO DO A SHORT ONE, OM GANESHAYA NAMAH. THAT SHOULD DO, THAT WILL MAKE GANESHA HAPPY- HE IS EASILY PLEASED. IF YOU WANT TO DO A LONGER ONE, THEN YOU CAN DO

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                                  VAKRATUNDA MAHAKAYA SURYAKOTI SAMAPRABHA

                                  NIRVIGHNAM KURUME DEV SARVAKARYESU SARVADA

                                  IF YOU WANT AN EVEN LONGER ONE, WHICH IS THE ONE I PERSONALLY USED DURING ALL OF MY SADHANAS - I ALWAYS DID THE LONGER GANAPATI MANTRA ALONG WITH THE SHORTER ONES-IT WOULD BE

                         SUMUKHASHCH AIKADANTASHCHA KAPILO GAJKARANAK

                         LAMBODARASHCH VIKATO VIGHNANAASHO VINAAYAK

                         DHOOMRAKETUR GANAADHYAKSHO BHAALCHANDRO GAJAANAN

                        DVADASHAITANI NAMANI YEH PATHECCHARNUYADAPI.

                        VIDDHYA RAMBHE VIVEDHE CHA PRAVESHE NIRGAME TATHAA

                        SANGRAAME SANKATE CHAIVE VIGHNASTASYA NA JAAYATE.

  

                         

                         THERE IS MORE IN THE MANTRA, BUT IT ENDS HERE FOR OUR PURPOSE, IT'S REALLY UP TO YOU WHETHER TO DO THE LONG OR SHORT MANTRA. YOU COULD SIMPLY SAY, OM GANESHAYA NAMAH, THANK YOU GANESHA, I CAN'T SAY MORE THAN THIS, PLEASE BE WITH ME.

                        ONCE THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE, AND ONE OF THEM WAS AN ARDENT DEVOTEE. THE WHOLE DAY, HE PRAYED TO GOD. AND THE OTHER WAS HIS NEIGHBOUR, WHO PRAYED JUST TWICE A DAY. JUST LIKE "OM GANESHAYA NAMAH, THANK YOU GANESHA, HOPE  YOU ARE DOING FINE. I AM WELL, THANK YOU". IN THE MORNING AND EVENING, THAT WAS HIS ROUTINE, WHEN THEY DIED, THE DEVOTEE WHO WAS CHANTING THE GLORIES OF GOD ALL THE TIME WENT TO HELL, AND HIS NEIGHBOUR WENT TO HEAVEN. THE DEVOTEE SAID, THERE HAS TO BE SOME MISTAKE. I WAS THE ONE WHO WAS CHANTING ALL THE TIME, CALLING OUT TO GOD. HOW DID HE GET TO HEAVEN, AND I END UP IN HELL?

                        GOD SAID, HE DIDN'T BOTHER ME ALL THE TIME.

                

                    SO FEEL FREE TO DO A SHORT MANTRA. THE CRUCIAL THING IS TO HAVE THE CORRECT SENTIMENT IN YOUR HEART WHEN YOU CHANT IT.

                                                                    STEP EIGHT

                                    THIS IS DONE BY SHOWING THREE MUDRAS - HANDLOCKS - OF GANESHA. I SHOULD BRIEFLY TOUCH UPON THE ROLE OF MUDRAS. IF YOU ARE SOME DISTANCE AWAY AND I CALL OUT OT YOU, YOU MAY OR NOT HEAR MY VOICE. BUT IF I WAVE MY HAND, YOU WILL SEE AND SAY TO YOURSELF, OH, SOMEBODY IS WAVING HIS HAND-SOMEBODY IS TRYING TO CALL OUT TO ME, MUDRAS ARE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THEY ARE CALLED HANDLOCKS, GESTURES WHICH ARE BASED ON YOUR LINEAGE OF SIDDHAS, THE ADEPTS BEFORE  YOU HAVE CHAMPIONED THEM AND THE ENERGIES AROUND YOU RECOGNIZE THAT. IF YOU WANT TO VIEW THIS MORE SCIENTIFICALLY, THEN THE FLOW OF ENERGIES IN THE BODY IS DIRECTED BY WAY OF MUDRAS.

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GAYATRI MANTRA STEPS

 

                                                           STEP EIGHTEEN

                              WE'LL NOW DO VINIYAGA, MEANS THE APPLICATION OF THE MANTRA. SANKALPA IS DONE ONLY ONCE ON THE FIRST DAY WHEREAS VINIYAGA IS DONE EVERY DAY THROUGHOUT YOUR PURUSHCHARNA. HERE'S THE MANTRA FOR GAYATRI VINIYOGA:

                            SAPTAVYAHRATINAM HAMADAGNI, BHARADVAJA, ATRI-GAUTAMA,

                            KASYAPA, VISVAMITRA, VASISTHA RSHAYAH,

                           GAYATRYUSNIGANUSTUBBRHATI-PAMK

                           TISTRISTUBJAGATYASCHANDADAMSI,

                            AGNI-VAYU-SURYA-BRHSPATI-VARUNENDRA-VISVEDEVA DEVATAH,

                            SARVAPAPAKSAYARTE JAPE VINIYOGAH.

                        NOW DON'T BE ALARMED - YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHANT IT. THERE IS A SIMPLE WAY TO DO IT! TAKE WATER IN YOUR PLAN AND SAY, O THE SAGES WHO HAVE EXISTED BEFORE ME WHO HAVE INVOKED VEDMATA GAYAYRI, I AM CHANTING THIS TO PURGE MYSELF OF ALL THE BAD KARMA I MIGHT HAVE DONE, TO CLEANSE MYSELF OF ALL THE NEGATIVE EMOTIONS I CARRY IN MY HEART. AFTER YOU HAVE SAID THIS, JUST POUR THE WATER FROM YOUR PLAN ON THE GROUND IN FRONT OF YOU.

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                              NOW WE COME TO THE PURIFICATION OF THE HANDS, WHICH IS CALLED KARNA SHUDDHI. THERE'S AN OLD BHAJAN THE SAYS, "VEDAN DIYA HARI GUN GAANE KO AUR HAATH DIYE KAR DAAN RE....' THAT WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH A MOUTH SO WE MAY SING HIS GLORIES AND HANDS SO WE MAY ENGAGE IN CHARITABLE ACTS. BUT OFTEN IN OUR LIVES WE END UP DOING THINGS WTH OUR HANDS THAT DON'T BEFIT US. BEFORE OUR HANDS PERFORM MUDRAS (HANDLOCKS) OR NYASA (PLACEMENT OF LETTERS OF THE MANTRA ON OUR BODY), WE NEED TO PURIFY OUR HANDS. THE RATIONALE IS QUIETE SIMPLE, CAN'T WASH OFF DIRT WITH DIRTY WATER, WE CAN'T PURIFY OUR BODY WITH IMPURE HANDS.

                       PURIFICATION RITUAL IS PERFORMED BY CHANTING "OM BHURBHUVA SVAHA" AND WASHING YOUR HANDS WHILE YOU CHANT IT. THREE TIMES THE HANDS ARE WASHED AND THREEE TIMES HE SAME MANTRA IS CHANTED.

                    ONCE AGAIN, YOU WASH YOUR HANDS BY TAKING A BIT OF WATER IN THE RIGHT HAND AND THEN SYMBOLICALLY WASHING BOTH HANDS WITH IT TO YOUR LEFT SIDE. YOU CAN KEEP A SMALL TOWEL WITH YOU TO WIPE YOUR HANDS EVERY TIME YOU USE WATER. THIS IS COMPLETELY AT YOUR DISCRETION.

                     NOW, CHANT THE FOLLOWING MANTRAS AND SHOW THE APPROPRITATE MUDRAS TO PERFORM PURIFICATION OF THE HANDS.

 

                                          AING ANUSHTHABHYAM NAMAH.

                                          HRING TARJANABHYAM NAMAH.

                                          SHRING MADHYAMABHYAM NAMAH.

                                          AING ANAMKIABHYAM NAMAH.

                                          HRING KANISHKABHYAM NAMAH.

                                          SHRING KARTAKISHTABHYAM NAMAH.

                        WE HAVE PLACED LITTEL MANTRAS ON OUR HANDS. NOW THE FEELING, THE SENTIMENT IS THAT THESE ARE THE HANDS OF DEVI THAT DEVI ALONE IS FIT TO WORSHIP HERSELF.

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                               TWO STEPS ARE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE WHEN DOING MANTRA SADHANA. ONE IS NYASA AND THE OTHER MUDRAS. NYASA IS THE METHOD BY WHICH YOU NO LONGER REMAIN A BODY, BUT BECOME A MANTRA. THE IDEA BEHIND THIS IS NOT SIMPLY PURIFICATION OF YOUR BODY, MIND AND SOUL, BUT TO BECOME AT PAR WITH THE OBJECT OF WORSHIP.

                          LET'S SAY YOU INVITE A BEGGAR INTO YOUR HOME AND TELL HIM, PLEASE SIT NEXT TO ME AT THE DINING TABLE. THIS WOULD LIKELY MAKE THE BEGGAR FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. YOU MIGHT ALSO FEEL AKWARD, YOU WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE SPEAKING TO SOMEBODY ON A SIMILAR WAVELENGTH. IT WOULD BE EASIER TO COMMUNICATE, TO SPEND TIME WITH THAT PERSON.

                       SO IT IS WITH CHANTING, WITH OUR PRETTY THINKING, OUR LIMITED MINDS, WE CAN'T BE AT ONE WITH THE OBJECT OF OUR WORSHIP, OUR MANTRA, WITH OUR DEITY. THIS REQUIRES US TO RISE ABOVE THE LIMITED TENDENCIES OF THE MIND-OUR SELF-CENTREDNESS, SELFISHNESS, JEALOUSY, HATRED, NEGATIVITY AND SO ON. THIS IS INVARIABLY DONE WHILE YOU ARE CHATING THE MANTRA, BY NYASA, IN WHICH YOU PLACE VARIOUS LETTERS OF THE MANTRA ON YOUR BODY. THIS WAY, THE MANTRA IS DONE WITH AWARENESS, CONCIOUSNESS, DEVOTION, THROUGH THE NYASA, YOU BECOME THE MANTRA.

                       THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF NYASAS. THERE IS RISHYADI NYASA, IN WHICH WE PAY HOMAGE TO ALL THE RISHES, THE SAGES OF THE LINEAGE IN OUR MANTRA WHO HAVE INVOKED IT IN THE PAST. THEN WE HAVE THE VARNA NYASA OR NYASA ON THE SYLLABUS OF THE MANTRA, FOLLOWED  BY MATRIKA NYASA, WHICH IS IN A SANSKRIT SCRIPT CALLED DEVANAGARI. (AN ANCIET FORM OF SANSKRIT SCRIPT WAS CALLED BRAHMI, WHICH HAD MORE LETTERS THAN DEVANAGARI)

                   SINCE WE DID THE PURIFICATION OF OUR HANDS IN THE PREVIOUS STEP, WE ARE NOW READY TO INVITE THE  ENERGY OF THE DEITY INTO YOUR BODY. THE MANTRAS OF THE NYASA ARE COVERED IN THE APPENDIX.

                    THEN WE DO WHAT IS CALLED THE PRANAVA NYASA. THE SOUND "OM" IS CALLED PRANAVA, FROM THE ORIGINAL PRANA, THE LIFE FORCE THAT HAS REVOLVED. IT IS DONE AS FOLLOWS:

                                         OM BRAHMA RSAYE NAMAH SIRASI

                                         GAYATRICHANDRA SE NAMAH MUKHE

                                         OM PARAMATMADEVATAYAI NAMAH HRADI

                                        VINIYOGAYA NAMAH SARVANGE

                           NOW THAT YOU HAVE INVOKED THE PRIMORDIAL VITAL LIFE FORCE IN OUR BODY, YOU ARE READY TO PERFORM NYASA OF THE HANDS. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT PURIFICATION OF THE HANDS WHERE WE USE SEED SYLLABUS FROM THE MANTRA.

                                      OM TATSAVITURBRAHMANE ANGUSTHABHYAM NAMAH

                                     VARENYAM VISHNAVE TARJANIBHYAM NAMAH

                                     OM BHARGO DEVASYA RUDRAYA MADHYAMABHYAM NAMAH

                                      OM DHIMAHI ISVARAYA ANAMIKABHYAM NAMAH

                                      OM DHIYO YO NAH SADASIVAYA KANISTHKABHYAM NAMAH

                        ONE OF THE REASONS THIS MANTRA IS SO POTENT IS BECAUSE I CARRIES ALL THE ENERGIES IN ITS VARIOUS WORDS.

                        NOW WE'LL DO WHAT IS CALLED SHADANGA MANTRA NYASA. AS I SAID, PLEASE DON'T BE OVERWHELMED BY ALL THIS. ONCE YOU GET USED TO IT, IT'LL BE A PIECE OF CAKE. BESIDES, IF YOU FIND THIS TOO MUCH, YOU CAN ALWAYS OPT FOR THE CONSISE METHOD.

                                          THE ANCIENT SCIENCE OF MANTRAS, WHEN SHIVA CREATED ALL THE MANTRAS IN THE UNIVERSE, THEY WERE LOCKED, AS IT WERE, SO THAT PEOPLE COULD NOT MISUSE THEM FOR THEIR OWN LIMITED DESIRES. AND EVERY MANTRA HAS WHAT WE CALL SHAKTI, OR ENERGY. THERE ARE THE SHADANGA, THE SIX LIMBS OR ASPECTS OF A MANTRA.

                                     OM TATSAVITURBRAHMANE HRADAYAYA NAMAH

                                     OM VARENYAM VISHNAVE SIRASE SVAHA

                           EARLIER, WHEN YOU SAID SIRASE, YOU TOUCHED THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. BUT IN THIS, YOU JUST TOUCH YOUR FOREHEAD.

      

                                     OM PRACODAYAT SARVATMANE ASTRAYA PHAT

                           NYASA WITH EXACT MANTRAS AN MUDRAS CAN BE FOUND IN THE APPENDIX. IF YOU WISH TO PERFORM AN EXTENTED NYASA (LIKE VARNA NYASA, ETC) THAT TOO I'VE PROVIDED THERE.

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SUCCESS PRINCIPLE

 

                                              MASTER MIND PRINCIPLE

 

                              HILL : MR. CARNEGIE, WE NOW COME TO THE SECOND OF THESE PRINCIPLES, WHICH YOU HAVE NAMED THE MASTER MIND. WILL YOU PLEASE DEFINE WHAT YOU MEAN BY THE TERM "MASTER MIND" SO THAT WE WILL ALL HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF IT?

                             CARNEGIE : THE MASTER MIND IS "AN ALLIANCE OF TWO OR MORE MINDS, WORKIN TOGETHER IN THE SPIRIT OF PERFECT HARMONY, FOR THE ATTACHEMENT OF A DEFINITE PURPOSE".

                             HILL : DO YOU MEAN TO SAY, MR.CARNEGIE, THAT THE MERE CHOICE OF A MAJOR  PURPOSE IN LIFE IS NOT, OF ITSELF, ENOUGH TO INSURE SUCCESS?

                            CARNEGIE : TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECT OF ONE'S MAJOR GOAL, IF IT BE OF PROPORTIONS ABOVE MEDIOCRITY, ONE MUST SO RELATE HIMSELF TO THE MEMBERS OF THEIR BRAINS, IN A SPIRIT OF HARMONY! FAILURE TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF HARMONY AND SYMPATHY OF PURPOSE IN THE MIND OF EVERY MEMBER OF A MASTER MIND ALLIANCE HAS COST MANY MEN THEIR CHANCES OF SUCCESS IN BUSINESS.

                            A MAN MAY BRING TOGETHER A GROUP OF MEN WHOSE COOPERATION HE APPEARS TO HAVE, AND PERHAPS ON THE SURFACE HE WILL HAVE IT, BUT, THE THING THAT COUNTS IS NOT SURFACE APPEARANCE, IT IS THE MENTAL ATTITUDE, OF EACH MEMBER OF THE GROUP. BEFORE ANY ALLIANCE OF MEN CAN CONSTITUTE A MASTER MIND EVERY MAN IN THE GROUP MUST HAVE HIS HEART AS WELL AS HIS HEAD IN FULL SYMPATHY WITH THE OBJECT OF THE ALLIANCE, AND BE MUST BE IN PERFECT WITH THE LEADER AND EVERY OTHER MEMBER OF THE ALIANCE.

                            HILL : I BELIEVE I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT, MR.CARNEGIE, BUT I DO NOT SEE HOW MAN CAN EVER BE SURE OF INDUCING HIS ASSOCIATE, IN A MASTER MIND ALLIANCE, TO WORK WITH HIM IN COMPLETE HARMONY. WILL YOU EXPLAIN HOW THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED?

                          CARNEGIE : YES, I CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIPS ARE ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED. TO BEGIN WITH, REMEMBER THAT EVERYTHIG A MAN DOES HAS BACK IF THAT ACTION A DEFINITE MOTIE. WE ARE CREATURES OF HABIT AND MOTIVE. WE BEGIN DOING THINS BECAUSE OF A MOTIVE, WE CONTINUE DOING THEM BECAUSE OF BOTH MOTIVE AND HABIT,  BUT THERE MAY COME A TIME WHEN MOTIVE IS FORGOTTEN AND WE CONTINUE ON BECAUSE OF ESTABLISHED HABIT.

                      THERE ARE NINE MAJOR MOTIVES TO WHICH PEOPLE RESPOND, I WILL DESCRIBE THESE, THEN  YOU WILL SEE FOR YOURSELF HOW MEN ARE INFLUENCED TO WORK WITH OTHERS IN A SPIRIT OF HARMONY.

                     AT THE VERY OUTSET, IN THE ORGANIZATION OF A MASTER MIND GROUP, THE LEADER MUST SELECT, A INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF HIS ALLIANCE, FIRST, MEN WHO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO WHAT IS REQUIRED OF THEM, AND SECONDLY, MEN WHO WILL RESPOND IN A SPIRIT OF HARMOY TO THE PARTICULAR MOTIVE HELD OUT TO THEM IN RETURN FOR THEIR AID.

                         HILL : I BELIEVE, MR.CARNEGIE, THAT ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS YOU HAVE REFERED TO THESE NINE MAJOR MOTIVES FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION AS THE "ALPHABET OF SUCCESS". I NOW BEGAN TO SEE WHY YOU THUS DESCRIBE THEM. WILL YOU NAME THEM FOR ME NOW?

                       CARNEGIE : HERE ARE THE NINE MOTIVES, SOME COMBINATION OF WHICH CRETES THE "MOVING SPIRIT" BACK OF EVERYTHING WE DO:

                           

                                         👀 EMOTION OF LOVE 

                                                             (THE GATEWAY TO ONE'S SPIRITUAL POWER)

                                         👀 THE EMOTION OF SEX

                                                            (WHICH WHILE PURELY BIOLOGICAL, MAY SERVE AS A 

                                                            POWERFUL STIMULANT TO ACTION, WHEN                                                                                      TRANSMUTED)

                                         👀 DESIRE FOR FINANCIAL GAIN.

                                         👀 DESIRE FOR SELF-PRESERVATION.

                                         👀 DESIRE FOR FREEDOM OF BODY AND MIND.

                                         👀 DESIRE FOR SELF-EXPRESSION

                                                                   LEADING TO FAME AND RECOGNITION.

                                        👀 DESIRE FOR PERPETUATION OF LIFE AFTER DEATH.

                                          THE LAST TWO MOTIVES ARE NEGATIVE, BUT VERY POWERFUL AS STIMULANTS TO ACTION. THEY ARE:

                                       👀 THE EMOTION OF ANGER,

                                                          OFTEN EXPRESSED AS ENVY OR JEALOUSY.

                            

                                       👀 THE EMOTION OF FEAR.

                          HERE YOU HAVE THE NINE MAJOR APPROACHES TO ALL MINDS! THE LEADER OF A SUCCESSFUL MASTER MIND ALLIANCE MUST DEPEND UPON ONE OR MORE OF THESE BASIC MOTIVES TO INDUCE EACH MEMBER OF HIS GROUP TO GIVE THE HARMONIOUS COOPERATION REQUIRED FOR SUCCESS.

                        HILL : MR.CARNEGIE, IN YOUR VAST EXPERIENCE, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY WERE THE EMOTIONS WHICH DRAW THE GREATEST RESPONSE?

                      CARNEGIE : THE TWO MOTIVES TO WHICH MEN RESPOND MOST GENERIOUSLY IN BUSINESS ALLIANCES, ARE THE EMOTION OF SEX AND THE DESIRE FOR FINANCIAL GAIN. MOST MEN WANT MONEY MORE THAN ANY OTHER THING, BUT THEY OFTEN WANT IT MAINLY TO PLEASE THE WOMAN OF THEIR CHOICE, HERE, THEN, THE MOTIVATING FORCE IS THREEFOLD, LOVE, SEX, AND FINANCIAL GAIN.

                     THERE IS A TYPE OF MAN, HOWEVER, WHO WILL WORK HARDER FOR RECOGNITION THAN HE WILL FOR MATERIAL AND FINANCIAL GAINS.

                   THERE IS A TYPE OF MAN, HOWEVER, WHO WILL WORK HARDER FOR RECOGNITION THAN HE WAIT FOR MATERIAL AND FINANCIAL GAINS.

                    HILL : MR.CARNEGIE, IT APPEARS THAT THE MAN WHO SUCCESSFULLY BUILDS AN ORGANIZATION OF MEN INTO A MASTER MIND ALLIANCE MUST KNOW MEN QUIET WELL. WILL YOU EXPLAIN HOW YOU MANAGED TO CHOOSE, SO SUCESSFULLY, THE MEN IN YOUR MASTER MIND GROUP? DID YOU PICK YOUR MEN AT SIGHT, OR DID YOU SELECT THEM BY THE TRIAL AND ERROR METHOD, REPLACING THOSE THAT PROVIDED UNSUTED FOR THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THEY WERE CHOSEN?

                 CARNEGIE : NO MAN IS SMART ENOUGH TO JUDGE OTHER MEN ACCURATELY BY SIGHT. THERE ARE CERTAIN SURFACE INDICATIONS WHICH MAY BE SUGGESTIVE OF A MAN'S ABILITY, BUT THERE IS ONE QUALITY WHICH IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ALL OTHERS, AS THE DECIDING FACTOR OF MAN'S VALUE AS A MEMBER OF A MASTER MIND ALLIANCE, AND THAT IS HIS "MENTAL ATTITUDE" TOWARD HIMSELF AND HIS ASSOCIATES.

                    IF HIS MENTAL ATTITUDE HAPPENS TO BE NEGATIVE, AND HE IS INCLINED TO BE SELFISH, EGOTISTICAL OR ADVERSELY PROVOVATIVE IN HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER, HE WILL NOT FIT INTO A MASTER MIND ALLIANCE. MOREOVER, IF SUCH A MAN IS ALLOWED TO REMAIN AS A MEMBER OF A MASTER MIND GROUP HE MAY BECOME SO OBSTRUCTIVE IN HIS INFLUENCE WITH THE OTHER MEMBERS THAT HE WILL DESTROY THEIR USEFULNESS AS WELL  AS HIS OWN.

                    THE MAN WHO HAS ABILITY IN ANY LINE, PLUS THE RIGHT MENTAL ATTITUDE TOWARD HIS ASSOCIATES, USUALLY IS FOUND AT THE TOP OF THE LADDER, NO MATTER WHAT HIS OCCUPATION MAY BE. THERE IS A GREAT PREMIUM NO EFFICIENCY PLUS THE RIGHT MENTAL ATTITUDE. I WISH YOU WOULD STRESS THIS FACT IN YOUR PRESENTATION OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT.

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THE WAY TO CONNECT CONSCIOUS MIND TO SUBCONCIOUS MIND

                                     CONSCIOUS AND SUBCONSCIOUS MIND

                         HIILL : IS THAT THE WAY ONE CONNECTS THE CONSCIOUS MIND WITH SUBCONSCIOUS , MR.CARNEGIE?

                      CARNEGIE : YES, THAT IS THE SIMPLEST KNOWN METHOD. YOU SEE, THEREFORE, WHY I HAVE EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF INTENSIFYING ONE'S DESIRES UNTIL THEY BECOME OBSESSIONAL. A DEEP, BURNING DESIRE IS PICKED UP BY THE SUBCONSCIOUS AND ACTED UPON MUCH MORE DEFINITELY AND QUICKLY THAN AN ORDINARY DESIRE. A MERE WISH APPEAR TO MAKE TO IMPRESSION ON THE SUBCONSCIOUS! MANY PEOPLE BECOME CONFUSED US TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A WISH AND A BURNING DESIRE WHICH HAS BEEN STIMULATED INTO OBSESSIONAL PROPORTIONS BY THE REPETITION OF THOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH THE DESIRE.

                     HILL : IF I INDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY, MR.CARNEGIE, THE ELEMENT OF REPETITION IS IMPORTANT. WHY?

                   CARNEGIE : BECAUSE REPETITION OF THOUGHT CREATES THOUGHT. HABITS IN THE MIND WHICH CAUSE  THE MIND TO GO RIGHT ON WORKING ON AN IDEA WITHOUT ONE'S CONSCIOUS EFFORT. APPARENTLY THE SUBCONCIOUS CONCERNS ITSELF FIRST WITH THOSE THOUGHTS WHICH HAVE BECOME HABITS AND ESPECIALLY IF THE THOUGHTS HAVE BEEN STRONGLY EMOTIONALIZED BY A DEEP AND BURNING DESIRE FOR THEIR REALIZATION.

                  HILL : THEN ANYONE MAY MAKE USE OF CREATIVE IMAGINATION BY THE SIMPLE PROCESS OF CHARING HIS SUBCONSCIOUS MIND WITH DEFINITE DESIRE?

                  CARNEGIE : YES, THERE IS NOTHING TO HINDER ANYONE FROM USING THIS PRINCIPLE BUT YOU MUST REMEMBER THAT PRACTICAL RESULTS ARE OBTAINED ONLY BY THOSE WHO HAVE GAINED DISCLINE OVER THEIR THOUGHTS-HABITS, THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CONCENTRATION OF INTEREST AND DESIRE. FLEETING THOUGHTS WHICH COME AND GO INTERMITTENTLY, AND MERE WISHES, WHICH ARE ABOUT THE EXTENT OF THE AVERAGE PERSON'S THINKING, MAKE NO IMPRESSION WHATSOVER ON THE SUBCONCIOUS MIND. I WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY ON THIS SUBJECT OF HABIT, AND ITS EFFECT ON INDIVIDUAL AVHIEVEMENT, WILL BE "COSMIC HABIT-FORCE", A NEWLY DISCOVERED LAW OF NATURE WHICH PROMISES TO BECOME OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE OF THIS LAW AT THE TIME MR.CARNEGIE WAS ANALYZING THIS SUBJECT, ALTHOUGH HIS DESCRIPTION OF THE MANNER IN WHICH THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND CAN BE REACHED AND INFLUENCED HARMONIZES PERFECTLY WITH THE NATURE OF "COSMIC HABIT-FORCE".

                      HILL : WILL YOU MENTION SOME ADDTIONAL EXAMPLES OF THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE TWO TYPES OF IMAGINATION ?

                    CARNEGIE : WELL, TAKE THE EXPERIENCE OF HENRY FORD, IN CONNECTION WITH HIS PERFECTION OF THE SELF-PROPELLED VEHICLE, FOR EXAMPLE. THE IDEA OF SUCH A VEHICLE WAS FIRST SUGGESTED TO HIM BY A STEAM-PROPELLED TRACTOR THAT WAS BEING USED TO HAUL A THRESHING MACHINE. FROM THE FIRST TIME THAT HE SAW THE TRACTOR HIS MIND BEGAN TO WORK ON THE IDEA OF A HORSELESS BUGGY. AT FIRST HE USED ONLY THE PRINCIPLE OF SYNTHETIC IMAGINATION BY CENTERING HIS MIND ON WAYS AND MEANS OF CONVERTING THE STEAM TRACTOR INTO A RAPID-MOVING VEHICLE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS.

                  THE IDEA BECAME OBSESSIONAL WITH HIM, AND IT HAD THE EFFECT OF CONVEYING HIS BURNING DESIRE TO HIS SUBCONSCIOUS MIND WHERE IT WAS PICKED UP AND ACTED UPON. THE ACTION  OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND SUGGESTED TO HIM THE USE OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSION ENGINE TO TAKE THE PLACE OF THE STEAM ENGINE, AND HE WENT TO WORK IMMEDIATELY ON THE CREATION OF SUCH AN ENGINE.

                OF COURSE HE HAD THE EXPERIMENTS OF OTHER MEN IN CONNECTION WITH INTERNAL COMBUSION GAS ENGINES AS A GUIDE, BUT HIS PROBLEM WAS TO FIND A WAY TO CONVEY THE POWER OF THE ENGINE TO THE WHEELS OF A VEHICLE.HE KEPT HIS MIND CHARGED WITH HIS MAJOR PURPOSE UNTIL, STEP BY STEP, HIS SUBCONSCIOUS MIND PRESENTED HIM WITH IDEAS WITH WHICH HE PERFECTED THE PLANETARY OF POWER TRANSMISSION WHICH ENABLED HIM TO PERFECT HIS FIRST WORKING MODEL OF AN AUTOMOBILE.

                   HILL : WILL YOU DESCRIBE THE MAJOR FACTORS WHICH ENTERED INTO THE MODUS OPERANDI OF MR.FORD'S MIND WHILE HE WAS PERFECTING THE AUTOMOBILE?

                  CARNEGIE : THAT WILL BE VERY EASY. WHEN I DESCRIBE THEM YOU WILL HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORKING PRINCIPLES USED BY ALL SUCCESSFUL MEN, AS WELL AS A CLEAR PICTURE OF THE FORD MIND.

• MR. FORD WAS MOTIVATED BY A DEFINITE PURPOSE, WHICH IS THE FIRST STEP IN ALL INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS.
• HE STIMULATED HIS PURPOSE INTO AN OBSESSION BY CONCENTRATING HIS THOUGHTS UPON IT.
• HE CONVERTED HIS PURPOSE INTO DEFINITE PLANS, THROUGH THE PRINCIPLE OF ORGANIZED INDIVIDUAL ENDEAVOR, AND PUT HIS PLANS INTO ACTION WITH UNABATING PERSISTENCE.
• HE MADE USE OF THE MASTER MIND PRINCIPLE, FIRST, BY THED HARMONIOUS AID OF HIS WIFE, AND SECONDLY, BY GAINING COUNSEL FROM OTHERS WHO HAD EXPERIMENTED WITH INTERNAL COMBUSION ENGINES AND METHODS OF POWER TRANSMISSION. STILL LATER, OF COURSE, WHEN HE BEGAN TO PRODUCE AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE, HE MADE A STILL MORE EXTENSIVE USE OF THE MASTER MIND PRINCIPLE BY ALLYING HIMSELF WITH THE DODGE BROTHERS AND OTHER MACHANICS AND ENGINEERS SKILLED IN THE SORT OF MECHANICAL PROBLEMS HE HAD TO SOLVE.
• BACK OF ALL THIS EFFORT WAS THE POWER OF APPLIED FAITH WHICH HE ACQUIRED AS THE RESULT OF HIS INTENSE DESIRE FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH HIS DEFINITE MAJOR PURPOSE.

   

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