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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