STEP THIRTY-THREE
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AT THIS POINT COMES MARJANAM OR ABISHEKAM, WHICH IS LIKE A CORONATION. THE IDEA IS THAT NOW THAT YOU HAVE PERFORMED THE MANTRA AND THE ASSOCIATED CEREMONIES, WHEN YOU WALK OUT INOT THE REAL WORLD, YOU DON'T WANT TO OPERATE LIKE A NORMAL HUMAN BEING - YOU WANT TO BE DIVINE, YOU WANT TO BE LIKE YOUR OBJECT OF WORSHIP. CORONATION OR MARJANAM IS DONE IN THE BELIEF THAT YOU ARE A DEVOTA NOW. YOU HAVE DONE NYASA EARLIER, YOU HAVE PLACED THE LETTERS, YOU HAVE DONE NYASA EARLIER, YOU HAVE PLACED THE LETTERS, YOU HAVE DONE THE MUDRAS, YOU HAVE DONE THE CHANTING, YOU HAVE INVOKED THE ENERGY, YOU ARE IN DEVI BHAVA - YOU HAVE REQUESTED THE ENERGY, YOU ARE IN DEVI BHAVA - YOU HAVE REQUESTED THE ENERGY TO STAY INSIDE YOU, AND NOW YOU ARE THAT ENERGY.
WITH THAT FEELING, YOU DO MARJANAM, WHICH IS USUALLY ONE-TENTH OF LIBERATIONS. SO IF YOU HAVE DONE 1000 JAPA, YOU WOULD DO 100 FIRE OFFERINGS, TARPAN WOULD BE DONE 10 TIMES, AND MARJANAM ONLY ONCE. ALTERNATIVELY, YOU COULD BASE YOUR SADHANA ON TIME, AS I DID. I WOULD SIT DOWN FOR TEN HOURS FOR JAPA, I WOULD DO YAJNA FOR ONE HOUR, TARPAN FOR SIX MINUTES - AND THEN ANOTHER THREE MINUTES OR SO OF MARJANAM, RATHER THAN ONE-TENTH OF SIX MINUTES, WHICH WOULD RUN INTO MERE SECONDS. NOTE THAT THE JAPA HAS TO BE THE SAME FACTOR EVERY DAY, BUT THE LAST COUNT, FOR MARJANAM, CAN BE IN ROUND FIGURES.
BE MINDFUL THAT THE WATER FOR TARPAN CANNOT BE USED FOR MARJANAM. IT WOULD BE LIKE REUSING SOMEBODY'S OLD BATHWATER. THAT'S NOT A NICE IMAGE BUT IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
TO DO MARJANAM, HAVE SOME WATER IN A LITTLE POT, JOIN YOUR RING FINGER WITH YOUR THUMB, DIP IT IN THE POT AND THEN SPRINKLE IT OVER YOUR HEAD WITH THE STILL-JOINED RING FINGER AND THUMB, ADD "OM MARJAYAMI" AT THE END. SO, IT BECOMES:
