DREAMS WITH WINTER

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                          FROM HIMALAYA THROUGH VALLEYS, PLAINS, TOWNS AND VILLAGES, GANGA WIDENS TILL SHE REACHES CALCUTTA, THE LAST CITY ON HER PILGRIMAGE BEFORE SHE MERGES WITH THE BAY OF BENGAL. ON THE WAY SHE ACCUMULATES DIRT, FILTH AND DRAINAGE. BUT WHEN ONE STANDS QUIETLY ON HER BANK AND GLANCES OVER HER BREADTH, WHAT A MYSTICAL AND HEALING AURA SHE HAS! FEELINGS OF DEVOTION AND SPIRITUALITY WELL UP INSIDE, TRANSCENDING CONSIDERATIONS OF GOOD AND BAD. AFTER ALL, DOES SHE NOT ABSORB THE DARK SINS OF VAST HUMANITY, GROPING IN THE STARK DARKNESS OF IGNORANCE? LIKE A GOOD MOTHER, SHE PROVIDES FOR HER CHILDREN, HELPING AND GUIDING THEM TO THEIR DESTINY. IN THE PROCESS, SHE BECOMES CONTAMINATED AND IMPURE, BUT WHAT A GLORIOUS SACRIFICE!

                     THE SACRIFICIAL VAPORS OF PURIFICATION AGAIN RISE HIGHER INTO THE SKY, SLOWLY TRAVELING TOWARD THE FOUNTAINHEAD IN HIMALAYA - THE RESERVOIR FOR THIRSTY MANKIND. THUS THE CYCLE IS COMPLETED UNDER THE GUIDANCE AND WITH THE HELP OF THE BENEVOLENT AND DAZZLING SUN. WHERE DOES IT ALL START AND WHERE DOES IT END? FROM PERFECTION IT RISES AND INTO  PERFECTION IT MERGES.

                    AT KALIGHAT IN CALCUTTA, SATYAKAM, ALONG WITH BHAIRAVI AND PURAN, MET MATAJI AT THE HOME OF ONE OF HER DEVOTEES. SHE HAD BEEN WAITING FOR THEM! A SPECIAL SEAT HAD BEEN PLACED NEAR WAS CHARGED WITH HIGH ENERGY. IT WAS SUCH A DELIGHT TO SEE THE AUGUSET PRESENCE OF ALL THOSE GREAT SOULS IN ONE PLACE! INDEED, THE DEVOTEE IN WHOSE HOUSE MATAJI WAS STAYING MUST HAVE BEEN A THRICE BLESSED SOUL.

                    MATAJI AND MAHARAJ EXCHANGED CUSTOMARY GREETINGS. THEN MATAJI CALLED BHAIRAVI AND HER SON TO SIT NEAR HER. BOTH BOWED DOWN TO HER. SMILING, MATAJI ASKED THE BOY, WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

                  PURAN, SWEETLY UTTERED THE BOY.

                  WHAT AN APPROPRIATE NAME, MATAJI SPOKE WITH GREAT TENDERNESS. PRAY YOU'LL FULLFILL YOUR NAME.

                   HE IS YOUR CHILD, MATAJI, REPLIED BHAIRAVI DEVOTEDLY. MATAJI, WITH HER HEAVENLY SWEET SMILE, LOOKED AT ALL THREE WITH MUCH INTIMACY AND BLESSING. SUCH A RARE BOND OF SPIRIT!

                 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON MANY DEVOTEES OF MATAJI ARRIVED. AT BHAIRAVI AND PURAN SAT BEFPORE HER, SATYAKAM SLIPPED OUT OF THE HOUSE, HIRED A HORSE CARRIAGE, AND HEADED TOWARD THE NORTH OR THE CITY. IN A LONELY PLACE SOME MILES AWAY, HE GOT DOWN FROM THE CARRIAGE AND STARTED WALKING TOWARD GANGA. THE RIVER HERE WAS WIDE - MORE THAN A MILE. AT A SECLUDED SPOT ON THE BANK HE FOUND SOME BRICK STEPS AND STOOD THERE MOTIONLESS, GAZING AT THE RIVER. THEN, CLOSING HIS EYES, HE TOUCHED HIS FORHEAD WITH FOLDED HANDS AND WHISPERED TENDERLY, GANGA, MAKE ME AS A PURE AS THOU ART. THOU ART SUSTAINER AND MOTHER TO ALL. FULLFILL MY DESTINY. AS THOU ART PERFECT, BESTOW  UPON ME THUS.

                  TWO TEARS RAN DOWN FROM HIS CLOSED EYES. FOR SOME TIME HE STOOD THERE FEELING RELEASED AND LIGHT. UPON STRAIGHTENING HIMSELF, HE HEARD FOOTSTEPS BEHIND HIM. HE LOOKED AROUND, BUT SAW NO ONE.

               AT SUNSET TIME, THE SUN GREW INTO A BIG RED BALL OF FREE BEFORE SINKING INTO THE HORIZON ON THE OPPOSITE BANK OF GANGA. A MYSTICAL QUIET PERVADED. SATYAKAM SAT DOWN ON THE STEPS IN A MEDITATIVE POSE. AFTER ABOUT TWELVE YEARS THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HAD BEEN REALLY ALONE, BUT HOW FULL HE FELT! THERE WAS NO TRACE OF ATTACHEMENT OR WORRY. NOTHING, IT SEEMED, EXISTED BETWEEN HIM AND HIS GOAL EXCEPT HIS MASTER WHO WAS IN HIS CONSTANT REMEMBRANCE THESE DAYS. WHO WOULD HAVE EVEN IMAGINED THAT A FEW STAYING? IT ALL SEEMED AGES APART, AS IF   A STORY OF ANOTHER INCARNATION. BUT WERE THEY SEPERATE FROM HIM?

             

                   THIS WAS THE TIME WHEN WINTER MINGLED WITH AUTUMN. MILD COLD HAD SET IN, BUT THE WEATHER REMAINDED PLEASANT. EXCEPT FOR SOME RED STREAKS AT THE HORIZON, THE SUN HAD COMPLETELY SET. THE SOFT MURMURING OF THE FLOWING GANGA, THE QUIETING CROAKS OF FROGS SOMEWHERE NEARBY, THE SOFT TOUCH OF THE MILD BREEZE - THESE WERE THE ONLY WITNESS HERE AT THIS HOUR OF TWILIGHT.

                  ONCE AGAIN SATYAKAM, HEARD FOOTSTEPS BEHIND HIM. LOOKING BACK, HE SAW THE SAME WHITE BEARDED OLD MAN WHO, TWELVE YEARS AGO, HAD DIRECTED HIM TO THE VILLAGE KADAMBINI. HE ABRUPTLY GOT UP, PLACED HIS HEAD ON THE OLD MAN'S FEET AND SHED TEARS OF JOY.

                   GURUDEV, CRIED SATYAKAM, I CAN'T MISTAKE YOU ANYMORE, AFTER A PAUSE, HE ASKED, WHY COULDN'T I SEE YOU WHEN I FIRST HEARD YOUR FOOTSTEPS?

                  THE MASTER SPOKE GRACIOUSLY, IT SEEMS YOU HAD LOST SOME OF YOUR POWERS AND CONSEQUENTLY COULDN'T COMMUNICATE WITH ME BEYOND THE AUDIBLE SOUND. THEN I WAITED UNTIL YOUR LEVEL ENHANCED TO HIGHER PERCEPTION AND YOU COULD SEE ME. IT IS ALL RIGHT NOW.

                AFTER A BRIEF PAUSE, THE MASTER ASKED, WHAT DO YOU INTEND TO DO NOW?

                AS YOU INSTRUCT ME, I WILL DO, REPLIED SATYAKAM WITH UTMOST SURRENDER.

              TAKE THE TRAIN TO THE FOOTHILLS OF EASTERN HIMALAYA AT A PLACE CALLED SILIGURI, I'LL MEET YOU THERE, SO SAYING, THE WHILE ROBED SAGE VANISHED AGAIN.

             NIGHT WAS DESCENDING QUIETLY. IN THE DARKENING SKY, THE STARS GRADUALLY BEGAN TO APPEAR. SATYAKAM HEADED TOWARD THE CALCUTTA RAILWAY STATION.

                    NEXT MORNING, AS SATYAKAM ALIGHTED FROM THE TRAIN AT SILIGURI, AN OCHRE ROBED MIDDLE-AGED HOLY MAN APPROACHED TO RECEIVE HIM. AFTER CUSTOMARY GREETINGS, THE HOLY MAN SAID, THE MASTER HAS INTRUCTED ME TO GUIDE YOU TO THE PLACE WHERE HE'LL MEET YOU. UPON LEAVING THE PLATFORM, THEY HIRED A HORSE CARRIAGE. AFTER FEW MILES, THEY GOT DOWN AND STARTED WALKING UP A HILLY PATH.

                    IMMENSE TEA GARDENS GREW ON BOTH SIDES. BEFORE THEM ROSE THE FIRST RANGES OF EASTERN HIMALAYAS. SATYAKAM AND HIS COMPANION REMAINDED MOSTLY QUIET. AS HE LOOKED UP AT THE MAJESTIC MOUNTAINS, SATYAKAM'S EYES BRIMMED CRYSTAL CLEAR AS HE FELT HIS HOMECOMING WELL UP INSIDE HIS FACE TURNED SOFTER.

                LEAVING THE COMMON PATHWAY, THEY TURNED EASTWARD ONTO A LESS TRODDEN FOOTPATH, THE TRAIL BEGAN TO RISE SLOWLY. LUSH GREEN FOREST SURROUNDED THEM. THEY WALKED FOR ABOUT THREE MILES BEFORE REACHING A DELIGHTFUL STREAM WINDING ITS WAY THROUGH THE WOODS. IT WASN'T VERY WIDE AND THEY CROSSEE IT IN KNEE- DEEP WATER.

               FEELING UTTERLY  QUIET AND CUT OFF FROM THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF THE TOWN, THEY SAT DOWN  TO REST AMIDST THE LONELY SURROUNDINGS. THE MAGIC OF THE SEASON HAD TRANSFORMED THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS INTO A SPECTACULAR PANORAMA OF COLORS. THEY PERSPIRED LIGHTLY IN THE COOL AIR. SATYAKAM FELT SLIGHTLY MORE TIRED THAN HIS COMPANION, AS IT HAD BEEN ABOUT TWELVE YEARS SINCE HE HAD CLIMBED THE MOUNTAINS.

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THE MONSOON NIGHT

                                                              THE NIGHT

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                  THAT NIGHT WAS THE NEW MOON. PITCH DARK. A MILD BREEZE RUSTLED THE LEAVES. THE FREQUENT BARKING OF A DOG IN SOME CORNER OF THE CREMATION GROUND INTERRUPTED THE AWESOME SELENCE OF THE LONELY NIGHT.

                 AMIDST A GROVE OF THICK TREES LAY THE MUD AND STRAW HUT SATYAKAM HAD OCCUPIED, ENGULFED IN THE DARK SHADE. ON THE EARTHERN FLOOR A SMALL WOOD FIRE WAS BURNING, AND ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF IT SAT KAPALAK AND SATYAKAM FACING EACH OTHER. WEARING ONLY LOINCLOTHS, THEY HAD SMEARED THEIR BODIES WITH WOOD ASHES, BOTH SAT MOTIONLESS.

                KAPALAK BEGAN, WHATEVER I TEACH YOU IS THE BLESSING OF OUR MASTER, I AM SIMPLY AN INSTRUMENT, A FLAME, KINDLED BY THE MASTER, AND IN TURN KINDLING OTHER INTRUMENTS. I AM PARTICULARLY GLAD YOU ARE ALREADY AND ADVANCED YOGI SO I CAN DIRECTLY IMPACT ADVANCED COURSES TO YOU.

              BUT BEFORE I START THE FIRST TECHNIQUE, I WOULD LIKE TO FEEL SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE FAITH REQUIRED. THE GREATER THE FAITH, THE BETTER THE RESULTS. FAITH INSTILLS COURAGE, WHICH IS ESPECIALLY REQUIRED IN TANTRA FOR PRACTICING THE SO-CALLED SUPERNATURAL TECHNIQUES. SUPERNATURAL, BECAUSE THEY ARE DIFFERENT THAN ORDINARY, NATURAL DIMENSIONS. THUS THE NEED OF FAITH IN AN UNKNOWN PHENOMENON, 

              WOULD YOU CALL FAITH A FLIGHT OF IMAGINATION? INQUIRED SATYAKAM.

                EVEN IF WE CALL IT IMAGINAYTION, IT REQUIRES A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CONCENTRATION OF OBJECTIFY IT. AND CONCENTRATION CANNOT DEVELOP WITHOUT A CORRESPONDINGLY SUFFICIENT FAITH IN THE REALITY OF AN OBJECT. IT IS ONLY, A SEMANTIC PROBLEM. PERHAPS THE ONLY DIFFERENCE MA SEEM THE FAITH INVOLVES DEVOTION, WHEREAS IMAGINATION DOES NOT. BUT THIS IS ONLY A SUPERFICIAL VIEW. AS YOU SCRUTINIZE IMAGINATION MORE AND MORE, YOU'LL CLEARLY SEE THAT INTERENT IN IT IS ATTITUDE OF DEVOTION, THOUGH IT MAY BE ONLY VERY FAINTLY PERCEPTIBLE. IN SHORT, WHAT YOU CALL IMAGINATION, I CALL FAITH.

              SATYAKAM, APPROVING OF THE EXPLANATION, WAITED FOR THE TECHNIQUE.

              KAPALAK SEEMEE SATISFIED AND CONTINUED, WE'LL START WITH NADA YOGA. IT IS ONE OF THE PATHS OF CONCENTRATION THROUGH SOUNDS. THESE SOUNDS RING WITHIN YOU AND AS YOU GO DEEP, THE GROSS SOUNDS GO ON TERMINATING INTO SUBTLE AND MORE SUBTLE SOUNDS, TILL THE CONCENTRATION CULMINATES INTO THE LAST ONE WHICH IS TRANSCENDENTAL.

  

                          THERE ARE SEVEN MAJOR SOUNDS, OF WHICH THE FIRST TWO ARE THE SHORT AND LONG SOUNDS OF A CRICKET. THE OTHER FIVE ARE, THOSE OF DRUMBEATS, THE RUMBLING OF DARK CLOUNDS, CONCH SHELL, BELL AND FLUTE. AT TIMES THESE SOUNDS WILL SEEM AS IF THEY ARE COMING FROM OUTSIDE YOU, BUT IF YOU'LL OPEN YOUR EYES THE SOUNDS WILL BE GONE.

                     AS YOU ARE ALREADY WELL ADVANCED IN CONCENTRATION, IT WON'T TAKE YOU LONG TIME TO ACCOMPLISH IT. FIRST, CONCENTRATE ON THE SOUNDS OF THE CRICKET. JUST KEEP ON THAT AND YOU WILL FIND THAT GRADUALLY ONE SOUND WILL LEAD TO ANOTHER AS YOUR CONCENTRATION DEEPENS.

           

                    SATYAKAM INQUIRED, WHAT IS NADA?

 

                   KAPALAK EXPLAINED, NADA OR SOUNDS IS THE INTRINSIC QUALITY OF SPACE OR SILENCE. IT EXPANDS INTO SPACE AS WAVES DO IN AN OCEAN. SOUNDS HAS THREE STAGES, VERBAL, SUBTLE AND CAUSAL.

                  SUBTLE SOUND, OR NADA, CAN HEARD, BUT BOT NECESSARILY. THE SYLLABLE VANISHES WITH THE SOUND. CAUSAL SOUND IS WITHOUT VIBRATION ANS IS SOMETIMES CALLED SILENT SOUND.

              

               THE WILL THAT IS INHERENT IN NATURE CREATES VIBRATION CALLED NADA OR SOUND. NADA CONTAINS ALL POSSIBILITIES OF BECOMING. EVERYTHING FROM THE SUBTLE TO THE GROSS IS A MANIFESTATION OF VARIOUS COMBINATION OF VIBRATION.

              NADA IS THE NUCLEUS OF CONCENTRATED ENERGY, WHICH PROVIDES THE SOURCE OF CAUSAL SOUND IN THE ECHO ASPECT. THE POINT, THROUGH THE WILL, EXPANDS INTO A WAVE IN THE DYNAMIC ASPECT.

      

              THERE IS NO VACUUM ANYWHERE. THE UNIVERSE IS A CONTINUUM OF VIBRATORY PHENOMENA. AT THE AUDIBLE LEVEL, SOUND MANIFESTS DIFFERENT VIBRATIONS THAT CREATE LIGHT, HEAT, DIMENSIONS, AND SO FORTH, KAPALAK PAUSED BRIEFLY. SATYAKAM WAS LISTENING INTENTLY.

          

             

                     KAP ALAK CONTINUED, I'LL LEAVE YOU HERE TONIGHT TO PRACTICE THE TECHNIQUE. BUT BEFORE I LEAVE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF YOU ARE HEARING THE FIRST SOUND. SO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SEE IF YOU ARE HEARING ANYTHING.

                   

                   SATYAKAM CALMLY CLOED HIS EYES AND WAITED, HE COULDN'T MAKE ANY HEADWAY.

            

                 IT 'LL HAPPEN IF YOU HERE TONIGHT TO PRACTICE THE TECHNIQUE. BUT BEFORE I LEAVE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF YOU ARE HARING THE FIRST SOUND. SO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SEE IF YOU ARE HEARING ANYTHING.

 

                   SATYAKAM CALMLY CLOSED HIS EYES AND WAITED, HE COULDN'T MAKE ANY HEADWAY.

                  IT'LL HAPPEN I YOU WAIT PATIENTLY THE FIRST SHORT RANGE SOUND- THAT OF A CRICKET - RINGS ALL THE TIME IN ANYONE. IT IS A MATTER OF TRAINING YOUR INNER EAR TO CATCH IT AN THEN OF PROLONGED LINKING WITH IT.

                AS KAPALAK WAS STILL TALKING SOFTLY, SATYAKAM WAS LOST WITHIN - THE CONTINUOUS, SOOTHING, PACIFYING SOUND OF THE CRICKET. HIS FACE ASSUMED A MORE SETTLED EXPRESSION OF PEACE AND HE NO LONGER SEEMED AWARE OF OUTER SURROUNDINGS. KAPALAK QUIETLY AROSE FROM HIS SEAT AND LEFT THE HURT.

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PERFORMING THE GAYATHRI SADHANA

                                                      HOW IT WORKS

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                   ONE AMAZING THING ABOUT PERFORMING THE GAYATHRI SADHANA IS THAT YOU NOTICE A GENERAL RISE IN YOUR BODY TEMPERATURE WITHIN THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF STARTING YOUR PURUSHCHARANA. DON'T BE ALARMED IF THAT HAPPENS. CHANTING THE GAYATHRI MANTRA STIMULATES THE SOLAR CHANNEL IN OUR BODY. SAVITUR GAYATRI, THE MANTRA WE ARE CONCERNED WITH IN THIS BOOK, HAS SINCE TIMES IMMEMORIAL BEEN CHANTED WHILE STANDING IN THE RIVER. FOR, SAVITUR ALSO MEANS SUN. OFFERING LIBATIONS TOWARDS THE SUN WHILE STANDING IN WATER IN AN AGE-OLD PRACTICE.

               GAYATRI WORSHIPPRS WOULD CHANT THIS MANTRA WHILE STANDING IN A RIVER, LAKE OR AN OCEAN, WITH WATER SOMETIMES UP TO THEIR KNEES, WAISTS, OR EVEN UP TO THEIR CHESTS, DEPENDING ON WHICH LINEAGE THEY BELONGED TO. THIS IS NOT JUST PHYSICAL BUT PSYCHICAL HEAT. THE TIBETANS CALL IT TUMMO. I HAVE FOUND THAT WHAT THEY DO WITH A SET OF YOGIC PRACTICES TO STIMULATE TUMMO, GAYATHRI  ACCOMPLISHES A NEARLY SIMILAR OUTCOME PLUS MORE.

               FROM FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE, I CAN CONFIRM THIS MANTRA GENERATES HEAT IN YOUR BODY. ONCE WHEN I WAS IN CANADA, I HAD SOME TIME TO MYSELF - THIS WAS BEFORE I RENOUNCED. IT WAS  A WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AND I HAD A MEETING ON A FRIDAY, I HEARD FROM MY CLIENT THAT THE MEETING WOULD BE POSTPONED TO THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY. I THOUGHT, I NOW HAD THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, AND MONDAY FREE, AND I DIDN'T  WANT TO SIT AT HOME AND DO NOTHING OR JUST PLAY GOLF ETC.

               INTENDING TO MAKE GOOD USE OF MY TIME, I DECIDED TO GO AWAY AND DO A LITTLE PURUSHCHARANA OF THE GAYATRI MANTRA. IT OBVIOUSLY WASN'T MY FIRST SADHANA - I HAD DONE MANY PURUSHCHARANAS BY THEN AND I KNEW HOW LONG I COULD SIT, ETC. SO I FIGURED I WOULD CHANT THE MANTRA UP TO N12 HOURS A DAY, THREE STRETCHES OF FOUR HOURS, INTERSPERSED WITH THREE HOUR BREAKS. I LOOKED OR IN A HOTEL ROOM - I WANTED A QUIET, SECLUDED PLACE.

            FORTUNATELY, I FOUND A RENTAL CARAVAN ADVERTESED ON SOME WEBSITE, SO I LEFT A MESSAGE RIGHT AWAY BUT NO ONE CALLED BACK. AFTER WAITING ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS, I FOUND TWO MORE PLACES AND LEFT MESSAGES ON THEIR VOICEMAILS. NO ONE CALLED BACK. MEANWHILE, IT WAS EVENING AND I WENT TO PLAY BADMINTON. I THOUGHT WHY TO WASTE MY EVENING WAITING FOR A PHONE CALL. IT WAS BETTER TO GET SOME BLOOD CIRCULATION GOING.

         THREE HOURS LATER, WHEN I FINISHED AND TURNED MY PHONE ON, THERE WAS A MESSAGE ON IT FROM THE CARAVAN LADY. IT WAS NEARLY 8 PM BY THEN. I CALLED HER BACK AND SHE SAID, "OKAY" YOU CAN TAKE THAT PLACE, NO PROBLEM. BUT NOBODY LIVES THERE , IT'S TOTALLY ISOLATED. ARE YOU AWARE OF THAT?

             

YES, I SAID.

AND THERE'S NO RUNNING WATER.

NO PROBLEM.

NO FLUSHING TOILET EITHER.

UH... OKAY... NO PROBLEM.

IT'S NEXT TO A LAKE, FAR INTO THE WOODS.

SOUNDS PRETTY NICE!

COME TO MY PLACE FIRST, SHE SAID, GIVE ME THE MONEY THEN I'LL GIVE YOU THE KEY.

IT WAS ONLY 50 BUCKS A DAY.

FAIR ENOUGH, I SAID TO HER.

                   I WENT HOME AND SAID TO MY BROTHER - AND SISTER-IN-LAW, WHO ALWAYS TOOK CARE OF ME AS A MOTHER WOULD - I AM GOING AWAY FOR A FEW DAYS. THEY WERE QUITE USED TO ME HEADING OFF ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT. MY SISTER-IN-LAW QUICKLY SAID, "LET ME AT LEAST PACK A QUILT FOR YOU AND SOMETHING TO EAT".

I SAID, I WONT BE EATING ANTYTHING, DON'T BOTHER PACKING ANY STUFF FOR ME.

I DROVE FOR HOURS. THIS PLACE WAS QUITE FAR, AND I PUT IT ON MY GPS. IT WAS WAY OFF THE BEATEN TRACK, AND THE GPS WAS GOING HAYWIRE. I WAS FEELING BAD FOR DRIVING MY BROTHER'S BMW ON THESE UNPAVED ROADS. SOMEHOW, I MANAGED TO REACH THE OWNER'S PLACE AFTER MIDNIGHT. I KNOCKED ON HER DOOR, AND SHE SAID, I AM QUITE INTRIGUED, BECAUSE JUST LAST WEEK I LOST MY SISTER, AND SHE USED TO SPEND A FAIR BIT OF TIME IN THAT CARAVAN. THEN I GOT A MASSAGE FROM YOU SAYING YOU WOULD LIKE TO RENT MY CARAVAN FOR MEDITATION. THIS MUST BE GOD'S MYSTERIOUS WAY AND NOT A COINCIDENCE.

THE CARAVAN WAS 20 MINUTES AWAY FROM HER PLACE, SHE TOLD ME, THAT IT WAS NOT LOCKED AND THAT THERE WAS NO KEY BECAUSE NO ONE WENT THERE. BUT NOW THAT I WAS AT HER PLACE, I COULD GIVE HER THE RENT FIRST.

TOMORROW MORNING YOU CAN DRIVE BACE HERE. SHE SAID, I CANT GIVE YOU BREAD, MILK, AND JUICE OR SOMETHING.

DON'T WORRY, I SAID, I WON'T BE EATING ANYTHING, I HAVE A BOTTLE OF ORANGE JUICE,  I HAD DECIDED THAT I WOULD TAKE THREE SIPS OF ORANGE JUICE A DAY.

ARE YOU SURE?

"POSITIVE".

WELL, IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND, JUST GIVE ME A CALL. DON'T DIE, YOU KNOW.

I CHUCKLED AND SAID, I'LL BE FINE!

I WENT TO THE CARAVAN AND LAY DOWN. I THOUGHT I WOULD CHANT FOR AN HOUR BUT I WAS VERY TIRED FROM FIRST PLAYING BADMINTON AND THEN DRIVING FOR FOUR HOURS, SO I SLEPT AFTER A MERE 20 MINUTES AND WOKE UP THREE HOURS LATER, AT 4 AM.  I WENT TO THE LAKE - JUST REMEMBER, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SWIM, SO GETTING TO THE LAKE AND FILLING A BUCKET FOR MY BATH WHILE MAKING SURE I DIDN'T SLIP INTO THE WATER WAS NOT EASY. NEVERTHELESS, I MANAGED. I BATHED OUTSIDE AND TOOK ANOTHER BUCKET OF WATER BACK TO THE CARAVAN, AND STARTED MY CHANTING.

THE DAY WENT WELL. AT NIGHT, DURING MY REST PERIOD, I FELT SOMEBODY WEARING A HOOD WAS LOOKING RIGHT AT ME THROUGH THE LITTLE WINDOW OF THE CARAVAN.

WHO'S THERE ? I SAID, NOBODY ANSWERED.

WHO' THERE? I SAID AGAIN, STILL NOBODY ANSWERED.

I FLASHED A LIGHT THROUGH THE WINDOW, BUT IN THE PITCH DARKNESS OUTSIDE THE FLASH JUST GLARED BACK AT ME FROM THE WINDOW PANE. I HEARD SOME NOISE OUTSIDE AS IF SOMEBODY WAS RUNNING. I GOT UP QUICKLY AND OPENED THE DOOR OF THE CARAVAN, AND IN THE MEANTIME, WHATEVER THIS FIGURE WAS JUST RAN AWAY, I COULN'T CATCH A GLIMPSE OF ANYTHING. 

NOW THAT I AM UP, I THOUGHT, I MIGHT AS WELL DO SOME MORE CHANTING. SO I CHANTED THE WHOLE NIGHT, AND DID SO ALSO FOR THE THIRD NIGHT. WHEN I ENDED MY SADHANA ON MONDAY MORNING, SOMETHING BEATIFUL HAPPENDED. BEFORE I TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED, LET ME SAY THAT I DON'T WANT YOU TO BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING SUPERNATURAL OCCURED, ALTHOUGH I HAVE EXPERIENCED MANY SUCH THINGS IN MY LIFE. THIS WAS SIMPLY BEATIFUL. I HAD TO DO A LITTLE GAGNA. NOW FOR THE PERMISSION TO LIGHT A FIRE THERE. ALSO, I WASN'T CARRYING ANY INGREDIENTS FOR THE YAGNA. I JUST WANTED TO LIGHT A LITTLE FIRE.

LUCKILY, I HAD TAKEN SOME MATCHBOXES WITH ME, I BROKE OFF THE HEADS, AND THE MATCHSTICKS BECAME MY TINY PIECES OF FIREWOOD. SO I DID A LITLLE YAGNA OUTSIDE AND WHEN I FINISHED AND LOOKED UP, THERE WAS THE MOST GLORIOUS SIGHT OF 40 OR 50 LOTUSES BY THE BANK OF THE LAKE NEARBY. THEY WERE IN FULL BLOOM, WITH PINK BLOSSOMS AND SEA-GREEN PADS, BATHED IN GENTLE SUNLIGHT - IT WAS JUST DELIGHTFUL. I FELT THAT MY SADHANA WAS COMPLETE. I HAVE NO CLUE WHY I FAILED TO NOTICE THEM ON THE FIRST TWO DAYS.

I SHOULD NOT USE THE WORD SADHANA - IT WAS MORE MINI ANUSHTHANA BUT BECAUSE IT WAS THE GAYATHRI MANTRA, THE HEAT IN MY BODY WAS SO GREAT THAT I DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO. I LOST ALL MY APPETITE BECAUSE WHEN THERE IS EXCESSIVE HEAT IN THE BODY, YOU TEND TO LOSE YOUR APPETITE. I DROVE BACK HOME, AND DIDN'T FEEL HUNGRY THAT DAY OR THE NEXT DAY. I JUST WANTED TO LIE DOWN BUT MY MIND WAS ACTIVE, AND MY BODY ENERGETIC. I REALLY COULDN'T DO MUCH.

THE GAYATHRI MANTRA IS ONE OF THE REASONS I COULD LIVE IN THE HIMALAYAS WEARING ROBES AS THE KIND I WEAR- ALL COTTON. THIS IS ACTUALLY MORE CLOTHING THAN I WORE IN BADRINATH DURING MY SADHANA. I WAS JUST IN MY LOINCLOTH, AND THE COLD THERE DID NOT BOTHER ME IN THE SLIGHTEST. THIS IS BECAUSE THE GAYATRI MANTRA FIRES UP THE SOLAR CHANNEL IN YOUR BODY.

IF YOU FEEL EXCESSIVE HEAT IN YOUR BODY WHEN YOU CHANT THE GAYATHRI MANTRA, IT IS IMPORTANT TO LIE DOWN ON YOUR RIGHT SIDE FOR A LITTLE WHILE BECAUSE WHEN YOU LIE DOWN ON YOUR RIGHT SIDE, YOUR LEFT CHANNEL, WHICH IS YOUR LUNAR CHANNEL, WILL BE ACTIVATED. YOU WILL START TO BREATHE FROM YOUR LEFT NOSTRIL AND WHEN YOU BREATHE FROM YOUR LEFT, YOU WILL COOL DOWN SOMEWHAT.

NEXT TIME YOU ARE ANGRY OR AGITATED, CHECK IF YOU ARE BREATHING FROM THE LEFT OR RIGHT. IN MEDITATION, WHEN YOU EXPERIENCE RESTLESSNESS OR AGGRESSIVE THOUGHTS, MAKE SURE YOU ARE BREATHING FROM THE LEFT - YOU WILL FEEL A CALMING SENSATION WITHIN A FEW MINUTES. I YOU ARE FEELING LAZY, BREATHE FROM THE RIGHT NOSTRIL AND THIS WILL INVIGORATE YOU.

INVOKING THE GAYATRI MANTRA IS A STRUCTURED MANNER WILL HELP YOU BUILD A RESERVOIR OF DIVINE ENERGY. LET ME GO OVER THAT.

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IF YOU HAVE WISH TO START SADHANA (GAYATHRI MANTRA)

                                                NOTE THIS DETAILS

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           YOU CAN START GAYATHRI SADHANA ON ANY FULL MOON DAY. YOU CAN CARRY OUT THE ROUTINE IN THE MORNING OR AT NIGHT. PRAYING TO THE DIVINE MOTHER IN THE FORM OF GAYATHRI IN THE MORNING IS THE VEDIC WORSHIP WHILE THE EXACT SAME ROUTINE, WHEN UNDERTAKEN AT NIGHT, BECOMES HER TANTRIC METHOD OF WORSHIP. THE MAIN THING IS TO BE CONSISTENT OF CHANTING IN THE MORNING, FOLLOW THAT TILL YOU COMPLETE THE PURUSHCHARANA, IF YOU START YOUR SADHANA BY CHANTING ONLY IN THE EVENING, STICK TO THAT TILL THE END, IT IS ALSO PERFECTLY FINE TO SPLIT YOUR SESSION INTO MORNING AND EVENINGS. ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU DO THAT, MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THE SAME ROUTINE TILL YOU FINISH YOUR PURUSHCHARANA. PLEASE NOTE THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY SESSION, YOU'VE TO DO PURIFICATION, NYASA AND ALL THE OTHER STEPS AS SPECIFIED LATER IN THIS CHAPTER. OF COURSE, YOU ONLY HAVE TO PERFORM THE SEVEN STEPS IF YOU CHOOSE THE BRIEF INVOCATION OVER COMPREHENSIVE INVOCATION. THE IDEA IS TO TRAIN YOUR MIND BY DOING THE SAME THING AT PRECISELY THE SAME TIME FOR THE AMOUNT OF MINUTESOR HOURS EVERY DAY FOR A CERTAIN LENGTH OF DURATION.

                                                      WHO CAN DO THIS SADHANA

               ANY PERSON, OF ANY, RELIGION, ABILITY OR BACKGROUND CAN DO THIS SADHANA WITH OR WITHOUT INITIATION. MENSTRUATING WOMEN CAN START OR CONTINUE THEIR SADHANA WITHOUT ANY RESERVATIONS WHATSEVER. COMPLETE SBSTINENCE MUST BE PRACTICED THROUGHOUT THE PURUSHCHARANA. THERE'S NO DOSHA (ISSUE) IN CASE OF WET DREAMS OR ANY OTHER INVOLUNTARY RELEASE OF SEXUAL GRATIFICATION IS FORBIDDEN.

                       

                                                                            DIET

                        THROUGHOUT YOUR PURUSHCHARANA, YOU SHOULD BE ON A STRICT VEGETARIAN DIET. DAIRY IS ALLOWED BUT NO MEAT, SEAFOOD OR EGGS. NO ONION OR GARLIC EITHER. BE CAREFUL OF EATING BISCUITS, CAKES, CHEESES, AND SUPPLEMENTS THAT MAY CONTAIN ANIMAL-DERIVED INGREDIENTS. IF YOUR DOCTOR HAS PRESCRIBED ANY MEDICATION. FEEL FREE TO TAKE IT WITHOUT ANY OF THE CONSIDREATIONS ABOVE.

                                                                          LAMP

                      

  

                      IDEALLY, THE LAMP USED IN THIS PURUSHCHARANA SHOULD BE MADE OF BRASS. AN EARHEN LAMP OR A SILVER LAMP CAN ALSO BE USED. THE WICK MUST BE OF COTTON. IT IS PERMISSIBLE TO USE BRAIDED COTTON THREAD (LIKE THE COMMON SACRED RED THREAD, MAULI, FOR EXAMPLE, OR ANY OTHER ) TO USE AS A WICK. THE OIL USED IN THE LAMP SHOULD BE EITHER GHEE OR SESAME OIL. OF YOU ARE DOING THIS SADHANA IN WINTERS IN A COLD REGION. I WOULD RECOMMEND USING SESAM OIL AS GHEE SOLIDIFIES VERY QUICKLY AND IT MAY PUT OUT YOUR LAMP. ONCEAGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE CONSISTENT . IF YOU START YOUR SADHANA BY LIGHTING A GHEE LAMP, STICK TO THAT THROUGHOUT YOUR PURUSHCHARANA.

                                                                     DIRECTION

                      THE ASPIRANT SHOULD FACE EAST, NORTH OR NORTHEAST WHILE DOING THE CHANTING AND THE YAJNA. 

                                                                          CLOTHING

                           ANY COLOR IS IKAY BUT THE BEST ARE RED, YELLOW AND WHITE. IDEALLY, YOU SHOULD WEAR NO MORE THAN TWO PIECES OF RED, YELLOW OR WHITE LOOSE-CLOTH ON YOUR BODY - ONE TO COVER YOUR LOWER BODY AND THE OTHER TO COVER THE UPPER PART.  IF YOU ARE IN VERY COLD PLACE, YOU CAN EITHER USE A HEATER IN YOUR ROOM OR SEW YOUR UPPER CLOTH WITH WOOLEN SHAWL. WOMEN CAN WEAR A SAREE, BLOUSE, ETC.

                                                        BEADS BAG (GOMUKHA)

            

                       IF YOU USE CHANTING BEADS, THEN I RECOMMEND USING A BEAD BAD CALLED GOMUKHA. MOST OF YOU WOULD KNOW HOW TO USE THE GOMUKHA. IT'S GOT TWO OPENINGS, ONE IS LARGER THAN THE OTHER. IT IS DESIGNED SO WHEN YOU PUT THE ROSARY IN IT, THE BEADS DON'T TOUCH THE GROUND OR DIRTY HANDS, AND ARE KEPT PURE.

                     YOU CAN WEAR IT AROUND YOUR HEAD IF YOU LIKE. THEN YOU CHANT WITH THE BEADS INSIDE IT, THE INDEX FINGER, HOWEVER, REMAINS OUTSIDE THE SMALLER OPENING OF THE GOMUKHA.

                                                                              SEAT

                   THE BEST SEAT WILL BE A BLANKET ON WHICH YOU SHOULD SPREAD THE SAME COLORED CLOTH YOU COVER YOUR BODY WITH. OR, IF YOU ARE WEARING REGULAR CLOTHES (AND NOT ONE OF THE THREE COLORS MENTINED IN THE PREVIOUS SECTION) WHILE DOING PURUSHCHARANA, YOU CAN JUST PUT A YELLOW CLOTH ON YOUR SEAT. THE NATURE OF THIS SADHANA REQUIRES YOU TO SIT ON THE FLOOR. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO DO THAT, YOU MAY TRY SITTING IN A CHAIR AND SETTING UP A TABLE IN FRONT OF YOU WITH LAMP, POTS, ETC. PERSONALLY, I HAVE NEVER EXPERIMENTED WITH THAT. IF YOU DO, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE THE RESULTS OF YOUR SADHANA.

                      OTHER THAN A BLANKET, YOU CAN ALSO TAKE A STANDARD MEDITATION CUSHION OR USE ANY SEAT MADE FROM COTTON.

                     A SEAT MADE OUT KUSHA GRASS IS ALSO PERMISSIBLE FOR THIS SADHANA.

                                                                           POSTURE

                       TRY TO MAINTAIN STILLNESS OF YOUR POSTURE WHILE YOU CHANT WITH UTMOST MINDFULNESS, FAITH AND DEVOTION. PLEASE ALLOW ME TO REMIND YOU THAT MANTRA SADHANA IS NOT ABOUT RECKLESS CHANTING OF A MANTRA JUST FOR THE SAKE OF TICKING OFF AN ITEM ON YOUR LIST. IT IS THE SOULFUL PROCESS OF BECOMING ONE WITH YOUR DEITY SO YOU MAY ELEVATE YOURSELF SPIRITUALLY, MATERIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY.

                      THINGS YOU WILL NEED FOR GAYATHRI SADHANA

                1. A LAMP (BRASS, SILVER, OR EARTHERN)

                2. GHEE OR SESAME OIL AND WICK FOR YOUR LAMP

               3. FIVE SMALL WATER POTS, A SMALL SPOON AND A SAUCER IF YOU ARE PERFORMING THE COMPREHENSIVE INVOCATION. THE POTS CAN BE OF SILVER, COPPER OR BRASS. THIS IS THE STANDARD FOR EVERY SADHANA AND DETAILS ON HOW TO LAY OUT THE POTS (PATRA) CAN BE FOUND IN THE CHAPTER "ARRAGEMENT OF POTS (PATRASADANA)" IN DETAILED NOTES".

             4. STANDARD INGREDIENTS FOR FIRE OFFERINGS (YAJNA) AS MENTIONED IN THE CHAPTER "HOW TO MAKE FIRE OFFERINGS (YAJNA).

             5. IN ADDITION TO THOSE INGREDIENTS, YOU WILL NEED FIREWOOD. YOU CAN EITHER WOOD FROM A SACRED FIG (FICUS RELIGIO. COMMON NAME : PEEPUL), MANGO (MAGNIFERA  INDICA,  COMMON NAME: PLASHA OR DHAK). YOU CAN ALSO USE THE WOOF FROM DEODAR (CEDRUS DEODARA. COMMON NAME : DEVADARU) OR TEAK (TECTONA GRANDIS, COMMON NAME : SAGAUN OR SHEESHAM).

           6. CHANTING BEADS MADE FROM RUDRASHA

           7. A LOT OF FAITH,M DEVOTION AND DISCIPLINE

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FURTHER USE OF THE WILL

                                                             WILL POWER

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              YOU CANNOT RETAIN A TRUE CLEAR VISION OF WEALTH IF YOU ARE CONSTANTLY TURNING OUR ATTENTION TO OPPOSITE PICTURES, WHETHER THEY ARE EXTERNAL OR IMAGINARY.

           DO NOT TELL OF YOUR PAST TROUBLES OF A FINANCIAL NATURE, IF YOU HAVE HAD THEM, DO NOT THINK OF THEM AT ALL. DO NOT TELL OF THE POVERTY OF YOUR PARENTS OR THE HARDSHIPS OF YOUR EARLY LIFE. TO DO ANY OF THESE THINGS IS TO MENTALLY CLASS YOURSELF WITH THE POOR FOR THE TIME BEING, AND IT WILL CERTAINLY CHECK THE MOVEMENT OF THINGS IN YOUR DIRECTION.

           LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR DEAD.

            PUT POVERTY AND ALL THINGS THAT PERTAIN TO POVERTY COMPLETELY BEHIND YOU.

           YOU HAVE ACCEPTED A CERTAIN THEORY OF THE UNIVERSE AS BEING CORRECT, AND ARE RESTING ALL YOUR HOPES OF HAPPINESS ON ITS BEING CORRECT. WHAT CAN YOU GAIN BY GIVING HEED TO CONFLICTING THEORIES? 

           DO NOT READ BOOKS THAT TELL YU THAT THE WORLD IS SOON COMING TO AN END.  AND DO NOT READ THE WRITING OF PESSIMISTIC PHILOSOPHERS WHO TELL YOU THAT IT IS GOING TO THE DEVIL.

         THE WORLD IS NOT GOING TO THE DEVIL, IT IS GOING TO GOD. IT IS WONDERFUL BECOMING.

         TRUE, THERE MAY BE A GOOD MAY THINGS IN EXISTING CONDITIONS THAT ARE DISAGREEABLE, BUT WHAT IS THE USE F STYDING THEM WHEN THEY ARE CERTAINLY PASSING AWAY, AND WHEN THE STUDY OF THEM ONLY TENDS TO CHECK THEIR PASSING AND KEEP THEM WITH US? WHY GIVE TIME AND ATTENTION TO THINGS THAT ARE BEING REMOVED BY EVOLUTIONARY GROWTH, WHEN YOU CAN HASTEN THEIR REMOVAL ONLY BY PROMOTING THE EVOLUTIONARY GROWTH AS FAR AS YOUR PART OF IT GOES?

           NO MATER HOW HORRIBLE IS SEEMING MAY BE THE CONDITIONS IN CERTAIN COUNTRIES, SECTIONS, OR PLACES, YOU WASTE YOUR TIME AND DESTROY YOUR OWN CHANCES BY CONSIDERING THEM.

         YOU SHOULD INTEREST YOURSELF IN THE WORLD'S BECOMING RICH. THINK OF THE RICHES TE WORLD IS COMING INTO, INSTEAD OF THE POVERTY IT IS GROWING OUT OF.  BEAR IN MIND THAT THE ONLY WAY IN WHICH YOU CAN ASSIST THE WORLD IN GROWING RICH IS BY GROWING RICH YOURSELF THROUGH THE CREATIVE METHOD - NOT THE COMPETITIVE ONE.

           GIVE YOUR ATTENTION WHOLLY TO RICHES, IGNOE POVERTY.

           WHENEVER YOU THINK OR SPEAK OF THOSE WHO ARE POOR, THINK AND SPEAK OF THEM AS THOSE WHO ARE BECOMING RICH AS THOSE WHO ARE TO BE CONGRATULATED RATHER THAN PITIED. THEN THEY AND OTHERS WILL CATCH THE INSPIRATION, AND BEGIN TO SEARCH FOR THE WAY OUT

            BECAUSE YOU GIVE YOUR WHOLE TIME AND MIND AND THOUGHTTO RICHES, IT DOES NOT FOLLOW THAT YOU ARE TO BE SORDID OR MEAN.

          TO BECOME REALLY RICH IS THE NOBLEST AIM YOU CAN HAVE IN LIFE, FOR IT INCLUDES EVERYTHING ELSE.

            ON THE COMPETITIVE PLANE, THE STRUGGLE TO GET RIH IS A GODLESS SCRAMBLE FOR POWER OVER OTHERS, BUT WHEN WE COME INTO THE CREATIVE MIND, ALL THIS IS CHANGED.

             

                   

ALL THAT IS POSSIBLE IN THE WAY OF GREATNESS AND DEVELOPMENT  OF YOUR SOUL, OF SERVICE AND LOFTY ENDEAVOR COMES BY WAY OF GETTING RICH, ALL IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE USE OF THINGS.

       

IF YOU LACK FOR PHYSICAL HEALTH, YOU WILL FIND THAT THE ATTAINMENT OF IT IS CONDITIONAL ON YOUR GETTING RICH.

ONLY THOSE WHO ARE EMANCIPATED FROM FINANCIAL WORRY, AND WHO HAVE THE MEANS TO LIVE CAREFREE EXISTENCE AND FOLLOW HYGIENIC PRACTICES CAN HAVE AND RETAIN HEALTH.

MORAL AND SPRITUAL GREATNESS IS POSSIBLE ONLY TO THOSE WHO ARE ABOVE THE COMPETITVE BATTLE FOR EXISTENCE. ONLY THOSE WHO ARE BECOMING RICH ON THE PLANE OF CREATIVE THOUGHT ARE FREE FROM THE DEGRADING INFLUENCES OF COMPETITION. IF YOUR HEART IS SET ON DOMESTIC HAPPINESS, REMEMBER THAT LOVE FLOURISHES BEST WHERE THERE IS REFINEMENT, A HIGH LEVEL OF THOUGHT, AND FREEDOM FROM CORRUPTING INFLUENCES, AND THESE ARE TO BE FOUND ONLY WHERE RICHES ARE ATTAINED BY THE EXISTENCE  OF CREATIVE THOUGHT, WITHOUT STRIFE OR RIVALRY.

YOU CAN AIM AT NOTHIONG SO GREAT OR NOBLE AS TO BECOME RICH, AND YOU MUST FIX YOUR ATTENTION UPON YOUR MENTAL PICTURE OF RICHES, TO THE EXCLUTION OF ALL THAT MAY TREND TO DIM OR OBSCURE THE VISION.

YOU MUST LEARN TO SEE THE UNDERLYING TRUTH IN ALL THINGS. YOU MUST EE BENEATH ALL SEEMINGLY WRONG CONDITIONS THAT LIFE IS EVER MOVING FORWARD TOWARD FULLER EXPRESSION AND MORE COMPLETE HAPPINESS.

IT IS THE TRUTH THAT THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS POVERTY - THAT THER IS ONLY WEALTH.

SOME PEOPLED REMAIN IN POVERTY BECAUSE THEY ARE IGNORANT OF THE FACT THAT THERE IS WEALTH FOR THEM. THESE PEOPLE CAN BEST BE TAUGHT BY SHOWING THEM THE WAY TO AFFLUENCE IN YOUR OWN PERSON AND PRACTICE.

  

           OTHERS ARE POOR BECAUSE, WHILE THEY FEEL THAT THERE IS A WAY OUT, THEY ARE TOO INTELLECTUALY INDOLENT TO PUT FORTH THE MENTAL EFFORT NECESSARY TO FIND THAT WAY AND BY TRAVEL IT. FOR THESE THE VERY BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS TO AROUSE THEIR DESIRE AND BY SHOWING THEM THE HAPPINESS THAT COMES FROM BEING RIGHTLY RICH.

          OTHERS STILL ARE POOR BECAUSE, WHILE THEY HAVE SOME NOTION OF SCIENCE, THEY HAVE BECOME SO SWAMPTED AND LOST IN THE MAZE OF METAPHYSICAL AND OCCULT THEORIES THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW WHICH ROAD TO TAKE. THEY TRY A MIXTURE OF MANY SYSTEMS AND FAIL IN ALL. FOR THESE, AGAIN, THE VERY BEST THING TO DO IS TO SHOW THE RIGHT WAY IN YOUR OWN PERSON AND PRACTICE. AN OUNCE OF DOING THINGS I WORTH  A POUND OF THEORIZING.

          THE VERY BEST THING YOU CAN DO FOR THE WHOLE WORLD IS TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOURSELF.

           YOU CAN SERVE GOD AND HUMANKING IN NO MORE EFFECTIVE WAY THAN BY GETTING RICH, THAT IS, IF YOU  GET RICH BY THE CREATIVE METHOD AND NOT BY THE COMPETITIVE ONE.

          READ THIS CAPTION EVERY DAY. KEEP IT WITH YOU. COMMIT IT TO MEMORY. DO NOT THINK ABOUT OTHER "SYSTEM" AND THEORIES. IF YOU DO, YOU WILL BEGIN TO HAVE DOUBTS AND TO BE UNCERTAIN AND WAVERING IN YOUR THOUGHT, AND THEN YOU WILL BEGIN TO MAKE FAILURES.

           AFER YOU HAVE MADE GOOD AND BECOME RICH, YOU MAY STUDY OTHER SYSTEMS AS MUCH AS YOU PLEASE, BUT UNTIL YOU ARE QUITE SURE THAT YOU HAVE GAINED WHAT YOU WANT, NOT READ ANYTHIG ON THIS LINE BUT THIS BOOK.

           AND READ ONLY THE MOST OPTIMISTIC COMMENTS ON THE WORLD'S NEWS- THOSE IN HARMONY WITH YOUR PICTURE.

          THIS AND THE PRECEDING CHAPTERS HAVE BROUGHT US TO THE                                    FOLLOWING STATEMENT OF BASIC FACTS ---

                 ❤ THERE IS THINKING STUFF FROM WHICH ALL THINGS ARE MADE, AND WHICH, IN ITS ORIGINAL STATE, PERMEATES, PENETRATES, AN FILLS THE INTERSPACES OF THE UNIVERSE. 

                 ❤ A THOUGHT, IN THIS SUBSTANCE, PRODUCES THE THING THAT IS IMAGED BY THE THOUGHT.

                 ❤ WE CAN FORM THINGS IN OUR THOUGHT,. AND BY IMPRESSING OUR THOUGHT UPON DIVINE SUBSTANCE, CAN CAUSE THE THING WE THINK ABOUT TO BE CREATED.

                ❤ IN ORDER TO DO THIS, WE MUST PASS FROM THE COMPETITIVE TO THE CREATIVE MIND. WE MUST FORM A CLEAR MENTAL PICTURE OF THE THINGS WE WANT, AND HOLD THIS PICTURE IN OUR THOUGHTS WITH THE FIXED PURPOSE TO GET WHAT WE WANT, AND THE UNWAVERING FAITH THAT WE DO GET WHAT WE WANT, CLOSING OUR MIND AGAINST ALL THAT MAY TEND TO SHAKE OUR PURPOSE, DIM OUR VISION, OR QUENCH OUR FAITH.

                  AND IN ADDITION OF ALL THIS, WE SHALL NOW SEE THAT HE MUST LIVE                      AND ACT IN A CERTAIN WAY.

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RICH PEOPLES THINKING

                                                         RICH PEOPLES....

             THERE IS A THINKING STUFF FROM WHICH ALL THINGS ARE MADE, AND WHICH, IN ITS ORIGINAL STATE, PERMEATRES, PENETRATES, AND FILLS THE INTERSPACES OF THE UNIVERSE.

            A THOUGHT IN THIS SUBSTANCES PRODUCES THE THING THAT IS IMAGED BY THE THOUGHT.

          WE CAN FORM THINGS IN OUR THOUGHT, AND BY INPRESSSING OUT THOUGHT UPON DIVINE SUBSTANCE CAN CAUSE THE THING WE THINK ABOUT TO BE CREATED.

          IN ORDER TO DO THIS, WE MUST PASS FROM THE COMPETITIVE TO THE CREATIVE MIND, OTHERWISE WE CANNOT BE IN HARMONY WITH THE DIVINE INTELLIGENCE, WHICH IS ALWAYS CRETIVE AND NEVER COMPETITIVE IN SPIRIT.

          WE MAY COME INTO FULL HARMONY WITH THE DIVINE SUBSTANCE BY ENTERTAINING A LIVELY AND SINCERE GRATITUDE FOR THE BLESSINGS IT BESTOWS UPON US. GRATITUDE UNIFIES OUR MINDS WITH THE INTELLIGENCE OF SUBSTANCE, SO OUR THOUGHTS ARE RECEIVED BY THE DIVINE. WE CAN REMAIN UPON THE CREATIVE PLANE ONLY BY UNITING OURSELVES WITH THE DIVINE INTELLIGENCE  THROUGH A DEEP AND CONTINUOUS FEELING OF GRATITUDE.

         WE MUST FORM A CLEAR AND DEFINITE MENTAL IMAGE OF THE THINGS WE WISH TO HAVE, TO DO, OR TO BECOME. WE MUST HOLD THIS MENTAL IMAGINE IN OUR THOUGHTS, WHILE BEING DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO THE SUPREME THAT ALL OUR DESIRES ARE GRANTED TO US. IF WE WISH TO GET RICH, WE MUST SPEND OUR LEISURE HOURS IN COMTEMPLATING OUR VISION, AND IN EARNEST THANKS GIVING THAT THE REALITY IS BEING GIVEN TO US. TOO MUCH STRESS CANNOT BE LAID ON HE IMPORTANCE OF FREQUENT CONTEMPLATION OF THE MENTAL IMAGE, COUPLED WITH UNWAVERING FAITH AND DEVOUT GRATITUDE. THIS IS THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE IMPRESSION IS GIVEN TO THE DIVINE, AND THE CREATIVE FORCES SET IN MOTION.

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            THE CREATIVE ENERGY WORKS THROUGH THE ESTABLISHED CHANNELS OF NATURAL GROWTH, AND OF THE INDUSTRIAL AND SOCIAL ORDER. ALL THAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS MENTAL IMAGE WILL SURELY BE BROUGHT TO THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE INTRUCTIONS GIVEN ABOVE, AND WHOSE FAITH DOES NOT WAVER. WHAT WE WANT COME TO US THROUGH THE WAYS OF ESTABLISHED TRADE AND COMMERCE.

           IN ORDER TO RECEIVE OUR OWN WHEN IT SHALL COME TO US, WE MUST BE ACTIVE, AND THIS ACTIVITY CAN ONLY CONSIST IN MORE THAN JUST FILLING OUR PRESENT PLACE. WE MUST KEEP IN MIND OUR PURPOSE IS TO GET RICH THROUGH THE REALIZATION OF OUR MENTAL IMAGE. THEREFORE, WE MUST DO, EVERY DAY, ALL THAT CAN BE DONE THAT DAY, TAKING CARE TO DO EACH ACT IN SUCCESSFUL MANNER. WE MUST GIVE TO EVERY PERSON A USE VALUE IN EXCESS OF THE CASH VALUE HE OR SHE RECEIVES, SO THAT EACH TRANSACTION MAKES FOR MORE LIFE. MOST OF ALL WE MUST SO HOLD THE NEW THOUGHT THAT THE IMPRESSION OF INCREASE WILL BE COMMUNICATED TO ALL WITH WHOM WE COME IN CONTACT. THIS IS THE SECRET OF ATTAINING WEALTH. PRACTICE THE FOREGOING INSTRUCTIONS AND YOU WILL CERTAINLY GET RICH.

                                                                ACTION ABROAD

                   THE RULES THAT APPLY TO YOUR ACTION AT HOME MUST APPLY TO YOUR ACTIO EVERYWHERE. NEVER FORGET FOR AN INSTANT THAT THIS IS A PERFECT WORLD, AND THAT YOU ARE A GOD ALMOST GODS. YOU ARE AS GREAT AS THE GREATEST, BUT ALL ARE YOUR EQUALS.

                RELY ABSOLUTELY ON YOUR  PERCEPTION OF TRUTH. TRUST TO THE INNER LIGHT RATHER THAN TO REASON, BUT BE SURE THAT YOUR PERCEPTION COMES FROM THE INNER LIGHT, ACT IN POISE AND CALMNESS, BE STILL AND ATTEND ON GOD. YOUR IDENTIFICATION OF YOURSELF WITH THE ETERNAL ONE WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE KNOWLEDGE YOU NEED FOR GUEDANCE IN ANY CONTINGENCY THAT MAY ARISE IN YOUR OWN LIFE OR IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS. IT IS ONLY NECESSARY THAT YOU SHOULD BE SUPREMELY CALM, AND RELY UPON THE ETERNAL WISDOM THAT IS WITHIN YOU. IF YOU ACT IN POISE AND FAITH, YOUR JUDGMENT WILL ALWAYS BE RIGHT, AND YOU WILL ALWAYS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO. DO NOT HURRY OR WORRY. IN THE DARKEST DAYS OF WORLD WAR 2, WHEN THE NAZIS HAD OVERRUN EUROPE, WHEN THE LUFTWAFFE WAS BOMBING LONDON EVERY NIGHT, AND WHEN IT APPEARED THAT ENGLAND WOULD BE INVADED AT ANY MOMENT, WINSTON CHRCHILL STOOD BEFORE THAT NATION AND INSPIRED THEM TO REMAIN STEADFAST, ENCOURAGED THEM TO REGAIN HOPE AND REVITALIZED THEM IN THEIR COMMITMENT TO VICTORY. THIS SEEMINGLY IRREVERENT LEADER WAS TRULY A VOICE OF GOD.

              HAVE PERFECT FAITH IN YOURSELF AND IN YOUR OWN ABILITY TO COPE WITH ANY COMBINATION OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MY ARISE. DO NOT BE DISTURBED IF YOU ARE ALONE, IF YOU NEED FRIENDS THEY WILL BE BROUGH TO YOU AT THE RIGHT TIME. DO NOT BE DISTURBED IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU ARE IGNORANT, THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED WILL BE FURNISHED YOU WHEN IT IS TIME FOR YOU FORWARD IS IN THE THINGS AND PEOPLE YOU NEED, IMPELLING THEM TOWARD TOWARD YOU. IF THERE IS A PARTICULAR PERSON YOU NEED TO KNOW, HE OR SHE WILL BE INTRODUCED TO YOU. IF THERE IS A PARTICULAR BOOK YOU NEED TO READ IT WILL BE PLACED IN YOUR HANDS AT THE RIGHT TIME. ALL THE KNOWLEDGE YOU NEED WILL COME TO YOU FROM BOTH EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL SOURCES. 

           YOUR INFORMATION AND YOUR TALENT WILL ALWAYS BE EQUAL TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE OCCASION. AS SOON AS YOU AWAKEN AND BEGIN. TO USE YOUR FACULTIES IN A GREAT WAY YOU WILL ALWAYS POWER TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUR BRAIN, NEW CELLS WILL BE CREATED AND DORMANT CELLS QUICKENED INTO ACTIVITY, AND YOUR BRAIN WILL BE QUALIFIED AS A PERFECT INSTRUMENT FOR YOUR MIND.

          DO NOT TRY TO DO GREAT THINGS UNTIL YOU ARE READY TO GO ABOUT THEM IN A GREAT WAY. IFYOU UNDERTAKE TO DEAL WITH GREAT MATTERS IN A SMALL WAY- THAT IS, FROM A LOW VIEWPOINT OR WITH INCOMPLETE CONSECRATION AND WAVERING FAITH AND COURAGE - YOU WILL FAIL. DO NOT BE IN A HURRY TO GET TO THE GREAT THINGS. BEGIN TO BE GREAT IN HASTE TO BE FOUND OUT OR RECOGNIZED AS A GREAT PERSONALITY. DO NOT BE DISSAPPOINTED IF YOU ARE NOT NOMINATED FOR OFFICE WITHIN A MONTH AFTER YOU BEGIN TO PRACTICE WHAT YOU READ IN THIS BOOK. GREAT PEOPLE NEVER SEEK RECOGNITION OR APPLAUSE, THEY ARE NOT GREAT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE PAID FOR BEING SO. GREATNESS IS REWARD ENOUGH FOR ITSELF. THE JOY OF BEING SOMETHING AND OF KNOWING THAT YOU ARE ADVANCING IS THE GREATEST OF ALL JOYS POSSIBLE.

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BECOME GREAT

                                                ANY PERSON MAY BECOME GREAT

                   THERE IS A PRINCIPLE OF POWER IN EACH OF US. BY THE INTELLIGENCE USE AND DIRECTION OF THIS PRINCIPLE, WE CAN DEVELOP OUR OWN MENTAL FACULTIES. WE HAVE AN INHERENT POWER BY WHICH WE MAY GROW IN WHATSOVER DIRECTION WE PLEASE, AND THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY LIMIT TO THE POSSIBILITIES OF OUR GROWTH. NONE OF US HAVE US YET BECOME SO GREAT IN ANY FACULTY BUT THAT IT IS POSSIBLE FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO BECOME GREATER. THE POSSIBILITY IS IN THE DIVINE SUBSTANCE FROM WHICH WE ARE MADE.

          GREAT PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS GREATER THAN THEIR DEEDS. THEY CONNECTED WITH RESERVE POWER THAT IS WITHOUT LIMIT. WE DO NOT KNOW THE BOUNDARY OF OUR MENTAL POWER, WE DO NOT EVEN KNOW THAT THERE IS A BOUNDARY.

         THE POWER OF CONSCIOUS GROWTH IS NOT GIVEN TO THE LOWER ANIMALS, IT IS RESERVED FOR HUMANKING ALONE. THE LOWER ANIMALS CAN, TO A GREAT TO TRAIN AND DEVELOP OURSELVES, AND HAVE IT TO AN APPARENTLY UNLIMITED EXTENT.

         THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIFE  IS GROWTH, JUST AS THE PURPOSE OF LIFE FOR TREES AND PLANTS IS GROWTH. TREES AND PLANTS GROW AUTOMATICALLY AND ALONG FIXED LINES. WE HUMANS CAN GROW, AS WE WILL. TREES AND PLANTS CAN ONLY DEVELOP ANY POWER THAT IS OR HAS BEEN SHOWN BY ANY PERSON, ANYWHERE. NOTHING THAT IS POSSIBLE IN SPIRIT IS IMPOSSIBLE IN FLESH AND BLOOD. NOTHING THAT WE CAN THINK IS IMPOSSIBLE IN ACTION. NOTHING THAT WE CAN IMAGINE IS IMPOSSIBLE OF REALIZATION.

          WE ARE FORMED FOR GROWTH, AND WE ARE UNDER THE NECCESSITY OF GROWING. IT IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR HAPPINESS THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUOUSLY ADVANCE. LIFE WITHOUT PROGRESS BECOMES UNENDURABLE, AND THE PERSON WHO CEASES FROM GROWTH MUST EITHER BECOME IMBECILE OR INSANE. THE GREATER AND MORE HARMONIOUS AND WELL-ROUNDED OUR GROWTH, THE HAPPIER  WE WILL BE.

            THERE OF US COMES INTO THE WORLD WITH A PREDISPOSITION TO GROW ALONG CERTAIN LINES, AND GROWTH IS EASIER FOR US ALONG THOSE LINES THAN ANY OTHER WAY. THIS IS WISE PROVISION BECAUSE IT GIVES ENDLESS VARIETY. IT IS AS IF A GARDENER SHOULD THROW ALL HIS BULBS INTO ONE BASKER. TO THE SUPERFICIAL OBSERVER THEY WOULD LOOK ALIKE, BUT GROWTH REVEALS A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE. SO OF MEN AND WOMEN. THEY ARE LIKE THE BASKET OF BULBS. ONE MAY BE A ROSE AND ADD BRIGHTNESS AND COLOR TO SOME DARK CORNER OF THE WORLD, ONE MAY BE A CLIMBING VINE AND HIDE THE RUGGED OUTLINES OF SOME DARK ROCK, ONE MAY BE A GREAT OAK AMONG WHOSE BOUGHTS  THE BIRDS SHALL NEST AND SING, AND BENEATH WHOSE SHADE THE FLOCKS SHALL REST AT NOON, BUT EVERYONE WILL BE SOMETHING WORTHWIDE, SOMETHING RARE, SOMETHING PERFECT.

                THERE ARE INDERSTAND OF POSSIBILITIES IN THE COMMON LIVES ALL AROUND US. IN A LARGE SENSE, THERE ARE NO "COMMON" PEOPLE. IN TIMES OF NATIONAL STRESS AND PERIL EVEN THE SIMPLEST INDIVIDUALS MAY BECOME HEROES AND STATEMEN THROUGH THE QUICKENING OF THE PRINCIPLE OF POWER WITHIN THEM. THERE IS A GENIUS  IN EVERY MAN AND WOMAN, PEOPLE TO WHOK ALL GO FOR ADVICE IN TIME OF TROUBLE, PEOPLE WHO ARE INSTINCTIVELY RECOGNIZED AS BEING GREAT IN WISDOM AND INSIGHT. TO SUCH PEOPLE THE MINDS OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY TURN IN TIMS OF LOCAL CRISIS. THOSE PEOPLE ARE TACITLY RECOGNIZED AS BEING GREAT. THEY DO SMALL THINGS IN A GREAT WAY. THEY COULD DO GREAT THINGS AS WELL IF THEY DID BUT UNDERTAKE THEM, DO CAN  ANY PERSON SO CAN YOU. THE PRINCIPLE OF POWER GIVES US JUST WHAT WE ASK OF IT, IF WE ONLY UNDERTAKE LITTLE THINGS, IT ONLY GIVES US POWER FOR LITTLE THINGS, BUT IF WE TRY TO DO GREAT THING IN A GREAT WAY IT GIVES US THE POWER THERE IS. BUT BEWARE OF UNDERTAKING GREAT THINGS, IN A SMALL WAY, O THAT WE SHALL SPEAK FARTHER ON.

 

                         THERE AE TWO MENTAL ATTITUDES WE MAY  TAKE. ONE MAKES US LIKE A FOOTBALL. IT HAS RESILIENCE AND REACTS STRONGLY WHEN FORCE A APPLIED TO IT, BUT IT ORIGINATES NOTHING,IT NEVER ACTS OF ITSELF.  THERE IS NO POWER WITHIN IT. PEOPLE OF THIS TYPE ARE CONTROLLED BY CIRCUMSTANCES AND ENVIROMENT. THEIR DESTINIES ARE DECIDED BY THINGS EXTERNAL TO THEMSELVES. THE PRINCIPLE OF THIS TYPE ARE CONTROLLED BY CIRCUMSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENT. THEIR  DESTINIES ARE DECIDED BY THINGS EXTERNAL TO THEMSELVES. THE PRINCIPLE OF POWER WITHIN THEM IS NEVER REALLY ACTIVE ALL. THEY NEVER SPEAK OR ACT FROM WITHIN. THE OTHER ATTITUDE MAKES PEOPLE LIKE A FLOWING SPRING, POWER COMES OUT FROM THE CENTER OF THEM. THEY HAVE WITHIN THEMSELVESA WELL OF WATER SPRINGING UP INTO EVERLASTING LIFE. THEY RADIATE FORCE. THEY ARE FELT BY THEIR ENVIRONMENT. THE PRINCIPLE OF POWER IN THEM IS IN CONSTANT ACTION. THEY ARE SELF-ACTIVE.

               NO GREATER GOOD CAN COME TO ANY MAN OR WOMAN THAN, TO BECOME SELF-ACTIVE. ALL THE EXPERIENCE OF LIFE ARE DESIGNED BY PROVIDENCE TO FORCE MEN AND WOMEN INTO SELF-ACTIVITY, TO COMPEL THEM TO CEASE BEING CREATURES OF CIRCUMSTANCES AND MASTER THEIR ENVIRONMENT. IN THE LOWEST STAGE OF FEAR. OUR ACTS ARE ALL REACTIONS RESULTING FROM THE IMPINGEMENT UPON US OF FORCES IN OUR ENVIRONMENT. WE ACT ONLY AS WE ARE ACTED UPON. WE ORIGINATE NOTHING. BUT WITHIN THEMSELVES A PRINCIPLE OF POWER SUFFICIENT TO MASTER ALL THAT THEY FEAR AND IF THEY LEARN THIS AND BECOME SELF-ACTIVE, THEY BECOME AS ONE OF EHT GODS.

           NOTHING WAS EVER IN ANY HUMAN BEING THAT IS NOT IN YOU, NO ONE EVER HAD MORE SPIRITUAL OR MENTAL POWER THAN YOU CAN ATTAIN, OR DID GREATER THINGS THAN YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH. THE NEW THOUGHT CONCEPT. CAN BE SUMMED UP IN THESE WORDS. YOU CAN BECOME WHAT YOU WANT TO BE.

            IN 2003, WHEN THE POEPLE OF CALIFORNIA VOTED TO RECALL THE INCUMBENT GOVERNOR, SCHWARZENEGGER THREW HIS HAT INTO THE RING AND WAS OVERWHELMINGLY ELECTED AS THE NEW GOVERNOR.

           YOU CAN LEARN MUCH FROM THIS MAN. IN SETTIN GOALS, YOU ARE NOT LIMITED TO ANYONE AREA. SCHWARZENEGGER COULD HAVE LIMITED HIS FUTURE TO BODYBUILDING AND BECOME QUITE SUCCESSFUL, BUT HE DREAMED OF MUCH MORE, SET HIS SUCCESS AND ADAPTED THIS KNOWLEDGE IN OTHER ASPECTS OF HIS LIFE.

               DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED BY CRITICISM. CRITICS BELITTLED HIS ACTING ABILITY IN HIS FIRST FILMS, BUT HE WAS NOT DISSUADED AND PURSUED HIS GOALS TO BECOME A MAJOR MOVIE STAR, AND LATER A VERY SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR AND GOVERNOR OF AMERICA'S MORST POPULOUS STATE.

 

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