GAYATRI MANTRA STEPS

 

                                                      STEP TWENTY-EIGHT

                 THIS STEP IS CALLED JAPA SAMARPANA WHICH MEANS OFFERING YOUR CHANTING YOU JUST DID. WE HAVE TO OFFER THE JAPA BACK TO THE DEITY WE HAVE BEEN PRAYING TO, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DONE THIS JAPA FOR US FOR THE WALFARE OF ALL SENTIENT BEINGS. THIS HIGHER SENSE OF CONSCIOUSNESS IS REQUIRED SO YOU DON'T JUST FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE BECOME THE OBJECT OF YOUR WORSHIP BUT ALSO BEHAVE LIKE ONE IN THE TRUEST SENSE OF THE WORD.

                                    I DON'T DENY THAT WHENEVER MOST OF US DO SADHANA, WE DO IT BECAUSE SOMEHOW WE WANT TO BENEFIT FROM IT. YES, I AS A INDIVIDUAL WANT TO BENEFIT FROM MY CHANTING, BUT REMEMBER THAT AT A SOUL LEVEL, WE ARE ALL INTERCONNECTED. THE MORE YOU FLOURISH, THE MORE I WILL GAIN - THAT'S THE PRECEPT UNDER WHICH WE FUNCTION. THE MORE EVERYBODY IS ENJOYING THEMSELVES, THE MORE I WILL ENJOY MYSELF.

                                I DO THAT BECAUSE IT BENEFIT ME.

                                HOW CAN IT BENEFIT YOU?

                                YOU SEE, HE REPLIED, WHEN BIRDS, BEES AND OTHER INSECTS CARRY POLLEN, THEY WILL ALWAYS CARRY POLLEN FROM ADJOINING FIELDS. IF THE FIELDS AROUND ME HAVE HEALTHY CORN, THEN THE CORN IN THE FIELDS AROUND ME IS UNHEALTHY, IF IT IS INFESTED WITH PESTS AND SO ON, THEN I GIVE THEM GOOD SEEDS, IT HELPS ME DIRECTLY.

                           IN OTHER WORDS, WE ARE ALL AFFECTED BY KARMIC CROSS                                           POLLINATION.

                          MOST OF OUR ACTIONS ARE USUALLY PERFORMED FOR SELFISH REASONS, THAT EVERYTHING IS GEARED TOWARDS MY HAPPINESS, MY FULFILLMENT, MY DESIRES, MY GOALS AND MY AMBITIONS. THIS ONE KARMA OF CHANTING, OF CALLING OUT TO THE DIVINE, LET THIS NOT BE FOR ME. FOR ONCE, LET ME UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS FOR THE WELFARE OF ALL SENTIENT BEINGS, BECAUSE IF THEY ARE GOING TO BENEFIT FROM MY ACTIONS, THEN, CLEARLY, I WILL BENEFIT TOO.

                       WITH THAT IN MIND, WE VISUALIZE THE DEITY, VEDMATA GAYATRI, MENTALLY OFFER YOUR CHANTING IN THE LEFT HAND OF DEVI, VISUALIZE THAT DEVI, MOTHER GAYATRI, MOTHER DIVINE IS THERE, AND YOU HAVE OFFERED IT IN THE LEFT HAND OF DEVI. YOU CAN SIMPLY SAY, I HEREBY OFFE YOU ALL MY JAPA. IT'S AS IF YOU ARE A CHILD WHO HAS EARNED SOMETHING, AND ARE GIVING IT TO YOUR PARENTS FOR SAFEKEEPING- PLEASE, PUT IT IN A FIXED DEPOSIT, OR THE LIKE. NOW, CHANT.

                               ABHISHTA SIDDHIM ME DEHI

                               SHARANAGATA VATSALE BHAKTYA

                               SAMARPAYE TUBHYAM

                               JAPAMEVARCANAM

                           THAT, O DEVI, I HAVE DONE THIS JAPA WITH A PURE INTENTION, LET THAT INTENTION MANIFEST, I AM OFFERING YOU ALL MY JAPA, IN THIS WAY YOU VERY SMARTLY REINFORCE WHY YOU DID THE JAPA IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND YOU HAVE DEVOTED ALL YOUR JAPA TO YOUR DEITY. THIS IS A CRUCIAL STEP. I ALWAYS TELL THOSE WHOM I INITIATE THAT IF YOU MISS THIS STEP, I ALWAYS TELL THOSE WHOM I INITIATE THAT IF YOU MISS THIS STEP, YOUR PURUSHCHARANA IS KHANDIT - IT'S BROKEN.

                      ONE WAY TO ENSURE THAT YOU REMEMBER THIS STEP IS TO MAKE NOTES (ONE OF MY PERSONAL PRACTICES, I ALWAYS MAKE NOTES) I DON'T RELY ENTIRELY ON MY MEMORY. I HAVE A SMALL LIST WHERE I WRITE DOWN STEP ONE, STEP TWO, STEP THREE, ETCETERA. AND I ALWAYS HAVE THAT LIST SITTING BESIDE ME DURING MY SADHANA. IF YOU DO YOUR JAPA CORRECTLY, YOU MAY ENTER A DIFFERENT STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS, AND YOU MAY FORGET A STEP OR TWO. UNDER THOSE CIRCUSTANCES, IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE STEPS OF YOUR JAPA WRITTEN DOWN.

                    ONCE YOU HAVE DEVOTED YOUR JAPA TO YOUR DEITY, YOU CAN THEN PRAY FOR EVERYBODY'S WELFARE. THERE IS A LITTLE SHLOKA, A LITTLE MANTRA, WHICH IS, SARVE BHAVANTU SUKHINA, SARVE SANTU NIRAMAYA, SARVE BHADRANI PASCHYANTI, MAA KASCHIDA DUKHA BHAGA BHAVET. IN CASE YOU CAN'T REMEMBER THIS, JUST PRAY, WITH YOUR HANDS FOLDED. MAY EVERYBODY BE AT PEACE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL WORLD.

                                                   STEP TWENTY  -NINE

                                    NOW, IT'S TIME TO FREE ALL THE ENERGIES YOU MAY HAVE INVOKED DURING YOUR JAPA. I HAVE SIMPLIFIED THE GAYATRI SADHANA SO WE ARE NOT INVOKING SO MANY ENERGIES. IN ADVANCED MANTRA SADHANAS,  YOU INVITE MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF ENERGIESTO BE THERE WHILE YOU ARE DOING YOUR JAPA, BECAUSE YOU ARE INVITING DEVI, AND YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO INVITE HER ON HER OWN. FREEING ALL THE ENERGIES IS CALLED VISARJANA, SO WE GRATEFULLY AND GRACEFULLY SEE THEM OFF, AND THEY CAN GO WHERE THEY WISH. YOU CAN SIMPLY FOLD YOUR HANDS AND SAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WHOEVER CAME HERE, PLEASE BE WITH ME NEXT TIME, OR YOU CAN CHANT THIS SIMPLE SHLOKA:

                        GACCHA GACCHA PARAM STHANAM SVASTHANAM PARAMESVARI,

                         PUJARADHANAKALE CA PUNARAGAMANAYA CA.

                       MAY YOU ALL RETURN TO YOUR ABODE, I HUMBLE REQUEST YOU TO PLEASE BE HERE WHEN I CALL UPON YOU ONCE AGAIN TO OFFER MY PRAYERS TO YOU.

                               TISTHA TISTHA PARASTHANE SVASTHANA PARAMESVARI,

                                YATRA BRAHMADAYA DEVAH SARVE TISTHANTI ME HRDI

                               LET EVERYBODY TO TO YOUR ABODE AND BE SETTLED THERE. MAY ALL THE POSITIVE ENERGIES, ALL THE GOODNESS, FOREVER REMAIN IN MY HEART. LET THOSE I NEED TO GROM HERE.

                             THERE ARE ENERGIES THAT SIMPLY HELP YOU FULFILL YOUR MATERIALS GOALS, BUT THEN THERE ARE ENERGIES THAT ARE PART OF YOUR PURIFICATION THAT SHOULD REMAIN WITH YOU TO HELP YOU PROGRESS ON THE SPIRITUAL PATH. LET THOSE POSITIVE ENERGIES STAY INSIDE ME, IN MY HEART - THAT'S WHAT THIS VERSE MEANS.

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GAYATRI MANTRA STEPS

 

                                                 ❤ STEP TWENTY-FOUR ❤

                            IN THIS STEP, WE PERFORM MANTRA SAMSKARA. THERE IS NO REAL EQUIVALENT OF THE WORD SAMSKARA IN ENGLISH. BROADLY TRANSLATED, IT COULD MEAN COULD MEAN CULTURAL VALUES, UPBRINGING OR AN ACT MARKING TRANFORMATION. IN SANATANA DHARMA, THERE ARE 16 SAMSKARAS, IMPORTANT MILESTONES, IN THE LIFE OF A PERSON'S LIFE. THE SAME COURTESY IS EXTENDED OT THE LIVING ENERGY OF ANY MANTRA WE INVOKE. GAYATRI IS NO EXCEPTION.

                      THE MANTRA OF GAYATRI WAS CURSED BY BRAHMA, VASISHTHA AND VISHWAMITRA. SO THE PRIMARY SAMSKARA OF GAYATRI MANTRA IS TO ABSOLVE IF FROM THE CURSE OF THE SAGES (SHAAP VIMOCHANA). TO DO SO, CHANT THE SHAAP VIMOCHANA MANTRA OF BRAHMA, VASISHTHA AND VISHWAMITRA SEVEN TIMES EACH. IF YOU CANNOT DO SEVEN TIMES EACH, DOING IT THRICE EACH WILL ALSO DO, BUT THAT'S THE BARE MINIMUM. THE MANTRAS ARE PROVIDED IN THE APPENDIX.

                    PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS BOOK IS WRITTEN FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT INITIATED. IF YOU ARE INITIATED INTO GAYATRI MANTRA, YOU ONLY HAVE TO DO MANTRA SAMSKARA BASED ON WHAT YOUR GURU TELLS YOU. USUALLY, IT'S DONE ONLY ON THE FIRST DAY - SOMETIMES NOT EVEN ON THE FIRST DAY. BUT BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE SADHANA. IF YOU ARE NOT INITIATED INTO THE GAYATRI MANTRA, YOU'D HAVE TO DO IT EVERY DAY.

                                                        ❤  STEP TWENTY-FIVE ❤

                                 THE 25TH STEP MANTRA DHYANAM. NOW SOMETIMES, IN SOME SADHANAS YOU HAVE WHAT WE CALL A DHYANA SHLOKA, WHICH IS USUALLY A VERSE THAT DEPICTS THE DEVI - THAT TALKS ABOUT HOW YOUR OBJECT OF WORSHIP LOOKS, WHAT IMPLEMENTS SHE CARRIES, WHAT KIND OF FACE SHE HAS, HER PHYSICAL APPEARANCE, SO YOU CAN MEDITATE ON THAT FORM. IF YOU WANT TO KEEP IT VERY SIMPLE, JUST CHANT YOUR GAYRATRI MANTRA AND LET THAT BE YOUR DHYAM SHLOKA. OR YOU CAN GO ONLINE, WHERE YOU CAN FIND A MYRIAD OF IMAGES OF VEDMATA GAYATRI. PICK THE ONE THAT APPEALS TO YOU, AND MEDITATE ON THAT FORM IN THE BEGINNING. IF YOU ARE KEEN ON USING ON THE DHYANA SHLOKA, I'VE PROVIDED THAT IN THE APPENDIX.

                                                    ❤    STEP TWENTY-SIX ❤

                            NOW THE GOOD NEWS, YOU ARE READY TO DO THE CHANTING, MOOL MANTRA JAPA, STEP NUMBER 26, WHERE YOU WILL PICK UP YOUR BEADS AND START CHANTING. YOU WILL CHANT BASED ON THE SAMKALPA YOU HAVE TAKEN, SO IF YOU HAD SAID, I AM GOING TO CHANT "X" NUMBER OF TIMES A DAY, THAT WHAT YOU WILL DO. IF YOU HAD SAID, I AM, ONLY GOING TO CHANT "X" NUMBER OF MINUTES A DAY, THEN THAT'S WHAT YOU WILL DO.

                           I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT CONSISTENCY IN CHANTING IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

                                                  ❤STEP TWENTY-SEVEN❤

                                         

                            ONCE YOU HAVE DONE THE CHANTING, WE SHOW UTTARA MUDRA OR POST-JAPA HANDLOCKS. A COUPLE OF THEM MAY SEEM A BIT COMPLICATED, BUT THEY AREN'T. EIGHT HANDLOCKS ARE SHOWN IN THIS STEP. THEY ARE DHENU, GYANAM, VAIRAGYA, YONI, SHANKARA, PANKAJA, SAMHARA, LINGAM AND NIRVANA MUDRA (ALSO KNOWN AS SAMHARA MUDRA)

                               IN THE OLDEN DAYS, TEACHERS WOULD MAKE THEIR STUDENTS SLOG FOR YEARS BEFORE THEY WOULD TEACH MUDRAS, SOMETIMES. A DISCIPLE WOULD TRAIN FOR 12 YEARS, YET THE TEACHER WOULD NOT INSTRUCT THEM ON MUDRAS AT ALL. WHEN WE GET SOMETHING AFTER MUCH TIME, EFFORT AND ENERGY, WE USUALLY VALUE IT. I HAVE GIVEN YOU THE MUDRAS FREELY, BUT PLEASE DON'T THINK THAT THESE MUDRAS ARE CASUAL GESTURES. MUDRAS REPRESENT A POWERFUL METHOD TO AID THE FLOW OF ENERGY.

                        ONCE YOU HAVE DONE THESE, YOU JUST DO THE NAMASTE MUDRA ALSO KNOWN AS ANJALI MUDRA. IT IS DONE IN THE STANDARD NAMASTE POSTURE BY JOINING BOTH HANDS AND BRINGING THEM TO YOUR CHEST.

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GAYATHRI MANTRA STEP TWENTY - ONE

 

                                                        STEP TWENTY-ONE

                          THIS STEP IS CALLED PURVA MANTRA JAPA OR PRELIMINARY MANTRA CHANTING AND IS DONE BEFORE YOU PERFORM THE MANTRAS (THE NEXT STEP). YOU USUALLY HAVE TO DO THE PRELIMINARY MANTRA CHANTING ABOUT 21 TIMES. THAT WILL BE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT. IF YOU CAN'T CHANT 21 TIMES, DO IT 7 TIMES - THOUGH I DON'T SEE WHY YOU CAN'T CHANT 21 TIMES.

                        WHILE WE ARE GOING THROUGH ALL THIS, YOU MAY THINK, WHY BE SO ELABORATE? OR, DOES THIS REALLY HAVE ANY MEANING? OR, WOULD MANTRAS  REALLY BENEFIT ME IN ANY WAY? I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING. WHEN YOU CHANT WITH DEVOTION. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH MANTRA YOU CHANT- WITHOUT A DOUBT, YOU ARE GOING TO EXPERIENCE A DIFFERENT DIMENTION OF YOURSELF.

                     

                                                     STEP TWENTY-TWO

                   THE OTHER MEANS BY WHICH WE CAN BE AT ONE WITH THE OBJECT OF OUR WORSHIP IS MUDRAS. AS I WAS EXPLAINING BEFORE, WHEN YOU CAN'T HEAR SOMEBODY, YOU CAN WERE AT HIM AND HE WILL STILL BE ABLE TO SEE YOU. MORE THAN THAT, WE DO THE MUDRAS OF THE DEVI OR ANY DEVATA, FEMALE DEITY OR MALE DEITY, WE BECOME THAT DEITY. AND IT HAS BEEN MY UNFAILING EXPERIENCE THAT THE MOMENT I DO THE MANDRAS, SOMETHING HAPPENS. YOU COULD SAY IT IS PURELY PSYCHOLOGICAL, BUT MY WHOLE CONSCIOUSNESS ELEVATES TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL, I EXPERIENCE A DIFFERENT FLOW OF ENERGY IN MY BODY.

                  IN GAYATRI SADHANA, THERE ARE TWO SETS OF MUDRAS. ONE SET OF 24 MUDRAS IS PERFORMED BEFORE THE CHANTING IS DONE, AND 8 MUDRAS ARE DONE AFTER THE CHANTING. THE 24 PREMILIMINARY MUDRAS ARE SAMUKHAM, CHATURMUKHAM, PANCHMUKHAM, SHANMUKHAM, ADHOMUKHAM, VYAPAKANJALIM, SHAKATAM, YAMAPASHAM, GRANTHIM, UNMUKHONMUKHAM, PRALAMBAM, MUSHITIKAM, MATSYA, KURMA, VARAHAM, SIMHAKRANTAM, MAHAKRANTAM, MUDGARAM AND PALLAVAM.

                               I'VE EXPLAINED THESE MUDRAS WITH PICTURES IN THE                                                      APPENDIX.

                                                    STEP TWENTY-THREE

                         UPCHARAS ARE DEVOTIONAL OFFERINGS. YOU CAN MAKE 16 OR 5 OFFERINGS. OFFERINGS ARE USUALLY MADE OF WATER A LITTLE HONEY, SOME RICE AND OTHER SUCH INGREDIENTS, BUT IF YOU WANT TO KEEP IT PURE, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR AND OFFERING, YOU CAN JUST DO AN OFFERING MENTALLY. WHEN I WAS IN THE WOODS, THERE WAS NO WAY I COULD OFFER ALL THESE INGREDIENTS TO MOTHER DIVINE. SOURCING THEM WOULD HAVE BEEN WOULD HAVVE EATEN THEM ANYWAY, SO I DID THE OFFERINGS MENTALLY.

                      THE USUALLY CONVENTION IS TO ADD, AT THE BEGINNING FOLLOWED BY THE NAME OF THE INGREDIENT AND THEN "SAMARPYAMI" IN THE END. SAMARPYAMI MEANS, I'M OFFERING THIS TO YOU. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU ARE OFFERING INCENSE TO THE DEITY, JUST SAY, "OM DHOOPAM SMARPYAMI". PANCHAOPCHARA -FIVE OFFERINGS - IS NORMALLY THE LEAST YOU CAN DO. THE CONVENTIONAL FIVE OFFERINGS ARE :

                       DHOOPAM (INCENSE), DEEPAM (LAMP), NAIVAEDYAM (ANYTHING EDIBLE LIKE A SWEETMEAT, A FRUIT, ETC. IT CAN ALSO BE A PLATE FULL OF FOOD), TAMBULAM (BETEL LEAVES ) AND PUNGIPHALAM (SUPARI - COMMONLY KNOWN AS BETEL LEAVES) AND PUNGIPHALAM (SUPARI - COMMONLY KNOWN AS BETEL NUT OR ARECA NUT). SO WHILE OFFERING THESE, YOUR MANTRAS WILL BECOME.

•   OM DHOOPAM SAMARPYAMI
•   OM DEEPAM DARSHYAMI

                    

                        (HERE "DARSHYAMI" IS USED RATHER THAN "SAMARPYAMI" TO INDICATE THAT I'M SHOWING THE LAMP, AS OPPOSED TO OFFERING THE LAMP)

•    OM NAIVEDYAM SAMARPYAMI
•    OM TAMBULAM SAMARPYAMI
•    OM PUNGIPHALAM SAMARPYAMI

                       WHEN YOU MAKE MENTAL OFFERINGS, YOU CAN SIMPLY SAY, "OM DHOOPAM, DEEPAM, NAIVEDYAM, TAMBULAM, PUNGIPHALAM SAMARPYAMI"

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FEW STEPS TO CONTROL OUR EMOTIONS

                        SUGGESTING STEPS TO CONTROL OUR EMOTIONS

                                                    

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                                 HILL : WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST AS THE FIRST STEP TOWARD GAINING SUCH CONTROL OVER OUR EMOTIONS, MR.CARNEGIE?

                                CARNEGIE : THE FIRST STEP IS TO IDENTIFY THE EMOTIONS SO WE WILL RECOGNIZE THEM, AND TO AID US IN THIS TASK A NOTED PSYCHOLOGIST HAS PREPARED A LIST OT THE MOST COMMON EMOTIONS EXPRESSED IN OUR DAILY LIVES. THERE ARED SEVEN POSITIVE EMOTIONS AND SEVEN NEGATIVE EMOTIONS. I SHALL GIVE YOU THE NEGATIVE EMOTIONS FIRST.

                           THE SEVEN NEGATIVE EMOTIONS ARE :

• FEAR (THERE ARE SEVEN DIFFERENT FORMS OF FEAR, WHICH WE SHALL DISCUSS LATER)
• JEALOUSY
• HATRED AND ENVY
• REVENGE AND MALICE
• GREED
• SUPERSTITION AND DISTRICT
• ANGER                      

                      NOW FOR THE SEVEN POSITIVE EMOTIONS, WHICH ARE

• LOVE
• SEX
• HOPE
• FAITH
• DESIRE
• OPTIMISM
• LOYALTY

                                IN THESE FOURTEEN EMOTIONS ONE MAY FIND THE LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET OF A LANGUAGE THAT SPELLS EITHER SUCCESS OR FAILURE! THESE FOURTEEN WORDS LITERALLY REPRESENT THE KEYBOARD OF THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT OF LIFE, ON WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL PLAYS THE CHORDS DISCORDS OF UNHAPPINESS THAT LEAD TO MISERY AND BOSCURITY.

 

                           EACH OF THE FOURTEEN EMOTIONS IS RELATED TO MENTAL ATTITUDE. THIS IS WHY I HAVE STRESSED IS RELATED OF MENTAL ATTITUDE. THESE FOURTEEN EMOTIONS REPRESENT NOTHING EXCEPT MENTAL ATTITUDE. THEY ARE NOTHING BUT FEELINGS, OR STATES OF MIND. MORE IMPORTANT STILL, THEY ARE SUBJECT TO ORGANISM, GUIDANCE AND COMPLETE CONTROL BY ANY NORMAL PERSON. HERE IS KEYBOARD OF LIFE, ON WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL MAY COMPOSE THE TUNE THAT HIS SOULD WILL SING ALL THROUGH LIFE.

               

                             HILL : IN WHAT WAY HAS THE CREATOR GIVEN MAN CONTROL OVER THIS GRAND SCORE FOR THE SYMPHONY OF LIFE, MR. CARNEGIE?

                          CARNEGIE : BY GIVING MAN CONTROL OVER HIS POWERS OF THOUGHT. THE ONLY THING INDIVIDUALS HAS TO DO IS TO TAKE CHARGE OF HIS OWN MIND AND EXERCISE THIS CONTROL. THAT IS SOMETHING HE CANNOT NEGLECT OR AVOID, WITHOUT CONDEMNING HIS ENTIRE LIFE TO THE STRAY WINDS OF CHANCE!

                          REMEMBER, BEFORE WE LEAVE THIS SUBJECT, THAT THE POINT AT WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL BEGINS TO TAKE CONTROL OF THIS OWN MIND- AND THIS INCLUDES EMOTIONS OF COURSE - IS WHEN HE ADOPTS A DEFINITE MAJOR PURPOSE.

                      DEFINITENESS OF PURPOSE IS THE STARTING POINT OF ALL ACHIEVEMENT. YOU SEE, THEREFORE, HOW DEFINITELY SUCCESS AND FAILURE ARE RELATED TO FAILURE. THE OTHER HALF SUCCESS BUILDERS.

                      HILL : I DARE SAY, MR. CARNEGIE, THAT ANYONE WHO SECURES A COPY OF THIS LIST OF THE FOURTEEN EMOTIONS AND WHO CAREFULLY EXAMINES HIMSELF IN CONNECTION WITH EACH OF THEM ON THE BASIS OF A DEFINITE SCHEDULE, WILL MAKE TREMENDOUS STRIDES TOWARD GAINING CONTROL OF  HIS EMOTIONS.

                    CARNEGIE : LET US CALL IT ALERTNESS OF INTEREST IN PERSONS, PLACES AND THINGS. WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO FIX ONE'S INTEREST AT WILL ON ANY SUBJECT OR PERSON AND HOLD IT THERE FOR WHATEVER TIME THE OCCASION REQUIRES NO PERSON WILL HAVE AN ATTRACTIVE PERSONALLITY. YOU CAN PAY ANOTHER PERSON NO GREATER COMPLIMENT, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THAN THAT OF CONCENTRATING YOUR ATTENTION UPON HIM WHEN HE DESIRES YOUR ATTENTION. IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT IT IS A GREATER ACCOMPLISHMENT TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN WELL, THAN IT IS TO BE ABLE TO TALK WELL.

                    THIS IS ONE WAY IN WHICH A PERSON MAY PLEASE OTHERS AND AT THE SAME TIME ACQUIRE USABLE KNOWLEDGE. THE HABIT OF LOOKING IN SOME OTHER DIRECTION, OF FIDGETING WITH SOME POCKET GADGET WHEN OTHERS ARE TALKING, OF FIDGETING WITH SOME POCKET GADGET WHEN OTHERS ARE TALKING, IS AMONG THE WORST FORMS OF EFFRONTERY. THE HABIT OF INTERTING WHEN OTHERS ARE SPEAKING IS AN UNPARDONABLE INSULT! STRONG LANGUAGE, PERHAPS, BUT ACCURATELY DESCRIPTIVE OF AN IMPORTANT FACT.

                 HILL : ARE YOU IMPLYING, MR.CARNEGIE, THAT LACK OF OBSERVATION OF WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND ONE, AND FAILURE TO NOTICE DETAILS, IS AN ALL TOO COMMON WEAKNESS?

             

                CARNEGIE : PRECISELY THAT. IT IS A COMMON WEAKNESS THAT COSTS PEOPLE A TREMENDOUS PRICE. IF ONE WILL MAKE A CAREFUL STUDY OF ONE'S SELF, WHEN CONVERSING WITH OTHERS, HE MAY DISCOVER THAT HE CAN ADD SUBSTANTIALLY TO HIS OWN PERSONALITY BY TAKING A KEENER INTEREST IN THE OTHER FELLOW'S PERSONALITY.

                I HAVE OFTEN SUGGESTED TO SOME OF THE YOUNG MEN WHO WORKED WITH US, THAT IF THEY WOULD BECOME AS ALERTLY INTERESTED IN THE ASSOCIATES WITH WHOM THEY WORK, AND IN THEIR JOBS, AS THEY DO WHEN TALKING TO THEIR SWEETHEARTS, THE RESULTS WOULD SHOW A HEALTHY CHANGE IN THEIR PAY ENVELOPS.

                 ALERTNESS OF INTEREST IN OTHER PEOPLE NOT ONLY SERVES TO PLEASE THEM, BUT IT ALSO PROVIDES ONE WITH AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW PEOPLE BY OBSERVING THEIR MANNERISM. ONE MAY LEARN VALUABLE LESSONS BY OBSERVING THE FAULTS AS WELL AS THE VIRTUES OF OTHER PEOPLE, AS THIS HABIT CAUSES ONE TO TAKE MORE ACCURATE INVENTORY OF HIMSELF, TO MAKE SURE HE DOES NOT DISPLAY THE SAME FAULTS.

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ARE YOU WANT TO INCREASE YOUR SALARY

 

                                             ORGANIZE YOUR THINKING

                           HILL : YOU HAVE EXPLAINED THAT THED NINTH PRINCIPLE OF INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IS ORGANIZED THOUGHT. YOU HAVE STATED ASLO, THAT NO ONE MAY BE SURE OF SUCCESS WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO ORGANIZE HIS THINKING HABITS. THEREFORE, WILL YOU GO AHEAD, MR.CARNEGIE, AND EXPLAIN THE MEANING OF THE TEAM "ORGANIZE THOUGHT?" I HAVE A GENERAL IDEA WHAT IT MEANS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DETAILED STATEMENT OF ITS MEANING - ALSO UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THIS PRINCIPLE IS APPLIED IN THE PRACTICAL AFFAIRS OF LIFE.

                           CARENEGIE : BEFORE DICUSSING THE ORGANIZING OF THOUGHT, LET US EXAMINE THOUGHT ITSELF, WHAT IS THOUGHT ? WITH WHAT DO WE THINK? IS THOUGHT SUBJECT TO INDIVIDUAL CONTROL?

                           THOUGHT IS A FORM OF ENERGY THAT IS DISTRIBUTED OF THROUGH THE BRAIN, BUT IT HAS ONE PECULIAR UNKNOWN IN CONNECTION WITH ALL OTHER FORMS OF ENERGY, IT HAS INTELLIGENCE!

                      THOUGHT CAN BE CONTROLLED AND DIRECTED TOWARD THE ATTAINMENT OF ANYTHING MAN MAY DESIRE. IN FACT THOUGHT IS THE ONLY THING OVER WHICH ANY PERSON HAS COMPLETE, UNCHALLEGED CONTROL. THE SYSTEM OF CONTROL IS SO COMPLETE THAT NO ONE MAY PENETRATE THE MINDOF ANOTHER WITHOUT HIS CONSENT, ALTHOUGH THIS SYSTEM OF PROTECTION OFTEN IS SO LOOSELY GUARDED THAT ONE'S MIND MAY BE ENTERED AT WILL BY ANY PERSON SKILLED IN THE ART OF THOUGHT INTERPRETATION.

                  MANY PEOPLE NOT ONLY LEAVE THEIR MINDS WIDE OPEN FOR OTHERS TO ENTER AND INTERPRET THEIR THOUGHTS, BUT THEY VOLUTARILY DISCLOSE THE NATURE OF THEIR THOUGHTS BY UNGUARDED EXPRESSIONS OF SPEECH AND THEIR PERSONAL CONDUCT, THEIR FACIAL EXPRESSION AND THE LIKE.

             HILL : IS IT SAFE FOR ONE TO LEAVE HIS MIND OPEN TO FREE ENTRY BY OTHERS?

            CARNEGIE : JUST ABOUT AS SAFE AS LEAVING, THE DOOR TO ONE'S HOUSE UNLOCKED, WITH ALL OF ONE'S VALUABLES LEFT INSIDE THE HOUSE, EXCEPT THAT THE LOSS OF PURELY MATERIAL THINGS IS AS NOTHING COMPARED WITH THE LOSS ONE MAY SUFFER BY LEAVING HIS MIND OPEN TO ENTRY BY ANY STRAY TRAMP WHO MAY WISH TO GO IN AND TAKE POSSESION.

               YOU SEE, THE HABIT OF LEAVING ONE'S MIND OPEN AND  UNGUARDED NOT ONLY PERMITS OTHER PEOPLE TO ENTER AND BECOME FAMILIAR WITH ONE'S MOST PRIVATE THOUGHTS, BUT THIS HABIT PERMITS ALL SORTS OF TRAMP THOUGHTS, RELEASED FROM THE MINDS OF OTHERS, TO ENTER ONE'S MIND.

               HILL : YOU BELIEVE, THEN THE THOUGHTS OF PASS FROM ONE MIND TO ANOTHER, THOUGHT THE PRINCIPLE OF TELEPATHY?

              CARNEGIE : THE FACT HAS APPARENTLY NEEN ESTABLISHED BY MEN OF SCIENCE, BUT I HAVE EVIDENCE OF ITS EXISTENCE, FROM MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. YES, ONE'S MIND IS BEING CONSTANTLY BOMBARED WITH THE IMPULSES OF THOUGHT RELEASED FROM THE MINDS OF THERS - ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH WHOM WE COME INTO CLOSE CONTACT LEFT TO ASSOCIATE WITH OTHER WORKMAN, WILL PASS ON HIS NEGATIVE THOUGHTS TO EVERY PERSON WITHIN THE RANGE OF HIS INFLUENCE, ALTHOUGH, HE NEVER SPEAK A WORD OR MAKES SINGLE MOVE INDICATING HIS STATE OF MIND. I HAVE SEEN THIS VERY THING HAPPEN TO OFTEN THAT I COULD NOT BE MISTAKE ABOUT IT.

            AND THIS IS WHY YOU EMPHASIZE, SO STRONGLY, THE NECESSITY OF HARMONY BETWEEN MEN ASSOCIATED IN A MASTER MIND ALLIANCE?

            CARNEGIE : THAT IS ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS WHY I HAVE EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF HARMONY. THE CHEMISTRY OF ORGANIZED SO IT FUNCTIONS AS ONE UNIT OF POWER ONLY WHEN THERE IS PERFECT RAPPORT BETWEEN THE MINDS OF INDIVIDUALS.

             HILL : ONE OF THE IMPORTANT STEPS, IN ORGANIZED THOUGHT, SEE TO BE THAT OF THE MASTER MIND ALLIANCE, THROUGH WHICH MEN POOL THEIR MIND-POWER THEIR EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGFE, AND MOVE IN RESPONSE TO A COMMON MOTIVE. IS THIS THE RIGHT IDEA, MR. CARNEGIE?

            CARNEGIE : YOU HAVE STATED THE MATTER PERFECTLY. YOU MIGHT HAVE SAID THAT THE MASTER MIND ALLIANCE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP ONE MAY TAKE IN CONNECTION WITH ORGANIZED THOUGHT, FOR THAT IS TRUE. BUT, ORGANIZED THOUGHT BEGINS WITH THE ORGANIZED OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S THINKING HABITS.

              TO BECOME AN EFFECTIVE MEMBER OF A MASTER MIND ALLIANCE AN INDIVIDUALS MUST FIRST FROM DEFINITE, CONTROLLED HABITS OF THOUGHT! A GROUP OF MEN WORKING TOGETHER UNDER THE MASTER MIND PRINCIPLE, EACH OF WHOM HAS SO DISCIPLINED HIMSELF THAT HE CONTROLS HIS THOUGHT - HABITS, REPRESENTS ORGANIZED THOUGHT OF THE HIGHEST ORDER. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE NEVER CAN BE FULL ASSURANCE OF HARMONY IN A MASTER MIND GROUP UNLESS EACH MEMEBER OF GROUP IS SO SELF-DISCPLINED THAT HE CAN CONTOL HIS OWN THOUGHTS.

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THE SUMMER SEASON AT HIMALAYA'S

DREAMS WITH MONSOONS

 

                                       INTERESTING AND TRUSTED MANTRA'S  

 

                

                       ADI GANGA WAS FLOWING UNRUFFLED, IN THE PITCH DARK, HARDLY ANYTHING COULD BE SEEN. SATYAKAM WAITED UNDER A TREE ON THE BANK WHERE, FIVE DAYS BEFORE, KAPALAK HAD SOLVED HIS BAFFLED DESPAIR. HE WAS NOW MUCH AT EASE. SUDDENLY HE HEARD FOOTSTEPS. KAPALAK BROUGHT HIS LIPS NEAR SATYAKAM'S EAR AND QUIETLY WHISPERED. TONIGHT I'LL TEACH YOU HOW TO ACHIEVE FEALESSNESS FROM THE TANTRIC POINT OF VIEW, AND ALSO TO COMMUNE WITH SPIRITS. IN A LITTLE WHILE, A WOMAN'S CORPSE WILL FLOAT BY, YOU HAVE TO ENTER THE WATERS SLOWLY, CATCH HOLD OF IT, AND BRING IT TOWARD THE BANK. I'LL HELP YOU PULL IT OUT.

                 BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S COMING,? ASKED SATYAKAM IN ALARM. HIS                          HEART BEAT FASTER AND HE BECAME FILLED WITH DREAD.

                 THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO DISCUSS ALL THIS. JUST GO ON DOING AS I TELL YOU, COMMANDED KAPALAK. SATYAKAM FELT HE WAS A HELPLESS INSTRUMENT.

                THE LEAVES OF THE TREES REMAINDED MOTIONLESS. TO SATYAKAM THE WHOLE ATMOSPHERE SEEMED FRIGHTFULLY HUSHED. SUDDENLY KAPALAK ANNOUNCED, ONLY RARELY IN HIS LIFE HAD HE SUBMITTED TO FEAR. BUT THIS WAS TOO MUCH. INDEED, ALL  ALONG HE HAD BELIEVED HE WAS FEARLESS, SO WHEN KAPALAK TOLD HIM THAT HE WOULD BE TAUGHT FEARLESSNESS THAT NIGHT, HE TOOK IT TOO LIGHTLY. BUT NOW HE COULD SEE THE MERIT IN KAPALAK'S UTTERANCE. HE HAD YET TO ENCOUNTER HIS SUBTLE EGO.

                 SATYAKAM HESITATED BRIEFLY BUT COULD NOT RESIST ENTERING THE WATER ON KAPALAK'S COMMAND. THE WATER WAS NOT DEEP. HE COULD WALK THROUGH IT, HIS FEET SINKING INTO THE MUDDY BOTTOM. THE JOB NOT PLEASANT, ESPECIALLY SINCE HE WAS UNDER THE SPELL OF FEAR. NUMBLY, HE GRABBED THE FLOATING BODY AND BEGAN MOVING BACKWARD. THE STRENCH WAS SUFFOCATING. HE REACHED THE BANK QUICKLY, THEN KAPALAK BEN DOWN AND GRABBED THE LEGS OF THE CORPSE. WHILE STILL HOLDING ITS SHOULDERS, SATYAKAM CAME OUT OF THE WATER AND TOGETHER THEY PULLED THE BODY OUT.

                 BOTHE SAT DOWN QUIETLY NEAR THE BODY WHICH LAY ON THE BANK. PHYSICALLY SATYAKAM WAS NOT QUIETE EXHAUSED, BUT MENTALLY HE WAS DAZED. HE COULDN'T COMPREHEND ALL THIS. BEFORE LONG, KAPALAK BROKE THE SILENCE.

                  WE SHOULD NOW SHIFT THE BODY TO THE NEARBY GROVE AND START                              YOUR    TRAINING.

                                  

                         

                 CAUTIOUSLY, THEY GOT UP AND REMOVED THE CORSE AS KAPALAK DIRECTED. TO SATYAKAM'S SURPRISE, HE FOUND A DIM OIL LAMP BURNING IN THE DARK GROVE. NEARBY LAY OF BOWL OF GRAIN AND GLASS OF LIQUID. THE CORPSE LAY UPON FAIRLY LEVEL GROUND. THE BROWN-SKINNED BODY WAS DIFFICULT TO JUDGE IN AGE- MAYBE ABOUT THIRTY. DEATH HAD PROBABLY OCCURED EARLIER IN THE DAY. SATYAKAM STOOD HAD PROBABLY OCCURED EARLIER IN THE DAY. SATYAKAM STOOD LIKE A STONE WHILE KAPALAK ACTED AS IF THIS WAS HIS NORMAL BUSINESS, SHOWING NO FEAR, SO ASTONISHMENT, NO CLOUDS OF UNKNWOING AROUND HIM. HE HASTENED, NOW I'LL INITIATE YOU INTO THE FOLD OF KAPALAKS WITH AN APPROPRIATE MANTRA, WHICH RECALLS THE SPIRITS BACK INTO DEAD BODIES. BE AWARE THAT YOU HAVE TO GER RID OF FEAR TOGETHER. IF YOU SUCCUMB TO FEAR ANY TIME DURING THE NIGHT, YOU MAY HARM YOURSELF.

                  KAPALAK PAUSED AND THEN RESUMED, YOU HAVE TO TAKE OFF ALL YOUR CLOTHES AND SIT ON THE DEAD BODY IN A MEDIATIVE POSE. WHILE YOU'LL BE REPEATIN THE MANTRA INSIDE, AT ONE POINT, THE CORPSE WILL OPEN ITS MOUTH. HERE IS SOME GRAIN AND A GLASS OF WINE. WHEN THE MOUTH OPENS, PUT SOME OF THE GRAIN AND A LITTEL WINE INTO IT, AND THEN IT'LL CLOSE AGAIN.  AT TIMES, THE CORPSE MAY UTTER WORDS. REPLY OR QUESTION AS BEST YOU CAN, KAPALAK PAUSED AGAIN AND THEN CONTINUED. SATYAKAM, YOU'LL  ENCOUNTER SOME DREADFUL VOIES AND PERHAPS UGLY SIGHTS. BUT REMEMBER, DON'T FEAR, HOLD ON TO YOUR STRENGTH. REMIND YOURSELF AGAIN AND AGAIN THAT YOU ARE UPHELD BY THE POWER THAT DWELLS WITHIN YOU. ANY SLIP MAY CAUSE YOU SOME DAMAGE. BUT IF YOU COME OUT SUCCESSFULLY, WHICH I DON'T DOUBT, YOU'LL BE QUIETE A DIFFERENT PERSON BY EARLY MORNING.

                      BY NOW, SATYAKAM FELT HALF DEAD. KAPALAK MOVED NEAR HIM. HE WAS AN EMBODIMENT OF COURAGE, HE VIBRATION HELPED SATYAKAM SOMEWHAT. SATYAKAM COULD SEE THAT WHAT WAS HAPPENING WAS A FACT AND NOT A DREAM. A SLIGHT BOLDNESS ENTERED HIM CONTAGIOUSLY. HE BEGAN TO UNDRESS HIMSELF. THEN KAPALAK WHISPERED THE INFALLIBLE MANTRA INTO HIS LEFT EAR THREE TIMES. THE MANTRA INFUSED AN ELECTIC CURRENT THROUGHOUT HIS BODY AND HE WAS NO LONGER FEARFUL, BUT ALIVE AND PREPARED TO DO WHAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO. HE CAREFULLY ASSUMED A POSTURE ON THE DEAD BODY FACING TOWARD ITS HEAD. FOLDING HIS PALMS TOGETHER NEAR HIS CHEST, HE BOWED TO KAPALAK FROM A DISTANCE AND THEN LOWERED HIS HANDS, RESTING THEM ON HIS KNEES. KAPALAK CAME FORWARD AND TOUCHED THE POINT BETWEEN HIS EYEBROWS. AS SATYAKAM CLOSED HIS EYES, KAPALAK WALKED QUIETLY AWAY INTO THE DARKNESS.

                  HARDLY ONE PHASE OF THE NIGHT WAS OVER WHEN SATYAKAM FELT A SLIGHT MOVEMENT IN THE CORPSE. OPENING HIS EYES, HE SAW ITS MOUTH MOVE AS IF ASKING FOR SOMETHING. HE PUT SOME GRAIN AND WINE INTO IT. THEN THE MOUTH CLOSED AGAIN. MEANWHILE HE KEPT REPEATING THE MANTRA. THIS PROCESS CONTINUED UNTIL THE SECOND PHASE OF THE NIGHT WAS OVER.

                  ALL OF A SUDDEN SHARP SHRIEKS AND WILD TRIED TO BE UNMOVED AND CONTINUED REPEATING THE MANTRA. BUT THE HOWLING NOISES AND THREATENING CHALLENGES GREW TOO NIGHTMARISH FOR HIM. NO LONGER COULD HE KEEP HIS EYES CLOSED. FOR THE FIRST FEW MOMOENTS WHAT HE SAW CURDLED HIS BLOOD. VARIOUS UGLY AND FIERCE-LOOKING  CREATURES WERE READY TO ATTACK AND DEVOUR HIM, THEY LOOKED HIDEOUS AND DEMONIC. BUT SOON SATYAKAM HEARD KAPALAK SAYING, YOU ARE UPHELD BY THE POWER WHICH DWELLS WITHIN YOU.

                 INSTANTLY HIS FEAR SUBSIDED. WITH RENEWED COURAGE HE CLOSED HIS EYES AND CONTINUED THE MANTRA. THE DREADFUL VOICES AND HELLISH SIGHTS PERSISTED FOR SOME TIME, BUT NO LONGER DID THEY DISTURB HIM.  GRADUALLY THEY SUBSIDED, THEN SILENCED ALTOGETHER. NOW THE THIRD PHASE OF THE NIGHT WAS OVER.

                 QUIET REIGNED ONCE AGAIN. DEEP IN HIS MANTRA, SATYAKAM FELT THE NIGHT OF THE NEW MOON, CALM AND FREE. BUT AS BEFORE, SOMETHING CAUGHT HIS ATTENTION. FROM THE CORPSE CAME A THICK WAILING SOUND, AS IF IT WERE DREAMING SHE SOUNDED AS IF SHE WERE IN PAIN. HER BODY QUIVERED SLIGHTLY. SATYAKAM MAINTAINED HIS POSTURE.

                 THE AGONIZING SOUND BECAME LOUDER AND LOUDER. HE BURST OUT QUIETE INVOLUTARILY, WHO ARE YOU?

                 VERY FAINTLY AND IN A QUAVERIN VOICE IT SPOKE, RE...L..E...A...SE...M..EE....

                  THE VOICE WAS THICK AND HEAVY. FOR A MOMENT SATYAKAM BECAME ALARMED. BUT SOON HE GATHERED HIS CONSCIOUSNESS AND ASKED AGAIN, WHO ARE YOU?

                  YO...U..R MA..A..Y..A..., SPOKE THE SAME VOICE AND THEN HER WHOLE BODY BECAME DEAD AS BEFORE.

               

             SATYAKAM WAITED FOR SOME TIME TO SEE IF ANYTHING FURTHER WOULD HAPPEN. BUT THERE WAS NO MORE MOVEMENT. EVEN THE MOUTH SEEMED STILL. HE CLOSED HIS EYES AND AGAIN CONCENTRATED ON THE MANTRA. HIS WHOLE ATTITUDE BECAME THAT OF COMPASSION TOWARD THE SPIRIT - OF THE CORPSE AS WELL AS THE OTHER DEMONIC ONES HE HAD ENCOUNDED EARLIER IN THE NIGHT. AN UTTERLY PURIFY FILLED HIS HEART, THE SUBLIMITY OF WHICH HE HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE. HIS HEART OPENED WIDE IN GRATITUDE TO THAT INDWELLING POWER WHICH HAD UPHELD HIM THOUGHOUT.

               THE LAST PHASE OF THE NIGHT PASSED PEACEFULLY. SATYAKAM FELT RELIEVED AND LOST IN DEEP ABSORPTION.

              THE MORNING SUN'S FIRST RAYS FELL UPON THE GROUND AS SATYAKAM ENTERED KAPALAK'S HUT. THE WORLD SEEMED QUIET DIFFERENT TO HIM. HE COULDN'T BELIEVE HE WAS THE SAME PERSON WHO EXISTED YESTERDAY. HARDLY A TRACE OF THE OLD SELF REMAINED. HE FELT TRANSPOSED TO A DIMENSION WHERE HE COULD SEE ONLY WITH HIS THIRD EYE. HE HAD NO PARTICULAR QUESTIONS FOR KAPALAK WHO ALSO SEEMED TOTALLY DIFFERENT TO HIM. THE MEMORY OF HIS MASTER IN HIMALAYA AROSE SPONTANEOUSLY AND HIS UNDERSTANDING OF HIM GREW LARGER THAN EVER BEFORE. FOR A WHILE HE WAS LOST IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF HIM.

            YOU ACCOMPLISHED NOT ONLY A GREAT TASK NIGHT BUT ALSO A BENEVOLENT ONE, SATYAKAM.

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