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.

                                                                 STEP NINETEEN

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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.

                                                                   STEP TWENTY

                           

                               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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HISTORY OF HIMALAYA

 

                                       

                                ENLIGHTENMENT SPRING WITH HIMALAYA'S

                           THE COMMON PEOPLE KEPT ASKING SATYANANDA QUESTIONS. AND WHILE HE WAS STILL REPLYING, SOME COULD NOT HELP TALKING STIMULTANEOUSLY, HARDLY LISTENING TO HIM. AT ONE POINT HE SAID, IT IS BETTER TO OPEN YOUR EARS AND CLOSE YOUR MOUTHS INSTEAD OF VICE VERSA. VANITY FRUSTRATES THE FULFILLMENT OF YOUR WILL. TRUTH CANNOT BE IMPARTED TO THOSE WHO DO NOT LISTEN. TO DISCOVER THE VAST UNKNOWN DEPTHS OF GOD, SILENCE IS IMPERATIVE. HOW ELSE WOULD YOU ACHIEVE THE JOY WHICH YOU ARE CONSCIOUSLY OR UNCONCIOUSLY SEEKING?

                        QUIET DESCENDED ON THE CROWD LIKE A DOVE. SATYANANDA STAYED THERE FOR A QUITE A NUMBER OF DAYS SHARING INTIMATE DIALOGUE AND COMMUNICATION WITH THE YOGIS. HE INITIATED TWO OF THEM AS HIS NEW DISCIPLES, RENAMING THEM SHRADHAVAN, AND NISHTHAVAN.

                        THEREAFTER, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS SIX DISCIPLES, HE MOVED WITH COURAGE AND NOBILITY FROM PLACE TO PLACE UNTIL THEY COURAGE DWARKA ON THE WEST COAST. WHILE HE WAS SITTING ON THE TEMPLE VERANDAH WITH HIS DISCIPLES ON HIS RIGHT, SOME PRIESTS AND PILGRIMS CAME FORWARD AND SAT QUIETLY AROUND THEM.

                        ONE OF THE PRIESTS ASKED SATYANANDA, DOES THE THE PATH OF DEVOTION OF GOD LEAD TO RELEASE OR DOES ONLY THE PATH OF KNOWLEDGE, THAT IS, SELF-INQUIRY, LEAD TO IT?

                    SATYANANDA GAVE A PLEASANT SMILE AND RETURNED THE QUESTION, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY RELEASE?

                    THE PRIEST FUMBLED AND HESITATED TO FIND WORDS. IT SEEMED THAT HE HAD NEVER THOUGH ON HIS OWN WHAT RELEASE MEANT- THAT HE HAD PERHAPS BEEN REPEATING THE WORD ALL HIS LIFE MECHANICALLY, LIKE A PARROT, BECAUSEHE HAD READ OR HEARD ABOUT IT! EVENTUALLY, HE CAME OUT WITH, FREEDOM FROM SORROW, FEELING PEACE AND HAPPINESS, NO WORRIES OR MISERIES, NO POVERTY AND THE REST.

                   SATYANANDA SPOKE, THEN DO YOU THINK, EVEN IN YOUR WILDEST IMAGINATION, THAT WHEN YOU REALIZE GOD THROUGH THE PATH OF DEVOTION YOU WILL STILL RETAIN SORROW, WORRIES, MISERIES AND CONFUSION?

                NO,

                LET US ANALYSE IT FURTHER, WHAT IS IT THAT CONSTITUES MISERIES OR FEELINGS OF SORROW, AND HOW DOES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE ONCE YOU REALIZE GOD OR TRUE SELF? 

               SATYANANDA TOOK A SHORT BREATH AND ASKED, WHO IS FEELING THE SORROW AND MISERIES?

                A PERSON, YOU, ME AND EVERYONE, RELIED THE PRIEST. WHAT IS PERSON, AND ME? SATYANANDA ASKED AGAIN.

                THE PRIEST GOT STUCK, AND BEFORE HE COULD FIND AN ANSWER, ANOTHER PRIEST SAID IN A RATHER LOUD TONE, SOUL OR INDIVIDUAL CONSCIOUSNESS?

                                 IN SHORT, EGO? EXPRESSED SATYANANDA.

                                 YES, CAME THE REPLY FROM BOTH PRIESTS.

                             THEN IS IT NOT CLEAR THAT WHEN YOU MERGE INTO GOD OR SPIRIT - MEANING THAT EGO NO LONGER EXISTS - YOU ARE RELEASED FROM SORROW AND MISERIES? IN OTHER WORDS, IS NOT EGO THE SOLE BASIS OF MISERIES, AND DOES NOT RELEASE FROM SORROW MEAN RELEASE FROM EGO?

                          RIGHT, AGREED THE PRIESTS.

                         SATYANANDA CONTINUED, LET US NOW COME BACK TO YOUR ORIGINAL QUESTION . IF EGO DISSOLVES IN BOTH THE PATHS OF DEVOTION AND SELF-INQUIRY, IN TERMS OF RELEASE, THERE IS NO ESSENTIAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO. DO YOU AGREE WITH ME?

                           YES, REPLIED PRIESTS.

                           BUT THE DIFFERENCE EXISTS IN APPROACH ONLY. THAT IS ON THE PATH OF DEVOTION, DEVOTION IS PREDOMINANT AND KNOWLEDGE IS BORN EVENTUALLY, AND ON THE PATH OF KNOWLEDGE, SELF - INQUIRY IS PREDOMINANT AND DEVOTION IS BORN EVENTUALLY. BOTH LEAD TO SELF-SURRENDER, WHICH IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS OF RELEASE.

                       AN ATMOSPHERE OF QUIET ENVELOPED THEM. ALL AT ONCE, A BEATIFUL PEACOCK WITH CLOSED PLUMES SAILD SERENELY ABOVE THEM IN THE SKY, LIKE A BOAT MOVING GRACEFULLY UPON THE WATERS. AN AMAZING FEAT! DOWN BELOW THE TEMPLE VERANDAH, IN THE COMPOUND, A POLIO-STRICKEN BEGGAR WAS SITTING ON THE DUSTY GROUND. HE HAD BEEN WATCHING THEM ALL ALONG BUT COULD NOT UNDERSTAND A WORD. HIS WHOLE OUTER ATTENTION WAS ON SATYANANDA, BUT HIS INNER ATTENTION WAS ON HIS POLIO. FINDING ALL QUIET NOW, HE LIMPTED TOWARD THE VERANDAH.

                     TOUCHING HIS FOREHEAD TO THE EDGE OF THE MARBLE FLOOR, BE SPOKE WITH UTMOST DEVOTION IN A HALTING AND SAD VOICE, PLEASE BLESS ME SO THAT I GET RID OF THIS DREADFUL DISEASE.

                    SATYANANDA LOOKED AT THE POOR MAN BENIGNLY AND CAME NEAR THE EDGE. HE TOUCHED HIS PALM SOMEWHERE ON THE AILING MAN'S NECK, AND GENTLY MASSAGED HIS SPINE THERE FROM SOME TIME. THE MAN'S EYES SLOWLY BEGAN TO CLOSE, AND SOON THE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS. UPASAK AND BHAKTIDEV RUSHED TO HOLD HIM, SLOWLY LAYING HIM ON THE GROUND. THE MAN RESTED THERE, AS IF ASLEEP, FOR SOME TIME. THEN HIS BODY BEGAN TO SHOW SIGNS OF RECOVERY AND GRADUALLY HE OPENED HIS EYS. SATYANANDA COMMANDED HIM, GET UP. THE MAN GOT UP - CURED AND WHOLE. 

                    THE WHOLE AUDIENCE ACCLAIMED LOUDLY IN ONE VOICE, VICTORY OF MAHARAJ!

                   THE PRIESTS STEPPED FORWARD, TOUCHED THE FEET OF SATYANANDA, AND WITH TENDER LOVE IN THEIR EYES SAID, WE WISH TO BE THY DISCIPLES IF THOU THINKS THAT WE ARE WORTHY.

                    HE PICKED ONE OF THEM AND RENAMED HIM PAVITRA. AND THUS THE EIGHT RESUMED THEIR UNENDING JOURNEY.

                   PEOPLE FOLLOWED THEM TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE TOWN AND THE PARTY HEADED TOWARD MOUNT ABU.

                 ON THE WAY A YOUNG FELLOW TRAVELER WHO HAD LONG BEEN WANDERING IN SEARCH OF A TRUE MASTER WAS MAGNETICALLY ATTRACTED TO SATYANANDA. THE MAN, WHO SEEMED SINCERE AND FAITHFUL, BOWED DOWN TO HIM AND ASKED REVERENTLY, HAVE YOU SEEN GOD?

                 YES, CAME THE SIMPLE AND DIRECT ANSWER.

                   CAN YOU BLESS ME WITH HIS VISION? PLEADED THE MAN. 

                    YES, PROVIDED YOU FULFILL THE PREREQUISITIES AND GET SUFFICIENTLY PURIFIED TO BEHOLD HIS VISION. CAME THE DIRECT GUIDANCE FROM SATYANANDA.

                   THE MAN SPONTANEOUSLY SURRENDERED HIMSELF AT THE FEET OF SATYANANDA WHO READILY ACCEPTED HIM AND INTIATED HIM AS SHARANDEV.

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GAYATRI MANTRA STEPS

 

                                                    STEP TWENTY-NINE

                            NOW, IT'S TIME TO FREE ALL THE ENERGIES YOU MAY HAVE INVOKED DURING YOUR JAPA. I HAVE SIMPLIFIED THE GAYATHRI SADHANA SO WE ARE NOT INVOKING SI MANY ENERGIES. IN ADVANCED MANTRA SADHANAS, YOU INIVITE MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF ENERGIES TO 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 ADODE, I HUMBLY REQUEST YOU TO PLEASE BE HERE WHEN I CALL UPON YOU ONCE AGAIN TO OFFER MY PRAYERS TO YOU.

                               TISTHA TISTHA PARASTHANE SVASTHANE PARAMESVARI,

                                YATRA BRAHMADAYO DEVAH SARVE TISTHANTI ME HRDI

                            LET EVERYBODY GO TO YOUR ADODE AND BE SETTLED THERE. MAY ALL THE POSITIVE ENERGIES, ALL THE GOODNESS, FOREVER REMAIN IN MY HEART. LET THOSE I NEED NOT GO FROM HERE.

                          THERE ARE ENERGIES THAT SIMPLY HELP YOU FULFILL YOUR MATERIAL GOALS, BUT THEN THERE ARE ENERGIES THAT THE 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.

                                                           STEP THIRTY

                           STEP THIRTY 30 IS TO SAY SORRY FOR ANY MISTAKES YOU MIGHT HAVE MADE WHILE CHANTING, WHETHER THAT'S YAWNING, LOSING FOCUS, FEELING ANGRY OR NEGATIVE OR EVEN THINKING ILL OF PEOPLE, AND SO ON. THESE ARE ALL ERRORS OF COMMISSIONS - YOU KNOW THEY HAVE BEEN COMMITTED. SEEKING FORGIVENESS IS IMPERATIVE, SO WE DO A LITTLE KSHAMA PRARTHANA, A REQUEST FOR PARDON AND ONCE AGAIN, YOU CAN EITHER READ THE TRANSLATION ON PAGE 157 OR YOU CAN JUST SAY SORRY IN ANY LANGUAGE AND WORDS THAT YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH. HERE'S THE STOTRA AGAIN WITH MEANING FOR YOUR READY REFERENCE:

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•  APARADHASAHASTRANI KRIYANTESHARNISAM MAYA,
• DASOSYAMITI MAM MATVA KSAMASVA PARAMESRVARI,
• AVAHANAM NA JANAMI KSAMYATAM PARAMESRVARI,
• PUJAM CAIVA NA JANAMI KSAMYATAM PARAMESRVARI,
• MANTRAHINAM KRIYAHINAM BHAKTIHINAM SURESRVARI,'
• YATPUJITAM MAYA DEVI PARIPURNA TADASTU ME.                                               

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                         THIS MEANS, I HAVE MADE COUNTLESS MISTAKES, PLEASE LOOK UPON ME AS YOUR HUMBLE SERVANT AND FORGIVE ME. I DON'T KNOW THE MANTRAS, I DON'T KNOW THE CORRECT PRONUNCIATION, I AM AN IGNORANT PERSON, AND YET I HAVE THE AUDACITY TO PRAY TO YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE EVER MERCIFUL, YOU STILL FULFILL MY WISHES.

                                                       STEP THIRTY-ONE

                             NOW IT'S TIME TO PERFORM YAJNA, THE FIRE OFFERINGS. THE TENPERCENT PRINCIPLE (DASHANSH) APPLIES HERE. WHICH MEANS, IF YOU HAVE CHANTED 3000 TIMES, YOU WILL MAKE 300 FIRE OFFERINGS. ONCE AGAIN, I'VE GIVEN A CHAPTER ON FIRE OFFERINGS IN THE APPENDIX.

                           THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO DO ELABORATE YAJNAS, BUT PERHAPS PERFORM THE SIMPLEST ONE. THERE IS NOT MUCH TO BE DONE. IF YOU CANNOT DO FIRE OFEERINGS, SIMPLY DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF CHANTS. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU CHANTED 1000 TIMES THAT DAY, THIS MEANS YOU WOULD MAKE 100 OBLATIONS TO THE FIRE. IF YOU CANNOT DO A YAJNA, SIMPLY CHANT AN ADDITIONAL 200 TIMES, OVER AND ABOVE YOUR 1000 MANTRA CHANTING, TO COMPENSATE FOR NOT DOING THE YAJNA.

                           ONE ESSENTIAL POINT ON FIRE OFFERINGS. WHENVER YOU OFFER ANYTHING TO THE FIRE OF THE YAGNA, MAKE SURE YOU END IT WITH THE WORDS "OM SVAHA".

                          FOR EXAMPLE, TO MAKE A FIRE OFFERING WITH GAYATRI MANTRA, YOU WILL SAY,

                        "OM BHURBHUVAH SVAHA TATSAVITURVARENYAMA BHARGO

                           DEVASYA, DHIMAHI, DHIYO NAH PRACODAYATA, OM SVAHA".

                                                                STEP THIRTY-TWO

                                    AFTER THE YAJNA, WE DO TARPAN OR LIBATIONS. THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF TARPAN- BRAHMA TARPAN, PITRA TARPAN, DEVA TARPAN AND SO ON. THE TARPAN WE ARE DOING HERE IS DEVA TARPAN, THAT WE ARE OFFERING TO THE DEITY. WHEN YOU OFFER SOMEBODY FOOD, YOU OFFER HER SOME WATER AS WELL, BECAUSE WATER COMPLETES THE MEAL. I AM TELLING YOU  THE SIMPLEST METHOD OF TARPAN.

                                 IF CAN BE DONE WITH WATER MIXED WITH SESAME SEEDS AND SO ON, BUT THIS SIMPLE TARPAN IS DONW WITH JUST WATER. YOU CAN USE THAT LITTLE POT THAT YOU USED TO DO ACHAMANA, AND COMPLETE THE LIBERATION IN ANY OF THESE TWO WAYS: YOU CAN TAKE SOME WATER FROM THE POT WITH A LITTLE SPOON AND AS YOU CHANT YOUR MANTRA, "OM BHURBHUVAH SVAH TATSAVITURVARENAYAMA BHARGO DEVASYA DHIMAHI DHIYO YO NAH PRACODOYATA, OM TARPAYAMI".

                            LIKE WE APPEND "OM SVAHA" IN A FIRE OFFERING, WE ADD, "OM TARPYAMAI" WHILE PERFORMING LIBERATIONS.

                           THIS IS THE RECOMMENDED METHOD. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SPOON, YOU CAN JOIN YOUR RING FINGER AND THUMB AND DIP THEM IN THE POT. THE NUMBER OF LIBERATIONS IS ALWAYS TEN PERCENT OF YOUR FIRE OFFERINGS. SO, IF YOU DID 1000 TIMES CHANTING, YOU'LL MAKE 100 FIRE OFFERINGS AND 10 LIBERATIONS.

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THREE FORMS OF MANTRA SADHANA

 

                                                       MANTRA SADHANA

                              ALL MANTRA SADHANAS FALL INTO THREE CATEGORIES. THE FIRST IS CALLED NITYA KARMA. NITYA MEANS SOMETHING THAT'S DONE ROUTINELY. NITYA KARMA IS LIKE ATTENDING SCHOOK, YOU PUT ON A UNIFORM, GO THERE AND MARK YOUR PRESENCE. THOUGH IN ITSELF THIS HAS SOME RELEVANCE, IT DOESN'T MEAN MUCH PER SE. BUT YOU GO TO SCHOOL, GET FAMILIAR WITH THE LEARNING ENVIRONEMNT, SEE OTHER CHILDREN, AND SO ON.

                          NITYA KARMA IS WHAT A SEEKER DOES ON A REGULAR BASIS, IT IS REFRESHING YOUR MIND, PRACTICING WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW, EVERY DAY.

                        RAMAKRISHNA PARAMAHANSA HAD THREE GURUS, ONE OF HIS GURUS WAS NAGA SAINT NAMED TOTAPURI.

                       RAMAKRISHNA ONCE ASKED HIM, YOU HAVE ATTAINED NIRVIKALPA SAMADHI, THAT RARE AND ARGUABLY THE HIGHEST FORM OR EMANCIPATION. WHY, THEN, DO YOU STILL MEDITATE?

                       YOU SEE THAT WATER POT? TOTAPURI POINTED TO HIS WATER POT, WHICH WAS MADE OF BRASS, AND SAID, IF YOU DON'T WASH IT DAILY, IT GATHERS STAINS AND SPOTS. THEREFORE, I MEDITATE A LITTLE EVERY DAY TO SUSTAIN THE PURIFICATION THAT I HAVE DONE WITH INTENSE SADHANA.

                      YOU SHOULD MAKE WHAT YOU DO SITTING IN FRONR OF AN ALTAR PART OF YOUR ROUTINE, MAKE IT YOUR DAILY DISCIPLINE SO THAT YOU REFRESH WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW. THAT, HOWEVER, DOES NOT USUALLY GIVE YOU THE POWER YOU MAY NEED FROM MANTRAS FOR CERTAIN ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

                FOR THAT, THERE IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF A SADHANA CALLED NAIMITTIKA KARMA. AND IT IS WHAT REALLY DIFFERENTIATES AN ASCETIC, AN ADEPT FROM AN AVERAGE SEEKER. 

                NAIMITTIKA KARMA IS SOMETHING THAT IS DONE WITH A SPECIFIC PURPOSE IN MIND. DOING NAIMITTIKA KARMA ENTAILS DEVOTING A CERTAIN TIME FOR YOUR SADHANA. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU COULD SAY, I AM GOING TO CHANT THIS MANTRA OVER THE NEXT 40 DAYS, 1,25,000 TIMES, OR I AM GOING TO CHANT IT 2,00,000 TIMES OR 40,000 TIMES, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. IT IS LIKE A FIXED DEPOSIT IN YOUR SPIRITUAL BANK ACCOUNT. WHAT YOU DO DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME IS WHAT YOU ACCUMULATE FOR FUTURE USE.

                   WHEN YOU DO NAIMITTIKA KARMA, YOU WILL GAIN SOME ENERGY FROM YOUR CHANTING. ONE OF THE COMMON MISTAKE THAT PEOPLE MAKE WITH MANTRA SADHANA IS THAT THEY BECOME EAGER TO USE IT. I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, I WASN'T THINKING OF CITING IT EARLIER, BUT IT IS SURELY RELEVANT.

                   IN 1999, I INITIATED A VERY NICE PERSON, A HOUSEHOLDER, INTO A SPECIFIC MANTRA. LET'S CALL HIM TARUN.

                    SOMEWHERE, I SAID TO HIM, I'M TAKING A RISK BY INITIATING YOU IN THIS MANTRA. THE ONLY THING I ASK OF YOU IS THAT PLEASE DON'T USE IT WITHOUT CONSULTING ME. THERE IS A REASON I AM TELLING YOU THIS, BECAUSE ONE DAY YOU WILL NEED IF FOR SOMETHING IN YOUR FAMILY, FOR ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN.

                    YES, BUT WE'LL NEED THE ENERGY OF THIS MANTRA.

                    ABOUT EIGHT YEARS LATER, ONE OF HIS COUSIN'S UNCLES, AN OLD MAN, FELL GRAVELY ILL. TARUN WENT TO SEE HIM AT THE HOSPITAL AND COULDN'T BEAR TO SEE HIM SUFFERING. HE ASKED ME IF HE COULD USE THE MANTRA TO HELP THE OLD MAN, SO HE COULD LEAVE THIS WORLD PEACEFULLY.

                   THIS SOUL'S DEPARTURE IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME, I REPLIED,SAVE THIS POWER, YOU WILL NEED IT, BUT HE COULDN'T CONTAIN HIMSELF. IN HIS NEXT VISIT, HE SAW HIS COUSIN CRYING, AND THE UNCLE IN GREAT PAIN AND HE SAT THERE AND APPLIED THE MANTRA. THIS WAS IN THE MORNING.

                  AT AROUND 3 PM, THE SAME DAY, HIS UNCLE LEFT HIS BODY. I AM SORRY, TARUN SAID TO ME OVER THE PHONE, BUT I COULD NOT RESIST USING THE MANTRA. SINCE I DID NOT USE IF FOR MY OWN BENEFIT- AFTER ALL, I HELPED SOMEBODY - SO I THINK IT SHOULD BE ALL RIGHT.

                 WHILE IT IS NOT UNTRUE THAT YOU USED THE ENERGY OF THE MANTRA FOR SOMEBODY ELSE, IT'S NOT ENTIRELY TRUE EITHER, BECAUSE YOU USED IT OUT OF SENSE OF ATTACHMENT, I CONTENDED. THERE WERE OTHER PATIENTS IN THE HOSPITAL. YOU DID NOT GO TO THEM AND SAY, I AM LIBERATING YOU. YOU HELPED SOMEBODY TO WHOM YOU WERE ATTACHED, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. SO WHILE THAT IS COMMENDABLE, IT WAS NOT ENTIRELY SELFLESS. YOUR EMOTIONS GOT THE BETTER OF YOU, AND YOU USED YOUR ENERGT JUST LIKE THAT.

                    FAST-FORWARD A FEW YEARS, AND A YOUNG PERSON IN HIS FAMILY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER. FORTUNATELY, WITH THE RIGHT MEDICAL AND SPIRITUAL INTERVENTION, THIS STORM PASSED. 

                      WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY. UNCLE BEN IN SPIDERMAN SAID THAT - ONE WISE FELLOW.

                     IF YOU ARE GOING TO ACCUMULATE ENERGY, YOU ALSO HAVE A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY TO NOT USE IT JUST FOR YOURSELF. IT WOULD BE IDEAL ALSO SO CONFINE YOURSELF TO USING IT FOR THOSE TO WHOM YOU ARE NOT CONNECTED, OR AT LEAST USE IT FOR THOSE TO WHOM YOU ARE NOT CONNECTED, OR ATLEAST USE IT FOR SOME PEOPLE WHOM YOU DO NOT KNOW. THIS REQUIRES GREAT MINDFULLNESS, BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND, EVERYBODY IS DISTURBED OR IN PAIN IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. EVERYONE IS IN NEED. HOW YOU INTERVENE MAKES A GREAT IDEAL OF DIFFERENCE TO YOURS AS WELL AS THAT PERSON'S LIFE, BECAUSE IF YOU ARE TO YOURS AS WELL AS THAT PERSON'S LIFE BECAUSE IF YOU ARE INTERFERING IN THE PLAY OF NATURE, SOMEWHERE, YOU MUST PAY THE PRICE. YOUR INTERVENTION HAS TO BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH NATURE, WHICH IS PART OF NAIMITTIKA KARMA.

                 UNDER NAIMITTIKA KARMA IS A CONCEPT CALLED PURUSHCHARANA. PURUSHCHARANA IS INVOKING A MANTRA AND SAVING ITS ENERGY FOR FUTURE USE. IT IS ALWAYS DONE OVER A SPECIFIC PERIOD OF TIME, AND LATER IN THIS BOOK, I SHARE THE STEPS OF PURUSHCHARANA. ONCE YOU HAVE DONE THE PURUSHCHARANA, YOU HAVE ACCUMULATED THE NECESSARY SPIRITUAL WEALTH. THEN, THE THIRD STEP IS KAMYA PRAYOGA.

                KAMYA MEANS DESIRED OR DESIRABLE AND PRAYOGA MEANS APPLICATION. WHEN YOU USE A MANTRA FOR A CERTAIN APPLICATION, THAT IS KAMYA PRAYOGA. OF THESE THREE ASPECTS OF MANTRA SCIENCE, THE SECOND, NAIMITTIKA KARMA, IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THIS BOOK.

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