HOW TO MAKE FIRE OFFERINGS (YAJNA)

 

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                    THE ONE WHO IS THE ESSENCE OF THE THREE LOKAS AND THREE STATES OF  MIND, NATURE AND EXISTENCE, THAT ONE WHO LIGHTS UP OUR PATH AND IS THE ETERNAL FATHER, HIS VERY NATURE IS YAJNA. HE ALONE IS THE ENJOYER OF ALL YAJNAS. HE, THE LORD OF YAJNAS, REPRESENTS THE VEDIC INJUCTIONS OF FIRE OFFERINGS AND ALL LIMBS OF YAJNAS, HE BESTOWS THE REWARDS OF SUCH YAJNA.

                 HE, THE RULER OF YAJNAS, IS THE ONE PERFORMING FIRE OFFERINGS (THROUGH ME FOR, HE'S ONE WITHOUT A SECOND, HE ALONE EXISTS). THE SOLE ENJOYER AND THE ONLY RECIPIENT OF ALL OFFERINGS MADE IN THAT FIREPIT. HE, THE FINAL OFFERING, FULFILLS ALL YAJNAS AND REMAINS THE GREATEST MYTICAL REALIZATION OF A YAJNA. HE'S SUSTENCE (FOOD) AND THE ENJOYER OF SUCH SUSTENANCE.

                  (VISHNU SAHASRANAMAM, 104, 105, OWN TRANSLATION.)

                 IF THERE'S ONE THING WITHOUT WHICH NO RELIGIOUS RITE IS EVER PERFORMED IN SANTANA DHARMA (COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE HINDU RELIGION), THAT WILL BE THE USE OF FIRE. WHETHER THAT FIRE IS IN THE FORM OF A LAMP OF OFFERINGS IN A FIREPIT OR EVEN LIBRATIONS (ARGHYAM), TO THE GREATEST FIREBALL, THE SUN, OFTEN THE PRESENCE OF FIRE MARKS THE BEGINNING AND END OF LIFE. THE FIRE OF PASSION IS THE SEED OF OUR BODY,  THE IN A MOTHER'S WOMB SUSTAINS US, THE FIRE OF OUR DESIRES PROPELS US, THE FIRE IN OUR BELLIES DEGESTS OUR FOOD, THE FIRE IN OUR BODIES AGES US AND ULTIMATELY, IT IS TO FIRE THAT WE ARE GIVEN AT THE TIME OF CREMATION.

                THEREFORE, A YAJNA NOT ONLY REPRESENTS FIRE OFFERINGS MADE IN A FIREPIT, BUT AN EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE TOWARDS ALL THINGS THAT GOVERN OUR LIVES. IN SANATANA DHARMA, THERE ARE FIVE TYPES OF YAJNA:

                1. OFFERINGS TO ALL LIVING BEINGS (BHUTA-YAJNA): THIS INVOLVES FEEDING BIRDS AND ANIMALS, PLANTING TREES, WATERING PLANTS AND MINDFUL USAGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

               2.     CHARITY AND MUTUAL RESPECT (MANUSHYA-YAJNA). TO RESPECTFULLY RECEIVE A GUEST, TO RESPECT OTHER PEOPLE'S SPACE, EXISTENCE AND FREEDOM, TO HELP OTHERS TO THE BEST OF ONE'S ABILITIES IS MANUSHYA-YAJNA.

              3.      OFFERINGS TO OUR ANCESTORS (PITR-YAJNA): THIS INVOLVES DONATING FOOD, MONEY, CLOTHES AND SO ON IN THE MEMORY OF OUR ANCESTORS TO THANK THEM. AFTER ALL, EVEN IF THEY LEFT NO MATERIAL LEGACY FOR SOMEONE, THEIR SEED IS THE REASON WHY WE ARE HERE.

              4.       OFFERINGS TO GODS (DEVA-YAJNA): BY MAKING WATER AND FIRE OFFERINGS, WE PERFORM DEVA-YAJNA. THIS TYPE OF YAJNA ALONG WITH THE ONE BELOW IS OUR PRIMARY FOCUS PRESENTLY.

               5.      OFFERING TO THE UNIVERSE (BRAHMA-YAJNA): THIS IS DONE BY CHANTING VEDIC MANTRAS. THEREFORE, IN MANTRA YOGA NO FIRE OFERRINGS ARE MADE WITHOUT ASSOCIATING A MANTRA WITH THEM. FOR ON THE PATH OF MANTRA SADHANA, SOUND (MANIFEST OR SILENCE) IS OUR FIRST CONNECTION WITH THE DIVINE ENERGY.

                   THAT WHICH HELPS US REALIZE THE TRUTH (JNA) OF NOW, THE PRESENT MOMENT (YA), IS YAJNA. OUR LIFE IS A SERIES OF PRESENT MOMENTS.

                 THE YAJNA THAT HAS FIRE OFFERINGS IS ALSO CALLED HOMAM OR AGNIHOTRA. IT CAN BE AS ELABORATE AS EASILY LASTING EIGHT HOURS OR MORE, OR IT CAN BE CONCISE ENOUGH TO BE WRAPPED UP WITHIN  15-20 MINUTES. WHAT KIND OF YAJNA YOU DO DEPENDS ENTIRELY ON THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF YOUR SADHANA. IN THIS CHAPTER, AS FAR AS MANTRA YOGA IS CONCERNED, TO MAKE EFFECTIVE FIRE OFFERINGS, I PRESENT TO YOU THE SHORT BUT SUFFICIENT STEPS OF A YAJNA.

                                  INGREDIENTS REQUIRED FOR FIRE OFFERINGS

•           BRICKS AND SAND IF YOU ARE MAKING YOUR OWN ELEVATED                                 PLATFORM  (VEDI).
•           AN OIL LAMP. INCENSE IS OPTIONAL.
•          GHEE (OR ANY SPECIFIC OIL AS PRESCRIBED IN THE SADHANA)
•          ANY SPOON OR WOODEN SPOONS TO MAKE OFFERINGS OF GHEE.
•          A SMALL WATER POT. (YAJNA INGREDIENTS ARE DIFFERENT FOR VARIOUS SADHANAS. ONCE AGAIN, FOR THE SADHANAS LISTED IN THIS BOOK. I'VE SPECIFIED THE INGREDIENTS.)
•          FIREWOOD (SMALL STICKS USUALLY SUFFICE UNLESS YOU ARE DOING A LARGE YAJNA).
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•          A DRY COCONUT. THIS IS USED IN THE END TO OFFER THE LAST OBLATION (AHUTI). THE COCONUT IS PUNCTURED (IF IT'S WITH SKIN) OF CUT AT THE TOP (IF IT'S WITHOUT SKIN) AND A BIT OF GHEE AND YAJNA INGREDIENTS ARE PUT IN THAT (THE LID IS PUT BACK ON THE TOP IF IT'S WITHOUT SKIN).
•          A BUCKET OF WATER (I'VE DONE THOUSANDS OF YAJNAS IN MY LIFE AND NEVER NEEDED TO DOUSE THE FIRE. BUT, IF YOU ARE STARTING OUT, YOU MAY WANT TO KEEP A BUCKET OF WATER CLOSE BY IN CASE OF ANY FIRE HAZARD.)

                   A FIREPIT OF 2 FT X 2FT X 2FT OR EVEN 1.5 FT X 1.5 FT X 1.5 FT IS USUALLY ENOUGH. IF YOU CAN'T DIG A PIT OR SOURCE A FIREPIT FROM THE MARKET, YOU CAN BUILD YOUR OWN PLATFORM, A SLIGHTLY ELEVATED PIECE OF GROUND (VEDI). 

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SADHANA STEPS

 

                                   THE COMPREHENSIVE METHOD

                    1. CHANT THE FOLLOWING MANTRA WHILE PUTTING THE FIRST MUG OF WATER ON YOU (OR WHEN YOU STEP INTO THE SHOWER, IF YOU ARE TAKING A SHOWER) 

            

•      GAMGA CA YAMUNE CAIVA
•      GODAVARI SARASVATI
•      NARMADE SIMDHU KAVERI
•      JALESMINA SAMNIDHIMA KURU                

                   I INVOKE THE HOLY PRESENCE OF GANGA, YAMUNA, GODAVARI, SARASWATI, NARMADA, SINDHU AND KAVERI IN THIS WATER.

                2. PUT ON FRESH CLOTHES

 

                3. ENTER THE SANCTUM SANCTORUM OR OPEN YOUR ALTAR

                 GENTLY TAP ON THE FLOOR WITH YOUR LEFT HEEL AND SAY OUT LOUD, "OM HRIM ASTRAYA PHAT!"

                 4. PURIFICATION

                   ONCE INSIDE THE PUJA GRIHA, YOU BEGIN BY PURIFYING YOURSELF AND THE ENERGIES AROUND YOU. USE YOUR LEFT HAND TO TAKE A BIT OF WATER USING THE SPOON IN YOUR VESSEL AND PUT IT IN THE RIGHT ONE. CHANT THE FOLLOWING MANTRA:

• OM APAVITRAH PAVITRO VA
• SARVAVASTHAM GATO API VA
• YAH SMARET PUNDARIKAKSAM
• SA BAHYA ABHYANTARAM SUCIH

                    SPRINKLE THE WATER IN YOUR HAND ABOVE AND AROUND YOU.

                5. SELF-PURIFICATION (ACHAMANA)

                   WATER IS CONSECRATED AND DRUNK THREE TIMES WHILE PERFORMING ACHAMANA. IT'S DONE THREE TIMES TO PURIFY YOU AT THE EMOTIONAL, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL LEVEL. TO PURIFY YOU IN YOUR WAKING, SLEEPING AND DREAMING STATE. TO PURIFY THE THREE MODES OF MATERIAL NATURE, THAT IS, GOODNESS, PASSION AND IGNORANCE.  TO INFUSE YOU WITH KNOWLEDGE, EXISTENCE AND BLISS (SAT-CHIT-ANAND). TO IGNITE YOUR POTENTIAL, KINETIC AND CREATIVE ENERGIES.

                   WITH YOUR LEFT HAND, USING THE SPOON AGAIN, PUT SOME WATER IN YOUR RIGHT HAND AND SAY THE FOLLOWING MANTRA:

•                                   OM KESHVAYA NAKAH

                DRINK THE WATER.

                PUT ONE MORE SPOON AND SAY THE FOLLOWING MANTRA:

•                                   OM MADHAVAYA NAMAH

                     DRINK THE WATER.

                     ONE MORE SPOON THE SAY THE FOLLOWING MANTRA:

•                         OM NARAYANAYA NAMAHA

                        DRINK THE HOLY WATER.

                  5B. PRAKSHALANA

 

                   

                  ONCE YOU HAVE DONE THE ACHAMAN THREE TIMES, TAKE SOME MORE WATER IN YOUR RIGHT HAND (A SPOONFUL IS USUALLY ENOUGH) AND SYMBOLICALLY WASH BOTH YOUR HANDS WHILE SAYING THE FOLLOWING MANTRA:

•                     OM PUNDARIKAKSHAYA NAMAH

                6. LIGHT THE LAMP

               YOU CAN SIMPLY USE YOUR GURU MANTRA WHILE LIGHTING THE LAMP OR CHANT THE FOLLOWING MANTRA:

   

• OM AGNI JYOTIR JYOTIR AGNIH SVAHA
• SURYO JYOTI JYOTIR SURYAH SVAHA
• AGNIR VARCHO JYOTIR VARCHAH SVAHA
• SURYO VARCHO JYOTIR VARCHAH SVAHA
• JYOTI SURYAH SURYO JYOTIH SVAHA

                

                   (MAY THE DIVINE ENERGY BRING THE POWER OF AGNI IN THIS LAMP. THE LIGHT OF THIS LAMP IS AGNI, AND AGNI IS THIS LAMP... SVAHA, LET ALL AFFLICTIONS BURN)

                                  7. INVOKE GANESHA (GANESHA DHYANA)

                 YOU CAN  PRAY TO LORD GANESHA EITHER BY ANY MANTRA  YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW OR BY FOLDING YOUR HANDS AND RECITING ANY OR BOTH THE MANTRA GIVEN BELOW:

                             VAKRATUNDA MAHAKAYA SURYAKOTI SAMAPRABHA

                             NIRVIGHNAM KURU ME DEVA SARVAKARYESU SARVADA.

                                      TRANSLATION

                  ( O LORD GANESHA OF CURVED TRUNK, MAGNIFICENT BODY EXUDING THE RADIANCE OF COUNTLESS SUNS, PLEASE BE BY MY SIDE AND HELP ME COMPLETE MY TASK.)

                 8. HANDLOCKS FOR GANESHA (GANESHA MUDRA)

                                          SHOW THE THREE MUDRAS OF GANESHA.

                                                 👀 FIRST MUDRA OF GANESHA:

           (A) BRING YOUR LEFT HAND CLOSER TO YOUR CHEST WITH THE BACK OF YOUR HAND FACING YOUR CHEST.

           (B) CURL YOUR LEFT HAND A LITTEL AND GRAB IT WITH  YOUR RIGHT HAND TO FORM THE MUDRA BELOW.

                                                👀  SECOND MUDRA OF GANESHA : 

          (A) TUCK THE INDEX AND RING FINGERS OF YOUR LEFT HAND IN YOUR RIGHT FIST

          (B) LET THE MIDDLE FINGER OF YOUR LEFT HAND REMAIN OUTSIDE TO FORM THE TRUNK OF GANESHA.

          (C) SLIGHTLY PROTRUDE THE THUMB AND LITTLE FINGER OF YOUR LEFT HAND TO FORM THE EARS OF GANESHA.

            

                                           👀   THIRD MUDRA OF GANESHA:

                IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE SECOND MUDRA, JUST THAT GANESHA IS MADE WITH THE RIGHT HAND.

              (A) TUCK THE INDEX AND RING FINGERS OF YOUR RIGHT HAND IN YOUR LEFT FIST.

              (B) LET THE MIDDLE FINGER OF YOUR RIGHT HAND REMAIN OUTSIDE TO FORM THE TRUNK OF GANESHA.

             (C) SLIGHTLY PROTRUDE THE THUMB AND LITTLE FINGER OF YOUR RIGHT HAND TO FORM THE EARS OF GANESHA PER.

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FIVE PRINCIPLE OF SUCCESS

 

                                             PRINCIPLE TO GET SUCCESS

                               

                      HILL : AM I TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE FIVE PRINCIPLES OF DEFINITENESS OF PURPOSE. THE MASTER MIND, ATTRACTIVE PERSONALITY, APPLIED FAITH, AND GOING THE EXTRA MILE, ARE SUFFICIENT TO INSURE ONE'S SUCCESS?

                     CARNEGIE : NO, ONE CANNOT DEPEND UPON THESE FIVE PRINCIPLES ALONE. THERE ARE TWELVE OTHER PRINCIPLES OF ACHIEVEMENT WHICH I HAVE NOT YET MENTIONED, AND YOU WILL OBSERVE, WHEN I EXPLAIN THEM, THAT THEY PROVIDE CONTIBUTORY KNOWLEDGE NEEDED IN THE ATTAINMENT OF SUCCESS THAT ONE NOT ACQUIRE FROM THE FIVE PRINCIPLES I HAVE ALREADY NAMED.

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                   THE FIVE PRINCIPLES ARE SUFFICIENT TO ENABLE A MAN TO ESTABLISH A DEFINITE GOAL IN LIFE AND DETERMINE APPROXIMATELY THE AMOUNT OF WEALTH HE INTENDS TO ACCUMULATE, WHAT HE UNTENDS TO GIVE IN RETURN FOR THAT WEALTH, AND SO RELATE HIMSELF TO OTHER PEOPLE THAT THEY WILL NOT PLACE UNNECCESSARY OBSTACLES IN HIS WAY, BUT ONE HAS A CONSIDEDRABLE DISTANCE TO TRAVEL BEYOND THIS POINT BEFORE HE ATTAINS ENDURING SUCCES BY WRITING HIS OWN PRICE TAG, AS THE MASTER OF THE ENTIRE SEVENTEEN PRINCIPLES MAY DO.

                   HILL : DO YOU MEAN TO SAY THAT THERE ARE DEFINITE RULES OF PROCEDURE THROUGH WHICH A PERSON MAY LITERALLY WRITE HIS OWN PRICE TAG AND BE SURE OF GETTING IT? SURELY I MUST HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD YOU, BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IF SUCH RULES DO EXIST S THERE WOULD NOT BE SO MANY POVERTY-STRICKEN PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY IN VIEW OF THE FACT, THAT WE, IN AMERICA, ARE SURROUNDED WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF EVERY FORM OF WEALTH, AND GIFTED WITH THE FREEDOM OF INITIATIVE TO CHOOSEN OUR OWN OCCUPATION AND LIVE OUR OWN LIVES AS WE CHOOSE.

                 CARNEGIE : YES, YOU UNDERSTAND ME CORRECTLY, AND I WILL DESCRIBE THE PARTICULAR RULE OF SUCCESS WHICH WILL, IF PROPERLY APPLIED, ENABLE OF PERSON LITERALLY TO WRITE HIS OWN PRICE TAG, WITH MORE THAN AN AVERAGE CHANCE OF GETTING THAT WHICH HE DESIRES.

                 MOREOVER, THIS RULES IS SO POTENT THAT IT PRACTICALLY INSURES ONE AGAINST SERIOUS, OPPOSITION FROM THOSE WHO PURCHASE HIS SERVICES. AS I HAVE ALREADY STATED, THIS RULE IS KNOW AS THE HABIT OF GOING THE EXTRA MILE , WHICH MEAS THE HABIT OF DOING MORE THAN ONE IS PAID TO DO. YOU WILL OBSERVE THAT I HAVE  INJECTED AN IMPORTANT WORD INTO THE DESCRIPTION OF THIS RULE, THE WORLD HABIT!

                       BECAUSE  THE APPLICATION IF THE RULE BEGINES TO BRING BACK APPRECIABLE RESULTS IT MUST BECOME A HABIT, AND IT MUST BE APPLIED AT ALL TIMES, IN ALL POSSIBLE WAYS. IT MEANS THAT ONE MUST RENDER THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF SERVICE OF WHICH HE IS CAPABLE, AND HE MUST RENDER IT IN A FRIENDLY, HARMONIOUS MENTAL MANNER. MOREOVER, HE MUST DO THIS REGARDLESS OF THE AMOUNT OF THE IMMEDIATE COMPENSATION HE RECEIVES, EVEN IF HE RECEIVES NO IMMEDIATE COMPENSATION WHATSOVER.

                     HILL : BUT, MR.CARNEGIE, MOST OF THE PEOPLE I KNOW, THOSE WHO WORK FOR WAGES OR A SALARY, CLAIM THAT THEY ARE ALREADY DOING MORE WORK THAN THAT FOR WHICH THEY ARE PAID. IF THIS IS TRUE, WHY AREN'T THEY DOING A BETTER JOB OF INFLUENCING THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE IN THEIR BEHALF THAN THEY APPEAR TO BE DOING? WHY AREN'T THEY RICH, AS YOU ARE?

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                  CARNEGIE : THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS SIMPLE ENOUGH, BUT IT HAS MANY ANGLES I SHALL HAVE TO EXPLAIN BEFORE YOU'LL UNDERSTAND IT. IN THE FIRST PLACE, IF YOU WILL ACCURATELY ANALYSE THOSE WHO WORK FOR WAGES YOU WILL LEARN THAT NINETY-EIGHT OUR OR EVERY HUNDRED HAVE NO DEFINITE MAJOR PURPOSE GREATER THAN THAT OF WORKING FOR A DAILY WAGE. THEREFORE NO MATTER HOW MUCH WORK THEY DO, OR HOW WILL THEY DO IT, THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE WILL TURN ON PAST THEM WITHOUT PROVIDING MORE THAN A BARE LIVING, BECAUSE THEY NEITHER EXPECT NOR DEMAND MORE! PONDER OVER THIS TRUTH FOR A MOMENT  AND YOU WILL BE BETTER PREPARED TO FOLLOW THE LOGIC I WILL PRESENT IN THE REMAINDER OF THIS LESSON.

                       THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEEN THOSE WHO ACCEPT LIMITATION OF DAILY WAGES SUFFICIENT ONLY FOR A BARE LIVING, AND  MYSELF, IN THIS, I DEMAND RICHES IN DEFINITE TERMS. I HAVE A DEFINITE PLAN FOR ACQUIRING RICHES, I AM ENGAGED IN CARRYING OUT MY PLACE, AND I AM GIVING AN EQUIVALENT, IN USEFUL SERVICE, OF THE VALUE OF THOSE RICHES I DEMAND, WHILE THE OTHERS HAVE NO SUCH  PLAN OR PURPOSE.

                       LIFE IS PRAYING ME OFF ON MY OWN TERMS. IT IS DOING PRECISELY THE SAME THING FOR THE MAN WHO ASKS NO MORE THAN DAILY WAGES. YOU SEE, THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE FOLLOWS THE MENTAL BLUEPRINT THAT A MAN SETS UP IN HIS OWN MIND, AND IT BRINGS BACK TO HIM, IN PHYSICAL OR FINANCIAL MEASURE, AS EXACT EQUIVALENT OF THAT BLUEPRINT.

                       UNLESS YOU GRASP THE FULL MEANING OF THIS STATEMENT OF TRUTH YOU WILL MISS THE IMPORTANT PORTION OF THIS LESSON. THERE IS A LAW OF YOU COMPRENSATION THROUGH THE OPERATION OF WHICH A MAN  MAY ESTABLISH HIS OWN RELATIONSHIOP WITH LIFE, INCLUDING THE MATERIAL POSSESIONS HE ACCUMULATES.  THERE IS NO ESCAPE FROM THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE REALITY OF THIS LAW, FOR IT IS NOT A MAN-MADE LAW.

                     HILL : I CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR VIEWPOINT, MR.CARNEGIE, STATING THE MATTER IN ANOTHER WAY, MAY WE NOT SAY THAT EVERY MAN IS WHERE HE IS AND WHAT HE IS BECAUSE OF THE USE HE MAKES OF HIS OWN MIND?

                  CARNEGIE : YOU HAVE STATED THE IDEA CORRECTLY. THE MAJOR DIFFICULTY OF MOST MEN WHO GO THROUGH LIFE POVERTY-STRICKEN IS THAT THEY NEITHER RECOGNIZE THE POWER OF THEIR OWN MINDS NOR MAKES ANY ATTEMPT WITH HIS HANDS SELDOM BRINGS MORE THAN A MERE LIVING. THAT WHICH A MAN CAN ACCOMPLISH THROUGH THE USE OF HIS MIND MAY GIVE HIM WHATEVER HE ASKS OF LIFE.

                      NOW LET US GET ON WITH OUR ANALYSIS OF THE PRINCIPLE OF GOING THE EXTRA MILE. I AM GOING TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THE MORE PRACTICAL ADVANTAGES OF THIS PRINCIPLE. I CALL THEM PRACTICAL BECAUSE THEY ARE BENEFITS OF WHICH ANYONE MAY AVAIL HIMSELF, WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF OTHERS.

                                                                     

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                 THE HABIT AIDS ONE IS DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING THE RIGHT "MENTAL ATTITUDE"  TOWARD OTHERS, THEREBY SERVING AS AN EFFECTIVE MEANS OF GAINING FRIENDLY COOPERATION.

              IT HELPS ONE TO PROFIT BY THE LAW OF CONTRAST, SINCE OBVIOUSLY A MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE FOLLOW THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF THIS PRINCIPLE, BY DOING JUST AS LITTLE WORK AS THEY CAN GET BY WITH, AND THAT IS ABOUT ALL THEY ARE GETTING, JUST GETTING BY!

                 IT CREATE A CONTINUOUS MARKET FOR ONE'S SERVICES. MOREOVER, IT INSURES ONE A CHOICE OF JOBS AND WORKING CONDITIONS AT THE TOP OF THE SCALE OF WAGES OR OTHER FORMS OF COMPENSATION.

              IT ATTRACTS OPPORTUNITIES WHICH ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO RENDER AS LITTLE SERVICE AS POSSIBLE, AND THEREBY SERVES AS AN EFFECTIVE MEDIUM FOR SELF-PROMOTION FROM WAGE EARNING TO BUSINESS OWNERSHIP.

              UNDER SOME CIRMCUMSTANCES IT ENABLES ONE TO BECOME INDISPENSABLE IN HIS JOB, THEREBY PAVING THE WAY FOR HIM TO NAME HIS OWN COMPENSATION.

              IT AIDS ONE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-RELIANCE.

                          MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL ITS BENEFITS, IT GIVES ONE THE ADVANTAGE OF THE LAW OF INCREASING RETURNS THROUGH WHICH HE WILL EVENTUALLY RECEIVE  COMPENSATION FAR BEYONG THE ACTUAL MARKET VALUE OF THE SERVICE HE RENDERS. THEREFORE, THE HABIT OF DOING MORE THAN ONE IS PAID FOR IS A SOUND BUSINESS PRINCIPLE, EVEN IF IT IS USED PURELY AS A MEASURE OF EXPEDIENCY, TO PROMOTE ONE'S PERSONAL INTERESTS ADVANTAGEOUSLY.

                   THE HABIT OF DOING MORE THAN ONE IS PAID FOR IS ONE THAN AN INDIVIDUAL MAY PRACTICE WITHOUT ASKING THE PERMISSION OF OTHERS, THEREFORE, IT IS UNDER ONE'S OWN CONTROL. MANY OTHER BENEFICAL HABITS CAN BE PRACTICED ONLY THROUGH THE CONSENT AND COOPERATION OF OTHER PEOPLE..

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GAYATRI MANTRA - STEP NINE

 

                                                                STEP NINE

                                               

                           AND THEN WE DO WE CALL, SWASTI VACHANA. SWASTI MEANS KALYAN, AUSPICIOUSNESS, GOODNESS, AND VACHANA MEANS TALKING OR CHANTING. IT WOULD TAKE YOU AT LEAST 10 TO 15 MINUTES TO CHANT A WHOLE SWASTI VACHANA. BUT, I HAVE TAKEN THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF SWASTI VACHANA AND SHORTENED IT FOR YOU. (THE MEANING AND TRANSLITERATION IS GIVEN IN THE APPENDIX).

                         HARIHI OM BHADRAM KARNEBHIH SHRNUYAMA DEVAH

                         BHADRAM PASYEMAKSABHIYAJATRAH

                         STHIRAIRANGAISTUSTUVAGAMSTANUBHIH

                         VYASEMA DEVAHITAM YADAYUH

                          SVASTI NA INDRO VRDDHASRAVAH

                          SVASTI NATAKSARYO ARISTANEMIH

                          SVASTI NASTAKSARYO ARISTANEMIH

                          SVASTI NO BRUHASPATIRDADHATU

                          OM SHANTIH SHANTIH SHANTIH

                        IF YOU CAN'T CHANT THIS, JUST READ THE TRANSLATION. BUT EVEN IF YOU PRACTICE THESE MANTRAS A LITTLE, YOU'LL FIND THE VEDIC SOUND HAS A POTENT ENERGY, BECAUSE SANSKRIT MAKES EXTENSIVE USE OF TWO PARTICULAR SOUNDS, ONE IS THE "M" SOUND, THE OTHER IS THE "N" NASAL SOUND. YOU CAN DRAG THESE SOUNDS ON FOR HOWEVER LONG YOU WISH. IT'S JUST "HMM". YOU CAN SING ANYTHING IN SANSKRIT.

                      YOU CAN SING ALL SANSKRIT SCRIPTURES, BARRING PERHAPS COUPLE OF UPANISHADS THAT WERE WRITTEN PROSAICALLY UNLIKE ALL THE REST THAT READ POETICALLY.

                                                                     STEP TEN

                              NOW, IT'S TIME TO MEDITATE ON YOUR GURU- TO PERFORM GURU DHYANA, OR GURU MEDITATION. USUALLY, YOU MEDITATE ON YOUR GURU ON  YOUR CROWN CHAKRA, AT THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. MY GURU, NAGA BABA, TOLD ME THAT WHEN YOU MEDITATE IN THE MORNING, YOU SHOULD IMAGINE A VERY PLEASING, SMILING FACE OF YOUR GURU.  I HAD TROUBLE DOING THAT, BECAUSE I RARELY SAW BABA SMILING. IN THE IMAGES THAT I HAD IN THE PHOTO ALBUM OF MY MIND, BABA WAS MOSTLY STERN OR ANGRY, WHICH ONE SHOULD I PICK? WHICH ONE WOULD DO JUSTICE TO HIM? I SMILED A LITTLE TO MYSELF WHEN BABA TOLD ME THIS, BUT I FOUND SOME WAYS OF MEDITATING ON HIS SMILING FORM.

                          THE GURU MEDITATION IS USUALLY THE FIRST THING A GOOD DISCIPLE DOES IN THE MORNING, EVEN BEFORE HE JUMPS OUT OF BED AND CHECKS HIS PHONE MESSAGES. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A GURU IN HUMAN FORM, YOU CAN JUST VISUALIZE LIGHT OR THE DEITY OF YOUR MANTRA IN THE CROWN CHAKRA, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT EITHER BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN AFFINITY FOR A PARTICULAR FORM OR GOD, JUST VISUALIZE THAT GOD THERE- IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH RELIGION. THE IDEA IS TO START DAY WITH SOMETHING GOOD, TO START YOUR DAY WITH A SOFT, WARM FEELING IN YOUR HEART.

                                                          STEP ELEVEN

                                               

                            NOW CHANT YOUR GURU MANTRA. THE GURU MANTRA IS USUALLY DIFFERENT FROM YOUR SADHANA MANTRA. SOMETIMES IT CAN BE THE SAME IF YOU ARE DOING A SADHANA OF THE GURU MANTRA ITSELF. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A GURU AND YOU DON'T HAVE A GURU MANTRA, YOU CAN SIMPLY CHANT THE GAYATRI MANTRA.

                         I URGE YOU NOT TO THINK THAT THE ABSENCE OF A GURU MANTRA MEANS YOU WILL NOT SUCCEED. GURUS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT NOT INDISPENSABLE. IT'S ENTIRELY IN YOUR HANDS. PLEASE DON'T GO LOOKING FOR GURUS- YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED. AND PLEASE DON'T THINK FOR EXAMPLE, THAT IF YOU ARE FASCINATED WITH DEVI WORSHIP AND YOU GET INITIATED IN SRI VIDYA, YOUR PROGRESS WILL BE ASSURED. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO WOULD INTIATE YOU FOR 50 RUPEES. YOU MAY GO TO THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND SAY, "INITIATE ME", AND THEY MIGHT SAY, ALL RIGHT TAKE A SEAT.

                      THOSE INITIATIONS HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER. YOU ARE THE MAKER OF YOUR DESTINY, YOU KNOW THE PATH, YOU KNOW THE SCIENCE BEHIND IT. JUST STICK TO YOUR ROUTINE, DO YOUR PRACTICE AND YOU WILL GET THERE.

                                                                   STEP TWELVE

                          IN THIS STEP, WE PAY OBEISANCE TO ALL THE SIDDHAS. YOUR LINEAGE MAY HAVE DIFFERENT ADEPTS THAT YOUR GURU MAY TELL YOU TO PAY OBEISANCE TO, BUT IF YOU DON'T BELONG TO A LINEAGE, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN INITIATED INTO GAYATRI SADHANA, YOU CAN SIMPLY SAY OM DIVYOG NAMAH, OM SIDHYOG NAMAH, OM MANAVOG NAMAH. I OFFER MY OBEISANCE TO ALL SIDDHAS WHO ARE IN DIVINE, ETHEREAL AND HUMAN BODIES.

                        THE IDEA IS TO DO EACH OF THESE STEPS WITH HUMILITY IN YOUR HEART.

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GAYATRI MANTRA - STEP THIRTEEN

 

                                                         STEP THIRTEEN

                              ISTA GENERALLY MEANS DESIRED. ISHTA-DEVATA IS THE DEITY OF THE FORM OF GOD YOU GENERALLY PRAY TO. YOUR CURRENT SADHANA MAY WELL TO BE INVOKE YOUR ISHTA OR IT MAY BE TO ATTAIN MANTRA SIDDHI OR SOME OTHER DIVINE ENTITY. FOR EXAMPLE, ON YOUR USUAL DAYS YOU MAY BE PRAYING TO KRISHNA, ETC., BUT NOW YOU ARE TRYING TO INVOKE GODDESS GAYATRI. IN THIS CASE,  YOUR ISTA IS KRISHNA, WHEREAS THE DEITY OF YOUR MANTRA IS GAYATRI, BEFORE YOU CAN AWAKEN THE MANTRA OF YOUR DEITY, AN ASPIRANT IS REQUIRED TO MEDITATE ON HIS ISHTA-DEVATA AS WELL. IF, HOWEVER, THE DEITY YOU ARE TRYING TO INVOKE IS YOUR ISHTA-DEVATA, SIMPLY MEDITATE ON THE FORM OF YOUR ISHTA.

                           YOUR ISHTA-DEVATA COULD BE ANY GOD, GODDESS FROM ANY RELIGION FOR THAT MATTER. RELIGION IS NOT IMPORTANT IN SADHANA, FOR SADHANA IS A RELIGION IN ITS OWN RIGHT. IF YOU PRAY TO A SPECIFIC GOD, PRAY TO THAT DEITY NOW OR SIMPLY MEDITATE ON MOTHER GODDESS GAYATRI USING THE MANTRA BELOW.

                             OM BALAM VIDYAM TU GAYATRIM LOHITAM CHATURANAM,

                             RAKTAMBARADVAYOPETAMAKSHASUTRAKARAM TATHA.

                             KAMANDALUDHARAM DEVI HAMSVAHANASAMSTHITAM,

                             BRAHMANI BRAHMADAIVATYAM BRAHMALOKANIVASINIM.

                            MANTRENAVAHAYEDDEVIMAYANTI SURYAMANDALAT.

                                                               STEP FOURTEEN

                         CHANT THE MANTRA OF THE DEITY YOU VISUALIZED IN THE PRECEDING STEP. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT YOUR MAIN MANTRA. BUT, IF YOUR ISTA-DEVATA IS THE SAME AS THE DEITY OF YOUR MANTRA THEN, OF COURSE YOU'LL CHANT THE SAME MANTRA. ISHTA-MANTRA IS TO BE CHANTED 11,21,OR 31 TIMES.

                                                            STEP FIFTEEN

                           NOW WE PRAY TO MOTHER EARTH BY PERFORMING PRITHVI PUJA. IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE SITTING ON THE EARTH. IN ALL FORMS OF CLASSICAL DANCES OF INDIA, WE OFFER RESPECTS TO EARTH BEFORE BEGINNING WITH THE MAIN PERFORMANCE. I'VE KNOW GANESH, A BHARATANATYAM DANCER, FOR NEARLY FIVE YEARS NOW AND WHEN I WATCHED HIM PERFORM FOR THE FIRST TIME, I SAW THAT BEFORE STARTING, HE OFFERED FLOWERS TO MOTHER EARTH AND SOUGHT FORGIVENESS, THAT DEAR MOTHER, I WILL BE STOMPING ON YOU AND I MIGHT BE CAUSING YOU HURT BY DOING THIS, SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME, IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT- EVEN DANCE BECOMES SADHANA. THIS ACT OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION BECOMES A SPIRITUAL ACTIVITY BECAUSE THE SENTIMENT BEHIND IT. I WANT TO PRAY AND EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE. RATHER THAN CHANTING, SOMEBODY MIGHT OFFER HIS WORSHIP WITH DANCE, SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT DO IT WITH PAINTING, FOR EXAMPLE.

                          THE USUAL WAY YOU PERFORM PRITHVI PUJA IS TO TAKE THE WATER IN A VESSEL, DIP YOUR RING FINGER IN THE WATER, AND DRAW ONE LINE ON THE GROUND IN FRONT OF YOU. YOU THEN DRAW ANOTHER LINE, THEN ANOTHER LINE TO FORM AN INWARD-POINTING TRIANGLE. THE SAME WAY, YOU TAKE WATER ONCE MORE AND PUT A DOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS TRIANGLE.

                      

                      SO YOU HAVE TAKEN WATER FOUR TIMES. THAT BECOMES A SYMBOL OF DEVI, OF ADHAAR SHAKTI. ADHAAR MEANS FOUNDATION, THE FOUNDATION ENERGY. WHEN WE PLACE THE DOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRIANGLE, WE CHANT THE MANTRA HRIM ADHAAR SHAKTEYA NAMAH. IT MEANS, I AM OFFERING MY OBEISANCE TO MOTHER EARTH, THE FOUNDATION ENERGY, AND I AM GOING TO START MY SADHANA.

                TAKE A MOMENT TO MENTALLY EXPRESS YOUR GRATITUDE TO MOTHER NATURE, MOTHER EARTH, FOR BLESSING YOU WITH THE PRIVILEGE AND THAT GROUND WHERE YOU ARE ABLE TO SIT NOW AND INVOKE DIVINE ENERGIES.

                                           

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MONSOON BEAUTY IN HIMALAYA

 

                                                DREAMS WITH BEAUTY

                        TALKS BETWEEN SATYAKAM AND KAPALAK NOW LINGERED MOSTLY ON BHAIRAVI. AS SOON AS SATYAKAM AS SATYAKAM RETUREND FROM SEEING HER, KAPALAK WOULD ASK HIM ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE. SATYAKAM GREW ENTHUSIASTIC AS HE TALKED LESS ABOUT NADA. YOGA AND MORE ABOUT HIS DIALOGUES WITH BHAIRAVI. KAPALAK HARDLY CHASTENED HIM, AS IF THIS WERE BOUND TO HAPPEN AND HIS TRAINING WITH SATYAKAM HAD THUS ENDED.

                      THE ATTRACTION BETWEEN SATYAKAM AND BHAIRAVI NO LONGER REMAINDED A SECRET. MANY PONDERED THE RIGHT AND WRONG OF IT. HOWEVER, NONE HAD THE COURAGE TO OBJECT OPENLY OR TO PRY INTO IT FURTHER. THE WHOLE DRAMA SEEMED THE PRODUCT OF A DIVINE DECREE, AND SLOWLY PEOPLE BEGAN TO TAKE IT QUITE EASILY AND NATURALLY, REGARDING THE COUPLE AS A PART OF THEIR COMPANY. SOME PEOPLE, OF COURSE, CAME TO RESENT ALL THIS, THEY GOSSIPED A LOT AND KEPT AWAY. THE OVERALL RUSH OF PEOPLE TO VISIT BHARAVI  REMAINDED MORE OR LESS THE SAME.

                        OFTEN BHAIRAVI AND SATYAKAM WOULD BE SEATED TOGETHER WHEN THE PEOPLE PAID THEIR RESPECTS AND GAVE OFFERINGS. SINCE THEY SOUGHT BLESSINGS FROM BOTH OF THEM, SATYAKAM DID NOT HESITATE TO TOUCH THEIR HANDS WITH HIS BENIGN HANDS.

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                        THE YEAR ENDED WITH THE GREAT DURGA PUJA, FESTIVAL. THEN CAME KALI PUJA, MOST AUSPICIOUS FOR TANTRICS. THRONGS OF PEOPLE POURED INTO THE TEMPLE DAY AND NIGHT. ENJOYING A DOUBLE FEAST THIS YEAR - KALI PUJA AS WELL AS A HOLY COUPLE IN HUMAN FORM. BUT WITH INCREASED WORSHIP BY THE PEOPLE AND THE WARMTH AND LOVE BETWEEN THE TWO, THERE GREW IN SATYAKAM A LINGERING APPREHENSION ABOUT IT ALL. HE BEGAN TO QUESTION IS LEGITIMACY.

                            KAPALAK, WHO COULDN'T HELP NOTICING THIS,  INVITED HIM FOR A DIALOGUE ONE DAY. SEATED ON THE BANK OF ADI GANGA, SATYAKAM EXPRESSED HIS CONFUSION OVER THIS MAN-WOMAN RELATIONSHIP VERSUS HIS SPIRITUAL PRACTICES. HIS LOVE FOR BHAIRAVI WAS FULL, BUT HE COULDN'T HIDE HIS TRADITIONAL DOUBTS. HE KNEW THE POWER OF TEMPTATIONS. KAPALAK HEARD HIM WITH COOL PATIENCE AND LOVING CARE. FOR A LONG WHILE THERE WAS SILENCE. CONFUSED AND DISHEARTENED, SATYAKAM BECAME DEEPLY SAD FOR THE SECOND TIME. HE REMEMBERED  THE FIRST TIME HE HAD BECOME TIME. HE REMEMBERED THE FIRST TIME HE HAD BECOME SAD, WHEN HIS  MASTER HAD ENTERED HIS HUT FOR THE LAST TIME IN HIMALAYA.

                      THE MUDDY WATER OF ADI GANGA FLOWED SLOWLY AND QUIETLY. WITHOUT HIS FACE, KAPALAK BEGAN TO SPEAK IN A RICH, HEAVY VOICE.

                      SATYAKAM, YOU HAVE BEEN SEEN HERE FOR THIS PURPOSE. AN INCLINATION FOR LEARNING TANTRA WAS SIMPLY AN EXCUSE, THOUGH NOT ALTOGETHER A HOLLOW ONE. PRECISELY SPEAKING, YOU WERE TO GO THROUGH TANTRA EDUCATION SO AS TO KNOW AND FULLY APPRECIATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN, NOT IN THE WAY PEOPLE GENERALLY UNDERSTAND IT, BUT ON A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL: AS THE MYSTICAL PHENOMENON OF CREATION.

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                     BE MINDFUL, SATYAKAM, THAT EACH MALE HAS A PORTION OF FEMALE IN HIM AND EACH FEMALE HAS A MALE PORTION IN HER. ACCORDING TO TANTRIC TEACHINGS, A MAN HAS FOUR ELEMENTS OF MALE AND THREE OF FEMALE IN HIM, AND A WOMAN HAS FOUR ELEMENTS OF FEMALE AND THREE OF MALE IN HER. THIS DIFFERENCE OF ONE ELEMENT MAKE A MAN AND A WOMAN. ITHERWISE  THERE IS NO ESSENTIAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO. BOTH HAVE BEEN CREATED IN THIS WAY SO AS TO MAKE CREATION POSSIBLE. WOMAN IS AN EMBODIMENT OF NATURE, WHICH IS PART OF MAN.

                            BARRING ONE ELEMENTAL DIFFERENCE, BOTH HAVE THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS, BIRTH-DEATH, LOVE-HATRED, TOLERATION-ANGER, THIRST-HUNGER, FEAR-COURAGE, PASSION, LUST, BELLIGERENCE, WILL TO LIVE, THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS, AND SO FORTH.

                        TOGETHER THEY MAKE COMPLETE COMBINATION OF THE SEVEN ELEMENTS AN THUS MAKE UNION POSSIBLE.

                       HEAVING A DEEP SIGH, KAPALAK LOOKED AT SATYAKAM WHO WAS LISTENING INTENTLY, KAPALAK CONTINUED, WHATEVER PERFECTION YOU MAY ACHIEVE IN YOURSELF WILL ALWAYS REMAIN INCOMPLETE WITHOUT KNOWING THE CORRESPONDING RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE, OF WHICH WOMAN IS AN EMBODIMENT - FOR MAN. UNIVERSAL NATURE, OFTEN WOMAN TOO! TRADITIONAL WAYS OF DEALING WITH A WOMAN ARE NO LONGER PRACTICAL FOR A WHO WANTS TO ACHIEVE PERFECTION. TEMPTAION IS ANOTHER WORD FOR FEAR.

                     I DO NOT MEAN TO EMPHASIZE THE RELATIONSHIP AS SUCH, BUT RATHER YOUR KNOWING THE SECRET OF THAT RELATIONSHIP. ONCE YOU REALIZE THAT WOMAN IS IN YOU, AS MAN IS IN WOMAN TOO, YOU'LL HARDLY FIND A STRUGGLE NECESSARY TO HAVE OR NOT HAVE A RELATIONSHIP.

                     DO YOU MEAN THAT ONCE A MAN KNOWS HIS NATURE FULLY WITHIN HIM, INCLUDING THE FEMALE ASPECT, THEN THE NEED FOR A WOMAN, OR  THE ABSENCE OF THIS NEED , IS IMMATERIAL, AND THE SAME HOLDS TRUE FOR A WOMAN, TOO?

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                   EXACTLY, KAPALAK CONTINUED, IN OTHER WORDS, MAN AND WOMAN NO LONGER REMAIN A TEMPTATION TO EACH OTHER, BUT ARE COMPLIMENTARY WHEN YOU KNOW YOUR NATURE WITHIN FULLY, THE OUTER WORLD, INCLUDING THE OPPOSITE SEX, MERELY PRESENTS A RELECTION OF IT. IN SHORT, WHATEVER WEAKNESS OR STRENGTH LIES WITHIN YOUR MENTAL FABRIC, THE CORRESPONDING TEMPTATIONS RO MASTERY WILL FOLLOW WITHOUT. GREATEST OF ALL IS THE KNOWLEDGE WHICH RELEASE YOU FROM TEMPTATION AND WEAKNESS AND MAKES YOU SEE THE TRUTH. CONSEQUENTLY, HAVING A RELATIONSHIP OR NOT LOSES ITS DISTINCTION AND THUS YOU ARE FREE FROM TEMPTATIONS OR AVOIDANCE.

                    SATYAKAM TURNED HIS GAZE ON KAPALAK'S FACE, ASKING SHAPLY, WHY DID YOU PREFER NOT TO HAVE A CONSORT SINCE YOU KNOW THE SECRET OF THE MAN-WOMAN RELATIONSHIP?

                   KAPALAK SMILED AND RAISED HIS HEAD. MAJESTICALLY, HE TURNED HIS WHOLE TORSO TOWARD SATYAKAM AND WITH UTMOST COMMAND HE REPLIED, WHO TOLD YOU I DIDN'T HAVE ONE ON THIS OR THE PREVIOUS BIRTH? AND DIDN'T I SAY THAT AFTER YOU KNOW THE MYSTICAL SECRET OF YOUR NATURE YOU ARE NO LONGER IN NEED OF OR WITHOUT NEED OF SUCH A RELATIONSHIP?

                  KAPALAK LOOKED TRIUMPHANTLY AT SATYAKAM AND RELEASED THE LAST MISSILE, I HAVE AVOIDED HAVING A CONSORT WITH ME, IF THAT IS WHAT YOU MEANT, NOT TO AVOID TEMPTATION OR DOWNFALL, BUT BECAUSE I NO LONGER FEEL A CRAVING FOR ONE. I FEEL SO FULL INSIDE BECAUSE, HAVING KNOWN AND MASTERED MY NATURE, I HARDLY NEED A COMPANION OUTSIDE. THIS DOES NOT MEAN EITHER THAT IF HAD ONE IT WOULD MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE IN MY BEHAVIOR. PERHAPS YOU MAY TAKE IT THAT WITHIN AND WITHOTU HAVE LOST ANY MEANING FOR ME, AND THIS IS THE WAY I AM IN THIS INCARNATION.

                    SATYAKAM BECAME SOBER AND WITH HIS HEAD BENT DOWN. DEFEATED, HE HUMBLY ASKED, THEN WHY DO YOU ENCOURAGE ME TO HAVE A CONSORT, WHEN THE POSSIBILITY OF DERIVING FULL KNOWLEDGE AND PERFECTION LIES IN KNOWING MY OWN NATURE INDEPENDENTLY?

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                  BENIGNLY, KAPALAK SPOKE, YOUR KARMAS AT PRESENT ARE DIFFERENT FROM MINE. PERHAPS AT ONE POINT I HAD THE SAME NEES AS YOU HAVE NOW. ONE HAS TO FOLLOW THE PATH ACCORDING TO ONE'S REQUIREMENTS AND NOT BY MECHANICALLY IMITATIONG SOMEONE ELSE.

                  

                                   ALSO, YOU MUST BEAR IN MIND THAT EACH ONE'S MISSION ON THIS EARTH IS ONE'S OWN, AND THUS DIFFERENT FROM ANOTHER'S. IN ONE RESPECT YOU ARE VERY LUCKY, SATYAKAM. YOU WON'T HAVE TO STRUGGLE MUCH WITH THIS MAN-WOMAN PROBLEM, BECAUSE BOTH YOU AND BHAIRAVI ARE ALREADY ADVANCED SOULS. YOU WILL BE PLEASANTLY SUPRISED ONE DAY WHEN YOU'LL FIND THAT THING THAT PERHAPS BOTHERED YOU SO MUCH, THAT BROUGHT YOU DOWN FROM HIMALAYA, WAS NOT REALLY A TEMPTATION OR A DOWNFALL. RATHER, IT WAS A FULFILLMENT AND COMPLETION OF YOUR UNDERSTANDING, A MISSION FOR YOU TO BRIDGE A GRAP IN YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF MAN IN GENERAL AND OF THE WHOLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN.

                          SATYAKAM RELEASED A LONG BREATH AND LOOKED AT KAPALAK WITH THANKFULNESS AND AMUSEMENT.

                       KAPALAK SUDDENLY JUMPTED UP AND QUIETLY BEGAN WALKING AWAY FROM THE RIVER. SATYAKAM, SOMEWHAT DAZED, FOLLOWED AFER HIM.

                      NEARING THE HUT, KAPALAK ABRUPTLY TURNED BACK AND ANNOUNCED, ON THE DAY OF THE NEW MOON, AT MIDNIGHT, MEET ME AT THE SAME SPOT ON THE RIVERBANK WHERE WE WERE JUST SITTING, I'LL START SOME MORE TANTRIC TECHNIQUES WITH YOU, SAYING THIS, HE ENTERED HIS HURT AND CLOSED THE DOOR BEHIND HIM. SATYAKAM WAS BEGINNING TO SEE A HITHERTO UNKNOW FACET OF KAPALAK.

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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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