THINK AND VISUALIZE

 

                                         BODY AND SOUL (THE HEALING)

                                   A YOUNG MAN, WHO CAME TO MY LECTURES ON THE HEALING POWER OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND, HAD SEVERE EYE TROUBLE, WHICH HIS DOCTOR SAID NECESSITATED AN OPERATION. HE SAID TO HIMSELF," MY SUBCONSCIOUS MADE MY EYES, AND IT CAN HEAL ME".

                          EACH NIGHT, AS HE WENT TO SLEEP, HE ENTERED INTO A DROWSY, MEDITATIVE STATE, THE CONDITION AKIN TO SLEEP. HIS ATTENTION WAS IMMOBILIZED AND FOCUSED ON THE EYE DOCTOR. HE IMAGINED THE DOCTOR WAS IN FRONT OF HIM, AND HE PLAINLY HEARD, OR IMAGINED HE HEARD THE DOCTOR SAYING TO HIM, "A MIRACLE HAS HAPPENED" HE HEARD THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN EVERY NIGHT FOR PERHAPS FIVE MINUTES OR SO BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP. AT THE END OF THREE WEEKS HE AGAIN WENT EYES, AND THE PHYSICIAN SAID TO THIS MAN, "THIS IS A MIRACLE". WHAT HAPPENED" THIS MAN IMPRESSED HIS SUBCONSCIOUS MIND USING THE DOCTOR AS AN INSTRUMENT OR A MEANS OF CONVINCING IT OR CONVEYING THE IDEA. THROUGH REPETITION, FAITH, AND EXPECTANCY HE IMPREGNATED HIS SUBCONSCIOUS MIND. HIS SUBCONSCIOUS MIND MADE HIS EYE, WITHIN IT WAS THE PERFECT PATTERN, AND IMMEDIATELY IT PRECEEDED TO HEAL THE EYE. THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW FAITH IN THE HEALING POWER OF YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS CAN MAKE YOU WHOLE.

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                        * YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS IS THE BUILDER OF YOUR BODY AND IS  ON THE JOB 24 HOURS A DAY. YOU INTERFERE WITH ITS LIFE-GIVING PATTERNS BY NEGATIVE THINKING.

                       * CHARGE YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS WITH THE TASK OF EVOLVING AN ANSWER TO ANY PROBLEM, PRIOR TO SLEEP AND IT WILL ANSWER YOU.

                      * WATCH YOUR THOUGHTS. EVERY THOUGHT ACCEPTED AS TRUE IS SENT BY YOUR BRAIN TO YOUR SOLAR PLEXUS-YOUR ABNORMINAL BRAIN-AND IS BROUGHT INTO YOUR WORLD AS A REALITY.

                     * KNOW THAT YOU CAN REMAKE YOURSELF BY GIVING A NEW BLUE-PRINT TO YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND.

                    * THE TENDENCY OF YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS IS ALWAYS LIFEWARD. YOUR JOB IS WITH YOUR CONSCIOUS MIND. FEED YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND WITH PREMISES, WHICH ARE TRUE. YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS IS ALWAYS REPRODUCING ACCORDING TO YOUR HABITUAL MENTAL PATTERNS.

  

                   * YOU BUILD A NEW BODY EVERY ELEVEN MONTHS. CHANGE YOUR BODY BY CHANGING YOUR THOUGHTS AND KEEPING THEM CHANGED.

                 * THOUGHTS OF JEALOUSY, FEAR, WORRY, AND ANXIETY TEAR DOWN AND DESTROY YOUR NERVES AND GLANDS BRINGING ABOUT MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DISEASES OF ALL KINDS.

          

                 * WHAT  YOU AFFIRM CONSCIOUSLY AND FEEL AS TRUE WILL BE MADE MANIFEST IN YOUR MIND, BODY AND AFFAIRS. AFFIRM THE GOOD AND ENTER INTO THE JOY OF LIVING.

                     

                                     THE VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE

                           

                    THE EASIEST AND MOST OBVIOUS WAY TO FORMULATE AN IDEA IS TO VISUALIZE IT, TO SEE IT IN YOUR MIND'S EYE AS VIVIDLY AS IF IT WERE ALIVE. YOU CAN SEE WITH THE NAKED EYE ONLY WHAT ALREADY EXISTS IN THE EXTERNAL WORLD. IN A SIMILAR WAY, THAT WHICH YOU CAN VISUALIZE IN YOUR MIND'S EYE ALREADY EXISTS IN THE INVISIBLE REALMS OF YOUR MIND. ANY PICTURE, WHICH YOUHAVE IN YOUR MIND, IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR AND THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN. WHAT YOU FORM IN YOUR IMAGINATION IS AS REAL AS ANY PART OF YOUR BODY. THE IDEA AND THE THOUGHT ARE REAL AND WILL ONE DAY APPEAR IN YOUR OBJECTIVE WORLD IF YOU ARE FAITHFUL TO YOUR MENTAL IMAGE.

                   THIS PROCESS OF THINKING FORMS IMPRESSIONS IN YOUR MIND, THESE IMPRESSIONS IN TURN BECOME MANIFESTED AS FACTS AND EXPERIENCES IN YOUR LIFE. THE BUILDER VISUALIZES THE TYPE OF BUILDING HE WANTS, HE SEES IT AS HE DESIRES IT TO BE COMPLETED. HIS IMAGERY AND THOUGHT-PROCESSESS BECOME A PLASTIC MOLD FROM WHICH THE BUILDING WILL EMERGE-A BEAUTIFUL OR AN UGLY ONE, A SKYSCRAPER OR A VERY LOW ONE. HIS MENTAL IMAGERY IS PROJECTED AS IT IS DRAWN ON PAPER. EVENTUALLY, THE CONTRACTOR AND HIS WORKERS GATHER THE ESSENTIAL MATERIALS, AND THE BUILDING PROGRESSESS UNTIL IT STANDS FINISHED, CONFORMING PERFECTLY TO THE MENTAL PATTERNS OF THE ARCHITECT.

 

                 I USE THE VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE PRIOR TO SPEAKING FROM THE PLATFORM. I QUIET THE WHEELS OF MY MIND IN ORDER THAT I MAY PRESENT TO THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND MY IMAGES OF THOUGHT.

                THEN, I  PICTURE THE ENTIRE AUDITORIUM AND THE SEATS FILLED WITH MEN AND WOMEN, AND EACH OF THEM ILLUMINATED AND INSPIRED BY THE INGINITE HEALING PRESENCE WITHIN EACH ONE. I SEE THEM AS RADIANT, HAPPY, AND FREE.

               HAVING FIRST BUILT UP THE IDEA IN MY IMAGINATION, I QUIETLY SUSTAIN IT THERE AS A MENTAL PICTURE WHILE I IMAGINE. I HEAR MEN AND WOMEN SAYING, I AM HEALED, I FEEL WONDERFUL, I'VE KEEP THIS UP FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES OR MORE, KNOWING AND FEELING THAT EACH PERSON'S MIND AND BODY ARE SATURATED WITH LOVE, WHOLENESS, BEAUTY, AND PERFECTION. MY AWARENESS GROWS TO THE POINT WHERE IN MY MIND I CAN ACTUALLY HEAR THE VOICES OF THE MULTITUDE PROCLAIMING THEIR HEALTH AND HAPPINESS, THEN I REALIZE THE WHOLE PICTURE AND GO INTO THE PLATFORM. ALMOST EVERY SUNDAY SOME PEOPLE STOP AND SAY THAT THEIR PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED.

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SUBCONSCIOUS POWER

 

                    TURN YOUR PROBLEMS TO THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND

                  * REMEMBER THAT THE SUBCONSIOUS MIND HAS DETERMINED THE SUCCESS AND WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENTS OF ALL GREAT SCIENTIFIC WORKERS.

 

                  * BY GIVING YOUR CONSCIOUS ATTENTION AND DEVOTION TO THE SOLUTION OF A PERPLEXING PROBLEM, YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND GATHERS ALL THE NECESSARY INFORMATION AND PRESENTS IT FULL-BLOWN TO THE CONSCIOUS MIND.

                 * IF YOU ARE WONDERING ABOUT THE ANSWER TO  PROBLEM, TRY TO SOLVE IT OBJECTIVELY. GET ALL THE INFORMATION YOU CAN FROM RESEARCH AND ALSO FROM OTHERS. IF NO PRIOR  TO SLEEP, AND THE ANSWER ALWAYS COMES. IT NEVER FAILS.

                * YOU DO NOT ALWAYS GET THE ANSWER OVERNIGHT. KEEP ON TURNING YOUR REQUEST OVER TO YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS UNTIL THE DAYBREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY.

 

                * YOU DELAY THE ANSWER BY THINKING IT WILL TAKE A LONG TIME OR THAT IT IS A MAJOR PROBLEM. YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS HAS NO PROBLEM IT KNOWS ONLY THE ANSWER.

                * BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE THE ANSWER NOW. FEEL THE JOY OF THE ANSWER AND THE WAY YOU WOULD FEEL IF YOU HAD THE PERFECT ANSWER. YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS WILL RESPOND TO YOUR FEELING.

                * ANY MENTAL PICTURE, BACKED BY FAITH AND PERSEVERANCE, WILL COME TO PASS THROUGH THE MIRACLE - WORKING POWER OF YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS. TRUST IT, BELIEVE IN ITS POWER, AND WONDERS WILL HAPPEN AS YOU PRAY.

                * YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS IS THE STOREHOUSE OF MEMORY, AND WITHIN YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS ARE RECORDED ALL YOUR EXPERIENCE SINCE CHILDHOOD.

               * SCIENTISTS MEDITATING ON ANCIENT SCROLLS, TEMPLES, FOSSILS, ETC, ARE ABLE TO RECONSTRUCT SCENES OF THE PAST AND MAKE THEM ALIVE TODAY. THEIR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND COMES TO THEIR AID.

              * TURN OVER YOUR REQUEST FOR A SOLUTION TO YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS PRIOR TO SLEEP. TRUST IT AND BELIEVE IN IT, AND THE ANSWER WILL COME. IT KNOWS ALL THE SEES ALL, BUT YOU MUST NOT DOUBT OR QUESTIO ITS POWERS.

             * THE ACTION IS YOUR THOUGHT, AND THE REACTIO IS THE RESPONSE OF YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND. IF YOUR THOUGHTS ARE WISE, YOUR ACTIONS AND DECISIONS WILL BE WISE.

            *  GUIDANCE COMES AS A FEELING, AN INNER AWARENESS, AN OVER-POWERING HUNCH WHEREBY YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW. IT IS AN INNER SENS OF TOUCH. FOLLOW IT.

                           YOUR FUTURE IS IN YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND

                  REMEMBER THAT THE FUTURE, THE RESULT OF YOUR HABITUAL THINKING, IS ALREADY IN YOUR MIND EXCEPT WHEN YOU CHANGE IT THROUGH PRAYER. THE FUTURE OF A COUNTRY, LIKEWISE, IS IN THE COLLECTIVE SUBCONSCIOUS OF THE PEOPLE OF THAT NATION. THERE IS NOTHING STRANGE IN THE DREAM I HAD WHEREIN I SAW THE HEADLINES OF THE NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS LONG BEFORE THE WAR BEGAN. THE WAR HAD ALREADY TAKEN PLACE IN MIND, AND ALL THE PLANS OF ATTACK WERE ALREADY ENGRAVED ON THAT GREAT RECORDING INSTRUMENT, THE SUBCONSIOUS MIND OR COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS OF THE UNIVERSAL MIND. TOMORROW'S EVENTS ARE IN YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND, SO ARE NEXT WEEK'S AND NEXT MONTH'S AND THEY MAY BE SEEN BY A HIGHLY PSYCHIC OR CLAIRVOYANT PERSON.

                NO DISASTER OR TRAGEDY CAN HAPPEN TO YOU IF YOU DECIDE TO PRAY, NOTHING IS PREDETERMINED OR FOREORDAINED. YOUR MENTAL ATTITUDE, I.E. THE WAY YOU THINK, FEEL, AND BELIEVE DETERMINES YOUR DESTINY. YOU CAN, THROUGH SCIENTIFIC PRAYER, WHICH IS EXPLAINED IN A PREVIOUS CHAPTER, MOLD, FASHION, AND CREATE YOUR OWN FUTURE. WHATSOVER A MAN SOWETH, THAT SHALL HE ALSO REAP.

                                        THE ANSWER TO HER PRAYER

                 SEVERAL MONTHS WENT BY. SHE HAD A GREAT NUMBER OF DATES AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENTS, NONE OF WHICH WAS AGREEABLE TO HER. WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT TO QUESTION, WAIVER, DOUBT, AND VACILLATE, SHE REMINDED HERSELF THAT THE INFINITE INTELLIGENCE WAS BRINGING IT TO PASS IN ITS OWN WAY AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT. HER FINAL DECREE IN HER DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS WAS GRANTED WHICH BROUGHT HER A GREAT SENSE OF RELEASE AND MENTAL FREEDOM.

                  SHORTLY AFTERWARD SHE WENT TO WORK AS A RECEPTIONIST IN A DOCTOR'S OFFICE. SHE TOLD ME THAT THE MINUTE SHE SAW THE PHYSICIAN SHE KNEW HE WAS THE MAN SHE WAS PRAYING ABOUT.

                 APPARENTLY HE KNEW IT, TOO, BECAUSE HE PROPOSED TO HER THE FIRST WEEK SHE WAS IN THE OFFICE, AND THEIR SUBSEQUENT MARRIAGE WAS IDEALLY HAPPY. THIS PHYSICIAN WAS NOT THE PASSIVE OR SUBMISSIVE TYPE, BUT WAS A REAL MAN, A FORMER FOOTBALL PLAYER, AN OUTSTANDING ATHELETE, AND WAS A DEEPLY SPIRITUAL MAN THOUGH HE WAS COMPLETELY DEVOID OF ANY SECTARIAN OR DENOMINATIONAL AFFILIATION.

                   SHE GOT WHAT SHE PRAYED FOR BECAUSE SHE CLAIMED IT MENTALLY UNTIL SHE REACHED THE POINT OF SATURATION. IN OTHER WORDS, SHE MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY UNITED WITH HER IDEA, AND IT BECOMES A PART OF HER BLOOD STREAM.

                                     YOU MUST DESIRE TO BE HAPPY

                 THERE IS ONE VERY IMPORTANT POINT ABOUT BEING HAPPY. YOU MUST SINCERELY DESIRE TO BE HAPPY. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DEPRESSED, DEJECTED, AND UNHAPPY SO LONG THAT WAS THEY SUDDENLY MADE HAPPY BY SOME WONDERFUL, GOOD, JOYOUS NEWS, THEY WOULD ACTUALLY BE LIKE THE WOMAN WHO SAID TO ME, "IT IS WRONG TO BE SO HAPPY"! THEY HAVE BEEN SO ACCUSTOMED TO THE OLD MENTAL PATTERNS THAT THEY DO NOT FEEL AT HOME BEING HAPPY! THEY LONG FOR THE FORMER, DEPRESSED, UNHAPPY STATE.

               I KNEW A WOMAN IN ENGLAND WHO HAD RHEUMATISM FOR MANY YEARS. SHE WOULD PAT HERSELF ON THE KNEE AND SAY, "MY RHEUMATISM IS BAD TODAY. I CANNOT GO OUT. MY RHEUMATISM KEEPS ME MISERABLE". THIS DEAR ELDERLY LADY GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION FROM HER SON, DAUGHTER, AND THE NEIGHBORS. SHE REALLY WANTED HER RHEUMATISM. SHE ENJOYED HER "MISERY" AS SHE CALLED IT. THIS WOMAN DID NOT REALLY WANT TO BE HAPPY. I SUGGESTED A CURATIVE PROCEDURE TO HER. I WROTE DOWN SOME BIBLICAL VERSES AND TOLD THAT HER THAT IF SHE GAVE ATTENTION TO THESE TRUTHS, HER MENTAL ATTITUDE WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY CHANGE AND WOULD RESULT IN HER FAITH AND CONFIDENCE IN BEING RESTORED TO HEALTH. SHE WAS NOT STREAK IN MANY PEOPLE, WHEREBY THEY SEEM TO ENJOY BEING MISERBLE AND SAD.

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SADHANA STEPS (STEP FROM 31 TO 36)

  

                                                              STEP 31

                                             FIRE OFFERING (YAJNA)

                   FIRE OFFERINGS HAVE BEEN DETAILED IN THE NEXT CHAPTER IN THIS APPENDIX. THE NUMBER OF FIRE OFFERINGS SHOULD BE ONE-TENTH OF YOUR MANTRA CHANTING.

                                                         STEP 32

                                       LIBERATIONS (TARPANA)

                  TARAPANA  ARE WATER OFFERINGS OR LIBERATIONS - AS THEY ARE USUALLY CALLED - MADE TO THE DEITY OF YOUR MANTRA. ONE-TENTH OF YOUR YAJNA IS YOUR LIBERATION COUNT. ADD "OM TARPYAMI" AT THE END OF GAYATRI MANTRA WHILE CHANTING.

                                                               STEP 33

                                CORONATION (MARJANA OR ABHISHEKAM)

                        THE NUMBER OF  OFFERINGS DONE IN MARJANA IS ONE-TENTH THE NUMBER OF LIBERATIONS. TO DO  MARJANA, TAKE VESSEL NUMBER TWO CONTAINING WATER. JOINING YOUR THUMB AND RING FINGER, DIP IT IN WATER AND SPRINKLE ON YOUR HEAD WITH THE SAME MUDRA.

                      IN THE END, YOU CAN EITHER OFFER THIS WATER TO THE SUN OR POUR IT AT THE ROOT OF ANY TREE. BOTH ARE EQUALLY EFFECTIVE.

                                                          STEP 34

 

                CHARITY (SADHAK BHOJAN OR BRAHMIN BHOJAN)

                 SADHAK BHOJAN IS USALLY DONE NOT EVERY DAY OF YOUR SADHANA BUT ON EHT LAST DAY WHEN YOU COMPLETE YOUR SADHANA. THE IDEA IS TO FEED GOD PRESENT IN LIVING ENTITIES. IT IS ALSO A MOMENT OF CELEBRATION TO MARK THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF YOUR INTENSE ROUTINE SPREAD OVER SO MANY DAYS. IN THE OLDEN TIMES, AN ASPIRANT WOULD EITHER BE PART OF A GURUKUL WHERE THERE WOULD BE OTHER ASPIRANTS AND FEEDING THEM WOULD BE ENOUGH. OR, AN ASPIRANT WOULD GATHER A CERTAIN NUMBER OF BRAHMINS. THEY WOULD COME TOGETHER AND WITH BEAUTIFUL VEDIC CHANTS ENERGIZE THE WHOLE ENVIRONMENT. THE ASPIRANT WOULD FEED THEM.

 

                  DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE, IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO DO EITHER. SO, YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ELSE, WHICH EQUALLY EFFECTIVE. SIMPLY SET ASIE WHATEVER YOU CAN EVERY DAY, AN AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WOULD BUY AT LEAST ONE MEAL FOR A PERSON OR WHATEVER YOU CAN REASONABLY AFFORD. IF YOU ARE REALLY PRESSED FINANCIALLY AND CAN'T SET ASIDE EVEN RS.50 OR A DOLLAR A DAY, THEN SIMPLY SET ASIDE A HANDFUL OF DRY FRUITS EVERY DAY. AT THE END OF YOUR SADHANA, OFFER THEM TO A FELLOW ASPIRANT WHO IS ALSO WALKING THE PATH. IF YOU CAN'T FIND THAT, OFFER IT TO A BRAHMIN WHO SERVES IN A TEMPLE OR CHANTS VEDIC MANTRAS DAILY. IF YOU CAN'T FIND THAT BRAHMIN, THEN OFFER IT TO ANY ORPHANAGE. IF THERE IS NO ORPHANAGE, YOU CAN GIVE IT TO ANY OLD-AGE HOME. IF YOU CAN'T FIND EVEN THAT, FEED IT TO THE BIRDS. IF BY SOME RARE CHANCE, YOU CAN'T DO THAT EITHER, THEN IMMERSE THE OFFERINGS IN A STREAM, RIVER OR THE OCEAN. THE IDEA IS THAT SOMEONE OTHER THAN YOU OR OTHER THAN YOUR OWN FAMILY SHOULD PARTAKE OF YOUR OFFERING SO WHATEVER YOU DID TANGIBLY ALSO HELPS SOMEONE ELSE.

                      

                                                                   STEP 35

                                    SEEK AGAIN (KSHAMA PRARTHANA)

                      REPEAT THE HYMN OF FORGIVENESS AS IN STEP NUMBER 30 FOR THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN MISTAKES IN YOUR ACTIONS FROM STEP 31-34.

                                                                   STEP 36

                                  OFFER WATER TO THE SUN (SURYA ARGHYA)

                  STEP OUTSIDE AND OFFER THE WATER TO THE SUN. YOU SHOULD DO THIS BY FACING THE SUN. IF DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS OR THE TIME OF THE DAY YOU CAN'T SEE THE SUN, SIMPLY FACE THE DIRECTIONSTHE SUN RISES IN. CHANTING THE MANTRA OF YOUR DEITY, SIMPLY RAISE THE VESSEL OF WATER ABOVE YOUR HEAD AND POUR IT IN ON THE GROUND.

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SADHANA STEPS

 

                                                            

                                                          👀 STEP 25 👀

   

                       MEDITATE ON YOUR MANTRA (MANTRA DHYANA)

                YOU ARE ONLY ONE STEP AWAY FROM STARTING YOUR MANTRA CHANTING NOW. DHYANA IS MEDITATING ON THE DEITY OF THE MANTRA BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR JAPA. PERSONALLY, I KEEP IT VERY SIMPLE AND MEDITATE UPON HER USING CORE MANTRA. YOU CAN DO THE SAME.

                             👀 SANSKRIT 👀

            OM BHURBHUVAH SVAH

            TATSAVITURVARENYAMA

            BHARGO DEVASYA DHIMAHI

            DHIYO YO NAH PRACODAYATA

                        👀 TRANSLATION👀

                   MAY WE ABIDE IN THE SUPREME ENERGY THAT IS ETERNAL, TRANSCENDENTAL, RADIANT, PERFECT, DIVINE. MAY SUCH DIVINE GRACE ALWAYS GUIDE US ON THE PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.

                                                                 STEP 26

                              MANTRA CHANTING (MOOLA MANTRA JAPA)

                  THE CHANTING BEGINS AT THIS STEP. NOW YOU DIP YOUR HAND INTO THE BEAD BAG (GAUMUKHI) AND START CHANTING THE MANTRA AS PER YOUR SANKALPA.

                                                               STEP 27

 

                              POST-JAPA HANLOCKS (UTTARA MUDRA)

              ONCE YOUR JAPA IS COMPLETE, THE MUDRAS POST THE SADHANA ARE SHOW NOW. THERE ARE EIGHT HANDLOCKS (MUDRAS) THAT ARE SHOWN AT THE COMPETION OF YOUR JAPA. RATHER THAN SHOWING THE STANDARD HANDLOCKS AS STATED IN ESSENTIAL STEPS IN THE RITES OF INVOCATION (PURUSHCHARANA).

                                                              STEP 28

                           OFFER YOUR CHANTING (JAPA SAMARPANA)

           WHEN YOUR JAPA IS COMPLETE, IT SHOULD BE OFFERED TO THE DEITY OF THE MANTRA SO ITS VIBRATIONS ARE RELEASED IN THE UNIVERSE AND IT MAY BE USED FOR THE WELFARE OF ALL SENTIENT BEINGS. OFFER YOUR PRAYER IN THE LEFT HAND OF DEVI WITH THE MANTRA BELOW:

                       SANSKRIT

             ABHISTA SIDDHIM ME DEHI

             SARANAGATA VATSALE, BHAKTYA

            SAMARPAYE TUBHYAM

            JAPAMEVARCANAM

                    TRANSLATION

                  PLEASE GRANT ME YOUR BENEDICTION (THE DESIRED OUTCOME) O DEVI, REFUGE OF THE ONE WHO SEEKS YOU, YOUR DEVOTEE HERE SURRENDERS AND OFFERS ALL MY JAPA AND PRAYERS TO YOU.

               YOU CAN CHANT THE FOLLOWING MANTRA AFTER OFFERING YOUR CHANTING TO REINFORCE THAT YOU PRAY FOR THE WELFARE OF EVERYONE AROUND YOU.

                           SANSKRIT

               OM SARVE BHAVANTU SUKHINAH

               SARVE SANTU NIRAMAYAH

               SARVE BHADRANI PASYANTU

              MA KASCIDDUKHABHAGBHAVET

              OM SANTIH SANTIH SANTIH

 

                       TRANSLATION

  

               MAY ALL SENTIENT BEINGS AT PEACE,

               MAY NO ONE SUFFER FROM ILLNESS,

               MAY ALL SEE WHAT IS AUSPICIOUS,

               MAY NO ONE SUFFER.

               OM PEACE, PEACE, PEACE.

                                                                   STEP 29

                                        FREE ALL ENERGIES (VISARJANA)

                    IN THIS STEP, THANKING THE ENERGIES OF THE DIETY WHO PRESENTED THEMSELVES WHILE YOU PROPITIATED THE DIVINE ENERGY AND CHANTED YOUR MANTRA, WE ALLOW THOSE ENERGIES TO RETURN TO THEIR ABODE. IT CAN BE DONE WITH ANY WORDS YOU SO WISH TO CHOOSE OR YOU CAN CHANT THE SIMPLE MANTRA BELOW:

 

                              IF PRAYING TO THE FEMININE ENERGY (DEVI)

                                                           SANSKRIT

                       GACCHA GACCHA PARAM STHANAM

                       SVASTHANAM PARAMESVARI

                       PUJARADHANAKALE CA

                       PUNARAGAMANAYA CA

                       TISTHA TISTHA PARASTHANE

                       SVASTHANE PARAMESVARI

                       YATRA BRAHMADAYO DEVAH SARVE

                       TISTHANTI ME HRDI

 

                                                          TRANSLATION

                   MAY ALL ENERGIES RETURN TO THEIR ABODE AND I HUMBLY REQUEST YOUR PRESENCE AGAIN WHEN I PRAY TO YOU NEXT. MAY ALL ENERGIES TAKE THEIR SEATS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE ABODES. MAY THE SUPREME ENERGY RESIDE IN MY HEART.

                                                              STEP 30

                             SEEK FORGIVENESS (KSHAMA PRARTHANA)

                        ONCE AGAIN, YOU CAN SEEK FORGIVENESS WITH ANY WORDS YOU WISH TO USE, FOR SENTIMENT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAT LANGUAGE OR YOU CAN USE THE VERSES BELOW TO DO THIS.

                                         👀   SANSKRIT 👀

                  APARADHASAHASTRANI

                 KRIYANTESHARNISAM MAYA

                 DASOSYAMITI MAM MATVA

                 KSAMASVA PARAMESRVARI 

                 AVAHANAM NA JANAMI NA

                 JANAMI VISARJANAM

                 PUJAM CAIVA NA JANAMI

                 KSAMYATAM PARAMESRVARI

                MANTRAHINAM KRIYAHINAM

                BHAKTIHINAM SURESRVARI

                YATPUJITAM MAYA DEVI

               PARIPURNA TADASTU ME

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                O DEVI, I MUST HAVE COMMITTED THOUSANDS OF MISTAKES AND ERRORS IN CHANTING YOUR NAMES. PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR MY ERRORS LIKE A GOOD MASTER FORGIVES HIS SERVANT. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO INVITE YOU NOR DO I KNOW HOW TO SEE YOU OFF. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRAY TO YOU, PLEASE FOLLOW ME FOR MY IGNORANCE.  

              I AM WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF MANTRAS, ACTIONS OR DEVOTION, O GODDESS, AND YET, I DARE TO PRAY TO YOU. PLEASE GRANT ME YOUR GRACE.

                                                                               ❤❤❤

             

SADHANA STEPS

 

                                                                  STEP 21

              PRELIMINARY MANTRA CHANTING (PURVA MANTRA JAPA)

                  ONCE YOU HAVE MENTALLY ESTABLISHED YOURSELF AS THE DEITY AND HAVE COMPLETED THE PROCESS, CHANT THE GAYATRI MANTRA 16 TIMES.

                                                                 STEP 22

                          PRELIMINARY HANDLOCKS (PURVA MUDRAS)

                 MUDRAS ARE HANDLOCKS AND THEY ARE USED TO CAPTURE THE ENERGY OF THE MANTRA. GAYATRI SADHANA HAS 24 HANDLOCKS THAT ARE PERFORMED BEFORE YOU BEGIN THE CHANTING AND 8 THAT AREPERFORMED AFTER YOU ARE DONE CHANTING.

                      THE 24 PRELIMINARY HANDLOCKS ARE AS FOLLOWS :

               HANDLOCK (MUDRA)                       GESTURE WITH BOTH HANDS

             (SAMUKHAM)                                                 TURN YOUR PALM DOWNWARDS AND 

                                                                                         JOIN ALL THE FINGERS OF BOTH HANDS.

             (SAMPUTAM)                                                   FORM A BRACKET WITH YOUR PALMS                                                                                                FACING EACH OTHER.

             (VITATAM)                                                        OPEN YOUR HANDS AND LET BOTH                                                                                                    PALMS FACE EACH OTHER.

            (VISTRAM)                                                        INCREASE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN                                                                                                   YOUR PALMS FROM THE PREVIOUS                                                                                                      MUDRA AND TURN THEM SLIGHTLY UP.

           (DVIMUKHAM)                                                  JOIN LITTLE AND RING FINGERS OF                                                                                                    BOTH HANDS.

          (TRIMUKHAM)                                                    KEEPING THE EARLIER MUDRA INTACT,                                                                                            JOIN MIDDLE FINGERS AS WELL NOW.

        (CATURMUKHAM)                                               KEEPING THE PREVIOUS MUDRA AS IT                                                                                              IS, JOIN THE INDEX FINGERS AS WELL.

       (PANCAMUKHAM)                                               NOW JOIN THE THUMBS TOO.

       (SANMUKHAM)                                                   KEEPING YOUR HANDS JOINED, NOW                                                                                               UNJOIN AND SPREAD THE THUMBS AND                                                                                            LITTLE FINGERS.

      (ADHOMUKHAM)                                               BEND YOUR FINGERS AND TURN YOUR                                                                                            HANDS OVER SO THE BACK OF THE                                                                                                    RIGHT HAND FINGERS TOUCHES THE                                                                                                BACK OF LEFT HAND FINGERS.

     (VYAPAKANJALIKAM)                                       TURN THESE HANDS OVER AND SPREADS                                                                                        SO BOTH PALMS NOW FACE UPWARDS                                                                                              WITH HANDS TOGETHER.

    (SAKATAM)                                                            TURN YOUR HANDS OVER (PALMS                                                                                                      FACING  DOWN) AND JOIN THE INDEX                                                                                                FINGERS AND THUMBS.

  (YAMPASAM)                                                          ENTWINE YOUR INDEX FINGERS AND LET                                                                                       THE RIGHT HAND HANG.

   (GRATHITAM)                                                        ENTWINE ALL YOUR FINGERS AND FORM                                                                                         ONE FIST.

 (UNMUKHONMUKHAM)                                       BRING ALL FINGERS TOGETHER OF BOTH                                                                                         HANDS. FIRST, REST YOUR RIGHT HAND                                                                                           ON TOP OF THE LEFT AND THEN LEFT ON                                                                                         TOP OF THE RIGHT.

  (PRALAMBAM)                                                      TURN BOTH YOUR HANDS AND LET THE                                                                                           PALMS FACE DOWN. JOIN GENTLY AT THE                                                                                         TIP OF THE THUMBS.

 (MUSTIKAM)                                                           KEEP YOUR THUMBS OUT AND MAKE                                                                                                FISTS WITH BOTH HANDS.

(MATSYAH)                                                              REST YOUR RIGHT HAND ON YOUR LEFT                                                                                         (PALMS FACING DOWN). SPREAD YOUR                                                                                             THUMBS AND TWIDDLE YOUR THUMBS A                                                                                         BIT.

 (KURMAH)                                                             SPREAD YOUR LEFT HAND. TURN THE                                                                                               INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS KEEPING                                                                                             THE OTHER FINGERS EXTENTED. DO THE                                                                                         SAME WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND. NOW                                                                                               TURN  YOUR RIGHT HAND SO IT'S FACING                                                                                       DOWN AND LET IT REST ON YOUR LEFT                                                                                         WITH INDEX FINGERS, THUMBS AND                                                                                                 LITTLE FINGERS TOUCHING AT THE TIPS.                                                                                        THERE ARE OTHER WAYS OF SHOWING                                                                                            THIS MUDRA BUT THIS IS THE ONE I                                                                                                  PRACTICE AND GOT FROM MY GURU.

  (VARAHAKAM)                                                 GRAB FOUR FINGERS OF YOUR LEFT HAND                                                                                      (EXCEPT YOUR THUMB) WITH RIGHT,                                                                                                 MIDDLE, RING AND LITTLE FINGERS. JOIN                                                                                       THE TIP OF THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER WITH                                                                                     THE LEFT THUMB.

(SIMHAKRANTAM)                                             RAISE BOTH YOUR HANDS AS IN                                                                                                         BENEDICTION, THE BACK OF YOUR PALMS                                                                                     FACING YOU. (LIKE IN HANDS UP POSTURE)

 (MAHAKRANTAM)                                            KEEP THE SAME POSTURE BUT TURN YOUR                                                                                    HANDS SO YOUR HANDS SO YOUR PALMS                                                                                        ARE FACING YOUR EARS.

 (MUDGARAM)                                                   MAKE A FIST WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND AND                                                                                   THEN REST THE RIGHT ELBOW ON YOUR                                                                                         LEFT.

 (PALLAVAM)                                                      RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND TO YOUR                                                                                                  SHOULDER IN BENEDICTION.

                                                                 STEP 23

                                                  OFFERINGS (UPCHARA)

                      MAKE FIVE OFFERINGS OF INCENSE, LAMP, ANYTHING EDIBLE, BETEL LEAF AND BETEL NUT. SAY, "OM SAMARPYAMI" IN THE END.

                                                                 STEP 24

                              INVOKE THE MANTRA (MANTRA SAMSKARA)

                    THE MANTRA OF GAYATRI WAS CURSED BY BRAHMA, VASISTHA AND VISHVAMITRA. THEREFORE, CHANT THE FOLLOWING MANTRAS SEVEN TIMES EVERY DAY BEFORE YOU DO THE MANTRA JAPA TO ABSOLVE THE MANTRA OF THE CURSE OF THE SAGES (SHAAP VIMOCHANA)

                                                             SANSKRIT 

                OM GAYATRIBRAHMETYUPASITA

                YADRUPAM BRAHMAVIDO VIDUH

                TAM PASYANTI

                DHIRAHSUMANASA

                VACAMAGRATAH

               OM VEDANTANATHAYA VIDDAHE

               HIRANYAGARBHAYA DHIMAHI

              TANNO BRAHMA PRACODAYAT

              OM DEVI GAYATRI TVAM

              BRAHMASAPAVIMUKTA BHAVA

                                                                               👀👀👀

          

SADHANA STEPS ( THE COMPREHENSIVE METHOD)

     

                                                                 STEP 16 

                                              TAKE THE VOW (SANKALPA)

  

                TAKE IT ONLY ON THE FIRST DAY OF YOUR SADHANA

                  1.... (YOUR FULL NAME) BORN IN ..... (STATE YOUR GOTRA. IF YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR GOTRA, SIMPLY SAY NARAYANA GOTRA FOR EVERYONE IS A CHILD OF THE DIVINE) ON .... (STATE YOUR DATE OF BIRTH) HEREBY VOW TO DO A PURUSHCHARANA OF ... (THE NAME OF YOUR MANTRA, LIKE GAYATRI, SRI SUKTAM, GURU MANTRA, ETC.) OVER THE NEXT ... (STATE THE NUMBER OF DAYS YOU'LL BE CHANTING THE MANTRA OVER, FOR EXAMPLE, 40, 90, 100, 300 AND SO ON) DAYS SO I MAY BECOME A WORTHY RECIPIENT OF YOUR GRACE AND ATTAIN THE DESIRED OUTCOME.

                                                              STEP 17

                                  MANTRA BREATHING (MANTRA SHVASA)

       

                     STARY BY COMPLETELY AND GENTLY EXHALING FROM BOTH NOSTRILS BEFORE YOU CAN BEGIN THE MANTRA BREATHING PROCESS BELOW:

                   WITH YOUR RIGHT THUMB, CLOSE YOUR RIGHT NOSTRIL AND BREATHE IN DEEPLY FROM THE LEFT. WHILE BREATHING IN, CHANT GAYATRI MANTRA.

                 NOW, LIFT THE THUMB FROM RIGHT NOSTRIL AND CLOSE YOUR LEFT NOSTRIL BY PLACING THE INDEX FINGER OF YOUR RIGHT HAND. EXHALE GENTLY. CHANT GAYATRI MANTRA WHILE EXHALING.

                 KEEP THE SAME HAND POSITION AND DEEPLY INHALE FROM YOUR RIGHT NOSTRIL NOW. CHANT THE MANTRA WHILE INHALING FROM YOUR RIGHT NOSTRIL.

                NOW, LIFT YOUR INDEX FINGER FROM THE LEFT NOSTRIL AND PUT YOUR THUMB ON THE RIGHT NOSTRIL TO CLOSE IT. GENTLY EXHALE FROM YOUR LEFT NOSTRIL AND CHANT YOUR MANTRA WHILE EXHALING.

                THIS IS ONE ROUND OF INHALATION-EXHALATION, WHICH INVOLVES INHALING FROM YOUR LEFT, EXHALING FROM YOUR RIGHT, INHALING FROM YOUR RIGHT AND EXHALING FROM YOUR LEFT.

                          (  DO THREE ROUNDS OF MANTRA BREATHING )

                                                                 STEP 18

                                               APPLICATION (VINIYOGA)

                 THE WORD VINIYOGA MEANS APPLICATION. UNLIFE SANKALPA, VINIYOGA IS CHANTED EVERY DAY THROUGHOUT YOUR SADHANA. USE THE FOLLOWING MANTRA WITH WATER IN YOUR RIGHT PALM :

            SAPTAVYAHRATINAM JAMADAGNI BHARADVAJA ASTRI-GAUTAMA

           KASYAPA-VISVAMITRA-VASISTHA RSAYAH

           GAYATRYUSNIGANUSTUBBRHATI-PA MKTISTRISTUBJAGATYACHANDADA MSI

           AGNI-VAYU-SURYA-BRHSPATI-VARUNENDRA-VISVEDEVA DEVATAH

           SARVAPAPAKSAYARTHE JAPE VINIYOGAH

  

                                                              STEP 19

                           PURIFICATION OF HANDS (KARA SHUDDHI)

                  CHANT THE FOLLOWING MANTRA AND SHOW THE APPROPRIATE MUDRAS TO PERFORM PURIFICATION OF THE HANDS.