The human mind is endowed with immense power. However, its agility often makes it futile. One's mental power mostly remains scattered and haphazard in the instability and abrupt wandering of the mind. Mental concentration is a must for successful completion of the task at hand. If you focus it a t the chosen aim, its power gets deeply engaged in what you want to do; it then plays wonders…..
Most frequent, nearest and dangerous obstructions in accomplishing something are the fluctuating tendencies of mind, which keep perturbing and diverting its concentration. The uncountable varieties of thoughts, imaginations, curiosity, ever changing desirous of the mid are reflections of its diversified tendencies. A possible way to control these is to encourage those tendencies that would generate the thoughts favorable to your objective. Holding it onto corresponding imaginations with boosting incentive of thinking about the gains of completing the task also helps greatly. At the same time we have to be alert in countering the diverting thoughts and attractions. This is indeed a Herculean effort, but nothing is impossible for a determined human self.
Your progress m ay is slow and frustrating, but if you continue it with patience sincerity, and willpower you will triumph in you're strive…. Once you are able to engross your mind in what you want, desired success will be at your doorstep.
Good Deeds Wane Ill Omen
The consequences (phala) of good or bad Karmas (deeds) of a person done in the present life are indeed destined to occur at the appropriate time. This is the absolute law of Karma that accounts for one's "fate". How long will it take for materialization of the Karma-phala in one's 'stock' (prarabdha) is unpredictable and inexplicable because of the infinite complexity and constraints of one's interactions with other people and livings beings under different circumstances, mental state, etc, in different lives. What is essential for us is to realize the importance of righteous conduct and adept transactions of duties to shape our future destiny.
It is only the present, which is in our hand. Your noble deeds, altruistic service performed in the present will help annulling the negativity of your evil deeds in the past and thus help reshaping your ill omen to some extent or alleviating its severity. The greater your virtuous actions and saintly attitude, the more intense will be this favorable affect. The great lives of Shivi, Dhadhichi, Harischandra, Prahlad, Dhruva, Pandavas, etc evince this fact - though they did face adversities in earlier phases of their lives because of the Prarabdha, their noble deeds eventually bestowed immortal glory and success upon them.
Those on the righteous path get immense courage to face their destined bad luck, but the sinners or those on the immoral, wrong path, malign even their good luck and pile up miseries for futures. Which way would you like to go? The choice is yours….!
You should be a real master and not the slave of your sense organs. You can't enjoy even the pleasure of the senses for long without observing self-continence. Running after ever-new passions ceases peace from your life and results in varieties of weaknesses and self-invited worries.
Being driven by sensual lust is against the human-nature and human-religion. Sri Bhagvad Gita is regarded as the treatise of ideal life. Its guidance will be accomplished in your life only if you succeed in its prerequisite of self-discipline over your senses. Without the endeavors of self-restrain, you can't proceed in any Yoga Sadhana of spiritual refinement; it is a must for achieving something wrong on the worldly fronts as well. The Sitar of life produces melodious music only if its wires are controlled carefully.
Just think of the fate of the horse-rider who can't hold the bridle of the horse. Appropriate control over the horse is a must. It the rider wants to reach somewhere safely. The same is about the agile horse of mind in the journey of life. Prudent vigil and self-restrain are essential for progress peace and happiness.
Some audacious youths regard discipline as a barrier against their enthusiasm and energy; they want to break all mental, social and national norms. But this puts them and many others into trouble and harms everyone. Alertness and guidance of matured wisdom are as necessary with zest in life as was Krishna's support to Arjuna in the Mahabharata war. If humans are intelligent beings, they should note that steadfastness and farsightedness are signs of intelligence.
The Perennial Law of Mental Evolution
The quality of our mental inscriptions and hence the nature of our mind depends upon what kinds of thoughts dominate our thinking most often. An empty mind is said to be a devil's house whereas a mind engaged in creative works and righteous, constructive deeper thinking is sure to sharpen, brighten and expand its capabilities.
You must ponder over this fact that your mental evolution is in your hands. Short-temperedness enhances the tendencies of anger, harmful excitations. Worries, tensions, gloom, despair and similar kinds of negative instincts weaken your mind further. So stop plunging into the untoward memories of the past and do not let your mind roam in vulgar, erotic, revengeful, depressing or arbitrary imagination
Positive optimistic and reasoned thinking educes new joy and energy in your mind and motivates it for constructive actions; this is also the key to sharpening the intellect. In short our thoughts are the hidden rulers of our life. Concentration of mind upon a focused objective and associated thoughts augment its corresponding skills and potentials. this is how one becomes an expert in specific talent or field of knowledge…..
Very often we hear statements such as, "He was red with anger", "It was a golden opportunity for you", "She was green with envy", "You are in a black mood" or "She was feeling blue". These statements must have appeared long after people observed a relation between moods or sentiments and colors.
You must have observed that in places of entertainment and fairs, etc, the yellow color is dominant, since it is the color of 'self-expression' and 'joy of life', represented by the number '3' in numerology. You might have noticed that the hats of kings, queens, priests, etc, are predominantly violet in color since it is the color of peace, tranquility, aloofness and spirituality, represented by the number '7' in numerology. Scientists have discovered that prisoners get excited and become aggressive when they are exposed to red light, and they calm down under a blue light or a pink light. Red relates to the number '1' and represents leadership and aggression. Blue relates to the number '5' and represents knowledge and constructive freedom. P ink relates to administration and materialism.
Green corresponds to the heart chakra and represents compassion and healing. Restaurateurs are beginning to use orange and red colors, since orange stimulates appetite and red makes the time move faster, so that more customers can be served in the same time. Orange is the color of sacral chakra and red is the color of rood chakra.
The preceding paragraphs are enough to show the importance of colors in our life, whether we take advantage of this knowledge or not. Moreover, colors are related to chakras and numbers, which will be elaborated in the later articles.
Colors closest to the physical body represent physical energy and health. Colors in the outer regions represent mental, emotional and spiritual energies. Clear and bright colors represent good conditions and a fulfilled person. Dull, muddy and thick colors represent over-activity, imbalances and problems. Colors in auras change frequently according to changes in physical, mental, emotional and spiritual conditions. However, the aura has a certain color or colors which are permanent and primary, while others are secondary. The primary/permanent color represents the purpose of life in this incarnation; it corresponds to the 'talent number' calculated through the 'death of birth' of the person in numerology. Secondary colors represent prevailing conditions at the moment. Hence, caution should be exercised in interpreting colors.
The master of Mantra-vidya knows that words are uttered by different parts of the mouth such as, throat (larynx), tongue, teeth, lips and the root of the tongue. During speech, the nerve-fibers of the particular parts of the mouth form which sound emits stretch up to different parts of the body and put pressure on the corresponding glands. If particular glands of the persons concerned are diseased or dysfunctional he starts stammering while uttering the specific words. There are many large and small, visible and invisible glands in the body. Yogis know that some specific energy lies hidden in these glands, Shat-chakras (six energy centres) related to the shushumana are quite well-known but there are several other such glands in the body. The utterance of different words has its impact on different glands and by such impact the energy of these glands gets stimulated. Mantras have been composed on this basis. There are twenty -four letters in Gayatri Mantra which are related to twenty-four such glands located in the body which on getting stimulated, activate and awaken the powers of righteous wisdom. By uttering Gayatri Mantra the sitar of the subtle (sookshma) body of the Sadhak starts playing, tinkling at twenty-four points, creating sound waves which impact important elements of the invisible world. It is this impact which becomes more and more pronounced and tangible through Gayatri Sadhana.
The flow of sound of these twenty-four letters of the Maha Mantra is of deep significance. The experts of the science of sound know the powers hidden in sound and the results which can be achieved by its subtle vibrations. Sound is synonymous with Brahma. It is Brahma from whom the original first creative vibration issues forth resulting in seven time chanting of OM. Just as the pendulum of a clock keeps on moving by swinging to and fro, in the same way the sound waves of Om create vibrations which regulate this creation. Later, three main waves of Sat, Raj, Tam relating to Hreem, Shreem and Kleem elements respectively flow in this current. It is further divided into branches and sub-branches which are known as Beej-Manteras. The letters, words and clauses of Gayatri Mantra have been seen by a seer vision and emanate from the unified field of creative energy, arranged in a specific and special sequence and inter-relationship. Chanted with sincere devotion, they plug the Sadhak's soul into the supreme and inexhaustible fount of spiritual energy.
Singing of Deepak-raj light up extinguished lamps. It starts raining when megh-malhar tune is sung. The melody created by playing flute makes the snakes wave their hoods in synchronicity, deer gets swooned and cows stat yielding more milk. The warbling of cuckoo incites passion. Even strong iron bridges may collapse by the sound created by the in-step, coordinated and rhythmic marching of a troop soldiers. The army is, therefore, forbidden to march rhythmically, in-step, while crossing a bridge. Dr. Hutchinson of America has achieved success and fame in curing several patients suffering from incurable and painful diseases by different musical sounds. In Nepal, Tantriks keep a Thali (large metallic plate) on a pot and play it in a special rhythm and are capable of curing persons bitten by poisonous snakes, scorpions etc. and those suffering from thyroid goiter, Vishvel (poisonous creeper), ghosts, mania etc. The vibration of a specific sound spread in the ether and attracts atoms of similar type and return to their origin within few moments, duly charged with appropriate energy which exercises curative impact in the appropriate areas. This is how Mantras accomplish miraculous effects. The chanting of Gayatri Mantra activities the network of nerves in the mouth and stimulates specific glands. No sooner do they get stimulated, a Vedic symphony is created which spreads in the either, takes a round of the entire universe, coming back to the source with its energy augmented manifold, capable of fulfilling the desired purpose. Gayatri Sadhana, thus, becomes a spiritual as well as a material boon for the Sadhak.
The factor which makes Gayatri Mantra extremely potent is the Sadhak's confidence coupled with faith. Psychologists are well acquainted with the power of self confidence. Instances have been cited that only on account of imaginary fear people met untimely death and persons who were almost dead got new life on account of faith and confidence. Tulsidas has in his Ramayana compared faith and confidence to Bhawani and Shankar and stated that -"Bhawani Shankaro vande shraddha vishvas rupino". It is faith which has the power to turn a bush into a ghost, a rope into a snake and an idol into God. There are people who happily sacrifice money, comfort and even life for defending one's faith and conviction. Eklavya, Kaveer etc. are examples of persons who acquired knowledge not directly from their masters, Gurus, but by dint of their unflinching faith in them. The basis of hypnotism is to get the desired work done by the subject just by infusing faith in him in the words of the physician. The Mantra of the Tantrik works miraculously on the patient only if he has deep faith in it. A Sadhak devoid of faith may utter that Tantrik Mantra hundreds of times but it will not have any effect. This fact applies to Gayatri Mantra also. When the Sadhak takes up Sadhana with faith and confidence Gayatri Mantra becomes much more effective and proves to be extra-ordinarily powerful die to the combined effect of faith and the Mantra's own intrinsic spiritual energy. It is explained below that which particular letter of Gayatri is related to which part of the body. The details are given in the following chart:-
Sn Letter Gland Involved energy
1 tat Tapini Success
2 sa Saphalta Bravery
3 vi Vishwa maintenance
4 tur Tushti Wellbeing
5 va varda Yog
6 re revati Love
7 ni Sookshma Money
8 yam Gyana Brilliance
9 bhar bharga defense
10 go gomati Intellect
11 de devika Suppression
12 va varahi Devotion
13 sya sinhani dharma (power of retention)
14 dhee dhyan Pran (life-breath)
15 ma maryada Self-restraint
16 hi sfuta Tap
17 dhi medha Far-sightedness
18 yo yogmaya Jagriti (awakening)
19 yo yogini Production
20 naha dharini Sarasta (sweetness)
21 pra prabhava Ideal
22 cho ooshma Courage
23 da drashya wisdom (vivek)
24 yat niranjan Sewa (service)
Gayatri activates the above mentioned twenty-four divine qualities in the devotee. With their growth, varied accomplishments (Saddhis) and prosperity start manifesting in the life of the devotees. Most of the people think that some god or goddess is bestowing these gifts because they are unable to see and understand the working of these subtle divine energies and the transformations flowing there from. Once they understand that transformations are taking place as a result of their own Sadhana they would realize that it is not by way of some scientific process of spiritual growth. Gayatri Sadhana is not based on blind faith but has a solid scientific basis.
There is another way to begin seeing the auras. Put the tips of your index fingers together in front of you, for about 15 seconds. Then slowly pull them apart. You may see fine thread of energy between them, which may disappear as the distance becomes more than half-an-inch in the beginning. Gradually you may use all the fingers of your hands or at times one or more fingers with your partner. You may start to see the aura around other parts of your body also.
Now you can attempt to see the auras of others. Make your friend stand about ten feet away from you against a white (or black) wall, in a dimly lit room. Look at the forehead of your friend for a while, and then move your eyes in a clockwise direction around his/her whole body. The movement of the eyes should be quick so that the powers of the eyes are evoked. Coming back to the forehead, keep your eyes focused on it for about half-a-minute. Alternate the concentrated focus on the forehead with a passive soft focus around the whole body for half-a-minute. Do it a couple of times. The aura around the head may appear first, and it is more pronounced than that around any other part of the body. A hazy aura may appear around the whole body, like the one you saw around your own hand in the beginning. Remember that clothing obstructs the aura. The aura may appear and disappear in the beginning, especially when you try to touch it. You may go back and forth to make it appear constantly. When you try to touch it, it will appear like a soft balloon-like material, which may be pressed like rubber, but you can enter it.
Variations in color will appear according to the emotions of the person. For example, if you ask your friend to become angry, you will notice a dull reddish tinge in the aura. If he/she becomes happy and cheerful, either by remembering something nice or by deep breathing, you can see that the aura becomes larger. You can also observe that the parts of aura around the chakras move rapidly in circular motions. You can practice seeing the aura of your friend when he/she is walking in a crowded area. you can also try to observe the auras of other people in the crowd. However, it should be remembered that you see auras best when there is dim light and a clear white or black background. Early mornings and late afternoons are the best times.
Most of us experience aura in our daily lives, whether we know about it or not. It is a thin pulsating field around the human body and its colors can be seen by anyone with sustained practice and patience. My own experiences in life have convinced me about the powers of clairvoyant sight, to see an aura. I have been seeing my own aura within for several years, the colors changing according to inner development and evolution, and also according to the emotions and the state of mind at different times.
A large number of people in the world are not yet convinced about the powers of aura. A blind man can say to us that there is no such thing as 'physical sight' and if we say that we have it, we are fooling ourselves. We can simply reply, "excuse me, I have it, and no power on earth can make me say otherwise, since I have daily experiences of seeing with my eyes". The same thing can be said about auras, and for that matter, about other paranormal powers. One can easily acquire the power of seeing auras with regular practice and patience. It is easy to learn to see auras if you take a relaxed and playful approach. One has to create a situation similar to the 'twilight zone' which exists when you are about to slip in or out of sleep. It is then that the paranormal just happens. This is how you see visions.
The history of aura began in ancient times when halos were seen around the heads of holy persons from Nepal, India, Greece, Egypt and Rome. These halos depicted auras in luminous or golden color. The 'vital energy' which constitutes the aura is called Prana by Hindus, mana by Polynesians, animal magnetism by Mesmer, spiritual sphere by Emanuel Sweden B org, od by Baron von Reichenbach, munis by Paracelsus, and etheric force by modern psychics. Around 600 BC, the followers of Pythagoras also made references to auras in their teachings. When Moses returned from the mountain, his face was so radiant that the people of Israel could not stand around him.
In the Seventeenth century AD, Sir Isaac Newton made white light pass through prisms and formulated the laws of reflection and refraction. He showed that white light is made up of seven colors as in the rainbow. These colors had varied wavelengths and were named VIBGYOR = (Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, and Red. The auras are seen to have these seven basic colors, and some more. These seven colors are basically associated with the seven chakras in the human body. Clear and shining colors means that the associated chakra is well developed, while dull and muddy colors mean undeveloped or sick chakras.
There are several methods of finding Aura in the human body. Among them the following are the main:
a) Programming the Pendulum: Relax yourself by any method. Take up position at a table with your elbows resting on it. Hold the pendulum with your thumb and index finger. To familiarize yourself with it, give it vertical, horizontal, clockwise, and anticlockwise motions, giving it a rest after each type of motion. Now ask the pendulum to "move clockwise" through your power of thought, visualizing that the power is passing from your body to the chain to the pendulum. No physical power should be used. When it starts swinging for a while, you can ask it mentally to "stop", and see that it stops completely. Now you can program it the way you want. You may ask it to swing clockwise if the answer to a question is "yes", and anticlockwise if the answer is "no". Or, you may ask it to havea vertical motion for a 'yes' and a horizontal motion for 'no' or any other set of directions you may choose for the purpose. You may talk loudly to your subconscious to give these particular motions to the pendulum in answer to a question.
b) asking Questions: For verification now, you may ask some simple questions, such as, saying your name correctly and asking the pendulum whether it is right or wrong. See that the pendulum moves in the direction fixed for a 'yes'. Now say an incorrect name and check if the answer of the pendulum in negative. You may speak your right age and see if the pendulum confirms it with a "yes". Then speak the wrong age and see if it says "no". Ask the pendulum, "Am I a vegetarian?" and check if it answers you correctly. You may ask, "Is Monika my friend?" and verify that it gives the correct answer. Now you are ready to ask questions whose answers are not known to you. For example, you may ask, "Am I going to travel abroad next month?" if it says "no" you may increase the time and keep on asking till it says "yes", which should be the time you may actually make a journey abroad. You may ask, "Am I going to get a promotion in a fortnight? Am I going to incarnate again? Will I see my friend John next week? Is John in good health?" The accuracy of the answers will be directly proportional to the extent you keep emotions away from the experiment.
c) Measurement of Aura: Measurement of aura with a pendulum can be carried out in two ways. One way is through questions. you may ask the pendulum if your aura is between 15 and 20 feet. If not, ask if it is between 12 and 15 feet. Go on till the answer is "yes". Then reduce the period of variation or ask straight away if it is 10 feet, and so on. You will know the size of the aura to a fairly precise extent.
Another way is the direct method of holding the pendulum at the root and asking it to tell the size of the aura of the person under experiment. Relax, give instructions to your subconscious and the pendulum, and then walk slowly towards the person. It is better to programme it to give a circular motion on reaching the outer edge of the aura, since a horizontal or vertical motion can be mistaken because of the disturbance caused by your walking. Walk and pause, walk again and pause. the moment you get a circular motion, it is an indication that you have reached the outer edge of the aura. However, the dowsing method of rods is easier and quicker for this purpose.
