SriChakraPuja

Amrita,Devipuram,India,531001 Prologue Thisbookhadtobewrittentofillagap.Therearemillionsofpeopleinthe worldwhoaredoingSriChakraPuja.Butveryfewunderstandthemeanings ofthemantrasandprocedures,whytheyarebeingdone,whatisagoodway ofdoingthings.Andtherearesimplynobooksavailableonthissubject. SriDeviinspiredDeviParvatitoseekthisinformationforthebenefitofevery devoteeofSriVidyabyaskingquestionstoAmritaatDevipuram,India.She usedtoaskquestions,andtapetheanswers.Shetookpainstakingtroubleto transcribewhatwassaid,typeditoutandAmritaediteditagain. Conversationalstylewaspreservedtoalargeextenttopreservereadability. Redundancieshavenotbeentotallyremovedbecausetheyaresometimes neededasreminders;butanattempthasbeenmadetoreducethem. Thisisthefirstattemptthatreallytriestogointothemysteriesofevery mantra,andeveryprocedureintheSriChakrapujaasdescribedinParashu RamaKalpaSutratoconveyadeeperunderstandingoftheritual.Itisthe author'sbeliefthatsuchanattempttoopenupthesemysterieshasnotbeen madebeforeinabookwhichanyonecanread.Muchofthematterpresented hereisbeingspokenfromadirectpersonalrevelationalstandpoint,andso carriesnoreferences.Itisalsothefirsttimethattheauthentictextshavebeen explainedthewaytheyareherecombiningthemodernandancientviews. Youmayormaynotagreewithwhatissaidhere.Buttohidethescienceof ritualfrompubliceyebecauseitmaynotbeintunewiththepresentnormsis notcorrect.Afterall,thepurposeofthisbookistoinformaboutpracticesthat werefollowedinoldendays.Topracticeornotisyourpersonaldecision.To saythatabookongynecologyshouldnotbepublishedbecauseitshowsthe picturesofgenitalsisridiculous.Whetheritworksforyou,youhaveto discover.Thereisagoodchanceitwill,ifyouapproachthesubjectwith respect. Itisnotacheapimitationorapruneddownversionoftheritual.Itisthe actualstuff.Itdoesnothavethepatriarchalbiastotheageoldtraditionswhen womanwasGod.Ittalksopenlyaboutsubjectssuchasuseofsexinritualand

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hencebrushedasidebymanypractitionersasbeingaccessibleonlythrough surrenderingyourbody,mindandsoultoaGuru. Eachheadingcanbeinterpretedasaquestionaboutatopic.Whatfollowsisan anattempttoclarifytheconceptsinvolved.

PUJA

ParashuramaisanAvatarofVishnu.HehasdividedtheSriChakraPujainto fourclearlydefinedtimeslots:Lalita,Rajashyamala,VarahiandPara.Pujato Lalitaistobedoneinthemorninginthecreativecenter, Rajashyamalainthe heartduringmidday,Varahiintheeveningattheeyebrowcenter,andPara Shaktiatmidnightinthecrown.Thisvolumedealsonlywiththefirstpart, LalitaPuja. Somepeoplecombineallthesedifferntpujasintooneunmanageablylong puja.Neithertheparticipantsnorthepeoplewatchingthepujasunderstand whatisgoingon.Theythinkthatthelongerthepuja,thebetteritis.They keeponaddingtothepujafromthisbookandthatbook,andtheyarethen afraidtoletgoofthisorthatbitofthepuja.Theyloosetheirbalanceand becomeangrywithslightestdisturbancestothepujalikeachildcryingfor food.Foradevoteetobecomeangryistogodown. YoufindafamousexampleofthisinthestoryofRamayana.Vishwamitrawas agreatkingwhowantedtoattaintothehighestknowledgeofGod.Hewas doingausteritiesforalongtime.ThenIndra,afraidthathewilllosehis positionastherulerofGods,sentacelestialseductresscalledMenakatostop himfrompracticingcelebacyinthought,wordanddeed.Vishwamitragot attractedtoMenakaandspent10,000yearsenjoyingher.Thenhelostthe powerhehadobtainedfromhisausterities.Herealizedhismistakeandhe toldher"NoIdon'twantyourchild,andIdon'twantyou,getlost".He pushedherawayandthenstartedagainontheausteritiesgaininggreatmerit. ThenhewenttoSageVashishta'sashram.Andhetoldhim,"LookIhave becomegreatinausteritie.NowyouhavetoproclaimthatIama Brahma Rishi=selfrealizedsoul".Vishishtasays,"NoyouarenotaBrahmaRishi"to testhim.ThenVishwamitragotangryandcursedVishishta.Withthatsingle cursehelostallthepower. Themoralofthestoryisthatsexualenjoymentismuchlessharmfulthan anger.Whereaslusthastaken10,000yearstoremovehispower,hisanger removeditinoneinstant.Thatisthedifference.Thatiswhytheysayifyou arepracticingsadhana=sinceredevotion,andyougetangryyouarenot makingheadway.Thesignatureofbeingontheproperpathisthatyoumust remainunperturbedbyangerorfear.Itisthenthatyouarereallyontheway.

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PujaisdonetoKriyaShakti,JnanaShaktiandIcchaShakti.Whatisthe meaningandimportanceoftheseShaktisintheMotherworship?Theyarethe powersresidingintheeroticjonesofawoman.AllGoddessesarepowersof attention,awarenesses,residingincertainplacesortimes.Pureunbounded awarenessisconsideredtobetheuniversalMother,Lalita.AllshaktisareHer bodyparts.Herbodyisspaceandtime. Gouri=Kriya,Lakshmi=Jnana,Saraswati=Iccha Theword"mother"bringstoourmindsusuallythe"onewhogivesbirthto".I wasbornoutofherwombandthatismyplaceofbirth.Thebirthchannel,the yoni=vaginaistheonlyentitythatreallyqualifiestobecalledthemother.Itis indeedatemplewheretheGoddesswhogivesbirthislocated.Wecallthe GoddessthereasGouri=creatrix.Theyoniisalsotheplacewherebillionsof spermswhoaretryingtogetachancetolivearedestroyed.Thatiswhysheis knownasKali=destroyer.Gouriistheonewhoacceptstheseedandgivesit life,andKaliisonewhoacceptstheseedbutdestroyingit.Thatiswhyitis importanttoworshipKaliduringmenstruation,whenconceptionisnot possible.Theyaredifferent,yettheyarelocatedatthesameplace,calledby differentnamesatdifferenttimes.Theyarebothlocatedinthe Muladhara Chakra.SoastheMotherofall,whogivesbirthtousthroughheryoni, Gouri isworshippedintheyoni.SheisthebaseinwhichtheLinga=phallusofSiva stands.LalitaSahasramspeaksofBhagaradhya=worshippedinyoni.There aresomanynamesintheLalitaSahasranamathatrelatetosuchexplicitly sexualaspectsoftheMotherGoddessworship. Atonetimetherewerefertilityriteswherethelovebetweenmanandwoman wasofferedasanintimateservicetotheGoddess.Devitheuniversalmother islocatedintheSwadhisthanachakra.Swabyself,adhisthanaresidingin. TheplacewhereDeviisresidingin,isthegenitals. TheseatoftheKundalinipower,theenergywhichgivessupremepleasureof orgasmislocatedinthegenitals.ThestartingpointofKundaliniisknownas Kumara.HeisliketheyoungSiva.ThebigSivaisthemalelinga=phallus. Kumara,hisson,thesmalllingainthefemaleistheclitoris.Thefemale linga istheseatofhappinessandpleasureandtheoriginofKundaliniShakti. ThefirstmovementoftheKundaliniistomakeyouloseyoursenseofbody identificatiion,andthatisexactlywhathappensinorgasm.Youareflowing outofyourselfastheseedandyouloseallyourtensions. Thewordorgasmis

usedinTantrainthebroadercontextaslosingallyourtensions. Ifyouareworried, losingyourworryisanorgasm. Therewasonefellowwhousedtowearshoesthreetimesundersize.Heused towalkwiththoseshoesalldaylong.Andheusedtohaveexcruciatingpain throughouttheday.Andpeopleaskedhim,"Whydoyouwearthose undersizedshoesandbearthepain?"Hesaid,"Thereisonlyonehappinessleft inmylifeandthatiswhenIremovethisshoefrommyfoot,onlythenIfeel extremelyhappy."Weareallwearingthisundersizeshoe,calledthisbody, andonceyoufindthereleasefromthisbodyyoufindhappiness,theonly happinessthatweknow,andthatiscalledanorgasm.Wewantrepetionof thathappinessbecausewewanttobepermanentlyinthatstate.Theonlyway toachievethatistorecognizewheneverthereisstressdeveloping,andtobe letgoofthatstress.ThisisthemainpointofTantra.Trytobeinastateof constantorgasm,tobeintheperpetualunionbetweenSivaandShakti. ThemotherwhogivesbirthiscalledGouri.Manisveryincidentaltothe processofcreation.Hejustdepositsaseedinthewombandthenwalksout. Andtherefinisheshisduty.Wethinkwearethemothersofourchildrenthat webeget.Butaretheyourchildren?Theyarenot,theyarethechildrenof Gouri.Doweknowhowtogiveformtothatformlessseed?Howtomakethe face,theeyes,theears,howtomakethetongue,howtoputthetasteinthe tongue?Howtocreatethelimbsthatcangrowandwhereeachshouldbe located,inwhatproportion,whatsize?Whatcoloreyes,whatlooks?Noneof thesethingsweknow.Allofthishappensautomatically.Thereisapowerof transformationwhichiscodedinthegeneswhichisdoingthisjob.Andthat powerGouriislocatedinthewomb.Itistheseedthatweareworshipping. Youcannotsaythattheseedismaleorfemale.Sobeforetheegg,whichcame first,theeggorthehen?Itwastheseedthatcamebeforeeitherofthem.And thatseedisinformation,knowledgeinformation.ItistheseedthatisGouri, thebindu.Thatisthefirstmotherthatweknowof. Inthewomb,initiallyyouasthechildexperienceatremendousgrowth potential.Everymomentyouaremultiplyingyourselfintotwoanditappears asifthereisaninfinitepossiblityofgrowth.Andyouareenjoyingthat happinessandrichnessavailabletoyouofthemultiplicationofyourself.But thenaftersometime,thewombbeinglimitedinsizeoffersresistanceto growth.Andyouarebeingconfined.Andyoudon'tlikethatconfinement. Youwanttogrow.Andaftersometimeyouarepushedoutforcibly.Atfirst youdonotknowwhatistouch,youwerenotevenbreathing.Youwere floatinginthewombforninemonths.Youwerebreathingthroughyournavel throughthebloodofthemother.Atthetimeofbirthyouwerepushedout, andsuddenlyacoldmetalcomesandgraspsyourheadandpullsyououtand beforeyouhavelearnedhowtotransferfromonesystemoflifetoanother system,yournavelthreadiscut.Atthetimeofbirthyouarefightingforlife.

Thistraumaistremendous.Youcannotsaythatthistraumaisnotpresentin ceasareanbirthsbecausetheyalsocutthenavelcord.Fromnavelbreathing youhavegottomovetonasalbreathing,andthattransitionisverytraumatic. Afterthebirthprocess,thenimmediatelyprotectionhastobegiven, nourishmenthastobegiven.Wheredoesitcomefrom?Itcomesfromthe Mother'sbreastsashermilk.Theresheisknownas Lakshmi.Sheistheocean ofmilkthatcomesfromthebreastsofthefemale.Therethechildfeeds.The firstmilkthatcomesoutofthemother'sbreastshasimmunizationproperties. Doyouknowhowtomakethatmilk?Youatefoodanditbecamemilk.That powertogivenourishmentiswhatwecallLakshmi.Thenipplesthrough whichmilkcomesisthelocationofthesecondaspectoftheMotherwe worship. Thenthechildgrowsandaftersometimeitleavesthemother'sbreastand looksforoutsidefood.Thechildisnotinterestedinreceivingnourishment fromthemotheranymore.Neitheristhatmotherabletoprovideit.Itreceives nourishmentfromknowledge.Thenthethirdmothercomesintoexistence. ThatisSaraswati.Sheisinthetongue.Whenyouaretalking,areyouawareof wherethetonguehastogoinordertocreateacertainsequenceorsounds? No,youarenotaware.StillthatisthefunctionofSaraswati,toteach.This learningprocessstartsattheageofabouttwoandaquarteryears.Thefirst partisforninemonths;thesecondpartfortwentysevenmonthsandinthe thirdpartyouaretakencareoffromthento27x3=81months=about7yearsof agebySaraswati ,thethirdmother. IntheDeviMahatmyam,inthefirstpartthereisonlyonechapter,thesecond parthasthreechaptersandthethirdparthasninechapters,whereyouhaveto danceyourwaythroughlifewithhappinessandpleasure.Forthatyouhave toobstructionstoyourprogress.Inthispartyouwillfindagreatbattlebeing wagedagainstallthedemonsandhowtheDevisovercomethemonebyone. TheworstofthesedemonsisRaktabija.Raktabijameansthetriggeringofone thoughtfromanother. TheIcchaShaktiislocatedasSaraswatiatthetipofyourtongue.Jnana Shaktiisworshippedintheheartcenter,andKriyaShaktiisworshippedin theyoni.Ifyouwanttomanifestorcreateaphysicalform,worshipoftheyoni bringsthispowerintoyou.Allyourfearsandsexualityarelocatedinthefirst twochakras.Worship=payingattentiontofeelingofrespect,removesyour negativitiesandpavesthewaytopowerandlove.Worshipoftheheartcenter givesyoutheblessingsofknowledge,ofprotection,ofimmunity,ofwealth,of prosperity.Worshipofthefacegivesyouwillpowerandemotional intelligencecalledIcchaShakti.Especiallywhenyouconcentrateonthe eyebrowcenter=ajnachakra,itdevelopsyourpowertocontrolyourselfand others.

TheLalitaSahasranamatalksindetailaboutthesethesevariousaspects.There isamantraappropriatetoworshippingtheDeviintheheartcenter,andthatis RajaShyamala.Thereisamantrawhichcoorespondstothe Ajnacenter whichiscalledVarahi.Thereisamantracoorespondingtothe Brahmarandhra,theSahasrarachakraandthatisasinglelettermantracalled Souh.ItisPara.Itisthehissingsoundofthekundalinisnakeasitrisesupthe spinalchord.WhenitreachestheSahasraraitopensitshoodupandimplodes thecosmosintoyou.VishnuissleepingunderthehoodoftheserpentSesha. Itmeansthatthecosmosandcosmicconsciousness(Vishnu)isunderthe protectionofthisKundaliniforce.Itisbothacreativeandadestructiveforce. Itcreatesorderanddestroysdisorder. Thesymbolismofthesnakeisauniversalarchtypeovertheagesinvarious cultures.Imagineasnakecrawlingoveryourbodyandthatyouareasmall childandthatyouarenotawarethatitisasnake.Oryouhavenotlearnedto nameitasasnake.Whatdoyoufind?Youfindasupremepleasureinits touch.Itcoilsaroundyourlimbsandabeautifulmassageisbeinggiventoyou bythesnake.Inthissituationyouarenotnamingitandnotidentifyingitwith asituationthatispotentiallydangerous.Youjustplaywiththat.Thisisthe natureofSiva.Themomentyouassociatethatsituationwiththenotionoffear thatitcankillyou,thenthefearisrelatedtothemuladharachakra.Ontheone handthereispleasureandontheotherhandthereisfear.Thiscombinationof thepleasurefearcomplexiswhatissymbolizedbythesnake. Ifyoulookatthephilosophicalstructurebehindthis,youfindthatthesnakeis somethingthatmovesinawavycurvyfashion,notstraight.Theysaythat whenyouaredrunkyoumoveinawavyfashion,youarenotclearinwhat directionyouaremoving.Butifasnakebecomesdrunk,whatdoesitdo?It movesstraight.Themindanditsthoughtpatternsarelikethesnakes,going hitherandditherinwavyfashions.Butwhenthemindbecomessteadyand onepointed,whenitflowsrelativelystraightthenitis"drunken".Thisisthe drinkthattheyrefertointhetantra.Thedrink,theambrosiawhichmakes yourmindonepointedandstraight.The Kundalinishaktiisflowingupthe sushumnachannelsinsteadofgoingroundthepetalsinwhateverwayit wants.Thisisthesymbolofthesnake. Youcanworshipthepancadasiinaparticularportionofyourbody.Theusual portionassociatedwiththeDeviistheswadhisthanachakra.Thatiswhereshe resides.WhentheKundaliniissleepingthenyouareawareoftheworldand youfeelthatyouareseparatefromtheworld.Whenthe Kundaliniis awakening,yourseparatenessisgettingloststepbystep. Whatcausesthisseparateness?Youareinteractingwiththeworldthrough yourfivesensorymodesofperception.Theyarealllocalmagnifiers.Soyou

arenotknowingtheworldasitexists,butthroughthefiltersofyoursenses. WhenKundaliniawakens,itenablesyoutotranscendthesesensory limitations.Forexample,youcansmelldistantodours,tasteremotejuices,see distantforms,touchdistantobjects,hearmusiccontinentsapart.Oneafterthe otherthesesensesarebeingtranscended. SotheascentoftheKundalini,thisconsciousnessprovoking,dynamic poweristhelossofyourseparationfromcosmos,yoursource.Soitcanbe calledworshipoftheyonifromwhichyoucametobe. Kundaliniisthussaid tobesleepinginthemuladharachakra,coilingitself3&1/2times around.Goingroundthewaist(manipura),chest(anahata),andneck(visuddhi) arethethreecoilsofthesnake.Andthentheheadofthesnakeisgoinginto thevaginathroughthevulva(swadhisthana)tothecervix(muladhara)and thatiswherethetipofthelingamisgoingtobe.Thatiswheretheheadofthe snakeissleeping. Whenthekundalinireversesitsflow,thenfromthemuladharacenterofthe shaktiitentersthemuladharacenterofthemaleandflowsinareverseaction andcomestotheswaddhisthana,whichisthebaseofthelingamandthen movesupthespinalchordbehindandcomesuptothesahasrara.Thisisthe transferofenergyfromtheShaktitotheSivaintheyogicpostureofunion. Thispostureisareversalprocess.Theexchangeofenergycantakeplace betweentheSivaandShaktiinunion.Youoscillate.Andthisoscillationcan builduptothenavelcenterandthenfromtheheartcentertotheheartcenter, andthenromthethroatcentertothethroatcenterandthentotheajnacenter. Andthenthecirclegetsclosed.Whenthecircuitgetsclosed,thenthecosmic consciousnessissupposedtohappen.ThentheSivaandShaktidonot experiencetheirseparateness.Theybecomeoneanditisthusthatthe consummationbetweenSivaandShaktitakesplace.Thisisthepurposeofthe marriagetoexperiencethiscosmiconenessofonesoulmovingintwobodies, betweenhusbandandwife.Thatiscalledmoksha. Youhavepassedalifelongtermofimprisonmentonyourselfstatingthatyou aregoingtoliveinthisbody,thismind,andlivewiththesethoughts.When youareabletoescapefromthesethreesetsofnotionsthenyouarePasupati, youareSiva.Whenyouareconfinedbythesenotions,youareapasu,abeast. Abeastistiedbystrings.Thesestringsthatbindyouareyourfear,your seekingforsensations,yourpoweraddictions,andinalimitingfashionthe loveyouhaveforothers.Theseareallstrings. ORIGINOFSOUNDS TheMaheswaraSootra NrittaavasaaneNataRajaRajo NanaadaDhakkaamNavaPanchavaaram

UddhartukaamahSanakadiSiddhaan

EtadvimarseSivaSootraJaalam

Thestanzameans,"Attheendofthedance,thekingofdancers,Sivabeaton hisdrum14times,(9+5)wantingtofurtherenlightengreatasceticsstarting eithSanaka.Weshalldiscusssomeoftheseimportantaphorisms,knownas MaheswaraSootra". ThisMaheswaraSootraoccupiesaseminalplaceinthehistoryofHindu religion.TheyformthebasisofBharata'sdanceform,Panini'sGrammarof Sanskritliterature,andPatanjali'sYoga. ThereisastorythattheCreatorbecametiredofcreatinghimself.Sohe createdfourchildrenSanaka,Sanandana,SanatkumaraandSantsujathaand requestedthemtocontinuethejobofprocreation.However,theyrefusedtodo so,thinkingthatthelowlysexualmodeofreproductionwasnotforthem, whichtheirfatherwasdoing.Sotheychosetoremaineternallyyoungatthe ageoffour,whensexhasnotyetknockedattheirdoor.Tohelpthem understandlifeanditspurposesbetter,thekingofdancers,(dance=life)Siva, whoiseroticinthenineworldsbelowandanasceticinthefiveworldsabove, playedonhisdrum9+5=14times,representingthepathstobefoundinallthe fouteenworlds.Asweshallseepresently,thesedrumbeatsarenoneother thantheseedmantras(sounds)ofSanskritalphabets. Thedrumbeatsare: 1.AIUn.2.ArAlUk.3.EOng.4.AiOuch.5.HaYaVaaRat.6.Lan. 7.NgaMaJnaNnaNam.8.JhaBhany.9.GhaDhaDhash. 10.JaBaGaDaDash.11.KhaPhaChchaThthaThthaCaTaTav. 12.KaPay.13.ShaShshaSar.14.Hal. 1.AIUn Athefirstletterstandsfornegation.Awarenessexistsintwostates, awarenessthatisnotevenawareofitselfthatisthefirststate,"A",likea zero;andawarenessthatisawareofitself,likeazerothatisthesumof oppositesforex.(1.5)+(1.5)=0.Asmalldeviation,asmallmovementthatis thesecondstate.Awarenesshasthesetwopropertiesofonenessand manyness.

Iisthesecondletter.Itisthedesireoftheawarenesstoknowitselfby splittingintosubjectandobject. Utopreservethedesireiscalled"u".ThatisSthiti(preservation). Sristi,thecreationhasnotoccuredin"A".Onlywhen"A"desirestomanifest itselfitbecomesanorgasmicallyelongated"Aa".Thisdesireisrepresented by"I".When"I"isfullyexpresseditbecomes"Ii"(long).Thedesiretopreserve thatalteredstateofawarenessis"U"and"Uu". 2.AruAluk Whenawarenessisobservingapartofitself,theobservedpartappearstoit asifitdoesnothaveanawareness.Soawarenessiscreatinganonawareness relativetoitinthisprocess.Thisisrepresentedby"Aru"and"Alu".These vowelsoundsareconsideredtobeofneutralgender,denotingobjectswhich arenotexperiencedthesamewayasthesubjectexperiencesitself. 3.EOng 4.AiOuch Thencreationproceedsfurtherthroughtheletters,E,ong;Ai,Auch.A+iis E.A+uisO.E+aisAi.E+uisAu.Amistheseedheldwithinthesubject; Ahistheseedexpressedoutsideitselfasanobject.Socreation,preservation anddisolutionoftheobjectarebeingmappedbythevowelsoundsofthe Sanskritalphabet.Thiscompletestheformationofthevowelsounds. 5.HaYaVaRat Thedesiretoprocreatecomesdownfromtheskytoearthasthe consonants.Ha,Ya,Va,Ra.Hameansspace.Hamisthecenterofthe Visshudhi,thethroatchakra.Yameanslife,prana.Yamisthecenterofthe Anahata,theheartchakra.Vameanswaters,thesourceoflife.Vamisthe centeroftheManipura,thenavelchakra.Rameansheat.Ramisatthe swadhisthanachakra,thesexcenter. Intheyogicparlanceoftoday,waterisdescribedtobeatthegenitalsandfire atthenavel.ThisorderisreversedinSivasootras,foragoodreason.Lustis theheatintheloinswhichmeltstheseedwhichgoesintothemother'stummy andgrowsthereinthewatersoflife.So,inthesesootras,waterissupposedto beatthenavelcenter.ThisisalsotheviewofSankaraaspropoundedinhis SoundaryaLahari,ahymntotheMotherGoddess. 6.Lan ThenextsoundisLan.Itisshownseparatelyfromtheha,ya,va,ra,because itisthelastanddensestobjectificationofthefivestatesofaggregationof matter,(calledelementshere).

Nexttheattributesoftheseelementsarediscussed. 7.NgaMaJnaNnaNam Ngameansanyvibration.Spacehasonlyoneattribute:sound. Mameanstouch.Airhastwoattributes:sound,touch. Jnameansform.Firehasthreeattributes:sound,touch,form. Nnameanstaste.Liquidhasfourattributes:sound,touch,form,taste. Nameanssmell.Solidhasallfiveattributes:sound,touch,form,taste,smell. ThefivestatesofaggregationSpace,Air,Fire,Water,andSolidhaveeachone moreattributethantheirpredecessor.Sinceanentityisknownbyits attributes,wecansaytheseattributesaremakingtheseelements.Sowe observethatmatterisinformation(=information)ofthesensations;orare derivedfromthem. TheSutras8,9,10,11,12,13,14areelaborationsonthesamelines.Weshall ignorethem,aswehavecoveredthebasicstructuresneededforour discussionsonSriChakra. EachletteroftheSanskritalphabethasaveryprecisemeaning.Eachletterhas cosmic,individualandmicrocosmicmeanings.Ifyoulookatthevedic language,youwillseethatthesentencesrarely,ifatall,repeatthemselves.Itis anirreduciblerepresentation.Youcannotcondenseitanyfurtherthanit alreadyis.Vedasarehighlycodedformsofinformation,like,forexample,the RNAandDNAcodesofgenes.Theycodetheinformationoflifesotightlythat youcannotreducethemanyfurther.Thevediclanguageiscondensedinto thesealphabetswhichareirreduciblerepresentationsoftheoriginalmeanings connectedwiththesoundsfromthedrumbeatsofSiva. TheSriChakra Wordsandsentencesareauditoryformsinformingusaboutcreation, maintainenceanddissolution.Similarly,ahighlycodedvisualgemetrical structureexists.ItiscalledaSriChakra(thecircleofgrace).Itisthegenetic codeoftheCosmos,theindividualandmicrocosmos.Meditationonithas revealedmanytruthstoseers;itisitselfrevealedinmeditation.Itisasymbol allofcreation,includingitsunitive(subjective)anddiverse(objective)aspects. Theseerisalwaysone.Theseenaremany.SriChakraistheabodeofthe cosmicawareness. WenowdiscusssubstructuresofSriChakra,startingfromthecenter outwards.

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9.TheSriChakrastartswithaCenter,theBindu,adimensionlesspoint.Itis theseer;neverseen. 8.Surroundingthatisthefirsttriangle,theseen,whichincludestheseer. 7.Surroundingthatthereare8triangles. 6,5.Surroundingthattherearetwosetsof10triangleseach. 4.Surroundingthatthereisthe14trianglefigure. 3.Surroundingthatthereisan8petalledlotus. 2.Surroundingthat,thereisa16petallotus. 1.Surroundingthattherearethreecirclesandasquareenclosurewiththree linesinit.Thesquareenclosurehasfourentrances. ThesearethemaincirclesorsubsetsoftheSriChakra.TheSriChakrais composedof3setsof3.Lookingfromoutwardsgoingin,thefirst3the square,the16and8petalledlotuses,constituteSristi,thecreativeaspectsof theAwareness.The14corneredfigure,the10corneredfigureandtheother10 corneredfigurerepresenttheSthiti,themaintenance.The8corneredfigure, thetriangleandthecenterpointrepresentthe Laya,thereabsorption. TheBindu Thecenterofeveryexperienceisyourself.ThatisSiva,calledtheinvariant point,bindu.Thewordbindumeansthreethings:point,seedandmind.All thatisexperiencedisShakti.ThefunctionofSivaistouniteyouintothe cosmicbeingthatyouare.ThefunctionofShaktiistoseparateyoufrombeing Sivatobringanexperiencetothatawareness,thatflowingandmovementin time.Sivaistheawarenessfullofexperiencethatflowsnotintime.Itisa frozenexperiencethathasnoevolution.Thefirstmovement(intimeand space)isthecreationofanintervalanintervalbetweentheknowerandthe known,betweentheseerandtheseen,betweentheonewhichisawareand thatofwhichitisaware.Thechaitanyaandjada.Jadaiswhatyouareseeing, whichyouarenotpenetrating.Itissomethingthatsomehowseparatesitself fromitselfandthisseparationmanifestsitselfasanintervalbetweentheseer andtheseen. Thisintervalcanbecomparedtothedistancebetweenapointanditsimagein themirror.Apointisdimensionless.Thepointisreflectedinamirrorandit appearsasifitisanotherpointuntoitself.Sothefirstpoint,thesecondpoint, andthedistancebetweenthesetwopointsexist,connectedbythespace (distance)andtime(requiredbylighttocoverthedistance)interval.Oncethe spacetimeintervalisformed,somethinghastohavethepropertyof movement.Timeistheonewhichhasthecharacteristicofmovement.This statementisnotabsolutelytrue,butisagoodfirstapproximation.(Itisequally propertosaythatspace,nottimehasthepropertyofmovement).However, ourexperiencetellsusthatitisthetimewhichismovingandspaceisnot movingandthisexperienceisvalidinasufficientlylargenumberofcasesso thatwecanacceptthatitappearstobetrue.Thislawbreaksdownasyouare

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approachingthevelocityoflight.Thatiswheretherelativistictheorytakes over. Thespacetimeintervalisthefirstcreationandthatmanifestsitselfas interactionbetweenspaceandtimeandoutoftherotationofspacearound timematterisformed.Thebindu,thecenterpointisunique,itis dimensionless,itisawareness,butitisnotevenawareofitself.Soitcannotbe evencalledacreator.Itisalinga,acharacteristicofinvariance.Itisawareness andnonawarenesscombined.Whatyouseeandwhatyouareiscombinedin that. Knowledgeandignorancearecombinedinthat.Itisnotnegatible.Itis invarianttonegation.Ifyouhaveknowledgealoneandwhenyounegateit youhaveignorance.Whenyouhaveignorancealoneandnegateit,itbecomes knowledge.Butwhenyouhavethesumofthetwoandyoutrytonegatethe sum,knowledgemovesovertoignoranceandignorancemovesoverto knowledgeandsothesumtotalisnotchangedevenwhenyoudenyit.It cannotbedenied.Itisselfevident.Itisyourownknowledgethatyouexist.It doesnothavetobeprovedtoyou.Theawarenesshasthispropertyofself proving,Svaprakasha.Awarenessisselfenlightening;thatdoesnotanother lighttoshowitsexistence,itisproofuntoitself.ThatpureawarenessisGod. Whatistobeenlightened?Ourownignorance.Whatisignorance?Onesees theworldandwhatisseenappearsdifferentfromoneself.Butifillumination istherethenthisdifferenceisnotthere. AbsorptionoftheintervalbackintothepointisthefunctionofSiva.Creation oftheintervalisthefunctionofShakti.Theyareoppositesofeachother.Siva killsyourindividualitytomakeyoutheCosmicBeing.Inbeingakiller,Siva isgivingyoubirthintoyourcosmicconsciousness.Shaktiistryingtolimit yourcosmicconsciousnessintoyourindividualconsciousnessandtherefore Shaktiappearstogivelife.Sivaappearstogivedeath.Whatweinterpretas deathisthecosmicawareness.Whatweinterpretaslifeisthecosmicdeath. Thesearethefunctionsofthetwocreators,SivaandShakti.Theyareco creatorsandtheyhaveequalpotencyandequalpowers.ThisistheSivaShakti identity. TheCentralTriangle Fromthepoint(Bindu)youhavetwopointsandtheintervalbetweenthem. Fromoneyouaremovingintothreeandthistriadissymbolizedbythecentral triangleoftheSriChakra.Thetriangleisthecreationoftheinterval. Sincespacetimeandmatter(createdbythecurvingspacearoundtime)are allwaysoflookingatthisinterval,weknowthatSristi,SthitiandLayathe creation,sustenanceandreabsorptionareallthesame,butapperingto functiondifferentlyunderthepowerofthetriangle.

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Expansionofthebinduintothetriangleistheprojectionofthecosmic awarenessintoseparateness,throughawavelikephenomenon.Itisa limitation.ItiscalledMaya.SymbolofMayaistheseedletter"Hrim".Hrim meansHara(Siva)+Hari(Vishnu)+andVirinci(Brahma).Haraisthesymbol oftheunityandtime(mintervalmeasuredintime),Hariisthesymbolofthe dualityandspace(intervalmeasuredinspace),andVirinciisthesymbolof creationandmatter(intervalmeasuredinspacetime). Youcanalsothinkofthemasthepast,thepresentandthefuture.Futureis dyingtocreatethepresentmoment,andthePresentisdyingtocreatepast. TheFutureisbeingpushedintothepresentandthepresentisbeingpushed intothepast.Thatiswhattimeisdoingwhenitismoving.Itismanifestingthe futureandpushingthepresentintothepast.Lookingatitanotherwayyou cansaythepresentisthecreationofthefutureandthepastisthecreationof thepresent.Soagainyouseetheidentityoftwowaysoflookingatthesame process. Letusthensaythatthereissomepowerinherentintheawarenessitselfto knowitselfandthatpowerismanifestingasifthereisamirror.Themirroris sopurethatyouarenotevenawarethatitisinfrontofyou.Sowhatyouare seeingisareflectionofyourself.Thatmirroriscalledyourmind,orthethe cosmicmind.Inthecosmicmind,Godreflectshis/herownimageandreflects onit. Godisneithermalenorfemalenorneuter.Allgendersareincluded. Everything,everyoneisincludedinthemanifestedstate.Thisistrue,notonly inthecaseofthecosmicintelligence,butalsooftheindividualintelligence. Yourmindisamirrorinwhichyouareseeingyourselfreflected.Nomatter howcomplicatedtheworldseemstombe,itisonlyyourselfthatyouare seeing.Nomatterhowvarieditlookstrees,birds,males,females,things, land,sea,sky,sun,moon,stars,galaxies,noneofthesethingsexistedifyou didnotexist.Forbillionsofyearsyoudidnotexist.Wherewasthisworldthen ? Existenceisawareness.Denyexistenceitself.Then,cantherebeawareness? Thusexistenceimpliesawareness.Awarenessimpliesexistencetoo,self evidently.Sincethesetwoimplyeachother,theycontaineachother.Sothey arenottwoseparateentities,buttheyareindeedoneandthesameentity. ExistenceiscalledSiva,AwarenessiscalledShakti.Sivaisthereforecalled Sthanuunmoving.Theirunitycreatestheflowofexperienceandtheflowof experienceiscalledBlissAnanda,orSatchitananda.Youcansaythatthe3 pointsofthecentraltriangleareSatChitandAnanda.Youcandefineitin termsofcreation,sustenanceanddestruction,or,youcandefineitintermsof

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theSeer,theSeenandtheactofSeeing,or,theMeasurer,theMeasuredand theactofMeasuringallthesethingsarethemeanings,associations,ofthis triangle. Nowitstandstoreasonthatifthereisacentrifugalpowerintheawareness whichexplodesthispointintoatriangle,theremustbeacentripetalpower thatimplodesthetrianglebackintothepoint. WehavediscussedsofarthepointandthetriangleoftheSriChakra.These arethemostfundamentalthings.Thisitselfisagreatyantraapointfrom whichuniversecomesoutspirallingandtransformsitselfintoatriangle.Itis oneofthefirstseendiagrams,calledTripuraBhairavi.Thetriangleiscalled theyoni,thesource,thegatethroughwhicheveryonecomesintobeing.Itis the"I",theKamaKala,thedesireforvariety,thedesireforlifetoexperience existence. "I"plus"A"theShaktiandSiva,thetriangleandthebinduisthecreative powerbehindthecosmos.Thisistheexplosive,expansivepowerofthe awareness.Toshiftitselfawayfromitspointoffocusiscalled"Hrim",anda callbacktothecenteriscalled"Srim".Botharegreatpowers."Srim"undoes whatHrimdoes.TheseedletterHrim,createsindividuation,limitingthe cosmicawarenesstoindividualawareness.TheseedletterSrimremoves limitationsandtheindividualisexplodedintocosmicawareness.SoHrim andSrimareinverseoperators. "Om"(=A+U+m)isthenameofGod.Wesay"OmHrimSrim"asamantrato implythattheworldcameoutofGodandisgoingbacktoit.Hrimisthe powerthatmakesthepointintothetriangleandSrimisthepowerwhich collapsesthetrianglebacktointothepoint. Interestingly,OmconsistsoftheseedlettersA+U+M.Justacyclic permutationU+M+AreadsasUma.OmisthenameofSivaandUmaisthe nameofShakti.Itisjusttwowaysoflookingatthesameentity.Ifwebegin withexistenceA,itlookslikeSiva;ifwebeginwithawarenessU,itlookslike Shakti. The8TriangleFigure ExpansionofHrimisexpressedintermsofthe8groupsoflettersinSanskrit startingwitha..k..c..t..t..p..y..s.Thereisaverynicecorrelationbetweenthe numbersofsuccessivetrianglesyoufindintheSriChakrawiththenumbers foundintheelectronshellsoftheatomicstructure.1,3,8,10,10,14. ConsideringtheimportanceofSriChakraandtheatomicstructure,wecannot dismissthiscorrespondenceasamerechance.

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Thiscompletesthecreationoftheelements.TheSriChakrarepresentsthe microcosmoftheatoms,theindividualandalsothecosmos.Itrepresentsthe sourceofthecosmos,andthegatewaytoindividuallife.Itisasymbolatthree levels. Thisexpansionprocesswhichbringsthepointtothetriangledoesnotend therebecausespaceandtimestartinteractingcreatingmatterandthe expansionprocessisthenshownas8triangles,eachtrianglerepresentinga formofSaraswati. EachtriangleisaYoni.Yonimeansasource,agate,fromwhichlifecomes. Youcanalsointerpretyoniasthecausefortimetoflow.Inahuman metaphor,yoniisthevulva,thegatethroughwhichlife'sjourneybegins, causingtimetoflowforanindividual.Deathisalsoayoni;itcausestimeto stopforanindividual.CosmosbecomesanindividualthroughaYoniofbirth; anindividualbecomescosmosthroughtheYoniofdeath. Theflowoftimeisreallyapredecessor/successorrelationship.Thisprecedes that.Thisisthecauseofthat.Thispresentmomentisthecauseofthefuture moment.Thiscontinuousrelationshipofcausestoeffectsisthemovementof time.MovementoftimeiscalledKarma .Yousowtheseed,youreapthefruit accordingly.ItisveryimportanttorealisethatyourKarma,thewayyou experiencelife,isnotdeterminedbyyoualone;alllifetogetherhasaverybig partinit.SorespectforlifeispartofgoodKarma. Astimecreateslife,andtimedestroyslifetoo.SosheisGouritheuniversal mother,thevulva.SheisalsoKalithedestroyer,thefuneralpyre.Boththese aspectsarecombinedintoonetriangle. The10CorneredFiguresTheInnerandOutersetsofTriangles

Thisprocessofexplodingthecosmosthroughtheinteractionofspaceandtime goeson.Thecosmosexpressesitselfintermsofthefiveelementsorthefive statesofaggregation.ThewordelementisusedinSanskrittomeanstatesof aggregationthesolidstate,theliquidstate,plasmastate,thegaseousstate andthevacuumstate.Thesearethefiveelementsandtheirpropertiesare sound,touch,form,tasteandsmell.Thissetoffiveelementsandtheirfive propertiesconstitutethesetofinnertentrianglesoftheSriChakra .The outertentrianglesoftheSriChakraconstitutetheindividuationfromthe cosmos.Theyarecalledthefivesensoryandfivemotororgans. Letmedrawasmalldiagramhere.Imaginethispaperisanfieldof consciousness.Letusdrawapictureofapot.Onceyoudrawapotyoucan saythatthereissomethingoutsideitandsomethinginsideit,eventhoughthe insideisconnectedwiththeoutside.Letusnowdrawanarrowgoingintothe pot.Yousay,ahathereisanarrowcomingfromtheoutsidetotheinside. Thisisourordinaryperceptionoftheworld.TheworldisoutsideandIam inside.WhatIthinkIamisinside.ButIamconnectedtotheworld.ButI forgotaboutthat.Iseethispieceofinformationiscomingtomefromthe outsideworld.Thispieceofinformationiscalledknowledge.

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Andifthereisanarrowgoingfrominsidetooutside?Thisiscalledaction. Youareactingintheworldandtheworldknowsaboutyouthroughyour actions.Supposingtheboundarywasnotthereandjustthearrowwasthere? Whereisthearrowgoing,insideoroutside?Youcannotsay,becausethereis noinsideandnooutsideifthepotisnotthere.Inthatcaseitisboth.Whatthis meansthatwhatgoesinside,knowledge,isthesameasthatwhichgoes outside,action.ThefundamentalequationKnowledge=Action(K=A)isvalid onlywhentheboundaryisabsent. Thismeansthatyoucancreate,youcanmanifestonlywhenyougetridof yourbodyawareness.Aslongasyourconsciousnessislimitedtoyourbody awareness,thereisnomanifestation,andthisequationisinvalid,becauseyou areabletodistinguishKfromA.WhenKbecomesAyouofnecessityhaveto getridofyourbodyawareness.Thatiscalledthedigambarastate.Thatis wherethesiddhismanifest.

Aslongasyouareawareofyourbody,aslongasyouareawarethatyouare clothed,aslongasyouareawarethatyouhaveanindividualmind,aslongas yourindividualthoughtsareflowingthroughyourindividualmind,solong youdonothavesiddhi.SiddhimeanstheequationK=A.Justbythinking deeplyyoumanifest.Thereisnodistinction,thereisnotimegap,thereisno intervalbetweenthethoughtanditscreation.Thatiswhatwecall manifestation.Thenecessaryandsufficientconditionforobtaininganysiddhi ofanykindisthelossofbodyawareness.Thismeanswehavetostopour mindfrombeingagitatedbyexternalinfluences. ThisiswhyinDeviyoufindthefivesenseswhicharethefivearrows.These arethechannelsthroughwhichyourmindcanbedisturbed.Sheholdsthem separatefromthemindwhichisthebow.Thebowandthefivearrows,are indeedthemindandthefivesenses.Sheholdsthemseparately.Shedoesnot connectthearrowtothebow,whichmeansthatDevirepresentstheyogic statewhereyoudecoupleyourmindfromdisturbingsensoryinputs.Buteven whenthismindisdecoupledfromthesenses,thereisstillanotherpartofthe mindwhichisthememory.Thememorycontainsinitallthesensesandit keepsonbringingthesethingsup.Allthosethingsalsohavetobedecoupled. Theminditselfhastogo.Itisthenthatyouareflowinginthecosmic awareness. Theoutersetof10trianglesrepresentthefivesensoryandthefivemotor organsoftheindividual.AsyouaremovingoutfromtheBinduoftheSri Chakra,youaremovingfartherandfartherawayfromyourself,frombeing thecosmostobeinganindividual. Youcandescribetheexplosionprocessofcreationintermsofthreestages:1. explosionoftheinterface,theactofseeingwhichisconnectingtheinsidewith theoutsidemanifestingthe8triangles,2.theexplosionoftheouteruniverse manifestedintheinner10triangles,and3.theexplosionoftheinnerself,the egowhichistheouter10trianglesoftheSriChakra. Thefourteenworldsofevolution Thisexplosioniscompletedin14differentstagesofyourexistence.Thereare 7worldsbelowyou,youareinthe8thworldnow,andthereare6aboveyou. Youhavegonethroughthemineralphase,thewater,fire,etc.andyouhave aggregatedyourselfandaccumulatedcellsandbecometheanimals,and finallyyouhavebecomeahumanbeing.Thisisthe8thworldyouarepassing throughnow.Afteryouleaveyourbodyyougothroughthefurther6stagesof evolution.Thenwhenyouhaveachievedthe14thchakrayouhavecompleted theprocessofevolution.Sothis14corneredfigurerepresentsthe14phasesof

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evolution.Thereare14correspondingpowers(goddesses)associatedwith these14worldsandtheyareshownintheSriChakra. TheCirclesandtheEightPetalledLotus Thecircleisdrawntoshowthatthisevolutioniscomplete.Theinsidehas explodedcompletelyandtheoutsidehasexplodedcompletely.Thenyoustart experiencingyourinteraction.Youhavestartedyourlifeasaseparateentity, theworldisformedandyouareinteractingwiththeworld,andyouare experiencingtheworld.Youstartexclaiming,thisishard,thisistheearth.This isflowing.Itiswater.Thisfire,itburns.Thisisair,itiscooltothetouch.This isspaceinwhichIcanwalkaround.Thesearethedifferentexperiences.Then IrealizethatIamseparatefromtheotherpeople.Wesay,wearehumans,we arenotanimals.Thesedistinctionsarecreatedbyus.Thecosmicwealthofour experiencesarecalledtheAnangadevatas.Angameansalimb.Anangameans nothavinganylimbs.AnangaKusuma,AnangaDevata,AnangaRekha,etc. Theseeightaretheformofwealth,thewealthofexperienceofGod,the cosmos.The8petalledlotusisthewealthofGod,the8formsofAiswarya. The16PetalledLotus Younotonlyexperiencethesethingsstatically,butyouexperiencethem dynamically.Timeismeasuredintermsofthelunarcalendarbecauseitisthe fastestmovingobjectintheskynextonlytotheSun.Thatisthelunarclock. Andthelunarclockisdividedinto16digitsorphasesofthemoon. The phasesofmoonareshownasthe16petalledlotus .Justasthewoman menstruatesevery28thdayofthecycle,sothecosmoshasitscyclesand periods.Youknowlunarisalsoassociatedwithlunatic,becausesometimeswe gocrazy,disorderely,irrational,sometimeswemaintainourbalance.There arecosmiccycleswithwhichwesometimesresonateandsometimesnot, sometimeswearelunaticandsometimessane. Eachdayoftheweekisalsoassociatedwithoneoftheplanetsandthereare differentpujasdoneonthesedays.OnSundaywedopujatoallthenine planets,includingthesun.AndMondayweworshipSiva.AndTuesdayisfor thewarlikeDurga.WednesdayisverysacredtoRama.ThursdayisforGuru andMahalakshmi.Fridayisfortheworshipofthewoman.Saturdayisfor worshippingSaturnorthecouple.Kanyas(virgingirls)areworshippedon Tuesdays,marriedwomenareworshippedonFridays,andboththehusband andwifeareworshippedonSaturdays,andthemanisworshippedon Mondays.Thesearethedaysforworship. TheSquareEnclosuresTheEightPassions

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Whenyoucometothesquareyouaredowntotheearth,downtothepresent levelwherewethinkwearedistinctfromeachother,wherewearefighting, whereweareplayingouregoandpowergames,andallthesethings.Thisis representedintheoutmostenclosures.Itisherethatsrstiiscompletely manifested. LetustaketheexampleofthelittlepotthatIhavedrawnearlier.Thepotis theconceptoftheself,theegostructure.Theindividualiscreated,thecosmos iscreatedandtheflowoftimeisbeingexperienced.Youareexperiencingyour interactionswiththeworld,andtheseinteractionsaresometimespleasantand sometimesunpleasant.Youexperiencefear,lust,anger,allthesethings.These experienceswhicharegeneratedbythefivearrowsthatarecomingin,the fivesensesthatareagitatingyourmind.Yousay,"Ilikethis,Iwantthis. WithoutthisIcannotlive."LustiscalledthepassionBrahmi .Whenyouare deniedthatlust,yougetangry. AngerisMaheswari.Koumariis possessiveness,Vaisnaviisdelusion,Varahiispride.Mahendriisjealousy . MahalaksmiisviceofattachmentandChamundaisthevirtueoflettinggo. WhyisMahalakshmicalledvice?Becausesattachmenttowealthcreates enmitybetweeneventhemotherandherchild.Suchattachmentcanonlybea vice.ThesearetheEightpassions. ThetenMudraShaktisandtenSiddhis Therearewaysofovercomingthesedisturbinginfluencesandthesearecalled the"MudraShaktis."Theattainmentsthatyougetbycontrollingthese influencesarecalledthe"Attainments"orthe"Siddhis". ThefirstmudrashaktiisSarvaSamksobini.Thismeansagitation.Youare agitatedbutyoutransferyouragitationoverontoeverythingelse.Youinteract witheveryone.Skhobanaactuallymeansinteraction,intercoursealso.Limited interactionwithinacircleispossibleforanyegoboundstructure.Butcanyou expandittoincludethewholecosmos?Howcanyoubeinlovewitha cockroach?abird?aswan?aflea?astar?athermonuclearfusion?ahydrogen bomb?Whenyouhavethenotionthatyouloveeverything,thisovercomes yourlimitations.Yourealizethatthenotionoflovedoesnotmeantryingto possessthethingyouarewantingtoholdontobutinlettinggoofthevery thing.Loveisnotimposingourwillonothers.Itistryingtofindoutwhat otherswantandtryingtogiveittothemtothebestofyourability.Sarva SamkshobhiniMudramovesyoufrominitialfeelingsoflusttolove. Thismudraistheactofexpressinglove.Lovetakesdifferentformsaccording totheobjectofyourlove.Itisnotthesamemodeineverycase.Youlovefire bynottouchingit.Embracingafriendisanexpressionoflove.Bothare expressionsoflove.BecauseIlovemychildIdon'twanttogiveittoomany chocolatesbecauseIknowitsbadforthestomach.Chocolatestastenice,but

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toomuchisbad.Iknowthisbutthechilddoesnotknow.Sotheparent's expressionoflovetothechildincludesdenyingsometimeswhatthechild wants,knowingthatitisnotgoodforthechild. Lovedoesnotjustmeansexalone.Itmeansalltypesofinteractionswhereyou aretryingtogiveyourbesttoothers,wheregivingisgivingwhatthepartner needs,notwhatyouwantto;wherelettinggoislettinggoofthefruitsofyour action.Sometimes,yourgivingmayyieldyourexpectedresult,sometimesnot. Lovemeansdetachmenttotheexpectationandresultboth,notdetachmentto action. Letmetellyouastory.Supposingthereisamaneatingtigerroamingaround inavillage.Thereisawomanwhohearstheroarofthetigerandsheistrying toprotectherselfbyrunningintoallthecloseddoorsandsomehowfindsa littledoorwhereshecanentertohide.Thenextdaysheiscarryingherchild andthesametigercomesalong.Allthedoorsareclosed.Thereisnowayshe canescape.Whatdoesshedo?Shekeepsthechildsomewhereelseandgoes andoffersherselfaspreytothetiger.Thisisanexpressionofherlovetowards herchild.Loveovercomesthefearofdeath.Soshegoesandoffersherselfand makesthesupremesacrificetoprotectherchild.Lovehasthepowerovercome fear. Fearistheworstpossibleenemythatyouhavegot.Yourworstenemiesareall insideofyou,notoutside.Theenemiesofanycountryarenottheother countries,butthefearsthatthegovernmentshaveaboutthem.Ifpeople couldonlyunderstandthatourenemiesareallinsideourselves,wewouldnot needalltheseweapons,guns,shootings.Sometimesthewordswespeakto eachotherareworsethanguns. ThustheSriChakraisanexpressionofthecosmos,ofyourself,anditisalso ameansofconnectingthesetwo.Itrepresentsaladderbywhichyoucan comeoutofyourlimitations. Thefourgatesarethefourbasictypesof knowledge;RgVeda,YajurVeda,SamaVeda,AtharvanaVeda.Vedaiscalled Sruti.Whatyouhearinyourmeditationinthatdeepstateoftranquillityis calledSruti.

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Howdoyoudistinguishwhetherwhatyouexperienceinyourmind'seyeis comingfromyourmindorfromoutside?Youcandistinguishinthefollowing way.Howmucheffortdidyouspendtryingtocreatethatobject?Ifyouhave spentnoeffortatall,thenitisacreationofGod.Iopenmyeyesandtheworld miraculouslyappears.WhateffortdidIdotocreateit?Nothing.ThatisGod's creationandIamjusthappeningtoseeit.Don'tthinkthatrevelationis somethingthatyouseeonlywithyoureyesclosed.Thewholeworldthatyou seeisyourrevelation.TheworldisGod.Theworldisyourself.Youmust understandthatyourmindisamirrorinwhichyouareseeingyourself.Mind issuchapuremirrorthatwedonotevensuspectitsexistence.Youareonly seeingyourself,butyouarenotrealizingthatyouareseeingyourself.Thatis fromwhereyougetthenotionof"other". Outofthenotionofothercomesthe fearandalltherestofthesethingskama,krodha,moha,etc.(lust,anger, delusion,etc.)whichflowoneoutoftheother. WorshipoftheSriChakra WhatdowemeanbyworshipoftheSriChakra?Itmeansworshipofyourself, lovingyourself,understandingyourself,understandingtheprocessbywhich youhavebecomedifferentiatedfromothersandtryingtoretracethestepsand thenmergingwithyourtrueself.Youdefineforyourselfarolemodeland thenlivethat:thatiswhatyouare.Youhavetounderstandthatthislifeislike adramainwhichyouhavetomakearoleforyourselfandlearnhowtoplay thatrole.Youcantakeupadifferentrole.Itisyourchoicewhatroleyouwant toplay."Iwanttobeagoldsmith".Thatisfine."Iwanttobeamother".Thatis fine.Butrememberthatyouareplayingthegameandthattheseareonlyrules forthegamethatyouhavedefinedforyourself.Onewhocanhireaperson canfiretheperson.Thosewhomaketherulescanalsobreaktherules. So don'tbeafraidtobreakrulesifyoufeeltheneedtooutgrowthem. Thewholetroublecomeswiththeteachingbecausewhenapersoncomestoa gurutheguruisacceptedasaguruaslongasthedisciplehearswhathewants tohearfromtheguru.Themomentthegurusayssomethingnotlikedbythe disciple,thegurushipisdonefor,gone.Theguruisnomoreaguru.Youmay goandsaytotheguru,"Oh,Iwillgivemylifetoyou,youonlyhavetoaskfor it,I'llgiveyouevenmylife".Butifthegurusaysafteralittlewhile"Ihaveto getmydaughtermarried,canyougivemealoanof10,000$"?Thenheisno moreaguru.Youwerepreparedtogiveyourlife,notthe$.Moneyhasa highervaluethanlife!Thatisanillusion,avalueacceptedbyyouastrue! TheSriChakrasymbolizesreality.Thecenterpointisreality,andsoarethe outerenclosures,andsoisthepath.Theyareallaspectsofreality.Thesame realityisseenfromdifferentperspectives.Therearedifferenthillsand differentviewsfromdifferentpeaksbutthesamesceneistherebelow.Inthe sameway,ifyouareseeingtheworldfromtheperspectiveoftheworld,being

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Theritualisaprocessoftrainingbywhichyoutrytounderstandyourself,by whichyoutrytorelateyourselftotheworldaroundyou,bywhichyoucan say,"yes,Ihavelivedarich,harmonious,empoweringlifeformyself.For thosearoundme,forwhomeverIhavecomeincontactwith,Ihavetriedto helptheminwhateverwayIcan.",Toenableyoutohavethiskindoffeeling, theritualisuseful.Conductingyourlifewithhappinessisaritual. Everythingisaritual.WhenItalkwithyouitisaritual.WhenIgesture,itisa ritual.WhenItakeabathitisaritual.WhenItakefooditisaritual.WhenI getupfromthebeditisaritual.Lifeitselfisaritual. Youcaninvokeanythingintoyourself.Youcaninvokealltheevilintheworld intoyourself.Youcaninvokeallthegoodintheworldintoyourself.Itisyour choice.Howyouwanttoliveyourlifeandwhetheryouwanttomakeyour lifehappyforyourself,oradisasterforyourselfandothersisinyourmind. Whatkindsofthoughtsyouentertainthat'sthekindofsituationsyouattract toyourself.Thatistherealitywhichyoumanifestforyourself. Thisiswherethepathsdiffer.Thosepathswhichmakeyouandothershappy arecalledtherightpaths.Thosewhichmakeyouunhappyandthosearound youunhappyarecalledthewrongpaths.Thewiseoneschoosetherightpaths andtrytoavoidthewrongones.Thisiswherewisdomlies.Youarewiseif youcanlearnfromyourownexperiences.Youarewiserstillifyoucanlearn fromother'sexperiences.Youareafoolifyoudon'tlearnevenfromyourown experience! Andmostofusneverlearnevenfromourownexperiences.Wedevelopa patternofrepeatingthesamemistakesagainandagainfoolishly, compulsively.Wecontinuefoolishlywithouroldpatternsofthinkingandold mouldsofbehavior,offindingfaultwithothers,asifwearefreeofthem!Iam arepositoryoffaults.Butnotasinglefaultofmineappearstome.The slightestfaultofanotherappearstome. SaiBabakeepstellingpeople,"Don'tfindfaultwithothers.Ifthereissome littlegoodthatyoucanfindinothers,tellittoyourfriends."Forgiveand forgetthefaultsofothers.Thiswayyoucanincreasetheareaofharmonyand

cooperation,evenwiththosethatrestrictyou,youcanincreaseyourheart spaceinwhichyouallowotherstocomeintoyou. Dountoothersasyou wouldliketodoneuntoyou,Jesusoncesaid.Doyouliketobecriticized? Youdon't.Thenwhydoyoucriticizeothers?Doyouliketobeloved?Yes. Thenwhydon'tyouloveothers? Whatyougive,youreceive.Ifyoudon'tgive,youdon'treceive .Thebest thingtogiveislove,intimacy,affection,akinfdword.Wefinditsodifficultto dothis.Doyouliketoberejected?Youdon't.Thenwhydoyourejectothers? Thisisthekindofunderstandingyoumusthave.Whatappliestoyouyou mustapplytoothersandseethatyouarealwaysengagedinsuchactions whichattractsimilaractionstoyou.Whatyouliketohappentoyouyoumust dotoothers.Youwishtogetwealth?Giveittoothers.Youwishtogain knowledge?Teachothers.Youwishtobepraised?Praiseothers. PraisingothersispraisingGod.IfyoupraiseGod,Godpraisesyou.What betterthanhavingGodonyourside? TheritualofSriChakraisdividedintofourparts.Thefirstpartiscalled Sri Kramam.Initnectarisinvokedintoyourlife .Thesecondpartiscalledthe LalitaKramam.InittheGoddessisadoredinmanymanyintimatewaysyou wouldliketobeadored.ThethirdpartiscalledtheNavavaranaPuja.Initall aspectsofcrativity,nourisment,knowledgeoftheGoddessarealladored.The fourthpartiscalledShaktiPuja.Initalivingwomanisworshippedasa symbolofthelivingGoddessandherwishesarefulfilled.Thisritualisvery empoweringbothtotheperformerandtherecipient.ThatiswhyShaktiPuja isconsideredtothelifeandsoulofSriChakraPuja.Theadeptscanperformall partsofthepujatoShakti,alivingperson.Shakticouldbeanylovableperson, male,female,oryourownself.Shaktipujacanbedonebyagroupalso;thenit iscalledamandala.

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FirstyouworshiptheGuru,thenyoumakeyourbatharitualby invokingtheGoddessintoyouandworshippingHerinyourbody.Whenyou aretakingabath,youareindeedgivingabathtoHer,withoutanysenseof shame.Thesenseofshamecomesfromthenotionoftheother.Fearandshame goawaywhenyourealisethatwhomyouareworshippingisyourownself. YoucanrecitetheSriSuktamandallthesuktamsthatyouknowwhenyou aretakingbathbecauseyouareindeedtheGoddess. NextyouworshipthefortyfourtrianglesoftheSriChakra.Thinkofthe centralpartofSriChakraasabeautifulpalaceofjewelsandthemostbeautiful thingsintheworld,whereSivaandShaktiaremakingloveamongcelestial

dancers,andnymphs,inaveryeroticplacefilledwithbeautyandharmony andgraceandlovingcouples. Yourealizethatyouareinaverylimitedstateofbeingandyoutryto overcomethisstatebyresettingyourselftothestateofbeingtheGoddess. Howdoyoudothat?Bythinkinglikethis: "OK,Iamsixtyyearsoldnow.Sowhat?Ageisjustaconcept.Iamalsoa16 yearoldgirlbubblingwithjoyandhappinessandnotcrippledbymyage,or pulleddownbymyworries. "IamfreeandIwanttolookateverymomentasanopportunityto growinwhateverwayIcanandtohelpothersinwhateverwayIcan. "Iwillsharemybeauty,sharemyjoy,andmybubblingenthusiasmand powerwithothers. ThisiswhatIam,thisiswhatIwilldo." Sosaying,Iresetmyselftothisstatebygettingridofthisold,useless,stupid, worrisome,kindofexistencethatIamgoingthroughandIsay, "LetmeburnthisbodyandgetridofallthemuckthatIhaveacquired throughsocialconditioningandprogramming.Iwillreconstitutemybodyto beforever16,beautiful,powerful" ThisaspectofthepujaiscalledtheVirajaHomam. Thenyouimaginethatyouhavejustbecomeabodyoflight.Andyou mergewiththecosmosandbecomeaballoflight.Thisballoflightcondenses andturnsintothemostbeautiful,mostharmonious,mostloving,most wonderful,mostpowerful,mostenrichingkindofabeingthereis.Youarea 16yearoldgirl,AnandaBhairavi.Sheisenjoyingherselfnonstopwithher consortAnandaBhairava,playfullyactingallthemoods,andoutoftheir enjoymentiscomingthisworldfullofbeauty,ofharmonyofloving,ofcaring, ofcompassion.ItisnottheworlddemarcatedasGermany,Austria,Denmark, NorthAmerica,SouthAmerica,Canada,Brazil,India,Pakistan,China. Whenyoufly,yougotothesky,yougotothesatellites,doyouseeany boundariesthere?None.Itiswethatcreatedourboundaries.Iftheworldwas governedbywomenwhocarefortheirchildrenthentheywouldcome forwardandsay,let'sgetridofalltheseboundariesandmakeoneworld.Its toosmall,itsjustonevillageandwecan'taffordtodestroyit.Wewon't destroypurchildren,wewillteachthemtobelovingandcaring. Thusyougothroughtheprocessofcreatinganimmortalbodyforyourself.It isgoingtocontinuetoexistafteryourmortalcoilhasbeenshed.Anditwill continuetodogoodbecauseyouaregoingtoevolvethroughthefourteen differentworlds.Thisyoudowiththepowerofyourimagination,thepower ofyourcreativity,yourvisualizationacuteness,theclaritywithwhichyoucan

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perceivethingswiththesethingsyoucreateanimage.Thisimagegoesand doeswhatevergooditdoes.Itisjustlikeachildbornoutofyouwhich continuesitsexistenceindependentofyou.Youcantrytocontrolit,Youcan trytomakeafriendofit.Youcancreateeightsimultaneousexistenceswhich canworkindependently.Whyeight?BecausethepropertiesofGodare eightfold.Theyarespatiallydifferent.Actually,timewiseyoucanhave sixteendifferentforms. AfteryoudotheVirajahomam,youdoVajraPanjaraNyasam.Itmeansthat youarecreatingforyourselfanindestructiblecage.Thiscagehasthepowerof theSriChakra.AslongastheSriChakralives,aslongascosmoslives,solong youaregoingtoliveinthiscage.Oncetheworlditselfisdesolved,thenyou desolve.YouarejustmergingwithSiva.Thatistheformatyouaretryingto createforyourself. InvocationoftheKalas Intothisformatyouwanttoinvokeallthecosmicintelligencethatthereis.The intelligencethatisthereintheearth,inthefire,inthewater,intheoxygenthat webreathe,inthespacethatweseeandwalkaroundin,inthetimethat bringsthepastpresentandfutureintous,andimmortalexistence.Allthese kalas,aspectsyoutrytoinvokeintoyourself. SriSudhaDevi Nowinthispujayousometimesneedasymbol.Thesymbolcanbeanicon,a figureliketheSriChakra,oraphysical,livingpresence,aperson.Ifyousay thatGodiseverywhereandyouwanttoworshipeverything,itisnoteasy.Itis difficulttofindGodinacockroach,orinanatomicexplosion,orinAK47 guns,orinpoverty.ItisdifficulttofindGodintheagoniesthatwego through.ItiseasiertofindGodinharmony.YouwouldliketoexperienceGod asbenevolent,notasavengeful,judgmentalkindofabeing,whowillpunish youtohellforaninfiniteamountoftime,.YouwanttothinkofGodasa nourishingMother,asonewhocaresforyou,wholovesyouunconditionally, sobeautiful,soloving,sonourishing. "Iwanttodrinkthemilkofknowledgeandpower.Iwanttoenjoylifeto thefullest.IwanttobeprosperousandmaketonsofmoneysoIcanshare someofitwithotherswhoarelessfortunate.Iwanttohelppeopletorealize thattheyarereallyGodsandangelsinhumanform." Thisisthekindofthoughtprocessthattheritualencourages.Ithelpsyouto thinkofGodasenjoyable,healthy,rich,harmonious,beautiful,loving, nourishing,caringpersonlikeyou.Thesearetheverysamequalitiesthatwe aretryingtoinvokeintoourselvesandothers.

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TheSamanyaArghyaandVisheshaArghya NextyouthinkofGodastheimmortaldrinkthatgivesyouhappiness, prosperity,andallpositivequalitiesthatyoucanthinkof.Thissection explainsthepreparationofthatnectarwhichcontainsallthecosmicelements thatdeliverthemtoyou. TheGuruMandala ThenyouthinkofGodasthelineoftheGurus,theguruswhospenttheirlives servingothers.ThisistheGuruMandala. TheNityaDevatas InthissectionyouthinkofGodpersonifiedasbenevolentTime,reminding youofthegoodtimesthatyouhaveexperienced.SoyouworshipGodasso manyNityas,thedatesonwhichIwashappy. Allthesesectionsaretouchedbrieflyhere.Theywillbedescribedinenough detaillateron.

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IwouldliketobeintimatewithmyGod.IwouldliketoseeGodinfront ofme,notassomethingunknowntome,butjustlikeIamseeingyou.Iwant totalktoGod,tothatHigherIntelligence,andIwanttoexperienceitasa reality,notsomethingthatIimagine.Iwouldliketogathersomeexperiences inthislifethatwillgivemethattranquilstateandthenreplaythattapeand getamoreperfectversionthanIhavebeenabletoexperience.Thisisthe essenceofsecondpartofthepuja,theofferingoftheSixtyFourIntimate ServicestoGod. YoutrytoseealltheelementsofGoddessinanotherhumanbeing.You invoketheGoddessintoa,littlegirl,asinglewomanoracouple,andyou worshipthemasembodimentsofGoddess.Goddessisalsoinyou,whether youaremaleorfemale.ItisGoddesswhoisworshippingherself.Thisis wherethequestionofTantracomesin.Tantraspeaksofinteractionwith others.Thequestionisasyourelateyourselfwithothers,areyoutryingto keepyourseparatenessandrelatetothemastwoseparateentities,orareyou tryingtorelatetoothersthroughmergingasyourelatetoyourself?

 JesusChristhasgivenabeautifulanswertothisquestion.Itisworth repeating.Lovethyneighborasthyself.Notassomebodyelse,becauseif youthinkofyourneighborassomebodyelsethenthequestionofdesire,of lust,ofjudgmentcancomein.Ifyouarelovingthyneighborasthyself,is thereanydesireinthat?Ifthereisdesireitcanbefulfilledwithoutany restrictionsorinhibitions. IfIwanttoenjoymyself,lovemyself,ormakelovetomyself,whocan stopme?Iamfree.Igointothebathroomandtakeasoaptowashmybody.Is therestofmybodyashamedthatmyrighthandistakingthesoapand rubbingmeallover?Itisnot.Therecannotbeasenseofshameinunity.Inthe contextofpuja,notionofunityratherthanseparationistobeexperienced.The ideathatwhatIamseeingismyselfshouldneverbelostsightof. Forintimacytohappentherecanbenorestrictionsofanysort.Thatiswhere thenuditycomesintotantra.Youcannotsurrenderyourselftoyourpartnerif yousay,Iamawoman.Imustnotremovemyclothes."Youandyourpartner arenotdifferentpeople.Youaretryingtomergeintoone.Theword digambaradoesnotmeanjusttheremovalofclothes.Itisamergingofthe minds,ofthoughts.YouarethinkingthesamethoughtsthatIamthinking. YouareexperiencingthesamethingsthatIamexperiencing.Thereisa transferenceintotheotherbeing,anexpansionofyourconsciousnessto includetheotherbeingasyourself.Bothofyouareexperiencingthesame thoughtswithouttalking.Thatisdigambara.Thatiswhenyouareunited. ThatistheintentofTantra. TouchaloneisnottheintentofTantra.Allthefivesensesareincluded. WhenIamabletoseeyou,whenIcantouchyou,tasteyou,talktoyou, experienceyouinallpossibleways,likeIamexperiencingmyself,thenIcan say,okay,IhaveseenGod.Otherwiseitisonlyapartialmanifestation.Idon't wantapartialexperience,Iwantatotality,theloveofGoddirectly. Inthe64intimateservicestotheMother,youaregivingHerabathandSheis givingyouabathatthesametime.Bothexperiencesarethere.Youarenot differentfromHer.WhatSheisexperiencingyouareexperiencing.Itisonly whentheexperienceiscommonthatyoucansaythattheunionhastaken place. SupposedIrubmyrighthandovermylefthandlikethis.Thefeelingofbeing touchedisinthelefthand.Thefeelingoftouchingisintherighthand.Both thesehandsbelongtome.Boththeseexperiencesbelongtome,theyare occuringinmeatthesametime.ButifIamtouchingsomeoneelse,the experienceoftouchingisinme,buttheexperienceofbeingtouchedisnotin me.Theseparatenesshascome.IfIambeingtouchedbysomebodyelse,then theactofbeingtouchedistherebuttheactoftouchingisnotinme.

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Whenyourconsciousnesspervadestheconsciousnessoftheother,thenyou aretotallyunited.Youhavelostyourboundaries.Whenyouareexperiencing yourselfastheother,thesenseofshamehasnoplace.Youarenotashamedof yourself.Thesenseofotherhasnorelevance.Itisonlyinthesenseofadvaita, inasenseofunitythatpujashouldbedone. AdvaitaintheoryisVeda. AdvaitainpracticeisTantra .Tantrameanspractice,provingtheideas throughexperiment.Throughpracticeyoutrytoproveandfixwhatthe theoryhassaid. EvenintheVedatherearecertainaspectsoftantra.Therearefour Vedas.RgVedaiswhatyouhaveseenorheardinyourmeditation.Yajur Vedaisthethecompilationoftheseindividualpiecesofrevelationintoa structurethatcanbeusedasaritual.SamaVedaisthesinginganddancing ritualsspontaneously.AtharvanaVedaishowtoapplyandsharethis knowledge,howtouseitasaweapontoremoveeviltendenciesinusorto attract,empowerandhelpsomebody. Sometimeyouhavegottohurt.Whatisitthatyouhavetohurt?Yourfearyou havegottohurt.Youhavegottogetridofit.Yourlustyouhavegottohurt,to getridofit;yourinternalenemiesyouhavegottokill.AndthatiswhatDevi does.ShekillsMahishasura;abuffaloistobeofferedassacrificetoHer.What isthisMahisha?Mahishaisthebullwhichrepresentsblind,hurtfullust.Lust hastobetransformedintosomethinghigher.Lustmeansthatthenotionofthe otherispreservedandyouwantitbadly,nomatterwhatcost.Soyouwantto grabandseekonlyforyourpleasure,ignoringtheother'ssentimentsor feelings.Thatislust.Thishastobetransformedintolove.Inlustthereisno caringfortheother'spleasure,asyouwouldcareforyourownpleasure.You areonlyinterestedinyourpleasure.Thathastobetransformed. Transformationmeanschangingitsnature.Transformationmeanskillingits presentnature,andgivingbirthtoanewnature. However,lovecannotsurvivewithoutlust.Letusunderstandthis.Thelotus flowerisborninthemudthengrowsinthewater.Itsflowercomesoutinto theopen,intoairandlookstothelightandbloomswhenthesuncomesout. Wearelikethelotus.Youareborninflesh.Youcansay,"Idon'twantthis flesh,Iwanttothrowitaway",andthenyoucutoffthelotusfromthestem.It isthelotusitselfthatwilldie.Soitisthefear,thelust,thegreedandthe jealousywhicharetransformedintolove.Itisthedemonicthathavetobe transformedintothedivine.Butyoucannottotallydestroythedisorder.Order anddisorderhavetobeinbalance.

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Thistransformationofyourowncharacteriswhatisimportanttotheritual. Youstartwithyourpresentsituation,whateverthatis;whateverfears,lusts, greeds,possessivenesses,hungerforpower,andallkindsoflimitations, whateveryourfeelingsofseparationimply.Itisfromthisstartingpointyou havetomove,toshedyourinhibitionsonebyoneandlearnwhatitmeansto haveintercoursewiththeworld. Everyaspectofyourlifeismaithunaorintercourse,notjustsex.Sexis redefinedinTantraastheenjoymentofbeauty.Tantrateachesthatyoudonot havetoownathinginordertoenjoyit.Doyouownthegroundthatyouwalk upon?Doyouowntheairthatyoubreathe?Doyouhavetoownthesun,the stars,themoonandthecloudsforyoutoseeandenjoy?Ownershipisnot there,exceptinthebroadsenseof"Yes,Iownthewholeworld!"

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TheShaktiPuja
Afterthesesixtyfourofferings(upacharas),youhavebroughtHerclose toyouandyouhaveembracedHer.ThisembracehasbeensodeepthatShe haspenetratedyourbodyandisresidingthereinthelotusofyourheartasa goldengirl16yearsold.Thattransformationhashappened.Yourbodieshave notremainedseparate.Theyhavemergedintoone.Thatistheyabyum,Siva andShakti.Theconceptofthisunionisthefinalstep.ItistheShaktiPuja.In theritualthereisnounion.Thereisnounion,becauseyouareadoringthe Mother.Forthepurposeofyourpleasure,yourhappinessandenjoymentyou arethinkingofDeviasdifferentfromyouandsoyouareabletoadoreHer. LikeachildwemakebelieveintheseGodsandGoddessesinfrontofus.And themagickisthattheybecomereal.Weworshipthemandthenwebringthem backintoourselves.Thisisthenotionofthepuja,whichisatotalabsorption intotheother,thedivine. TheDevipujahastobedoneinAdvaita.Thatistheonlywayitcanbe done.BecauseSheisallpower,anditneedstobecontrolled.Otherwiseitis likedrivingahighpoweredcarwiththeacceleratorbutnosteeringwheel. Youareboundtoendupinadisaster.Youhavetohaveasteeringwheelto controlthewayyouaregoing,nomatterwhatspeed.Themorespeed,the morecontrolyoumusthave.Withoutdisciplineyoucannotachievewhat youwant.Themorepoweryouhave,themorecontrolyoumusthaveover yourtonguebecausewhatyouaregoingtosayisgoingtocometrue. You cannotaffordtosaybadthingsevenindreams.Youhavetohavethatmuch controloveryourbehavior.Thesearethevariousaspectsoftantra,ataglance.

Part2.TheMeaningsoftheChannelswhicharecalled MantrasintheNavavaranaPuja
WiththegraceoftheDivineMotherIhopetobeabletogivesome meaningstothechannelswhicharecalledthemantras.ReallyMantrascannot beassignedanymeaningsbecausetheyarechannelsofcommunication.What meaningcanyougivetochannelno.4ofTVorthefrequency101.7Mhz? Whateverinformationcomesthroughthemisthemeaning,ifyoulikettoput itthatway.Whatyoucanprobablydefineisthenatureoftheinformationthat comesthrough.Forexample,youknowthatifyouswitchontheMTVyouare likelytogetmusicanddance;onDiscoverychannel,youlikelytodevelop environmentalconcerns,andthingslikethat.Wecanmakebroad categorizationsbutnotspecifics. Thereare2greatmantras,oneofwhichiscalledOmandtheotherisalsoOm. OmisthecombinationofAUM.Ifyoureversethesequencealittleandput theAattheend,itbecomes"UMA".IfyouthinkofAUMasSiva,UMAis Shakti.ThesearethetwoOms.Aretheydifferent?Yesandno.Itisjustthe wayyoulookatit.ThesymbolismofGodheadiscarriednotonlyintothe soundsymbolsbutalsointothevisualsymbols. Inthevisualsymbols,thetrianglewithitsapexdowniscalledayoni,the Shaktifromwhichthechildcomes.Youtakethesametriangleandturnit upwardsitisSiva. Youcanthinkofitanotherway.Supposeyouscanthetrianglewitha horizontallinefrombottomup.InaSivatriangle(apexup)whatyouseeis thewidthoftheintersectedlineisgraduallydiminishingandbecomingzero. InaShaktitrianglewhatisseeisthatitisstartingatapointandgrowinginto aline.Sothegrowthoftheawarenessprocessistheshaktibutbotharethe same,thereisnorealdistinctionbetweenthetwo.SomearecalledSiva trianglesandsomeshaktitriangles. WehavealreadyseenthechannelscalledHrimandSrim. Hrimisthegerminatingpoweroftheuniversewhichcreatestheworldand thedifferentiationsintheworld.Itlimitsthetotalityinsomewayssothatyou canextractarayoraseedoutofit.Hrimyoucallmaya.Italsomeanslajjaor shyness.Whenyoustareatastranger,theywillcovertheirbody.Itistryingto cover,protectorlimit.LimitationiscalledHrim. Srimistheoppositeofit,condensingit,collapsingtherayintothepoint.And unlimitedexpansioniscalledSrim.

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Hrimisthepowertocreatethiscosmos.Itcontainsthreebasicpowers: aim, klimandsouh. Aimisthepowerthatcreates.Soallthatisrelatedtocreativityand procreationprocess,whetheritisprovinganintellectualtheoremorwhetherit isisthespontaneousnotesinaraga,orthelustthatisthemotiveforcebehind theactofcopulation,allthesethingsarechannelledthroughthisfrequency calledAim.AimiscalledSaraswati.Sexualenjoyments,curiosity,thesearch fordiversity,newwaysofsayinganddoingandenjoyingthingsareall blessingsfromSaraswati. Klimistheactofpreservation,nourishment,sustenence,wealth,prosperity, happiness,enjoyment.Thesearetheaishwaryas,thewealththatiscalled Lakshmi.KlimisthenourishingaspectoftheMotherwhichisintheheart center.Milkcomingfromthetwobreastsofafemalenourishesandprotects thebabyfromdisease.SoLakshmiisworshippedinthebreasts.Themother enjoysgivingnourishmenttoherchildwhenthechildissuckingthebreast. Souhisthesoundofthehissingsnake.Thatsnakeissupposedtobethe kundalinishakti,thepowerofyourenjoymentwhichwhentransformed, eliminatesyourbodyawarenessstepbystepandshootsyouoffintothe cosmos.Thisisthekriyashakti.Itsoriginisinthemuladharachakrainmales, andintheswaddhisthanachakraforfemales.

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TheGuruMantraanditscontent.
Aim Hrim Srim/ Aim Klim Souh/ Hamsah Sivah Soham/ Hskhphrem/ Hasakshamalavarayum /H-saum/ Sahakshamalavarayim/ S-hauh/
Svaroopa Niroopana Hetave/ Sva Gurave/ Sri Anna Poornamba Sahita Sri Amritananda Natha/ Sri Guru Sri Padukam/ Pujayami tarpayami Namah. Weshouldseparatethemantrasfromtheexplanatorystatements.Theportion insmallprintisanexplanationwhichsimplymeans: IworshipthefeetoftheGuruandhisShaktiwhotaughtmewhoIreallyam (meaning,thatIamallthatIsee,notmerelywhatIthinkismybody,mindor intellect). 1.AimHrimSrim.Aimisthechannelforknowledge.Soyouareinvokingthe channelforknowledgeforyoutounderstand.Forwhatpurpose?Hrim,the natureofthelimitationprocess,theindividuallifegiver.ToknowtheSrim,to receivethegraceofGod,sothatyoucanmergebackwithGodfromwhich youcame.Youareexperiencingseparatenessandlimitednessandthepainof separatenessandlimitations.Youwanttoexperiencethejoyofunion.Thatis

theSrim.Youwanttogainknowledgetoovercomethislimitationprocessand getreabsorbedintothecosmicunity.SoAimHrimSrimisaprayerwhich precedeseverymantraintheSriChakrapujawhichmeans,OhGoddess, Pleasegivemeknowledgetounderstandmylimitationstoovercomethem andtoexperiencemytruthasYou,theGoddess. 2.AimKlimSouh.KnowledgeandthegraceofGodmanifestitselfthrough theprocessofcreation,theprocessofnouishmentandaction.Inmanifesting anything,firstitisasanideainourthoughts.Wedwellonit,enhanceour knowledge,nourishtheknowledge,coupleittomaterialresources,actonit,to maketheideacomealive.Thenweletgoofit.Aim=knowledge, Klim=nourishingandprotectingtheidea,andSouh=action,fulfilmentand detachment. 3.Hamsah.Haisthesoundoftheoutgoingbreath.Sahisthesoundofthe incomingbreath.HamsahorSohamarethemantrasoflifeitself,thebreath itself.Everylivingbeingbreathesandthisbreathingprocessiscalledhamsah orsoham.Whenyouknowthisitbecomesmantra.Itiscalledajapagayatri.It isoneoftheformsofthegayatri.Whenyouconcentrateandfocusyour awarenessonthebreathhamsahthenacertainknowledgedawnsonyou.And itisknowledgethatseparatesthemilkfromthewater.Thelegendarybirdthe Hamsahissupposedtohavethepowerofseparatingthemilkfromthewater. Thatmeansseparatingthetruthfromfiction.ThefictionisthatIamdifferent fromtheworld.ThetruthisthatIamtheworld.Whenyourealizethatyouare theworld,andthatanysmallthinghappeninganywheredoesnotandneed notupsetyou,thenthisknowledgeiswhatisgivenbythebreath.TheGuru Mantraistellingyouthatyoumustfocusonyourbreath,hamsahtorealise yourtruthasGod. 4.TheknowledgethatyougainisSivahSoham.IamSiva,thepure unboundedawareness,whichismytruenature.Thatisthemeaningofthis partofGuruMantra. 5.Hasakhaphrem.HaisthesymbolofSiva.Thefirstbreaththataperson takeswhenbornistheincomingbreath.Thelastbreathistheoutgoingbreath, whichneverreturns.Thefirstbreathisthebreathofthemother,andthelast breathisthebreathofthefather.Youaremergingwiththecosmoswiththe lastbreath.Thatiswhywesaythatapersonexpireswhenhedies.Youarenot comingbackagainintothissamebody.SoHaisthesymbolofdeath,of annilation,ofSiva.HaiscalledVisargainSanskrit.Itmeansreleaseofseed,to createlife.Ha...aa..aa..aaisalsothesymbolofthesoundwemakeduringan orgasm,whenourlifejuiceisgoingoutofourselves.Thenweexperience somethinglikeadeath,alossoferos,whichislustforlife.Ourconnectionto heavinessofearthreduces,webecomelight.SaisthesymbolofShakti.Khais thesymbolofspace.Phremisthemovementinspace.AsSivaandShakti,as

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7.Svarupanirupanahetave......swarupayourtruenature,nirupanatoprove, hetavethecause.Thepurposeofthismantraisbeingdefinedhere.The causeforprovingtoyourselfyourtruenature, 8.Svagurave,toyourownguruwhohasinitiatedyou,whoisall important.Youdon'thavetoworryaboutanyoneoranythingthingelse. 9.SriAnnapurnambasahitaistheshakti,thepowerbehindtheguru, 10.AmritanandaNatha.Mrityumeansdeath."A"isnegation.Negationof deathisAmrita.ThereforeAmritameansnectar.YourSelfisnotborn.How canitdie?Theamrita,nectarisajaunborn.Anandameansbliss,whichis undying,unchanging.BlissofnectarisAmritananda. EveryoneofthesegurusaccordingtotheDattaSampradaya(lineage)are knownasNathas.TherearenineNathas.Wefollowthatsampradaya.Natha literallymeanshusband/wife,marriedtoyou,withwhomyouhavetobe intimateforyourprogress.MoreimportantlytheGuruiscommittedtotake careofyou(justlikeahusband/wife)asasoulmate. TherealGuru,Goddess/GodspeaksthroughtheGuru,whocanbeeither femaleormale.Don'tconfusethetheGuruwithaphysicalform.TheGuruof everyoneisoneandthesame.AndthatisGod/Goddess.Guruappearsto differentpeopleindifferentforms,buttheformisonlyasymbol.Youhaveto lookbehindthesymboltothetruthandthattruthiscalledJagannatha.Jagat meansworld,Nathameanshusband/wife,thehusband/wifeofthe manifestedworld.TheGuruisreferredtoasthehusband/wifehere,sothat youcanopenupyourbody,mindandsoulwithoutanyinhibitionsfor deepesttruthscanbelearnedwithoutinhibitions. 10.SriGuruistheguruwhoisthesourceofallpowers,Sriwhoisthe wealthoftheLordistheGuru.IntheBhavanaUpanishaditsays,"TheGuru confersthewealthoftheLordonyou". 11.Sripadukamthebeneficial,auspiciouslotusfeetoftheGuruwhichhe hasplacedonthetopofyourhead.Youarenottothinkoftheformofthe Gurulikethis,butasArdhanishwarawhichishalfSiva,male,andhalf female,Shakti.Inthatformtherighthalfisthemalepartandtheleftpartis thefemalepart.Theyareeternallyunitedatallthechakracentersatthe muladharaandallthewayup.Andoutoftheirunion,theireternalunion, flowstheblissastheGangaflowsfromtheheadofSiva.Itoverflowsandfalls downtoSiva'sfeetwhereitbecomesnectarflowingontothetopofyourhead. SoitisthatGuruwhoyoumustsee. 12.pujayamiIworshipthatguru. 13.tarpayamiWhatistarpanam?Thatwhichgivesyousatisfaction.What makesyousay,"Yes,Ihavehadenough,Idon'tneedanymore"?Having reachedthatstateiscalledtarpanam.Itmeansyoumustbeabletomakethe gurufeeltotallysatisfied,thatyouhaverenderedallthatyouarepossibleor capableofdoing.Youhavegivenhimthesupremehappinessofwhateverhe desires,thatistarpanam.SoIworshiphim(theGurucanbemaleorfemale),I adorethefeet,ImaketheLordandHispowertotallysatisfied.

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la Kshitih,meaningcondensationtodensesolidstate(througha successionofstates:time, space,air,plasma,liquid,solid) hrim BrahmaandSaraswatienjoyingthedanceandmusicofofcreation; existenceand awarenesstogethercreatinganintervalwhichexpands throughinteractionofspaceand timetoformmatterandfurther evolution. ThisfirstgroupoffiveseedlettersarecalledVagBhavaKutameaning, relatingtothe sourceofspeech. ha Ravi=theSun,Passion,PingalaNadi,thesustaineroflife,aggressive maleaspects, intellect,actionorientedmotororgans. sa SeethaKiranah=Moon,IdaNadi,feelingsofecstasyanddepression alternatingincycles, femaleaspects,receptiveorgansofknowledge, languageofgestures. ka Smarah=Manmatha,agitationsofheartandmindduetothinkingabout world. hamsahSwan=Discriminationbetweenlove,power,lustandfear,life sustainingbreath. la Shakrah=Indra,theGodofheavenlypleasures,enjoymentsand controllerofalldeities guardingthe8directionsnamely,EIndrahimself,SE Agni=fire,SYama=death,SW Nirruti=chaoticforces,WVaruna=watersof lifeandseeds,NWVayu=air,NKubera= unlimitedwealth,NE Isana=Controllerofworlds. hrim VishnuandLakshmiinembrace,protectingandnourishingthisworld. ThissecondgroupofthemantraiscalledKamarajaKuta,whichprotects andgivesall desiresofmaterialandspiritualpowerwhiledirectingitwisely. sa Para=transcententGoddess,whoalsomanifestshereinthisworld,the sourceofcosmos andyoni,thesourceofanindividual. ka Mara=Eroticdesire,whobringsforththisworldoutofSivawiththe helpofParaShakti. la Har=Siva,existencewithoutawreness,likeacorpse,nomovement.Siva isthephallic symbolwhichjumpstolifeoninteractingwiththeParaShakti, theYoni. hrim SivaShakti=CopulationofMaleandfemale,fulfilmentofdesires, liberationfromdesires. ThisthirdgroupofthegreatmantraiscalledShaktiKuta.Weshould rememberthattheseseedlettersareallchannelsofcommunication.Itshould bereiteratedherethatwithoutinitiationfromaproperGuru,thisgreatmantra willnotyieldfruit,sinceithastobecoupledwithaShaktipat,anenergyflow

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Youareimposingthequalitiesoftheobjectonwhichyouaremeditatingupon ontoyourselfbythegestureofNamah.Thatiscalledmeditation.In meditation,youdon'tstopseeing;youdon'tstopknowing;butyouare becomingwhatyousee,whatyouknow.Thisstateofbeinginwhichyouare mergedwith,inyogawiththeobjectofperception,iscalledSamadhi.The wordSamadhiiscomposedoftwoterms:Sama=Equal,Adhi=Regarding.In thisfirstmeditationofSriChakra,youarethinkingofitasanoceanofnectar firstasanobject;thenyouarebecomingtheoceanofnectar. Letmetellyouaboutanicecustom.Hindusmakethechildwrite OmNamah SivaayaSiddhamNamahatthetimeofstartingtolearnletters .Whatdoes thismean?OmisthenameofGod.NamahIamnotseeinganything differentfromme.ThisknowledgethatIamwhatIamseeingisSivayafor thegoodofeveryone.Andhowyouattainthisstate?. SiddhamNamahyou gotoapersonwhoisaSiddha,onewhoisenlightenedandgesture Namah "Youareme".ThusyouareinvokingtheSiddhaintoyourself.Thenthe siddha'sknowledgebecomesyoursandthereforeyoucanbecomeenlightened. Thetransferofpowerorgraceoccursthroughidentification,whichhappens throughpayingattention. Namahisconstantlybeingusedasanendingherewitheverymantra.There arefiveendingswhichcanbeusednormallytoanypuja.Theseare jaya, namah,svaha,tarpanaandshuddha . TheKhadgaMalaStotramistheDevi'spraisewhichliststhepowersofDevi .It canberecitedinfivedifferentways.ShuddhaShaktiMalameansyouarenot addinganyending,youarejustbeingthepoweryourself(notseeingany difference);NamoanthaMala,youareaddingnamahattheend(seeinga difference,butknowingthatyouarenotdifferentfromthepower); Jayaantha MalameansyouaresayingJaya(victoryto)attheend; SwahaanthaMala meansyouaresayingSvahaandofferinggheeintothefire;and Tarpantha Malameansyousaytarpayamiandofferingwaterofyourlifeinthecauseof thepower. YoucanthinkofDeviasamale,asafemale,oryoucanthinkofDeviasa lovingcoupleinunion.Thesethreewaysofthinkingcanbecombinedwiththe abovefivewaysofendingstomake5x3=15waysofworship.Suchwaysof worshipareindeedanintegralpartofworshipofDevi.Theyarethemeanings oflettersinthePancadasiMantra. Ineachofthe15daysofthelunarcalendaryouaresupposedtoworshipin these15differentwaysassociatedwiththatday.ThisiscalledTithiNityaPuja Vidhi.TherearefifteenwaysinwhichtheKhadgaMalacanbeworshipped. OnwhatdaysDeviisworshippedinamale(lingam)andwhatdaysDeviis worshippedinafemale(yoni)andonwhatdaysDeviisworshippedasthe

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immortalitythisway;butitisoneoftheaspirationsofhumanity,tohave childrenandgrandchildren,andsoonandtoperpetuatetherace. 6.HarichandanavatikayanamahChandanameansthesandalwoodpaste,it alsoasymbolforsemen.HarichandanaisalsocalledRaktaChandana. (Rakta=blood)HariisVisnu.Thethreefundamentalentitiesarespace,time andmatter.SpaceconsciousnessiscalledVisnu,timeconsciousnessiscalled Siva,andtheunionbetweenspaceandtime,SivaandVisnucreatesmatter, Brahma.Harichandanaisthevasana,rajogunaofHari,whichisthedesireto manifesttheworldinhiswombofspace.OneoftheformsofVishnuis Mohini,whoenticesSivatoemitshisseed.ThatiswhyHarichandanaiscalled Raktachandana,theseedofthewoman,themenstrualflow.Justasawoman exhibitsflowbetweenhermonthlycycles,thewomancalledmindexhibitsthe flowofdesiretomanifestthoughtformsbetweensilences.Thisnamemeans thatthereisacontainer(vati)fullofharichandana. Yourealizewhenyougothroughallthesemeditations,thatyouarereally visualizingtheformoftheyoni.Theyarealldifferentaspectsoftheyoni,the motherofall,whichcanbeproperlycalledthefemalegenital,orthecosmos, oreventhemind.Youvisualizethegarbhalaya,thewomb,asabeautiful gardenandabeautifultemple.ActuallythewordGarbhaalayameansthe wombwhichisthatempleinwhichtheMotherGoddessoffertilityand creativityresides.Inoldentimesyoniwasnotconsideredasasinfulthing;it wasindeedworshippedastheseatoftheGoddess.Phallicandfemalegenital worshipwastheoldestofallformsofworshipcommontoallreligions. 7.Mandaravatikayainamahagroveofhybiscusflowers,whichareredin colorwitharedpestilinitscenter. 8.Parijatavatikayainamahintheforestofhybiscustrees,thereisagrove withwhite,verydelicateandfragrantflowerswithredstemswhicharecalled areparijata. 9.Kadambavatikayaikadambaisagarlandofredflowers.Allthesethings arerelatingtothedifferentcolorsofred.Yourealizethattheyareallthe differentshadesofredintheyoni. 10.Pushyaragaratnaprakarayanamahpushyaragaiscoral.Thisisthe enclosuremadeofcoral. 11.padmaragaprakarayaThisisaredjewelenclosure. 12.gomedharatnaprakarayaThisisabrownenclosure.

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13.vajraratnaprakarayaThisisadiamondenclosurewhichissparkling whiteincolor.Againthatrepresentstheseed.Vajraalsomeansathunderbolt andtheabilitytokeeptheseedwithinasyogisdo. 14.vaiduryaratnaprakarayaThisisagainaredjewel. 15.indranilaratnaprakarayaThisisadeepblue.IndraalsoistheGodof pleasure. 16.muktaratnaprakarayaThisisanenclosureofpearls. 17.marakataratnaprakarayaThisisagainaredstoneenclosure. 18.vidrumaratnaprakaraya Coral.Againallofthesearedifferentcolored enclosuresoneinsidetheother. 19.manikyamandapayaAhallwhichismadeofrubies. 20.sahasrasthambhamandapayaAthousandpillaredhall.Alsothe thousandpetallotusatthecrownofthehead(ofthebabyinsidethewomb.) 21.amrtavapikayaiThewellcontainingnectar. 22.anandavapikayaiThewellofhappiness. 23.vimarsavapikayaiVimarsaisanalysis.PrakarshaandVimarsaarethe twofeetoftheguru.Prakarshaisenlightenment(Siva)andVimarshais analysis(thefootofDevi).Yourabilitytodiscriminatebetweendifferntpaths toreachthegoalyousetforyourselfiscalledvimarsa. 24.balatapaudgarayaBalameansyoung;atapaisthesunlight;udgaraisthe profusion.Sothismeanstheprofusionoftherisingsun'slight.(Sun representspassion,andmoondispassion) 25.candrikodgarayaCandraisthemoonlight.Sothisistheprofusionofthe moonlight. 26.mahsringaraparighayaiparighaisabarrageofthegreatsentimentof eros. 27.mahapadmatavyaiMahaPadmarepresentsahugenumber,10tothe poweroftwenty.Thesizeofthecosmosis10tothepowerof20timesthesize ofthehumanbeing.Therearetwogreatnidhis:thecosmositself,andthe awarenessinthecosmos.ThecosmosnidhiisSivaandtheawarenessofthe

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Nowweareataplaceintheritualwherewewanttocreateanastralbodythat isgoingtocontinueafterourexistence,whichisgoingtocontinuedoinggood. ThatisdonethroughtheVirajaHoma.Whetherwearemalesorfemales, whetherweareyoungorold,whetherwearefatofthin,whetherweare depressedorelated,nomatterwhatourinitialstateis,weresetourselvesto thestateof"Iam15goingon16".Forthatthiswholeprocesscanbedonein yourownlanguage,whateverthatis.Sitcomfortably,andimaginethe followingtothebestofyourability. Youimaginethatyourbodyissubjecttodecayanditisgoingtobeburnt upsomeday.Ithastobecomeold,ithastomergewiththeelements,ithas happenednow.Imaginethewindiscominganddryingupyourdeadbody. Itsjustlikebarebones.Itisplacedonthefuneralpyreandlitup.Theseareall visualizations.Themorepowerfully,themoreclearlyyoucanvisualizeseeing theflamesinyourmind'seye,hearingthecraklingofthefire,andthesparks fly,thebetteryourexperiencewillbe.Watervaporsrisefromthebody,and partsofthebodyarestickingoutandsomeonetakesastickandpushesthem backintothefire.Allthesethingsareassociatedwithasmashana(acremation ground).Idon'tknowifyouhavebeentoarealfuneralpyreandwatcheda bodyburning.Itisworthwatchingbecausethatisexactlywhatisgoingto happentoyou.Itsalladramaandbringsrealityofimpermanenceoflifeso powerfullytoyourmind.Yourealizethatallthesethingswedoinlifearejust gamesthatweareplaying.Youseethewholebodygoingupinsmoke. Youvisualizethisscene.Afterthebodyisgone,allthosethingsassociated withthebodyaregonetoo.Thereisnolust,nothingtobepossessiveof.Sivais supposedtohaveburnedthewholecosmosandputtheashesofthecosmos onhishead.Thosearethethreelinesyouseepeoplewearingassociatedwith LordSiva.Hehasburntallthegrossforms,allthesubtleforms,allthecausal formsandalltheashesarebeingwornonhishead.Heisinyoga.Nothing disturbshim.Hecontinuesaspureawareness.Thelingaishischaracteristic. Afteryourbodyisreducedtoashes,stayinthatstateforareasonablygood timeenjoyingacalmmindundisturbedbythoughtslikeyouneverenjoyed before.Nextyouimaginethatdarkcloudsaregathering,thatthereare thundershowers,andlightening,andarainofnectarfallsontheashes.The ashestakeanewshape.Thenewshapeisaballoflight,brilliantlikea thousandsunsandcoollikeathousandmoonsandemitingbillionsof colouredraysofallthecolorsoftherainbowindifferentdirections.Thisball oflightcondensesintotheformofSivaandShaktiinembrace,dancingwith

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flowoftimethroughthelunarcalendar.Raksha=protection.Itmeansyou havetobeprotectedeverydayatalltimes.Soyousay,aimklimsouh throughthecreative,protectiveandphasesyouhavetobeprotected. Mahatripurasundari:mahameansthegreat,belongingtothecosmos.Ifyou takemahaandreversetheletters,itbecomesaham=I.Ahamrelatestothe insideandmaharelatestotheoutsideofourbodies,mindandintellect. Tripuraisthethreecitiesthewaking,dreamingandsleepingstates. Sundari= themostbeautifulinallthesestates,relatingtotothecosmos. atma,the notionoftheegoconfinedtothisbody,raksha,raksha(maySundari)protect me,protectmethroughoutallthesixteendays.Thesixteenpetallotusis identifiedwithprotection. Thenyoumovetotheeightpetallotuswhereyourexperiencesbegin.You havealreadymovedbeyondthesevenlocas(worlds)below.Youhavemoved intotheeighthworld.ThatistheMuladharachakra.Thatistheeightpetal lotus(intheSriYantra). HrimKlimSouh.PreviouslyweusedAimKlimSouh.Herewearesaying Hrim.Hrimcanexistinthreedifferentforms.Thefirstrelatestocreation,the secondrelatestonourishment,thethirdrelatestotheannihilation.Hereallthe threeformsareincludedintheEarth.Youarebornoutoftheearth;youare fedbythethingsthatgrowoutoftheearth;andyouarereabsorbedintothe earth.Hrimisyourmothertheearth.Klimisthenourishment,comingfrom HerandSouhisthereabsorptionintothat. ThisisthenatureofHrimKlimSouhandtheMuladharaChakra.Thefear comeswhenyouthinkyouareseparatefromtheearth.Yournourishment, yourlifereliesonseekingthingsfromtheearth.Theearthdoesgiveyouthat nourishment.Yourfearsareassociatedwithyourseparationfromyour mother.Youhavelostyourconnectionwithyourmother,withtheearth,and youhavetoreestablishyourconnectionwiththeearthfromwhichyouare born. WhenyousayHrim,KlimSauh,Hrimisplacedinyourmuladharachakra. Youmustknowverywellthesechakraswherethesechakrasarelocatedin yourbody.Whenthemaleandthefemaleareincoitusinthedramaof creation,thentheglanspenistouchesthecervixofthefemale.Thecervixisthe muladharachakrainthefemale,andinthemanitisglanspenis.Butthe ejaculationthatmakescreationpossibleisenergizedbythesphinctermuscles inmale.Sothecausefortheseed'semissionliesintheejaculatorysphincter muscles,(evenmoresointhehead).Thatiswhyinthemale,peoplegenerally associatethemuladharachakrawiththeejaculatorysphinctermuscleslying betweenthebaseofthepenisandtheperineum,ratherthanintheglans penis.Thusmuladharaisinthesamelocationforbothmaleandfemale.Thatis whywhenthereisasexchangeoperation,theytakethecervixandpullitout

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tomakeitthemalepenis.Thusinsidesurfaceofthevaginaisthesameasthe outsidesurfaceofthepenis,andthesensationstherearealsoidentical. Theswadhisthanachakraisthebaseinthepenisandthevulvainthefemale. Againtheyareatthesameplace;thesensationsarealsosimilar.Hereyousee AimKlimSouhistherepeatingpattern,andyouareaddingletterstoit."h", "s",and"r". Intheswadhisthanachakratheenergizationisthroughthefire.Thefireis symbolizedbylust,thedrivebehindprocreativity,desire.Thatiswhatcauses theerectionofthepenisinthemale,theclitorisandthenipplesinthefemale. Desireissymbolizedby"Ha".Thedesireforthecosmicunion,calledthelinga ofSiva."Ha"coupledwith"aim,klimandsouh".Thatiswhyyousay Haim, Hklim,Hsouhfortheswadhisthanachakra.Desireisthepowercalled Kundalini,thedesireforcreativity,throughanorgasmicreleasefromthe bondagetoearth.ItdoeshappeninSex,butitisshortlived.Thatisits problem.Tohaveapermanentreleasefromalltensions,thatisthereal aspirationofKundalini. TheswadhisthanachakraintheSriYantraisthefourteencorneredfigure."H aim"isplacedinsideyouatyourswadhisthana),"hklim"onthefourteen corneredfigureand"hsauh"ontheDevi'sswaddhisthana chakra(vulva/baseofpenis.Thischakracanbethatofapersonbeing worshipped,orofthecosmos.(LalitaSahasramsaysDeviis Bhagaradhya=worshippedinthevulvaastheuniversalmother).The Svadhisthanachakraofthecosmosiswaters:forexample,lakes,rivers,oceans, riversoflife. Inthemanipurachakrathesounds"ha"and"sa"arejoinedtogether.Hsaim, hsklim,hssouh.HereintheunionbetweentheSivaandShakti,Sivaisin yoga.Heisnotemittingtheseed,andthedesireissopowerfultomakethe lingaissoerectthatitbecomesverticaltouchingthenavel.Thatiswherethe seatofthefireissupposedtobe.Theseatoffireistheoutertencornersthat relatestotheindividual.Theinnertencornersrelatetothecosmos.SoHs aim,hsklim,hssouharerelatedtotheindividual.Beforeyougoontothe cosmicfigureyouhavetogothroughthislink.Thesefourcenters,muladhara, swaddhisthana,manipuraandanahataareknownastheplacementofFour Seats,ChaturasanaNyasa.Toremindourselves,nyasameanspaying attentiontoyourbody.Holdingthemindinaplaceorkeepingyour awarenessfixediscallednyasa.Thefirstseatiscalled DeviAtmaAsanaya namah.Deviisresidinginthemuladharachakra,andIamresidinginthe muladharachakra.ThesecondseatistheSriChakrasanayanamah.Iamin thesecuritycenterandsoisDeviinthesecuritycenter.WhenIaminthe swaddhisthanachakra,Deviisintheswaddhisthanachakra.WhenIam lookingforsensations,soisDevilookingforsensations.

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Thethirdseatistheseatofpower,calledManipuraChakra.Whenyoustand byyourvalueswithdisciplineandyouarepreparedtosacrificeyourlifetodo that,thenyougainpowerandyouareintheManipurachakra.Theballoffire islocatedinthemanipurachakra. Thefireexistsasdesire,lust,digestivefire,externalfire,whereeveryoufind fire.Itisnotjustatthenavel.Itisthereatthecookinggasflame,inthethermal powerplants,inthevolcanoes,inthebowelsoftheearth.Itisallover.Soin thecosmicaspect,whereverfireisfound,itispartofthe Manipurachakra. Thatisrelatedtopower. ThemantraisSarvamantrasanayanamahthatwhichbringsallthemantras toyou.Withthemantraswesay"swaha"andofferthemintothefire.Theseat ofallthemantrasisfire.Thisisaveryinterestingstatement.Whyisitthat peoplehavelostcontactwiththespiritualworldtoday?Becausetheyarenot doingthefireritualsdaily.Fireisabeautifulthing.Thewayitcandance,you cannotdance.Itisabeautifulsight.Whenyouareconstantlylookingatits dance,itinvokesthatdanceinyou,theKundalini,thepowertoknowbeyond, inyou.Andthatbringsallthemantrastoyouintoyourmemory.Thatiswhy fireiscalledsarvamantraasana. Theheartcenteristheinnertencorners,anditissurroundedbyatwelve petallotus.ThemantraisHrimKlimBlemSadhyaSiddhaasanayanamah. Sadhyaiswhatistobeattained.Siddhaiswhatisattainedalready.Thisisthe seatwhereyouhavepartlyattainedandpartlyyouhavegottoattain.The partyouhaveattainedalreadyisthecontroloveryourself.Youhave controlledallyourpassions,andyoubegintobenonjudgemental,loveothers unconditionally,.Thatisthepartyouhaveattained.Theparttobeattainedis thefulfilmentincosmicizationofthisunconditionalloveandnonjudgement. Youhavetoattaintheseattributesinanunlimitedsense.Thustheheartcenter isamixtureofattainmentandattemptingtoattainloveofallnature,goodand badincluded(nonjudgingwitness). NowwehavegoneoversixchakrasoftheSriChakraalready.Theothers threearetheeightcorners,thetriangleandthepoint.Theyallrelatetothe laya,thelossofyourindividualitytotallyandyourmergingintothecosmos. Mergingwiththecosmosbeginswithyourexpansionofconsciousnessbeyond yourbody,beyondyourlove,beyondyourattachments.Thatiswhyonceyou havereachedtheVisshudhichakra,youwillnotcomeback.Butifyouarein theheartcenterandthenyoudie,youarelikelytoreturnbecauseofyour attachmenttothepeopleandthegooddeedsthatareyettobedone.However muchwesayweareunattached,weareattachedtogoodness.Thisislove, butitisstillabondage.Youmusttranscendthislovetogettotheuniversal

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self.ThisiswheretheVairagya(detachment)startsmanifesting.Whenyour attachmentfortheuniversalmanifests,yourattachmentforthelocalbecomes insignificant.Thisexpansionprocessistobeattainedthroughyour understandingofthenatureofSaraswati.Itisthroughknowledgealonethat wecanattaintomoksha.ItisSaraswatiwhotakesyouoverfromthe VisshudhiandAjnachakras. TheeightformsofSaraswatiarenoneotherthentheeightgroupsofthe Sanskritlettersamam,imim,umum,arumaroom,alumaloom,em aim,omoum,ahahm.IntheSriChakratheseareshortenedintothe unmanifestformsa,i,u,aru,alu,e,o,ah.Youcanmapthemalsointothe eightgroupsofletterscomprisingofbothvowelsandconsonants.Youcanalso thinkofthemascosmicresourcesformatterformingoutofinteractingtime andspace. IntheVisuddhichakra,theseedsyllablesareHrimSrimSauh.Hrimisbeing lookedatasLaya,annihilationnow.Srimisistheeightcornerswherethe eightformsofSaraswatiarelocatedandSouhisthesoundofahissingsnake Kundalinipowerwhichistakingyouthroughallthesethings.Onceyoucome tovisshudhiyouareworkingwiththecosmicformandyournyasatakeson differentmeanings,movingawayfromindividuationtoconnectedness. Visuddhichakraiscalledthecommuniccationcenterforthisreason. Aimhrdayayanamah.Yourhrdaya(heart)isthewind,lifebreathitself.Klim sirasesvaha(thehead)isnowtheoutreachofspace.Yourbrainismapped intothecosmos.ThenSauhsikhayaivasat,sauhkavacayahum,klim netratrayayavausat,aimastrayaphat.Reallyallthesethingsare untranslatable.(whichmeansIdon'tknowyettheirmeanings!) VagdevataNyasa NextcomestheVagdevataNyasa,theeightformsofSaraswati.Theyarecalled Vasini,Kamesvari,Modini,Vimala,Aruna,Jayini,Sarvesvari,andKaulini . ThisistheVisshudhichakrawiththesixteenpetallotusintheneck.The sixteenpetallotus(thesecondchakraofSriChakraw)wasassociatedwith timeearlier.ButnowinVisuddhi,associationiswithspacecommunications. TheAjnachakra AimHrimSrim...hsraimhsrklimhsrsauh.Herewearehaving"ha,sa,and ra"coupledwithaimklimandsauh.HerewhenyousaythatSivaandShakti areunitedandthepassionisunitedandmaintained,thenthatmanifestsitself asthecreatingpower,thenourishingpowerandthereabsorbingpower.This manifestsastheflowoftime.Theagni,thetipofthefirestartsatthe muladharachakraandgoestothethirdeye.Thereitmanifestsitselfaspast,

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Agnialsoexistsinthefirewhichcooksyourfood.TheGitasays,"Aham vaishvanarobhutvapraninamdehaasritah.pran'apanasamayuktah, pacamyannamcaturvidham.""IexistasthefireandIcookthefoodinyour stomachwiththehelpofthepranaandapana,theingoingandoutgoing breaths". dasakalatmanedasameansten,kalaisanaspectoftime.Anaspectof anythingiscalledkala.Sothetenaspectsofthefire; sri mahatripurasundaryahoftheMotherMahatripurasundari;visesarghya patraadharayanamahvisesarghyameansnotordinary.Itisthemilkmixture tobeoffered;patraisthevessel;adharaisthebase;thebaseofthevesselin whichwearegoingtoputthespecialliquidwhichisimmortalnectar,that baseisagni.Inthemuladharachakraiswherethebaseislocatedandthatis thefire.Wehumanbeingsaredrivenbylustanditsmodifications.Thatis whereweare. TheSuryaKalavahanatheSun TheSunisthesourceoflifeonearth.Ifthesunisnotthere,theearthwouldbe adeadplanet.Theearthkeepsacertaindistancefromthesun.Ofthenine planetscirclingaroundthesunthereisonlylifeonthisplanetbecauseitisthe correctdistancefromthesun.Thesunisourlifeforce.Assoonasthesun comesupinthesky,yougoaboutdoingyourduties.Thislifegivingenergy issupposedtocomefromtheembraceofSivaandShakti.Thatiswhatisbeing describedinthetwelvekalasofthesun. ThemantraoftheSun: Klim surya mandalaya kama prada dwadasa kalatmane sri maha tripura sundaryah visesharghya patraya namah. Aasatyena rajasa vartamano nivesayan amritam martyam ca. Hiranmayena rathena devo yati bhuvana vipasyan. Hram hrim hrum hraim hraum hrah surya mandalaya namah. suryamandalayathecircleororbeofthesun;dwadasatwelve;kalatmane havingtheformoftwelveaspects;visesarghyawineormilkthatweare goingtoinvokenectarinto;patrayanamahintothevesselwhichissupposed tobethesun.Thesuniscalledthepingalanadi.Themooniscalledtheida nadi.Wearegoingtocombinethesetwo.Wearegoingtobringinthecoolness ofthemoonwiththeheatofthesun.Theheatrepresentsextremepassion,the passionforlifeandthecoolnessrepresentsdetachment.Sopassionwith detatchment.Wearecombiningthetwo.Inthecombinationliesthesushumna channel.Itislikeapendulum.Ifyoubringthependulumallthewaytothe righttothesun,itdoesnotstaythere.Itmovestothemiddleandthen swingstotheleft,tothemoon.Ifyoutrytomovethemindtovairagya

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TheBrahmaKalas ThenweinvokethekalasofBrahma,thecreatorintheMuladharachakra.The tenkalasare: srstyai(creation),rdhyai(growth),smrtyai(memory),medhayai(intelligence), kantyai(glow),laksmyai(prosperity),dyutyai(sparkling),sthirayai(fixity), sthityai(firmplacement),siddhyai(transcendent).Thefirst8kalasgoaround themuladharainaclockwisedirection.Theninthkala(sthityai)goesinside themuladhara,thetenthkala(siddhyai)goesuptothetipofthelingamorto theoutwardedgeofthecervix. TheVisnuKalas ThetenkalasofVisnuaredistributedsixintheSvadhisthanachakrajarayai (oldage),palinyai(protective),santyai(peace),isvaryai(control),ratyai (enjoyment),kamikayai(lust);threeattheAjnaChakraandeyesvaradayai (blessing),hladinyai(happiness),prityai(loving);andoneattheSahasrara chakradirghayai(long). TheRudraKalas ThetenkalasofRudraaretheSunlocatedintheManipuraChakra.Thatisthe thermonuclearfusionreactionwhichisthebrightnessitself.Thatiswhythe chakraiscalledmanipurafilledwithjewels.Uptothispoint,youcannotsee anylights.Butwhenyoucometomanipurachakrayoubegintoseelightsin yourmeditation. ThemantraforRudraisTryambakamyajamahesugandhimpusti vardhanamurvarukamivabandhananmrtyormuksiyamamrtatnamah . Tryambakamthelordofthethreemothers,Gauri,LaksmiandofSaraswati. ParameswaraisthelordofMahatripurasundari,atallthethreelevels.They areallthesame.Yousay,"Thisismyhandandthisismyeye".Theyareall yourbody.Parvatiisknownasthe"Sahodari"ofRama.IfyouidentifyRama with"Purusha"the"Prakriti"istheyoni,itistheSahodari.Itisthesameplace. TheRudrakalasare:tiksnayainamah(sharp),raudryai(anger),bhayayai (fear),nidrayai(sleep),tandriyai(coma),ksudhayai(hunger),krodhinyai (flamesofanger),kriyayai(active),udgaryai(uplifting),mrtyave(death). IsvaraKalas(AnahataChakra) TherearefourkalasforIsvaraattheanahatachakra.Inthebody,imaginethat theleftportionisthefemale,therightportionisthemale.Thisisthe Ardhaniswaraform.Thefemalebreastisyellowincolor (pitayainamah);the malebreastiswhiteincolor(svetayai).Thenippleonthefemalesideis red(arunayai);thenippleonthemalesideisblue (asitayai).Thatiswhatis beingdescribedherewiththekalas.

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Inthemantrayousay"Tadvisnohparamampadam,sadapasyantisurayah divivacaksuratatamtadviprasovipanyavojagrvamsahsamindhate visnoryatparamampadamnamah" .DeathistheultimateabodeofVisnu. VisnuissupposedtobesittingonhisvehiclegarudaalongwithLakshmi.If youlookatthebreastslikethis,theylookalittlelikeabirdinflight. Visnuissittinginthemiddleinbetweenthetwobreasts.Heistheheartofthe mother.SinceVisnuisfemale,therightbreastiscalledSriandtheleftbreastis calledBhu.SriDeviandBhuDevi.SriDevigivesprotectionandBhuDevi givesnourishment.Andprotectionultimatelytakestheformofprotecting yourtruenaturetoyourself.Srimeansanugraha.Anugrahaislikelaya, dissolution.ThatiswhysomepeoplethinkofLalitaasvery"ugra"(fierce).It isnottheindividuallayabuttheMahaPralaya,thedissolutionoftheworlds attheend.Shankaracharyasays,"Whenthewholeworldisburning,you alonewithyourhusbandaredancing.Andthisburningoftheworldis showinganirajanam,alightedcamphorlamptoyou." Sadasivakalas(VissuddhiChakra) Uptothispoint,attachmenttotheworldisthere.Themuladharaand swaddhisthanachakrasareconnectedtoSrusticreation.Stitipreservation isconnectedwithmanipuraandanahata,andlayaannilationisconnected withtheVisshudhiandAjnachakras.Thedominantpointinlayaisthe vairaghya,thedetachment.OnceyoucometotheVisshudhichakrathe withdrawalstarts.Ifyouarefunctioningmainlyfromhere,thenyouwillnot comebackintoaphysicalformontheearth.Ifyouarefunctioningfromthe Anahatachakrayouwillcomebackbecauseofyourloveandattachmentto theworld,orforhelpingothersintheworld.ButfromtheVisshudhiyouare notboundanymoretotheworld.Ifyoulookatthemeaningsofthekalasyou willseethattheydonotdealwithindividualitybuttheactionsspeakof internalizationofknowledge. Ifyoulookatthemeaningsofthekalasyouwillseethattheydonotdealwith individualitybuttheactionsspeakofinternalizationofknowledge,ofvidya andrealization. ThekalasofSadasivaare:nivrtyainamah(withdrawal),pratistha(fame), vidyayai(internalknowledge),santyai(peace),indhikayai(fuel),dipikayai (light),recikayai(exhaustive),mocikayai(liberating),parayai(transcendental), suksmayai(light),suksmamrtayai(pervasive),jnanayai(knowledgeofthe immanent,whatyousee),janamrtayai(intuitiveknowlegeofthe transcendental),apyayinyai(filling),vyapinyai(expansion),vyomarupayai (space). ThePancaBrahmaMantras

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Whenyoudothepujaitiseasiertodoallthekalasfirst,andthenrepeatthe PancaBrahmamantrasforeachBrahma,Visnu,Rdura,MahaVishnu, Sadasiva.Italsogivesyouanopportunitytoreallyemphasizeeachchakra again. ThesemantrasaretakenfromthemostancientportionoftheVedas.Icannot reallygiveyouameaningforthesemantrasentirely.Icangiveonlyafew portionsthatIknow. BrahmaMantra: Hgumsahsucisadvasuhantariksasadhotavedisadatithirduronasatnrasad varasadrtsadvyomasadabjagojarajaadrjartambrhatnamah. Hgumsahisanancientarchaicform;sucimeansthesun;vasuhmeansthe earth;antariksahmeansspace;satmeansthetruth;hotaistheonewhooffers thegheeintothefire;vediisthehomakunda;atithiistheguestwhocomes withoutanappointment;duronasatnrasadIdonotknowwhatthismeans; varasadistheonewhogivesblessings;rtsadistheflowingtruth;vyomasadis thetruthestablishedinthesky;abjaistoonewhoisbornoutofthewaters; gojaisbornoutoftheindriyasthecognitiveandactivesenses; rtajaistheone whoisbornoutofthenonflowingtruth;adrjaisthemountain,thestability; rtamisthetruth.Theindividualwordshaveameaningbutwhytheyare placedinthiscontextorwhattheirtruemeaningisIdonotknow.Theyare explaininginsomesensethecreationprocessitself.Probablyifoneusesthis mantraandkeepsrepeatingitonemaygettheperceptionsaboutthecreative processitself.Itmayhaveinitthegeneticcodes.Thatiswhyitissodifficult toexplain. VishnuMantra Pratadvisnustavateviryaya,mrgonobhimahakucarogirsthah,yasyorusu trisuvikramesu,adhiksiyantibhuvananivisvanamah . "Foryourpower,strength,eventhelioncannotbeferociousenough.OfVisnu, whenthethreeeyesareexpanded,theygobeyondallthatweseeorhave seen".Visvaisatechnicalterm.Whatyouareabletoseeinthewakingstateis calledVisva."Virat","hiranyagarbha"and"iswara"arethethreetermsand thecoorespondingthreetermsare"visva","taijesva"and"pragna".These relatetoexperiencesofanindividualinthewakingstate,dreamstateand sleepingstate;"virat","hiranyagarbha"and"iswara"relatethecosmic experiencesofthecosmicbeinginthewaking,dreamandsleepingstates. Whenwesay"visva"wemeanalltheworldsseenbyanindividualthatgo beyondthoseseen.Theycanonlybeperceivedintheunitedvision,notthe individualvision.Whatisthedistinctionbetweentheuniversalvisionandthe individualvision?Forinstance,Iamseeingyouassomanypeoplethatis

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consumation.VisnuryonimkalpayatumayVisnucreatetheyoni,thesource oflife.TvastarupanipigumsatuMayTvasta,oneoftheaswinigods,create theformsoutofwhatisavailable.Asincatuprajapati.Prajapatiisatipical namefortheerectmalemember.Itisalsoanamefortheunitoftimewhich theearthtakestoorbitthesun.Asincatuprajapati.Maythatprajapatifillyou withhisseed.Dhatagarbhamdadatute.MayDhatafertilizetheegginsideof you.Garbhamdhehisinivali.SinivaliandSaraswatiarethetwogodsour awarenessisassociatedwiththeejaculatorysphinctermusclesandthe receptiveforcescontrollingthemovementofthespermtowardstheseed. Garbhamdhehisarasvati.Sarasvatiistheforcewhichcontrolspropellingthe rightspermtowardstheseed.GarbhanteasvinaudevaumaytheAswini devataswhoarethecreatorsoflife,addhattampuskarasrajahnamahmay theyputthelifeintothefemaleegg. Kuntiwasthemotherofthepandavas.SherecitedthisGarbhaDhanamantra keepingtheideaofthevariousgodsofthechakrasandoftheajnachakraand shehadsixsons.FirstsheworshippedtheAjnachakraandshehadKarna. ThensheworshippedYamaintheMuladharachakraandgotDharmaraja; thensheworshippedtheAshwiniDevatasandgotNakulaandSahadeva;and sheworshippedVayuwiththismantraandobtainedBhima.Sheworshipped theSunattheManipurachakraandgotArjuna.

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TheDeviKala ThenweinvokeDeviinthethreeeyesofthepast,presentandfuturewithKa EILaHrimHaSaKaHaLaHrimSaKaLaHrim. AmritaKalavahana NowimaginethatonthetopofyourheadistheArdhaniswaraformofSiva. TherightfootcoorespondstoSivaandtheleftfootcoorespondstoShakti.This formistheformoftheGuruandhisfeetareonthetopofyourhead.Outof thatthenectarflows.Onestreamcomesfromtheleftfoot,fromDevi,one streamfromtherightfoot,Sivaandonefromthemiddle.Thisis Hsaumand Sahouh.Hsaumistheyogaaspect.AndSahouhistheStitiandSiddhiaspects. Weinvokethemwiththemantra:Akhandaikarasananda,kare parasudhatmani,svacchandasphuranamatra,nidhehiakulanayikenamah . Akhandameansunbroken.EkarasaistheoneflowofAnanda.Sothe unbrokenflowofAnanda(bliss).Pleasegivemethisunbrokenflowofbliss. Parasudhatmanithetranscendentalnectar.Svacchandameansindependence. Mayitinvokeindependenceinme,atranidhehipleaseplace.Therearetwo lotuses,onecalledthekulapadmaandtheotheristheakulapadma.The

kulapadmaisthesahasrarachakraofthelowersevenworlds;theakulapadma isthesahasrarachakraoftheuppersevenworlds.Thelowersevenworlds' sahasrarachakraisourmuladharachakra.Theakulapadmawhichisour sahasrarachakraonthetopofourheadiswhereSivaresides.SofromSiva's footthistranscendenceflowsdown. Thenextverseisakulasthamrtaakaresuddhajnanakarepareamrtatvam nidhehiasminvastuniklinnarupininamah. WhentheDevihasbeentaken uptothesahasrarachakraandtheresheisunitedwithSivashealsostaysin theakulapadma."akulasthamrtaakare".Andwhatisitsnature?"suddha jnanakareonewhogivespureknowledge."pare"transcendence. "amrtatvam"immortality."nidhehi"pleaseplace;"asminvastuni"inthis materialwhichIamhavinghere;"klinnarupininamah"thenatureof wetness. ThenfromtheflowoftheunionbetweenSivaandShakticomes: tadrupini ekarasyatvamkrtvahietatsvarupinibhutvaparamrtakaramayichit sphuranamkurunamah.Thereisamahavakhyaagreatsayingwhichstates, "tattvamasi".Tatmeansthat,tvamisyou,asiare.Youareallthatyousee. Allthatyouseeiscalledthat.So"tadrupini"allthatyouseethatishaving forms.Thisisrelatingtotheflowfromtheakulapadma. Theothertwoversesrelatedtothekulapadma. Tadrupiniekarasyatvamkrtvahietatsvarupinibhutvaparamrtakaramayicit sphuranamkurunamah. Eventhoughtheseformsalllookdifferent,letmebeabletoseethemasone singleflow."etatsvarupini"thatshouldbecomeme;bhutvahavingbecome; paramrtakaraalthoughIamseeingdifferences,letthesedifferences disappear;mayiinme;citsphuranamtheabilitytoseewithmyclosedeyes; kurunamahmayyoucreatewithmyclosedeyestheabilitytoseefrommy intuition,myinnerknowledge. ThesearetheflowscomingfromtheunionbetweenSivaandShaktionthetop oftheheadandfromtheShaktibelow. TheinvocationoftheAmrtaKalas ThecompassionofDevimovingthroughtheeyes. Aimblumjhmroumjumsah,amrteamrtodbhaveamrtesvariamrtavarsini amrtamsravayasravayasvaha. Youalternategentlytouchingtheleftandrighteyes.Itdoesnotmatterwhere youstart.Thereare5senses.DramDrimKlimBlumSaha.Dramisshabda sound.Drimissparshavision;klimisrupa,form;blumisrasa,taste.Aimis knowledge.Blumistaste;jhmroumandjumarerelatedtothevibratory aspects.Theyarephoneticmantras.Whenyouaddtheletterratooumand

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jyotirjvalatiwhenthatlightburnsthenitbecomesthetranscendentallight andyouareabletosaybrahmahamasmithatIamtheUltimateparamatman; yohamasmiwhateverIam,whetherIaminthatimpermanentstateorthat transcendentalstate,yesbrahmahamasamiyesIamthatUltimatebeing. AhamasmiIamthat;brahmahamasmiyouarerepeatingthestatement againforemphasis.ahamevaIamindeedmyselfahammamIamtaking mejuhomiinside.Thenectarcontainedinmeisalsome.ThatisBrahma.I amalsoBrahma.IamtakingBrahmainside.Theidentityisrealizedthat everythingthatyouseeisyou.Sosaying,yougivethenectartoDevi,because youarenodifferentthanDeviandyoutakeitinsideofyouandyouputiton thesrichakra.Youridentityisallthosethings. Atthispointitisalsousualforyoutosaythepurposeforyourtakingthis drink. Itahpurvambeforenow,itahparampranabuddhidehadharma adhikaratahbecauseIamliving,becauseIhaveabody,becauseIhavea duty,becauseIamentitledtodothepuja;jagratsvapnasusuptiavastasuin mywakingstate,dreamingstateandsleepingstate;manasavacakarmana withmymind,withmyspeechwithmyaction;hastabhyam padbhyamudarenawithmyhands,withmyfeet,withmybody; sisnayonya withmypenisoryoni;yatsmrtam,yatuktamyatkrtam whateverIhave remembered,whateverIhavespoken,whateverIhavedone; yatsmaramiyat vacmiyatkaromiwhateverIwillremember,sayordo;tatsarvam brahmarpanambhavatusvahamayitbeofferedtoLord.Sowhateveryou doisofferedtoGodandwhateverisofferedtoGoddoesnothavetheability tobindyouanymore.Thewaytoovercomethebondageofyouractionsisto offerthemtoGodnomatterwhattheyare.Notjustinourmiserybutalsoin ourpleasurethesethingsshouldbeoffered.Thenouractionbecomesinaction. LalitaKramam Thisisthe2ndpartofthepuja.Havingpreparedthenectarwithallthejiva kalasandalltheelementsoftheindividualandthecosmosintothenectarwe arenowgoingtoinvoketheLalitaDeviwithallherattendants,withallthe celestialbeingswithallthelifeforcesintheworldintowhateveritisthatwe areworshipping.Initiallysheresidesinouthearts.Weinvokethecosmosthat isalreadyinourheartsintowhateveritisweworship,forthesakeofworship, andattheendoftheworshipwetakeitbackintoourselves.Thatisimportant here. Themantraofinvocationis:Hrccakrastamtheonewhoisresidinginthe heartchakra;antahinside;susumnapadmatavibhedanakusalam the susumnaisthecentralchannelofthekundalini;padmataviforestoflotuses; bhedanapiercingthrough;kusalamwhoisveryadept."Theonewhois residinghetheheartchakrawhoisveryadeptinpiercingthroughthelotus stemswhicharethemuladhara,swaddhisthanaandallthechakras".

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Mohandhakarailllusionanddarkness;paripandhinithespacesurrounding theillusionanddarkness;samvidtoknowintuitively;agnimthefirewhich knowsintuitivelyhowtodispelthedarknessofdelusion;sivadipajyotim thelightimmanatingfromthelampcalledSiva;cidrupinimcidmeans chaitanyaawareness,theformofawareness; adiparasamvidamintuitive knowledgeoftheHighest;pranarupinimwhosenatureislifeforce; paradevatamthetranscendentalgoddess;dhyatvahavingthoughtofher likethis. Thisiswhatthekalpasutrasays,justthismuch.SometimesIaddthatIwould liketoinvitetheentirecosmostocome.SomehowwhenIthinkofthat TranscendentBeingthecosmosdoesnotentermyhead.Sotoappreciatethe fullnessandgrandeurofthisbeingthatweareinvokingconsiderthe followingstatements: Sricakragattasarvaavaranadevatasvarupinim allthedeitiesthatare enclosedorpervadingtheentiretyofthesrichakra; sarvatobhadramandala gattathereisonemandalathatiscomposedof16squaresby16squaresor64 squares.Inthatallthegodsandgoddessesintheuniverseareinvoked.Thatis calledsarvatobhadra.ThisisdrawnduringSaradaNavratriontopofwhich weplacethecoconutandkalasawhereweinvoketheDevi. Weinvokeallthedeities;sarvaayatanadevatasvarupinim allthosedeities; chaturayatadevatasvarupinimaroundDeviresideGanesha,Surya,Visnu andSivaallthesegodsandtheirattendantsaretobeincluded; divyasiddha manavaaughagurumandalasvarupinimalltheflowsofthegurusaretobe invokedaswell;samastadesakalavastugattajivachaitanyasvarupinim, samastadevagandharvayaksakinaraapasarasadyasiddhamanusa stripurusasvarupinim,sriparadevatamanandabhairavimananda bhairavenaparamasivenasaharavantimramayantimsvatmaabhinam parachittimdhyayamitrikhandamudragarbhitakusumanjalau. ??????? needstranslation Trikhandamudragarbhitakusumanjalau: youmakethetrikandhamudra withyourhandswhichistheyonimudrawiththefingersopenedout.Then weinvokeallthelightbeings:Saraswatiwhoissymbolizedbyholdingawhite flowerintwofingers;Laksmiwhoissymbolizedbyayellowflower,and Shaktiwhoissymbolizedbyaredflower.Thenyouputalldifferentcolored flowersinthemiddle.Thenyousaythepancadasimantraandaimhrimsrim, hrimsrimsouh.Rememberhrimsrimsouhisthemantraforthevisshuddhi chakra.LalitayahofLalita;amrtathenectar;caitanyamurtimthe awarenesswhichhastakenform;kalpayaminamahIimaginetheimmortal awarenesswhichhastakentheformofLalita.Thenyouholdthebreath. Exhaleandsayaimhrimsrimhasraimyouputthewhitefloweryouare holdingontheDevi;hasrklimyouleavetheredflower;andhasrsouhyou

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Samayacharameansaninternalmodeofworshipandworshipwiththefire ritual.Wedothehomas,wedotheinternalvisualizations,whetherthe externalpujaarticlesarepresentornotwecanvisualizethemanddothe entirepuja.ThesamayacharatraditionscometousfromtheDivyaParampara thatisthroughBalajiBalatripurasundariwhoisourguru. FromtheSiddhaParampara,fromSaraswatiIhavebeengiventheMedha Dakshinamurthi.SotheDakshinacharasampradayahasbeengiventous throughtheSaraswatiOrder.Iameligibleforthatandthosewhohavetaken diksha(initiation)frommearealsoeligibleforthat.HereyouworshiptheSri Chakra.Itisabahiapuja.Youareworshippingsomethingoutsideofyou, usuallyavigraham(anidoloryantra).However,thesuvasinipujaisalsodone. SuvasiniisawomanwhorepresentstheShakti,butthepujaisdoneonlyto herfeet. IntheKaulacharatraditiontheidolisreplacedbyalivingwomanoramanor acouple.YoucanalsothinkofHerastheunionofSivaandShakti.Youcan worshipHerasawoman,asamanorasboth.Thereisnorestriction.When wegiveHerabathwenotonlychanttheDurgaandLakshmisuktams,butwe alsochantthePurushasuktamandtheRudram.Theword"she"containsthe word"he".Soyoudonothavetoworrythatyouareonlyworshippingthe mothergoddessandyouareignoringthefathergod.Youareworshipping both.Thereisasanskritsayingthatsayswheneveryouworshipallthegods youworshipKeshava.Ka+isha+vaisKeshava.KaisBrahma,IshaisSiva andtheiruniongeneratesthevamwhichistheamritam. bijam.ThatisthenatureofVisnu,theyoni."SarvadevamNamaskaram"goes toallthethreegods,Brahma,VisnuandSiva. TheKaulacharatraditionsalsocometousfromtheSiddhaYogaParampara. FromBalajiIhavebeengivenDikshaandfromSaraswatiIhavebeengiven theDakshinamurtitradition.ButtheKaulcahratraditionsalsocometous throughtheDattatreyaSampradaya.DattatreyaisthecombinationofBrahma, VishnuandRudra.Hehasgivenhisinstructionstohisdisciples:Prahlada,his firstdisciple,andParasuramahisseconddisciple.Parasuramahadcodifiedhis instructionsintoaKalpaSutra.TheParasuramaKalpasutradividestheSri VidyaUpasanaintofiveparts: 1.ThefirstpartistheGanapatiUpasanaViddhi.ItstartswiththeMaha GanapatimantraOmSrimHrimKlimGlaumGamGanapatayeVaravarada SarvajananmeVasamanayaSvaha.HowtoworshipGanapatiatathe Muladharachakraisgiven. 2.ThentheParasuramaKalpaSutragoesontodescribetheSriKramamthe LalitaKramamandNavavaranaPujaswhichisworshippingLalitaatthe SvaddhisthanaChakra.

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ForeachaspectofGodthereisacoorespondingmandalaassociatedwithit.Sri VallabhaheisdeartotheGoddessSri. Inthismanneryouworshipallthedeities;Ganapati,Surya,Vishnu,Sivaand Lalita.Theworshipcanbeaslongorasabbreviatedasyoulike. TheNavavaranaPuja Themostimportantthingthatyouhavetorememberhereisthesequencein whichthesedeitiesarelocated.WhenyoudothecircumambulationtotheSri Chakrayouhavetovisiteachofthesedeitiesinthisorder.Thismakesita prettycomplicatedaffairandyouhavetokeepyourwitsaboutyou. TheKhadgaMalaStotradefinesthesequenceandyouhavetoremember whichGoddessiswhere.Youhavetobesofamiliarwiththeprocessthatyou cancloseyoureyesandvisualizetheformofthegoddessinyourmind.Itisa verypowerfulmeditativetechniqueforvisualizingthedifferentformsofthe Goddesses.Onceyouarefamiliarwiththenameandareabletoassociatewith theformoftheGoddess,itisthenthatthepujaiscomplete.Theyshouldbeas iftheywerelivingrightinfrontofyou,wavingtheirvariousweaponsaround. TheFirstAvarana Inthefirstavarana,wemovefromtheoutsideenclosuretotheinside.We beginourjourneytoenlightenment.YouworshiptheDevi'sFeet. ThefirstenclosurebeginswiththeTenAttainments(Siddhis) .Youattainone siddhibyapplyingeachofthemudrastoeachofthepassions. 1.Thefirstsiddhitobeattainedisanimasiddhi???2.Laghima/garima siddhiareconsideredonesiddhilightness/heaviness3.mahimasiddhi greatness;4.isitvasiddhicontroloveryourself;5.vasitvasiddhibringing othersunderyourcontrol;6.prakamyasiddhibeingabletodesirelarge things;7.bhuktisiddhienjoyment;8.icchasiddhidesire; 9.praptisiddhiattainmentofdesire;10.sarvakamasiddhifulfillmentofall desires. InthesecondsquareenclosurewehavegottheEightpassions.Theyarethe potentialdistractionstooursadhana.Thepassionsarelocatedontheleft handsidethetheentrances.TheyareBrahmi,Mahesvari,Koumari,Varahi, Mahendri,Camunda,Mahalaksmi.Brahmiislust;Mahesvariisanger; Koumariispossessiveness;VaisnaviisDelusion;Varahiispride;Mahendriis jealousy;Camundaisvirtue.Shelivesinthecremationgrounds.Shebrings vairagya,detachmentwhichissupposedtobeauspicious;andMahalaksmiis

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puspamflowers,dhupamincense,dipamlights,andnaivedyamfood offerings. YoushowthefirsthandmudraofSarvasamksobiniDram .Aftereach avaranayoushowoneofthetenhandmudras.TheygoinorderfromDramto Yonimudras. The2ndAvarana ThesearetheSixteenAttractingPowerswhicharealsoassociatedwiththe NityaDevis,the16DigitsorPhasesoftheMoon.YouworshiptheDevi's hips andgirdle. ThenamesoftheDevisgivenare: kamakarsinitheattractionoflust;buddhyakarsiniofdiscrimination; ahamkarakarsiniofego;sabdhakarsiniofsound(music);sparsakarsiniof touch(eros);rupakarsiniofform(beauty);rasakarsinioftaste(sweetness); gandhakarsiniorodor(perfume);cittakarsiniofmind;dhairyakarsiniof valor;smritakarsiniofmemory;namakarsiniofname;bijakarsiniofthe seed,semen;atmakarsinioftheself,thesoul;amrtakarsiniofimmortality; sarirakarsiniofmorality. Themantraforthe2ndavaranaisAimKlimSouh.TheyoginiisGupta yoginyahthesecretyogini.ThechakraisSarvasaparipurakacakrethe wheelwhichfulfillsalldirectionsandalldesires.TheControllerofthischakra isTripuresithecontrollerofthewaking,dreamingandsleepingstates.You offertheSarvaVidraviniDrimmudra. 3rdAvaranaTheEightEroticSentiments YouworshiptheDeviattheSwaddhisthanaChakra.ThenamesoftheDevis givenare: anangakusumadevithefloweringdevi;anangamekhaladevithe girdling;anangamadanadevilove;anangamadanaturadevilust;ananga rekhadevioutlining;anangaveginidevithedesireforsex;anangaankusa deviinsistanceonsex;anangamalinideviorgy. ThemantraisHrimKlimSouh.TheyoginiisGuptataraYoginyahthe esotericyogini;thechakraisSarvaSamksobhanaCakrethechakrawhich agitateseveryone;theControllerofthechakrais TripurasundaritheBeautiful onewholivesinallthreestatesofconsciousness.Youofferthemudra SarvakarsiniKlim. 4thAvaranaTheFourteenWorlds. YouworshiptheDeviattheMuladharaChakra.

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1.DramDrimKlimBlumSah,sarvajrmbhanebhyobanebhyonamah,sri BanasaktithefivefloweryarrowsofManmathacallthefivesenses;sound (music),touch(eros),form(beauty),taste(sweetness),smell(fragrance). 2.Dhamthamsarvasammohanayadhanushenamah,sri Dhanusaktithe sugarcanebow representingthemindwhichlikessweetthingsinlife. 3.Amhrimsarvavashikaranayapasayanamah,sri Pasusaktitheattractive powersoflove. 4.Kromkromsarvastambhanayaankushayanamah Ankusasaktithe repulsivepowertocontrolevil. 5.kaeilahrimvamarajogunaicchasaktiKamesvaryainamah,sriicchasakti desire,thethrustofGod,desiringtoseehimselfinmanyforms. 6.HasakalahrimjyestasattvagunajnanasaktiVajresvaryainamah,srijnana saktiknowledgetheabilitytoobtainthecosmosinaseedform. 7.SakalahrimraudritamogunakriyasaktiBhagamalinyainamah,srikriya saktiactiontheabilitytoexpressthecosmosoutoftheseed. 8.Kaeilahrim,Hasakahalahrim,Sakalahrimicchajnanakriyasakti Mahadevialloftheabove. ThemantraisHsraimHsrklimHrsrsouh .TheyoginiisAtirahasyayoginyah themostsecretyogini.ThechakraisSarvaSiddiPradacakrethewheelof realizations.TheControllerofthechakraisTripurambacakresvarithe experienceofthecosmosinHerthreestatesunifyingalltheexperiencesofall life.YouoffertheSarvaBijamudraHsaum. The9thAvaranaSriLalitaDeviunitedwithSadasivaintheBindu.You worshiptheDeviattheSahasraraChakra. WeworshipSriSriLalitambikaSriSahasraksiSriRajarajesvari,whosemantra isKaeilahrim,Hasakahalahrim,Sakalahrim. SheisAtiRahasyayogini themosttranscendentalsecretyogini.The9thchakrais SarvanandaMaya cakrethewheelofbliss.TheControllerisSriMahaCakresvaritheGreat CosmicController.WeworshipHerwiththe SarvaYonimudraAim. ThePancaUpacaraPuja AftertheNavavaranaPujaisfinishedtheLalitaSahasranamaistoberecited andthenweofferthePancaUpacaras(theFiveOfferings)toDevi. 1.Thefirstofferingisgandhamsandalwoodpaste.Thesanskritis" Lalitayai satsangamgandhamkalpayaminamah."Satsangammeansassociationwith thetruth.WhatyouaresayingisLetthesweetperfumesmellofour associationwiththetruthbeassandalwoodofferedinmymindtoyourlotus feet.

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2.Thesecondofferingisofflowers.Whataretheflowersthatareoffered? Lalitayaiindriyanigrahampuspamkalpayaminamah .Indriyanigraham meanscontrolofthefivesenses.Theyaretheflowersthatweoffer. 3.Thethirdofferingisdhupam,incense.Lalitayaikamakrodhalobhamoha madamatsaryapunyapapavisarjanamdhupamkalpayaminamah .The incenseisleavingthepassionsforlust,greed,etc.andthenotionsofpunya virtueandpapasinbehind,lettingthembeburntupastheincensestickis burntup. 4.Thenextofferingisdipamthelight.Whatisthelightweareoffering? Lalitayaichitkaladarsanamdipamkalpayaminamah. Chitmeansawareness kalaisthelightsintheawarenessinthemind'seye;whenyoucloseyoureyes andyouareseeingthelightswithin,itisthoselightswhichyouoffertothe Devi. 5.Naivedyamisfood.Lalitayaivasudhadisivavasanamsivasakti samarasyamnaivedyamkalpayaminamah .ToLalita,vasudhadistarting fromtheearth,sivavasanaminalltheelements,inallthechakras,Sivaisthe seerandShaktiistheknown,themodifiedandunmodifiedawarenesses,their union(samarasyam)istobeofferedasafoodoffering.Theunionbetweenthe seerandtheseenisthefoodoffering. 6.Karpuracamphor.Lalitayaimanolayasvarupaanandakarpura nirajanamkalpayaminamah.Manolayaistheeliminationofthemind;thatis thestateofbliss.Likethecamphorthatburnsandeliminatesitself,soweoffer theeliminationofallthoughtsfromthemindtotheDevi. 7.Tambulampan.Lalitayaiupanisadvakyasurabhilamtambulam kalpayaminamah.TheupanisadsarethepartsoftheVedasthatdealwith knowledge.Vakmeansthesentences.Surabhilamisperfumed.Theperfumed speechattheendoftheVedasrelatingtoknowledge,thatisofferedasthe mouthfreshingpantoDevi. 8.ThelastofferingisofferingourselvestoDeviSivohamSivaham.IamSiva. YouareSiva. KamaKalaDhyanam WemeditateonthefaceofDeviasSaraswati,HerbreastsasGoddessLaksmi, andHergenitalsasGoddessDurga,KaliorLalita.Inthismeditation,you visualizeyourselfasDevi,andDeviineverything.Allthatyouseeisyourself. TakesometimetoabideinthisopenonenesswithDevi. BaliDanam

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Inthislastpartofthepuja,yougiveafoodofferingtotheKsetrapalakathe Deitiesthatprotectthefield,thelocationwherethepujaisbeingheld.Youare alsogivingtotheevilmongeringspiritsorforcesthatexistallaroundusso thattheydonottroublethedevoteeswhoaredoingthepuja. YoudrawthediagramonthefloorinfrontoftheDeviusingthesamanargyam waterthetrianglesurroundedbythecircleandasquare.Whiledrawingyou recite"Aimvyapakamandalayanamah ".Ontopofthediagramyouplacea smallplateorvessel,preferablyofcopper.Youputasamplingofeachofthe foodofferingsgiventotheDeviontheplate,andpourwaterontopofit.Then yousaythefollowingmantra: Omhrimsarvavighnakridbhyahsarvabhutebhyohumsvaha .Sarvavighna kridbhyaallthosewhoarecreatingobstacles;sarvabhutebhyoallthe elementswhicharecreatingthetrouble;humsvahaIsayhumandoffer themtothefire.ThewordHumhasaspecialmeaning.Itiscalledakurcha bija.Whenyouholdyourbreathandpushitdownasifyouweregoingto eliminateyourbowels,thenyoufeelafteralittlewhiletherushofblood cominguptotheface.Thefacewillflushwiththeblood.Thatisthehum. WhenyousayHumPhatsvaha,anddoitlongenough,thephatisthesound ofexplosionwhenthebloodrushestoyourheadandyouloseyourbody,you passout.Youaredead.Thisisthewaytheyogisdie.Theyjustholdtheir breath,pushitdownandthenthebloodrushesup.Theheadisfullyenergized inasuperconsciousstateanditblowsuplikeacoconutandthewatersflow outtoSiva.ThisisthesecretoftheHumPhatSwahamantra.Swahaiswhat youoffertothefire.Phatistheexplosivesound.Whenyouofferthebodyto thefire,youaredead.Soinasense,PhatandSwahaarethesamething.When yousayone,youdon'thavetosaytheother. Thenyouclapthreetimesforthoserelatingtothebody,thoserelatingthe elementsandthoserelatingtotheastralentities.Adiatmika,adibhutikaand adidaivikaarethethreedisturbingelementsyoutrytoeliminate. ToFinishthePuja ToofferanythingtoGod,apuja,akarma,howdoweoffer?Weofferwiththe seedandwater.Akshatas,thericegrainsrepresenttheseed.These,alongwith wateryoupourovertheMeruSriChakra.EtatpujaphalamThefruitofthis puja;sarvamsriparadevatarpanamastualongwithwatermayitbeoffered tothetranscendentalGoddess;paramesvaraparnamastutothefatherGod, Siva;GurudevatarpanamastutotheGuruwhoisthelivingGod,weoffer; svatmarpanamastuIoffertomyself. Attheendofthepujayoupickupthevesselcontainingtheviseshargyam,put itontopofyourheadandthenshowitthreetimestoDevi.Afterthisyou distributethenectartothedevotees.Donotdisturbitduringthepuja. Parasuramakalpasutra

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TheKalpaSutraisadigestofSriVidya,asystemofDivineMother'sworship compiledbyParasuramafromseveralsystemswhichprevailedinhisday. ThisisoneofthemanyformsofSriVidyanowinvogue.Itistheshortestand bestarrangedoneofthemall. ApassagefromTripurarahasyaUpanishatquotes. IntheUpasanaKandaoftheVeda,theUpasanaorthecontemplativeworship istreatedinallitsdetails.ThesedetailswerecompiledbySivainsixclassesof worksknownasAgama,Rahasya,Samhita,Yamala,ArnavaandTantra,each classbeingdevotedtoadistinctDevataorformoftheSupreme. BhargavaRama,sonofJamadagni,sawthemtoovastadaskedhisrevered master,BlessedDattatreyawhocombinedtheTrinityofBrahma,Vishnuand SivainHimself,toabridgethesystem.Accordingly,seeingthattheUpasanaof Tripurawasthehighestofallformsofworshipandthatitseffectincludedthe effectsofallotherformsofworship,composedDattaSamhitacomprising eighteenthousandverses,inwhichtheworshipofTripurawaslaiddownin allitsdetailsinasuccinctform. FromhimBhargavaRamalearnttheSamhita.But,findingthatitwasstilltoo vastinextentandthatitsmeaningwasstilltoodeepfortheaveragedevoteeto understand,Ramaabridgedthesystemstillfurtherandpresenteditinan intelligibleform.Thisabridgmentcontainedsixthousandsutrasinfifty Khandasorsections. Rama'spupil,again,SumedhaoftheHaritafamilywhostudiedthissutrafrom hismaster,foundtheworkalmostasvastasDattaSamhita,andsomadean abridgmentoftheSamhitaandtheSutra,intheshapeofanotherworkof Sutras,takingtheformofadialoguebetweenDattandRama.Itisthis abridgmentthathascomedowntousastheParasuramaKalpaSutra comprisingtenKhandas.Thhoughtheworkisnotapparentlyintheformofa dialogue,still,itmaybeinferredfromtheconcludingpassageoftheworkthat itisadialoguebetweenthemasterandhispupil. FindingthisSutratoodeepinitsmeaningforordinarystudentstounderstand, Umanandanatha,adiscipleoftheblessedBhaskararaya,composedin1775the work"Nityotsava"layingdownclearlyandmethodicallythesystemof worshiptaughtintheSutra.IhavetakentheLalitaUpasanafromtheKalpa Sutraandtriedtoexpalinthemeaningsinscientificidiomsuitedtothe20 th century. AmritaofDevipuram,India,531001 1998

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