Month: June 2010

Sacred Geometry is the language of the Alchemists.

The founding fathers of Chemistry were all alchemists, those who transmuted baser metals into gold.

Theoretically such a transmutation is possible. By proton bombardment, the atomic no of baser metals can be converted into the atomic number of gold.

“The Divine geometricises”, said Spinoza. Meaning that the mystery of the Universe is expressed in geometrical symbols.

The Cross is a pagan symbol. The Grand Cross of Astrology- Aries, Capricorn, Libra, Cancer – became the Cross of other religions.

The Crescent is a pagan symbol. The Crescent is the symbol of the Moon Goddess, Diana.

We find that all symbols have inner esoteric meaning and this science is Sacred Geometry. For instance, the Zodiac is the magnificent 360 degree Circle in the Heavens and three stars Aswini, Magha and Moola form a perfect triangle. Isnt this Sacred Geometry?

Similary pentagrams and hexagrams are used in Paganism, Witchcraft and Satanism. The emblem of Anton La Vey of the Church of Satan, is a pentagram.

The Star of David, a Cabbalistic Symbol, is the emblem of Judaism. Hexagram is also the symbol of Ordo Templi Orientis, founded by Aleister Crowley, he who declared ” I am the Universe and the stars thereof, so follow me “.

Hexagram is also the symbol of Aurobindo Ashram. The triangle facing downwards is the triangle of Being, Knowledge and Bliss and the triangle facing upwards is the aspiring answer of Life, Light and Love.

A power to call Eternity into Time
And make the body’ joy as vivid as the souls !

It is a mistake of the religious mind to condemn Power as corrupting and evil. On the other hand, Power is divine and put here for a divine use. It is Power, Shakti, that moves the world. The Absolute is Absolute Silence, is Absolute Being without any dynamis. On the other hand, Power moves the Universe, Chit Vilasa Prapanchoyam

Navaratri is the glorious festival of Nine Nights. It starts from the First Lunation of the Bright Fortnight, Prathama, when the Moon is within 12 degrees of the Sun, astronomically. It ends on the Tenth lunation, Vijaya Dasami, after all the negative forces have been conquered in the aspirant !. Dasami is when the Moon is within 108 – 120 degrees from the Sun, a lunation being 12 degrees.

On the first three days, the Power aspect as the Remover of all difficulties ( Durga ) is worshipped. The next three days, the Power aspect as Wealth ( Lakshmi ) is worshipped. The last three days are consecrated to the Power aspect as Wisdom ( Saraswathi ). Allegorically, it means that on the three days, vices are removed in the aspirant, on the next three days the aspirant is blessed with prosperity and on the last three days the aspirant is crowned with Wisdom !

All the 18 sciences of Philosophia Vedica are conducive to Self Actulisation. Music originated from the Sama Veda. Lord Krishna declared that He is Sama Veda in the Song Celestial.

Music is divine and Music is symbolised by Saraswathi, the Goddess of Wisdom.

Veena, the musical instrument held by the Goddess Saraswathi, represents the human body. The human body has seven dynamoes of Cosmic Energy or Chakras. The Seven Chakras represent the Seven Octaves of Music – Sa Ri Ga Ma Pa Da Ni. Hence the aspirant embody the Seven Chakras and the Seven Octaves of Music and so the Lord declared that I am the Sama Veda ! This is the mystic meaning of the Veena of the Goddess !

Dasami occurs during the Full Moon of Sharat Rithu. The sidereal months of Libra and Scorpio constitute Sharat Rithu, a Rithu being two months.

Dasami is the 10th Lunation. It represents the Tenth Virtue which is Wisdom.

The divine Conscious Force is infinite in her powers and personalities. Her Four Major aspects are

As Wealth ( Lakshmi )
As Wisdom ( Saraswathi )
As Valour ( Durga )
As Time Personified ( Kali )

It is She who is worshipped during the Festival of Nine Nights and She blesses the aspirant with the 10th quality, which is Wisdom, on the Tenth Day.

Thou art Intelligence
All mighty Sciences are Thine
Thy Manifestation as Time
Is terrible indeed to behold !
Thy Grace manifests as Kaivalya
The Cosmic Consciousness of the adepts
Thy remembrance destroyeth fear
Without motive it gives Bliss !
O Destroyer of Poverty
Thou art All in All, Thou art All !

Diwali is the great Festival of Lights. It is considered to be one of the most beautiful holidays.

Actually Diwali is made up of Five Days. First is the Dhana Trayodashi, the thirteen lunation astrologically, the New Year of Business.

The second day is the Naraka Trayodashi, dedicated to the demon Narakasura, who was vanquished by Lord Vishnu.

The third day is the day of Lakshmi Puja, the Goddess of Prosperity. All shops are closed during this day.

The fourth day is the Bali Worship day, the day when the sacred animals are treated with care and paraded through the streets.

The fifth day is Yama, dedicated to brothers and sisters !

May the Goddess of Prosperity bless you during these auspicious days !

Chakras as dynamoes of Cosmic Energy. They exist in the subtle physical
body. The Serpentine Power lies coiled in the Root Chakra. She rises due to
Meditation,when the body feels the subtle warmth of Meditation
Transcendental.

These Chakras are ( in ascending order)

1. Root Chakra ( Muladhara )
2. Anal Chakra ( Manipura )
3. Solar Plexus Chakra ( Swadhistana )
4. Heart Chakra ( Anahata )
5. Throat Chakra ( Vishuddhi )
6. Eyebrow Chakra ( Ajna )

The Five Great Elements ( Earth, air, water, fire & ether ) & Mind reside
in the Six Chakras.

Earth-Principle resides in the Root Chakra
Water-Principle resides in the Navel Chakra
Fire-Principle resides in the Solar Plexus Chakra
Air-Principle resides in the Heart Chakra
Ether-Principle resides in the Throat Chakra
Mind-Principle resides in the Eye Brow Chakra.

The Microscomic representative of the Macrocosmic Shakti ( Cosmic Power ),
the Kundalini, sportest as the Six principles in the Six Chakras in Her
Cosmic Play. She sports as Universal Power in the Macrocosm; and in the
microcosm as the coiled Serpent Power!

O Infinite Power ! Thou art the Mind-principle in the Eye brow Chakra
In the Throat Chakra , Thou sport as the Ether-principle
In the Heart Chakra, Thou sportest as Air- principle
In the Solar Plexus Chakra, Thou art Fire-principle
In the Navel Chakra , Thou exist as Water-principle
In the Root Chakra, Thou art the Earth _Principle, O Mighty Mother !
And in the Crown Chakra, Thou sportest blissfully with thy beloved Consort !

The meditator feels a subtle warmth in the body during her rise. His voice
becomes propertied as the all the tuned spheres.  The personality of the
native becomes very attractive due to the influx of Jupiterian energy.
Wisdom and learning grace the individual. Torrential bliss can be felt, as
She rises furthur. . And when She reaches the Crown Chakra, it is Cosmic
Consciousness for the native !

She is the Relative of the Absolute, the Finite of the Infinite, the Form of
the Formless. She alone determines about the destiny of the individual. She
alone exists as Mind Universal and is all this that is.

Intelligence Thou art
The essence of all sciences
The Goal supreme to be attained
Thou art the Trinity
Wisdom, Wealth & Valour
All four aspects are Thine
Wisdom, Wealth, Virility, Time
Thy true nature is Transcendence
And Thou sportest in the garden
Of the mighty Upanishads !

The cause of Universes and multiverses
Thou art the Trnity in all systems
Id, Ego, Superego
Parent, Adult, Child,
Vata, pitta, Kapha
Sattwa, Rajas, Tamas
Conscient, Subconscient, Superconscient
Even the triune Godhead knows thee not
An infinitesimal manifestation of Thine
Is the Cosmos; Primal Nature Thou art !

We have said earlier about the Obstacles Removing Deity, Ganesh. He combines both Macrocosm and Microcosm. He is the Lord who can remove all impediments and hence all Hindu poetic verses start with a verse in praise of Him !

Mythologically He is the son of Shiva and Parvathi, the Father and Mother of all that is.

All occult power He bestoweth
All obstacles He removes
He is the Celestial Deity
I bow to that Mighty One !

He is worshipped on the Fourth Lunation, on Ganesh Chathurthi. . People in North India follow Ganapatya or the worship of this Deity. There are five more Tantric schools, Saura ( worship of Sun), Vaishnava ( worship of Vishnu ), Saiva ( worship of Sive ), Shaktheya ( worship of Shakti ) & Kaumara, ( the worship of Subramanya ).

With body huge
Shining like gold
To The Wisest One
My obeisances !

His face like the baby Moon
On antelope’s black skin He sits
Three threads run across His body
To Him my obeisances !

The lord of the Cosmos entire
He can assume any Form
The Form the devotee wishes
To Him my obeisances !

All Knower of verities philosophic
He went around His Father and Mother
He circled Consciousness and Force
To Him my obeisances !

According to Mythology, both He and his brother, Muruga were told to circle the Universe. Muruga set out on His vehicle, the peacock, but Ganesh just circled His mother, Parvathi and father, Shiva ! He did it faster than His brother !

Universe lies inside My Mother
The Universe is Her play and display
Father is Consciousness Cosmic
So I just circled Her ! says He !

There are many who think Tantra is Sacred Sexuality and permits wealth, wine and women !

Madyam mamsam cha meenam cha
Mudra maithunam eva cha
Eka pancha makarasya
Naranam moksha dayaka

These five
Wine, meat, fish, yoga mudra and Sexuality
Are capable of conferring
Eternal Salvation !

In Vino Veritas – there is truth in wine. Alcohol is the stimulator of the Yes Function in man. It makes him one with Truth. In small doses, wine can be beneficial !

Bacchus’ blessings are a treasure
And drinking is the soldier’s pleasure
Rich the treasure
Sweet the pleasure
Sweet is pleasure after pain ! ( John Dryden )

Omar Khayyam also

Divorced barren Reason from the bed
And took the daughter of the wine to spouse !

Mamsa for meat stands for Mam Sah – I am He ! It is Soham reversed. Madya is not physical wine, but the Wine of Bliss stemming from Self Actualisation. Maidhuna symbolises the physical copulation of Purusha and Prakriti, the male and female components of the Ultimate. Meena is fish and represents the feminine channel, Ida and the masculine channel, the Pingala.

Apart from physical meanings, the above verse on Tantra has deep symbolic meaning !

Kurt Godel’s Incompleteness Theorem in Maths points out that Reality cannot be represented by any finite, symoblic structure and that it is transcendental ! Truth goes beyond the finite to Infinitude ! He has reached across the ages to the Seer Poets who proclaimed that the Infinite Reality can be experienced as I AM THAT !

The Absolute Self as Timeless & Spaceless Existence

There are definitions for Self, Non Self and the Discriminative Intellect in the First Science.

The Non Self is defined

Everything from the Macrocosm, the Universe
To everything in the Microcosm, Man !
All emotions, all thought processes,
Is called the Non Self, O Noble One !

The Discriminative Intellect is Prajna and it is defined thus

That which distinguishes the Real from the Unreal
That which recognises the Self ultimately
That which differentiates Being from Non Being
Such an intellect is Prajna, O Noble One !

The Self is defined thus

Attributeless, actionless, eternal
Devoid of thoughts, forms
Without emotions, without persona
Ever liberated is the Self Absolute !

These three definitions are the base of the First Science, the Philosophia Prima

We are Truth seekers, but Truth always eludes us. By Truth is meant Absolute Truth, Cosmic Truth, Universal Truth.

To some, Truthful existence is suffering. Somebody wrote

Truth on the scaffold
Wrong on the throne

We find that Truthful existence is painful and difficult. Truth always puts us in a controversial situation. Imagine the lifes of Socrates, Jesus, Bruno & Mansoor. They were martyred because of Truth.

But poets say Truth is omnipotent. Let us listen to Swinburne

Truth only is living
Truth only is Whole
His for only giving
Man’s polestar and pole !

or Aurobindo

For Truth is wider, greater than her forms
A thousand icons they have made of her
And they find her in the idols they adore
But she remains herself and infinite !

or Gandhi

Truth will win ultimately.

In our search for Truth, may be we confuse perspective with Truth. Maybe what our enemies say about us may be true. Are they saying falsehoods ? Yes, Truth is wider !

Philosophically, Truth is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent. Truth is all this. It is only our Ego which prevent us from actualising Truth

In the void of Mind involute
The fleeting Universe rises and floats
And sinks back into the current ” I “

wrote Vivekananda. Where only the Universal “I” is and nothing else is !

I am the Silence which is more than sound
If therewithin thou lose thee, thou art found!
The nameless, shoreless ocean which is “I”
Thou canst not breathe but in its bosom drowned !

wrote Tennyson.

Cosmic Consciousness is a state wherein there is Pure Awareness, Awareness of Being, Knowledge and Bliss !