do you understand the books you read? what is the message to find?, forever searching and never finding, stop look and listen where is your mind, can you find these answers?.
The book you read introduces new thoughts, but it cannot make them speedily understood.
you have to do the understanding!.
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The Basis and Truth of the Jainism Religion
Spirituality
Jainism teaches that you are the master of your own fate. You are the fountainhead of boundless energy. It is you and only you who is responsible for each of your actions and its results. Use the energy of your own soul to get yourself free from bad habits and bondages.
Soul is a reality. Soul is different from body. Every soul exists in the world form beginningless time, passing through the cycles of birth and death.
Existence in the world is full of sufferings. One who transcends birth and death becomes free from all sufferings forever.
Indulging in reactions such as anger, pride, deceit, lust, etc, (often called 'passions') is the cause of bondage of soul with karma (sort of tiny particles), which results in sufferings.
Freedom from such reactions leads one to Liberation and Bliss.
Non-Violence
Feel oneness with all living beings.
All living beings have equal right to live; all enjoy living and dislike dying. Killing any living being amounts to killing oneself. Do not kill, injure, enslave, torture, or exploit any living being. Befriend all living beings.
Ahimsa means
1. Not to kill any creature
2. Not to hire or pay anyone else to kill them
3. Not to praise or support anyone else who kills them
Rationale of vegetarianism
Equality
All human beings are equal. No race is superior to others. No caste is superior to others. No color is superior to others. No sex is superior to others.
All distinctions on the basis of race, caste, color, and sex are arbitrary.
Do not consider anyone inferior to you.
Relativity and Co-Existence
Truth is multifaceted. One statement is true from one point of view, while the opposite statement is also true from another point of view. Therefore reconciliation is always possible betweeen two opposite views.
Discard absolutistic attitudes and remain in peaceful co-existence with all.
The Path
Right Knowledge
is knowledge of the Self
Right Faith
is faith in the philosophy of Soul
Right Conduct is practice of self-discipline by:
Renunciation of all actions which come from 'passions' (e.g. violence, falsehood, dishonesty, incontinence, and attachment to possessions
Constant awareness of the self
Equanimity in all situations, whether pleasant or painful
Right Spiritual Practice
Efforts of self-purification such as meditation, fasting, spiritual studies, etc
Modern Relevance
It was on the basis of the above principles that Bhagwan Mahavira 2600 years ago spoke out against sacrificing animals, slavery, the caste system, descrimination against women in religious activities, and many other inhumane and illogical social and religious practices.
Bhagwan Mahavira's teachings have even a greater relevance and deeper significance in the modern age in the context of establishment of:
Universal friendliness and peace through non-violence and disarmament
Social patterns without exploitation and violence
Economic policies based on forswearing of acquisitiveness
Reconciliation between diverse religious faiths, political parties, community and racial factions, etc, based on the doctrine of relativism or non-absolutism
Mental peace through spiritual development based on freedom from various 'passions'
Jainism teaches that you are the master of your own fate. You are the fountainhead of boundless energy. It is you and only you who is responsible for each of your actions and its results. Use the energy of your own soul to get yourself free from bad habits and bondages.
Soul is a reality. Soul is different from body. Every soul exists in the world form beginningless time, passing through the cycles of birth and death.
Existence in the world is full of sufferings. One who transcends birth and death becomes free from all sufferings forever.
Indulging in reactions such as anger, pride, deceit, lust, etc, (often called 'passions') is the cause of bondage of soul with karma (sort of tiny particles), which results in sufferings.
Freedom from such reactions leads one to Liberation and Bliss.
Non-Violence
Feel oneness with all living beings.
All living beings have equal right to live; all enjoy living and dislike dying. Killing any living being amounts to killing oneself. Do not kill, injure, enslave, torture, or exploit any living being. Befriend all living beings.
Ahimsa means
1. Not to kill any creature
2. Not to hire or pay anyone else to kill them
3. Not to praise or support anyone else who kills them
Rationale of vegetarianism
Equality
All human beings are equal. No race is superior to others. No caste is superior to others. No color is superior to others. No sex is superior to others.
All distinctions on the basis of race, caste, color, and sex are arbitrary.
Do not consider anyone inferior to you.
Relativity and Co-Existence
Truth is multifaceted. One statement is true from one point of view, while the opposite statement is also true from another point of view. Therefore reconciliation is always possible betweeen two opposite views.
Discard absolutistic attitudes and remain in peaceful co-existence with all.
The Path
Right Knowledge
is knowledge of the Self
Right Faith
is faith in the philosophy of Soul
Right Conduct is practice of self-discipline by:
Renunciation of all actions which come from 'passions' (e.g. violence, falsehood, dishonesty, incontinence, and attachment to possessions
Constant awareness of the self
Equanimity in all situations, whether pleasant or painful
Right Spiritual Practice
Efforts of self-purification such as meditation, fasting, spiritual studies, etc
Modern Relevance
It was on the basis of the above principles that Bhagwan Mahavira 2600 years ago spoke out against sacrificing animals, slavery, the caste system, descrimination against women in religious activities, and many other inhumane and illogical social and religious practices.
Bhagwan Mahavira's teachings have even a greater relevance and deeper significance in the modern age in the context of establishment of:
Universal friendliness and peace through non-violence and disarmament
Social patterns without exploitation and violence
Economic policies based on forswearing of acquisitiveness
Reconciliation between diverse religious faiths, political parties, community and racial factions, etc, based on the doctrine of relativism or non-absolutism
Mental peace through spiritual development based on freedom from various 'passions'
Founders and Legends of the Jain religion (jainism)
Founders and Legends of the Jain religion (jainism)
Five Famous Tirthankaras
Bhagwan Adinath (the first Tirthankar)
Tirthankar Shri Chandra Prabhu
Bhagwan Shantinath
Bhagwan Parsvanath
Mahavira
Legends
Bhagwan Bahubali
Ghantakarna Mahavir
Manibhadraji
Manidhari Dadaguru Jinchandra
Parsva Yaksha
Nakoda Bhairav
Devi
Chakreshwari Mata
Padmavati Devi
Ambika Mata
Sarasvati Devi
Lakshmi Devi
Bhagwan Adinath is considered as the Adipurush, the first Tirthankara and first ruling King. According to Jain tradition, Adinath lived hundreds of thousands of years ago. Although historians have been sceptical of this claim, evidence found at the archeological sites at Mohanjodaro and Harrappa of the Indus Valley Civilization proves that he predated this 5000-year-old civilization.
Bhagwan Adinath was born into the royal family of Ayodhya as the son of King Nabhiraja and Queen Maru Devi. He was married to two wives: Sumangla and Sunanda. Sumangla gave birth to Bharat, who later became a Chakravarti king . Sunanda gave birth to a child who came to be known as Bahubali.
It is believed that Adinath had one hundred sons and two daughters, who were named Brahmi and Sundari.
Jain tradition holds that all civilization developed from the teachings of Adinath. He was the first king to establish the institutions of marriage, agriculture, the arts, and weaponry (swordsmanship, archery, etc). After organizing and instructing the society in various disciplines, he ruled for thousands of years. (The system of measuring time during that period is still unknown.)
After this, he divided his kingdom among his sons and departed to take up an ascetic way of life. When Adinath renounced his kingdom, thousands of people followed him into the ascetic life.
Whenever they went for alms, people offered them gold, jewels, ornaments, etc. But no one offered them food. Thus, many of his followers could not tolerate the starvation. They began asking for food, and then they left to form their own groups. This was the beginning of many sects. (According to the Jain faith, Tirthankaras remained silent until they achieved perfection.)
Adinath also went without food for an enitre year. Then he went to his grandson Shreyan's kingdom (Hastinapur). His grandson offered him sugarcane juice, which he accepted. Hastinapur is still considered a holy place, and even today Jains make pilgrimages to this site to break ritual fasts (with sugarcane juice).
After becoming enlightend (Perfect), He broke his silence and preached for many years, tellilng how to escape the cycle of brith and death and achieve eternal bliss.
Bhagwan Adinath achieved Nirvana on the mountain of Kailash in the Himalayas when he was in complete Samadhi.
The symbol of Adinath is A Bull (Rishabh). He became popular by this symbol and is now known as Rishabh Deva.
Tirthankar Shri Chandra Prabhu
The eighth Tirthankar of Jainism is Chandra Prabhu. He was born to King Mahasen and Queen Sulakshana. When the Queen was bearing the child, she desired to swallow the nectar of the moon. Her wish was fulfilled and a son with a moon-like complexion was born to her. This is how he was named Chandra Prabhu.
He got married to more than one princess. After ruling his kingdom for a long time, he got initiation (Diksha). Chandra Prabhu attained Kaivalya after meditating for many months. For many years he served humanity. Then he went to 'Sammed' Mountain in Bihar, accompanied by one thousand monks. After meditating for one month, all of them got Nirvana.
Today, the temple of Chandra Prabhu at Tijara in Rajasthan is a famous center of pilgrimage for Jains.
Symbol of Chandra Prabhu is half moon. He brings smoothness and happiness to every living being. Large numbers of believers visit the tirth of Tijara every week.
Bhagwan Shantinath
The sixteenth Tirthankar of the Jain religion, Shantinath, was born to the King Vishavsen and Queen Achiradevi of Hastinapur. It is said that as soon as he entered the womb of his mother, incurable diseases were cured, and peace and happiness prevailed throughout the land. Because of this, he came to be called Santinath ('peacemanker').
When Shantinath was very young, he became expert in the use of many weapons. These skills enabled him to become a king at a very young age. Eventually, he became known as Chakarvarti ('King of Kings').
He enjoyed his kingdom and its riches for thousands of years. One day, however, he saw his own aging reflection in a mirror and realized that this body was not as young and beautiful as it used to be. Thus he came to realize that all the riches and even man's body itself are not eternal. At that moment he was inspired to become an ascetic.
He became enlightened on the eleventh moonlight night of Paush (Feb-March). For many years he travelled from city to city, spreading the message of peace, non-violence, and harmony. Finally, he achieved Nirvana on the mountian of Sammed Shikhar (Bihar). His symbol is a deer (Mriga). He is considered a god with powers to bestow peace and happiness.
Bhagvan Parsvanath
According to Jain belief, Bhagwan Parshvanath is the twenty-third Thirthankar. He was born 250 years prior to Lord Mahavir. He was the son of King Ashvasen and Queen Vamadevi of Varanasi.
It is said that he was named Parshvanath after an incident his mother experienced when the child was still in her womb. The mother found that a snake was lying next to her. Parshva means 'by the side of' -- hence the name Parshvanath.
Young Prince Parshva grew up as a great scholar and warrior. He married the daughter of Raja Prasenjit, Kumari Prabhavati. When their kingdom was attacked by another king (Yavanraj), Parshva asked his father for permission to fight. He then defeated Yavanraj not by armed fight but by intellectual discussion.
Impressed by the scholarly discussion of Parshvanath, Yavanraj became his follower. Parshva forgave him and inspired him to adopt non-violence.
Once Parshva went to a ceremony, 'Panchagni Tapa,' performed by Kamath. Parshva discovered a cobra couple in the firewood and saved their life. With the help of 'Namokar Mantra,' Parshvanath sent the cobras to heaven.
His action angered Kamath, who thought Parshva had disturbed his holy life. Kamath, who later became Meghmali, created many obstacles to Parshvanath's meditation. He flooded the place where Parshvanath was deeply engrossed in austerity. Then the Cobra Couple (who were now Dharmendra and Padmavati) raised a Lotus Seat below the meditating Parshva and thus saved him from drowning.
For the noble work done by Dharmendra and Padmavati at Sammed Shikhar (Bihar), Jain followers worship them as a God and Goddess.
According to history, Bhagwan Parshvanath got Nirvana in 720 B.C., after attaining Kaivalya. Twenty-three monks accompanied him.
His symbol is snake; and he lived one hundred years. He is worshipped by all the sects of Jainism with equal faith and respect.
Mahavira
The last (twenty-fourth) Tirthankar, Mahavira, was an historical personality. He was born in 599 BC at Kshatriya Kund in the democratic republic of Vaishali (Bihar), the son of King Siddharth and Queen Trishla Devi. His original name was Vardhman.
From his childhood, he was soft, kind-hearted. He was very upset by the ritual sacrifice of animals, and vowed to fight for the rights of animals. He also wished to fight for the advancement of women and untouchables.
He left his kingdom at the age of thirty to begin an ascetic life. He entered the forest to commune with all living beings, including animals, trees, and other plants. He practiced meditation, austerity, and samadhi for twelve and a half years, getting enlightement. By self-purification and severe spiritual pactices, finally, at the age of forty-two, Mahavira attained Kaivalya (perfection).
For the next thirty years, Mahavira spread the message of non-violence (Ahimsa), truth, non-stealing, right conduct, and non-posession. He campaigned against the barriers of caste, creed, and faith. He also advocated protecting all living creatures.
Lord Mahavira gave us several analytical theories of Karma, multiplicity of truth, Syadvad, etc. All these theories helped people to reach higher levels of consciousness and to create happinesss and peace in society. His doctrines of Right Knowing, Right Vision, and Right Conduct are considered the three Jewels of Jain philosopy, by which to achieve the ultimate goal in life.
The symbol of Lord Mahavira is the Lion, indicating what a fearless life he led. He is the most important of all the Tirthankaras, as most of the Jain scriptures were taken from his teachings.
Lord Mahavira advocated Ahimsa, which was carried further by later great men of history including Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King.
Mahavira attained Nirvana at the age of seventy-two at Pavapuri in Bihar.
Legends
Bhagvan Bahubali
Bahubali was the younger son of the first Tirthankar, Rishabhdev. He later became king of Podanpur. His elder brother Bharat was bent upon attacking Bahubali's kingdom. Their ministers negotiated and agreed that instead of war, there would be three contests between the brothers. In all three contests (Drisht Yudha, Jal Yudha, and Wrestling) Bahubali defeated his elder brother.
Still, Bahubali had been very much hurt by the behavior of his elder brother. He decided to surrender his kingdom to Bharat and left for the path of meditation. He did not want to bow before his other brothers who had already accepted ascetic.life.
This ego of Bahubali deterred him from visiting his father's court. Hence he went on meditating but could not attain the Keval Jnana, the supreme knowledge.
Bahubali was so much involved in his Samadhi, that his body got covered by vines, ants, and dust. Finally he was woken up from his ego when his sisters called him to release the false pride he was suffering from. Bahubali got enlightened and decided to see his father. Thanks to his sisters Brhami and Sundari, Bahubali was now a changed person with more knowledge and better understanding. He was welcomed in his father's court. The world got the benefit of his wisdom.
Bahubali is a symbol of learning. One stone statue of him in Karnataka stands fifty-seven feet high. For thousands of years it has shown to the world the way of knowledge and austerity.
Ghantakarna Mahavir
Ghantakarna Mahavir is highly respected by Swetambar Jains. He is placed at the thirtieth position among fifty-two heroes. He is a miracle god of Riddhi Siddhi and a troubleshooter. His idols have bell-like ears, so he is called Ghantakarna. The Temple of Ghantakarna at Mahuri (Gujarat) is very well known for producing miracles. Wishes of worshippers are fulfilled here.
Manibhadraji
Manibhadra was a great king who was devoted to the Jain religion and doctrines. He had enormous wealth and was also very fond of thirty-six muscial instruments. Later, Acharya Hem Vimal Suri named him as Kshetrapal because of his tremendous devotion.
The carrier of Manibhadra Dev is Airavat, the white elephant. His face on statues is sometimes depicted as an elephant, and sometimes as Varah. His idols are shown with four arms, and sometimes we also see him with six arms.
In Magarvada (Gujerat), there is an idol of Manibhadra where large numbers of devotees go to get their desires fulfilled. He is known to create miracles. It is believed that one gets wealth and protection from evil spirits by worshipping him.
Manibhadraji is highly respected among the Tapagachha sect of Sawetambar Jains. He is specially worshipped on Ashtami, Chaudas, and Diwali by those who want name and fame in the society. He likes the sound of temple bells.
Manidhari Dadaguru Jinchandra
About 800 years ago, there was a very influential Jain Acharya in the Shwetambar Sect. His name was Acharya Manidhari Jinchandra Suri. He was born in Lodhrapur (Rajasthan), and his Guru was Dada Jindutt Suri.
Jinchandra is known for having used his mantra to change a moonless night into a full-moon night by sending a dish into the sky. He preached to millions of people about non-violence and vegetariansim. He did many miracles and inspired people to adopt Jain principles.
He had directed that after his death, his dead body should not touch the ground during the funeral journey. But the devotees forgot, and set it down for a moment halfway along. Then no one, not even the elephants, could lift it to continue the procession. Hence there was no option other than to build his Samadhi at that place.
He had declared that a jewel, Maini, would come out of his head after death. He advised his followers to keep the jewel in a cup of milk. This forecast came true. Thus he is called Manidhari Dada Guru, meaning 'the jewel holder.'
His Samadhi is at Mahrauli near Delhi. The place is now a pilgrimage center, visited by thousands of people. Nowadays, it is as famous as Dadawadi.
Parsva Yaksha
Lord Parshva Yaksha is the divine guardian associated with the Twenty-Third Tirhankara, Parshvanath. His complexion is dark, he has an elephant-like face, and his head is sheltered by the hood of a cobra. He has four arms. His carrier is a tortoise. On is right side he holds a snake and a special fruit known as Bujjpurak. In his left hands he holds a snake and a mongoose. He is considered very influential; he can be compared with Ganesh, who is a Hindu God.
Nakoda Bhairav
Lord Nakoda Bhairav is the divine guardian associated with the ancient Jain pilgrimage center of Sammed Shikhhar. He is worshipped before the beginning of journeys to avoid obstacles. Nakoda Bhairav protects us from evil powers, ghosts, spirits, etc. He blesses the issueless with sons and daughters and relieves us from the worldly. ties.
Devi
Chakreshwari Mata
Chakreshwari Mata is the divine guardian associated with the first Tirhtankar, Rishabhdev. Her carrier is Garud. We find a number of different types of her idols and statues. Some of them have four hands, some have eight, and some have twelve.. She holds chakra, garland, Vajra, sword, bow and Varrd Mudra (sign of fearlessness.). She is also Lakshmi, the wife of Vishnu according to Hindu tradition. She is the goddesss of spiritual upliftment.
Padmavati Devi
Goddess Padmavati is the divine guardian associated with Parshvanath. She is the most repsected Yakshini among all the gods and goddesses. It is said that she protected Lord Parshvanath from the curses of Kamath and produced a Lotus for him to sit on above the water. She holds a lotus and tiding rope in her right hands and a fruit and Ankush in her left hands. Her carrier is Snake of the Kurut variety. She is also worshipped by Hindus, especially at the temple of Tirupati.
Ambika Mata
Ambika is the divine guardian associated with the Twenty-Second Tirthtankar, Lord Nemimath. Her other names are Amba, Ambini, Kushmandi, and Kodandi. Her carrier is a lion. She is of golden complexion and has four arms. By worshipping her one gets all desires fulfilled; all obstacles are removed and Riddhi-Siddhi is achieved.
She holds special fruits (Beejj Purak) and mercury in her right hands and Ankush and her son in her left hands. She is considered miraculous and always decorated with gems and jewelry.
Folklore says that she was thrown out of her house by her husband and mother-in-law because she had given alms to a great monk. So she started living in the bushes outside Ambikanagar. After a few days some monks visited her house. Because of the effect of the visit of great monks, Ambika's utensils turned into gold. This incident amazed the villagers, so they became her devotees.
Ambika later on was born as a Riddhi Siddhi Devi. Ambika even today commands tremendous respect.
Sarasvati Devi
She is the goddess of learning. Her carrier is a Swan. She is full of affection. According to Jain pilosophy, Saraswati is worshipped to gain education and knowledge. Always dressed in white,holding in her four hands a lotus, a book, a Veena and a garland, this goddess is believed to bless the worshipper with good thinking, good behavior, and knowledge.
Lakshmi Devi
Lakshmi is the goddess of beauty, power, and prosperity. Acharya Nemichandra has also described her as Padma, Rama, Shri, Kamala, and Indira. She is worshipped to gain happiness and wealth, especially on Diwali. She is depicted with four hands, holding lotus in the upper two hands. One lower hand holds Kalash (pitcher) and the other one is raised for blessings . She has been described as the fourth dream of Mahavira's mother.
Names of all 24 Tirthankaras (Prophets)
1. Sh. Rishabha Deva (Aadinath)
2. Sh. Ajit Naath
3. Sh. Sambhav Naath
4. Sh. Abhinandan Sawaami
5. Sh. Sumati Naath
6. Sh. Padam Prabh
7. Sh. Supaarsava Naath
8. Sh. Chandra Prabh
9. Sh. Suvidhi Naath
10. Sh. Shital Naath
11. Sh. Shreyaans Naath
12. Sh. Vaasupujya
13. Sh. Vimal Naath
14. Sh. Anant Naath
15. Sh. Dharam Naath
16. Sh. Shanti Naath
17. Sh. Kunthu Naath
18. Sh. Arah Naath
19. Sh. Malli Naath
20. Muni Suvrat
21. Sh. Nami Naath
22. Sh. Arisht Nemi
23. Sh. Paarshva Naath
24. Sh. Mahaavira Sawami
Five Famous Tirthankaras
Bhagwan Adinath (the first Tirthankar)
Tirthankar Shri Chandra Prabhu
Bhagwan Shantinath
Bhagwan Parsvanath
Mahavira
Legends
Bhagwan Bahubali
Ghantakarna Mahavir
Manibhadraji
Manidhari Dadaguru Jinchandra
Parsva Yaksha
Nakoda Bhairav
Devi
Chakreshwari Mata
Padmavati Devi
Ambika Mata
Sarasvati Devi
Lakshmi Devi
Bhagwan Adinath is considered as the Adipurush, the first Tirthankara and first ruling King. According to Jain tradition, Adinath lived hundreds of thousands of years ago. Although historians have been sceptical of this claim, evidence found at the archeological sites at Mohanjodaro and Harrappa of the Indus Valley Civilization proves that he predated this 5000-year-old civilization.
Bhagwan Adinath was born into the royal family of Ayodhya as the son of King Nabhiraja and Queen Maru Devi. He was married to two wives: Sumangla and Sunanda. Sumangla gave birth to Bharat, who later became a Chakravarti king . Sunanda gave birth to a child who came to be known as Bahubali.
It is believed that Adinath had one hundred sons and two daughters, who were named Brahmi and Sundari.
Jain tradition holds that all civilization developed from the teachings of Adinath. He was the first king to establish the institutions of marriage, agriculture, the arts, and weaponry (swordsmanship, archery, etc). After organizing and instructing the society in various disciplines, he ruled for thousands of years. (The system of measuring time during that period is still unknown.)
After this, he divided his kingdom among his sons and departed to take up an ascetic way of life. When Adinath renounced his kingdom, thousands of people followed him into the ascetic life.
Whenever they went for alms, people offered them gold, jewels, ornaments, etc. But no one offered them food. Thus, many of his followers could not tolerate the starvation. They began asking for food, and then they left to form their own groups. This was the beginning of many sects. (According to the Jain faith, Tirthankaras remained silent until they achieved perfection.)
Adinath also went without food for an enitre year. Then he went to his grandson Shreyan's kingdom (Hastinapur). His grandson offered him sugarcane juice, which he accepted. Hastinapur is still considered a holy place, and even today Jains make pilgrimages to this site to break ritual fasts (with sugarcane juice).
After becoming enlightend (Perfect), He broke his silence and preached for many years, tellilng how to escape the cycle of brith and death and achieve eternal bliss.
Bhagwan Adinath achieved Nirvana on the mountain of Kailash in the Himalayas when he was in complete Samadhi.
The symbol of Adinath is A Bull (Rishabh). He became popular by this symbol and is now known as Rishabh Deva.
Tirthankar Shri Chandra Prabhu
The eighth Tirthankar of Jainism is Chandra Prabhu. He was born to King Mahasen and Queen Sulakshana. When the Queen was bearing the child, she desired to swallow the nectar of the moon. Her wish was fulfilled and a son with a moon-like complexion was born to her. This is how he was named Chandra Prabhu.
He got married to more than one princess. After ruling his kingdom for a long time, he got initiation (Diksha). Chandra Prabhu attained Kaivalya after meditating for many months. For many years he served humanity. Then he went to 'Sammed' Mountain in Bihar, accompanied by one thousand monks. After meditating for one month, all of them got Nirvana.
Today, the temple of Chandra Prabhu at Tijara in Rajasthan is a famous center of pilgrimage for Jains.
Symbol of Chandra Prabhu is half moon. He brings smoothness and happiness to every living being. Large numbers of believers visit the tirth of Tijara every week.
Bhagwan Shantinath
The sixteenth Tirthankar of the Jain religion, Shantinath, was born to the King Vishavsen and Queen Achiradevi of Hastinapur. It is said that as soon as he entered the womb of his mother, incurable diseases were cured, and peace and happiness prevailed throughout the land. Because of this, he came to be called Santinath ('peacemanker').
When Shantinath was very young, he became expert in the use of many weapons. These skills enabled him to become a king at a very young age. Eventually, he became known as Chakarvarti ('King of Kings').
He enjoyed his kingdom and its riches for thousands of years. One day, however, he saw his own aging reflection in a mirror and realized that this body was not as young and beautiful as it used to be. Thus he came to realize that all the riches and even man's body itself are not eternal. At that moment he was inspired to become an ascetic.
He became enlightened on the eleventh moonlight night of Paush (Feb-March). For many years he travelled from city to city, spreading the message of peace, non-violence, and harmony. Finally, he achieved Nirvana on the mountian of Sammed Shikhar (Bihar). His symbol is a deer (Mriga). He is considered a god with powers to bestow peace and happiness.
Bhagvan Parsvanath
According to Jain belief, Bhagwan Parshvanath is the twenty-third Thirthankar. He was born 250 years prior to Lord Mahavir. He was the son of King Ashvasen and Queen Vamadevi of Varanasi.
It is said that he was named Parshvanath after an incident his mother experienced when the child was still in her womb. The mother found that a snake was lying next to her. Parshva means 'by the side of' -- hence the name Parshvanath.
Young Prince Parshva grew up as a great scholar and warrior. He married the daughter of Raja Prasenjit, Kumari Prabhavati. When their kingdom was attacked by another king (Yavanraj), Parshva asked his father for permission to fight. He then defeated Yavanraj not by armed fight but by intellectual discussion.
Impressed by the scholarly discussion of Parshvanath, Yavanraj became his follower. Parshva forgave him and inspired him to adopt non-violence.
Once Parshva went to a ceremony, 'Panchagni Tapa,' performed by Kamath. Parshva discovered a cobra couple in the firewood and saved their life. With the help of 'Namokar Mantra,' Parshvanath sent the cobras to heaven.
His action angered Kamath, who thought Parshva had disturbed his holy life. Kamath, who later became Meghmali, created many obstacles to Parshvanath's meditation. He flooded the place where Parshvanath was deeply engrossed in austerity. Then the Cobra Couple (who were now Dharmendra and Padmavati) raised a Lotus Seat below the meditating Parshva and thus saved him from drowning.
For the noble work done by Dharmendra and Padmavati at Sammed Shikhar (Bihar), Jain followers worship them as a God and Goddess.
According to history, Bhagwan Parshvanath got Nirvana in 720 B.C., after attaining Kaivalya. Twenty-three monks accompanied him.
His symbol is snake; and he lived one hundred years. He is worshipped by all the sects of Jainism with equal faith and respect.
Mahavira
The last (twenty-fourth) Tirthankar, Mahavira, was an historical personality. He was born in 599 BC at Kshatriya Kund in the democratic republic of Vaishali (Bihar), the son of King Siddharth and Queen Trishla Devi. His original name was Vardhman.
From his childhood, he was soft, kind-hearted. He was very upset by the ritual sacrifice of animals, and vowed to fight for the rights of animals. He also wished to fight for the advancement of women and untouchables.
He left his kingdom at the age of thirty to begin an ascetic life. He entered the forest to commune with all living beings, including animals, trees, and other plants. He practiced meditation, austerity, and samadhi for twelve and a half years, getting enlightement. By self-purification and severe spiritual pactices, finally, at the age of forty-two, Mahavira attained Kaivalya (perfection).
For the next thirty years, Mahavira spread the message of non-violence (Ahimsa), truth, non-stealing, right conduct, and non-posession. He campaigned against the barriers of caste, creed, and faith. He also advocated protecting all living creatures.
Lord Mahavira gave us several analytical theories of Karma, multiplicity of truth, Syadvad, etc. All these theories helped people to reach higher levels of consciousness and to create happinesss and peace in society. His doctrines of Right Knowing, Right Vision, and Right Conduct are considered the three Jewels of Jain philosopy, by which to achieve the ultimate goal in life.
The symbol of Lord Mahavira is the Lion, indicating what a fearless life he led. He is the most important of all the Tirthankaras, as most of the Jain scriptures were taken from his teachings.
Lord Mahavira advocated Ahimsa, which was carried further by later great men of history including Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King.
Mahavira attained Nirvana at the age of seventy-two at Pavapuri in Bihar.
Legends
Bhagvan Bahubali
Bahubali was the younger son of the first Tirthankar, Rishabhdev. He later became king of Podanpur. His elder brother Bharat was bent upon attacking Bahubali's kingdom. Their ministers negotiated and agreed that instead of war, there would be three contests between the brothers. In all three contests (Drisht Yudha, Jal Yudha, and Wrestling) Bahubali defeated his elder brother.
Still, Bahubali had been very much hurt by the behavior of his elder brother. He decided to surrender his kingdom to Bharat and left for the path of meditation. He did not want to bow before his other brothers who had already accepted ascetic.life.
This ego of Bahubali deterred him from visiting his father's court. Hence he went on meditating but could not attain the Keval Jnana, the supreme knowledge.
Bahubali was so much involved in his Samadhi, that his body got covered by vines, ants, and dust. Finally he was woken up from his ego when his sisters called him to release the false pride he was suffering from. Bahubali got enlightened and decided to see his father. Thanks to his sisters Brhami and Sundari, Bahubali was now a changed person with more knowledge and better understanding. He was welcomed in his father's court. The world got the benefit of his wisdom.
Bahubali is a symbol of learning. One stone statue of him in Karnataka stands fifty-seven feet high. For thousands of years it has shown to the world the way of knowledge and austerity.
Ghantakarna Mahavir
Ghantakarna Mahavir is highly respected by Swetambar Jains. He is placed at the thirtieth position among fifty-two heroes. He is a miracle god of Riddhi Siddhi and a troubleshooter. His idols have bell-like ears, so he is called Ghantakarna. The Temple of Ghantakarna at Mahuri (Gujarat) is very well known for producing miracles. Wishes of worshippers are fulfilled here.
Manibhadraji
Manibhadra was a great king who was devoted to the Jain religion and doctrines. He had enormous wealth and was also very fond of thirty-six muscial instruments. Later, Acharya Hem Vimal Suri named him as Kshetrapal because of his tremendous devotion.
The carrier of Manibhadra Dev is Airavat, the white elephant. His face on statues is sometimes depicted as an elephant, and sometimes as Varah. His idols are shown with four arms, and sometimes we also see him with six arms.
In Magarvada (Gujerat), there is an idol of Manibhadra where large numbers of devotees go to get their desires fulfilled. He is known to create miracles. It is believed that one gets wealth and protection from evil spirits by worshipping him.
Manibhadraji is highly respected among the Tapagachha sect of Sawetambar Jains. He is specially worshipped on Ashtami, Chaudas, and Diwali by those who want name and fame in the society. He likes the sound of temple bells.
Manidhari Dadaguru Jinchandra
About 800 years ago, there was a very influential Jain Acharya in the Shwetambar Sect. His name was Acharya Manidhari Jinchandra Suri. He was born in Lodhrapur (Rajasthan), and his Guru was Dada Jindutt Suri.
Jinchandra is known for having used his mantra to change a moonless night into a full-moon night by sending a dish into the sky. He preached to millions of people about non-violence and vegetariansim. He did many miracles and inspired people to adopt Jain principles.
He had directed that after his death, his dead body should not touch the ground during the funeral journey. But the devotees forgot, and set it down for a moment halfway along. Then no one, not even the elephants, could lift it to continue the procession. Hence there was no option other than to build his Samadhi at that place.
He had declared that a jewel, Maini, would come out of his head after death. He advised his followers to keep the jewel in a cup of milk. This forecast came true. Thus he is called Manidhari Dada Guru, meaning 'the jewel holder.'
His Samadhi is at Mahrauli near Delhi. The place is now a pilgrimage center, visited by thousands of people. Nowadays, it is as famous as Dadawadi.
Parsva Yaksha
Lord Parshva Yaksha is the divine guardian associated with the Twenty-Third Tirhankara, Parshvanath. His complexion is dark, he has an elephant-like face, and his head is sheltered by the hood of a cobra. He has four arms. His carrier is a tortoise. On is right side he holds a snake and a special fruit known as Bujjpurak. In his left hands he holds a snake and a mongoose. He is considered very influential; he can be compared with Ganesh, who is a Hindu God.
Nakoda Bhairav
Lord Nakoda Bhairav is the divine guardian associated with the ancient Jain pilgrimage center of Sammed Shikhhar. He is worshipped before the beginning of journeys to avoid obstacles. Nakoda Bhairav protects us from evil powers, ghosts, spirits, etc. He blesses the issueless with sons and daughters and relieves us from the worldly. ties.
Devi
Chakreshwari Mata
Chakreshwari Mata is the divine guardian associated with the first Tirhtankar, Rishabhdev. Her carrier is Garud. We find a number of different types of her idols and statues. Some of them have four hands, some have eight, and some have twelve.. She holds chakra, garland, Vajra, sword, bow and Varrd Mudra (sign of fearlessness.). She is also Lakshmi, the wife of Vishnu according to Hindu tradition. She is the goddesss of spiritual upliftment.
Padmavati Devi
Goddess Padmavati is the divine guardian associated with Parshvanath. She is the most repsected Yakshini among all the gods and goddesses. It is said that she protected Lord Parshvanath from the curses of Kamath and produced a Lotus for him to sit on above the water. She holds a lotus and tiding rope in her right hands and a fruit and Ankush in her left hands. Her carrier is Snake of the Kurut variety. She is also worshipped by Hindus, especially at the temple of Tirupati.
Ambika Mata
Ambika is the divine guardian associated with the Twenty-Second Tirthtankar, Lord Nemimath. Her other names are Amba, Ambini, Kushmandi, and Kodandi. Her carrier is a lion. She is of golden complexion and has four arms. By worshipping her one gets all desires fulfilled; all obstacles are removed and Riddhi-Siddhi is achieved.
She holds special fruits (Beejj Purak) and mercury in her right hands and Ankush and her son in her left hands. She is considered miraculous and always decorated with gems and jewelry.
Folklore says that she was thrown out of her house by her husband and mother-in-law because she had given alms to a great monk. So she started living in the bushes outside Ambikanagar. After a few days some monks visited her house. Because of the effect of the visit of great monks, Ambika's utensils turned into gold. This incident amazed the villagers, so they became her devotees.
Ambika later on was born as a Riddhi Siddhi Devi. Ambika even today commands tremendous respect.
Sarasvati Devi
She is the goddess of learning. Her carrier is a Swan. She is full of affection. According to Jain pilosophy, Saraswati is worshipped to gain education and knowledge. Always dressed in white,holding in her four hands a lotus, a book, a Veena and a garland, this goddess is believed to bless the worshipper with good thinking, good behavior, and knowledge.
Lakshmi Devi
Lakshmi is the goddess of beauty, power, and prosperity. Acharya Nemichandra has also described her as Padma, Rama, Shri, Kamala, and Indira. She is worshipped to gain happiness and wealth, especially on Diwali. She is depicted with four hands, holding lotus in the upper two hands. One lower hand holds Kalash (pitcher) and the other one is raised for blessings . She has been described as the fourth dream of Mahavira's mother.
Names of all 24 Tirthankaras (Prophets)
1. Sh. Rishabha Deva (Aadinath)
2. Sh. Ajit Naath
3. Sh. Sambhav Naath
4. Sh. Abhinandan Sawaami
5. Sh. Sumati Naath
6. Sh. Padam Prabh
7. Sh. Supaarsava Naath
8. Sh. Chandra Prabh
9. Sh. Suvidhi Naath
10. Sh. Shital Naath
11. Sh. Shreyaans Naath
12. Sh. Vaasupujya
13. Sh. Vimal Naath
14. Sh. Anant Naath
15. Sh. Dharam Naath
16. Sh. Shanti Naath
17. Sh. Kunthu Naath
18. Sh. Arah Naath
19. Sh. Malli Naath
20. Muni Suvrat
21. Sh. Nami Naath
22. Sh. Arisht Nemi
23. Sh. Paarshva Naath
24. Sh. Mahaavira Sawami
Jain Mantras jainism chants
Jain Mantras jainism
Chants
1. Aum Namo Siddhaanam
I bow to God
2. Aum Arhum, Aum Arhum, Aum Arhum. Aum
I bow to God, the Supreme Power
3. Mahaaviraa, Mahaaviraa, Trishlaa Nandan Mahaaviraa Mahaaviraa
4. Aum Guru, Aum Guru, Aum Guru, Aum.
Jay Guru, Jay Guru, Jay Guru, Aum.
Chants
1. Aum Namo Siddhaanam
I bow to God
2. Aum Arhum, Aum Arhum, Aum Arhum. Aum
I bow to God, the Supreme Power
3. Mahaaviraa, Mahaaviraa, Trishlaa Nandan Mahaaviraa Mahaaviraa
4. Aum Guru, Aum Guru, Aum Guru, Aum.
Jay Guru, Jay Guru, Jay Guru, Aum.
Jain Mantras Chataari Mangalam
Jain Mantras
Chataari Mangalam
Chataari Mangalam
Arihantaa Mangalam Siddhaa Mangalam
Saahu Mangalam
Kevali pannato Dhamo Mangalam
Chataari Logutamaa
Arihantaa Logutamaa Siddhaa Logutamaa
Saahu Logutamaa
Kevali Pannato Dhamo Logutamaa
Chataari Sarnam Pavvajjaami
Arihante Sarnam Pavvajjaami
Siddhe Sarnam Pavvajjaami
Saahu Sarnam Pavvajjaami
Kevali Pannattam Dhammam Sarnam Pavvajjaami
Meaning:
These four are auspicious: the Arihanta, the Siddhaa, the Saahu, and the Holy Law preached by the Enlightened Person.
These four are supreme: the Arihanta, the Siddhaa, the Saahu, and the Holy Law preached by the Arihantaa.
I take refuge in these four: in the Arihanta, in the Siddhaa, in the Saahu, and in the Holy Law preached by the Arihantaas.
There are four auspiciousness: the Arihanta, the Siddhaa, the Saahu, the Holy Law preached by the Kevali. There are four supreme beings, the Arihanta, the Siddhaa, the Saahu, the Holy Law prached by the omniscient. I take refuge in these four, in Arihantaa, in Siddhaa, in Saahu, in the holy Law preached by the omniscient.
Chataari Mangalam
Chataari Mangalam
Arihantaa Mangalam Siddhaa Mangalam
Saahu Mangalam
Kevali pannato Dhamo Mangalam
Chataari Logutamaa
Arihantaa Logutamaa Siddhaa Logutamaa
Saahu Logutamaa
Kevali Pannato Dhamo Logutamaa
Chataari Sarnam Pavvajjaami
Arihante Sarnam Pavvajjaami
Siddhe Sarnam Pavvajjaami
Saahu Sarnam Pavvajjaami
Kevali Pannattam Dhammam Sarnam Pavvajjaami
Meaning:
These four are auspicious: the Arihanta, the Siddhaa, the Saahu, and the Holy Law preached by the Enlightened Person.
These four are supreme: the Arihanta, the Siddhaa, the Saahu, and the Holy Law preached by the Arihantaa.
I take refuge in these four: in the Arihanta, in the Siddhaa, in the Saahu, and in the Holy Law preached by the Arihantaas.
There are four auspiciousness: the Arihanta, the Siddhaa, the Saahu, the Holy Law preached by the Kevali. There are four supreme beings, the Arihanta, the Siddhaa, the Saahu, the Holy Law prached by the omniscient. I take refuge in these four, in Arihantaa, in Siddhaa, in Saahu, in the holy Law preached by the omniscient.
Jain Mantras Jam Jam Manen
Jam Jam Manen
Jam Jam Manen Badham
Jam Jam Vaayen Bhaasiyam Pavam
Jam Jam Kaayen Kadam
Tassa Michaami Dukkadam
Meaning:
If I have done wrong, or collected bad Karmas by my mind, speech and body, I wish to be forgiven and my sins nullified.
Jam Jam Manen Badham
Jam Jam Vaayen Bhaasiyam Pavam
Jam Jam Kaayen Kadam
Tassa Michaami Dukkadam
Meaning:
If I have done wrong, or collected bad Karmas by my mind, speech and body, I wish to be forgiven and my sins nullified.
Jain Mantras - Forgiveness Mantra
Forgiveness Mantra
Khaamemi Savve Jivaa
Savve Jivaa Khamantu Mai
Mitti Mai Savva bhuesu
Veram majjham na Kenai
Meaning:
I forgive all the living beings of the universe, and may all the living-beings forgive me for my faults. I do not have any animosity towards anybody, and I have friendship for all the living beings.
Khaamemi Savve Jivaa
Savve Jivaa Khamantu Mai
Mitti Mai Savva bhuesu
Veram majjham na Kenai
Meaning:
I forgive all the living beings of the universe, and may all the living-beings forgive me for my faults. I do not have any animosity towards anybody, and I have friendship for all the living beings.
Jain Mantras Aum Hrim Shrim Klim Arhum Hamsah
Jain Mantras
Mantra
Aum Hrim Shrim Klim Arhum Hamsah
Meaning:
Aum is the name of God.
Hrim is the seed mantra that represents all Divine Goddesses.
Shrim is the seed of the Goddess of prosperity.
Klim removes all poisons and sins.
Arhum is the name of God.
Hamsah is the seed of So Hum; it means "I am divine." It stimulates the Kundalini energy.
Mantra
Aum Hrim Shrim Klim Arhum Hamsah
Meaning:
Aum is the name of God.
Hrim is the seed mantra that represents all Divine Goddesses.
Shrim is the seed of the Goddess of prosperity.
Klim removes all poisons and sins.
Arhum is the name of God.
Hamsah is the seed of So Hum; it means "I am divine." It stimulates the Kundalini energy.
Wednesday, 26 January 2011
Aldous Huxley New American Library Bhagavad Gita Hinduism
Aldous Huxley in the introduction to the New American Library edition of the Bhagavad Gita interprets the Gita as not only the distillation of Hinduism but also the distillation of religion in general. Huxley claims that the theology of the Gita is relevant to all religious people not just to the Hindu because he says it presents the four basic elements of a spiritual world view.
He presents these four fundamental doctrines as what he calls the Perennial Philosophy:
"First: the phenomenal world of matter and of individualized consciousness - the world of things and animals and men and even gods - is the manifestation of a Divine Ground within which all partial realities have their being, and apart from which they would be nonexistent.
Second: human beings are capable not merely of knowing about the Divine Ground by inference; they can also realize its existence by a direct intuition, superior to discursive reasoning. This immediate knowledge unites the knower with that which is known.
Third: man possesses a double nature, a phenomenal ego and an eternal Self, which is the inner man, the spirit, the spark of divinity within the soul. It is possible for a man, if he so desires, to identify himself with the spirit and therefore with the divine Ground, which is of the same or like nature with the spirit.
Fourth: man's life on earth has only one end and purpose: to identify himself with his eternal Self and so to come to unitive knowledge of the Divine Ground."
Of course, Huxley's Divine Ground is called Brahman in the Gita. But after Huxley discusses these four aspects of religion giving examples from a variety of religious traditions, he comes to the modern world-view and conjectures about why modern people have turned away from religion - he blames industrialization and technology.
Because of technological progress, Huxley claims that a utopian vision of life on earth has driven people away from the thurst for spiritual knowledge. He writes about the doctrine of progress through technology: "These false and, historically, aberrant and heretical doctrines are now systematically taught in our schools and repeated, day in, day out, by those anonymous writers of advertising copy who, more than any other teachers, provide European and American adults with their current philosophy of life."
I think we should put Huxley's pessimistic remarks about modern technology into historical perspective. He wrote these words in 1944 at the height of World War II. The technological innovations that he was witnessing were the most destructive forces of terror that man had ever unleashed on the planet. It is no wonder, then, that he sees technology as the antithesis of the religious life.
He presents these four fundamental doctrines as what he calls the Perennial Philosophy:
"First: the phenomenal world of matter and of individualized consciousness - the world of things and animals and men and even gods - is the manifestation of a Divine Ground within which all partial realities have their being, and apart from which they would be nonexistent.
Second: human beings are capable not merely of knowing about the Divine Ground by inference; they can also realize its existence by a direct intuition, superior to discursive reasoning. This immediate knowledge unites the knower with that which is known.
Third: man possesses a double nature, a phenomenal ego and an eternal Self, which is the inner man, the spirit, the spark of divinity within the soul. It is possible for a man, if he so desires, to identify himself with the spirit and therefore with the divine Ground, which is of the same or like nature with the spirit.
Fourth: man's life on earth has only one end and purpose: to identify himself with his eternal Self and so to come to unitive knowledge of the Divine Ground."
Of course, Huxley's Divine Ground is called Brahman in the Gita. But after Huxley discusses these four aspects of religion giving examples from a variety of religious traditions, he comes to the modern world-view and conjectures about why modern people have turned away from religion - he blames industrialization and technology.
Because of technological progress, Huxley claims that a utopian vision of life on earth has driven people away from the thurst for spiritual knowledge. He writes about the doctrine of progress through technology: "These false and, historically, aberrant and heretical doctrines are now systematically taught in our schools and repeated, day in, day out, by those anonymous writers of advertising copy who, more than any other teachers, provide European and American adults with their current philosophy of life."
I think we should put Huxley's pessimistic remarks about modern technology into historical perspective. He wrote these words in 1944 at the height of World War II. The technological innovations that he was witnessing were the most destructive forces of terror that man had ever unleashed on the planet. It is no wonder, then, that he sees technology as the antithesis of the religious life.
Tuesday, 18 January 2011
new age religions materialism and idealism in life
Materialism and Idealism in life, the ideas of Eastern mysticism, and the concept of idealism. The history of Western systematic philosophy from Plato to the late nineteenth century may be seen as one long argument between the idealists and the materialists, an argument about metaphysics.
Metaphysics asks questions about the relationship between the physical world and the spiritual world, between phenomena and numena, between the body and the mind. The idealists claim that reality is mind. They claim that the phenomenal world is a manifestation of ideas and that these ideas exist on a transcendent level, above and of a higher status than the physical.
Whether this numenal world exists within the mind of God, within Plato's world of ideas, or within the Christian heaven is unimportant for an understanding of metaphysics. Essentially, metaphysics postulates a dual view of the universe. The materialists also postulate dualism because, although they deny the existence of a world of spirit, they take part in metaphysical discourse, claiming that there is a subject to argue about.
To make a superficial but useful analogy from contemporary technology, it's like arguments one hears today about whether software is more important than hardware. Is it the physical components of a computer that is essentially the machine or is it the code that makes it possible to operate a computer that is essentially the machine. It's a silly argument; a computer is both software and hardware (some folks add a third component, wetware - a living operator, us.) The materialists claim that we can easily conceive of a body without a mind - rocks, air, stars - but that it's absurd to assume the existence of minds without bodies - ghosts, spirits, gods.
Whereas the idealists reject material as essential because of the definition of the word "essential." Things have essences or else the word would be meaningless. Things are not just what they appear to be, but have some basic essence that can't be experienced physically.
Idealists often use arguments based on definition to defend their positions. For example, the Christian philosopher Anselm used definition to prove the existence of God in his "Ontological Proof of the Existence of God." Anselm asks his readers to imagine a most perfect being in their minds and then to postulate a most perfect being in the real world. He then asks the readers to compare the two.
How are they different? Of course the only difference is that the being we imagine doesn't exist and the being in the real world does. He then asks us to decide which being is greater. Of course, the real being is greater. Anselm then writes, that because, by definition, God is the greatest being and since the existent being is greater than the non-existent being, then we must accept the theist position, God exists.
Hinduism rejects metaphysics. There is no dualism. Both a world of spirit and a world of material are equally nonexistent. The position of the Bhagavad Gita is that metaphysics is a silly argument, both the mind and the body are illusions. The Hindu would say that when the materialist claims that we can easily imagine bodies without minds he or she is as deluded as imagining a computer without software and that the idealists are as deluded as those who claim that a computer can exist entirely made of software.
All things seem to exist in either physical or mental manifestations but they don't. All things are essentially Brahman, and Brahman is neither spirit nor flesh.
Metaphysics asks questions about the relationship between the physical world and the spiritual world, between phenomena and numena, between the body and the mind. The idealists claim that reality is mind. They claim that the phenomenal world is a manifestation of ideas and that these ideas exist on a transcendent level, above and of a higher status than the physical.
Whether this numenal world exists within the mind of God, within Plato's world of ideas, or within the Christian heaven is unimportant for an understanding of metaphysics. Essentially, metaphysics postulates a dual view of the universe. The materialists also postulate dualism because, although they deny the existence of a world of spirit, they take part in metaphysical discourse, claiming that there is a subject to argue about.
To make a superficial but useful analogy from contemporary technology, it's like arguments one hears today about whether software is more important than hardware. Is it the physical components of a computer that is essentially the machine or is it the code that makes it possible to operate a computer that is essentially the machine. It's a silly argument; a computer is both software and hardware (some folks add a third component, wetware - a living operator, us.) The materialists claim that we can easily conceive of a body without a mind - rocks, air, stars - but that it's absurd to assume the existence of minds without bodies - ghosts, spirits, gods.
Whereas the idealists reject material as essential because of the definition of the word "essential." Things have essences or else the word would be meaningless. Things are not just what they appear to be, but have some basic essence that can't be experienced physically.
Idealists often use arguments based on definition to defend their positions. For example, the Christian philosopher Anselm used definition to prove the existence of God in his "Ontological Proof of the Existence of God." Anselm asks his readers to imagine a most perfect being in their minds and then to postulate a most perfect being in the real world. He then asks the readers to compare the two.
How are they different? Of course the only difference is that the being we imagine doesn't exist and the being in the real world does. He then asks us to decide which being is greater. Of course, the real being is greater. Anselm then writes, that because, by definition, God is the greatest being and since the existent being is greater than the non-existent being, then we must accept the theist position, God exists.
Hinduism rejects metaphysics. There is no dualism. Both a world of spirit and a world of material are equally nonexistent. The position of the Bhagavad Gita is that metaphysics is a silly argument, both the mind and the body are illusions. The Hindu would say that when the materialist claims that we can easily imagine bodies without minds he or she is as deluded as imagining a computer without software and that the idealists are as deluded as those who claim that a computer can exist entirely made of software.
All things seem to exist in either physical or mental manifestations but they don't. All things are essentially Brahman, and Brahman is neither spirit nor flesh.
Hinduism - brahman the hindu god
Although the belief system labeled Hinduism is incredibly diverse, the Shankara school of thought which teaches pure Advaita (non-dualism) best presents the unique character of Indian theology as compared with Western traditions. According to this school, Brahman is the only thing that exists. However, Brahman cannot be empirically verified - cannot be seen, smelled, heard, felt, or seen.
In fact, Brahman is totally beyond comprehension and cannot be thought about at all. Also according to Hinduism, everything that can be empirically verified and everything that can be comprehended do not exist - everything but Brahman is illusion. Yet, Brahman can be experienced, and the experience of Brahman is the only purpose for human existence. Of course the experience of Brahman is irrational, intuitive, and mystical.
This belief in Brahman presents a number problems for Westerners who have accepted a logical positivist world view, who have accepted the leap of faith that the scientific construct of the universe is, in fact, a description of reality.
In fact, Brahman is totally beyond comprehension and cannot be thought about at all. Also according to Hinduism, everything that can be empirically verified and everything that can be comprehended do not exist - everything but Brahman is illusion. Yet, Brahman can be experienced, and the experience of Brahman is the only purpose for human existence. Of course the experience of Brahman is irrational, intuitive, and mystical.
This belief in Brahman presents a number problems for Westerners who have accepted a logical positivist world view, who have accepted the leap of faith that the scientific construct of the universe is, in fact, a description of reality.
Monday, 10 January 2011
the violet flame meditation of transmutation for protection
the violet flame meditation of transmutation for protection.
Violet Flame Meditation
How to Use the Violet Flame Daily (good meditation ideas here)
Meditation and movement within our innermost being provides the experience that God lives within us as an energy, a light, a consciousness that can be contacted and appropriated. Energy as God is our greatest concern as we analyze our point in time and space. We are in a moment of the greatest revolution ever known.
It doesn't take a great perception to read the hand writing upon the wall of events in this and every nation. We read our newspapers. We look here. We look there. And there are days we would rather not look.
There is a very deep fear-a fear of something that the soul knows at subconscious levels but is not able to face in the conscious mind. It is a fear of coming events. We fear to bring forth from the dimness of an ancient memory the soul awareness of a shocking past-and an even more shocking future. And because we don't allow it to surface, we have a nation of insomnia, emotional and mental disorders, heart failure, and terminal disease.
We all sense an impending something. People are in a state of panic at subconscious levels. And that panic outpictures in vast "star wars" and wars across the face of the earth as the valve of the pressure cooker of the subconscious is opened just a little bit. Out it comes-like Pandora's box. The failure to resolve the inner compo- nents of being.
Inharmony within results in outer chaos. And yet we say, "What can I do? There's no point looking beyond my personal interests because I can't do anything anyway."
We think of the time before lightning was harnessed into electricity or before Einstein split the atom and gave us the formula E = mc squared. We say those were the dark ages. But today we know no more about the imprisoned light- ning of God within us than was known centuries ago about the most basic physical forces.
It is so near and so close. Yet we are on the brink of self-destruction because we have allowed ourselves to say that God is past or future or in here or over there- but never close enough to be that practicable application for the healing of our souls.
There are spiritual forces within us-within every single atom and cell, within the fire of our heart. If we would discover what these forces are, we would know how the fervent, white-hot heat of meditative love can burst that atom of Self and release the energy that has framed the worlds, that has created and uncreated the Void. It can begin a revolution of light. And it can make the imminent Aquarian age truly an era of peace and enlightenment.
The cycles of God Self-awareness move in two- thousand-year periods. In each two-thousand-year cycle, there's a dawning of a great light. In the age of Aries, the Judaic tradition taught us to understand God the Father, the personal God individualized in what Moses experienced as the I AM THAT I AM.
The next two-thousand-year period, marked by the coming of the avatar Jesus Christ, was the Piscean dispensation intended to give us the understanding of God as Son.
And so through reincarnation, lifetime after lifetime we were intended to put on the consciousness of God the Father and God the Son. Now as we feel the winds of the Aquarian age, we find the energy of the Holy Spirit upon us in many ways. New sounds, new rhythms, new science, new technology-and, above all, a new freedom.
The Aquarian age is the moment of understanding energy and its conquest in time and space through the perfect polarity of the masculine and feminine principles of the universe-Spirit('heaven')/Matter('earth'). The "cloven tongues" of fire that sat upon each of the disciples on the day of Pentecost are these 'twin flames' of the Father/Mother God which give to us the impact, the energy, the control of creative flow.
This descent of the Holy Spirit is a tremendous force. It is intense love. And this love-action is transmutative-that is, when this energy flows through us it is able to re-create us after the image of the Real Self.
Just as Jesus stood as the open door to the attainment of the Christ consciousness in the two-thousand-year Piscean cycle, so the Aquarian master Saint Germain comes today to initiate us on the path of soul liberation through the sacred fire of the Holy Spirit which we call the violet flame.
The violet flame is the energy of freedom. People who are free have the violet light vibrating in their auras-unmistakably. The violet flame is also an energy of mercy and forgiveness. And transmutation.
Transmutation means to change-to alter in form, appearance, or nature. The term was used by medieval alchemists who attempted to transmute base metals into gold, separating the 'subtle' from the 'gross' by means of heat.
That is precisely what the energy of the Holy Spirit does. It is a tangible emanation of spiritual fire that actually "melts" the "elements" of our subconscious "with fervent heat"-as the Bible says.
This is the way to undo psychological problems, emotional hang-ups, records of the past. We don't have to go back through hypnosis or regression. Send the love-fire of the Holy Spirit through-and it all begins to change by the alchemy of the violet transmuting flame.
The scientific use of the violet flame in this age has been made possible by Saint Germain, who offered the violet flame garnered within his own heart (over many thousands of years) as a momentum of light-energy so that we could experiment with the alchemy of self- transformation through the sacred fire.
The violet flame has always been used in the inner retreats of the Brotherhood. Up until now, it has been reserved for the privileged few-those initiates who were found worthy-members of 'secret societies', or communicants of the flame in the 'mystery schools'.
Early alchemists pored over minutely ciphered texts in search of the mystic-magical philosopher's stone. For them it was worth a lifetime to decode the mystery of this 'stone' which symbolized "the transmutation of the lower animal nature into the highest and divine."
Theosophical alchemists gloried in the vision of a "secret flame." The coveted philosopher's stone, "the Stone which is no stone," was not physical but spiritual and created out of fire!
According to Neoplatonist predecessors of medieval alchemy, it was a sacrificial, self-transforming fire that would lead the soul upward-and, in the process, transmute the "hard and refractory materials" in the human body to materials more luminous and rarefied. In this sacred experiment, the alchemist would become "like the gods," pursuing what one seventeenth-century text called "the gold of the wise and not the vulgar metal." Sacrificial fire, the texts explain, leads up to the "fire of the gods" by drawing upward to the Spirit all qualities that drag downward and oppose the celestial essences. Transmutation, then, was a spiritual process which exalted the soul into a state of unity with the Divine.
Now (thanks to Saint Germain!) you can begin to experience the action of this sacrificial fire-the violet fire-passing over the pages of the subconscious record of your incarnations on earth. The violet fire is sacred "secret" fire. It penetrates the most secret little places of our mind and memory. It comes in, sweeps through- and, with a roaring crackle, sweeps out the dust of centuries. Line by line, letter by letter, the flame- intelligent, luminous, directed by the mind of God-sets free the energies, electron by electron, of our past misuse of the sacred fire, thereby restoring the natural resource of the inner light.
Isaac Newton observed that a ray of sunlight, when passed through a prism, will separate into the seven colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. This visible light is only a tiny portion of an electromagnetic spectrum of varying frequencies or wavelengths which include radio waves, infrared radiation, ultraviolet rays, X-rays, gamma rays, cosmic rays. Today, scientists know of 60 to 70 octaves of light.
Violet, with the shortest wavelength, has the highest frequency in the visible spectrum and is at the point of transition to the next octave of light. To the ancients, this transitional, transcendental color was a spiritual rather than a physical phenomenon.
Egypt cherished the deep violet amethyst as a soothing, a healing stone, even as divine protection from evil. The Greek historian Lucian describes a fabled city of gems-whose altars are enormous blocks of amethyst.
Homer's Odyssey was sung by bards ceremoniously wrapped in precious purples. Agamemnon's wife rolled out a purple-crimson carpet to greet him home from Troy-"tinted splendors," noted the king, reserved only for the gods. Caesar also craved the costly color as the mantle of the supreme god, Jupiter.
When Pilate's soldiers platted the crown of thorns for Jesus "King of the Jews," they also put on him a purple robe. Thus purple became symbolic of mystic 'suffering', sacrifice, and penance. And violet was designated for liturgical vestments during the seasons of purgation-Advent and Lent.
Behind the scenes of visible color and light, mystics of all ages, East and West, have glirnpsed a "spiritual spectrum." Radiant colors, purer and more rare than those of earth, emanate from a brilliant white "inner" light that is divine in nature.
Scholars are beginning to see ancient "sun worshipers" as devotees of this transphysical spiritual light-the divine sun that illumines the inner world, 'the Sun behind the sun'.
The Zohar, an important work of the Jewish Kabbalah, affirms that "there exists a sort of fire which is stronger than other fire Above the white light and encompassing it is yet another light, this one symbolizing the supreme essence."
Zarathustra witnessed the creation of all things from a single fire. Mithraic prayers adore the Lord of Light as the "Fire-hearted One. . .whose Body is of Fire."
"In a flame of fire" the angel of the Lord appeared unto Moses. And out of that flaming flame was the contact of a soul with his own higher consciousness. Based on that experience, Moses told the children of Israel: "The Lord thy God is a consuming fire!"
And Jesus Christ summed up his mission in nine words: "I am come to send fire on the earth."
While in a state of ecstasy in dialogue with God the Father, Saint Catherine of Siena dictated these words: "I, Fire, Acceptor of sacrifices, ravishing away from them their darkness, give the light; not a natural light, but a supernatural. . .
John of the Cross was inwardly transformed in the "living flame" of love. "Such is the activity of the Holy Spirit in the soul," he writes. "The interior acts He produces shoot up flames for they are acts of inflamed love."
Esoteric researcher H. P. Blavatsky describes the divine light in terms of seven colors, or 'rays'-each of which has specific attributes or qualities. The violet flame comes forth from that aspect of the white light which is called the 'seventh ray'.
Just as sunlight passing through a prism is refracted into the rainbow of the seven rays, so in the consciousness of the Holy Spirit the light of the Christ is refracted for our use in the matter plane.
Each of the seven rays is a concentrated action of the light of God having a specific color and frequency resulting in a specific action in body, mind, and soul. The violet flame is the specific of the Holy Spirit, the antidote, that dissolves the delusions of the pseudoself-and even the laws of old age and death. It is the fulfillment of the prophecy of God's own law of transmutation "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."
The violet flame does not destroy, for the law is precise: God's energy is neither created nor destroyed. The violet flame changes the water into wine. It strips atoms and molecules of the dense overlay of human imperfection and restores the natural divine perfection of the soul and its original desire to be whole.
Now let us examine what happens when the specific of the violet fire is applied to the accumulation of karma in the subconscious.
Instantaneously, the fire begins the work of breaking down particles of substance that are part of hundreds and even thousands of incarnations. Believe it or not, this energy can be as hard as concrete as it fills the wide-open spaces between the electrons and the nuclei of the atoms causing mental recalcitrance, hardness of heart, a lack of sensitivity to the needs of others-and creating a dense mass that prevents the soul from receiving the delicate impartations of the Holy Spirit.
Man is a microcosm-a miniature representation of the cosmos. Just as there is a vast space between the planets and the sun, so there is vast space between the electrons and the nucleus inside every cell and atom of your body consciousness.
The space between the electron and the fiery nucleus is known as 'virgin' or 'hallowed' space. It is filled with the pulsating energy of the Holy Spirit. It is essence-an essence of God.
We are constantly using this vital essence that is between the electrons and the nucleus of the atom. We are constantly qualifying that energy-stamping it with the impressions of our minds and hearts. And this is how densification occurs.
You can imagine filling the space between electrons with molasses-a sticky astral glue that blocks the flow of light from the Macrocosm of God to the microcosm of man. What happens to the electrons? They slow down. They can't pass through.
That is, in effect, what we've been doing for hundreds of thousands of years. We have been filling the space between the electrons with discord, with a lack of wholeness-call it what you will. Call it "bad karma." Call it "sin" if you must. Essentially any manifestation of imperfection fills that 'hallowed' space with density.
Dr. Bernard Jensen reports that hatred and other negative thoughts and feeling actually create acids (excess amounts of phosphoric acid, uric acid, and carbonic acid gases) that the body cannot assimilate. Hence the density of disease persists within the physical orbit.
Atoms of consciousness have become so polluted that our environment is now polluted as well. We have polluted the atoms of air, polluted the atoms of earth, polluted the atoms of water-not simply with chemicals but with our thoughts and feelings. Physical pollution is but an effect of mental and emotional pollution. There- fore, to solve the problem of pollution, we must restore the native flow of the Holy Spirit.
That's the science of it. The dilemma is, How do we speed up our electrons? By removing the effiuvia that is caught between those wide-open spaces. How? There is only one way. By using the same energies that we have misused-the energies of the Holy Spirit.
The accelerating, violet-flame energy of the Holy Spirit envelops each atom individually. Can you imagine what a tiny particle of substance an atom is? Yet the flame of God caresses and wraps each atom indi- vidually. Instantaneously, a polarity is set up between the white fire core of the atom (which, being matter, assumes the negative pole) and the white fire core of the flame (which, being Spirit, assumes the positive pole).
The dual action of the sacred fire in the center of the atom and in the violet flame without establishes a forcefield that causes the untransmuted densities to be dislodged from between the electrons. As this substance is loosed, the electrons begin to spin more rapidly in their orbits-and by centrifugal force it is thrown into the violet flame. On contact with this fiery essence of freedom's flame, the misqualified energy is transmuted into its native purity.
The violet flame is the spiritual wine of forgiveness, the quality of mercy that, as Shakespeare wrote, "is not strain'd," that "droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath: it is twice blest; it blesseth him that gives and him that takes."
That "giving" and "taking" is the constant of flow. Flow is the interaction of energy between God and man. Flow is the return to the Source of energy so that that Source can release more energy.
All of cosmos depends for its very existence upon that flow. When you stop the flow, you have death, disease, disintegration. Disintegration-the 'dis-integration' of the atom that is devoid of the integrating essence of the Holy Spirit.
If we can't let go to this cosmic flow, this mighty movement of the Spirit of God, then we have lost the essential reason for being-for life itself. That is why the violet flame brings such feelings of joy, lightness, hope, and newness of life. It restores the flow. And with the restoration of the Macrocosmic/microcosmic flow, it is as though clouds of depression were being dissolved by the very sun of our own being.
When the spirit of man flows into the Spirit of God and the Spirit of God flows into the spirit of man, there is a divine exchange-a cosmic transmutation-and both God and man enjoy the feeling of sharing and of belonging to one another.
All problems of the economy, the ecology, and the government can be resolved," Saint Germain says, "if you will take only ten minutes each day to go within and to find your own God Self; to meditate and to use the science of the spoken Word whereby you chant the mantra of the free: I AM A BEING OF VIOLET FIRE-
I AM THE PURITY GOD DESIRES!
"This is my mantra which I give to you as your initiation into the Aquarian age."
I AM A BEING OF VIOLET FIRE-
I AM THE PURITY GOD DESIRES!
The sacred name I AM releases the fire locked in the nucleus of the permanent atom of Self.
Remember when Moses was on the mountain and there was a bush that burned but was not consumed- and then God called to him out of the midst of the burning bush? Moses understood God as fire. But at the precise moment that God reveals himself as an energy, as that flaming flame-at that moment the Lord God steps right through that energy and becomes a person talking with Moses face-to-face. The energy speaks. It becomes an identity, an individuality-the very person of the Holy Spirit.
When you look at the nature of energy, you realize that it is always simultaneously principle and person. Principle and person is simply the plus and minus polarity. The positive polarity becomes negative as the negative polarity realizes individuality.
God is the cloven tongues of fire-Spirit/Matter. Spirit represents the principle of universal energy. Matter represents that energy becoming a person. By the law of polarity, that which is principle must become person. It is a lesson in science and mathematics.
Moses had that experience. Energy became person-a person that was a friend. God manifested himself as friend and talked with Moses face-to-face out of that burning bush. Why? To initiate his mission in life.
What does initiation mean? It means that God imparts to us as individuals an increment of light, or energy, which enters into our soul and gives us a push, a thrust, a consciousness, an idea, an awareness. It's like wind in our sails.
So Moses stood there and the voice spoke out of the flame and the Lord God said to him: "Let my people go!" God is sending Moses to rescue the people of Israel from a false sense of freedom, a very entrenched materialism. But Moses was very timid. He feared. He doubted his own ability.
Moses trembles before that person-as we would also tremble before the sacred fire. He said, "I'm not qual- ified. The people will not listen to me. Perhaps if they know who sent me they will listen to me-someone, perhaps, more powerful than I. Whom shall I say sent me? By whose authority shall I deliver this word? Who are you, anyway?"
The resounding Word that comes back is the resounding Word that we hear in our own inner being- the declaration of the presence of God where we are. The voice of the Lord speaks out of that flame to Moses and says:I AM THAT I AM. I AM WHO I AM. I will be what I will be. OM TAT SAT OM.
The name of God I AM THAT I AM is a key to energy. Every time you use "I AM" you are declaring, "God in me is." It is an affirmation of your true Self. It releases the fire of your heart to fulfill the destiny to which you send it forth. This is more than the power of positive thinking. Make no mistake. This is the alchemy of the sacred fire.
"I AM" is a loaded word. It is loaded with the power of the nucleus of your being. If you say, "I am well, I am happy, I am whole," the fire leaps and makes a cycle through your mind and heart and soul (and when you say the reverse, you create the consequences).
I AM A BEING OF VIOLET FIRE-
I AM THE PURITY GOD DESIRES!
When you give this mantra, the flow of the Word goes forth in a clockwise spiral around your being. And you, as a pillar of energy, become a coil of the fire of freedom.
In the flow of the mantra, the stepping-up of the tempo corresponds to the stepping-up of the vibration of the light flowing through you. When you let God speak the Word through you, the natural flow of light intensifies the flow of the mantra.
I AM A BEING OF VIOLET FIRE-
I AM THE PURITY GOD DESIRES!
This is an example of how the white fire core receives all back unto itself. All of the colors-the rainbow rays of the prism of God's consciousness-return to the white fire core. And the violet flame becomes the white light as the mantra converges in the AUM.
I AM A BEING OF VIOLET FIRE-
I AM THE PURITY GOD DESIRES!
AUM
Scientists now recognize the fact that each individual has his own 'cosmic clock'. We each have a unique vibration. That vibration consists of the frequencies of all of our atoms and molecules.
All our atoms and molecules put together make the 'tone' of identity which we recognize when we greet our friends, when we have affinities (and perhaps repulsions) for one another. Those 'vibes'-that frequency- have to do with how the Word is flowing.
When the flame of freedom comes into being and you become that flame-you have a new pitch, a new sound, a new consciousness. And as you increase the tempo of the mantra, you are controlling a whole cosmos of atoms and molecules and energy fields.
We begin slowly, controlling each word as we control each electron. Then we step it up and we find that we can maintain control at an increased vibration-just as man has conquered movement in time and space, securing inventions for greater and greater speed and finally breaking the barrier of sound. This we do by the control of the Word and the science of the Word.
Experiment with the mantra. If you do not exercise the power of the spoken Word, you will be an island in the midst of a sea of flame. For by free will that flame cannot coalesce and form that spiral if you do not give the fiat. This is the law of free will and of the science of the spoken Word. The flame is unknown until you make it your own.
This is a simple mantra that you can accelerate and accelerate and give it as a perpetual prayer on your lips as you go about your daily life.
I AM A BEING OF VIOLET FIRE-
I AM THE PURITY GOD DESIRES!
Start getting rid of the consciousness of self as old, dense, feeble, ugly, stupid, bored, poor. All of a sudden you are "a being of violet fire." You're just a flaming flame-pulsating, moving with the Spirit. You move in a beautiful sea of violet flame.
As you give that mantra and accelerate and accelerate its speed-so you have the dissolving of the substance between the electrons and the nuclei. The electrons whirl faster and faster and faster. And you get lighter and lighter. Higher and higher.
This is a mantra you can use anytime, anywhere. You can make use of the Word within you instead of staying there in that same dense vibration-a victim of your circumstances in time and space. When you start feeling tense or irritated or tired or heavy or burdened during the day, just say a few "violet flames" and you'll be back into that cosmic flow.
Give it making breakfast, driving the car, washing the clothes-even taking a shower.
Visualize your morning shower as a shower of violet flame. See the flame scrubbing the pores, passing through the nervous system, the arteries, the bloodstream-right down to the marrow of your bones.
And whatever you affirm for your- self; you can affirm for your city or for the entire nation. You can say, America is a land of violet fire- America is the purity God desires! Simply change your visualization- like adjusting the lens of a camera.
You can just as easily invoke enough violet flame to transmute the density of a city or a nation-or a planet or a solar system.
There is unbounded creativity in the violet flame! It liberates the en- ergy of Aquarius in you-the full cre- ativity of the Holy Spirit. It liberates love as the discipline of creative fires.
Whatever your field, whatever your calling, you can take the sound, the rhythm, the energy, the Word- and feel yourseff freer and freer.
The violet flame will unlock in you everything else that you have ever sought as consciousness and teaching and self-mastery. It's the key. It locks in everything else-because it transmutes the dross that impedes the flow of this stupendous light of the Holy Spirit.
Here's what people who have experimented with the violet flame are saying:
". . .Well, I think a lot clearer. I feel lighter. I'm a lot more sensitive to vibrations. And I feel the movement of light almost physically rather than just at subtle levels."
". . .My relations with people are lighter and more smooth. I don't have that sense of friction."
". . .At one time I was heavy on drugs and I knew I'd gone too far. The violet flame has cleared up my memory so that now I can think clearly and creatively."
". . .I can feel an actual lightness in my step and a peace about things that could make me anxious."
". . . It gives me emotional control and the ability to be more sensitive to the thoughts of God."
It is God's own infinite consciousness that you have gained by going into your interior being. What are we going to do with it? We can't just bask in the Sun. Let's tackle the earth! Let's start a revolution!
Violet Flame Meditation
How to Use the Violet Flame Daily (good meditation ideas here)
Meditation and movement within our innermost being provides the experience that God lives within us as an energy, a light, a consciousness that can be contacted and appropriated. Energy as God is our greatest concern as we analyze our point in time and space. We are in a moment of the greatest revolution ever known.
It doesn't take a great perception to read the hand writing upon the wall of events in this and every nation. We read our newspapers. We look here. We look there. And there are days we would rather not look.
There is a very deep fear-a fear of something that the soul knows at subconscious levels but is not able to face in the conscious mind. It is a fear of coming events. We fear to bring forth from the dimness of an ancient memory the soul awareness of a shocking past-and an even more shocking future. And because we don't allow it to surface, we have a nation of insomnia, emotional and mental disorders, heart failure, and terminal disease.
We all sense an impending something. People are in a state of panic at subconscious levels. And that panic outpictures in vast "star wars" and wars across the face of the earth as the valve of the pressure cooker of the subconscious is opened just a little bit. Out it comes-like Pandora's box. The failure to resolve the inner compo- nents of being.
Inharmony within results in outer chaos. And yet we say, "What can I do? There's no point looking beyond my personal interests because I can't do anything anyway."
We think of the time before lightning was harnessed into electricity or before Einstein split the atom and gave us the formula E = mc squared. We say those were the dark ages. But today we know no more about the imprisoned light- ning of God within us than was known centuries ago about the most basic physical forces.
It is so near and so close. Yet we are on the brink of self-destruction because we have allowed ourselves to say that God is past or future or in here or over there- but never close enough to be that practicable application for the healing of our souls.
There are spiritual forces within us-within every single atom and cell, within the fire of our heart. If we would discover what these forces are, we would know how the fervent, white-hot heat of meditative love can burst that atom of Self and release the energy that has framed the worlds, that has created and uncreated the Void. It can begin a revolution of light. And it can make the imminent Aquarian age truly an era of peace and enlightenment.
The cycles of God Self-awareness move in two- thousand-year periods. In each two-thousand-year cycle, there's a dawning of a great light. In the age of Aries, the Judaic tradition taught us to understand God the Father, the personal God individualized in what Moses experienced as the I AM THAT I AM.
The next two-thousand-year period, marked by the coming of the avatar Jesus Christ, was the Piscean dispensation intended to give us the understanding of God as Son.
And so through reincarnation, lifetime after lifetime we were intended to put on the consciousness of God the Father and God the Son. Now as we feel the winds of the Aquarian age, we find the energy of the Holy Spirit upon us in many ways. New sounds, new rhythms, new science, new technology-and, above all, a new freedom.
The Aquarian age is the moment of understanding energy and its conquest in time and space through the perfect polarity of the masculine and feminine principles of the universe-Spirit('heaven')/Matter('earth'). The "cloven tongues" of fire that sat upon each of the disciples on the day of Pentecost are these 'twin flames' of the Father/Mother God which give to us the impact, the energy, the control of creative flow.
This descent of the Holy Spirit is a tremendous force. It is intense love. And this love-action is transmutative-that is, when this energy flows through us it is able to re-create us after the image of the Real Self.
Just as Jesus stood as the open door to the attainment of the Christ consciousness in the two-thousand-year Piscean cycle, so the Aquarian master Saint Germain comes today to initiate us on the path of soul liberation through the sacred fire of the Holy Spirit which we call the violet flame.
The violet flame is the energy of freedom. People who are free have the violet light vibrating in their auras-unmistakably. The violet flame is also an energy of mercy and forgiveness. And transmutation.
Transmutation means to change-to alter in form, appearance, or nature. The term was used by medieval alchemists who attempted to transmute base metals into gold, separating the 'subtle' from the 'gross' by means of heat.
That is precisely what the energy of the Holy Spirit does. It is a tangible emanation of spiritual fire that actually "melts" the "elements" of our subconscious "with fervent heat"-as the Bible says.
This is the way to undo psychological problems, emotional hang-ups, records of the past. We don't have to go back through hypnosis or regression. Send the love-fire of the Holy Spirit through-and it all begins to change by the alchemy of the violet transmuting flame.
The scientific use of the violet flame in this age has been made possible by Saint Germain, who offered the violet flame garnered within his own heart (over many thousands of years) as a momentum of light-energy so that we could experiment with the alchemy of self- transformation through the sacred fire.
The violet flame has always been used in the inner retreats of the Brotherhood. Up until now, it has been reserved for the privileged few-those initiates who were found worthy-members of 'secret societies', or communicants of the flame in the 'mystery schools'.
Early alchemists pored over minutely ciphered texts in search of the mystic-magical philosopher's stone. For them it was worth a lifetime to decode the mystery of this 'stone' which symbolized "the transmutation of the lower animal nature into the highest and divine."
Theosophical alchemists gloried in the vision of a "secret flame." The coveted philosopher's stone, "the Stone which is no stone," was not physical but spiritual and created out of fire!
According to Neoplatonist predecessors of medieval alchemy, it was a sacrificial, self-transforming fire that would lead the soul upward-and, in the process, transmute the "hard and refractory materials" in the human body to materials more luminous and rarefied. In this sacred experiment, the alchemist would become "like the gods," pursuing what one seventeenth-century text called "the gold of the wise and not the vulgar metal." Sacrificial fire, the texts explain, leads up to the "fire of the gods" by drawing upward to the Spirit all qualities that drag downward and oppose the celestial essences. Transmutation, then, was a spiritual process which exalted the soul into a state of unity with the Divine.
Now (thanks to Saint Germain!) you can begin to experience the action of this sacrificial fire-the violet fire-passing over the pages of the subconscious record of your incarnations on earth. The violet fire is sacred "secret" fire. It penetrates the most secret little places of our mind and memory. It comes in, sweeps through- and, with a roaring crackle, sweeps out the dust of centuries. Line by line, letter by letter, the flame- intelligent, luminous, directed by the mind of God-sets free the energies, electron by electron, of our past misuse of the sacred fire, thereby restoring the natural resource of the inner light.
Isaac Newton observed that a ray of sunlight, when passed through a prism, will separate into the seven colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. This visible light is only a tiny portion of an electromagnetic spectrum of varying frequencies or wavelengths which include radio waves, infrared radiation, ultraviolet rays, X-rays, gamma rays, cosmic rays. Today, scientists know of 60 to 70 octaves of light.
Violet, with the shortest wavelength, has the highest frequency in the visible spectrum and is at the point of transition to the next octave of light. To the ancients, this transitional, transcendental color was a spiritual rather than a physical phenomenon.
Egypt cherished the deep violet amethyst as a soothing, a healing stone, even as divine protection from evil. The Greek historian Lucian describes a fabled city of gems-whose altars are enormous blocks of amethyst.
Homer's Odyssey was sung by bards ceremoniously wrapped in precious purples. Agamemnon's wife rolled out a purple-crimson carpet to greet him home from Troy-"tinted splendors," noted the king, reserved only for the gods. Caesar also craved the costly color as the mantle of the supreme god, Jupiter.
When Pilate's soldiers platted the crown of thorns for Jesus "King of the Jews," they also put on him a purple robe. Thus purple became symbolic of mystic 'suffering', sacrifice, and penance. And violet was designated for liturgical vestments during the seasons of purgation-Advent and Lent.
Behind the scenes of visible color and light, mystics of all ages, East and West, have glirnpsed a "spiritual spectrum." Radiant colors, purer and more rare than those of earth, emanate from a brilliant white "inner" light that is divine in nature.
Scholars are beginning to see ancient "sun worshipers" as devotees of this transphysical spiritual light-the divine sun that illumines the inner world, 'the Sun behind the sun'.
The Zohar, an important work of the Jewish Kabbalah, affirms that "there exists a sort of fire which is stronger than other fire Above the white light and encompassing it is yet another light, this one symbolizing the supreme essence."
Zarathustra witnessed the creation of all things from a single fire. Mithraic prayers adore the Lord of Light as the "Fire-hearted One. . .whose Body is of Fire."
"In a flame of fire" the angel of the Lord appeared unto Moses. And out of that flaming flame was the contact of a soul with his own higher consciousness. Based on that experience, Moses told the children of Israel: "The Lord thy God is a consuming fire!"
And Jesus Christ summed up his mission in nine words: "I am come to send fire on the earth."
While in a state of ecstasy in dialogue with God the Father, Saint Catherine of Siena dictated these words: "I, Fire, Acceptor of sacrifices, ravishing away from them their darkness, give the light; not a natural light, but a supernatural. . .
John of the Cross was inwardly transformed in the "living flame" of love. "Such is the activity of the Holy Spirit in the soul," he writes. "The interior acts He produces shoot up flames for they are acts of inflamed love."
Esoteric researcher H. P. Blavatsky describes the divine light in terms of seven colors, or 'rays'-each of which has specific attributes or qualities. The violet flame comes forth from that aspect of the white light which is called the 'seventh ray'.
Just as sunlight passing through a prism is refracted into the rainbow of the seven rays, so in the consciousness of the Holy Spirit the light of the Christ is refracted for our use in the matter plane.
Each of the seven rays is a concentrated action of the light of God having a specific color and frequency resulting in a specific action in body, mind, and soul. The violet flame is the specific of the Holy Spirit, the antidote, that dissolves the delusions of the pseudoself-and even the laws of old age and death. It is the fulfillment of the prophecy of God's own law of transmutation "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."
The violet flame does not destroy, for the law is precise: God's energy is neither created nor destroyed. The violet flame changes the water into wine. It strips atoms and molecules of the dense overlay of human imperfection and restores the natural divine perfection of the soul and its original desire to be whole.
Now let us examine what happens when the specific of the violet fire is applied to the accumulation of karma in the subconscious.
Instantaneously, the fire begins the work of breaking down particles of substance that are part of hundreds and even thousands of incarnations. Believe it or not, this energy can be as hard as concrete as it fills the wide-open spaces between the electrons and the nuclei of the atoms causing mental recalcitrance, hardness of heart, a lack of sensitivity to the needs of others-and creating a dense mass that prevents the soul from receiving the delicate impartations of the Holy Spirit.
Man is a microcosm-a miniature representation of the cosmos. Just as there is a vast space between the planets and the sun, so there is vast space between the electrons and the nucleus inside every cell and atom of your body consciousness.
The space between the electron and the fiery nucleus is known as 'virgin' or 'hallowed' space. It is filled with the pulsating energy of the Holy Spirit. It is essence-an essence of God.
We are constantly using this vital essence that is between the electrons and the nucleus of the atom. We are constantly qualifying that energy-stamping it with the impressions of our minds and hearts. And this is how densification occurs.
You can imagine filling the space between electrons with molasses-a sticky astral glue that blocks the flow of light from the Macrocosm of God to the microcosm of man. What happens to the electrons? They slow down. They can't pass through.
That is, in effect, what we've been doing for hundreds of thousands of years. We have been filling the space between the electrons with discord, with a lack of wholeness-call it what you will. Call it "bad karma." Call it "sin" if you must. Essentially any manifestation of imperfection fills that 'hallowed' space with density.
Dr. Bernard Jensen reports that hatred and other negative thoughts and feeling actually create acids (excess amounts of phosphoric acid, uric acid, and carbonic acid gases) that the body cannot assimilate. Hence the density of disease persists within the physical orbit.
Atoms of consciousness have become so polluted that our environment is now polluted as well. We have polluted the atoms of air, polluted the atoms of earth, polluted the atoms of water-not simply with chemicals but with our thoughts and feelings. Physical pollution is but an effect of mental and emotional pollution. There- fore, to solve the problem of pollution, we must restore the native flow of the Holy Spirit.
That's the science of it. The dilemma is, How do we speed up our electrons? By removing the effiuvia that is caught between those wide-open spaces. How? There is only one way. By using the same energies that we have misused-the energies of the Holy Spirit.
The accelerating, violet-flame energy of the Holy Spirit envelops each atom individually. Can you imagine what a tiny particle of substance an atom is? Yet the flame of God caresses and wraps each atom indi- vidually. Instantaneously, a polarity is set up between the white fire core of the atom (which, being matter, assumes the negative pole) and the white fire core of the flame (which, being Spirit, assumes the positive pole).
The dual action of the sacred fire in the center of the atom and in the violet flame without establishes a forcefield that causes the untransmuted densities to be dislodged from between the electrons. As this substance is loosed, the electrons begin to spin more rapidly in their orbits-and by centrifugal force it is thrown into the violet flame. On contact with this fiery essence of freedom's flame, the misqualified energy is transmuted into its native purity.
The violet flame is the spiritual wine of forgiveness, the quality of mercy that, as Shakespeare wrote, "is not strain'd," that "droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath: it is twice blest; it blesseth him that gives and him that takes."
That "giving" and "taking" is the constant of flow. Flow is the interaction of energy between God and man. Flow is the return to the Source of energy so that that Source can release more energy.
All of cosmos depends for its very existence upon that flow. When you stop the flow, you have death, disease, disintegration. Disintegration-the 'dis-integration' of the atom that is devoid of the integrating essence of the Holy Spirit.
If we can't let go to this cosmic flow, this mighty movement of the Spirit of God, then we have lost the essential reason for being-for life itself. That is why the violet flame brings such feelings of joy, lightness, hope, and newness of life. It restores the flow. And with the restoration of the Macrocosmic/microcosmic flow, it is as though clouds of depression were being dissolved by the very sun of our own being.
When the spirit of man flows into the Spirit of God and the Spirit of God flows into the spirit of man, there is a divine exchange-a cosmic transmutation-and both God and man enjoy the feeling of sharing and of belonging to one another.
All problems of the economy, the ecology, and the government can be resolved," Saint Germain says, "if you will take only ten minutes each day to go within and to find your own God Self; to meditate and to use the science of the spoken Word whereby you chant the mantra of the free: I AM A BEING OF VIOLET FIRE-
I AM THE PURITY GOD DESIRES!
"This is my mantra which I give to you as your initiation into the Aquarian age."
I AM A BEING OF VIOLET FIRE-
I AM THE PURITY GOD DESIRES!
The sacred name I AM releases the fire locked in the nucleus of the permanent atom of Self.
Remember when Moses was on the mountain and there was a bush that burned but was not consumed- and then God called to him out of the midst of the burning bush? Moses understood God as fire. But at the precise moment that God reveals himself as an energy, as that flaming flame-at that moment the Lord God steps right through that energy and becomes a person talking with Moses face-to-face. The energy speaks. It becomes an identity, an individuality-the very person of the Holy Spirit.
When you look at the nature of energy, you realize that it is always simultaneously principle and person. Principle and person is simply the plus and minus polarity. The positive polarity becomes negative as the negative polarity realizes individuality.
God is the cloven tongues of fire-Spirit/Matter. Spirit represents the principle of universal energy. Matter represents that energy becoming a person. By the law of polarity, that which is principle must become person. It is a lesson in science and mathematics.
Moses had that experience. Energy became person-a person that was a friend. God manifested himself as friend and talked with Moses face-to-face out of that burning bush. Why? To initiate his mission in life.
What does initiation mean? It means that God imparts to us as individuals an increment of light, or energy, which enters into our soul and gives us a push, a thrust, a consciousness, an idea, an awareness. It's like wind in our sails.
So Moses stood there and the voice spoke out of the flame and the Lord God said to him: "Let my people go!" God is sending Moses to rescue the people of Israel from a false sense of freedom, a very entrenched materialism. But Moses was very timid. He feared. He doubted his own ability.
Moses trembles before that person-as we would also tremble before the sacred fire. He said, "I'm not qual- ified. The people will not listen to me. Perhaps if they know who sent me they will listen to me-someone, perhaps, more powerful than I. Whom shall I say sent me? By whose authority shall I deliver this word? Who are you, anyway?"
The resounding Word that comes back is the resounding Word that we hear in our own inner being- the declaration of the presence of God where we are. The voice of the Lord speaks out of that flame to Moses and says:I AM THAT I AM. I AM WHO I AM. I will be what I will be. OM TAT SAT OM.
The name of God I AM THAT I AM is a key to energy. Every time you use "I AM" you are declaring, "God in me is." It is an affirmation of your true Self. It releases the fire of your heart to fulfill the destiny to which you send it forth. This is more than the power of positive thinking. Make no mistake. This is the alchemy of the sacred fire.
"I AM" is a loaded word. It is loaded with the power of the nucleus of your being. If you say, "I am well, I am happy, I am whole," the fire leaps and makes a cycle through your mind and heart and soul (and when you say the reverse, you create the consequences).
I AM A BEING OF VIOLET FIRE-
I AM THE PURITY GOD DESIRES!
When you give this mantra, the flow of the Word goes forth in a clockwise spiral around your being. And you, as a pillar of energy, become a coil of the fire of freedom.
In the flow of the mantra, the stepping-up of the tempo corresponds to the stepping-up of the vibration of the light flowing through you. When you let God speak the Word through you, the natural flow of light intensifies the flow of the mantra.
I AM A BEING OF VIOLET FIRE-
I AM THE PURITY GOD DESIRES!
This is an example of how the white fire core receives all back unto itself. All of the colors-the rainbow rays of the prism of God's consciousness-return to the white fire core. And the violet flame becomes the white light as the mantra converges in the AUM.
I AM A BEING OF VIOLET FIRE-
I AM THE PURITY GOD DESIRES!
AUM
Scientists now recognize the fact that each individual has his own 'cosmic clock'. We each have a unique vibration. That vibration consists of the frequencies of all of our atoms and molecules.
All our atoms and molecules put together make the 'tone' of identity which we recognize when we greet our friends, when we have affinities (and perhaps repulsions) for one another. Those 'vibes'-that frequency- have to do with how the Word is flowing.
When the flame of freedom comes into being and you become that flame-you have a new pitch, a new sound, a new consciousness. And as you increase the tempo of the mantra, you are controlling a whole cosmos of atoms and molecules and energy fields.
We begin slowly, controlling each word as we control each electron. Then we step it up and we find that we can maintain control at an increased vibration-just as man has conquered movement in time and space, securing inventions for greater and greater speed and finally breaking the barrier of sound. This we do by the control of the Word and the science of the Word.
Experiment with the mantra. If you do not exercise the power of the spoken Word, you will be an island in the midst of a sea of flame. For by free will that flame cannot coalesce and form that spiral if you do not give the fiat. This is the law of free will and of the science of the spoken Word. The flame is unknown until you make it your own.
This is a simple mantra that you can accelerate and accelerate and give it as a perpetual prayer on your lips as you go about your daily life.
I AM A BEING OF VIOLET FIRE-
I AM THE PURITY GOD DESIRES!
Start getting rid of the consciousness of self as old, dense, feeble, ugly, stupid, bored, poor. All of a sudden you are "a being of violet fire." You're just a flaming flame-pulsating, moving with the Spirit. You move in a beautiful sea of violet flame.
As you give that mantra and accelerate and accelerate its speed-so you have the dissolving of the substance between the electrons and the nuclei. The electrons whirl faster and faster and faster. And you get lighter and lighter. Higher and higher.
This is a mantra you can use anytime, anywhere. You can make use of the Word within you instead of staying there in that same dense vibration-a victim of your circumstances in time and space. When you start feeling tense or irritated or tired or heavy or burdened during the day, just say a few "violet flames" and you'll be back into that cosmic flow.
Give it making breakfast, driving the car, washing the clothes-even taking a shower.
Visualize your morning shower as a shower of violet flame. See the flame scrubbing the pores, passing through the nervous system, the arteries, the bloodstream-right down to the marrow of your bones.
And whatever you affirm for your- self; you can affirm for your city or for the entire nation. You can say, America is a land of violet fire- America is the purity God desires! Simply change your visualization- like adjusting the lens of a camera.
You can just as easily invoke enough violet flame to transmute the density of a city or a nation-or a planet or a solar system.
There is unbounded creativity in the violet flame! It liberates the en- ergy of Aquarius in you-the full cre- ativity of the Holy Spirit. It liberates love as the discipline of creative fires.
Whatever your field, whatever your calling, you can take the sound, the rhythm, the energy, the Word- and feel yourseff freer and freer.
The violet flame will unlock in you everything else that you have ever sought as consciousness and teaching and self-mastery. It's the key. It locks in everything else-because it transmutes the dross that impedes the flow of this stupendous light of the Holy Spirit.
Here's what people who have experimented with the violet flame are saying:
". . .Well, I think a lot clearer. I feel lighter. I'm a lot more sensitive to vibrations. And I feel the movement of light almost physically rather than just at subtle levels."
". . .My relations with people are lighter and more smooth. I don't have that sense of friction."
". . .At one time I was heavy on drugs and I knew I'd gone too far. The violet flame has cleared up my memory so that now I can think clearly and creatively."
". . .I can feel an actual lightness in my step and a peace about things that could make me anxious."
". . . It gives me emotional control and the ability to be more sensitive to the thoughts of God."
It is God's own infinite consciousness that you have gained by going into your interior being. What are we going to do with it? We can't just bask in the Sun. Let's tackle the earth! Let's start a revolution!
Sunday, 21 March 2010
new age religion
new age religion good points is to at least self teach yourself, do not just follow the first thing you learn about new age religion, and also a good aspect of the new age religion is that it takes in other religions and tries to improve them, and give the person following the religion more chance to look deeper into there religion, and not saying the big traditional religions are wrong, but need more study, just as a christian monk would spend years meditating on christianity and vice verser with the other religions, and that the new age religion is not versus other religions as such.
so some positives to look at in the world of new age religion's.
so some positives to look at in the world of new age religion's.
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