The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 81 : Agni - 5

🌹 The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 81 🌹

🌴 Agni - 5 🌴

✍️ Master E. Krishnamacharya

📖. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻 The Agnishvattas 🌻

The Agnishvattas are the sacred Manasa Devas which descend from the solar fire, the Second Logos of Love-Wisdom and complete the formation of our mind. 

The name of these Devas means that they have put down their fire to procreate. 

The Agnishvattas are also known as the Kumaras or the Lords of the Flame. 

They are the Eternal Youths, because they stay in the proximity of matter but they do not get involved in matter. They are our awareness. 

When we become conscious, the Agnishvattas start functioning as thoughts. They visit us every morning when we awake, and through them we are mentally active when we get up. 

They are so active that we do not have time to feel the awareness of existence. Their presence is like a light in a dark room. It does not create order in the room but gives us the clarity to clean up the room. 

Like this, the light of the Agnishvattas does not create anything new but it gives us awareness, and in this light we can perceive and act. 

This light of the I AM consciousness is a form of Agni. Agni awakens as the point of ignition of consciousness.

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Sources: Master K.P. Kumar: Agni. The Symbolism and Ritual of Fire / notes from seminars. Master E. Krishnamacharya: Agni Yoga.

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The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 80 : Agni - 4

🌹 The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 80 🌹

🌴 Agni - 4 🌴

✍️ Master E. Krishnamacharya

📖. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻 Subtle Forms of Agni 🌻

In the wisdom teachings there are terms describing the subtle work of fire for which there are no equal terms in the western languages. What is important is to understand the concept instead of stumbling on names.

At the periphery of the fire we can see dancing fire spots called salamanders. In the flame there are intelligences forming the vortexes from out of which the spherical forms develop; these are the Agni Chaitans. 

The Sun globe is made of this fire, and it also brings about the rotary movement of fire in us. Another aspect are the pranic elements. 

They are of a very fine nature and minutest in their form. They keep the texture of the body together and thus enable its animation. The Agni Suryans regulate our desire body and enable us to grow upward or downward from matter. 

When we are attracted by the objectivity, these fire elements make a downward move. And if we are aspiring for something good for humanity, they make an upward movement, and this again enables matter to ascend into subtler states. 

The Agni Suryans support us on the spiritual path if we dedicate ourselves to an ideal or a goal and work for it.

This categorisation is very general but it is sufficient for a basic understanding.

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Sources: Master K.P. Kumar: Agni. The Symbolism and Ritual of Fire / notes from seminars. Master E. Krishnamacharya: Agni Yoga.

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The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 79 : Agni - 3

🌹 The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 79 🌹

🌴 Agni - 3 🌴

✍️ Master E. Krishnamacharya

📖. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻 Working with Fire 🌻

If we have thoughts or emotions worrying us we can light a fire, look into the flame and propose that the fire might absorb all impurities. 

During a fire ritual there can be high vertical flames which are not possible with a candle. We visualise during the ritual and with closed eyes also afterwards how the vertical flame rises from the base centre to the Ajna centre and beyond. 

Once the Ajna centre receives the flame the whole brain and cerebro-spinal system is illumined and enlightens us. With the help of Agni we can purify profound impressions of our psyche and the karma of the past. 

Agni also makes the senses and the mind more radiant and we progress on the path more easily.

While visualising the flame we can seek to see the disc of the Solar God. In “White Magic”, Master DK gives a wonderful hymn from the Isa Vasya Upanishad: 

“Unveil to us the face of the true spiritual sun, hidden by a disc of golden light, that we may know the truth and do our whole duty as we journey to Thy sacred feet.” 

The disc of light shines between the two eyebrows like the sun rising between two mountains. The related bliss cannot be expressed in words.

A seat of Agni in our body is the month. It is regarded as a fire pot in which the food is transformed into energy. 

The energy serves as food for the Devas within the body so that all parts can cooperate well. We can also express fire through our speech, to heal or to destroy.

Other points in the body presided by Agni are the spleen and the place between the shoulder blades where the body takes in prana and the warmth of the Sun. 

These points correspond to the south-east. Kitchens are set up in the south-east of the house so that the energy of Agni vitalizes us well via the food.

In India, Agni is invoked before cooking so that no accident with fire happens and that everything might turn out well. Also when you switch on an electric stove, this should be done consciously, invoking the Deva of fire. 

Our conscious action invokes and creates the corresponding energies. Taking fire just as an impersonal thing generating heat is an understanding in ignorance. 

If we consider the fire as an active intelligence and invoke it consciously even in the kitchen, it will cooperate with us.

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Sources: Master K.P. Kumar: Agni. The Symbolism and Ritual of Fire / notes from seminars. Master E. Krishnamacharya: Agni Yoga.

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The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 78 : Agni - 2

🌹 The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 78 🌹

🌴 Agni - 2 🌴

✍️ Master E. Krishnamacharya

📖. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻. Fiery Wisdom 🌻

If we wish to learn and practise Agni, this requires that we bring out pure fire. This means that we strive to keep our mind, speech, and action pure. 

Otherwise a book like “Treatise on Cosmic Fire” will not reveal itself to us, even if we try to study it. There will come disturbing influences or we get tired when we open the book, and we feel that it is not the time. 

Such a book is a living being which sees with what kind of vibration we are approaching it. It is fire arranged in the form of paper. 

Each time we connect with it the fire rearranges the matter in the body, and we experience changes in our daily activities.

To be able to approach the book a certain preparation is required. We cannot study it with a busy mind. If we simply read it, everything is like evaporated after a day or two. If, however, we read it with the right preparation, the intelligences described in the book are stimulated and awaken in us. 

If you want to associate with such books it is best to read them at a place which is prepared for this purpose. It is best if we light a candle and incense and sit in a reverential posture facing east or north. 

It is recommended to never read the scriptures lying on the bed like a novel. We invoke the Master whom we follow and then start reading the book and making our own notes.

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Sources: Master K.P. Kumar: Agni. The Symbolism and Ritual of Fire / notes from seminars. Master E. Krishnamacharya: Agni Yoga.

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The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 77 : Agni - 1

🌹 The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 77 🌹

🌴 Agni - 1 🌴

✍️ Master E. Krishnamacharya

📖. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻 The All-Consuming Fire 🌻

The Vedic scriptures declare that the first manifestation of creation happens through fire. 

The fire consumes the underlying essence and forms all that is out of it. As the all-consuming fire it also can dissolve all forms and turns them back again into essence. In the Old Testament there is a similar statement: 

“Our God is the all-consuming Fire.” This means that the Lord assimilates again the whole creation, just like he has formed it with the help of fire. 

The Greek philosopher Heraclitus also taught that the universe was created from out of the state of fire and that it is the one principle which underlies all phenomena in Nature.

The Vedas call this fire Agni. Agni means the first, the foremost one, the one without whom nothing exists. 

Agni is the first impulse, the cause for the emergence of the visible from out of the seeming nothingness.

The Rig Veda, one of the four Vedas, begins with the sukta on fire: 

“Agni mile purohitam…” “Let us worship the Lord who is the forerunner! Let us worship the Lord of all sacrifice! Let us worship the Lord of all rituals!” 

The ‘Treatise on Cosmic Fire’ is a commentary on the Agni Suktas which Master Djwhal Khul has imparted through Alice Bailey. 

The oriental scriptures say that Master Djwhal Khul was recruited into the ashram of the first ray to learn the Agni Suktas, and he was initiated into the work of the first ray. 

In fact, Djwhal Khul is a title given to him by his teachers to designate the energy that he carries in himself: The name means a garland of flames (Djwhala: flame; Khula: garland), with the 7 centres as fiery flowers. 

Since Master Djwhal Khul was initiated into Agni, he could transmit so much cosmic wisdom through HPB, AAB and Master EK.

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Sources: Master K.P. Kumar: Agni. The Symbolism and Ritual of Fire / notes from seminars. Master E. Krishnamacharya: Agni Yoga.

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The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 76 : Indra - 3

🌹 The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 76 🌹

🌴 Indra - 3 🌴

✍️ Master E. Krishnamachar

📖. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻 Indra and Vitra 🌻

Indra stands for the cosmic mind. It is his mission to uphold balance in creation by receiving and distributing. If this does not happen, a disturbance occurs. 

In the Puranas, there are numerous stories how the Celestial King fought against the diabolic beings so as not to allow these forces to enter into the personality. In these battles, however, Indra is often defeated; he loses his throne and a demon takes over his place. 

This happens always when Indra becomes proud, takes his position for granted and neglects his duties. Indra also often acts carelessly and thereby creates problems.

It is said that once Indra had autocratically settled in his power and thus didn’t look for further progress. 

Then the divine principle of Saturn took form as the demon Vritra. Vritra is the Angel of Habit; he creates circumscriptions. 

Good as well as bad habits can keep us imprisoned. Thus, all people who weren’t in accordance with the awareness of existence were subjugated by Vritra. 

Indra also circumscribed himself, because he considered himself the king of all that is. Vritra had realised that he is only THAT and that nothing else exists. Therefore he was invincible.

Vritra was considered by many as very powerful, more powerful than Indra. Indra became jealous and feared that Vritra would contend with him for the throne. 

He began to fight against Vritra but he completely lost. Indra now thought that Vritra would come to occupy the throne. But he didn’t do this. Indra could not understand. 

He became more and more restless and feared that his subordinates would no longer pay respects to him. He meditated for a long time until the Lord appeared before him and Indra asked him for a weapon with which he could kill Vritra. 

He received a weapon and challenged Vritra again to battle. Vritra only smiled at him and asked him to start. Indra used the weapon but it had no influence on Vritra.

Indra was surprised and thought, “He must have a key to immortality.” He now asked Vritra about the secret of his victory. Vritra smiled and replied, “You can never kill me as long as you see an enemy in me. The concept of an enemy in you circumscribes you. 

It is for this reason that I always defeat you. In me, there is no such thing as enmity. For me, you are not an enemy but a brother. Therefore, I have smiled at you. 

But when I smile at you, this irritates you instead of smiling back. Your own idea which you carry within yourself is your disease. I have no ideas about you in me.”

Indra thought that this teaching is good and asked Vritra to explain it to him further. 

Vritra gave him explanations about the eternity of creation and the different projections on the basis of this existence; how people trap themselves and become weak when they go away from the existence, and how you can practice at any time to be in accordance with the existence. 

For him everything was existence and all projections only exist on the existence. The childish actions of Indra for him were also a play of the Lord who played through Indra.

When Vritra had explained it to Indra, Indra said, “You are my Master; I have now learnt how we get so easily conditioned through our own thoughts and get caught in projections.” Thus the Celestial King learnt to live in the awareness of existence. 

The real intention of Vritra now was over and he said to Indra, “Now you can kill me!” Indra asked why. Vritra replied, “Because you no longer see an enemy in me.” After that the king killed Vritra.

Since Indra had overcome all limitations, there was no longer a purpose for the life of Vritra. Even without form he continues to exist as a principle. 

Indra, who now understood the things in a better and deeper way, killed Vritra in friendliness and harmony and thus liberated him from his form.

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Sources: Master K.P. Kumar: Sri Suktam / notes from seminars. Master E. Krishnamacharya: Spiritual Astrology.

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The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 75 : Indra - 2

🌹 The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 75 🌹

🌴 Indra - 2 🌴

✍️ Master E. Krishnamacharya

📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻 The Birthplace of Indra  🌻

One of the responsibilities of Indra is to expand the soul consciousness. 

On the path, this begins with the merging of chakras and finds its completion in the blossoming of the lotus that is located directly under the Ajna centre and above the brow centre. 

It is called Indra Yoni, the birthplace of Indra. These centres stand one above the other and should not be confused. 

The brow centre is the highest point up to which the human awareness can rise as personality. This centre belongs to the pituitary. The third eye or Ajna is the seat of the soul, from where our life is governed through the body. 

It is connected with the pineal gland. When the bridge is built between the two glands, light is generated: the soul manifests itself in the personality, and thus Indra is born in us. 

This means, when the soul expresses in action, the light of the soul manifests itself. When there is no further need to act, the soul goes back into the third eye. 

When coming down, the soul becomes Indra. He is the light on the forehead, the celestial mind in the human body. 

To stimulate this light, we utter the Great Invocation: “From the point of Light within the Mind of God, let Light stream forth into the minds of men. Let Light descend on Earth.”

There is also a birthplace of Indra on the higher bridge, at a point above the Ajna centre and below the minor head centre. 

The symbol of this place is a circle with a vertical diameter and is called the seal of Indra, where the line symbolises the higher bridge. 

Master EK describes that it is formed by the symbol of the sign of Pisces with two fishes running in opposite directions ♓️ changing after the construction of the higher bridge. 

The two fishes now rotate and meet one another to form a circle, and the horizontal line changes to a vertical line. 

Meditating upon this glyph leads to the birthplace of Indra on the higher bridge.

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Sources: Master K.P. Kumar: Sri Suktam / notes from seminars. Master E. Krishnamacharya: Spiritual Astrology.

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The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 74 : Indra - 1

🌹 The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 74 🌹

🌴 Indra - 1 🌴

✍️ Master E. Krishnamacharya

📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻. The Protector of the Worlds 🌻

In the Vedas, there are two central terms, THAT (TAT) and THIS (IDAM). THAT signifies the One which is beyond of all. It points to the unthinkable, indefinable which is beyond name and form. 

THIS identifies the phenomenal world, the world of appearances. It relates to the manifest universe and is the soul of the created world. 

This energy is the Light which emerges from the Absolute God. It is described as Idandra or Indra, the Celestial King, whose mission is to protect and organise the worlds.

Indra is the four-armed Lord who manifests the creation up to the fourth aspect, the visible world. As the One who pervades the worlds, he is Vishnu. 

Therefore the eastern scriptures also speak of Indra-Vishnu. Indra is sometimes also called the elder brother of Vishnu. In man, Indra-Vishnu is visualised as an energy vortex above the head. 

He is the king of all the directional Devas and presides over the North Pole. Indra himself is the Lord of the East; he exists in us in the area of the Ajna centre at the centre of the forehead. 

Ajna signifies the Divine Will. The Will of the soul therefore works through the Ajna centre.

With the cosmic flames, Indra-Vishnu stands for the fire which pours from above downwards, whereas Agna-Vishnu is the flame which burns from below upwards. Both flames meet in the heart centre. 

These names are also used in the fire ritual; and in the meditation of the Diamantine Network we say, “I invoke Indra, the King Celestial, from the East into my Ajna centre…. I invoke Indra-Vishnu, the Lord of Pervasion of the subtle worlds, from above into the top of my head. 

I invoke Agna-Vishnu, the Lord of Pervasion of the terrestrial and sub-terrestrial world, from below into the bottom of my feet.”

As the King of the Devas, Indra is the protector of the worlds. 

In the body, this protective principle expresses through the hands, the shoulders and the shoulder blades. Prana enters in-between the shoulder blades as fire of life. 

When we fall, we protect ourselves with the hands. Strong hands can grip and bring help. Hands can give and bless, but also release.

In Spiritual Astrology, Indra is described as the Lord of Neptune, as the cosmic force working through the planet Neptune. 

Master EK says that, in fact, Neptune does not come under the category of a planet but forms the centre of a hierarchy which trains five solar systems. 

This hierarchy deals with sound waves and their arrangement; it is therefore also called the musical hierarchy. 

On the supra-cosmic plane it is the Soma consciousness, and on lower planes it is the Venus and the Moon of our earth. On the planetary plane Lord Maitreya embodies these qualities. 

They foster intuition and the search for merging with higher planes by which the personality is absorbed into higher consciousness or group consciousness. 

The qualities presided over by the Sun, however, guide more intellect, logic, and rational thinking. In man Indra presides over musicality, the sense of periodicity, frequency and beat along with Soma.

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Sources: Master K.P. Kumar: Sri Suktam / notes from seminars. Master E. Krishnamacharya: Spiritual Astrology.

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The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 73 : Agastya - 3

🌹 The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 73 🌹

🌴 Agastya - 3 🌴

✍️ Master E. Krishnamacharya

📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻. The Work of Agastya - 2 🌻

It says that he came from the northern regions to the South to subdue the Vindhyas on the way, a proud mountain chain. It asked when it can acquire again its original form. 

He replied, “When I come back to the North.” But he never came back. He never goes to the north. It says that Shiva and even Krishna visited Agastya in the South to pay him honour. He is also called the non-moving Master.

He is deep, silent and effective and works in the shadow. He is an expression of THE MASTER who is omnipresent and eternal, the Be-ness of the universe.

In the early times of the earth there was a crisis where dark forces that were hiding in the waters of the oceans, came out during the night hours to disturb the law and order. 

The king, an emperor from the solar dynasty, was helpless. His advisors told him that only Agastya could handle the crisis. He approached Agastya through deep meditation, and Agastya appeared before him. 

The king explained the problem. Agastya smiled and said, “I shall inhale the waters of the ocean. Then you can see the dark forces and kill them. 

As soon as you have killed them, I shall once again release the waters into the depths of the oceans.” The king was pleased. The Master did what he had said. The king killed the dark forces and the Master released the waters back.

In this symbolism, we, the individual soul, are the solar king. The dark forces in water are the forces of emotion. Agastya is the teacher who teaches the work with respiration. 

Through deep inhalation, the solar principle reaches deep inside and expels the carbon through exhalation. Air is the medium. Aquarius is the airy sign ruled by Agastya; Uranus therefore is the regent of the sign.

It is interesting that Agastya is connected to the sky waters and that he mostly establishes his ashrams near waterfalls. His primary ashram is besides the Kuttalam waterfalls in the Courtallam Mountains of South India.

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Sources: Master K.P. Kumar: Sri Suktam. Mantrams / notes from seminars. Master E. Krishnamacharya: Spiritual Astrology. 

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The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 72 : Agastya - 2

🌹 The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 72 🌹

🌴 Agastya - 2 🌴

✍️ Master E. Krishnamacharya

📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻. The Work of Agastya - 1 🌻

Agastya is the greatest of the Seers. Whereas the 7 Seers are depicted as men of tall stature, with long hair and beards, his appearance is the contrary. The Scriptures describe him as short and sturdy, beardless and with a round, clean-shaven head radiating golden light. All limbs of his body are radiating.

Lord Krishna once sent three disciples, who were fasting irresponsibly, to Agastya in the Blue Mountains to learn right fasting. Agastya said, “Observe me for three days. 

Then you will know it.” They observed him. He did not miss any meals. He ate mountains of food but he had a flat belly. After three days they told him, “We cannot understand you kind of fasting.” 

He replied, “I have been fasting eternally. I do not need food because I do not eat for myself. It is fasting if you feel that you don’t eat.” We think that we are eating. 

Agastya does not think that it is he who eats. He lives in accordance with the universal consciousness, and thus the food is distributed to all the elements around him, with himself as a channel. 

There are stories about disciples of him, who were so much engaged in a work for the Plan and did not have time to eat, did not become hungry, because the Master ate for them. Master CVV also provided rich meals, for the body should not be neglected. We should live a yoga which fulfils spirit and matter.

Normally, Agastya does not interfere with the evolutionary activity on the planet; it is guided by the ashram in the Himalayas. In times of crises, when the Hierarchy and the Devas alone cannot cope with the challenge, he cooperates and gives a push. Sri Kumar therefore humorously also calls him James Bond who takes to action in special missions.

In the Puranas, there are stories about his interventions. The first one was during the formation of the planet, when the matter was forming around the North Pole in the form of a whirlpool but the South did not solidify. 

The Devas and the Sons of Yoga asked Agastya for help. He then consolidated the circumference, which now is the equator, and created the South Pole. 

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Sources: Master K.P. Kumar: Sri Suktam. Mantrams / notes from seminars. Master E. Krishnamacharya: Spiritual Astrology. 

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The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 71: Agastya - 1

🌹 The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 71 🌹

🌴 Agastya - 1 🌴

✍️ Master E. Krishnamacharya

📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻. The Two Streams 🌻

The wisdom teachings explain how two streams emerge from the finest matter on the supra-cosmic plane. 

They are also called the Aswins, the twin aspects of the One. Having come forth from the primary source of Light, the Mother of the World, they flow in two opposite directions.

The left energy prepares the planes of existence and the bodies, from the subtlest to the densest planes. It creates the containers for the content. 

The right energy works with the soul dwelling in the forms and thus brings the content. On the supra-cosmic plane this energy is called Mitra and the form-giving energy is called Varuna. 

On the cosmic plane these are the two great seers Vasishta and Agastya. Vasishta has his abode in one of the 7 stars of the Great Bear; Agastya operates through Sirius, the brightest star in the firmament. 

The Great Bear is said to be the Father of our solar system, the Pleiades are the Mother, and Sirius is the Teacher. Sirius is also called the Dog Star; he is the watchdog which guards and protects the beings of our planet and our solar system. 

With the Greeks the dog was called Cerberus, the guard of the Gates of Hell, and in the eastern Scriptures it is called Sarama.

The energy of Mitra-Vasishta comes into our system via Neptune and to the earth through the North Pole. 

It expresses through the ashram of the Hierarchy which works for the unfoldment of consciousness and which is directed by Lord Maitreya. He is called Maitreya because he epitomizes Mitra on earth. 

The energy of Varuna-Agastya comes through Uranus and through the South Pole; it is linked to the South and to the ashram of Agastya who is also called Master Jupiter. Agastya therefore rules over the South.

Even though he represents a cosmic principle, he lives in a body of flesh and blood. While the other masters live in the Himalayas and in other ashrams all over the planet, his centre is in the Nilagiris, the Blue Mountains of South India. 

This, however, is only one of his ashrams. Another ashram is in South Africa, and a big ashram is in South America, which geographically is further south compared to the Nilagiris. 

Agastya works in cooperation with the Manu for the development of the material forms, especially of the human bodies, to make them good containers for the incarnating souls.

The energies of the North Pole come into us via the Sahasrara and function via the higher centres down to the diaphragm; the energies of the South Pole work through the Muladhara and go from below up to the diaphragm. 

This is a broad understanding, for the principles of the corresponding energies manifest on all planes.

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Sources: Master K.P. Kumar: Sri Suktam. Mantrams / notes from seminars. Master E. Krishnamacharya: Spiritual Astrology. 

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🌹 The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 70 : Aditi - 4

🌹 The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 70 🌹

🌴 Aditi - 4 🌴

✍️ Master E. Krishnamacharya

📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻 12 Devas of Radiation 🌻

Aditi is the invisible Light beyond which is also called Cosmic Fire and which is sung in the Purusha Sukta. It is only visible to those whose Ajna centre is open. 

What we generally see as light is a much later appearance. The Light of Aditi is the light of awareness. The cosmic energy of Aditi permeates space with 12 qualities of energy called the 12 Devas of radiation, the Adityas. 

They work as units of awareness through the 12 sun signs. It is always the same light but month after month it brings different qualities. 

The sun ray of Gemini has a different effect compared to that of the ray of Cancer. Through their light, which we cannot see, an Aditya approaches us. 

Each of the varied 12 lights contains again seven rays. Thus we get the number 84 which goes with Uranus. Uranus is also viewed as the greater Sun; his revolution around the Sun, through all the 12 sun signs, takes 84 years.

The Light beyond all darkness also exists in us as permeating awareness. From head to feet this awareness permeates and fills us and also goes beyond the body. 

It is also called Vishnu, the cosmic person, who is regarded as the first of the Adityas. “Among the Adityas, I am Vishnu”, says Lord Krishna: “Realise Me as this all fulfilling and perfusing consciousness in you!”

The 12 Adityas with their qualities are localised in our body as 12 potential points corresponding to the 12 sun signs. 

Through them their specific states of awareness unfold in us. These potential points are stimulated by a contemplation of these qualities focussed upon the Light.

The Sun of each solar system is a son of Aditi. Thus, Aditya also denotes the cosmic or spiritual Sun, from out of which 12 solar systems emerge. In us, the cosmic sun Aditya is the Sahasrara, the central sun, Savitri, the Ajna centre, and the visible sun, Surya, the heart centre, which distributes the Light.

Besides the Devas of radiation, the Adityas, there are the Devas of vibration called Rudras – they generate the pulsation in us – and the Vasus, the Devas of formation. 

Together with the twin gods, the Ashvins, the inseparable male-female principle, they are together 33 groups of Devas. 

All Devas also work in us. In us, there is the supra-cosmic, the cosmic, the solar and the planetary planes. There is nothing in creation which is not also in us. 

We should keep this in mind and try to cooperate with the Devas. The more they can express their qualities through us, the more the material radiates like a jewel. This fundamental Light is the light of Aditi.

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Sources: Master K.P. Kumar: Sri Suktam. The Nature and Characteristics of the World Mother / notes from seminars.

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The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 69 : Aditi - 3

🌹 The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 69 🌹

🌴 Aditi - 3 🌴

✍️ Master E. Krishnamacharya

📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻 The Veils of Light 🌻

In the Scriptures, Aditi is described as Mula Prakriti; in the Secret Doctrine she is referred to as the primordial substance. In the Old Testament she is called ‘the Deep’. 

She is the World Mother, the Mother of the Devas who bring creation to Light. It is said that the spirit in creation is covered by nine veils. The first veil is the primordial light, Aditi.

From out of this first veil of the Light, three other veils emerge, the trinity of the qualities of Will, Love and Activity. Then there are the veils of the five elements, which altogether form nine veils. 

They cause the differentiations of creation. On the spiritual path we slowly lift the veils to gain the spiritual perception. Thus, we recognize the Truth that all is one Spirit functioning in many bodies and in varied ways. 

THAT is the all-pervading Spirit. When we have realised this knowledge, we are in the world but not bound by it.

The experience of the apparent reality is created by the intelligences of darkness; they protect the phenomenon of creation. As long as we live in the five elements, their illusion is a reality for us: 

Even though we know that from out of Akasha, the space, the other four elements have emerged, we cannot drink matter or breathe water. Thus, the illusion allows us to live in creation. We know that we are all souls, no matter if we are man or woman. 

But husband and wife feel a special relation towards each other, also towards their children. And the children might be older souls than the parents. 

This apparent reality is created by the intelligences of darkness. We identify with our roles, and if we forget our original reality, the game of illusion becomes a solid reality.

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Sources: Master K.P. Kumar: Sri Suktam. The Nature and Characteristics of the World Mother / notes from seminars.

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The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 68 : Aditi - 2

🌹 The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 68 🌹

🌴 Aditi - 2 🌴

✍️ Master E. Krishnamacharya

📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻 The Children of Aditi 🌻

The children of Aditi ascend vertically; they are the Devas, the beings of Light, the eagles. 

Through their presence, our soul wants to rise to the greatest heights; our body, however, says, “It is too difficult, better stay at home.” 

Postponing good habits belongs to our lower nature; it is under the control of the children of Diti, also called Daityas. It is their duty to strengthen the material side.

The Adityas are soft and carry the knowledge; they bring forth in us the divine qualities. The Daityas are hard and strong; they govern the activities of the night and of ignorance. 

Both come from the same source and keep on fighting with each other. This belongs to the essence of creation.

The members of Hierarchy do not fight with the darkness. They know that there cannot be a day without a night, no full moon without new moon, no expansion without consolidation. They know the purpose of darkness and lead the people even through dark times. 

The synthesis of wisdom sees how everything is and understands the creation as the play of the forces of Light and of Darkness and that the Lord equally loves both.

Sometimes in the game one side takes upper hand over the other and the equilibrium gets disturbed. 

When there is a serious disturbance, the Lord comes down into creation to restore the balance. 

Krishna said, “I come down again and again when there is disturbance to Dharma, the Law.” 

With our free will we decide if we turn to the energies of Light or of Darkness and this way either knowledge increases in us or ignorance.

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Sources: Master K.P. Kumar: Sri Suktam. The Nature and Characteristics of the World Mother / notes from seminars.

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The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 67 : Aditi - 1

🌹 The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 67 🌹

🌴 Aditi - 1 🌴

✍️ Master E. Krishnamacharya

📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻 Diti and Aditi 🌻

The Vedic wisdom illustrates cosmic principles in the form of narratives full of symbolic content. 

To those who know the essence the names and stories are revealed. But those who only know the names get confused.

The Sun of our system is described as an all-seeing eye, and there is also an all-seeing eye for the universe called the great seer Kashyapa. 

Kashyapa embodies the vault, the space in its potential form. In freemasonry, he is also known as the Great Architect of the universe. 

Kashyapa is the One who overviews the worlds; he remains an observer without interfering with the work of creation.

Kashyapa is said to have two wives, Diti and Aditi. 

Diti means the Mother of Darkness, Aditi non-darkness or the Mother of Light. 

Diti is the Queen of Night and of the west, Aditi the Queen of Day and of the east. In the wheel of the year, the two women are symbolically described as Cancer and Capricorn and Kashyapa as the arc between the two signs. 

Kashyapa gives his energy to the two women so that they can work in creation; he favours none. The whole creation is a fabric of the activity of these two mothers.

With Kashyapa, Aditi gave birth to 12 sons, the 12 Adityas. They were very powerful and radiant beings. Diti became jealous and also wanted children from Kashyapa. 

She approached him with this desire. He told her that it was just the twilight hour of the evening and not a good moment but she insisted: “I want more powerful children and greater in number than those of Aditi.” Kashyapa replied, “Let it be so.”

Diti gave birth to thousands of dark beings because they were born out of darkness. 

The children of Diti are called Sarpas, the crawling serpents. 

They move horizontally; they are the serpents of time and can bind the beings to matter for innumerable cycles of time. 

Immediately after their birth they dug holes into the ether and disappeared into the nether worlds.

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Sources: Master K.P. Kumar: Sri Suktam. The Nature and Characteristics of the World Mother / notes from seminars.

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The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 66 : Lord Ganesha - 6

🌹 The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 66 🌹

🌴 Lord Ganesha - 6 🌴

✍️ Master E. Krishnamacharya

📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻 The Contest with Kumara 🌻

There is a beautiful and helpful story in the Puranas of how the younger brother of Ganesha, Kumara, the cosmic Martian energy, challenged him. He wanted to know who is the faster of the two. Ganesha does not believe in challenge; it is not his quality. He said, “If you like it, let it be so.” Kumara sat on his vehicle, the peacock, flew away quick like an arrow and travelled through the worlds. Ganesha remained seated and smiled. The Lord asked him, “Don’t you want to start?” Ganesha replied, “Your Will will be done.” Then the Lord said, “You move around me three times.” Ganesha did so. Wherever Kumara now arrived he saw that Ganesha was already there. Kumara returned totally exhausted, while Ganesha was simply sitting there. The Lord asked Kumara, “Now, who has won?” Kumara replied, “No doubt, it is Ganesha. Everywhere he was ahead of me.” Kumara now took Ganesha as his teacher, and Ganesha taught him to go inside and to be there with the Father and to realise the Plan of the Divine Will.

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Sources: Master K.P. Kumar: Jupiter. The Path of Expansion / notes from seminars.

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The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 64 : Lord Ganesha - 4

🌹 The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 64 🌹

🌴 Lord Ganesha - 4 🌴

✍️ Master E. Krishnamacharya

📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻. The Rat as Mount 🌻

As a mount, Ganesha has a small rat. It stands for the quick, skilful and intelligent activity. Like the rat, smart businessmen can reach their goals with great skill but if they aren’t guided by wisdom and good-will, they are a danger for society. 

The rat stands for Mercury, and the deity presiding over it, Ganesha, stands for Jupiter. Without skill, the wisdom of a person is neither useful for himself nor for others. 

It is only a heavy load, however big the head might be. The symbol of Ganesha and the rat teaches us that wisdom needs skill in action to be effective. 

When skill is linked to wisdom, such persons will be no longer exploiters of Nature but use it for the well-being of mankind and Nature.

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Sources: Master K.P. Kumar: Jupiter. The Path of Expansion / notes from seminars.

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The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 63 : Lord Ganesha - 3

🌹 The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 63 🌹

🌴 Lord Ganesha - 3 🌴

✍️ Master E. Krishnamacharya

📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻. Sound and Symbolism - 2 🌻

The sound of Ganesha causes profound transformations in us. He rearranges the four-petalled lotus of the base centre and also gives order to our life. 

This order generates magnetism in us; life expands and becomes splendorous. Before beginning an important activity, at first the blessing of Ganesha is sought to conduct the work in harmony and to finish it in poise. 

The symbols, mantras and rituals related to Ganesha help in this regard.

His symbol is the triangle within the circle with a point in the centre. In a more illustrative form it is the head of the elephant. 

When we think of Ganesha, we can visualise our own head functioning as an elephant head. 

We can imagine that, by invoking Ganesha, he descends into our head with love and wisdom, so that the day can progress without disturbances. Love and wisdom never create impediments.

We can also visualise the form of our head, the ears and the spinal column in a radiant light as the head and the trunk of an elephant. From the tip of the trunk to the head of the elephant there is happening of a humming sound. 

This sound is called Hastinada, the voice of the elephant. It is self-born when emanating from the Absolute and it is also called OM, the sound of silence. 

We contemplate on it in the base centre. From there it emerges and moves upwards through all the etheric centres clearing the blockages in our body. 

The sound then reaches the Ajna, and then there is the illumination. We can visualise our head as a globe of light and our ears as big etheric ears. 

The globe of light is standing on a column of light, the spinal column; a feeble sound emerges from the base of our spinal column and moves up like a serpent.

The Eastern Scriptures contain profound symbolic stories about Ganesha. Thus, he was immaculately conceived by the World Mother, Parvathi. 

She prepared a substance and gave it the form of a 5 year old boy, installed vital power and bestowed the power of which she is presiding. Thus, the boy knew the Mother but not yet Shiva, the Father. 

When Shiva returned home, to Kailash, the boy refused him entry. Shiva smiled, for he saw that the boy was a creation of Parvathi and carried her power in him. 

He told the boy that he is the Master of the house and that he wants to enter. But the boy remained obstinate. He was the son of the Mother but he lacked the knowledge of the Father, the Supreme Self, the pure and absolute existence. 

Shiva therefore removed the boy’s head by his most powerful weapon, the Trident (the Rod of Initiation) and replaced it with the head of an elephant, the head of wisdom. 

This way the boy was initiated into the I AM consciousness and realised THAT, the Brahman. 

The symbol of Ganesha has the wisdom of the Most High, the power of Nature and the skill of action. It is therefore a complete symbol for contemplation.

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Sources:Master K.P. Kumar: Jupiter. The Path of Expansion / notes from seminars.

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The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 62 : Lord Ganesha - 2

🌹 The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 62 🌹

🌴 Lord Ganesha - 2 🌴

✍️ Master E. Krishnamacharya

📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻 Sound and Symbolism - 1 🌻

Ganesha is among the intelligences which can be very easily invoked. The sound related to Ganesha is GAM; the mantra is Om Gam Ganapataye Namaha. The colour is cream or honey-yellow, the stone is topaz. The mantra brings unfoldment of the Buddhic plane and fulfilment in life. Its number is 3. It can be uttered in multiples of 3, 12, 21, in the Muladhara or the Ajna centre.

Normally we don’t work with the lower centres on the path of Raja Yoga, except with the Ganapati mantra; with some mantras the invocation is done in the lower centres together with the higher centres. The Lord of the base centre is Saturn, for in the Muladhara we are anchored in the physical body. If we want our body to be stable and to support us in fulfilling the purposes of the soul, we should worship Ganesha. Then, Saturn is replaced by the cosmic Jupiter, Ganesha. Thus, the expansion begins and Ganesha graces us with the experience of bodiless consciousness which is no more conditioned by matter.

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Sources: Master K.P. Kumar: Jupiter. The Path of Expansion / notes from seminars.

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The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 61 : Lord Ganesha - 1

🌹 The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 61 🌹

🌴 Lord Ganesha - 1 🌴

✍️ Master E. Krishnamacharya

📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻. Overcoming Obstacles 🌻

The wisdom teachings explain that the obstacles in our life are in us and not outside. Inner distortions are seen as outer obstacles. 

The outer obstacles are self-made. They arise because something is disarranged in our thought patterns. 

The problems we encounter today evolved from false ideas or earlier carelessness and neglect. If we forget details while executing a plan, they develop into future impediments; later it will be expensive or difficult to make changes. 

Right thoughts which come at the wrong time or right thoughts which come at the right time but are either not executed or not correctly executed might also obstruct us. 

If we have the right thought at the right moment, it flows unhindered like a stream.

Some people have ideas which work out by themselves. They get the right ideas at the right moment and execute them in the right way. 

In astrological terms, Jupiter is well aspected in their chart. Jupiter is the planet presiding over order in creation. We can recognise people with a confused mind, who create complications for themselves and for others, from the position of Jupiter in their chart indicating that something in their inner is confused. 

Their thought patters have to be restructured so that the obstacles can be overcome. The key to this is held by Jupiter.

The presiding deity of Jupiter on all planes, namely the planetary, solar and cosmic planes, is called Ganesha or Ganapati in Eastern wisdom. 

This means Lord of groupings, of systematic arrangement. He orders the sounds and utters them to shape creation.

The wisdom teaches us that if we worship Ganesha we won’t encounter obstacles and impediments in our life. 

If Jupiter or also other planets are seriously afflicted either in the birth chart or progressive chart or by transits, these negative effects can be neutralised when we regularly contemplate on the elephant-headed deity Ganesha.

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Sources: Master K.P. Kumar: Jupiter. The Path of Expansion / notes from seminars.

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The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 60 : Savitri - Transcending Death - 4

🌹 The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 60 🌹

🌴 Savitri - Transcending Death - 4 🌴

✍️ Master E. Krishnamacharya

📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻. Death and Return of Satyavan - 2 🌻

Yama was surprised about her fearlessness and was pleased with her. He asked her many questions which she answered very well. 

He felt affectionate to Savitri and finally said, “I grant you three wishes – except the life of your husband.” At first Savitri asked that her father-in-law should get back his vision and his kingdom, and Yama granted it. 

Then she asked him, “Bless me with children”, and he replied, “granted”. Then she replied, “This means that you have to give back the life of my husband.”

The Lord of Death was perplexed and only then understood the subtleness of her argument, for she wouldn’t accept a second husband. He smiled and said, “It is the will of the Lord that I don’t take away the life of your husband.” 

Thus he gave back his life. Savitri and Satyavan returned back home; her father-in-law got back his vision and his kingdom.

The narrative of Savitri and Satyavan is like the story of Isis and Osiris or of the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. 

Savitri stands for the light of the inner consciousness which follows the soul buried deep within matter and leads it up again. 

The truth bearer has lost the truth but he finds it back, because the consciousness, the Light in darkness, is always with him. 

The more we listen to the Savitri in us, the voice of conscience, the easier it is for us to return to the Light.

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Sources: Master K.P. Kumar: Uranus / notes from seminars. Master E. Krishnamacharya: The Book of Rituals.

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The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 59 : Savitri - Transcending Death - 3

🌹 The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 59 🌹

🌴 Savitri - Transcending Death - 3 🌴

✍️ Master E. Krishnamacharya

📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻. Death and Return of Satyavan - 1 🌻

Ashvapathi asked Narada about Satyavan, since Narada knows everything that is happening on all the planes. 

Narada said, “Satyavan is a title given to him because he always speaks the truth; his original name is Chitrashwa”, indicating a special life force which will go and come back. 

As per his astrological chart Satyavan would die one year after the marriage but return from death.

The father now proposed to Savitri to choose another husband but Savitri replied, “I have completely decided for Satyavan and cannot think of another husband. He will be my husband for this life.”

Narada told Ashvapati that because of the good deeds and qualities of his daughter the life of Satyavan might be prolonged.

Ashvapati then asked Dyumatsena for the hand of Satyavan. Dyumatsena answered, “We lead a very simple life in the forest. Will Savitri be happy here?” Savitri was prepared for it, and thus the marriage took place.

Savitri lived together with Satyavan and his parents in the forest. Savitri didn’t show any pride; she dressed simply and looked after her parents-in-law and Satyavan, while the latter took care of their living in the forest.

The time came where Satyavan was supposed to die. Savitri took to a fast for three days, and on the decisive day she asked Satyavan to go with him into the forest. 

At first Satyavan refused but Savitri insisted. Finally Satyavan gave in. He showed her the beauty of the forest and then went to chop wood. After some time he came back and said, “Today I’m very tired and also got a fierce headache.” 

Savitri offered him her lap as a pillow. Satyavan fell asleep and lost his consciousness.

A short moment later Yama appeared, the Lord of Death. He had a terrifying appearance, in dark blue colour, but Savitri was not frightened. 

She could see him because she had the subtle vision. Savitri saw that he was carrying the rope of death to remove the soul of Satyavan. Normally Yama doesn’t come himself for this but sends some of his helpers.

Savitri asked him who he was and why he had come. Yama answered, “I am the end. Your husband has led a very righteous life, and therefore I have come to take him.” 

He took out the soul of Satyavan and moved with it towards south, the direction presided by Yama.

Savitri felt very sad. She put down the body of her husband, exited from her body and followed Yama in her subtle body. 

Yama saw her and said to her, “You cannot go this path; it is too early for you. Go back, otherwise you will get lost.” Savitri replied, “You are the enforcer of the Law. 

As per my Dharma (law of destiny) I should follow my husband; this is my highest responsibility.”

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Sources: Master K.P. Kumar: Uranus / notes from seminars. Master E. Krishnamacharya: The Book of Rituals.

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The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 58 : Savitri - Transcending Death - 2

🌹 The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 58 🌹

🌴 Savitri - Transcending Death - 2 🌴

✍️ Master E. Krishnamacharya

📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻 The Story of Savitri 🌻

The story of Savitri is deeply symbolic:

A King named Ashvapati needed an heir to his throne before he could depart. Ashva means “horse” and in Vedic symbolism stands for life force; Pati means Master; Ashvapati is the Master of life force. 

In order to have a child, he did spiritual exercises for 18 years, until the Goddess Savitri finally appeared. Savitri embodies the principle of Savitru, the central sun. 

It is the heart of the sun which receives its energy from the spiritual sun called Bhargo Deva and transmits it through the sun of our solar system, Surya.

The King asked Goddess Savitri for a good son but the goddess replies, “I can only grant you with a good daughter. Through her presence in your family, you will get 100 sons.” Then she disappeared again.

After a while a daughter was born to the royal couple whom they called Savitri. She was the goddess herself taking to the form of the child. She was an extraordinary child full of good qualities and great knowledge. 

By birth she had the golden and diamond bodies and therefore could easily move in the subtle planes. When she grew up, the father feared that he could not find an appropriate husband for her who corresponds to her qualities. 

Savitri had heart for a young man called Satyavan. His name means truth bearer and he always lived by the truth.

In olden times children were named according to their life purpose and their qualities. You can realise the subtle meaning of the quality of an individual by the sounds of his name if you know the related keys.

The father of Satyavan was Dyumatsena, meaning “Army of Light”; he was filled with light and had the subtle vision. 

He was a king but due to his careless use of speech and action he lost the kingdom to his enemies and had to live quite poor in the forest with his wife and his son. 

He also had gone blind. Dyumatsena represents the Divine Mind fallen into matter which has lost the subtle vision and thus also the celestial kingdom.

One day Ashvapati said to his daughter that she can marry a husband of her own choice. 

Savitri was shy and at first didn’t want to tell her father of her love for Satyavan. Just at this moment the Sage Narada passed by their house and heard their conversation. 

Finally Savitri said, “I want to marry Satyavan, the son of King Dyumatsena who now lives in a forest. I can only accept him as my husband.”

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Sources: Master K.P. Kumar: Uranus / notes from seminars. Master E. Krishnamacharya: The Book of Rituals.

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The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 57 : Savitri - Transcending Death - 1

🌹 The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 57 🌹

🌴 Savitri - Transcending Death - 1 🌴

✍️ Master E. Krishnamacharya

📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻. Transcending Death 🌻

Many masters and yogis have demonstrated how they can leave their bodies without dying. They link themselves to the thread of life and move out of the body with the thread of consciousness. 

A yogi can even remove the knot relating to the thread of life if he doesn’t wish to come back into the body. For him, death is only a transition.

Most people fear death and they don’t know how to leave the body. Many people are stuck in their bodies and can’t just let it go. 

In our dreams we easily step out of our body with the thread of consciousness and come back but this happens without our conscious control.

The wisdom teachings emphasize how important the knowledge of death is, and every individual should have this knowledge to attain immortality. In the East there are excellent scriptures that teach this profound knowledge of transitions. 

One of them is the story of Savitri contained in the Mahabharata. It deals with transcending death; it shows the way how we can leave the body and regain our original identity.

In his book “Savitri”, Sri Aurobindo, one of the great initiates of the 20th century, has given out in English the Vedic concept of death and transition. 

He had been working on this scripture for over 20 years, until his own transition. Sri Kumar calls it the Secret Doctrine of the 20th century.

Every day when the sun goes down a beautiful light spreads after sunset; it is called Savitri, the light in darkness. 

This light also shines before sunrise, and its message promises us, “Don’t worry about the darkness which is coming. I am here and will bring the light back to you.” Savitri is the safe prediction that after dark times light will come again as per the law of alternation. 

She is also the link of consciousness which brings us back from sleep to the light of the day.

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Sources: Master K.P. Kumar: Uranus / notes from seminars. Master E. Krishnamacharya: The Book of Rituals.

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The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 56 : The Gayatri - 4

🌹 The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 56 🌹

🌴 The Gayatri - 4 🌴

✍️ Master E. Krishnamacharya

📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻 The Work of the Hierarchy 🌻

Master EK very much felt attracted to the worship of Gayatri, the World Mother. 

As he lost his mother in his childhood, he experienced through Gayatri a kind of motherly nourishment which led him proximate to the Mother’s energy. 

By his 18th year, Gayatri appeared to him in a beautiful female form. He was deeply impressed by her and relied on her very much in life.

One day, while he was contemplating upon Gayatri, the lower part of a figure appeared in his vision, which showed a little more form as days progressed. 

After a week, the complete figure appeared which we know as Master CVV. He didn’t know the Master at that time and was surprised. 

Later the Master started speaking to him. He said that he was pleased with Master EK’s contemplation of Gayatri and chose him as his medium to work for the Plan but that at first he should keep silence. 

Master EK accepted. This happened not only with Master EK. Master CVV also appeared to other persons while contemplating on Gayatri without their knowing him previously.

Master CVV was original in an extreme way, and he shocked the people by saying, “When you invoke the sound CVV you can sing the Gayatri but it isn’t necessary.” 

This is very uranian, for just like the Gayatri the sound CVV links up the micro-cosmic planes with the macro-cosmic planes. 

However, Uranus doesn’t destroy real values, and therefore Hierarchy today sees that the Gayatri mantra is distributed globally and that it is sung by as many groups as possible. 

It is invoked to enhance the impact of the solar vibration in us and help us to become a channel for these energies.

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Sources:  Master K.P. Kumar: Mantrams / Master EK / notes from seminars. E. Krishnamacharya: Master CVV. 

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The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 55 : The Gayatri - 3

🌹 The Masters of Wisdom - Sublime Beings - 55 🌹

🌴 The Gayatri - 3 🌴

✍️ Master E. Krishnamacharya

📚. Prasad Bharadwaj

🌻 Visualisation and Symbolism 🌻

While uttering Gayatri we can visualise how a brilliant white lotus opens in our brow centre. A sunray touches the petals and unfolds them. Or we can imagine that we are in a shower of light and the light full-fills us. Or that we build a luminous bridge from the base centre to the pituitary in three steps and then the higher bridge is being built between the pineal gland and the pituitary. Thus, we can see the centre of the sun in the heart; the central sun, Savitru, has its replica in the higher Ajna-centre and the cosmic centre exists in the Sahasrara. We can consciously link all higher centres and visualise how the light fulfils us and flows into the surroundings. It is good to meditate the light of Gayatri at the Ajna centre, so that there might be a reflection of the higher in the lower. This does not happen when the awareness is in the throat or the heart centre.

When we sing the Gayatri we also work continuously with an exhalation in 8 syllables. This application of the metrical key unconsciously renders the respiration uniform. During the interlude between inhalation and exhalation the Will descends into us.

The number of the Gayatri is 24. It is also the number of the cube, a complete form. A cube has six sides; each side is a square and has 4 right angles. Thus, there are a total of 24 right angles which represent the 24 syllables of the Gayatri. They correspond to the 24 hours of the day, the 12 full moons and 12 new moons or the 6 pairs of months of a solar year.

The Vedas speak of the 6 faces of Gayatri, five are visible and one is invisible. It is the face on the backside called Chaya, shadow, representing the background which is not perceptible. From out of the darkness of the absolute Light, the soli-lunar principles of the male-female Divine spring forth. The face of the solar light is like a diamond ray, the lunar light is described as pearl colour. In between the two are the three faces of the primary colours of red, blue and golden yellow. They further reflect the other colours as combinations.

In Sanskrit, the symbol is called Yantra, the sound formula Mantra. The process of applying the sound together with the symbol is called Tantra. The Tantra of Gayatri helps realise the Light.

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Sources:  Master K.P. Kumar: Mantrams / Master EK / notes from seminars. E. Krishnamacharya: Master CVV. 

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