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vedic astrology, Ashwin Hirani <ashviyn@t...>

wrote:

> All Indian methods of measurement of time were based on one unit,

called a

> prana or breath. 360 of these pranas make up 24 minutes, and this

is called a

> nadika. Within one day and night, there are 21600 pranas, 1440

nadikas, or 24

> hours, half of which belong to the Sun and half of which to the

Moon.

>

> Breath is time, and this circle is connected with the zodiac and

with the

> letters (matrikas) of the alphabet. To become free from time is an

inner goal

> of the kalachakra - Teachings of the Adinaths (anonymous)

>

> Matrikas ("Little Mothers"), also meaning alphabets of Sanskrit:

the global

> goddess figurine in clay, ivory, wood and stone, from 30,000 BCE

to the 21st

> century. Kemet, India, Canaan, Ecuador, Iraq, Mexico, Kazakhstan,

Ohio, Japan,

> Utah, Siberia, Ukraine, Anatolia, Chad, Argentina, Sulawesi,

Kenya, Alaska,

> Colombia, Congo, and Tonga.

>

> Mantras are syllables, single or strung together, many of them

without obvious

> meaning. They end in a nasal humming sound. They are meant to be

the seed

> forms of particular energies known to the Tantrik, but not

identified with any

> worldly objects, though they may be identified with functional

deities. They

> are used continuesly throughout Tantrik rituals, whispered or

chanted in

> different combinations and contexts, setting up patterns of

vibrations that

> condense the energies they represent into that place and time. one

must learn

> both to speak them properly, and to activate their hidden

meanings. They may

> be written in Sanskrit or any other language on ritual objects, or

in the

> spaces of YANTRA diagrams, or painted to the yantras themselves;

they may be

> stamped on ones body or visualized in the air. They are also the

subtle forms

> of these fields of energy whose interference patterns produce the

human

> consciousness of things in this world.

>

> Each Mantra creates definite vibrations through its recitation.

For creating

> the right vibrations the Mantras must be recited with correct

pronounciation,

> complete faith and right directions.

>

> Sometimes it is seen that a deity appears in dream or in any form

and bless

> the sadhaka with certain Mantras. Such Mantras are very powerful

and need no

> correction, as the recitation of such Mantras will bring the

desired results.

> Persons who do not believe in Mantra Shastra should not try this

until they

> get complete faith and guidance. Such practice should not be

started without

> proper guidance.

> (sadhaka means the person who recites the Mantra.)

>

> Due to meditation and and recitation of Mantras, the clue and

solution of the

> problem will automatically come to the mind sooner or later and

relieve the

> mental strain and difficulties. Thus help solving all the problems.

>

> Lao-tzu, "He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is

enlightened."

> We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.