Gayatri Mahima

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Q.1. Is Gayatri worship conditioned? (Is Gayatri `keelit')?

 

Ans. There are two methods for invoking powers of Gayatri. One the simple divine

method for spiritual progress and the other an intricate method of `Tantra

Shastra' for immediate fulfillment of worldly desires. The Mantras of Tantra

Shastra also have a destructive power. Unless, they are practiced with a strict

discipline and for proper objective, they are capable of inflicting harm on the

practitioner. A person with an ulterior motive can inflict harm on others

through the power obtained by invocation of occult powers through `Tantra

Sadhana'. Hence specific key procedures are required to unlock the powers of

Tantrik Mantras. This, too, is possible only with the help of an experienced

Guru. As doses of a high potency medicine are to be decided by an experienced

doctor, decoding or unlocking a Mantra (in the above discipline) depends on the

spiritual status of the one practitioner. `Durga Shaptshati' which requires

`Kavach', `Keelan' and `Argal' may be quoted as an example).

 

Vedic Mantras (such as Gayatri) are not bound by such strict restrictions, as

they are practiced exclusively for one's inherent spiritual growth and for

developing god-gifted capabilities for performing noble deeds. Vedic Mantras,

therefore, do not require any `unlocking keys'. Nevertheless, as a sick person

or a student needs an experienced doctor or a teacher for proper treatment or

teaching a beginner in this field too requires the guidance of an accomplished

Guru, in the absence of which he wanders aimlessly without making any progress

whatsoever in the path of Sadhana. None should entertain any apprehension that

in Kalyug, Gayatri Mantra has been accursed or that its Sadhana goes in vain.

Who can curse God and what effect can it have? This is nothing but a ruse meant

to undermine the faith of the people and to allure them to join some other sect.