Guest guest Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 Dear Narasimhaye, Perhaps this newsletter from a long-time TM instructor and now Jyotish/Vedic pujari will help. It's true that TM got some bad press and that it become overcommercialized, but there's a positive side as well. Peace, Visal/Michael The newsletter: MAHAGANAPATI TEMPLE BULLETIN:JYOTISH TRENDS AND DIVINE ENERGIESFOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2008(Times below are for Arizona/Mountain time zone) LUNAR TRENDS: Full Moon: Starts on Feb. 19th at 9:09 pm and lasts till Feb. 20th at 8:30 pm Exalted Moon: (affects emotions positively)--Moon in Taurus: Feb. 13th at 8:33 pm till Feb. 16th, 3:16 am. Subdued Moon (increased sensitivity)--- Moon in Scorpio: Feb. 27th at 4:49 pm till Feb. 29th (more inner spiritual time). ------------------------------- I. DAYS OF SHIVA---for Transcendental experience of Deep Meditation & Prayer: Feb. 18th 10:13 pm until 9:09 pm next day II. DAYS OF SKANDA (ARCHANGEL MICHAEL)---for Victory and energy to overcome negativity: Feb. 11th from 1:49 pm until 11:46 am next dayFeb. 26th from 1:15 am to 3:35 am next day III. DAYS OF GANESH---for removing obstacles and success in action: Feb. 23rd from 9:43 pm thru 11:15 pm next day IV. DAYS OF VISHNU---for harmony, balance, dharma and good relationships: Feb. 16th from 3:16 am to 1:22 am next day V. DAYS OF DURGA (Mother Divine)---for removing difficulties and overcoming fear: Feb. 14th from 7:28 am to 5:20 am next dayFeb. 29th from 8:28 am to next day Mar.1st ----- SANKRANTI ---POINTS OF TRANSCENDENCE BETWEEN CONSTELLATIONS: Dates when planets shift constellations--Moments of stillness or meditation and prayer: Feb. 13th at 2:05 am Sun goes into Aquarius, a sign relating to innovation and humanitarian thinking. The emphasis is on freedom and independence. While Sun is in Aquarius it will be aspected by Saurn which is presently in Leo. This means that a focus on health and one's core sense of identity will be worked on. Issues around authority and father could come up for resolution---especially since Rahu will also be still in Aquarius conjunct with the Sun. On a national and international level leadership and government would be under focus of the public eye and a push for change, non-conformism and transformation could come up. Feb. 13th Venus goes into Capricorn which represents the constellation of action and manifestation. Practical down to earth artistic endeavors (such as sculpture or realism of art and painting will be emphasized). Mars will be aspecting Venus from the constellation Gemini where it will stay the rest of the month. This will continue the energy of passion in one's relationships. During this month Mercury stays in Capricorn--indicating intellect geared towards action and practicality. Because Venus will be also in Capricorn after Feb. 13th it may be easier to express oneself through speech and communication with more gentility. So even though Mars will aspect these planets, because of the Venusian influence on Mercury we may find the field of communication as in politics to be more harmonious and less negative than otherwise. Note: Mars will be continuing to stay in Gemini---where it has been "pacing back and forth"---so for certain people especially with Gemini ascendent or Moon/Sun in Gemini, pitta could be increased in their nature. This will affect people differently according to their rising sign, depending which house/sector of life Mars continues to stay in. Similarly Rahu and Ketu and Jupiter will all stay in their respective signs----Rahu in Aquarius, emphasizing collective consciousness; Ketu in Leo emphasizing spiritual solutions to Kingly (National problems); and Jupiter in its own sign Sagittarius, emphasizing dharma and right action/wisdom and knowledge. Jupiter in this position will continue blessing everyone with wisdom and dharma till the end of 2008. ------- Special Holy Event in History: Many of you have your own spiritual Master/Teacher. You will be able to relate to my expressions and sentiments, as you yourselves know the value of having a true Saint helping your spiritual evolution. Since Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was Master to many of us, numbering in the millions, I wish to pay special tribute to his Life of Love, Service and unceasing caring and dedication to uplift Humanity to Higher Consciousness and World Peace. On Feb. 5th, 2008 at about 7 pm in Holland Europe, His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi took Maha-Samadhi and transitioned from his physical body. People all over the world knew Maharishi as a great exponent of meditation and Vedic wisdom. His interest was to raise world consciousness to bring about "Heaven on Earth" and an era of peace for this planet. His focus was on getting large numbers of people to practice together the Transcendental Meditation and TM Sidhi Program. This was to create an effect of coherence in order to radiate Divine Consciousness throughout society thereby bringing about positive trends. Maharishi tirelessly taught and organized programs to elevate human consciousness for the past 50 years. His accomplishments in this area are legendary. He has touched every country and every leader on this planet with his knowledge and has almost single handedly revived the deepest knowledge of the ancient Vedic seers as applied to modern society, science and arts. His knowledge I'm sure will be more and more appreciated as time goes on, and his major discoveries in knowledge of vedic engineering, vedic mantras, Ayur Veda, Physiology of Enlightenment etc. will become more and more understood and be seen to be the science and knowledge of the future. Out of compassion of his heart, Maharishi had integrated modern science and other branches of knowledge with the ancient knowledge of Vedas and made it available to be tested so it could be a direct experience of every human being. For those who had opportunity to be with him, Maharishi embodied and radiated such a bright light of Divine Consciousness that we were "flabbergasted" (indeed this was the word Maharishi himself used to describe the experience of being in the presence of his own great teacher, His Divinity Swami Brahmananda Saraswati) ----seeing for the first time the possibility for each of us to live that high consciousness of Unity with the Creator. Many people have seen his videos and TV broadcasts over the years----but being in Maharishi's presence the most wonderful of miracles was the enormous love he radiated. Being in his presence was like being in a field of pure absolute crystalline clarity---with waves of bliss radiating outward. Those of us who used to pick up the flowers on his table after a lecture would notice those flowers would not wilt even two weeks later, even without water, because of the enormous spiritual energy that was transmitted to them by being in the presence of Maharishi. Although Maharishi was master of the siddhis (special spiritual abilities), he did not flaunt them---because his feeling was that it was more important to develop oneself and become Self-realized, Self-referral, rather than to see miracles demonstrated by others. He felt each human being had the potential to do anything as long as they dedicated themselves to developing full spiritual awareness through meditation. When he did miracles they were done in a quiet way which strengthened the faith of the person who experienced them. He could turn a rose into a bud and vice versa to demonstrate spiritual principles. For some of the ladies who worked on international staff in Europe for Maharishi, they would find that their heavy suitcases would suddenly become weightless when they entered the hall where Maharishi was sitting noticing them. These were miracles of kindness done quietly. The biggest miracle was the purity of universal love good humor and pure crystalline beingness that Maharishi radiated. Maharishi loved to laugh and I personally remember a time while meditating in his garden when I heard him laugh for over an hour non-stop with childish joy. His good humor was very contagious! He told us at one point not to become overly serious even about the world plan to transform society to harmony and peace. He didn't want us to lose our joy of life even while working dedicatedly to create world peace---Maharishi used to say : "Guru Dev wants you to be Happy!" Although some remember him as a serious figurehead spiritual leader in front of national leaders, I remember many tender moments when his compassion and parental love for all the people he worked with took over. In Lake Tahoe in 1972 at a peak moment when everyone was totally serious, immersed in trying to figure out semantics of Science of Creative Intelligence course lessons with Maharishi, he interrupted the conversation and looked out the window. He directed us to not miss the intense beauty of Nature watching the golden and red leaves of the trees falling in blissful waves outside next to the lake. And working with him on International Staff in Switzerland in the early 1970's there were many times when he could not say "no" to us when we wanted to take a nice boat ride around Lake Lucerne. He treated us like a parent treating his kids---and would give us a most glorious ride around the lake, giving out great wisdom of Vedic Knowledge and at the same time engaging us to continue working on pamphlets and other work that needed to be done. He wanted us to enjoy our work and found ways to make it more fun and interesting for us. One night I remember we were working on the scientific chart booklets and were going over every single research study. To me it seemed endless and after a while monotonous, and frankly dry and boring. At the same time I was amazed to see Maharishi's unwavering attention and enthusiasm continue for it. I thought to myself that Maharishi must be seeing something in all this that I was missing. In my soul I deeply wished to see how all this scientific literature looked from Maharishi's perspective. In that very moment suddenly my perspective shifted and suddenly what I was hearing was how the laws of nature interacted on the deepest levels. The whole secret of the mechanics of creation as pertaining to the laws of nature was being revealed to me. For the next few hours I was raptly attentive to every word being uttered---and the whole talk became a revelation to me. I attribute the shift in my consciousness that night to Blessings from Maharishi---whose rather omniscient consciousness noticed my spiritual request---as I would also later find out on many other occasions. Having had occasion to hear and experience many saints from around the world, I must say that the clarity, purity, and ability to get to the core of spiritual knowledge and experience that Maharishi brought was without equal. It was he who made meditation a household word---which now is upheld by so many other spiritual teachers. Also a number of saints that I had occasion to hear about or be with have said that they got their own start in spiritual life with Maharishi. The great Saints all knew Maharishi as a Master of Masters and treated him with reverence. Famous Indian Saints like Ananda Mayi Ma, Shri Aurobindo and the Holy Mother, Swami Lakshman Joo of the Kashmir Shiva tradition, Swami Shivananda Saraswati of the Divine Life Society in Rishikesh, Tatwala Baba, Swami Muktananda of Siddha Yoga, and other great realized beings all held Maharishi in the highest regard. Great Nobel Prize laureates and innovators like Buckminster Fuller also honored Maharishi for his wisdom and depth of consciousness. Religious leaders, Christian, Hindu, African and Buddhist monks, Abbots and priests of different traditions appreciated Maharishi and some privately took up practicing his Transcendental Meditation. Privately even Presidents of countries and great leaders around the world would meet with Maharishi to gain his blessings. Maharishi always was wanting to create self-sufficiency and invincibility for every country. He wanted the people of every country to live a life of abundance and higher consciousness. I heard him say his resolution was to turn this entire planet into a place of Divinity---and his desire for every human being on this planet was to experience full potential of Unity Consciousness. Maharishi felt strongly to maintain the precious culture and traditions of each country. He felt that Transcendental Meditation was universal and that anyone from every culture could use meditation as a means to realize the highest ideal of his own faith or culture. I think his efforts to create higher consciousness and world peace have enabled our world to persist progressing and existing. His efforts were instrumental in preserving world peace and in reducing destructive tendencies. In a real sense we all owe our continued existence to efforts by Maharishi as well as the efforts of all the other great Saints on this planet to raise consciousness in order to avert disaster. With Maharishi now merged in the Unity of Divine Consciousness he is accessible to us in our deepest connection to the Self. All saints past, present and future are accessible on the level of Infinite Consciousness. We just have to attune ourselves, much as a radio tunes in to different frequencies to experience Maharishi Consciousness. The essence of what Maharishi was doing was to express increasing perfection in personal life as well as sharing that with the environment. Each of us has different roles to play but the process is the same---which is gaining increasing attunement to the Source of Creation, the Infinite Intelligence---and then living that with purity and integrity in our daily lives. I thank Maharishi for providing an example of living life in the Light of God and a life of service to God and Humanity in selflessness. Indeed many years ago I heard Maharishi say: "I surrendered my individuality long ago". That individuality Maharishi had was surrendered to the Divine Consciousness embodied in his own teacher whom he called Guru Dev. So in tribute to Maharishi I'd also like to say JAI GURU DEV! "Hail the Divine Teacher!" Wishing everyone a continuing Year of Success and Fulfillment! Personal Jyotish readings are available by Dr. Herzberger to address specific issues in a person's Vedic Chart, with opportunity to balance planetary energies through yagyas (Vedic ceremonies). Dr. Herzberger's website with jyotish trends is www.jyotishcenter.com/ Further information on lunar trends is usually available on the website. This month because of the unavailability of our webmaster the process of updating could be delayed. So please save this bulletin on jyotish trends for the month on your computer for reference. copyright 2008 Henry G. Herzberger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Namaste Billy, Thanks for your message that gives us a better understanding of TM. Thanks too, for enlightening us as to the lineage of TM. Fully agree that everyone should have an Ishta Devata. That's what a lot of traditional lineages advice too. Overall, its nice to have your input. Appreciate very much too. Om Namah Shivaya , " biosoundbill " <smithybill wrote: > > I would agree that Transcendental Meditation is a cult,and calling > bija mantras meaningless sounds who's effects are known is highly > insulting to wonderful Goddesses Like Sarasvati,Lakshmi,Maya,and > Kali! > But we do have a Lineage,and the my Guru Swami Brahmananda Sarasvati > is the embodiment of that Lineage,and he said everyone must have an > Ishta Devata or personal aspect of God. Current TM teachers don't > tell you this,(probably because Maharishi,who I respect for bringing > the technique to the West),didn't tell them! > > The Tm Lineage is:- > > Lord Narayana, the Supreme Lord of this universe and all the > universes that have come before and will come after, during the > current breath of Mahavishnu, > To > Brahma > To > Vasishtha > To > Shakti > To > Parashara > To > Veda Vyasa > To > Shuka > From Shuka the tradition is passed on from Guru to disciple. > Shuka > To > Patanjali > To > Gaudapada > To > Govinda > To > Adi Shankara to his disciples > Padma Pada, > Hasta Malaka, > Trotakacarya, > Vartika-Kara. > From the Shankaracharya tradition to > Swami Krishananda Sarasvati to > Swami Brahmananda Sarasvati > > Namaste, > > Billy > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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