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Frank-in-SanDiego
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 Posted - Feb 13 2006 : 10:46:26 PM
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Hari Om
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Hello folks,
Perhaps some of you are fortunate to be applying the bija (seed) mantra AIM of Saraswati in your daily meditations.
This Saraswati is a wonderful principle found in the Rk Ved. If you care to know a bit more about Her, please read on .
A part of Her is sunrta or blissful Truth. Since you are interested in Ecstatic Bliss from AYP, Saraswati plays an important role. For me, She is the one that brings the richly-bright understanding (dhiyam ghrtacim). From this one gains Truth ( satyam or Truth of Being) and Ritam or Rita - that which only knows the Truth or the "right".
But lets start with Saraswati's name and see what this brings. Saraswati is comprised of "saras" or flowing and "vati" or having. She then is known as she of the stream, the flowing movement. With the metaphor used in the Veda's, water is the ever present symbol for consciousness.
Yet if we look a bit deeper we discover another view of Her: "Sa" = Full or all + "rasa" or taste + "vati" having, or possessing. She is the possessor of all rasa/tastes (there are considered 7); the universal Mother in which all things come into being. Now, this holds well as we know that Saraswati is associated with Brahma the Creator of this universe, so Saraswati is that shakti (or energy) that allows/brings on this universe to manifest.
So, what's that got to do with you and me, and this wonderful bija or AIM? This vibration contains Her, that quality of "flowing consciousness" and inspiration. Towards what? to this Truth-consciousness (code word for Moksha or enlightenment). She holds and makes manifest this inspirational power to transform and provide insight. She brings on richly luminous thought (dhiyam ghrtacim sadhabta). This is why she is associated with wisdom, all wise = enlightenment, or working in the full sense, possessed of Truth ( kavi).
But what of this rasa concept? As she owns them , the root of all, these 7 rasa's are 6 + water [ sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent, astringent + water]. Some call these 7: ksara or bitter-tasting food, milk, yogurt, ghee, sugarcane juice, honey, and water. Each is associated with a planet ( Jupiter owns ghee, milk is associated with Mars for its energy giving properties, yogurt cools the system some call this lassi and is owned by Venus, etc etc)
This 'rasa' as the root of all also is associated with the Saptama (or 7th division) in ones birth chart. The 7th division is associated with relationships + sexual relationships that yield children . Hence Saraswati as the universal Mother that brings one into this creation via procreation.
Hence, Saraswati brings into our active consciousness this great flood of Truth consciousness, from her bija.
agnir satyam rtam brhat
Frank in San-Diego
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Edited by - Frank-in-SanDiego on Feb 20 2006 11:36:56 PM |
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mystiq
India
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Posted - Feb 15 2006 : 06:55:04 AM
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Wow that is really impressive. Why dont you give more information on bija mantras, they are really facinating.
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Frank-in-SanDiego
USA
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Posted - Feb 15 2006 : 11:07:44 PM
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Hari Om
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Originally posted by mystiq
Why dont you give more information on bija mantras, they are really facinating. mystiq
Hello Mystiq,
I will add a mantra or two from time to time and see if there is interest...the bija vibrations have a great lineage they come from...we can share as time permits.
agnir satyam rtam brhat
Frank in San-Diego
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thundu
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Posted - Feb 16 2006 : 02:06:35 AM
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This Sara+swati - richly luminous thought
