Half of the total time of Gayatri worship should be devoted to Mantra chanting. One can note the time with the help of a watch or a rosary. OneâEUR(TM)s spiritual endeavour succeeds if one maintains a definite time span, definite place of worship and allotted numbers of Mantra chanting. While chanting the Mantra your throat, lips and tongue may move in tandem but your voice should be so soft that a person sitting right besides you is unable to hear it. If you use a rosary, do not use the finger next to the thumb. The beads of the rosary should be moved with the help of the thumb, middle big finger and the ring finger. When you chant the Mantra 108 times, turn the rosary upside down.
Alongwith Mantra chanting, one should meditate on Savita- God who is the brilliance of the light of the sun at dawn. From the east, the bright yellow sun is rising. Its divine rays are entering every pore of my being, just like X-rays. The 3 bodies (gross, subtle, causal) have 3 special focal points. The light of Savita God penetrates these 3 parts and thus enters the 3 bodies.
The center of the gross body is the navel and the Rudra Granthi is present over here. The divine light of Savita God, after penetrating the Rudra Granthi, enters every pore of the body made of blood and flesh. Thus it fills up our body with energy, enterprise and pious characteristics.
The center of the subtle body is our head. Its Vishnu Granthi is between the eyebrows. It is called the Ajna Chakra (plexus) too. After penetrating it, Savita God spreads its divine light in the entire thought process area. Savita God bestows discrimination, wisdom and creative sacred thoughts to the subtle body.
The center of the casual body is near the heart region. This spiritual heart is different from the physical heart that has auricles/ ventricles. It is either called Vishnu Granthi or Surya Chakra. From here, the divine light of Savita God, enters the causal body and bestows sacred sentiments like high ideals, soul wisdom, sense of oneness with the world, compassion, generosity etc.
Our entire body is becoming radiant like the bright sun. Our spiritual ignorance and gloom is being dispelled. Alongwith it all our mental distortions are being weeded out. Internally we abound in sacred thinking and externally we execute sacred tasks. The radiant soul is lighting us up, both within and without.
Alongwith Mantra chanting if you meditate too, the mind becomes focused and this is called a one-pointed thought flow. Thus such a concentrated mind takes you to the absolute soul (God) experience called the Turiya state. In the initial stages the mind should not become desperate to succeed spiritually. Because in the initial stages it is enough that the mind gets focused in a one-pointed thought flow. This thought flow encompasses playing like a child in the lap of Mother Gayatri, suckling divine nectar from her breasts, offering oneâEUR(TM)s entire being in the Yajna fire represented by the blazing sun and like a moth surrendering oneâEUR(TM)s life to the flame. Those who have such a one-pointed thought flow should continue imbibing it. Else one should meditate thinking that Savita GodâEUR(TM)s brilliant light, after first penetrating the navel, mid-eyebrow and subtle heart center, is pervading all the 3 bodies (gross, subtle, casual) and thus every pore of our being oozes with a sense of righteous duty, discrimination and idealism. While meditating shut your eyes. Even if your eyes are half shut you have to keep the pupils upward so that the external senses do not enter your mind via the eyes.
PRAYER
After chanting the Mantra and meditating on God, you must pray earnestly. One should be grateful to Mother Gayatri by either eulogizing her, singing the Gayatri Chalisa or any prayer in any language, to show oneâEUR(TM)s love to our divine Mother.
SURYARGHYADAN
You should face the East. Then with raised hands hold the water tumbler (Kalash) that represents all Divine Powers and pour the water as though you are offering it to Sun-God. If the sun is visible, offer the water to it, else you can mentally visualize the sun in the sky and offer water. Note carefully that the water should not drop down on to a dirty place. It should not be stamped by our feet and try and see to it that it falls into a Tulsi (basil) or another plant. If there is no plant, use a big steel plate (Thali) for collecting the water. Then utilize this water to water the trees.
While offering this stream of water from the Kalash, harbour an attitude that our life-force is being offered to Sun-God or the soul of the cosmos. The Sun-God converts this offered water to steam and thus spreads it in the entire cosmos. Harbour the sentiment that my inner and outer material wealth is being converted to cosmic wealth. This steam is then converted to dew drops which waters all plants of the world. We must pray that our lifeâEUR(TM)s wealth be converted to cosmic wealth which in turn helps all beings of the cosmos. This is called Suryarghyadan.
After duly completing all this, return to the worship dais and bow down to GayatriâEUR(TM)s image with folded hands. Then collect all the worship articles and keep them in its proper place. The rice grains used in worship should be offered to birds. Naivedya (food) should be eaten by us. Excess water should be offered to plants. If the incense stick is yet burning,s place it in a safe place.
Alongwith Mantra chanting, one should meditate on Savita- God who is the brilliance of the light of the sun at dawn. From the east, the bright yellow sun is rising. Its divine rays are entering every pore of my being, just like X-rays. The 3 bodies (gross, subtle, causal) have 3 special focal points. The light of Savita God penetrates these 3 parts and thus enters the 3 bodies.
The center of the gross body is the navel and the Rudra Granthi is present over here. The divine light of Savita God, after penetrating the Rudra Granthi, enters every pore of the body made of blood and flesh. Thus it fills up our body with energy, enterprise and pious characteristics.
The center of the subtle body is our head. Its Vishnu Granthi is between the eyebrows. It is called the Ajna Chakra (plexus) too. After penetrating it, Savita God spreads its divine light in the entire thought process area. Savita God bestows discrimination, wisdom and creative sacred thoughts to the subtle body.
The center of the casual body is near the heart region. This spiritual heart is different from the physical heart that has auricles/ ventricles. It is either called Vishnu Granthi or Surya Chakra. From here, the divine light of Savita God, enters the causal body and bestows sacred sentiments like high ideals, soul wisdom, sense of oneness with the world, compassion, generosity etc.
Our entire body is becoming radiant like the bright sun. Our spiritual ignorance and gloom is being dispelled. Alongwith it all our mental distortions are being weeded out. Internally we abound in sacred thinking and externally we execute sacred tasks. The radiant soul is lighting us up, both within and without.
Alongwith Mantra chanting if you meditate too, the mind becomes focused and this is called a one-pointed thought flow. Thus such a concentrated mind takes you to the absolute soul (God) experience called the Turiya state. In the initial stages the mind should not become desperate to succeed spiritually. Because in the initial stages it is enough that the mind gets focused in a one-pointed thought flow. This thought flow encompasses playing like a child in the lap of Mother Gayatri, suckling divine nectar from her breasts, offering oneâEUR(TM)s entire being in the Yajna fire represented by the blazing sun and like a moth surrendering oneâEUR(TM)s life to the flame. Those who have such a one-pointed thought flow should continue imbibing it. Else one should meditate thinking that Savita GodâEUR(TM)s brilliant light, after first penetrating the navel, mid-eyebrow and subtle heart center, is pervading all the 3 bodies (gross, subtle, casual) and thus every pore of our being oozes with a sense of righteous duty, discrimination and idealism. While meditating shut your eyes. Even if your eyes are half shut you have to keep the pupils upward so that the external senses do not enter your mind via the eyes.
PRAYER
After chanting the Mantra and meditating on God, you must pray earnestly. One should be grateful to Mother Gayatri by either eulogizing her, singing the Gayatri Chalisa or any prayer in any language, to show oneâEUR(TM)s love to our divine Mother.
SURYARGHYADAN
You should face the East. Then with raised hands hold the water tumbler (Kalash) that represents all Divine Powers and pour the water as though you are offering it to Sun-God. If the sun is visible, offer the water to it, else you can mentally visualize the sun in the sky and offer water. Note carefully that the water should not drop down on to a dirty place. It should not be stamped by our feet and try and see to it that it falls into a Tulsi (basil) or another plant. If there is no plant, use a big steel plate (Thali) for collecting the water. Then utilize this water to water the trees.
While offering this stream of water from the Kalash, harbour an attitude that our life-force is being offered to Sun-God or the soul of the cosmos. The Sun-God converts this offered water to steam and thus spreads it in the entire cosmos. Harbour the sentiment that my inner and outer material wealth is being converted to cosmic wealth. This steam is then converted to dew drops which waters all plants of the world. We must pray that our lifeâEUR(TM)s wealth be converted to cosmic wealth which in turn helps all beings of the cosmos. This is called Suryarghyadan.
After duly completing all this, return to the worship dais and bow down to GayatriâEUR(TM)s image with folded hands. Then collect all the worship articles and keep them in its proper place. The rice grains used in worship should be offered to birds. Naivedya (food) should be eaten by us. Excess water should be offered to plants. If the incense stick is yet burning,s place it in a safe place.
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