Gayatri Mantra

But I do remember that young.

learning the Gayatri Mantra words and then I would say it to myself silently at night and I suppose it was a bit of a comfort blanket um so I didn't and so that's that's You could leave that at that.

But when you look at where I am in my life now, hopefully there's still some time to go, this isn't a kind of, this is your life.

But there is a sweet kind of little coming full circle, I think, much later.

And until...

Until my 20s, I hadn't really had any connection to yoga.

As to the Gayatri Mantra, it's interesting to mention that because obviously that's your theme tune.

But I think that would, there was nothing more that I did with that.

The inner self is breath.

hence the motion of the inner self is inferred from the motion of the outer self for thus it is said he who knows and has thrown off all evil the overseer of the senses the pure-minded firmly grounded in the self and looking away from all earthly objects he is the same likewise the motion of the outer self is inferred from the motion of the inner self for thus it is said he who within the sun is the golden person who looks upon this earth from his golden place he is the same who after entering the inner lotus of the heart devours food perceives sensuous objects c and he who having entered the inner lotus of the heart devours food the same having gone to the sky as the fire of the sun called time and being invisible devours all beings as his food what is that lotus and of what is it made the valakhilyas ask that lotus is the same as the ether the four quarters and the four intermediate points are its leaves these two breath and the sun move on near to each other in the heart and in the ether let him worship these two with the syllable o with the Vyaghrithi words Bhū, Bhuvah, Sava, and with the Savitri hymn.

There are two forms of Brahman, the material effect and the immaterial cause.

The material is false, the immaterial is true.

Of that body, Sāva is the head, Bhūva the navel, Bhū the feet, the sun the eye, for in the eye is fixed man's great measure because with the eye he makes all measurements the eye is truth satyam for the person purusha dwelling in the eye proceeds to all things knows all objects with certainty therefore let a man worship with the vyaghrites bhv bhva sava for thus prajapati the self of all is worshipped as the sun the eye of all for thus it is said This, the sun, is Prajapati's all-supporting body, for in it this all is hid by the light of the sun, and in this all it the light is hid.

Therefore, this is worshipped.

The Savitri begins, That is, this of Savitri to be chosen.

Here, The Aditya son is Savitri, and the same is to be chosen by the lover of self, thus say the Brahma teachers.

If it's something you're exploring, then this is a good time for exploring that, of trying on different perspectives.

If you're looking for a recommendation, I could recommend the Gayatri Mantra.

It's one that has to do with the sun and connecting with the sun's energy and letting it guide us.

And it's one that I recommend when people start the astrology mentorship with me, that we start with the Gayatri Mantra.

And it's in the Vedas, the source text of Vedic astrology, yoga, Ayurveda, all these ancient teachings which have evolved into like the modern new age teachings, which have been more and more validated by modern science.

It all goes back to the Vedas and sort of the primary, arguably, one of the main mantras is the Gayatri Mantra.

So it's a lot of ways coming back to the source.

And the sun is the source of life.

That's part of our process, our initiation process.

We chant Gayatri Mantras and it's supposed to reveal your spiritual nature, spiritual identity.

What is the nature and identity of your soul? The most essential part of you.

Not that you cannot transform into endless forms as we have been, reincarnating endlessly.

So he says, following the order of Garbhadana samskara then, Simantanayan, Pumsvan Simantanayan.

So, in that order, so first you have the birth, physical birth, and then that second is called Savitri, the birth where you get the Gayatri Mantra.

And you get the Upanayan, the thread.

Brahma Vedam Adhiyet.

that saying is for the jack.

It doesn't apply to them.

Jack is not studying Vedas, he is not chanting Gayatri Mantra.

So these people are super smart.

So he said, do you know the meaning of your name? And I said, no, I didn't know the meaning of my name.

And then he recited the Gayatri Mantra.

I don't know if you've heard of the Gayatri Mantra.

It's a mantra from the Rig Veda.

It's a very old mantra.

These two, breath and the sun, move on near to each other in the heart and in the ether.

Let him worship these two with the syllable om, with the vyahrti words, bhuh, Bhuvah, svah, and with the Savitri hymn.

There are two forms of Brahman, the material effect and the immaterial cause.

The material is false.

For thus it is said, This the sun is Prajapati's all-supporting body, for in it this all is hid by the light of the sun, and in this all it the light is hid.

Therefore this is worshipped.

The Savitri begins, Tat Savitur Varenyaya, that is, this of Savitri to be chosen.

Here the Aditya sun is Savitri, and the same is to be chosen by the lover of self.

The Mahamantra, 300,000 names a day.

And then Gayatri Mantras for at least two hours.

He would bathe in one cloth in the Ganga.

would not change that cloth, would let it dry in his body.

Allow yourself some grace.

A mantra that's really helpful is the Gayatri Mantra.

If you go on YouTube, type in Gayatri and listen to it.

This is one that will really kind of bring in the benefits of this transit and make you less paranoid, make you feel like people aren't trying to steal from you, make you a little less... what is okay, that word, K2 is really messing with my words today.

Six days before and six days after eclipse are best suited for inner work and not for beginning any major venture.

So just know that.

Let's take this week, as I mentioned, with these three planets, K2, Sun, Mercury, really having their influence on us this week and what that means financially, what that means for our sense of self, what that means for our decision making, what that means for our spiritual self, what that means for our health and wellness, right? Best thing to do if you, you know, look up the Gayatri mantra on YouTube, donate to spiritual organizations.

and give people some grace.

Having said that- Yeah, I don't need that many ...

I mean, you also brought in the, uh, Gayatri Mantra and, uh, as we've received it from Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur and his disciples, [clears throat] it's chanted three times a day, morning, noon, and night, just like the, the Brahmins and second initiates in, uh, in the varnashrama system.

Um, so you're talking about three different things, and I guess you're trying to...

I'm not quite sure what you're trying to do with them all, [chuckles] trying to bring them all together.