I think we’ve come to a crucial point in our conversation where we can actually visit more deeply these Deities. We’ve discussed in previous conversations how, in our everyday lives, we’re using the same techniques that we would use in a Deity Yoga Practice Carl Jung once postulated an idea, and the idea was something called ‘archetypes.’ The idea was that archetypes are images that reside within our psyche. These images have, let’s just call it – a magnetic quality.

Think of it as magnetic quality and various aspects of who we are; our persona, which we have talked about before, would arrange itself around these archetypes. A more tangible example of this is superstructure. When you see a skyscraper being built, the first thing that they’re putting up are these big steel I-beams, and they form the superstructure of the skyscraper.

That’s the fundamental part of the skyscraper upon which the rest of the building is constructed. It really is an interesting word because it truly is a superstructure. It is the structure upon which everything else is hung, literally, because everything hangs on that superstructure. If we understand that superstructure, and then we look at the idea of an archetype, we are actually seeing something similar.

This is what happens to us when these types of situations happen, when we put our foot in our mouth, is that eventually the superstructure comes through. And the orientationbecause that’s what the superstructure, the archetype, does for us, it orients usthe orientation comes through even though we don’t want it to, or even though it may not truly be the person we want to be.

So it’s a very interesting thing, because when we have the archetype or the superstructureand the archetype is generally kind of a simple thing, it’s not a circumstance-associated experience, it’s more of a stand-alone ideaand the stand-alone idea is, “I’m angry,” or, “I’m hurt,” or, “I’m victimized.” What happens is that these become the superstructure of our perception, and everything, all the circumstances that we see, and the circumstantial thoughts that we have, end up hanging on this superstructure, so that even though you could end up having this really positive interaction, because your feeling, your superstructure, your motivation, your orientation was one of being angry, or being upset. This is what you perceive.

The tradition, with its texts and various commentaries, is vast and complex. My occasional posts on the topic will be presentations of very small pieces of it. Today’s post will introduce the idea of “seeing nakedly”, by way of quoting the following passage, taken from a dharma talk given by Kenpo Tsultrim Gyamptso Rinpoche, on the topic of valid cognition:

Naked perception [occurs when we] just perceive the object directly, without any name associated with it, without any description of it … So when there is perception that is free of names and free of descriptions, what’s that like? You have a naked perception, a non-conceptual perception, of a totally unique object. A unique indescribable object is perceived non-conceptually, and this is called direct valid cognition.

So what does it mean, then, to actually do this? First, we need to become aware of our habitual tendency to clump together into one tangled mass (or mess!), what in reality are three distinct processes: (1) perceiving an object (via the sense organs, faculties & consciousnesses), (2) assigning a name to that object, and (3) spinning off into conceptual elaboration about the object, based upon our own associational networks. (The process of disentangling these three, particularly in terms of our sense of hearing, is described also in chapter 3 of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras.) To see something “nakedly” means to be able to stop, at least momentary, after step #1, without moving automatically and almost instantaneously into steps #2 and #3. It means to perceive something as if we were seeing it for the first time (which, as it turns out, is indeed the case!), as if we had no name for it, and no past associations involving it.

A thought-experiment that can support this sort of perceiving is to imagine that you’re an anthropologist of sorts, sent from another planet to do research about earth-life. You’ve never seen, heard or read anything about life on Earth, and you come from a planet that is radically different, in every way, from Earth life. And imagine yourself walking around that first day after your “landing” … how you would be as if a virgin, in terms of your perceiving: everything would be fresh, and new, and vastly interesting …

So that’s a bit about naked perception … Feel free to try it!

Now assuming we are in fact able to do this: to simply perceive something nakedly, as if for the “first time.” What, then, are the components of our human mechanism that are involved in this act of sense perception? According to the tradition of valid cognition, sense perception occurs in dependence upon the interaction of a sense object (the “thing” that we’re looking at, or hearing, or smelling, or tasting, or touching) with a sense organ (i.e. our eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and/or body), a sense consciousness (one associated with each of the five sense organs, representing the cognitive aspect of the process), and what’s called a sense faculty. The addition of this latter component ~ the sense faculty ~ is one thing that distinguishes the system of valid cognition from western psychological theories of perception. The sense faculties are objects only of yogic direct valid cognition, i.e. they are observed, in the forms described below, only within a specific meditative absorption. So what do these sense faculties, as perceived by the Buddhist yogi or yogini, look like?

According to Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche:

~ the eye sense faculty looks like a delicate open flower;

~ the ear sense faculty looks like a wooden corkscrew;

~ the nose sense faculty looks like two copper needles;

~ the tongue sense faculty looks like two half-moons;

~ and the body sense faculty looks like a fluffy yellow bird.

Most of us have never heard of, let alone seen, these sense faculties. But ~ as Rinpoche says ~ it’s good that we at least hear about them, for this “plants the seed” for our being able, eventually, to enter the meditative state in which we actually can and do perceive them directly.

Elizabeth Reninger holds a Masters degree in Chinese Medicine, is a published poet, and has been exploring Yoga – in its Taoist, Buddhist & Hindu varieties ~ for more than twenty years. Her teachers include Richard Freeman and Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. To read more of her yoga-related essays, please visit her website: http://www.writingup.com/blog/elizabeth_reninger

Jesus was a low-profile Person. He did not come to this earth to make a name for Himself and to be acclaimed by the fickle and feckless crowd. He entered towns and hearts quietly and effectively. What He brought spoke for itself; it didn’t need rolling drums and town criers. Jesus didn’t need to advertise Himself or His goods. Goodness is like that. It also bears the cross meekly for the sake of all others, not just those we choose to love.

Jesus speaks with a still voice: “. . .The Lord was not in the wind. . .the earthquake. . .the fire. . .[but] after the fire came a gentle whisper” (1 Kings 19:11,12). A gracious and unassuming spiritual life is finally the most effective. The Law was given from the mountain amidst thunder; the Gospel seeps quietly through throbbing hurting hearts. The Law threatens while the Gospel quietly beckons. The Law preaches death while the Gospel quietly promises life. The Law lays grievous duties on us while the Gospel quietly tells us to lay our burdens on Jesus while we go on with our duties. The Law wounds while the Gospel ever so quietly heals body, mind and spirit. The Law frightens while His tender Voice becomes our delight.

Those who affect power intimidate and coerce. Jesus cannot accomplish anything from the disadvantages of others, for that is what power does: take advantage of weakness. Our good God takes these very weaknesses and gently transposes them into His strength: “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9). The truly strong life is discreet, dignified, and decisive in Jesus. This person knows wherein his power lies, and therein is the strength for serene daily living.

Question 9 : Can you describe a Special Feature or a Special Crystal Energy Field ?

Oh yes. There are 2 high end CEF series called Crystal Karma Gate and Crystal Karma Galaxy. There are many special features in these models, eventhough one aspect really stands out. It is that they have a built-in Energy Ball Generator : all of your morally and ethically correct positive thoughts, wishes and tasks – whether personal or professional – are assigned to individually created (invisible) Energy Balls. The Energy Balls are programmed and energised accordingly and automatically, so that they maintain the right level of energy push and energy pressure until the event happens or the wish realises, fully. Fantastic, isn’t it ?

Question 10 : How long does it take you to create a Crystal Energy Field (CEF) and then for results ?

My CEFs are custom built from the scratch. They are not to be compared with market-ready Reiki Grids and the like. Depending upon the model, anywhere between 4 to 12 weeks will be needed. The results start coming after the first 3 months of installation of the Crystal Energy Fields.

Question 11 : What happens when the client shifts his house or office – does he have to redo the House Energy Correction once again ?

I am glad you asked this question. Unlike other remedies which are place-oriented, mine is customer-oriented. All my CEFs are programmed to re-tune themselves to any new house or office, automatically. Which means when a client shifts to a new building, his CEF auto-tunes itself for this new place. It cleanses, boosts and balances the 5 Elements of the new land and building and integrates it to the client’s family karma. In fact the CEF is safely installed inside a box that is comfortably portable.

Question 12 : And if there are any Vaastu or Feng Shui defects in the building ?

Any negative energy arising out of defects in Vaastu (Indian Vedic Vastu Vaastu Vasthu Vaasthu Shastra) or Fengshui (Chinese Feng Shui) are fully nullified by the CEF. There is no need for any alteration or demolition. Similarly the Geopathic Stress Levels as per the European Bau Biologie (Building Biology) are also totally corrected.

Question 13 : What about the people who live in rented house or shared apartments ?

It does not make any difference whether the native is living in own house or rented house or is sharing a flat with several other occupants. The House Energy Correction is done for a particular family or individual in the specific context of their currently residing living space. When the native shifts to another rented or own building, the CEF automatically does Energy Correction for this new living space. All other occupants continue to exist as per their Karma. There is no clash of interests here.

Question 14 : What if the different members of the same family live in different homes ?

Even if different members of the same family live in different homes or even different countries, still my CEF will reach out to them with ease. Only thing is that the CEF used for House Energy Correction will be of a different category with some high end Crystal Programming.

Question 15 : What you are saying is that your House Energy Correction takes into account the Horoscopes of the Family as well as the Vaastu/ Feng Shui/Bau Biologie of their property ?

Absolutely, but it is more and beyond that. It envelopes not only Birth Horoscopes but also Progressive and Gochara Horoscopes. It not only takes care of Vedic Vaastu Shastra, Oriental Feng Shui & European Bau-Biologie, but also the concepts of Gochara Vaastu and the Chinese Flying Stars Fengshui too.

Question 16 : Reverting back to our earlier conversation, how does “Programming” differ from “Energising” ?

“Energising” is the process of filling the remedy (whether it is Crystal or Feng Shui Cure or Pyramid or Sacred Geometry Yantra) with auspicious and positive energy, to last for a long, long time. “Programming” is the process of empowering the energy itself. In other words, “Programming” means defining and dedicating the positive energy to execute and complete specific tasks for specific people. Mere energising is not enough. Programming of remedies is a must.

A classical example will be the Computer. Like Computer, any good remedy is a powerful hardware. But you need to connect and switch on the Computer to make it active and stay alive – which is “energising”. For the Computer to operate meaningfully, you need a proper software. That is the “programming” part.

Question 17 : How do you say your Crystal Energy Fields are “custom-built” ?

Crystal Grids or Crystal Energy Fields sold in the market are based on some regular designs, say, for healing or health. Here the crystals are simply assembled, mounted, (some are even) energised and sold off to the customer. There is either no programming at all or very rudimentary programming. The crystals are not selected exclusively for the customer or for his specific problems. A classical example would be what is popularly called as a Reiki Crystal Grid.

In my case, the Crystal Shape, Crystal Colour, Crystal Power and the Quantity of the Crystals are individually selected based on the Karma of the customer’s family, business, lands, buildings and the problems he is facing as well as those he would likely face, in the future. Then the Crystals are Programmed and Energised. The Crystal Energy Field is near-permanent. It will work only for the programmed tasks, for the programmed people only. There is no energy loss involved. Thus it is custom-built.

The FAQs will be continued in Part III.

Janarrdhana Guptha is an Energy Consultant, Fengshui & Vaastu Researcher, Crystal Master & Clairvoyant Karma Reader. His speciality is permanent Karma Energy Correction through custom-built Crystal Energy Fields. His E-Mail : crystalvaastu@yahoo.com. His websites :http://www.crystal-vaastu.com/home.htm & http://www.newage-kabbalah-numerology.com

Jupiter in Scorpio already boosted all the underground activities and all hidden things started to come to the surface. Also all the religious fanatism activites found a ’solid’ ground for manifestation. You can look at our world today and we can observe that a lot of dirty things are coming to the light. Also at the personal level is a period of hard times especially those persons with Jupiter transiting natal planets – people with planets in Scorpio/Taurus for example.

The exact start date of the retro movement was 3.03.2006 5:42am GMT on the 18:52 degree in Scorpio. Until 6.03.2006 4:30am GMT it will remain on the 18:52 degree , meaning that Jupiter will be stationary during this period. The stationary periods are important and very powerfull from energy point of view and during this moments all activities related to Jupiter should be postponed: travelling abroad or on long distances, all things related to the laws, partners, associates and religious beliefs.

The sabian symbol of the 18:52 scorpio degree (19 degree scorpio) is : A wise old parrot has been listening attentively to the conversation and preening himself; now he begins to speak.

If you analyze this sabian symbol of Jupiter retro it might be possible that some rumours and negative opinions might spread all over the world and many people it will become confused. There is the danger the this rumours can become valid truth for some of the peoples and may cause some serious problems. Also at the personal level there might be some problems with hidden ‘friends’ which will spread some not very good thoughts about you.

Jupiter it will return to his direct motion on 5th of July 2006 at 6:46pm GMT and it will be positioned at 8:59 Scorpio.

Sabian Symbol fo 9 Scorpio: A dentist is hard at work. Man-made porcelain replaces nature’s enamel which consciousness has been unable to hold

This sabian symbol may suggest that after 5th of July we might be able to find solutions to problems appeared during this retrograde period. We might be able to solve some of the issues that before looked hard to solve.

Jupiter retrogred period, at personal level, is an excelent time for self-reflection and interiorization. Our expanding energies are contracting and we will have time and the mood for analyzing all our internal beliefes (religious or not). We just have to calm down and to connect to the surrouding energies and to our innner-self. We will receive many subtile messages that will guide us in life.

As an advice …during this period it should be better to avoid starting any new activities that involves laws and justice , travelling abroad , partnerships. Also avoid doing thing that are at the legal limit…the risk of being discovered is increased.

My name is Dan Ciubotaru and I’m the author of this astrology software.
I’m a romanian astrologer , member of Romanian Astrologers Association and I’m currently based in Bucharest, Romania. My websites are: Living astrology blog, http://www.astrologydatabase.com and http://www.configurationhunter.com.

With our words of doubt or by complaining we inadvertently negated the power of the prayer. We do that time and time again. Also there are delays because previous things that we have prayed for are continuing to be completed. It is like having many things waiting in a queue and they come in chronological order. Sometimes we have forgotten that we have prayed for something to be done, or for a change in us to occur and we immediately move on to something else that we think that we need or can make a change in us. We are putting things in the queue. The other thing that occurs is an energetic lining up of just the right circumstances, people, and timing of events so that what we ask for will come into existence. For an example if you ask for patience, you get patience by going through trials, and things or circumstances that don’t always go as planned.

If you are praying for a great relationship, in order for this person to be able to come into your life, both of you have to be ready, in the same place, and on the same wave-length. Let’s say though that you previously had a rotten relationship and you are healing from your wounds. To be in the right space for your perfect mate to come in you must go through the healing and come to a place where once again you can be open and sometimes vulnerable to a partner’s offering of love, attention and requests. If you are not, the new relationship will not work. Another example let’s say that you are ready for your true love. But he/she is not in the area where you live. In order for you to meet this person, you either have to go to where he/she is or she/he has to come to you. Timing then becomes very important. When the circumstances align for both of you, suddenly you and your partner will be drawn together at the same time. That can’t be rushed.

Let’s say that we have been praying for help for a better financial future. Or even in a moment of clarity that we asked for something specific. How many times have we been offered some small help or even great assistance and we turn it down because we don’t feel we are worthy or we think that we should be able to do everything ourselves. Or sometimes we think that the help or assistance shouldn’t come in that manner. We closed the door on another opportunity and if we received in the first place it might have been a stepping-stone for something more profound, or that we might have instantly experienced the success that we had been craving for years. For another opportunity to align itself again, it could take several more years in the future for this to occur.

Prayer keeps you focused on the divine nature of yourself. It keeps you connected in the spirit. By reconnecting with the divine nature of yourself frequently you stay on the path that you wish to walk. You can access the divine wisdom of yourself keeping yourself centered and open for insight, new movements, changes to your situation, pitfalls, challenges, or unexpected events that will occur or has occurred.

Yoga Kat–aka Katheryn Hoban is a yoga teacher with twelve years experience. She teaches children’s yoga ages 3-6, and 7-12 and Adults privately in NJ. She is the author the book DAUGHTER BELOVED which will come out next year. She has created a children’s affirmation CD (ages 3-6) and an affirmation CD for adults. Yoga Kat is available for speaking or writing and can be reached at katscoolcorner@yahoo.com or 201 970-9340

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