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Secrets To Staying Positive With Vedic Tradition PDF
Volume 3
Published: July 2012
Secrets to
Staying Positive
with
Vedic Tradition
Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 3
Introduction
Hari Om!
We are pleased to bring you the third edition of the e-book series from the Kanchi Periva
Forum.
This e-book series is the result of great efforts from the members of the Kanchi Periva
Forum www.periva.proboards.com. Like minded members of the Forum have come
together realizing the need to insist upon the present generation to observe and keep alive
the rich traditions of the Hindu Religion, as prescribed in the Vedas and Sastras.
In the previous two editions of Kanchi Forum e-books (Vol 1, May 2012 and Vol 2, June
2012), we had explained why rituals are important and discussed some of the daily
important rituals. We had also included Perivas comments and advice on rituals. We
received an encouraging feedback to these two e-books. As a sequel to the earlier two
issues, we present in this edition some of the secrets to staying positive with Vedic
tradition.
Most rituals that we follow today are based on Vedic prescriptions. The beauty of the
Vedas is that they provide immense value not only by the vibrations they
produce all round during recitation but also by their content that nurture
healthy thoughts in our minds. Vedas deal both with worldly life and the inner life of
the Self. They contain valuable truths that find expression in the various mantras.
Many of the complexities that we see in daily life stem from issues related to the mind and
thoughts. In today's dynamic and competitive world, people are often under great social
and work pressures.
Working or living in such an environment is a daunting task as they have to cope with
demands in tune with local conditions. It is challenging but at the same time it provides an
opportunity to see the value in our Vedic tradition.
Modern psychologists support the belief that human beings are greatly influenced by their
own thoughts. Numerous books are published on the influence of mind on personal
achievements. The components in Vedas provide valuable tools to control
the mind, regulate the thought process, acquire self-knowledge, and
attain higher levels of personal fulfillment. In this edition, we explore some of the
secrets in our ancient Vedic tradition that help us to stay positive and effectively meet the
challenges that confront us every day in our lives.
This is not a book about Vedas rather, this book is a small attempt to unravel some of the
secrets in the Vedic tradition that help us to stay positive and face lifes challenges more
confidently. In general, many people are interested to know more about our rich Vedic
tradition but are so busy with their work that they find little time to source and read large
books. In order to specially help such people, the author has intentionally kept the number
of pages of this e-book to about 30 pages a size that one may find comfortable to read
and remember.
In writing this e-book, as in previous volumes, the author has derived great inspiration from
Periva and other sources including Deivathin Kural. Wherever available, references to the
source of information are indicated in this edition too. The author expresses sincere
gratitude to all the external sources of relevant information to support this e-book.
We would like to express our profound thanks to Shri Sundaresan Subramanian from
Chicago, USA for authoring this book. We would also like to thank Smt Sumathi
Agambaranathan from Chennai, India and Shri K. Raman from Santa Clara USA, the
moderators of the Kanchi Periva Forum for their assistance in the making of this e-book.
We welcome your comments and suggestions to improve the quality and coverage of
subjects in future editions. Feedback about the e-book may be shared with us at
kanchiperiva@gmail.com or with the author directly at the email addresses given in the
profile that follows.
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We humbly submit this third e-book at the lotus feet of Shri Maha Periva.
Deriving great inspiration from Maha Periva, the Sage of Kanchi, Subi Anna developed a
deep personal interest in religion and the ancient scriptures. Based on his continuing study
and research, Subi Anna is engaged in propagating Maha Perivas teachings and unfolding
the secrets and wisdom of Sanatana Dharma. His published e-books include: Mantras and
Management and Managing Anger Lessons from the Ancient.
On the academic side, Subi Anna is Graduate in Electrical Engineering from the University
of Poona; qualified in Production Engineering, London; in Business Management at St.
Xaviers Institute, Bombay; and as a LEED Green Associate of the U.S. Green Business
Council. He was trained in Japan in corporate management and was conferred with a
honorary doctorate degree by the University of Berkley, USA.
He has authored many articles and studies related to energy and environment and served
for 3 years as an editor of The Urja Watch a publication of the Indian Association of
Energy Management Professionals (IAEMP). He serves as a honorary member of the
committee of Sri Veda Vyas Gurukul a Veda PAtashala functioning on the lines of
Gurukula system at the Kanchi Mutt in Pune, Maharashtra.
Subi Anna is based out of Chicago, USA and can be reached at s.subi@yahoo.com
no bhadr kratavo yantu vivata (1.89.1 rigveda)
Many of us do not realize that our thoughts are endowed with tremendous power. Thoughts
can do wonders. They have the power to communicate without the need for wires. You
become what you think about.
Negative thoughts reap negative results. If you think positive, you will
get positive results.
Vedic tradition handed down to us through generations helps us to think positively and reap
rewards.
kmamaya evyam purusha iti |
sa yathkmo bhavati tatkratur bhavati |
Sometimes, when we meet a person for the first time, dont we get a nice warm feeling a
feeling of friendliness and trust? Its also true that some times when we speak to a person,
we get an exactly opposite feeling somewhat like disdain or even repulsion. It is because
thoughts can transform the attitude and looks of persons. As an old adage goes - face is
an index of mind.
The velocity of thought is unimaginable. The person who thinks he is inferior, regardless of
what his qualifications are, is in fact inferior. For thinking regulates actions.
Personal power comes from your mind feeling good about yourself, not really from eating
more or sleeping more. If you observe children, they enjoy playing and having lots of fun
without concern about eating or sleeping on time. It is possible to adopt the mind of a child
so long as we focus our thoughts clear and positive.
We all have dreams; we all face challenges; Life is all about how effectively we face those
challenges to achieve our dreams. The strength to meet those challenges is within you - in
your mind not in your physical body. The proof of this strength can be witnessed in
physically challenged people who achieve great things despite their terrible disabilities.
Helen Keller was a deaf and blind person but she earned a degree in arts and became a
world famous speaker and author. She said, Character cannot be developed in ease and
quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision
cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved."
Thoughts are often influenced by what we keep listening to. If you keep listening to
negative comments, you will tend to develop negative thoughts.
A simple analogy will illustrate how pure thoughts work - A stone thrown over water in a
pool produces a succession of concentric waves travelling outwards. Similarly, it is
believed that a thought, produces vibrations in the mind with potential to reach all around
through the medium of ether. The Vedic tradition helps us sow the seeds for positive
thoughts that have the potential to spread all round.
Remember, within you is the Power. If you will unleash even a little of it, you can achieve
many things that you thought were impossible.
Periva asks a question about sound and answers it too in his own
inimitable way. The following are relevant excerpts from his discourses:
What is sound? According to modern science, it is vibration. If you examine the core of an
atom you will realise that all matter is one. This Advaitic conclusion is arrived at according
to nuclear science and the concepts of Einstein. This entire world is one flood of energy
(sakthi); everything is an electromagnetic flow. But how do we account for the manifestation
of different objects? It is to be attributed to different type of vibrations.
Where there is vibration there is a sound. Conversely, to produce a sound the vibration
corresponding to it must also be created. The scientific concept that the different vibrations
of the same energy are the cause of creation is the same as the belief that world was
created with the breath of the Paramatman manifesting itself as the sound of the Vedas.
Consider human beings and other creatures. What is it that determines their health and
feelings? During respiration, our breathing produces vibrations that have effect on our nadis
(cells) and blood vessels.
Our state of health depends on this effect. Those who keep their breathing under control
through the practice of yoga are healthy to an amazing degree.
Breath is vital not only to the body but also to the mind. The mind which is the source of
thought and the vital (pranik) energy that is the source of breath are the same. Healthy or
unhealthy thoughts are to be attributed to different vibrations of the nadis.
You may test this for yourself. See for yourself how you breathe when you are at peace
before the sanctum of a deity or in the presence of a great and wise person and how you
breathe when your mind is quickened by desire or anger. The happiness you experience
when you take part in something divine, like a bhajan or a temple festival, must be different
from the pleasure that sensual gratification gives you; the vibrations of the concerned nadis
will also be correspondingly different.
When you experience joy of an elevated kind the passage of breath will
be through the right nostril, but when you are enjoying sensual pleasure
it will be through the left.
When you meditate, with increasing concentration, on the Reality Serene which is the
source of all your urges and feelings, the breath will pass through both nostrils slowly,
evenly and rhythmically.
Science tells us that there are sounds outside the range of human hearing in the same way
as there is light that does not pass through the lens of the human eye.
However, it is possible to bring within us (within our reach) that which is without. When a
musician sings on the radio, the sound of his music is converted into electromagnetic
waves which travel through space. But how do we hear music? The receiving set captures
the electromagnetic waves and reconverts them into sound waves.
It seems to me that it even helps in the growth of religion. A century ago, before the radio
and the telephone were invented, it would not have been easy to counter the arguments of
an atheist who dismisses claims made on behalf of the sound of the Vedas as absurd. Now
the discoveries of science have come to our rescue.
When the wavelength shifts even minutely on our radio we receive the broadcast of a
different transmitting station. Fine-tuning has to be done to get the required station. So is
the case with the intonation of Vedic mantras. There should not be the slightest mistake in
the svaras. Just as we receive a different station on our radio when the wavelength is
changed, so the result is different when we go wrong in the intonation.
The vibrations of the Vedas serve the purpose not only of creation and the conduct of life.
There are indeed Vedic mantras that help us to transcend this life and become one with the
Ultimate Truth. When a man returns by the same way as he comes, does he not arrive at
the starting point? In the same way when we go seeking how creation came about, we are
led to the point where there are no vibrations, no movements, where there is utter stillness.
Some mantras that create vibrations in our nadis accomplish the same noble task of taking
us to such a goal.
Vedas must be chanted with grandeur so that the pronunciation of the words is done
correctly and the sound can be properly heard.
Vedic Mantras not only produce beneficial vibrations in the pulse (nadis) of the one who
chants them in a proper manner, but also similar vibrations in those who hear them.
Just as melodious music impacts people, the sound of Vedic mantras produces beneficial
effects in people. How exactly such vibrations influence the mind and body is mysterious.
Experience of people indicates that chanting or listening to mantras prepares the mind to
become tranquil, releases mental stresses and helps to develop positive thoughts.
For him, who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has
failed to do so, his mind will remain the greatest enemy.
- Quote from Bhagavad Gita
It is like a monkey that keeps jumping from one place to another place being tied to a pole
with a chain to limit its jumping. The monkey may still be jumping up and down, but the
chain at least limits its movement around one pole. Of course, if the monkey learns to stay
in one place without jumping, it no longer needs a chain or a pole.
Anything that works as an anchor to limit the mind from straying away too much is useful.
An image or visualization of an object dear to a person may work well for some. Focusing
on a mantra may work for some. The goal is to minimize invasion of other thoughts.
It is easy to focus on a deity or mantra. There is an interesting story to illustrate how mind
strays away if not controlled.
Once a person was caught stealing someones wallet. He was handed over to the police.
On investigation, it was found that he had a long history of stealing cash and jewels from
his neighbours and friends, and that day he had been caught red-handed. Charges were
framed against him and he was produced in the court.
The magistrate asked if he had anything to say before the judgment was delivered. The
accused then said, Your honour! I plead guilty of all the charges and I am also aware that I
am going to be punished. But I have a request to make. It is my request that my mother
should have an equal share of the punishment being accorded.
The magistrate was confused at these words and asked him to clarify. The accused said,
In my childhood, I used to sneak into my neighbours homes, filch petty stuffs, bring them
home and show them to my mother. Every time I did so, my mother would feel proud of my
feat and would highly appreciate my behaviour. Today, I stand before you as a thief,
thanks to my mothers encouragement. Had my mother been severe with me the first time I
committed thievery and stopped me from repeating it, I would have grown into a good
citizen. So my mother is equally responsible for these crimes.
The famous Chinese philosopher Lao Tse said -"Knowing others is intelligence, knowing
yourself is true wisdom." Mind is a wonderful force inherent in the Self. Socrates' guiding
rule was, "Know Thyself." These words are of eternal significance. No better advice has
ever been given to man or woman. When one begins to explore this dictate it leads to
profound understandings about all of creation.
When we do not recognize this goodness the dark side of our nature begins to find excuses
for what is happening in our life. It is then that we begin to feel 'other than happiness'
feelings.
Through our mother we had been hearing and feeling the negative emotions as well as the
positive ones from the time of our conception. At birth the negative began to be reinforced
over and over again until we became convinced that in order to survive we needed both
positive and negative feelings.
Our ego now had a directive, defend against those who would hurt us in some way. Do
what it takes to live! As adults we are still functioning from that mistaken decision and as a
result live a life that is insane.
Just as you need a mirror to see your face, you need a spiritual/psychological mirror to
know yourself. Veda, derived from the Sanskrit verb 'vid-to know' itself means knowledge.
Vedas stimulate you to think, make you wonder and thus serve to know yourself. The
Greek philosopher Socrates supplemented it by saying, Wisdom begins with wonder and
expanded the concept of 'Know Thyself' further.
To know yourself means to know who you are and accept all that is. The Bhagavad Gita
describes three primary qualities (gunas) that exist in all beings: Satva, Rajas and Tamas.
Satva is the best of the three gunas it represents the quality of purity, an angelic quality
that reflects truthfulness, the behavior of being good, doing good and a healthy attitude
towards life; Rajas represents activities and passion born out of intense desire; and Tamas
represents inertia, ignorance and the darker side of oneself.
There is no judgment as to which aspect of these gunas is dominant at any given moment.
However, it is best to accept all aspects and to know when to be which. An understanding
of these three qualities is required to overcome the challenges we all face in daily life.
The knowing of oneself is thus most important. How can we know ourselves? There is no
single path.
A Sanskrit adage says: Ekam sad vipra bahudha vadanti meaning The truth is one, the
wise speak of it in different ways. Vedic tradition shows several paths to better understand
and manage the self. An easy path is to get guidance from a guru.
The Preceptor is Brahma, Vishnu, is the God Maheswara, is verily Brahma itself. Salutation
to such a Preceptor.
Hindus in general attach a great importance to gurus. Guru is a general terms used for
almost all types of teachers including those who teach the fine arts like music and dancing.
In the olden days of Gurukul system, a knowledgeable guru taught a group young shishyas
(students) Vedas and other subjects to prepare them for
their future lives.
Even in the western world, the term "guru" is widely used to describe anyone who is known
for his specialised knowledge in a specific field.
India has a rich history of saintly gurus. Their lives are absolutely inspiring. They came from
different regions of India and from all castes. Not many were formally educated but they
had unique qualities to attract followers and guide them in the spiritual path. The paths they
chose to remove ignorance and enlighten their devotees were different like the karma
marg, the yoga marg and the bhakti marg.
There were many other remarkable saints like Appar, Gnanasambandar, Tyagaraja
Swamigal, Sridhar Ayyaval, Thiruvalluvar, Mirabai, Tukaram who had contributed
immensely to enhancing Bhakti (devotion) and strengthening sanatana dharma. Their
deeply spiritual lives have inspired and uplifted millions of Hindus and others worldwide.
Many Hindu saints preached and continue to preach the importance of Bhakti (devotion) to
God. Some of the well-known saints of the Bhakti Movement include Sri Bodhendra
Swamigal, the Vaishnavite Alvars and the Saivite Nayanars.
History indicates that many kings in India held their gurus in high esteem and were inspired
by their gurus. In Mahbhrata, Dronacharya was the royal teacher (guru) to Kauravas and
Pandavas. Even in present days, the Government of India presents Dronacharya Award for
excellence in sports coaching.
Shivaji Maharaj who established the Maratta kingdom had Samartha Ramdas as his guru.
Samartha Ramdas inspired Shivaji to fight against the Mughals and get freedom for the
Marathas. However, it is believed that when Shivaji proposed to Ramdas to become the
king of the Maratha kingdom, Ramdas declined - such was the greatness of Shivajis guru!
Most of us are blessed to live in the era of Mahaperiva of Kanchi. As the head of Kanchi
Matam for the longest span of 87 years, Periva was a satguru whose sole aim was to help
his devotees and steer them to the dharmic path on the lines of Vedic tradition. He led a
very simple life. Many of his devotees have shared their fulfilling experiences in the Kanchi
Forum.
Periva traces the growth of religion to the quality of its leaders. His
comments are summarized below:
The decay of a religion in any country could be attributed to the lack of character of its
leaders and of the people constituting the establishment responsible for its growth. After the
He must live an austere life, and must be calm and compassionate by nature. Such a man
will be able to help those who come to him by removing their shortcomings and dispelling
the evil in them.
Producing men of such noble qualities from amongst us is the way to make our religion
flourish. The need is for representatives, for preceptors, capable of providing an example
through their very life of the teachings of our religion. It is through such men that, age after
age, sanatana dharma has been sustained as a living force. Hereafter too it will be through
them that it will continue to remain a living force.
One of the secrets to staying positive with Vedic tradition is to find and
seek the grace of a satguru.
It is very important that every seeker of inspiration and positive thoughts must have a
satguru, a guru who will lead them out of ignorance and misplaced desires. When you
have such a guru, the way to honour your guru is to follow his teachings and be a humble
devotee. When you do so, you will see the difference in yourself!
There was no script at the time, neither Devanagari nor Grantha nor Brahmi, the basis of
all. But, then, the sound of Vedas, their svaras, cannot be truly written down in any script.
The answer to this problem is that when the sages were meditating the mantras of the
Vedas appeared to them in a flash in their hearts. It may be that in this state of theirs they
could neither see nor hear anything. The mantras must have appeared in a flash in the
inner recesses of their minds.
Does it not mean what he has "experienced"? The term "mantra-drasta" also could be
taken in a similar manner as referring to what is perceived through experience. It is further
believed that the sages were able to hear the Vedas with their divine ears.
Arjuna wished to see the Lord's cosmic form (visvarupa). The Gita has it that Krishna
Paramatman said to him: You will not be able to see my cosmic form with these eyes of
yours. I will give you a celestial eye. . . . . "
The vibrations of the Vedas serve the purpose not only of creation and the conduct of life.
There are indeed Vedic mantras that help us to transcend this life and become one with the
Ultimate Truth. When a man returns by the same way as he comes, does he not arrive at
the starting point?
In the same way when we go seeking how creation came about, we are
led to the point where there are no vibrations, no movements, where
there is utter stillness.
Some mantras that create vibrations in our nadis accomplish the same noble task of taking
us to such a goal. Such are the Upanishad mahavakyas and Pranava.
In sum, the Vedas are not anyone's compositions. The sages did not
create them, nor were inscribed by the Paramatman on palm-leaves.
Sri Aurobindo, author of the book on 'The Secret of the Veda' says:
"In the Vedic idea of the revelation there is no suggestion of the miraculous or the
supernatural. The Rishi who employed these faculties, had acquired them by a progressive
self-culture. Knowledge itself was a travelling and a reaching, or a finding and a winning;
the revelation came only at the end, the light was the prize of a final victory. There is
continually in the Veda this image of the journey, the souls march on the path of Truth. On
that path, as it advances, it also ascends; new vistas of power and light open to its
aspiration; it wins by a heroic effort its enlarged spiritual possessions."
Let us see some samples of inspiring Vedic verses that help us stay positive:
Om Serve Bhavantu Sukhinah
Maa Kashcid-Duhkha-Bhaag-Bhavet
Om, May All become Happy, May All become free from Illness.
May all see what is Auspicious, Let no one Suffer.
Om Peace, Peace, Peace.
Even by merely reading it, one should feel happy, enthusiastic and positive!
Om Sarveshaam Svastirbhavatu |
Sarveshaam Shaantirbhavatu |
Sarveshaam Purnam Bhavatu |
Sarveshaam Mangalam Bravado ||
If you take a look at the meaning of this verse, youll see how positive it is:
Om Saha Nav-avatu |
Saha Nau Bhunaktu |
Saha Viiryam Karava-Avahai |
TejasviNavAdhii-Tam-AstuMaa VidvishAavahai|
Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih ||
Om, May the Almighty God protect us both (the teacher and the student)
May God nourish us both. May we work together with energy and vigour
May our study be enlightening, not giving rise to hostility
Om, Peace, Peace, Peace.
2. / asato mA sadgamaya
Lead us from untruth to truth
3. / tamaso mA jyotirgamaya
Lead us from darkness unto light
5. / siddhirbhavati karmajA
Success is born of action
8. / pragynam brahma
Knowledge is the attainment of God
9.
/ Nityam Yato Shubhodayam
Let auspiciousness rise everyday
In the 1973 New Delhi discourses, Periva spoke about temple worship. Following are
relevant excerpts picked out from his extensive discourses (remarks with * are the
authors):
We know that God exists everywhere, but still the idea does not get firmly established in
our mind. It does not get reflected in our daily actions. If one remembers God all the time,
how can one utter any falsehood or commit evil acts?
If God is merely Omni-present, how can He help us? We all long for His grace somehow.
So, we have to worship Him and get His grace. But the agama-shastras (* Agama
means 'that which has come down' or tradition) tell us how this should be done.
The suns rays contain a lot of heat energy. If we keep a piece of cloth in the sun, it does
not catch fire by itself. But if we place a lens and focus the suns heat rays on that piece of
cloth, after some time, we find that the cloth catches fire.
Similarly, electrical energy is everywhere, but in order to bring it to our daily use, we need
to have generators to channel that energy and transmission systems to distribute it at the
places where we need it.
In the same way, in order to get the grace of the Omni-present Lord, we
have to build temples, where we can focus the power of the Lord in a
consecrated idol for our benefit in an easy way.
But the puja done in the temples is for the whole of society and therefore, there is so much
of fanfare, sounding of musical instruments and singing of auspicious tunes; the deity is
taken out in a procession during festival days and there is display of fireworks.
So, in our country, we find that there are many temples; of course, in other countries also,
there are many places of worship, but there is no installation of any idols, as in the case of
our temples.
They have just a big prayer hall where people assemble and offer some prayers or do
some silent meditation and then disperse after getting some peace of mind. But in our
temples, the idols are installed and they have divinity infused into them and, as such, they
have certain sanctity about them.
Some people say that the places of worship, which belong to other
religions, are quiet, but our Hindu temples are full of noise. Of course,
this is true. Actually, there are two types of noises in our temples.
One is the desirable type of noise such as ringing of bells, the sounding of musical
instruments like nadaswaram and the shahnai; the recitation of namavali archana,
recitation of mantras and so on.
Of course, there is also the undesirable type of noise in the form of people indulging in idle
gossip and purposeless talk. It is our duty to see that this idle talk, which results in
undesirable noise, is totally eliminated from our temples.
In other places of worship, this type of fanfare that we have in our temples, is not there,
because they do not recognize idol worship or worship of God in the saguna form and they
believe in worship of God in his attribute less and shapeless form only.
The divine presence in our idols, when we worship them, helps us to banish poverty as well
as evil. Thus, the idol with divinity which we see in our temples is an object of beauty for us,
and worthy of meditation.
It is with this idea that we perform abhisheka and decorate the idol with ornaments etc.
Thus we worship God in these various ways by doing so many upacharas.
This kind of worship is possible only in the Hindu religion. Idol worship is very important in
our religion, for the ordinary people. When we bow before an idol or pray before the deity
consecrated in the idol, we never think that it is only a piece of stone, but we think that the
deity in the idol is the protector and the root cause of the whole world.
Thus, temples help to increase the devotion of a person to God and this devotion helps him
to overcome or reduce his sufferings.
Ordinary people may not have the capacity, and strength of mind to bear
their sufferings. But with bhakti or devotion to Ishwara, they can face
them, and get also the mental strength to bear them.
It is for this purpose that an ordinary person goes to the temple. He goes there, offers some
prayers and then he feels all right.
If one person talks about his sufferings to another, the other man will listen to him for some
time, but after some time he will start narrating his own sufferings and say that he is having
more sufferings than other individuals.
So, sharing ones sufferings with another person, who is also suffering,
will not result in the removal of the sufferings.
Therefore, we go to temple and pray to Him, and we pour out before Him our tale of woe
and sufferings.
If we go and narrate our sufferings to another man for a long time he will start abusing us
after some time, and he may even slap us if we persist with the narration of our tale of woe
and suffering.
But when we go to a temple, we can tell God whatever we like, Have you not ears to listen
to my prayers? Have you no eyes to see my suffering? And we may ask Him why He is not
giving His grace immediately to us.
Saguna (Idol) Worship has got this capacity to give peace of mind because there is
chaitanya (*Consciousness) in the idol installed in the temple and after pouring out our
suffering before God in the temple, we get some peace of mind.
(Source: http://blog.periva.org/2011/02/1973-delhi-discourses-part-1-of-15.html)
Those who are really seeking to stay positive should try this out this
method. Choose a nice and quiet place in a temple, sit there cross-
legged for some time, and gradually glide into a silent meditation mode.
You will start feeling good with positive and soothing sentiments
because of the divine vibrations all around you.
Praying and wishing in those moments can often produce beneficial results to you. Many
devotees can vouch for this from their own personal experiences.
The research on water by Dr. Masaru Emoto of Japan has shown some remarkable results.
In a series of experiments with water, Dr. Emoto began studying the effects of prayer,
blessings, and spoken words.
The results indicated that water crystal formation was sensitive to these thingsyielding to
his hypothesis that Molecules of water are affected by our thoughts, words, and feelings.
He has recorded the way that consciousness acts on water (ice) crystals, showing that
intention can have a direct influence on the shape and form of the crystals. His work is
generating a lot of excitement all over the world.
Many thousands of people have experienced the power of meditation and prayer. Personal
experiences of some people testify the effects of following the Vedic tradition. This
development is a good sign to staying positive with Vedic tradition.
Periva says nicely with a simple analogy: Our scriptures are meant to
be a living reality of our speech and action. Instead of putting them to
such noble use, to consign them to the libraries, in the form of books, is
like keeping living animals in the museum instead of in the zoo.
The age old Vedic tradition has withstood the test of time.
We cannot and should not discount the wisdom of our
ancestors. Periva had taken the pains to explain this
wisdom in various discourses.
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http://www.periva.proboards.com. You can then enjoy the privilege of having all this
information within your easy reach at no cost.
To help you understand more about Vedic tradition and stay positive,
the author encourages you to listen to the "Divine Voice of Sri Maha
Periva" though a huge collection of audio available on www.periva.org
We conclude this edition with the following verse from the Rig Veda:
After reading this e-book, do you feel you have gained something of value? Do you think it
offers some practical tips to stay positive?
Whatever be your answer, the author gratefully acknowledges your sustained interest and
time in reading this e-book.
Salutations to the sacred feet of Sri Sankara, the repository of all the wisdom that is
contained in Shruti, Smriti and Puranas, the incarnation of grace, the bestower of
blessedness on the world.
10. "Indian Saints and Mystics" published by Sri Ramakrishna Mission Institute of
Culture