vasana daha tantra

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Each day before bedtime, settle all unresolved matters within

yourself by performing the vasana daha tantra: "subconscious

purification by fire." Vasanas are subconscious traits, impressions

or tendencies. Daha means to burn, and a tantra is a method, and The

method is to write out clearly all problems that are vibrating in the

subconscious, instinctive-intellectual mind. When the eyes see the

problem in writing in the intellectual mind, the emotion attached to

the difficulty diminishes. Then crumple up the paper and burn it in

an inauspicious fire, such as in a fireplace, toilet or garbage can,

to release these burdens from the subconscious and dispel the

suppressed emotion as the fire consumes the paper.

 

This simple tantra removes the vasanas from the memory and emotional

recesses along with the emotion, resentments, hurt feelings and

misunderstandings. Soon the superconscious pranas will begin to flow,

and our natural, peaceful self emerges and we may be left

wondering, "Why was I ever bothered about that very small incident?"

 

What happens if we don't resolve matters within ourself before sleep?

Those vrittis, those waves of the mind, which were disturbed by the

experiential creation of the situation, will go to seed to erupt at a

later time in life, perhaps many years in the future, or in another

lifetime.

 

This daily mental maintenance, of course, requires discipline. It may

be easier to simply drop off to sleep feeling angry, jealous, guilty,

dejected or sorry for one's self.

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AUM gaNapataye namaH

 

Why is fire so important in rituals from the lighting of a candle

before a simple puja to massive sacrificial yagyas to this valuable

tantra given to us by Yogaman?

 

"Agni" or fire is the messenger of the gods. He intercedes between the

physical and the spiritual worlds.

 

"...'fire' is used because fire transforms solidity into emptiness and

shows us the empty nature of the material world. Fire is a fascinating

element -- it's both tangible and intangible. You can't pick it up --

you can only pick up what is burning. It's intangible yet it destroys

or devours tangibility. Fire is...the bridge between existence and

non-existence. It has great power in its ability to transform

substance, yet it seems to be substanceless. So, 'wisdom fire' as a

Tantric term carries the sense in which wisdom...can change the world

as we perceive it quite radically. The fire of wisdom can burn away

illusion -- it can reduce our hard and fixed substance-oriented

concepts to ashes."

 

--from "Wearing the Body of Visions" by Ngakpa Chogyam

 

So as you can see, fire is the perfect means to help us get rid of our

vasanas.

 

AUM lalitAyai namaH

[Guest guest]

Thank u very much .The article is soo nice and good.we pray to God to give us

''wisdom fire '

Geethanath

sivadancer <sivadancer wrote:AUM gaNapataye namaH

 

Why is fire so important in rituals from the lighting of a candle

before a simple puja to massive sacrificial yagyas to this valuable

tantra given to us by Yogaman?

 

"Agni" or fire is the messenger of the gods. He intercedes between the

physical and the spiritual worlds.

 

"...'fire' is used because fire transforms solidity into emptiness and

shows us the empty nature of the material world. Fire is a fascinating

element -- it's both tangible and intangible. You can't pick it up --

you can only pick up what is burning. It's intangible yet it destroys

or devours tangibility. Fire is...the bridge between existence and

non-existence. It has great power in its ability to transform

substance, yet it seems to be substanceless. So, 'wisdom fire' as a

Tantric term carries the sense in which wisdom...can change the world

as we perceive it quite radically. The fire of wisdom can burn away

illusion -- it can reduce our hard and fixed substance-oriented

concepts to ashes."

 

--from "Wearing the Body of Visions" by Ngakpa Chogyam

 

So as you can see, fire is the perfect means to help us get rid of our

vasanas.

 

AUM lalitAyai namaH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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