Maha Kumbha Mela----now

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Wow! So much I didn't know. Thank you for the detailed explanation which I

have printed out to study and meditate upon.

 

Triveni

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Om Amrtesvaryai Namah!!!

 

Namaste darling sisters and brothers!!

 

here is the article i promised last posting but never delivered.....

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This is an excellent article on the Mahakumbha.

K.N.Rao.

 

 

The Mahakumbh: Its Sacred Significance

By PANKAJ DIXIT

WATER is the basis of all life on earth. Of the

Panchmahabhut or the five

natural elements, water is considered to be the

key to life. Human beings

feel a close affinity to it, since three-fourths

of the human body is

constituted of water. In this respect, our body

is like a microcosm, as the

surface of the earth (the macrocosm) is

constituted similarly, being

three-fourths, water.

The confluence of three rivers Ganga, Yamuna and

Saraswati at Prayag stands

for the meeting of Ida, Pingala and Sushumna

Nadis at Muladhar Chakra known

as Yukta Triveni. Kumbha symbolises the arousing

of six chakras to reach

Ajna Chakra where these three nadis meet again to

form the Mukta

(Liberation) Triveni for yogis.

The Ganga always flows and rushes very fast to

the sound of Gama-Gam

(meaning go-go) while the Yamuna moves slowly

with a placid flow to the

sound of Yam-Yam (meaning control-control).

Likewise whether one acts fast

in life or acts after deliberate thinking, it

must be decided by his

knowledge and temperament. And both these aspects

should be supported by the

invisible Saraswati, the faculty of Jnan

(knowledge). The meeting of these

three rivers in the spiritual realm represents

the three gunas or qualities

of the native, i.e. Sattvic or subtle represented

by Saraswati; Rajasic or

the vibrant Ganga; and Tamasic or the dark

Yamuna. These three rivers also

signify the three saktis, Mahalakshmi, Mahakali

and Mahasaraswati; the three

sacred fires of sacrifice; the three Gods Brahma,

Vishnu and Mahesh; and the

three notes of music, Sa for Saraswati; Re for

Yamuna; and Ga for Ganga.

Further deep in the spiritual sphere, these three

rivers represent the three

phases of time i.e. present, past and future; the

triangle or minimum space

enclosed in time; Nad, Bindu and Kala; and the

three humours, vata, pitta

and kapha. The Triveni also denotes the three

basic philosophies of the

Gita, i.e. Jnan Yoga, Karma Yoga and Bhakti Yoga.

The Kumbha occurs in a cycle of every 12 years -

the most sacred or

auspicious time is calculated on the basis of a

specific planetary

configuration, considering its cosmobiological

effect on the human body and

mind. Various astronomical conjugations during

Kumbha represent various

stages of the solar cycle which has a direct

influence on human beings and

the biosphere. The ritual bath or snan on

specific days i.e. full moon, new

moon and Basant Panchami have been specifically

prescribed on the basis of

the bio-effects of lunar phases. The imposed

electromagnetic fields on water

are transmitted into the human beings taking bath

in the Holy Prayag giving

them great health benefits. The number 12 here

signifies time or Kal as

there are 12 adityas, 12 zodiac signs, 12 months,

and 12 Jyotirlingas

(self-emergent sivalingas). The entire world

exists in time, moves in time

and space, and is controlled by time. According

to Atharvaveda, Kumbh is the

representation of space situated in Kal

supervising all of us. Spiritually

the holding of Kumbha at an interval of 12 years

symbolises the need for

purifying the body by sublimating the inherent

vices of the 12 sense organs,

i.e. Panchkarmendriyas (five organs of action),

Panchjnanedriyas (five

organs of perception, the mind and the intellect

- and thereby to arouse the

six psychic centres or chakras separated from

each other at a distance of 12

angulas for attaining the Amrit Kumbha or pitcher

of nectar.

There is another mystical explanation of the

Kumbha. The human head and neck

form an inverted pitcher or Kumbha from where

Amrit or nectar flows

downwards into the body. The two eyes represent

the sun and moon gods, the

nostrils represent Ganga and Jamuna, the tongue

is Vani or Saraswati and it

spans 12 angulas of space.

Astrologically during Kumbha the three grahas,

Jupiter, Sun and Moon, play a

prominent role in the two Zodiac signs, Taurus

and Capricorn respectively.

The presence of Sun in Capricorn or Makara

signifies the Swadhishtan Chakra,

the centre of procreation representing the water

element. Makara also

signifies the Kama as Kamdev, popularly knows as

Makaradhwaj. Accordingly

Madam Blavatsky in her famous book Sacred

Doctrine records that Capricorn is

universal intelligence, which is transformed into

human intelligence through

water. It is therefore that one of the famous

Shahi Snans occurs on Basant

Panchami, the day of Kamdev. Likewise Jupiter's

or Jiva's (life force)

presence in Taurus signifies the creative power

of universe, Shiva Shakti or

the Male and female forces.

 

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hope you enjoyed it!!

 

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and in Her Service,

 

as ever,

Your Own Self,

 

visvanathan

 

Om Amrtesvaryai Namah!!