Vimalananda & The True Gayatri

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Astraea,

 

That's interseting. I hadn't heard that. Either Swami Rama or Pandit

Tigunait wrote somewhere that in Vedic times (or maybe before) the

Gayatri was used in many ways that are no longer known, or kept very

secret. One of its uses was as a powerful weapon on the battlefield.

But I always assumed it was the Savitri Gayatri.

 

Chris

 

 

 

, "astraea2003" <astraea2003>

wrote:

> Namaste Chris,

> More info on the Gayatri:

> On pages 132 to 137 of Robert Svoboda's "Aghora II: Kundalini", the

> Aghori Vimalananda discusses the Gayatri mantra. According to V.,

the

> Savitri Gayatri is NOT the true Gayatri nor is the form used for

> visualization the true form of the true Gayatri. The true Gayatri

is

> NOT taught to the masses in Kali Yug, it's the mantra of Satya Yug

> and only Rishis are allowed to chant it without wreaking havoc.

>

> The true Gayatri is so powerful that even one syllable of the true

> Gayatri will kill most people -- it channels so much energy. Then

> Vimalananda goes on to tell of how one of his students (children)

> nagged him until V. gave in and gave him one syllable of the true

> Gayatri. V. told this man (who had already done plenty of sadhana)

to

> take this one syllable and chant it only eleven (11) times a day.

>

> The student (greedy for realization) chanted it 108 times. The

> student realized himself to be Narayana and his wife as Lakshmi

after

> that one mala, but then he went into the bathroom. He stayed in the

> bathroom so long that his wife became frightened and asked the

> neighbors to break down the door. They found him with his head

under

> the faucet of running water. His head was so overheated by the

power

> of that one syllable. He died shortly thereafter. But he did

receive

> moksha, just prematurely.

>

> Interesting story. In any case, according to Vimalananda the True

> Gayatri is unpublished and only given by Satgurus to the most

> advanced chelas and rarely at that.

>

> So I'm putting away my desire for the Savitri Gayatri. I think it's

> more appropriate for me to start with a simple Saraswati mantra.

>

> Astraea