agni SATSANG

Perform Agnihotra     --    Heal The Atmosphere

NEW ERA 59    VOL. 30  NO. 4                        NOVEMBER & DECEMBER 2002


      Contents
What Is a Holy Day?   
Agnihotra Healing--A Chiropractor’s Experiences   
Healings with Homa Therapy   
2003 Agnihotra Youth Conference   
Why Homa Farming?   
FIVEFOLD PATH for Happy Living   


What Is a Holy Day? Vasant

 
Is not one day same as the next? Sun rises and sun sets same on any day. Holy day is merely an occasion to remind man of higher purpose in this life. It is only a reminder of what is of value in this life.

On a day when a great saint is born there is a reason for that date chosen. It is beyond the karmic law. That is directly appointed. On such a day nature rejoices.
We hold these dates holy only to remember our higher purpose in life.

When one is born in human frame, what is to be achieved? To transform the mind to reach the state “Love thy neighbour as thyself” all the time. Agnihotra is the greatest material aid to help us do that.

Agnihotra Healing--A Chiropractor’s Experiences

(The following letter was received by Dr. Abel Hernandez and Aleta Macan, Homa Therapy teachers in Piura, Peru.)

Dear Dr. Hernandez,
Dearest Aleta Macan,

It has been two years and some since we first met and you took time out of your busy schedule to lovingly tutor me and my wife Sonia in the details of correctly doing the Agnihotra fires. Since then, thoroughly amazed at the positive results in so many vastly different pathologies, we have been instructing people at our home/office in Guayaquil, Ecuador every weekday for the last year. We have watched a long line of people of all social and economic levels, often desperately looking for a solution to an “incurable” condition, find renewed health, happiness and harmony in their lives by the proper application of the Homa Therapy science as taught by Shree Vasant Paranjpe.

There was an incident last month that I would like to relate to you, as it sticks in my mind as being particularly impressive as to the rapid and efficient action of Homa Therapy.

It was the close of daylight and we had done our evening fires.  The twenty-some people that accompanied us had all left and we were about to leave with our children. As I was closing up the house, I saw a man sprawled “spread eagle” on the street below. His face looked strange from the distance so I called the guard over to see what was going on.
The guard approached the man and was shocked that he was biting his tongue so hard and long that it was purple and extremely swollen. Knowing that he had probably had an epileptic seizure, I ran down to see what I could do.

Once on the street I found a middle-aged man, completely rigid, and biting his tongue. Immediately what runs through one’s mind is what and how can we help this man. As you know, I am a classically American trained chiropractor with a background in many alternative health-providing skills, including shiatsu, homeopathy, neural therapy (Heuneke phenomena), polarity therapy, pranic healing and master empowerment in three traditional reiki lineages. However, my inner voice called out to give him Agnihotra ashes!

But how do you safely administer ashes to an unconscious man?

Then I remembered that my wife, Sonia, had prepared for me a colloidal in distilled water from the Agnihotra ashes for my eyes! My son, Jimmy, ran into my office to bring the eyedropper bottle to me as I continued to examine the man still prostrate in the street.

As soon as Jimmy returned we inserted the eyedropper in the side of his mouth and squirted about twenty drops of the Agnihotra colloid into his mouth. There was an immediate reaction, as he began to stir for the first time since we arrived, so I put the eyedropper into the other side of his mouth and squirted another time about twenty drops between his lips. This time he immediately began to move his head and retracted his tongue into his mouth!

We observed him for a while and it was obvious he was coming back to consciousness. I gave him another dose orally and he began to move his hands and arms. We sat back to wait and see how he would come out of the seizure. This usually is a long and slow process as the person regains his normal mental orientation and I have seen it last an hour or more, so I was happily surprised when in less than ten minutes were able to move him out of the street to the sidewalk and converse with him.

He had arrived from the north central part of the country to receive attention at the Lion’s Club medical center but his sister had not shown up with the money for his medication and food. He had spent the day waiting in vain for her to arrive. Without food, without medication, the clinic closed and he was on the street broke, hungry, wrestling with the intense equatorial tropical heat and he just finally succumbed. He was obviously a poor farm laborer, practically illiterate. He did not have the telephone number of his sister, and not knowing Guayaquil (a city of 2 1/2 million) could not locate her.

Once he was more coherent we were able to find out where he lived.  We took him to the bus station where one of our employees saw that he got something to eat, got him a bus ticket to his town and put him on the bus. He left with a supply of Agnihotra tablets and instructions on how to take them.

Anyone who knows or has had much experience with epilepsy and had witnessed this event would have remained with a lasting impression as I have. This man’s recuperation was so rapid and complete that it is hard to imagine that he was lying unconscious in the street biting off his tongue just moments before I administered the Agnihotra colloid. His reaction was instantaneous! This, for me, is the  “mind-blower”.

Like the cases of cancer, aids, arthritis, Parkinson’s and emotional disturbances that pass through here every week and improve, we are grateful for the opportunity to have learned this skill from you and had the privilege to teach and share it with others for the last two years. As was seen here on the 28th of October, we had seventy pyramids burning at one celebration! Today, on solstice, we came close to one hundred.

As always, a special thanks to Dr. Hernandez and his wife Aleta for their time and love in teaching us on all the small details of perfecting the fires and mantras. Especially a warm heartfelt thanks that goes beyond words to express adequately for master Shree Vasant Paranjpe for His personal sacrifice in trotting around the world at His advanced age seeing that this extremely valuable spiritual science is not lost but practiced and preserved in its purest form for the benefit of all humanity.

Love, peace, blessings
Dr. James R. Peterson
Sra. Sonia Hunter de Peterson
and the children too....
they know the mantras and practice too!
Jimmy, 15
Jeniffer, 8
David, 4

Healings with Homa Therapy


enrique


Enrique Mera Loor
Manabi
Canton Bolivar towards Quiroga
Ecuador

Problems:
      Alcoholism
    Irritability
My name is Enrique Mera. I am from Manabi but I work in Mocache. I do common tasks in a banana company called Marcos.

When the doctors of Homa Therapy arrived, they encouraged me to work with this therapy. First, they taught us some songs (Mantras) and later they showed us how to prepare and perform the healing fires.

On the personal level Homa Therapy has helped me a great deal because I drank a lot. I was a very irritable person and now I am physically and spiritually very different.

In the beginning many people didn’t believe that Homa Therapy works, but now they are convinced, since they see the good results in the plants and fruits.

alessandro
Mrs. Alessandra
Guayaquil-Ecuador

Problems:
    Migraine
    Emotional problems

I came to know about Homa Therapy through my sister’s friend, who has attended a Homa Therapy session.

I am going through many serious emotional problems and I have headaches; the migraines had returned and I had two days with strong pain.

While participating in the Agnihotra fire, just at the moment of relaxation, I felt clearly that some weight was taken off me. After the relaxation I opened my eyes and besides feeling a complete relief, I saw a very fine light and I thought that a new day was dawning. I was very calm and peaceful. Later, at home, the communication with my family was harmonious and I slept placidly. The following day, the pain still persisted a little and again I attended the Homa Therapy session and this time the pain disappeared completely.

I have become emotionally more settled; at least now I do things with more calm, my thoughts are clearer, I am relieved and different. If the comparison fits, it feels as if I have been born again, as if I begin to live new experiences. I begin to admire nature, and I appreciate things and people more.

2003 Agnihotra Youth Conference
Madison, Virginia
February 28th, March 1st & 2nd

Who: Young adults (ages 17 to 24) who want to make a change in the world and themselves and are interested in Agnihotra as a tool to heal the Planet.

What: Three day gathering of Creative activities. Music, Mandalas, Yoga,  Meditation, Dance, and Self-development activities. 

Where: NOMA House near Parama Dham Fire Temple.

Why: To bring us all together for Unity, Self-expression and Transformation.

Cost with accommodation and all meals: $50
Bring musical instruments, a sleeping bag, towel and comfortable clothes.

All those who are interested please call or email to reserve a place:
Jacob Sawyer
Tel: (Poland) +48-18-447-5773 
Cell:+48-504-083-874 
email: arkadia@idea.net.pl

Why Homa Farming?  Vasant

(Excerpts from the book, Homa Therapy, Our Last Chance)
 
HOMA Therapy is a totally revealed science. It is as old as creation. In the course of time this knowledge was lost but it is now being resuscitated to give people guidance about how to correct the polluted conditions of the planet we find ourselves in today. HOMA Therapy comes from VEDAS, the ancientmost body of knowledge known to man.

When things go wrong due to pollution, the elements of nature begin to change. The cohesion of atoms, fusion of atoms begins in a different way as it is described in ATHARVA VEDA. It is stated that if atoms begin refusion and fission in an improper way, a civilization could be destroyed. If HOMA is performed when this takes place it helps mold things harmoniously and a new, beneficial element is produced. Notice, we do not say created. Nothing is created, only reshaped. This knowledge is HOMA Therapy.

Agnihotra is the basic HOMA for all HOMA fire practices given in the ancient Vedic science. Agnihotra is tuned to the biorhythm of sunrise and sunset. The process involves preparing a small fire in a copper pyramid of fixed size and putting some grains of rice into fire exactly at sunrise and sunset accompanied by chant of two simple Mantras.
This knowledge can be used in several areas. The following list is illustrative and not exhaustive: Agriculture, environment, medicine, psychotherapy, biogenetics.

Technology has played its innings. Now we have to delve into supertechnology to save ourselves form the mess of compounded pollution that we have created. The air we breathe, the water we drink, the soil we farm are all poisoned.

We think we have found technological paradise. It will be our hell in the next years. Whether we like it or not we have already handed ourselves on a silver platter of technology into the jaws of death. Science and technology are different things. Science is the search for truth. What technology has done and persists in doing is nothing short of raping the land and the air we breathe of all nutrients by destroying plant life with pesticides and insecticides and polluting human beings with chemical fertilizers and food additives. All this is taking its toll now. Man cannot survive this era without a massive attempt to counteract the destruction.

We have nearly reached a stage when there will be no reliable uncontaminated natural resources. All of our water supplies will be polluted. In some areas there will be severe droughts and in other areas terrific floods. We should understand that these times have already begun. We must rely upon scientific means to undo the effects of polluted conditions in the atmosphere, soil, water and on all life forms. The scientist and governments know this. However, man’s awareness is blanketed by myths of prosperity and by his ignorance towards his environment. The age of complacency is coming to a violent end and hence the need for HOMA Therapy. We request the scientist to investigate the effectiveness of HOMA Therapy in undoing the effects of pollution.

All living things in nature - plants, trees, forests, the crops we plant, animals and human beings - are exposed to such terrific pollutants that it becomes difficult to escape the deleterious effect. Microorganisms are rapidly dying in the soil. There will be no food to eat unless there is HOMA atmosphere. Agnihotra, the basic HOMA, is the way to save the world now. If anyone can show a better, easier, more practical way, we are willing to listen.

The Earth’s atmosphere is fed by HOMA fire. When Agnihotra copper pyramid fire is practiced, tremendous amounts of nutrients and fragrance are injected into the atmosphere. This is what will make our planet whole again.

With chemical fertilizers and pesticides it becomes necessary to increase the dosage and strength or alter formulas as years go by. Then a stage comes when nothing grows unless you use them. If you do use them they ruin the soil and subsoil water. The harmful chemicals are ingested into the body when we eat food grown under these conditions. Then a few years later nothing grows at all and land that was once fertile and produced abundant crops has to be abandoned. These are some of the reason why several communities started thinking in terms of organic farming and biological pest control. This worked for a while but as the pollution content of the atmosphere increased and things got compounded, organic farmers came into terrific difficulties.

With increased doses of acid rain the top few inches of soil on Earth are likely to be totally destroyed so that nothing will grow. The answer to our ills lies just six inches beneath the surface of the Earth. HOMA Therapy Farming is the way out.

Elements begin to change due to pollution. Somehow due to a magnetic-like pull set up where YAJNYA is performed the elements required to make certain life-sustaining essentials are again attracted to the planet by manifestation of some other mode of transference. Some may even come from other planets.
Changes in soil composition due to pollution become drastic and the results become disastrous. Soil becomes unable to sustain plants and even life. The way out is to inject nutrients and fragrance into the atmosphere by widespread practice of YAJNYA.

Soil in many places becomes unable to support plants due to pollution. Then trees die for unknown reason. Yet when Agnihotra is performed plants dance and thrive. They are thankful for the nourishment YAJNYA gives.

The composition of nutrients in the soil deteriorates and this has a great impact on the food supply. Pollution is the disease. YAJNYA is the cure. The practice of YAJNYA replenishes the nutrients that are robbed from our environment by pollution. The chemical and molecular structure of bacteria change and they become more immune to conventional medical methods. If we practice YAJNYA things will improve.

PLANT STRUCTURE AND PHYSIOLOGY

Plants grown in YAJNYA atmosphere evolve networks of veins that are cylindrical and larger than normal, permitting water and nutrients easier movement to all parts of the plant. This helps growth and reproduction cycles. Also, it helps in the production of chlorophyll and plant breathing, thereby helping the oxygen recycling system of nature.

If slides are prepared they will show the difference in cellular structure in plants bred in YAJNYA atmosphere as compared to those which are not.

Subtle energies begin to have more obvious effect on plants now. It can be easily recorded if some scientists want to put their minds to it.

A change in the nuclear structure in plants due to pollution makes it impossible for humans to extract nutrition to survive unless plants are grown in Agnihotra atmosphere with Agnihotra ash. Then the plant defies changes and maintains its place in the balance of nature.

The pathological structure, nutritive structure of plants are changing. By practice of Agnihotra much of the nutrition, taste and above all a new highly beneficial ingredient are packed into a small area, giving satisfaction (in the sense of quality and quantity) and health. The taste, texture, color, size of kernel which is the seed become excellent.
The root system in plants changes due to HOMA atmosphere. Roots stay small and less troublesome due to extreme quality of nutrients the plants extracts from the soil.

A new phenomena is noted in HOMA Therapy Farming with respect to soybean crops. It will be beneficial to farmers and gardeners to set aside part of their planting area for soybeans where possible. When using HOMA Farming techniques a strange situation occurs with respect to the pathological structure of the legume. A chemical reaction occurs whereby antibodies are introduced into the body by the ingestion of soybeans. This will help combat several diseases, some of which medical people are aware of and some of which are yet to occur. This will only occur where HOMA Therapy is used and it is given by Grace.

PLANT FUNCTIONS

When HOMA is done in the garden or under a tree the effect of the smoke first goes to the leaves. The smoke acts as a catalyst for the generation of chlorophyll in terms of a chemical reaction which can easily be shown to someone by a botanist who may choose to study the subject.

Homa atmosphere, especially that of this concise Agnihotra, acts as a catalyst on plant metabolism, causing the plant to reach for the nutrients it needs, necessitating strength and then yielding the nutrients, giving the plant health and allowing it to more efficiently blend with the ecological balance of things.

The root system of a plant is like Nadi*. It draws its energy form a source and, if it has developed properly, it distributes the energy and nutrients throughout the plant, permitting harmonious and equivalent growth. When HOMA is performed properly it helps carry the nutrients equally throughout the plant by its vascular system. It does the same thins to humans, on the subtle level. (*Nadi system mentioned in ancient texts may be described as something like the nervous system but more subtle, and can be found on the subtle body of humans.)

CROP YIELD

When growing plants in Agnihotra atmosphere do not necessarily expect the plants themselves to become large; instead observe the size, quality and appearance of the vegetable, fruit or flower. All the energy of the plant goes towards yield because by performance of HOMA we make the plants happy.

Energy patterns of plants are arranged in such a way that when HOMA is performed the injection of nutritional content into the atmosphere helps shape and mold these patterns harmoniously so that the result is fantastic yield and excellent quality. Agnihotra is the basic YAJNYA.

A strange phenomenon occurs when plants are bred in Agnihotra atmosphere. An aura-type field of energy is generated from the plant and exists around the plant while Agnihotra is performed in its proximity. The field contains nutrients and vibrations of Love. The plant is continually able to draw on this resource that is given by performance of Agnihotra in the area. This gives the plant the ability to maintain maximum growth and yield levels. At the same time a feedback of Love is given to the area, helping to negate the effects of thought pollution.

Fruit trees will yield double the usual size and with twice the meat if Agnihotra and HOMA are performed regularly in the orchards. Orange would be a good fruit to begin with as it will quickly, almost immediately, give results.

Tangerine or orange trees will show good results with HOMA Therapy experiments. It will be easy to see quickly with either of these species. Pear trees will bear sweeter fruit in HOMA atmosphere.

SOIL

Soil in HOMA atmosphere holds moisture better than any soil. It is due to the ghee and the feedback of the HOMA on the atmosphere. When the nutritional rain comes, the nutrients and moisture are sustained as a unit in the soil. This makes for better quality vegetation. It seems fantastic but it is true.

In HOMA Therapy Farming the result of the HOMA process is that something physical interacts with the soil making the nutrients already there more potent. When nutrients are absent, cultivating the growth of nutrients necessary for healthy plant life is achieved by the HOMA process.

In Agnihotra atmosphere the metabolic process of plants is sped up. It is the ghee used in Agnihotra process that is the catalytic factor and on a more subtle level the Mantras interacting with the combined effect of the burnt ghee and rice. This combination enters the soil after returning from the solar range. It enters the plants by, one might say, attaching itself to minerals and water absorbed by the root system of the plant. The ghee acts as a catalyst creating a chemical reaction with the plant aiding in enzyme and vitamin production and encouraging and increasing the cyclic rate. In other words the plants mature faster, taste better and are better just by mere performance of Agnihotra in the garden.

Aeration of soil, of course, is an important part of gardening or farming. If HOMA ash is placed on top of soil before it is tilled or cultivated it does a lot to help nourish the plant and make the plant happy. It is important to make the plant happy as that is the way the plants can start to give us the feedback effect of Love. The more love you put into the farm or garden, the more HOMA is performed, specifically revolving around Agnihotra, the greater the vibrations of Love will be in the area and the happier the people will be. Also the greater and tastier the yield will be.

Agnihotra and Agnihotra ash, when put on the soil, help stabilize the amount of nitrogen and potassium present.

Trace elements in the soil are changing drastically. Trace elements are important to plant growth and maturation. HOMA Therapy farming is the way out. With HOMA Farming it begins to become important that all phases of nature work in harmony.

Trees begin to lose their hold in the ground. The soil is having difficulty supporting life. Trees tend to fall over. HOMA and HOMA Therapy nourish the ground.
The entire ecological system is benefited by YAJNYA. For example, earthworms are able to generate more moisture in the soil due to performance of YAJNYA. The YAJNYA makes them happy and their hormone secretions increase, thereby benefiting the soil and therefore the plants that live in the soil. The earthworm is important to farming. HOMA atmosphere increases the hormones in earthworms involved in their reproductive organs and helps multiplication of the species which in turn helps the soil to become more rich.

Chemical fertilizers will prove less effective. There will be more government regulation to guard against health hazards. HOMA Therapy Farming is the answer.

REPRODUCTION

Some fruits begin to increase their reproductive cycle if Agnihotra is performed in proximity to where they are grown. A plant’s strength depends upon the nutrition of the soil and atmosphere that surrounds it. Science perhaps does not lay so much stress on atmosphere but it is one of the biggest factors due to the oxygen recycling system. Also if the atmosphere is filled with nutrients the plant becomes especially happy when this is done by HOMA process. This helps increase the number of seeds, the number of fertile or potentially fertile seeds germinated. Also the period of germination is helped and the quality of pollen produced is improved. The whole reproductive cycle of the plant is benefited by HOMA atmosphere.

The whole ecological system is changing. The reproductive cycle of plants is changing. This affects the bees and therefore their ability to perform their role of pollination is inhibited. This adversely affects the ability of plants, especially certain vegetables, to yield and propagate.

HELP FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

The principles of life must be restated now on this Earth. Everyone must be made aware that YAJNYA is necessary to survive. We withdraw nutrients from the environment. They must somehow be replaced. YAJNYA is the means.

When Agnihotra is performed there is a turbulence of electricities and ethers created by the combination of Mantras and fire that extends all the way to the solar range. This turbulence leads to a quick upheaval of the nutrient structure in the area.

More people should begin to perform Agnihotra under a tree. This makes the tree happy and the tree dances and sings. Also the birds are much attracted to Agnihotra. It is healing to them.

HOMA trees will soon begin to grow. They will be a species in themselves. They are now generating in intense HOMA atmosphere.

Nature is in total turmoil; so much destruction is coming now. We must saturate the atmosphere with nutrients. Ghee is the vehicle. Mantras are the power. HOMA must be done now on a large scale.

The Earth has been robbed of its elements by pollution. HOMA can replace these things which are vital to all life.

The Earth is wasting away. HOMA is the way to save it.

INSECTS

Inborn in the honey bee are certain hormones that are produced solely in HOMA atmosphere. This subject is foreign to anything science has encountered so far in this respect. These hormones help the nutritional levels yielded in vegetables and fruits to yield at much increased rates.

Bees are attracted to HOMA atmosphere as the amount of energy they receive from Agnihotra fire helps them perform at a greater level of efficiency. When this is translated to pollination, they can help to increase the yield of crops. This is especially true with corn, tomatoes, berries, fruit and the like.
If HOMA if going on round the clock in proximity to a garden, that itself is an effective aid to insect control. The atmosphere becomes saturated with ghee and the plants are able to manufacture a protective coating due to special chemical combination in their chemical makeup interacting with the ghee absorbed by the plants by breathing. The HOMA atmosphere also creates something intangible that permits this situation to occur, which is based on the vibrational content of the atmosphere due to the Mantras going on all the time.
FIVEFOLD PATH for Happy Living:

1. Perform AGNIHOTRA for purification of the atmosphere which leads to automatic purification of mind.

2. Practice DAAN (sharing of assets in a spirit of humility to reduce attachment to worldly possessions).

3. Practice TAPA (becoming better managers of our energy expenditure by training the body and mind to react to all circumstances in life with Total Love).

4. Perform KARMA (every action for self purification only and thus no expectations which bind us to the material world).

5. Practice SWADHYAYA (Self-study) for liberation. Who am I? Why am I here? My work on this planet is to learn to react with total LOVE with each opportunity given to me.

This is the Fivefold Path for happy living on the planet. By practicing the Fivefold Path you become better members of your society, group, religion, community, etc.

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