Heal The Atmosphere
SATSANG
NEW ERA 60 NOVEMBER & DECEMBER, 2003
Perform Agnihotra Heal The Atmosphere
New Era 60 NOVEMBER & DECEMBER, 2003 Vol. 31 No. 4
Vasant's Talk
in Randallstown,
Maryland
September 21, 2003
These are really the last days as was told in the Bible and also in all the ancient traditions all over the world, whether it is the Hopis of Arizona or the Mayas and Aztecs also. In India, for example, about five thousand years ago it was told what will be the planetary condition during these last days; it was described, and several other things were told also at that time. Traditionally it has come. For example, they said that people will start eating from steel plates. Now we have this stainless steel. Then men and women will wear the same dress. I told this years ago. At the time of Krishna, Mahabharata these things were mentioned. But these are really the last days and for the first time now all hopes are given up by scientists all over the world. Just no solution.
The latest news from Antarctica, for example: We go to Antarctica (by Antarctica
I mean the last human habitation, not research colonies). They ask people not
to go out in the sun for more than fifteen minutes nowadays. The latest reports
we received yesterday about that. It's really horrible, the things that are
happening now. Of course now it will be all disease, millions dying, millions
starving. You will see within not more than the next two years time, that nothing
grows. You plant and nothing grows. You plant a second time and nothing grows.
You plant again, nothing grows—not even weeds. That type
of situation comes. For the first time about one month ago the scientists in
United States have now declared openly that we expect drought conditions in
the Midwestern states of United States. That is the granary. We have been talking
for more than ten years, that a big blow comes to these Midwestern states. They
supply food to so many countries. Everywhere there is disturbance, disease and
practically no solution. Absolutely no solution, especially for radioactivity.
When I was working with the Soviet group of scientists about eighteen years
ago they told me that after 2000 a time is coming when it will be everything
radioactive. They were talking of all of Europe, not only eastern Europe and
central Europe. [The scientists of] eastern Europe and central Europe now publicly
have said so, but they also talk of western Europe. It will be all radioactivity,
and if all the food we eat and all the food we grow is radioactive and there
is no solution for that radioactivity… At the same time they said yes,
only solution is Agnihotra ash. They say that if you eat Agnihotra ash a little
in the morning a little in the evening , then you will be least affected by
that radioactivity. There is no solution at present with anybody with this radioactivity-type
of thing.
We have been concentrating, so far as farming is concerned, in Peru. What I would like to tell you now is what a great moral force is
In the Amazon (we have been living there for more than
four years now) we have been working with, at their request, the ministry of
the presidency, you can see the web page (www.terapiahoma.com) . So
much documentation is now there available, and with miraculous results. The
latest development is in north of Peru some normal hospitals, regular hospitals
have opened their doors; they keep one place for Agnihotra. Our volunteers go
there every day in the evening only, and they perform Agnihotra, not only for
people who are in the hospital, but open to public; but further thing is, miracle
healing has started. It is like going to some Mother Mary's place as we hear
in Lourdes and that type of a thing. When I was there we called a meeting of
the doctors and also the different patients. It was wonderful to hear what they
are telling. So it is all GRACE working. It has already started manifesting.
That was in one
big city, this happened. Then in the capital one clinic—one famous clinic—private,
it's not a hospital—it started again—only miracle cures. It is difficult
to believe, but now they are putting some of them on the video. I said that
the doctors have to say, not only the patients; they have to speak, and then
they will translate into German language also.
Of course, highest science is Grace . Ultimately, it is all this Grace working now. But on one side, [it is] really the dance of the devil. And after this great destruction, but very quickly, as Parama Sadguru has stated, it will be kingdom of heaven on earth. And that is also very soon. Total. There will be no injustice.
[In Peru] U.S. Government is trying their best that all this coca should be destroyed. Just beyond where we are staying is that coca area; it is not controlled by federal government . Of course, they call them terrorists actually. Well, that's just a general word because all these people suffer. They are in this small mountain area . Everywhere there is so much of difficult things there, and [the people] don't want to eradicate coca because they get money from that. Of course, they get very, very small amount. The farmers don't get much—it is the other people [who do], but still, it is something for them. And U.S. Government wants that destruction] to be
As it is today, we had told that just a few kilometers away in the same jungle where we live, there are about two thousand orphans. But they are terrorist orphans—either the mother or the father was killed by terrorists, not normal orphans. Or both are killed. But when we went a little deeper, there are ten thousand that we know, that we can count, because we know the whole area totally. They are not registered even with the government. To stop all that, we have suggested some proposals, but all these things are full
But what a great change in the mentality of the people! The Ministry of the Interior from that region wrote us a letter thanking us because people started repaying government loans, repaying bank loans, and it was a very big thing for them, because [the] only alternative is either become a terrorist or suicide, because nothing grows. Both things are there—terrorists are there and suicides are also there now—but speaking from the point of view of what you call the science of Homa Therapy, we have seen extraordinary results and they are all documented. It's wonderful what they're accomplishing now. That was the work to be done over there.
This is a time now when you pay a little attention to yourself for self-development and quick progress comes. Really, it will be quick. This is just that time because what we call end of that era has already come, sun has already risen on a new era. We should not miss this opportunity. Of course doing these fires, itself is a great help to the environment, and it is a great good karma to practice all this. As you know, if you do anything with great intensity, any karma—either intense hatred or intense love—any intense action fructifies in a short time.
And this is the greatest good karma that we'll be doing
to the environment, to the trees.
Remember, trees are living things; they can communicate to each other. They
understand whether you are full of love or full of anger.
Can you imagine, birds have no water to drink, and now they are losing also their migratory navigational faculties? They don't know where they are going.
And all of a sudden it is just going to be collapse—not more than two years. This is the time when wherever there are these Agnihotra fires and these [other] fires, some protection always comes. Whatever happens, some protection always comes. No doubt, you will have to face inconvenience, but still you will be protected. It's a great good karma now.
So, practically we are entering a new phase where the whole consciousness of the whole planet will be lifted now. And a little attention will carry us far. And what is that little attention?
We should remember that every person is born with what we call destiny in English. That means it is the law of "reap as you sow", or what we call the law of Karma. So whatever you have done before, you have to reap it now. Destiny is like a check drawn from this big load of karma. There is an amount in the bank and you draw some check, and that you have to fulfill here, while you are here. So, what have you done in this very life? Only question that will be asked is, "What have you done in terms of Yajnya, Daan, Tapa, Karma and Swadhyaya?" This is the basis of all religions, all the teachings, and
Yajnya is for material prosperity, and you have no idea what type. Material prosperity also means mental peace, because without mental peace there can be no material prosperity. It can be some material accumulation. So let us remember there is that law of Karma, what we call, "reap as you sow". But it is also the law of Grace. There are two different words in ancient language, Sanskrit language, for destiny. One is what you have begun before, that is set into motion. And the second thing is like a royal perogative. A king has a perogative. A judge might give any sentence, but the king has the perogative to forgive, the President has a perogative to forgive; it's what we called in old days "royal perogative". So similarly, the Divine [has] perogative to forgive whatever you have done. But there is also a law, a rule by which this thing happens. You cannot bribe there, this law. It will act in its own way. This very moment we decide, "I want to be totally full of love. I want to go away from all attachments"—people, you don't know what is joy. You will never know joy unless you rise a little above, at least one circle, you have to go a little above, one grade above, and that joy can come only with non-attachment. Now, how to practice this non-attachment?
We are asking people to lead a normal family life, and
leading a normal life you can reach the highest of states. So this is a promise
given that you just do this; you can reach. In fact, there is a great responsibility
for people who are leading this normal family life. Only thing is, practice
normal disciplines in this family life, and you can rise higher automatically.
Several things are given in that book Light Towards Divine Path. You
try to practice. Ultimately you will know, "Who am I? What is all this
I am looking into? Why am I here?" By Karma people come together, whether
it is by marriage, or the children born to them, or where you are born and your
parents—some Karmic law is there. So destiny is one thing.
The moment you decide to walk on this path of light which is now summarized as Fivefold Path, immediately Grace starts operating. But that Grace operates in the way which is good for you, and not the way in which you think it is good for you. There is a difference.
If I have to reap everything that I do, then this law is certain. Then you'll be afraid even to think bad of anybody. You'll be afraid to do anything that you think is wrong because you know, "I will have to reap if I do that." And nothing can be hidden from the Divine. So as they say in the Middle East, "Allah is listening, Allah is seeing." These are the teachings of Prophet Muhammad. Same teaching as before, nothing new, only modern language. So why not, from this very moment, let me be totally full of love? I will have to reap everything that I do, so Parama Sadguru has stated, "Do Karma for self-purification." You cannot remain without karma even for a single moment. Thinking is karma. Your words are karma. Any action that you do is karma. So you cannot remain [without karma] for a single moment, so let it
In the family itself, at least with the husband and wife couple, can you practice some simple thing? You try to practice for a few days and you will see the joy in it: Okay, I don't expect anything. And then, I find no fault. No faultfinding. That means no judgment. As the Bible says, "Judge ye not, lest ye be judged." So no judgment and no expectation. The only thing one should think is love and service. What can I do for the other person? Just this simple thing. You start to practice and you will come to know in a few days a beginning, because this is the time. You are doing this not to oblige the other person. You do this only because it is going to help you. That will lead to non-attachment.
As I used to say in old times in this very house and
in the other house also—many times we had talks here—a rich man may
be living in a palace or some wonderful place, a poor man is living in some
slum, or a small hut . Now, the rich man has one thousand things and is so much
attached to each. I am talking of material things, not intellectual property
but material things. He has a thousand things in his house. He is attached to
all that, so every moment he is walking with one thousand chains. Terrible.
There is a poor man. He has nothing, but all the time he is hankering to get
those things. That means he is also walking with one thousand chains. So whether
we live in a palace or whether we live in a hut, that's not the problem. Even
where you are, try to improve your conditions if you can; the main thing is,
do not be attached to those things. You will find it is
your own family members normally who will try to pull you in different directions
all the time by attachments. So you cut those strings; let them pull, nothing
happens. But be full of love all the time. This is the first thing.
Second thing is we have to take great care now about diet. I mean, leave aside GM food—that's a big problem—very big problem now that has entered everywhere all over. Now more and more things are coming about this GM food—I think the latest Orion messages also tell about it. It is going to create disease. In tomatoes you have some pig genes or something and all that type of thing. You don't know what type of consequences will come. Research is one thing, and actually pushing it on the people is another thing.
You should know these arguments. That's why I am telling you. We have been telling those people over there also in the country where we live, that is normally in Peru, the arguments [of] these GM people. They are the same people who have been manufacturing insecticides, pesticides and all that. All of them have good intentions. But now you have to realize that okay, we have come to a stage so we have to change. They say that you should not use insecticides now because they are costly and they spoil the body and they spoil the land also. If you use GM food then you will not be required to have those insecticides because at a certain time something will come out before harvest from the plant itself and that will repel the insects. But what we say is, "You say it will repel the insects, but soon they get immune to that
How these natural predators come only at that place—About four years ago in Venezuela where absolutely all hopes were lost, at one place we did [Homa farming] and one of our volunteers, Maria Cecilia, was in charge of that place for Homa. It was a small farm. And then it was her birthday, and on that day natural predators appeared on the farm! I said, "It is a birthday present to you!" So from that point of view now let us look at the situation in this very house.
We saw this house and I said, "Do you find such
garden in any other houses?" Such a large garden in the city—this
is just like in the city, although a little outside Baltimore. And then in future
use this garden wonderfully. A time is coming when it will be a big shock to
the people in cities, so they should try to find some type of a farming situation
where they get connected. And the first thing here also that you have to do
is--first thing, our biggest friends will be earthworms. First thing is earthworms.
You can learn in one weekend, depending on the climate things change, so here
you can get these free courses or even paid courses [on] earthworms. That is
the best solution. With these earthworms, they
will cleanse, even if the land is spoiled, terribly spoiled. They will improve
the land and there is no better way that improves the land than that.
Do you know, one of these top directors, above even the director of agriculture for the state, he has some higher title than that—he had come to India from Mozambique, and now he said that people in Europe—especially those people who own the factories and all that, they are Europeans and not local people—they give them mosquito nets, but they say mosquito nets are not enough. You have to spray the maximum with insecticides, then only you can protect. Can you imagine spraying the mosquito nets with these pesticides?
As against this, look what happened when we took the first trial deep in the Amazon of Peru. The first group, of course as you know, we met was a group of Evangelist Christians. They were so benefitted, and they are the main teachers now—wonderful in Mantras and everything. They are all these forest people. They are living over there now because I teach through the Bible all those things. One day I told them, "You have to follow what Jesus has said and this is told in the Bible. Take it or leave it. Good-bye." But there at that first place mosquitos used to be everywhere.
A time comes when in places like Washington, for example, if you find what are called crickets, [and] they go on chirping all the time, what will happen? You cannot stop them, you cannot kill them—that type of a thing. There is just no way. You will see now
We were talking of that place in Amazon, Peru. There of course we had to go at some place by jeep, then go in a small boat seven to eight hours. (Small means with a small outboard engine on it.) When we chose that place by Divine guidance we just went in a boat, we didn't know where to go, and then go out, then again wading through this river—I was able to walk in those days—and then wading through another river, we chose that place. That was in Peru. There we started the first thing, and what happened there? Mosquitoes disappeared. And when we started, mosquitos were everywhere troubling. So this news, the mayor there—the elected head of a group of villagers— he started writing that there are no mosquitos here, to other mayors. So one mayor was also eight or nine hours away by boat through the river—he wanted to see this because he couldn't believe it. He said, "All our villagers are lying on both sides of this river. Everywhere there are mosquitos and we cannot get rid of them." He came and stayed there one night, and he was shocked. You see, that is how Divine will help you, only because of Homas, all these Homas now.
The regional government has published a pamphlet there,
saying—it's like a message—"From Peru to the world"—and
underneath they have written, "Eradicate poverty, use Homa technology"—a
government publica
tion, and they have given all these things, too. This is the only thing that
is going to save now, and as this Soviet group of scientists was telling me,
"In the end," they said afterwards, "it is not enough if every
house on the Earth does Agnihotra; it will not be enough. After the year 2000
things will happen like that; it will have to be, every adult has to do Agnihotra,
and then he has to eat the ash." Of course they have given explanations
in their own way. And for that of course we need the cows also and they said
that cows who do not have a hump on their back will be the first victims of
radioactivity.
But this is a time for the spiritual development. First thing is how you get out of this attachment. And it's not an intellectual process to get out of this. No doubt, the intellect has to understand that okay, I want to get out of it, but it will only come through what we call the purification of the heart, purification of mind.
Any process of accumulated knowledge involves time, time involves mind conditioning, and a conditioned mind will never be able to see God, that means the Divine. So, it is an instantaneous process. It is like all of a sudden, instant. There is a special word, what is called higher intelligence; there is no word in English language for that, so we use the word higher intellect . There is a special word in Sanskrit for that, when you get that enlightened intellect. That is called Prajnya. That means it is all knowledge, that you have that. It's a flash, so it's not a process of accumulation. Any process of accumulated knowledge involves time, time involves mind conditioning, and conditioned mind can
Somebody asked Jesus, "I am trying to follow you and all that and still I am not happy." Jesus said, "Go and sell everything you have and then come to me." We are not asking you to sell everything! We are asking you to remain and have those thousand things, if you have them; don't hanker if you don't have them, but do not be attached to anything.
Anybody who is more than sixty years old, you ask him, which are the true moments of happiness in your life, and let the person think a little. Well, sometimes he'll feel, "Oh, now my daughter got a good job, my daughter got a first class in this and honors in her examinations and all," but that's temporary. Real happiness was when you do something [for someone] who is less privileged than you, who has need, who has difficulties, you do something for him, with no expectation of name, fame, or money—absolutely no expectation, direct or indirect. These are the true moments of happiness now. But they are there, yours for the asking! You knock and it will open, but you must know to knock on the door and not knock on the wall. And it is so easy!
Do you know that when you rise a little higher, you see
the Divine in every face? You don't have to look outside for joy. All the time
you are surrounded by joy, because you only
see the Divine. Mahatma Gandhi used to work at a desk, he used to keep three
[wooden] monkeys near him. Of course many people used to meet him there. Always
these three monkeys [were there]. One monkey was like this—I see no evil—he
had his eyes closed— I hear no evil, I speak no evil. That means only good
karma. That is the thing now.
So, we should make a beginning now. Only love and service. That means no faultfinding. Then, glimpse of joy comes. At the same time, with this Yajnya you are making provision for wonderful material prosperity incarnation after incarnation. Remember, it is going to come now, all that. But this is a time to go beyond that. Sometime, in some life you will have to think about it, to go beyond this.
You all know the story of Swami Samartha and that washerman, no? Swami Samartha lived for several hundred years. You know [Swami Samartha] had different names wherever he was, several hundred years, his life was. At one stage, there was a Muslim king in a small area, and there, on the banks of the river [Swami Samartha] used to come. So there was one washerman, an elderly person—that is, he used to make a living by washing people's clothes. That was his profession— in the river, of course, he used to wash. And then when this swami comes, Swami of Akalkot, he used to clean the whole place and go in physical service there, every day. That was good karma. And of course [the washerman] knew who the swami was; he knew he was somebody great. And one day he thought of asking [something of] the
It will be a good practice when you are at home, after this Agnihotra, in that medicinal atmosphere, if you try to have a few deep breaths.
The way we feel time depends on the mind. When we are sitting in a dentist's chair, then five minutes will appear like thirty minutes. When you are talking to a sweetheart, thirty minutes will feel like five minutes. The son is in California and the mother is in New York; something serious happens to the son—that very moment, the mother feels it, and it is two o'clock in California and five o'clock here. We used to say in old days before these big digital clocks came, these old type of clocks where you have to wind every day, it is like one wheel depends on the other and like that they move all in harmony—we used to tell the people, everything about this clock is true; only thing that is wrong with it is the time which it tells, because it is two o'clock in California and five o'clock here. This is how
So, we have to now rise a little higher. There is a great Divine push to lift us higher. And even with this small minority of people who are here who have been doing Agnihotra, no more people are required. Automatically, it is just going to spread. So this is the way to work out all the load of past karma, by simply following this Yajnya, Daan, Tapa, Karma, and Swadhyaya. Do it in your own way.
And you have to take great care about the ego. Ego never comes by the front door. Ego does not come even by the back door. Ego does not come even through a window. It just comes in such a way we'll never know. That's why we have to be extremely humble. First the thing you recognize [about] somebody really on the divine path is how humble he is.
I remember the story told by one Indian scientist. He
was very young—very, very young, and he got a Nobel prize in Physics. So
after he got the Nobel prize in Physics, he was asked by one journalist (of
course, when he came to United States, he was the only person with black hair—everyone
else was with white hair or bald—elderly—he was
very young when he got the Nobel prize) and somebody asked him, "Now you
have so much of knowledge, about the world," he says, "I will tell
you how much knowledge we have. Imagine the Atlantic Ocean. In that Atlantic
Ocean, there is a ship. In that ship, there is a cabin. In that cabin, there
is a wooden box, and in between where they join the wood, there is a small insect.
How much knowledge that insect has about that Atlantic Ocean, so much knowledge
we have now today." He was a Nobel prize-winning physicist and he was talking
like that.
We have to be extremely humble. Then knowledge dawns. Now the babes will talk. Children are born in several places with a sixth sense—not only that. And they will talk such wonderful things that scientists will be amazed. Where does this knowledge come from? So that higher knowledge is not a process of accumulation . It is instantaneous. That means it is there. You have to rise higher and it is there, all the time.
(In reference to earthworms and vermiculture) If you put only cowdung on them, cowdung means [from] male or female cow, then some special effect comes, and you will get a very high quality. This we have tried. And a little of Agnihotra ash in that increases the value so much. So this we should have. This is the first thing, the earthworms. They will start
And then plan a small area for nursery of medicinal herbs and nursery of culinary herbs. At one place in South America they did this about six or seven years ago—culinary herbs, and they gave it to one five-star hotel. The chef came, because the taste is so excellent of that. He says, "If you promise me that you will not give to any five-star hotel except our hotel, I can make such special dishes and people will just come and become attracted to this. And of course, any amount of money, they are ready to pay that." This can happen only with Homa. So, a special nursery for culinary herbs. How much area, you have to see, the total area. Nursery for medicinal herbs, nursery for culinary herbs which have a market. Leave the first three or four months, but after that, every month you should get some cash. That type of a thing we have to do. And of course, if you can have the nursery for either citrus or other type of fruits.
Many years ago, in 1978, I had told some people in future
there is going to be a big crisis in United States and Jackson, Mississippi
will be a place of refuge for the whole of
South—south means southern United States. So we have to start something
there. I will tell you a story about Jackson there. There was one scientific
institute there, funded by U.S. Government. In those days they had their own
television towers. There was one Dr. Wagner—he was originally from Germany.
He was the person in charge of all research there. Because it was something
scientific and we knew he was a very learned man, in 1978 I met him and told
him something about the future. He said, "I agree with everything that
you say." In 1978! "Now I have one request. I have a friend who owns
a bank, but he is in Mississippi delta and we are in Jackson, this side—that
is beyond the delta somewhere. He owns more than a thousand acres of land, and
I have been talking some such things to him, and he does not believe. So, can
you come and tell him?" I said yes. Immediately he engaged one private
plane and he says we'll go and come back just in a few hours. We went to that
place, and he was a banker with a wonderful farm—all the modern equipment—and
when we started talking (because when we discuss these things with professionals,
looking at the time we say exactly, and to the point, talking in a professional
way) he had written one sign there on the table—kept it on the table: "Crime
does not pay. Neither does farming." You will find now this is the situation.
He says yes, these things are going to happen, after that.
So, coming back to this place, medicinal herbs, culinary herbs nursery, and also fruit nursery—this is the minimum thing that can go. And these earthworms. So apart from being a source of income, this will be a place—and all people should help if you try to make as many hours of Yajnya here as possible—people from Baltimore, because this is a mini-farm—even less than mini, but doesn't matter, it's like a nursery—and then it will really be a healing place.
In India now there is one place. It is operated by one
family from Australia. They had a Homa farm in Australia, then they left it
and came to India at one place and there is continuous fire going on for two
years. Some
extremely materialistic people told me, "When we go to that place,"
(I am talking of Tapovan) "we feel as if you are entering some capsule."
So different. Such a thing could be easily created here, at this place. And
also something to show how things can go on now. So think about this. People
should take part but it is not with a view to oblige Ann and Tom that you come
here. You should go in that spirit that it is going to help you—help your
own healing. And not only that, you are going to help the whole area automatically.
How is it that [at] several places (we have not official record, but every other thing we have signed and sealed, you know, with the republic of Peru stamp and everything), but [at] several places we have seen, they say when there is drought, only in about [a] couple of kilometers, rain comes, where these resonance points [are]. How is it that only rain comes in two kilometers? And this is in different countries, not at one place. This is because there are other entities which human beings are not able to see that control the elements. We just don't know them, we cannot see them. It is just like I used to give the example here: Ann and Tom, they say, "This is my house," but there is some group of cockroaches in some corner. They are having a meeting, and the chief cockroach is telling them, "This is my house." You tell [him], "This is Ann's house", [he says,] "I don't know who Ann is." Ann and Tom should say, "Am I also like the cockroach when I say that this is my house? You know, maybe [there is] something else—who knows?" So there are these entities who control. They are called DEVAS technically. They only bless but never curse. You have a bad thought, they just go away. But they give nutrition to plant life and Homa is the one to do that. Now this supertechnology will come. We need not talk. Things are just given in silence. That point comes.
So you try to maintain as much as you can, the number of hours of fire over here. It will help everybody—that means it will help the whole area.
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