The movements of earth change the dimensions of time. Earth lies tilted on its axis; when it rotates about the axis, seasons change and when the axis shifts, yugas change. Every transition from one dimension to the other brings about a transformation because each day has its own unique energy patterns.
Based on the energy patterns, four nights are given great importance in the life of a spiritual aspirant — Maha Shivratri, Holi, Guru Purnima and Diwali. Maha Shivratri falls in the Krishna Paksha (waning moon) of the month of Phalguna. The energy patterns on this night are most conducive to the progress of a practitioner of yoga, this being the night of the union of Shiv and Shakti.
Life, which we call as the journey of the spirit, requires a yogi to go through the process of continuous cleansing and tapasya to cause an awakening of higher forces in the self. This is done by accessing certain very powerful energies prevalent on specific days, by a simple phenomenon which modern physics terms as “resonance”. Yogis perform certain practices like Sanatan Kriya and Tantra Sadhna to tune their frequencies to the frequency of the day, resulting in production of supernormal energy.
So while Galileo discovered resonance in 1602, the Vedic rishis had already applied it for the purpose of evolution millions of years back! The tool used by the rishis for producing these resonant frequencies was none other than agni. Agni or fire is the first word of the Rig Veda. Fire is an element that can never be polluted and whatever goes into fire also gets cleansed. The same property of fire is harnessed in a havan, to tune oneself to the subtler frequencies, and hence the resultant divine visitations and visions.
In the earlier times havans were performed to cleanse the atmosphere, the samagri and samedha were used to release positive vibrations in the atmosphere and remove toxicity and negativity. For the skeptic, I would like to add that even today in the caves where sadhus live, a fire is constantly burned (dhuni), but do we ever hear of a sadhu contracting lung cancer or lung ailments?
Sadly, however, today havans have become synonymous to a patient hearing in a smoke-filled atmosphere. That’s not what a havan is. When a yogi performs a havan, besides the manifestation of the energy the havan calls for, the atmosphere becomes serene and peaceful, there is no coughing or restlessness amongst the attendees, even birds of all varieties in the vicinity come and perch upon the nearby trees. Such is the force of attraction in a havan. Needless to say the fumes that come out are soothing and aromatic and healing properties.
Such a havan calls for purity of thought, uchchaaran and samagri; any kind of adulteration will do more harm than good. As goes the saying what you sow, so shall you reap; so the next time you approach someone for a havan ensure he is in yog or a true yogi
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Is this "havan" a physical external performance symbolic in meaning or REAL.Is Havan a performance a Yajna in the realm of consciousness?
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Everything is a play of conciousness. A havan trancends the physical dimensions, and helps one access the realm of the ether through the medium of cleansing properties of agni in tandem with the power of mantras (which are nothing but coded forms of energy), by the siddh of a mantra, that is a yogi.
ReplyDeleteExcellently written article on Yagnas
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