Four days that are celebrated in Diwali

First of all you have to know there are four days that are celebrated in Diwali, but there is one more day added to it in Maharashtra.





The first day of Diwali is called as Dhanatrayodashi, is the thirteenth day of the moon. Because that day is the first day when Lakshmi, the first… was born on the thirteenth day. That means She was born as a Gruha Lakshmi, as a housewife.


Now there are eight Lakshmis, which she will read it now and I will tell you later on what is the meaning of them. Just of them is Gruha Lakshmi.




So the first is the form of a Gruha Lakshmi. She is born as a Gruha Lakshmi to begin with. That means the awareness of human beings also, started really getting into evolutionary process when they started their family life. When they were vagabonds moving about, then the awareness was just like animals. Though they had become human beings, but they were like animals.





Then when they established their families, then the Gruha Lakshmi started working and that's how the first advent of Gruha Lakshmi was felt. So She is the first Lakshmi who was born, and that's why on that thirteenth day is the day of the Gruha Lakshmi, of the housewife. And so one has to go in the market and buy some utensil or something that she uses for cooking in the house.




In India on the thirteenth day everyone goes and buys a pot or say… we can say, what you call, a cooking utensil or something. Or they may buy a sari or something or gold or something for the Gruha Lakshmi. That is the day of the housewife. So, to reach the Lakshmi one has to understand that motherhood is very important. The motherhood as a Gruha Lakshmi is important.



And the second day is even more important, because Narakasura was killed. Horrible Narakasura as you know him. But actually that day many rakshasas are killed in many… That's the day fixed for killing rakshasas. And then they are put in the hell; on the fourteenth day they are put in the hell. So that’s called as Naraka Chaturdashi, that is the day when the hell is opened out. That day Sahaja Yogis are supposed to sleep in the night while everybody does all kinds of tantrikavidya and all that on the fourteenth day.



Then the fifteenth is that darkest night, that’s the darkest night when there is no moon. Absolutely that's the day when they celebrate the Diwali. But symbolically in India also, Shri Rama returned to Dwari, to his place on that day and was crowned on that day. So the significance of Diwali is expressed in this manner, that this is the day when Narakasura, with all of them are killed, they have all gone to Narak, they have gone to the hell, and the people now are safe from them and they are celebrating the joy.


And that is the time when Christ was born. That's why lights are lit just in the night, ‘because He was born at twelve o'clock in the night.


So the next day to that is the day is celebrated in India only in Maharashtra. I don’t know people celebrate otherwise, I don’t know. Do you celebrate?

Makes no difference. That's the first day of the moon. That is the forefather of your Mother, Shalivahana; they started a calendar, from that date. And so on the first, that means the first day of the moon, the New Year is celebrated.




Now see symbolically if Christ is born and the New Year is celebrated, next day. As soon as He is born New Year starts. So next year it starts: the New Year. That is a New Year in many parts of our country where Shalivahana lived.



The Shalivahan was my forefather, I should say they were My… they were just a dynasty. And this dynasty ruled in India since very long. Even in the old puranas it is written that they helped Krishna in their war. You know all the story about Shalivahana quite a lot. And so the New Year started. So for us, that is the New Year, for Sahaj Yogis that is the New Year, you have to accept it. And your Mother is of that dynasty. I mean no force on you, but if you like you can have it.



Then the second day is also very important. Is the second day is the moon, that is the moon came out of the sea. According to this mythology, the Lakshmi came out of the sea and with Her this moon came out, which was only a two-day-old moon, the new moon but a two-day-old moon, and this was regarded as the brother of Lakshmi, because they were born at the same time from the sea.



So He is the brother of Lakshmi. It’s all symbolic; this is very, very symbolic. Now you see the left side is… left side you know is that of… belongs to Mahakali, and a brother had to be on this side, on the left side. But actually you'll be amazed that he is the brother of Lakshmi. He is not a brother of Mahakali. But because he’s the brother of Lakshmi, he is accepted as the brother of all the goddesses, one brother for all of them. So he is the only brother who is this moon, so he is your uncle, he is your maternal uncle. It's very interesting, because we have a special right on our maternal uncle, we can always ask for his help.



And it’s a big story about this churning that took place that Shiva saw all the poison also coming out. So He drank the poison because He’s the only one who could drink the poison. And He got so heated up in His head, in His neck that He wanted something to cool Him. So He took to this Moon and put it on His head.




So the crowning is the moon. Now if you see it… on Monday is the day of Sahasrara. Monday is the day of Moon. Monday is day of Sahasrara ….. Sadashiva has put it on His head. And that’s what people tease you that, “your brother-in-law is sitting on your head.” It’s very good. You see it’s very symbolic for you, not for me, but for you- that the brother-in-law is sitting on the head.



H.H.Shri Mataji,
Diwali Puja, Hampstead, London,
9th November 1980

Eight Lakshmi’s explained

Aadya Lakshmi

Vidya Lakshmi

Saubhagya Lakshmi

Amruta Lakshmi

Gruha and Rajya Lakshmi

Satya Lakshmi

Bhogya Lakshmi

Yoga Lakshmi

Shri Mahalakshmi Ashtakam

Gruha and Rajya Lakshmi

Gruha Lakshmi: you know that, Gruha Lakshmi.



H.H.Shri Mataji, Diwali Puja, Hampstead London, 9th November 1980




Gruha Lakshmi- Gruha Lakshmi is the deity of the family- The one who is the deity of the family. Any housewife need not be Gruha Lakshmi. She can be a shrew; she can be a horrid woman. The deity of the household, if she resides in you then you are a Gruha Lakshmi, otherwise you are not.





Then there is Rajya Lakshmi- She is the one who gives grace to the kings. If the Kings behave like a servant then they are not to be called kings. They have to behave in a dignified manner. The Dignity, the Majesty of a king comes from the Rajya Lakshmi.




But a Sahaja Yogi is not a king. He walks in a very stately manner, goes very stately, he is very majestic in handling people, he is very gracious in doing everything in such a manner that people think that here comes the king.



H.H.Shri Mataji, Diwali Puja, Italy, 25th October 1987

Amruta Lakshmi

Amruta Lakshmi: Am-ru-ta- Amruta means the thing that does not die. In this world the Lakshmi exists as your wealth. Now the wealth that does not die, which is that wealth? Is the Sprit. So the grace of the Sprit is the Amruta Lakshmi.




Grace of the Sprit is the Amruta Lakshmi. The rest of things always die out. And whatever is done through the Sprit, to please the Sprit, is the Amruta Lakshmi. For example: loving others. Loving others has a different meaning in the symbolic way and you people understand this.



Loving means giving- doing without any expectation- just doing and enjoying. The greatest is giving vibrations. That is Amruta; vibrations do not die. That’s the Lakshmi of the Amruta.


H.H.Shri Mataji, Diwali Puja, Hampstead London, 9th November 1980




Now Amruta Lakshmi- Amruta means the one that is the nectar, if you take that you will not die, means eternity. She is the one who gives you the life of eternity.



H.H.Shri Mataji, Diwali Puja, Italy, 25th October 1987

Aadya Lakshmi

Aadya Lakshmi means Mahalakshmi. Adya Lakshmi, Adi, Adya….. that’s the first one.


H.H.Shri Mataji , Diwali Puja , Hampstead London, 9th November 1980








Now first is the Adya Lakshmi. Adya is the one who is Primordial, Primordial Lakshmi. As I told you that She came out of the sea. So that’s what because Christ’s mother was called as Mary, Mariam, because She came from Maree. People do not know why She was called Mary. My name was Neera – meaning come from water.


H.H.Shri Mataji , Diwali Puja , Italy,25th October 1987

Saubhagya Lakshmi

Saubhagya Lakshmi- Sau- bhaagya, “Saubhagya” means good fortune, the Lakshmi that gives you good fortune in every way. Like she gives you good fortune in money; in your living; in your food; in every way. Any good fortune is given through God.




It’s only the God who gives good fortune. If you get money say in the racecourse, that’s bad fortune because that will be lost next day or you will go to a pub to be free. But if you get your real one, then you celebrate something out of it which is blissful and great, is Saubhagya Lakshmi… say it. “Saubhagya Lakshmi”.


H.H.Shri Mataji, Diwali Puja, Hampstead London, 9th November 1980




Now Saubhagya Lakshmi- She is the one who gives you good fortune. Good fortune doesn’t mean money but it means the grace of it. Many people have money. But that is like money on a donkey. You do not find any grace in that person.




Saubhagya does not mean only money; it means good luck, all the good luck in everything. In a very gracious manner, the use of blessings so that you also are blessed as well as those people who meet you will be blessed with Saubhagya.




H.H.Shri Mataji, Diwali Puja, Italy, 25th October 1987

Satya Lakshmi

Satya Lakshmi. I told awareness, She is the one who has given you awareness. Awareness is Lakshmi’s character. “Satya” means “the truth.” As you rise in your awareness, you know the truth. Now what is the truth? What is the truth? What are we aware of?




You are aware that you are the instrument of God and that He is working through you. You are aware of that because it’s flowing on your central nervous system. This is the truth of which you have to be aware. What is the other truth? Is who are you?



That you are the Sprit. And the third truth is who am I? And the fourth is who is God? What is your deity? If they become your awareness, then you have got Satya Lakshmi.


H.H.Shri Mataji, Diwali Puja, Hampstead London, 9th November 1980



Satya Lakshmi- That is that you get the Awareness of Truth. But apart from that the awareness of truth is there, but you put this truth forward in a gracious manner.



This is the truth, you have it, not like this. You don’t have to hit people with the truth. You have to put it in a flower and give it to them. That is Satya Lakshmi.




Of course all the Lakshmi Tatvas are the heart settled powers within us but they are to be actually expressed in our brain. Brain is the Virata, is the Vishnu who becomes the Virata. So all these powers, specially this power, are in the brain. So the brain itself spontaneously behaves in such a manner that people think that this is a special type of personality.


A Sahaja Yogi always knows how to enjoy. Sahaja Yogi is never worried, anything he could enjoy.




………………. Supposing you see something absurd, ridiculous, then you should laugh and enjoy. This is very difficult thing, you see, the absurd. You should not get angry with someone because somebody is absurd or funny, but you should make it enjoyable.



So that is the greatest, I think one of greatest blessing that She gives you the power to enjoy. Otherwise whatever you may try, people do not enjoy anything, because they have become so ego-oriented that nothing goes into their heads. They have to be tickled here with an electrode.


H.H.Shri Mataji, Diwali Puja, Italy, 25th October 1987

Vidya Lakshmi

Vidya-Lakshmi -Vidya is the art of Sahaja Yoga, which you know, that is Vidya. The rest is all Avidya.




How to raise the Kundalini; how to awaken all the deities; how to cleanse yourself; how to cleanse others; all the knowledge; all the science about that is called as Vidya, the Lakshmi of that. Lakshmi is the grace, is the grace. Awareness.. that is gracious.




Awareness that is gracious. So that Lakshmi should be with you, is that not only to know the Vidya, you know that, but to have grace about it. The way people do things, for example, some people may just go on.. all that kind of nonsense you do. Sometimes the way we go on working, when I’m giving lecture and people are just working out. All that is most disgraceful and depressing. So not to do these methods of making the thing look so depressed… I mean you need not be serious people at all because Sahaja Yoga is not a serious thing, it is a play. It is a play of grace. You have to be but gracious; you are not to be disgraceful, that’s very important.





If you are disgraceful, then your Vidya is useless. I have seen many people all the time doing like this, doing like that; they think that if their left hand…jaw.. see? They have become now masters of this. There’s no grace about it. One has to see how to do it graciously. You see your Mother, how She moves Her hands and fingers. Not one day, one time, even in one action you will find Me doing something unrespectable, except when I copy you. So this is what it is, is the Vidya Lakshmi. Lakshmi is the grace within the Vidya.


H.H.Shri Mataji , Diwali Puja , Hampstead London, 9th November 1980




Then the second one is Vidya Lakshmi. She is the one who teaches you the technique of handling the Divine power. Now that is to be understood very well, what is the Lakshmi? Lakshmi is graciousness. So she teaches you how to use this power with graciousness. Now, this is what is the blessing going to you so that you get the power of the Adya Lakshmi by which you become like water.





What is the water? It has got the cleansing power, and which I am, without water we cannot exist in this life. So that is the first blessing for you is that your face shines, with Adya Lakshmi as you become cleansed and that you can see all that is serious, all that is light and forgotten.





Vidya Lakshmi is the one, I told you, who gives you knowledge. Knowledge of how to handle the Divine Power graciously. I will give an example, I have seen many people, when they give the Bandhan, it is such a crude way. No, it is not to be done. It is a Lakshmi. So now you do it very carefully. You see Me, how I give all that. I never do that way. I cannot, with respect. With grace.




She represents the respect part. And that you get, that knowledge, how to do it gracefully. Everything is to be done gracefully, in a manner that looks gracious. Some people who talk have no grace, nothing! Some people who give knowledge of Sahaja Yoga also have no grace and they talk in a disgraceful manner. With all the grace, how to use the knowledge of the Divine is given by Vidya Lakshmi.



H.H.Shri Mataji, Diwali Puja, Italy, 25th October 1987

Bhogya Lakshmi

Bhogya Lakshmi: Bhogya- “Bhogya” means “the one by which you enjoy, by which you enjoy.” I mean it’s like the whole ocean of joy is around you and you are like a boat who cannot drink. Only through the grace of Bhogya Lakshmi you can enjoy that ocean. So the Sprit, though it is manifesting, you are not enjoying the Sprit, even that.




Anything that you see… Say, see a flower, you should be able to enjoy it. You cannot enjoy because there is thought. Anything you do, there is thought, you cannot enjoy. When there is no thought, when the Sprit is flowing, you get complete enjoyment. Actually I should say, I am the Enjoyer.



H.H.Shri Mataji, Diwali Puja, Hampstead London, 9th November 1980

Yoga Lakshmi

Yoga Lakshmi: the Lakshmi’s power which gives you yoga. Lakshmi supports your power of yoga by giving you awareness. The power by which you take to yoga is all combined as Yoga Lakshmi. Like your affluence, you are not satisfied and you want to have yoga. The dissatisfaction you get till you have got yoga is coming from the Yoga Lakshmi.




So yoga Lakshmi means the power which gives you or takes you to your grace, by which you go to yoga, that’s yoga Lakshmi. Means the kind of a satisfaction that you seek is manifested in you though this power of Yoga Lakshmi. And then once you have achieved your yoga, you get the grace. Lakshmi is the grace.




So you get the grace of a saint. You should have the grace of a saint. You should look like a saint; you are a saint. I think better write it on your mirrors. “We are saints. We are ‘Men of God’. We have to behave like saints. We are saints.” You are. No doubt. You are ‘Men of God,’ no doubt, but you have turned your faces this way. So, this is the Yoga Lakshmi.



For example a person who has got Yoga Lakshmi doesn’t quarrel like a madcap. If he quarrels or dominates someone in a foolish way then he’s still lacking that Lakshmi point. There’s grace about it; whole way of talking and- how you talk to a saint?



So these are the eight-fold paths by which one has to grace oneself. This is the attire of this… and today you have asked for it. May God give you that power.



H.H.Shri Mataji, Diwali Puja, Hampstead London, 9th November 1980


Yoga Lakshmi- The one who gives you Yoga. That power is within you, that is the power of Lakshmi within you, means you give others the Yoga. When you give the power of Yoga to others, I mean when you use your power of yoga, then you don’t behave like a monkey or a donkey or a horse but you do it with grace, do it such a manner that it is very gracious, i.e. What you call, in a gentle, dignified, majestic way. So this is what it is.




Now when you have sung it in this manner, this power has been bestowed upon you. Now even, if you want you cannot behave indignified way. You are fixed. Thank you very much.


H.H.Shri Mataji, Diwali Puja, Italy, 25th October 1987

How our Swaraswati tattwa transforms into the Maha Swaraswati tattwa?

This feeling that you are Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Brahma samajis etc., has no base. You are nothing but a human being, you are born a human. You have branded yourself that you are something. You are neither Bengali nor Marathi. You are just a human being. By branding yourself you create more problems. This brand becomes so important that you cannot see anything beyond it. Till this catch does not release this blindness will not go because you see everything in such away that only your way is right. In the west it is even more so. If you put anything into their brains and tell them that are good, then they will follow it blindly. The critics there also criticize every art form so much. Another critic will refute what the first critic has refuted. Nothing comes to you from within yourself and your brain. Whatever others have filled in is accepted. Each is branded. By this the ego rises and a person thinks that he is very great personality and very unique from others. He becomes an individual. The essence of truth is that we are all one, are Whole, are a totality. When we go in the opposite to it then you become individualistic and go on becoming more and more separate. This is true that one leaf does not resemble another but all of them are on the same tree. They are all a part and parcel of the Virata. When we separate ourselves then the Swaraswati tattwa, which should become Maha Swaraswati tattwa does not.

When you live in the Maha Swaraswati tattwa you start seeing in your daily life that you are the Whole, and we are one. So when an artist creates he makes some such things that one accepts from the heart. All the works that we do of Swaraswati should be dedicated and surrendered to the Divine. If this happens then all such works will be immortal. All poems, music, songs, art forms which were offered in the name of God are still living today. Like today's film music comes and dies down. But the songs of Kabir, Gyaneshwara are still remembered. Through their self-realization they obtained the Maha Swaraswati Shakti and whatever they wrote or created that light was of a unique kind. These were creations that united the world into one. One should not only move on Swaraswati tattwa as this limits you. One should move on the Maha Swaraswati tattwa. If Swaraswati tattwa is the seed then the tree is Maha Swaraswati. Till you do not make this seed into the Maha Swaraswati till then you cannot merge with MahaLaxmi. The gift of MahaLaxmi within you is that you get your self-realization. All the three, i.e.,, Maha Laxmi , Maha Swaraswati and Maha Kali meet at Agnya".


H. H. Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

(Maha Swaraswati Puja , Calcutta, 03.02.1992)

Nabhi Chakra

INTRODUCTION

The evolutionary growth of humankind mirrors the ascending Chakras of our subtle system, and our corresponding Spiritual growth path. The Nabhi Chakra represents the evolutionary point when man’s shelter became “home”, when the family unit became a source of satisfaction in itself rather then just a channel of reproduction. This domestic satisfaction translates into the satisfaction that we feel with life in general after our Spiritual awakening through Self-Realization.

Center Nabhi

Deity : Shri Vishnu (Shri Laxmi)
Gross (physical) Level: Solar Plexus
Manifestation (controls): Stomach & intestines

Qualities :

• Satisfaction,
• Contentment,
• Peacefulness and Generosity,
• Dharma (right conduct) and Evolution

No. of Petals: Ten (10)
Associated Day: Thursday
Associated Color: Green
Associated Planet: Jupiter
Associated Element: Water
Associated Gem: Emerald
Place on hand: Middle fingers
Associated Symbol: Ying/Yang

Causes of Catch / Obstruction

Asceticism, fasting, alcohol & drugs, over-criticism, fanaticism, untidiness in self and home, and foodism.


Left Nabhi

Deity : Shri Gruhalaxmi
Manifestation (controls): Spleen and Pancreas
Qualities : Welcoming and caring host, the place of the ideal wife
Place on hand: Left middle finger

Causes of Catch:
Family and household problems, dominating husband or wife, too much rushing around, worrying.


Right Nabhi :

Deity: Shri Shesha (Shri Rajalaxmi)
Manifestation (controls): Liver
Qualities: Sense of Dignity, Attention
Place on hand: Right middle finger

Causes of Catch:
Food that is bad for liver, fastidiousness


Position in Human body :

QUALITY

Satisfaction is actually a key word for the Nabhi Chakra. Some “hot livered” people are naturally irritable. For them life without worry is an impossibility, they will express their discontent at
the slightest excuse. When our Spirit manifests, we can put things into their true perspective, and worry becomes an unusual occurrence. In the peace of thoughtlessness, we can only be content. We realise that the Spirit is not concerned with passing trends and fashions, a button missing here or there. The affirmation for the Nabhi Chakra is “In my Spirit I am satisfied”.

The Nabhi is the center of welfare, both physical and financial. As man developed his creative powers further, he also learned to harness nature’s resources to his advantage - and thus grew prosperous. Prosperity is a necessary step in evolution, and money is a valid medium of exchange in order to obtain the essential needs and desires of man. If we do not have the means of satisfying the basic needs then they will continue to preoccupy our attention, diverting us from the true direction. We have been blessed with intelligence and a versatile body through which we can work to raise the means to fulfill these needs. When these needs are satisfied, then these
mundane matters no longer occupy us and block our growth.

However, sometimes we get lost. The desire for basic needs transforms into a cycle of insatiable desire for things in general
- the start of a materialist existence. There is nothing wrong in being wealthy. The problem lies in becoming obsessed with money. The desire for money for the sake of money is greed. It crosses the boundary of need and becomes an obsession, a disease that retards growth. Miserliness and hoarding prevent the proper flow of money to places of need, and represent the selfish, primitive mind which does not know the truth about the basics of life. In nature everything flows, because nature is one. Money should be no exception - the energy has to flow to every part of the creation.

By sharing we learn. Being generous is so elevating, whereas hoarding leads to stagnation, it creates a blocked mind, a negative mind. Such as person is maligant and dangerous for society. It is selfishness and greed that leads to environmental crises and to the pollution of the modern lifestyle. Our spiritual growth relies on our contentment, and our contentment depends on our open heartedness and generosity. If we share, we receive the first benefits of that act, and our Nabhi Chakra also benefits in kind.


Dharma
Another aspect to the Nabhi Chakra is that of Dharma or right conduct in our lives. In order for us to maintain a state of satisfaction within, we have to exist in a state of satisfaction without; and this means appreciating the benefits of living an upright life. It cannot be an artificial process, it comes naturally through our Attention after our Realisation. Just as gold cannot tarnish, so Dharma cannot be altered. There is no relative state of Dharmic conduct. An act is either fundamentally right or not. Dharma is the code of evolution, through which man has evolved form amoeba to the present stage. This code protects and nourishes our spiritual growth. The most powerful evocation of the laws of Dharma were the Ten Commandments
which were provided as evolutionary guidelines. Those who have always followed these basic principles of right conduct experience a powerful and lasting process of selfrealisation. Those who did not understand the need for such conduct before realisation, become naturally aware of it afterwards. In fact after our realisation we can even experience our reaction to Dharmic conduct by the physical signals of the stomach region. Some people have been amazed to find how sensitive their stomachs become to any activity which is Adharmic (outside Dharma) and how it revolts against such acts. It is a fact, though, that the more one enjoys the beauty of becoming the Spirit, the less time one has for anything which is not Dharmic. The evolutionary laws of survival and growth start to manifest naturally within us.

It must be remembered that these guidelines are there as examples for us to follow. We are not forced to do anything. In Sahaja Yoga you are your own judge and jury. The vibrations state the case for you, and then it is up to you to give the verdict and pass the sentence. This is a direct benefit of receiving your realisation, as you stop identifying with your weaknesses and become the witness to your true self. In a way you provide your own Last Judgement!



TRADITION

The presiding deity (or role model) of the center is Shri Vishnu, the Preserver. He it is who sustains our Dharma and leads us in our evolution. The power of the Nabhi Chakra is the place of
Gruhalaxmi - the wife, the Goddess of the household. The wife must be respected and also must be the embodiment of respectability. Shri Laxmi is also the source of the peace which we get from our Spiritual awakening and through meditations. GROSS PHYSICAL ASPECT This center governs the workings of the stomach area. If the functioning of the stomach becomes disturbed, then the process of digestion and assimilation of food is affected. The stomach is therefore very important. Our attitude towards food, and how we eat, affects the digestive juices and the glands. If we are in a hurry, or angry or worried whilst eating then the food will not be properly digested because the stomach muscles are tense and cannot work properly on the digestive process. We should enjoy balanced meals so that the food progresses easily to the stomach, there to be dealt with properly by the digestive juices. For proper nourishment, eating peacefully is a must - it is a meditation.

The Nabhi Chakra is also responsible for the liver, and importance of this organ for our meditation and Attention cannot be stressed too much. It is very important to take particular care of the liver (which is prone to overheating through improper diet or stimulants) and to ensure that we do not exhaust it too much through over thinking and planning.



CONDITION OF THE NABHI

The Nabhi can be weaked in a number of ways. We can catch on the left side of this center if we suffer problems in the household or if we worry too much about money. After realisation we learn to have faith in the power of Providence, that the Divine is taking care of us. We gain the strength to face our responsibilities and start to enjoy the duties we must take on. We realise that the family, as the most important unit in society has to be supported and must flourish in an atmosphere of love, respect and unity.
Too much thinking about food, whether in gluttony or fasting, also affects this center. It keeps the stomach excited and hinders the energy flow. Do not worry too much about food as long as it is wholesome and nourishing. The opposite extreme also applies. Indiscriminate fasting disturbs the Chakra. We cannot reach our Spirit through fasting. The stomach needs a regular routine and diet - ask any doctor. Fasting can be undertaken with proper guidance for health purposes, but it has no Spiritual significance. On the contrary fasting serves to make the Attention divert to food. When the body needs food it sends the signal. We should not practice self-denial or aggression with any Chakra and its laws. Drinking alcohol and eating the wrong type of food are also not helpful to the Nabhi Chakra.
After realisation we find that our attitude to food changes. We stop craving particular dishes and start enjoying good food which gives the best vibrations. We develop a subtle and detached attitude, and can gain the same amount of satisfaction from the simple meal as from the finest cuisine.




CLEARING THE NABHI

Clearing the Center Chakra:

Using the Elements:

• The use of a candle around the stomach area is very effective.
• Soak your feet in a bowl of warm salted water at meditation (recommended for all the lower chakras).
• Deep and relaxed slow breathing in and out for a while.

Affirmations:

• Mother, in my Spirit I am satisfied.

General Advice:

• Give vibrations to the front and back of the Nabhi.
• Drink vibrated water.
• Massage the knees and elbows.

Clearing the Left Nabhi Chakra:

Using the Elements:

• The candle treatment around the stomach area.
• Soak your feet in a bowl of warm salted water at meditation.

Affirmations:

• Mother, please make me a generous person.

General Advice:

• Give vibrations to the left Nabhi.
• Develop the habit of being satisfied with every aspect of life.
• Try not to complain too much.
• Increase intake of salt (especially of generally left sided problems).
• Develop the quality of auspiciousness and generosity, avoid miserliness.

Clearing the Right Nabhi Chakra:

Using the Elements:

• Footsoak in cold water.

General Advice:

• Avoid fatty foods and excessive amounts of dairy products
• Eat foods that are cooling to the liver such as: cane sugar, ginger, white rice, yoghurt, chick peas and fresh fruit and vegetables (see liver diet).
• Try to contain the emotion of anger when inappropriately expressed.
• Place an ice pack on the liver area (also useful during meditation if there are problems in going thoughtless).