TIMES for the HOMA FIRES - CHILE, SOUTH AMERICA

Agnihotra Workshop in La Aurora - A healing experience
 
The Fundación Quintuple Sendero Chile held a Homa Therapy - Agnihotra workshop on Friday, February 3, at the Patricia Leighton Yoga center in La Aurora, Curacaví, Chile. The workshop was well received in the community (see photo below).
 
During Agnihotra, the Fire of Magrit, a new practitioner, began to smoke a lot. The smoke reached her daughter Carolina, sitting next to her. Magrit, frightened, asked Carolina to move away from the smoke... but Carolina replied to leave her like that, receiving all the smoke, because it "did her good".
 
At the end of the Agnihotra, Karina Ohme, vice president of the Foundation, explained to the attendees that the Agnihotra smoke is healing, and she narrated what happened in 1984 in Bhopal, India. Magrit, surprised, shared that the night before she had to take her daughter Carolina to the hospital urgently, due to respiratory failure.
And that, during Agnihotra, her daughter intuitively knew that the smoke was good for her, and let it surround her.

TIMES for the HOMA FIRES - CHILE, SOUTH AMERICA

TIMES for the HOMA FIRES - in MEXICO, PANAMA & URUGUAY, CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA

TIMES for the HOMA FIRES - FLORIDA, USA

María Gabriela from West Palm Beach gathered a group of friends and Agnihotris from the MaYu Tribe for a sacred Gong session in Agnihotra atmosphere. A healing event in harmony with nature and the universe!

TIMES for the HOMA FIRES - AUSTRIA, GERMANY,
SPAIN, ITALY & ENGLAND - EUROPE

TIMES for the HOMA FIRES - INDIA, ASIA

TIMES for the HOMA FIRES - BELGAUM, KARNATAKA, INDIA

ceremony for the cows, followed by chanting of the Vedas by trained pandits (priests). Then all chanted Tryambakam Homa, followed by the intonation of the Mantra OM until it was time for the mass practice of Agnihotra. It has been a wonderful and unique experience!

TIMES for the HOMA FIRES - NASHIK, MH, INDIA

TIMES for the HOMA FIRES - RECOGNITION

Maria Broom, artist, dancer, story teller, actress, ... Agnihotri, shares a very special occasion with us from Baltimore:

"It is miraculous! Truly one of Shrees' blessings to teach at the 'Baltimore School for the Arts' for twenty-eight years and to begin every single class with a Homa fire.
 Four to six fires each week in that school building for the last twenty-eight years, it's astonishing!
Impossible to count how many young people (now professional performers or parents themselves) can chant the Vyahruti, and know the tones and cadence of Om Tryambakam.
The photo (at the bottom) is from one of three morning meditations being offered school-wide where students who are not in my classes can choose to attend."
 
Editor: CONGRATULATIONS dear MARIA!
THANK YOU for being a Great Blessing for thousands of children, families and for this planet and for having planted and continue to plant seeds of Light and Joy in hearts!

PAGE for CHILDREN, PARENTS & EDUCATORS

 
 CHILDREN AND SOCIAL MEDIA
 
 
By Parvati Rosen-Bizberg

  In a child’s mind, he or she is the center of their universe. Opinions from others and acceptance amongst their peers is paramount to most children. When you then take into consideration the power of social media to expose one’s private life, to create a false sense of friendship based on ‘likes’ and the number of friends shown on one’s profile, the stage is set for extreme emotions.

For a child, whose world naturally revolves around his or herself, they are far more vulnerable to the effects of cyber bullying than one can imagine.

I do not profess to know the answers, but I do know that children of today need more attention, care and guidance than ever before. And quite often, they get less. There is no excuse of a busy schedule. Make time. Make even certain days, hours—during the week and on weekends, when you avail yourselves as parents to your children. Every day set a time when you check in with your child, how are they feeling, what is happening in their lives. Take time in Nature. Plant a family garden. Ask them their opinions and feelings on what is happening in the world. Let them know that you are there for them and that your door is always open. No judgment.
 
How to face the Social Media giant? This is a dilemma in all countries with children susceptible to the lure of popularity and the hard tests of acceptance and rejection. Somehow help them to see social media as a place where positive communication and networking can take place. Yet, simultaneously, it is a place that can create artificial reality.

Try to balance the two planes and teach your children the value of human communication one-on-one and the joys of creating art, music, writing and dance. Add the inner strengthening practices of yoga, Agnihotra & meditation.

Be present and listen.
Your willingness to witness your children’s lives unfolding will provide them with a sense of love and balance in life. It can provide a much-needed Light in these challenging times.

'Yoga and Meditation for Children' book, which I wrote in 1984, includes stories, teachings of Fivefold Path, songs, yoga poses and simple meditation easy for children, especially ages 7-12 years. Available online:
In U.S. (English); https://agnihotrasupplies.com/collections/books-and-recordings
In Europe: In English & Polish https://agnihotra.pl/en/books/   
 

 
    Here we attempt to address a very delicate subject – the practices of the dairy industry and how one can justify utilising cow’s ghee in Homa Therapy.

Homa Therapy is part and parcel of a new way of life for the planet, a life based in Truth, peace, oneness, Love and harmlessness; all that is in alignment with the universal principles that produce true wellbeing - the catch cry of the New Age.

Homa Therapy is ancient knowledge from the Vedas. Vedas teaches ‘ahimsa’ (harmlessness to all living beings) in thought, word and deed. Vedas holds the cow in high esteem. It tells us that cow dung is the only dung on the planet that is antiseptic and medicinal. Cow dung and cow’s ghee are non-negotiable components of Agnihotra that render Agnihotra effective. Vedas also tells us that the consciousness of the cow is Devic (angelic). The cow dung and cow’s ghee that go into the Homas therefore are not only purifying and imbuing the atmosphere with fragrance and nutrition but are also uplifting the atmosphere.

Rudolph Steiner preceptor of Biodynamics has written that the cow is the only animal whose vibration is a perfect integration of the 12 constellational forces that bear down upon the planet for the sake of evolution.

The Vedas makes a statement that cow’s ghee is a conductor of pure consciousness. It does not describe coconut oil or any other oils as such, for example. In Ayurveda, a key component of the healing process of Pancha Karma, is a gradual saturation of the body inside and out with medicated ghee. Ghee conducts the medicinal substances into the tissues and organs. Shree Vasant, preceptor of Homa Therapy, states that ghee transports the healing properties of Agnihotra ash to areas of the body where it is needed.

This implies that ghee acts in accordance with natural intelligence. Similarly, the ghee in Agnihotra process is acting accordingly on the environment; Carried by the smoke pervading the atmosphere during Agnihotra, the minute particles of ghee transport the Prana, subtle energies and micro-nutrients.

 These life-giving properties are then transported into the tissues of the plants, and all biological organisms in the vicinity, including us, the atmosphere, the water bodies, the soil. Thus, one could say Agnihotra and Homa Therapy can be likened to Ayurvedic treatment of the environment.

In Vedic societies cows and humans live in harmony in a symbiotic relationship. People lovingly look after the cows’ needs with healthy pasture, a reliable water source and hand- feed if needed.

In turn the cow provides us with cow dung and cow urine as organic fertilizer and anti-fungicide respectively, as well as nutritious milk when lactating. The mother cow produces enough milk to feed 2-3 calves. Normally it gives birth to one and the overflow is shared with us.
 

 
Of course, today’s society is largely non-vegetarian and thus the majority of humanity do not practice non-violence or harmlessness to all living beings. Sadly, a common practice in the dairy industry in general is to cull calves in order to preserve the bulk of the milk for selling on.

How does one reconcile utilizing ghee from the dairy industry for Homa Therapy? Firstly, Vedas does not promote a lifestyle of exploitation. It promotes harmlessness to all living creatures. It is the current society that is exploiting the cow. However, when we perform Agnihotra it brings about a transformation in consciousness and the energy of the cow, i.e., the Devic energy that pervades its dung and ghee, which is seeded into the atmosphere through the process of Agnihotra, plays an important part in bringing about this purification of consciousness. This shift eventually leads to a transformation in human consciousness in the direction of total love where harmlessness (Ahimsa) to all living beings becomes natural. Agnihotris all over the world attest to this shift in consciousness through regular Agnihotra practice over time, finding themselves naturally more attuned and respectful of nature, more centred and in touch with their intuitive knowing, more loving and at peace. It is also a general experience of many that after doing Agnihotra for a while, they find themselves drifting towards ahimsa, i.e., naturally move towards vegetarianism.

SOAP RECIPE with used cooking oil and
Agnihotra ash to WASH DISHES and CLOTHES

By Diana Marcela Molano Vega
Woman alive and free

 
 WE RECOVER AND IMPROVE WITH THE USE OF AGNIHOTRA ASH GRANDMOTHERS' TRADITION OF MAKING SOAP WITH COOKING OIL.

This recipe is passed from generation to generation, especially in Spain. It requires that you have some protection measures since while preparing the mixture we will use CAUSTIC SODA (also known as Lye or as Sodium Hydroxide), so the first thing is to have:
Gloves, mask and protective glasses, pants and long-sleeved shirt to avoid irritation or burning from contact of the skin or mucous membranes with any soda splash.
In case of contact, apply vinegar to the area to neutralize the alkalinity of the soda.
 
Please, it is important to watch this video as a visual guide to make this soap:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc7duzDEa6Y&t=47s

With this recipe, we recycle the used oil in the kitchen and mitigate the pollution that is generated by depositing it on the soil, in the water or by mixing it with other waste.

This soap goes through a cold saponification process and this means that only after 40 days of maturation, you can use it without any problem!

Ingredients:
 
- 2 liters of water, preferably distilled.
- 2 liters of used vegetable oil (olive, sunflower, canola, palm, etc.) from cooking
- 246 grams of caustic soda at 98% purity (this is available in stores where they sell chemicals or in large supermarkets)
- 2 and a half tablespoons of Agnihotra Ash
- 1 and a half tablespoon of Bicarbonate
Have on hand: a wooden spoon, a plastic container, an electric mixer, a scale to weigh the caustic soda, and if you have, a kitchen thermometer.

Process:
 
Step 1
Strain the used oil with the help of a strainer to remove all impurities and remains. Once strained, reserve the oil for later use.

Step 2
Weigh the caustic soda exactly.
Pour the 2 liters of water into the plastic container.

Step 3
In a ventilated place, having all the safety elements and with great care, add the caustic soda to the water, never the other way round.
 
Stir with the help of the wooden spoon until completely dissolved. The mixture should be transparent. In this process toxic gases are released. For this reason, try not to breathe deeply. The mixture will be rising in temperature, but this is normal. Therefore, it is essential to stir slowly to avoid possible splashes which might result in burns. If you have a thermometer, check that it reaches 40 degrees Celsius.
Also heat your oil to that temperature; this will help to integrate these two liquids better (this measuring the temperature is optional) with both (oil and water with caustic soda) being at room temperature is enough.

SOAP RECIPE - continued
 
With used cooking oil and Agnihotra ash
to WASH DISHES and CLOTHES

 
Step 4
Now, it is time to add the vegetable oil, slowly and start beating in one direction. Then you can also add Agnihotra ash, sodium bicarbonate, a natural colorant or any other element you want to enrich the natural soap with, such as lemon or orange essence, etc. Stir with the mixer for at least 20 minutes until you get a homogeneous and thick mixture that you can transfer to the molds.

Step 5
Pour the mixture into one or more molds, depending on the format you want for your soap. You can use anything from a silicone mold, coconut shell, milk box, to a plastic-lined cardboard box.
Now is the time when you can remove your gloves and the other protection.

Step 6
Wait a couple days until it solidifies completely. Then, you can remove it from the mold and cut it into pieces, the sizes you wish.

Step 7
Thus, the soap hardens completely and the process is completed successfully. Let the already cut soap rest for at least a month. Only after this time, you have your soap ready for use!

Uses for this soap:
You can use this soap made with recycled oil to wash clothes, dishes and also the floor, etc. It works great as a stain remover! You can transform it into liquid soap by grating it into a pot with water and heating it until it melts. This you can apply for the washing machine, the dish washer, to wash your car, floors, windows, etc. You can also prepare an excellent ecological repellent, melting some soap in water until it becomes soapy and with this you can treat your plants.

The elaboration of soaps with used kitchen oil is a wonderful way to take care of the environment and also an extraordinary hobby. Start with this simple recipe and gradually add other ingredients to enrich your soap.
 

LIGHTS OF BHARGAVA DHAM

Bhargava Dham Foundation

 
NEW TIMES FOR BHARGAVA DHAM!
 
The year 2023 started with many important transformations for Bhargava Dham.

The Bhargava Dham Foundation is now officially formalized and already has its legal personality, being, therefore, able to develop projects, receive volunteers and receive donations that allow it to carry out the mission of creating a place prepared to share the teachings and practices of Homa Therapy, the Fivefold Path and Homa Ecological Agriculture.

Those who want to participate as volunteers will be very welcome to help in various areas, mainly in the field, with Homa Organic Agriculture. Much help is needed!

To those who want to support with donations, any contribution is very welcome. For Chileans, contributions can be made to the current account of the Bhargava Dham Foundation at Banco Del Estado. A Bhargava Dham Partners Campaign is being launched where a certain value can be contributed monthly, and the contributing person becomes part of the Foundation as a Bhargava Dham Partner. There are four basic categories:

Amigo Plan: 5.000 Chilean pesos per month or 7 dollars;
Star Plan: 10.000 Chilean pesos per month or 14 dollars;
Golden Plan: 20.000 Chilean pesos per month or 25 dollars;
Premium Plan: 50.000 Chilean pesos per month or 39 dollars.

Bhargava Dham is for everyone, and we are all part of this beautiful work!
Please visit the website and learn how to participate and support. https://bhargavadhamchile.wixsite.com/bhargavadham
All collaboration is appreciated. Let's make the work developed in Bhargava Dham our contribution for future generations, as a positive example to the planet.  
 
Bhargava Dham Foundation: RUT 65.209.243-8
Sight Account: 23572231828 Bank of the State of Chile.
E- mail: fundación.bhargavadham@gmail.com
Whatsapp: +56 9 9983 7681 (Milena – treasurer)
 

LIGHTS OF BHARGAVA DHAM

Bhargava Dham Foundation INVITES:

LIGHTS OF BHARGAVA DHAM

Bhargava Dham Foundation INVITES:

 
 VOLUNTEERS FOR THE FOUNDATION 'MADRE SELVA'
HOMA ECOVILLAGE
 
 
The ‘Madre Selva’ Homa Ecovillage Foundation, is a private non-profit institution, founded in 2012 by Mike Billian and Lily La Torre. It is located one hour from the city of Pucallpa, capital of Ucayali, Peru. These are 20 hectares in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon, with forest areas with trees over 50 years old, but also with areas degraded by deforestation caused by previous owners, which are currently in the process of recovery.
 
Madre Selva is a space for teaching and learning alternative healing techniques for the environment, the earth, and all living beings. We mainly use the Vedic practice of Homa Therapy. From this ancestral wisdom, the healing Agnihotra fire is practiced daily and together with its ashes, is the nurturing base for Homa organic farming.
 
We maintain plots with cocoa and turmeric production and honey apiaries. Restoration models for degraded ecosystems, soil recovery with organic fertilizers, ecosystem conservation, and habitats of species of great ecological importance such as pollinators are being developed.
 

We require people with specific skills in: Agriculture, gardening, landscaping, carpentry, bio-construction, for English translations, vegetarian cooking, experience in social networks and website, etc.

Volunteers are expected to have great personal ethics, speak basic Spanish, have a minimum stay of four weeks, and responsibly to fulfill the tasks assumed.
Alcohol, drugs, or practices that offend the integrity of people and the environment are not accepted.

We offer: A warm atmosphere of fellowship, lodging, vegetarian food and internet. We are very happy if you bring musical instruments and good movies to share.

 Agnihotris interested in more information can write to Lily La Torre’s e-mail: lilylatorrel@yahoo.es

HOMA PSYCHOTHERAPY

By Barry Rathner, Clinical Psychologist

 "HITTING BOTTOM"

HOMA PSYCHOTHERAPY: Continued

 "HITTING BOTTOM"

For further information, please see: www.homapsychotherapy.com
To contact Dr. Barry, please write to the e-mail:  www.drbarryrathner.com 

WOMEN IN COMMUNION

By Jimena S. Clarke - Cid Clavero

WOMEN IN COMMUNION

By Jimena S. Clarke - Cid Clavero

MEDITATION with HEALING MANDALA

 “Balance - Vision - Hope and Joy”

Mandala shared by Parvati (Fran) Rosen-Bizberg.  © 2022
(All Mandalas are copyright by Parvati (Fran) Rosen-Bizberg.
Healing Mandalas, prints and t-shirts of original art are available in the website shop www.agnihotra.pl )

MESSAGE from MASTER SHREE VASANT

(Message received in a personal healing via Parvati on 4th of July, 2022)

Fear is the biggest obstacle for inner peace. Yet, people go on entertaining fear, even treating fear as an honoured guest. One serves fear whatever it asks for. If fear is asking for time, precious time, one stops what one is doing to spend precious time with fear.

Energy. Fear requires energy to feed it. So, one provides fear with all one’s energy, often leaving none left for more wholesome pursuits.

Then, one begins to feel uncomfortable. Fear is never comfortable. So, the breath becomes shorter, more constrained. One becomes nervous and has increased difficulty in achieving meditation, much less peace of mind.

Then, during more quiet periods—however lengthy or brief—one begins to develop a fear or apprehension of fear itself. Fear of fear. And there is no end to it.

Climate on the world’s stage currently provides no end to worrisome situations that feed fear in general. So much more anxiety now exists.

However, you have been given the blessing of Agnihotra, of Yajnya, of Fivefold Path and Grace of Almighty Father. So, your ‘tool kit’ is full. And these tools work wherever you are, like a universal tool kit.

What is required now is some simple mind training on your part.
TAPA.

When fear comes calling, knocking loudly at the door or very quietly tapping on the window—once you see who is there and can identify it as FEAR, you do not have to answer this call. And most certainly, you do not have to analyze it. It will not go away by effort of the intellect.

One comes to know one’s inner strength and power to make conscious decisions. Taking into account one’s own feelings, one’s intuition and lastly, a little logic thrown in for good measure.

If you open the door and allow fear to come in, that fear will just go on multiplying the more attention you give it. “I am afraid of not being good enough.”
Then, do the very thing you are afraid to do. Step by step.

“I am afraid of love and really getting to know people.” Love anyway. Make it your purpose to express that love. So many need that now. To withhold love for fear of getting hurt or disappointed, leaves you feeling empty and disconnected. Reach out to nurture and love others.

All those old fears have to go. It is time to release them one by one, consciously, actively. Do that now.

Practice of Tryambakam Yajnya is a good avenue for releasing self-doubt, anxiety and fear.

Always know that, in the Eyes of Parama Sadguru Shree Gajanan Maharaj, you are always good enough. If He sees you as such, then why cannot you see yourself with His Eyes? Look through His Eyes and those monumental blockages will become smaller and smaller, until they are finally dissolved.

Walk in Light.
With all Grace.

All love and blessings.
OM TAT SAT.

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January 12, 2023, Orion on Truth
Yes, yes. The unfolding of Truth is occurring now, even in those who have long been in denial of it. This is the era of Truth. Of course, as you know, the truth can be told in a palatable manner—and thus, will reach its goal. One who holds the truth within has a righteous duty to impart that truth whenever possible. However, there are various ways to impart truth.

One is through the avenue of speech. If truth is to be told via speech, one must choose carefully not only the words themselves but the timing of delivery and the recipient of such delivery.

Another way to impart the Truth can be through the written word, again with caution and clarity. As well, truth can be imparted via sound, music, poetry or via any avenue of the creative arts.

Many great beings whose very presence is said to be inspiring—even enlightening to some—choose the way of no words, no material delivery. Instead they choose simply to live the Truth and affect the masses by the way they conduct their lives, the way they walk through life, the way they carry themselves and how they treat those around them. We would say that this is of all, the highest way to impart truth in a world so devoid of such.
 
When one chooses to walk the path of Truth, their silence speaks louder and clearer than any words could speak. One learns simply by breathing the same rarified air as this human being who walks with Divine.
 
Still, when one has the opportunity to impart wisdom one has received, do so in a quiet manner without expectation, without pride or awareness of one’s own greatness. Always defer to Almighty when receiving accolades for your truth telling. Receive and give in the same manner. Thus, one incurs the blessing of GRACE.
 
On Current State of the World
Concerning the current state of the world, we have already forewarned you, all of you, of the inception of these darker times. This is not a sudden, unexpected development in the history of humanity! All signs

pointed to this. However, many were not prepared to hear nor willing to see the signs before them. Perhaps they were too engaged in the enjoyment of life’s riches or engrossed in their pursuit for fame or wealth, fun or prideful successes, and these warnings came more as an unwanted interruption of their daily dramas unfolding.

Those who listened have prepared for these times. Those who did not will be caught in the crisis.
Still others chose to steep themselves in conspiracy theories, lost in the incessant chatter over cause and effect, choosing whom to blame rather than how to extricate themselves from the mud.
 
The answers do not lie nor have they ever lain in the political realm. Those of you who choose to go that route, in an attempt to resolve the conflicts of the world, will come to realize there is no end to the mental meandering which can result in nothing but more of the same—like a rat in a maze. Such is the political realm. Indeed.
 
On Listening to the Earth and Living in Harmony
Do create safe zones, places of Light, where all life is respected as sacred, where humans and animals live in harmony.
Endeavour to become more self-sufficient.
Grow your own food and develop a network of others who can exchange seeds and products, when possible.
 
Learn to walk lightly upon the Earth.
Listen.
Listen to the trees.
Listen to the birds.
Listen to the Earth as she calls you to Her.

These are deeply troubling, chaotic times. These are times which divide families and tear at one’s deepest roots. However, these are also the times of the great return.

Listen. Listen. Listen.

The calling is in the wind.
Listen. Listen. Listen.

Blessings be upon you all.
We are,
ORION.
 
More info: www.oriontransmissions.com

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