Renate Knöpflen
Ostrach, Alemania, Europa

My key experience with Agnihotra: 

I had just returned from the basic Agnihotra course. As soon as I got home, a situation occurred that triggered me completely. I felt as if I had swallowed dynamite and that it would only take one more insignificant thing for me to explode. I hadn't experienced this feeling in ages: I was so angry and felt this anger throughout my

body!!!
I went to sleep with this anger ... and the next morning, when I woke up, this anger was just as strong as it had been the day before.
 
As I had been studying for some time various techniques for resolving emotions, I tried one method after the other ... but without success! I had no choice but to live with this anger!
 
When it was time to perform Agnihotra, I prepared everything and did it as I had just learnt. Already during the first practice I felt that something deep inside me was beginning to change... It was a strong inner perception.
 
As I was not able to bring about a change to this strong emotion with the methods I had learnt so far, I stuck to the regular morning and evening Agnihotra practice.
Each time I performed the fire in a mindful way, this initially extremely strong anger became weaker and weaker... and after 7 days it had completely disappeared. Even when recalling the situation that had triggered it ... there was no longer any anger response inside of me.
 
Now, I want to show you my preferred place outside of Ostrach, where I always sit preparing for Agnihotra and singing the Mantras. About three years ago, my neighbors in the city have massively complained about the smoke, so I searched for a place in nature and found this one, which is beautiful and just 1.5 kilometers from my home. I also found a portable fireplace, which I have to set up in a way that the wind hits only the closed walls, so that I can ignite Agnihotra easily and it can burn well. Except when a storm comes up, then I have to be quicker than the next gust of wind!
 
 On rainy days I sit under the umbrella, enjoying this harmonizing, peaceful and healing Agnihotra fire. Most times when sitting here next to the fire, I get ideas or

HOMA THERAPY
in our field
 
Family Hernan Ernesto Bottger Rengifo
Oxapampa, Pasco, Peru
 
We can observe after applying Homa Therapy since 3 months:

1. Our farm is now much greener and there is a decrease of plagues and diseases.
 
2. The flowers of the bitter "Pacay" are larger and more abundant, with earlier blooming.

3. We have no potato rot

4. The pumpkins are greener than usual. They have a good size and don't have fungi, which is usually caused by the frost. These pumpkins do usually not grow without fumigation. The yield is superior to that of other farms, which have better soils.
 
5. There is more moisture in the soil, and the soil is softer. It no longer hardens with the rain.
 
6. Two cows with bladder hematuria have been healed with Agnihotra ash.
 
7. The cows have no longer ticks.
 

“A hug for a tree shouldn't be strange.
It's a gesture of love for the one who gives us every breath!”

““Humility is understanding that you are no more important than any other species.”

“When the blood in your veins
returns to the sea,
and the earth in your bones
returns to the ground,
perhaps then you will remember that this land
does not belong to you,
it is you who belong to the land.”
 
-Native American proverb-

“Your focus has to be one-pointed service.”
 
-Master Shree Vasant-

“You do not have to function like a perfect person in this world. You are already full of Love. You do not know.
When one's eyes shine with love and when one does not feel that one is Love you are becoming
one with Love.”
 
-Master Shree Vasant-

Photos on this page: As the time for Agnihotra approached, everyone present rehearsed the evening Mantra, and thanks to the numerous Agnihotris from Piura, there was a celebration of Light and Love, which enveloped every heart with profound peace and a deep sense of wellbeing...

Photos on this page:
Some of the students from the National Agricultural Institute, along with Teacher Leslie, told a beautiful story in theatrical form about EREO, the Enchanted Hill of the San Lorenzo Valley.

     Our intention is to continue hearing within us the heartbeat of Love through the Earth and Her Divinity.
It was important to highlight in the play the IMPORTANCE OF WOMEN AND THEIR HEALING ESSENCE, THEIR INTUITION, AND WISDOM.
   This play shows that we are part of the symbiosis with nature and the ability we have to appreciate her wonderful gifts. In this harmony, we also experience a perfect state of connection between the spiritual and earthly beings."
  At the end of this blessed Mother Earth Day, Javier Cruz performed some original songs with the theme
"Agnihotra heals the earth and also the soul..."

Diego, 5, showing Agnihotra to his grandparents in the Peruvian mountains.

Mía, 7, in front of her Agnihotra fire.

Angelo, 18, diagnosed with autism.

“Our greatest strength lies in the gentleness & tenderness
of our heart.”

-Rumi-

Loving and creative meetings of women of all ages in these Sacred Circles where the Healing and Evolution of our inner Being receives assistance, support, and care... how wonderful to have this Fivefold Path with the healing fires of Homa Therapy. ...

“When you are in the capacity where you can be of service to others, place your problems always behind. Just practice service. Make every moment a way to do service. Then you become truly an instrument."
 
-Master Shree Vasant-

“The Message is simple. Love thy neighbor as thyself. Truly love. Then life is complete.
Be constantly acting in the spirit of service. Then other thoughts are irrelevant.
In marriage, think always of the other person’s needs, whatever they are."
 
- Master Shree Vasant -

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On the photo to the left, we receive greeting from Bhargava Dham of the group of Agnihotris which was present for the 24-hour Full Moon Tryambakam Homa in April: Amid (India), Valentina, Carmen, Thomas (he's Austrian), Hermann (Switzerland), Susana, Kristel, Arnie (Canada) and Alex with the dogs.
They are enjoying being at this Point of Light and chanting the sacred Mantras.
OM SHREE
 
Photos above of Bhargava Dham; the guardian Carmen and a garden harvest.

 
"At the present time there is no need to use force to convey the message. Love is the force and His omnipresence is all there is in this world. We must clear the air for the SONG OF LOVE to ring clear everywhere."
 
-Master Shree Vasant-

“Divine Love is the opposite of attachment. Do not concentrate on the attachment.

There is no love that can really fulfill anyone other than DIVINE LOVE.”  

-Master Shree Vasant-
 

 
every day—Step One of the Fivefold Path. DOING this contributes greatly to atmospheric purification which leads to pranic purification and thus to mind purification. KNOWING this is Swadhyaya.
 
Then take advantage of Step 5— SWADHYAYA (SELF STUDY), of which it is written, (by Shree Vasant) “Swadhyaya knows no vacation. Purify yourself and be at your Swadhyaya all the time until Reality dawns. ‘That, knowing which everything is known, ’is Swadhyaya.’”
 
And as it is also written, “You make your own destiny. It is not given unto you what to see. However, it is given unto you how to see. This is Swadhyaya.” And this is part of how we can deal with and process worldwide events.
 
If we immerse ourselves into the intricacies of Self Study until we come out the other side with much increased knowledge of our true selves, we will have enhanced our resiliency, intuition, self worth, decision making …..and, inevitably, happiness.
 
Doing thus, our chances of becoming or continuing to be an instrument of the Divine, will be greatly enhanced.
 
And, in truth, the more we live as an instrument of the Divine, the more fulfilled, balanced and ‘in touch’ shall we be.
 
One need not be an addict or an alcoholic to benefit from incorporating into your life Step 3 of the 12-Step Program of
Alcoholics Anonymous which is:
 
Step Three OF A.A.: “Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.”
 
Part of both, sunrise and sunset Agnihotra mantras have the Sanskrit phrase “Idam na mama.” This says, “Not my will, but Thy will be done.”
 
To the extent we are able to practice faithfully ‘turning it over,’ (to Higher Power), that will be a vital measuring stick of our progress on the Divine Path.
 
We may then walk the Yellow Brick Road secure in the knowledge we have done our utmost. The ball will then be in HIS court!

 
  There is an ancient theory that tells us how a shift in individual consciousness can expand collectively. It is the Hundredth Monkey Theory, which states that when a sufficient number of individuals take a new action or incorporate new knowledge, that shift becomes accessible to the entire species.
 
Today, in the midst of the planetary process we are experiencing, the awakening of feminine energy is one of those movements that is reaching critical mass.
It is an energy that lives not only in women, but also in men.
It is an energy that embraces the cyclical, the intuitive, the receptive, and the loving.
It is an energy that nourishes, creates, and transforms.

But it is in women where this awakening is even more urgent and relevant. Because by reconnecting with our essence, with our rhythms, with our ancestral wisdom, we remember the path… and we share it.
We weave it into a network. We sow it in our homes, in our daughters, in our relationships and projects.
 
More and more of us are feeling the call. More and more women are returning to the sacred space of women's circles.
There, through the contact and mirroring of other women, we remember the primal power of ancestral circles.
 
We return to listening, to embracing, to

 
Amid the absorbing busyness of family and work life, how can we overcome the mistaken awareness that we are only the body and the mind, and cultivate and keep alive the seedling with which, allegorically, we are representing the search for ourselves?
 
When I first learned about the Fivefold Path, after having studied other Teachings, I was drawn to how concrete, practical, and concise this knowledge seemed, compared to the intellectual conceptualizations of various teachings in which, up to that point, I had participated. Little by little, I have come to realize how these Five Principles can order and systematize the efforts we must inevitably make to develop the seedling, or that real being that lies within us.
 
There is one of the Mantras that Master Vasant taught us, "Om Chatwari Shrungah," that, due to its musicality, attracted me from the first time I heard it. Then, when I looked up its meaning, I learned that it teaches that one can recognize and experience aspects of the Great Light at two special times of the day: sunrise and sunset, which are also specific times to practice Agnihotra.
 
The Agnihotra process, which helps purify the atmosphere, also contributes to purifying and opening our minds to the Light; it restores the planet's energy cycles, bringing health, nourishment, and peace to all beings around us.
 
By practicing Agnihotra, we impose daily discipline on ourselves. This, in addition to strengthening our will, allows us to enjoy the beauty and majesty of sunrises and sunsets, and the peace felt in those moments. It also allows us to remember ourselves, connect with that inner being, and feel that we participate in a Greater Life. In fact, the practice of this Yajnya is also a Daan (a Sharing), a Tapa (a self-imposed discipline for self-improvement). Good Karma (correct, altruistic action) and, certainly,

  
it helps us in our Swadhyaya (Who am I? What am I here for?).
 
In every Agnihotra, each of us also lights a flame in the place where we are, and, in addition to purifying our minds and opening a line of communication so that the light within us may manifest, we nourish and give peace and prosperity to the Biosphere of our planet and beyond. It is a process that energizes us to practice the other Four Principles, deepen our capacity for discernment, and continue serving our neighbors throughout the hours of each day. It brings us closer to Love.
 
Popular wisdom in our culture has the saying: "God helps those who get up early." In English, there is a similar saying: "Early to rise makes you healthy, wealthy, and wise."
 
One could add to this popular wisdom that getting up early and taking advantage of practicing Agnihotra, in addition to making one healthy, wealthy, and wise, also brings one all the help, company, and Divine disposition so that one may be in deeper harmony with Her. One also gets help in finding and developing one's mission of cooperation and service to Creation, in addition to achieving an ever-deeper joy and peace, and power to help others to have joy.
 

 
The first time I met Shree Vasant was in Akkalkot, 1974. I remember this as being a very profound experience. He had spent several hours in Shree Gajanan Maharaj’s room. The door was locked and all one could hear was Shree Gajanan’s voice going on for hours. Shree Vasant then went into His room, next door to mine, and started working with a typist. It was already late night and everyone else was asleep. Still, I was asked to help. I gladly agreed and spent half the night dictating, until the typist and I were both exhausted. Finally, we were finished with the work.

I was dead tired and glad to go to sleep. I lay down on my bed and closed my eyes, looking forward to a few hours of rest. Suddenly I felt myself being whooshed out of my body. I was floating above my body, as if I were on the ceiling. As I surveyed my body and the room below me, I felt as if some energy was lifting me further away beyond the Earth. Although it was an uplifting experience, I began to feel apprehensive and immediately returned to my body. This experience was so blissful that I woke up a few hours later at 4:00 a.m. and stayed awake all day full of energy. Later that day, someone close to Shree Gajanan related my experience to Him. He told them to tell me that there was no need for fear. Shree Vasant left the next day.

The next time I met Shree Vasant was in Aurangabad in 1977, and I remember Him asking me to take care of the garden and water all the trees. It was a job I found very boring. Little did I know that my that my future was to be involved in Homa Farming and I would be spending much time happily gardening.

I’ll never forget Shree Vasant’s response to my fears and worries.

 
I sat alone with Him outside His residence in Aurangabad and after telling Him how bad I felt about myself and my hopeless future, He said, “If you could see as I see, how you truly are, all these things you experience and think of yourself would simply disappear.”

Shree Gajanan Maharaj never called me by my name but only referred to me as ‘Mr. Poland.’ I had not lived in Poland since I was a young child, as I was raised in England. It was not until much later on in Australia that I realized that this was not merely a humorous nickname as I had thought, but an indication of my life’s VIKARMA.

From India, I moved to Australia and lived there till 1991. On Shree Vasant’s second visit to Australia, I introduced Him to Anne Godfrey and Bruce Johnson who had a house on Sydney Harbour. Shree Vasant immediately took up residence there during His time in Australia. It was a whirlwind experience for all of us who were in His presence at that time. Anne and Bruce felt inspired to start a Homa Therapy Centre and found a beautiful property in the suburbs of Sydney for the centre. At the same time, Anne and I found a farm, as per Shree Vasant’s instructions, in the Hawkesbury River Valley.

 
When Shree Vasant returned for His third visit, we took Him to the farm in order to be sure that it was the right place. As we drove to the farm, He reminded us that on His last trip He had said to look for a place where the river turned back on itself in the opposite direction. He asked us, “Is this the case with this particular farm?” We didn’t know the answer but described all of the wonderful things about the farm. However, when we arrived at the farm, we were surprised that as soon as Shree Vasant stepped out of the car, He asked the owners, “Where is the creek and which way does it run?” The owners pointed out where the creek was at the bottom of the farm and how it ran in a southerly direction. Shree Vasant then asked, “Does the creek circle around and go back in the opposite direction?"
Astonished, they replied, “Yes, indeed it does!” At that point, Shree Vasant didn’t want to see anything else on the farm. We immediately turned around and returned to Sydney, after being there for literally ten minutes! Only then did Shree tell us, “Yes, this is definitely the place”. That magical blueberry farm became the first Homa Farm in Australia.

After I spent two years managing the blueberry Homa Farm, Shree Vasant returned to Australia. He suggested that I go to Poland to take care of the new Homa farm established by Dr. Ulrich Berk in Western Poland! I realized that this was my opportunity to begin to fulfil my VIKARMA, as had been indicated to me by Shree Gajanan Maharaj so many years before.

At one point, Shree Vasant had told another disciple to convey to me that in Poland I would meet my soul mate. This of course happened when I met Parvati (Fran Rosen)

is, in each of you. Never underestimate the power of the loving heart.

Blessings abound.

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