We just heard from India that the Hanuman statue will not be ready in time so we will have to postpone the inauguration until late summer or fall.
We will keep you posted as soon as we learn more.
The Nine Days of Mother Divine this fall will be very special for Mount Soma.
The feeling here is building exponentially. More and more people are coming for lectures and visits. The Student Union will be finished and ready for the Nine Days of Mother Divine.
Ever since I was thirty years old, jyotishis have been telling me that the time of my Jupiter Dasa, which will begin this year during the Nine Days, will be a time of great success and abundance, a time when our goal of Mount Soma will fully blossom.
It marks the transition from a long period of challenges and obstacles (Rahu Dasa) to a time of fulfillment. One never knows what the future holds and we will have to see. However, this time of great transition merits our attention and celebration. I feel it is no coincidence that it comes during the Nine Days of Mother Divine and the opening of the Student Union.
The build up of Divine Energy here is palpable. Come witness and enjoy with us this historic event… this moment of great transition!
Be here as we usher in the enlightened age that so many have foreseen for so many millennia.
We are delighted to announce that today we have begun our School for Pandit boys in South India.
Though Sri Somesvara is central, there is much more to creating a Unified Field Generator than just the temple. The city around it and the type of activities are all essential parts.
It is also essential that the pandits are world men. They must maintain and feed their own cultural integrity while seamlessly interacting with global communities throughout the world.
Today marks the day when we begin their training program. This is a time for celebration! The significance cannot be overstated. In time, we plan to bring the boys to Mount Soma for several months each year.
More information about the program will come soon.
The pandits have completed the second Jyothirlinga. They will start the third, Ujjaini: Mahakaleswar, on January 19 until January 29, then immediately go to the fourth jyothirlinga, Omkar: Omkareswar, on January 30 until February 9.
Omakareswar is on the Narmada River, where the Narmadeshwara lingas form naturally. We will ask the pandits to purchase one for us while they are there.
On what at first may appear to be a completely different note, being football playoff time I heard the following quote that I believe is from Vince Lambardi:
‘It is essential to understand that battles
are won primarily in the hearts of men.’
To bring forth peace on Earth can be viewed as a battle. The classic battle between light and darkness… sat and asat.
It must be fought with our hearts.
See more images from the MMWPP in India.
Sreesailam
The Pandits completed the 11 days at Rameshvaram and are now at Sreesailam in AndhraPradesh. Two stories follow. Coincidence or magical? You can decide. They are certainly true.
One day in Rameshvaram it was raining and raining all day long. After ceremonies, the Pandits went for supper. While at supper, the rain became so strong that the roads were not passable. The Pandits could not return to the hotel. They decided to pray to Lord Shiva. Immediately after the prayer ended, the rain remarkably stopped! The moment the pandits returned to their hotel, the rain started again and did not stop all through the night and the entire next day.
More recently, they arrived at the next jyotirlinga, Sreesailam, only to find no rooms or puja halls available for rent, as it is tourist season. They stood amidst scores of visitors wondering what to do. A stranger approached them and they told him about me, the MMWPP, and their trouble finding rooms. He told them not to worry and to follow him. Remarkably, without delay, he found a puja hall for them and took them to a hotel with rooms available. After signing for the rooms, the pandits turned around to thank the man. He was nowhere to be found. The pandits were staggered. It was as if he had vanished into thin air.
Clay lingas at Rameshvaram.
At each jyotirlinga, the pandits make 365 small lingas out of mud every day for 11 days. After the 11 days of ceremony, the 4015 lingas (11 x 365) are put into a nearby river to dissolve and wash away. A Kalash (container) of water from the ceremonies is brought to the jyotirlinga and poured over it.
We all know that different things all have their own unique feeling. Some call that an ‘energy’ or ‘vibration.’ The ‘serpent power’ that moves up the spine is called kundalini. This kundalini energy is the power to create, dissolve, and recreate the universe. Very powerful! The mud to make the lingas needs to be of that vibration. Therefore, the pandits use mud from snake holes to make the lingas. That is certainly a fascinating example of mapping. Yes??
We thank all who have contributed to help support the MMWPP. Find out how you can JOIN THE PROJECT and have your name included in the ceremonies at each Jyotirlinga.
Jai Siva Sankara!!
To see a map of all the Jyotirlingas, CLICK HERE.
