Transcendence

The ancients took the Sun as the external symbol of the Absolute Self. The Sun at dawn is the Creator Brahma At midday he is the destroyer Shiva At Sunset he is the Preserver Vishnu He is the lord of all the three realms! Brahmaswaroopa Udaye Madhyahne Thu Sadasiva Astha Kale Swayam Vishnu Trailokyam Dinakarah The Western mystics took his three manifestations as Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Manly P Hall writes in " The Secret Teachings of the Ages" thus The philosophers of Greece and Egypt divided the life of the sun during the year into four parts; therefore they symbolized the Solar Man by four different figures. When He was born in the winter solstice, the Sun God was symbolized as a dependent infant who in some mysterious manner had managed to escape the Powers of Darkness seeking to destroy Him while He was still in the cradle of winter. The sun, being weak at this season of the year, had no golden rays (or locks of hair), but the survival of the light through

There are four types of Alchemy 1) Physical Alchemy 2) Psychological Alchemy 3) Biological Alchemy 4) Trascendental Alchemy Alchemy is related to Astrology, as the Seven Revolving Heavens represents the metals seven Gold - Sun Silver - Moon Jupiter - Tin Venus - Copper Saturn - Lead Mars - Iron Mercury - Mercury Gold is the metal of the Sun. The Sun represents the Absolute Self, the Divine Solar Consciousness in World Mysticism. Hence the purpose of Transcendental Alchemy is to transmute our earthly nature ( base metals ) into gold ( divine nature ). Meditation Triune is prescribed for this transmutation Alchemy is effected by the Fourfold Yoga, via Wisdom, which involves the Discriminative Intellect, which discriminates between the Eternal and the Temporal. The Eternal is the Self, the Witness Consciousness in us. It is like a Mirror, which mirrors everything. It is filled with perceptions of the outer world. Hence it does not experience its own nature. Negating the Ureal and affir

Alchemy is a similar discipline as Yoga. The soul undergoes Putrefaction, Fermentation and Combustion and these are yogic processes. Alchemy is referred to as Labour of the Sun, of the Greater Central Sun. All mystic schools were Solar ! Astrology is also considered as Saura, of the Solar Path ! By Sol is the meant the Inner Sun, the Absolute Self, the Divine Solar Consciousness. This labour of the Sun is symbolised by the Eye of Ra, the Solar Symbol, the Eye of Divine Providence ! In the West, Alchemy was founded by the divine Hermes Trigmegistus. It was referred to as the Fire Religion, as alchemical principles were based on the Inner Divine Fire or the Kundalinic Fire, the fiery Serpent which lies coiled in humans. During its ascent, it burns away the mortal dross ! She lies coiled at the Muladhara, the Base Chakra. During Meditation, She rises and ascends to the Crown Chakra, giving the initiate the taste of Cosmic Consciousness. Alchemy is derived from two words in Arabic, "a

Astrology, we said in our earlier post, was the science of numbers in space and time. Geometry was number in space and Music the number in time. The Universe is based on mathematical Law. Galileo said “Philosophy is written in this grand book -- I mean the universe -- Which stands continually open to our gaze. But it cannot be understood Unless one first learns to comprehend the language And interpret the characters in which it is written. It is written in the language of mathematics, And its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometric figures, Without which it is humanly impossible to understand a single word of it.” -- Galileo Galilei, Il Saggiatore (1623) The Celestial Triangle is the triangle formed by Aswini, Magha and Moola, at 0 degrees, 120 degrees adn 240 degrees ( Trikonas ). Celestial Rectangles are called Kendras and it is represented in Astrology as 0, 90, 180 & 270 degrees. A

My last posts were translations of certain Sanskrit verses, which I felt, was not translated before. You will have to pardon my diagression. My astro site, www.eastrovedica.com , is doing well, with the site receiving more than 340 K hits. It has also gone up in Alexa rating and in the number of unique visitors. We have been successful with the Sixfold Analysis, wherein a planet is declared weak or strong, on the basis of Shastiamsas or points got in Shadbala or the Sixfold Analysis V I B A L A Planets in the Sixfold Strength Knowest thou not that planets called Vibala Are planets weak in the Sixfold Strength? Cancellation Bhanga they cause of Raja Yoga And are harmful in their nature; Learned One! Know that Weak Planets cause Raja Yoga Bhanga Exalted with other strengths is Sampoorna called; Devoid of other strengths is Poorna; of medium strength Below its average strength in Sixfold is Riktha; weak Use these terms for correct prognostication O Noble One!

Western Philosophy speaks of the Seven Liberal Arts, made up of the Trivium of Logic, Rhetoric & Grammar and the Quadrivium of Arithmetic, Geometry, Music & Astronomy Indian Philosophy speaks of the Twelve Arts, namely the Six Main Arts, the Shad Dharsana of Indian Philosophy , Yoga, Vedanta, Nyaya, Vaisesika, Sankhya and Poorva Mimamsa & the Six Minor Arts - Astrology, Kalpa, Definition ( Nirukta ), Phonetics ( Shiksha ), Grammar & Poetic Metres ( Chandas ). We find in a comparitive study that these arts are more or less the same. When Western Learning says Astronomy, the Indians by Jyothisha meant both Astronomy & Astrology, as to them both were synonyms. Mathematical Astrology is based on the formulae of Astronomy. The calculation of the MC, for instance , is Tan K = Tan R / cos w, which is a formula of Astronomy. By Jyothisha they meant Indian Astro Physics, which includes Maths also ! So Arithmetic and Geometry of Western Learning is incorporated in Jyothish

In the body physiologic made of the Five Great Elements, the Five Revolving Heavens have their say. Bones, skin, hair of the Earth Principle, signifies Mercury Semen, urine of the Water Principle, Venus Sleeping, tiredness of Fire Principle, Mars Walking, jumping, respiration of Air Principle, Sautrn And likes, dislikes of Ether Principle, Jove This is the translation of a verse from Anushtatna Paddhati " Asthi thwak pisicham cha roma cha sira Bhoo ...... "