It is difficult to fathom the root cause of the astonishing demonstra-tions of Gayatri Sadhana. Right from Brahma, the Creator of this universe, down to the present era, all the rishis, saints, spiritual seers and seekers have demonstrated the beneficent effects of the chantingof Gayatri mantra. No other mantra has been worshipped andchanted as much as Gayatri Mantra. Since ages highly elevated soulshave been practising Gayatri Sadhana. Thus, a huge mass of highlyelevated spiritual energy has been accumulated in subtle celestial spheres(loks) enveloping the earth.
It is a scientific truth that no sound or idea ever perishes. Whatever isuttered or thought today will spread in the space along with its wavesand will remain there till infinity in some state or the other. Waveswhich are most powerful remain specifically alive. Scientists are tryingto catch waves set in motion during the Mahabharat battle and thoseof the music of Tansen. If they succeed, we will be able to listen tosounds of important conversations which took place in ancient times.It will then be possible to listen Geeta directly emanating from themouth of Lord Krishna. Although, it may not be possible to trans-form sounds and thoughts into material forms in near future, it is cer-tain that they do not vanish into nothingness. The faith and devotiontowards Gayatri which have been nourished by countless personsstill exist with all their potentialities in the subtle realm. According tothe principle of convergence of all homogeneous elements at one point,the faith, devotion, sentiments and devout austerity of all the devoteeshave combined to contribute to the accumulation of a huge store ofconscious spiritual energy.
Those who are acquainted a little with the science of thinking knowthat a magnetic field of the type in which a person thinks is created inhis mind. This magnetism attracts thoughts of similar nature permeat-ing the entire space and in a short time there is a vast accumulation ofsimilar kinds of thoughts. Persons who think about gentlemanlinessbecome more and more charged with righteous thoughts, virtues, ten-dencies and nature. In the same way a sinful mind becomes all themore so in a short time. All this happens according to the science ofattraction of identical thoughts, according to which thoughts of all di-vine souls who were devotees of Gayatri right from the beginning ofthis creation get inter-linked. It is difficult even for a strong man toclimb over a high wall but if a ladder or a stair-case is provided, any-body can climb over it easily. With the help of the stair-case built bythe devotees of Gayatri in the past we can easily attain the fruits ofGayatri Sadhana .
We get enriched suddenly and spontaneously with all the boons ofGayatri Sadhana for which great seekers in the past had put in ex-tremely hard labour. By these past Sadhanas powerful energy fieldshave been created in the subtle spheres by tuning into which we canmarch ahead with great speed. A drop of water, when it falls in theocean, becomes the ocean itself. A person recruited in the army be-comes part and parcel of the army. In the same way, a Sadhak whogets linked with the accumulated power of Gayatri derives all itsbenefits. No other Ved-Mantra possesses so much radiant and puis-sant energy as Gayatri Mantra. It is for this reason that immensebenefits are obtained through Gayatri Sadhana with the least effort.Even then we find that most of the people do no take advantage of italthough they know its importance. A person may have ample moneyin his possession but if he does not use it and enjoy it, it can only beconsidered his misfortune. Gayatri is divine knowledge which hasbeen made available by God to us. Rishis and saints have beendirecting us at every step in the scriptures to take advantage of GayatriSadhana. Yet, if we do not perform Sadhana and get its benefit, itour misfortune and nothing else.
Gayatri is Spiritual Triveni
Some instances about the importance of Gayatri have been furnishedin the fore-going pages. It is difficult to consolidate and publish all ofthem. Ganga, Geeta, Gau (cow) and Gayatri, these four are pillarsof Indian culture. Every person who believes in Hindu religion reveresthem like Mother and feels a special sense of mutual bonding with allothers with similar faith.
Gayatri has been called spiritual Triveni. The confluence of Gangaand Yamuna creates an invisible, subtle, divine river which is knownas Saraswati and the confluence of these three is known as Triveni.On account of this Triveni, Prayag is called king of all the Teerths. Inthe same way Gayatri is Triveni of the spiritual world. Its first letter`ga' is suggestive of Ganga, second letter `ya' of Yamuna and thirdletter `tri' of Triveni. Several trios viz. (1) Sat, Chit, Anand, (2)Satyam (truth), Shivam, Sundaram (beauty) (3) Sat, Raj, Tam, (4)Ishwar (God) Jeev (soul) Prakriti (quality), (5) Rik, Yaju, Sam (6)Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaishya (7) Gun (virtue), Karma (action),Swabhav (nature), (8) Shaishav (childhood), Yauvan (youth),Budhapa (old age), (9) Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh, (10) Utpatti(creation), Vridhi (growth), Nash (destruction) (11) Sardi (winter),Garmi (summer) Varsha (rainy season) (12) Dharma (righteous-ness), Arth (wealth), Kam (sensual enjoyment), (13) Akash (space),Patal (nether-most world), Prithvi (earth), (14) Dev (God),Manushya (man), Asur (demon) etc. are interwoven and lie embed-ded in Gayatri chand. One who observes deeply by meditation andcontemplation, these trinities gets the same spiritual merit as one getsin the material world by taking a dip in Triveni. These various triosrepresent various kinds of problems which the Sadhak is required toface and by solving which he attains the ultimate goal of self-realisa-tion.
The three currents of Triveni appear to be vast, deep and daunting.In the same way, Gayatri Sadhana appears to be very difficult. Butjust as fear disappears and tranquilizing cheerfulness is attained bytaking a dip in Triveni, so also by thinking, contemplating and probingdeep into various aspects of Gayatri Sadhana a person attains suchspiritual insight which inspires him to follow righteous path and ulti-mately leads him to eternal peace and bliss. Gayatri, undoubtedly, isspiritual Triveni, it is teerathraj because the philosophy underlying itis easy, simple, and intelligible and it leads to perennial happiness.The importance and glory of Gayatri is infinite. Ved, puran, shastras,history, rishis, saints, house-holders all acknowledge its importance.It has a marvellous power of changing our outlook towards life. If ourperverted thinking and mental back-ground are set right, our desires,aspirations, thoughts and sentiments get refined, we can rise higherthan even the gods. Gayatri Sadhana can emancipate us from bond-age to hellish perversions, of envy, hatred, malice, ill will etc, thusmanifesting in our lives the Divine attributes of Satyam, Shivam andSundram.
Tripada Gayatri
Gayatri has three phases and so it is called tripada. It is also calledtripada because it is Vedmata, Devmata and Vishwamata. Vedashave originated from Gayatri mantra and so it is known as Vedmata.It is Devmata because it helps in manifestation of divine virtues (gun),actions (karma) and nature (swabhav). It gives inspiration for estab-lishment of universal family "Vasudhaiva kutumbakam" and so it isknown as Vishwamata. It enjoins to regard every human being asone's own self. It advocates lofty thinking, ideal character and politebehaviour. It is known as Guru-mantra which means that of all theMantras, it is the best and supreme. Gayatri Mantra was the firstlesson to be taught in the schools in the ancient times and studentswere explained that the purpose of education is to attain spiritual wis-dom. It directs cultivation of human dignity and observance of self-imposed rules and regulations. Education and learning are meaningfulonly if these factors are kept in view. The letters of Gayatri mantraare interwoven in such a manner that by their utterance special vibra-tions are created and the secret subtle centres of energy within theSadhak get activated and awakened, manifesting their paranormalpotencies.
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