Guru Geeta - Datta Vaakya - 181
✍️ Sadguru Ganapathi Sachidananda
📚. Prasad Bharadwaj
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Fire. Avadhoota Swamy is teaching King Yadu what he learned from his fifth Guru.
“Parabrahman is in the form of fire. He in the form of radiance. Our sacrificial offerings are received by the Gods through fire. That is why, our scriptures teach us to do Yajnas (ritual of offering and sublimating herbal preparations in fire accompanied by chanting of Vedic hymns) so that the country can be prosperous.
By performing Yajnas, owing to the sacrificial offerings received through fire, Lord Varuna (the God of Rain) showers rains on us. Moon is pleased and infuses plants with medicinal qualities, due to which we get food. Fire gives us the strength to gain victory over enemies. He keeps the enemies subdued. He keeps us pure. He gives us longevity.
Fire God exists in the middle of east and south directions.
Some people consider Fire God who has the ability to burn everything, a destroyer. But, Fire God is not a destroyer, he actually promotes growth. He increases friendship. That is why bonds of friendship are sealed in the presence of Fire. Friendships are fostered in the presence of Fire.
We already know the story of how Rama and Sugreeva sealed their friendship in the presence of Fire. Even someone as great as Lord Rama, someone as Supreme as Rama and someone as courageous as Sugreeva had Fire God as their witness. “With Fire God as witness, I promise to help you”. “With Fire God as a witness, we are best friends from today”.
Everyone knows the qualities of Fire. Jatharagni (loosely, the biological fire energy or digestive fire) in our body digests everything that is put into the stomach. If God did not endow us with that Jatharagni that enables digestion, man cannot live.
It digests all the food that enters the stomach, enables purified blood to be circulated to all parts of the body and helps the person live. That is why, “Agni Saakshi” (Agni=fire; Saakshi=witness) is very important. When resolving disputes, people keep a fire lit in front of them and discuss matters of morals, ethics and justice. They may use an oil lamp.
Looking at the lamp, looking at the aura around the lamp, at the center of that fire, they use the energy at the center of that fire as witness. Truth gets protected. Fire is always at a high level. It’s sound is also at a high frequency. Fire is red in color. Fire gives light and heat. In the nights, he exists as heat. He makes the seeker adhere to truth.
He bestows concentration on worship of the Atman. He ensures that the soul’’s objectives are fulfilled. He removes the obstacles to faith and trust. He fills us with strength, faith and courage. The amazing qualities of Fire are almost impossible to describe in words. We discussed that he ensures that the soul’s objectives are fulfilled.
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12 Jan 2021