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Constellation Orion

constellation Orion

Orion constellation KalaPurusha mandala – Risya, the deer – Varaha, the boar – Apam Napāt (the son of the waters) – Skanda – Kumara – Kartikeya – Vali – Bali – Yara – Ari – Yari (Lord of the wild boar) – Nin Gir Su (Lord of the river bank) – Aquosus -Tam muz – …

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Taurus & sundry constellations

Taurus the constellation Vrisha Mandala – Guttana (the heavenly bull), Aleph, Alap-Samé, Taburi, Burj Al Tawr, of the bull. Made up of 44 stars. Taurus. Alpha – Alderberan/Ad Dabaran – one who follows. Ain el Tawr – eye of the bull. – Rohit – Bir (the vermillion) – Oculus Tauri (eye of the bull) – Suravi …

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Auriga & Camelopardalis constellations

Camelopardalis Constellation Chitra Kramela mandala. The constellation of the giraffe. And the Camel. Auriga constellation Brahma mandala – Charioteer. Hēniochus – rein holder. Mūmsik al ainna. Also known as Rathitama Pushan, the best of charioteers, Margidda, Rakhov, Mar-urbi(chariot), Heniochos(bridle-holder) and Waggoner. Alpha – Capella, a little goat. Brahma-Hridaya, heart of Brahma. Also known as Askar(the …

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Cetus constellation, Fornax & Eriadne the river

Cetus constellation Timi mandala – Ketos – The whale, also known as Kumar, Ceti, Kaitos, Pistris and Kumaru. Cetus constellation. Alpha – Menkar – nostril. Beta – Diphda – the frog. Deneb Kaitos, tail of the whale.  Zeta – Baten Kaitos, belly of the whale.  Omicron  – Mira – Wondrous star.  Pradyumana. Also known as …

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Quantum aside

You found heaven for me. The gates concealed as they were, to my existence until the point of you in revelation. Now, sight itself wears me in its vernacular, and wonder wrapping the formless to every shape and size to my cognition. You put me together as if strewn prior to your perception. The sheen …

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Bridge of breath

4. When the breath is all out (Up), and stopped of itself. Or all in (Down) and stopped, in that universal pause, one’s small self vanishes. This is difficult only for the impure. Kumbhitā recitā vāpi pūrita vā yadā bhavet | Tadante sāntanāmāsau śaktyā śantaḥ prakāśate || Retention of breath, or the extension of gap …

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Bridge of the means – the middle path

3. Whenever In-breath and Out-breath fuse, at that instant – The energy-less, the energy-filled center. Na vrajenna viśeçchaktir marudrūpā vikāsite | Nirvikalpatayā madhye tayā bhairvarūpatā || The inner column of energy, the Sushumna nadi/stream. No energy enters, none exits, when of the pathway of Maruts grace stands illuminated. In that middle path is the means …

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Bridge of the eternal

2. As the breath turns from down to up, and again as breath curves from up to down – through both these turns, realize. Maruto’ antarbahirvāpi viyadyugmānuvartanāt | bhairavyā bhairavasyetthaṁ, Bhairavi vyajyate vapuḥ || The Maruts are the pathways between the ethers(voids). In the pause at end the exhalation and inhalation, before the moment restarts. …

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Bridge of the universe

1. Radiant one, this experience may dawn between two breaths. After breath comes in(down), just before turning up (out) — the beneficence. Ürdhve prāṇo hyadho jīvo, visargātmā paroccaret | Utpattidvitayasthāne, bharaṇādbharītā sthitiḥ || Upwards the divine essence(prano) downwards inflows of being, the soul of the juncture supremely as per the higher pervading process. Embark begins at …

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Sent excerpt

Excerpt from ‘Sent’ in ‘Arthāt – Mystic Poetry’. For more like this and the complete collection, buy the book.
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Hymn of her

The glorious mention,
mine humility your grace.

The meeting of the old gods.
The understanding of the new ones.
The richness of form in thy adorn.