Gayatri, Hymn to the Sun – calling for the minds of humanity to be illumined w/ Right Choice….

“Let the effulgence of the Divine dispel the darkness of ignorance.”
The Gayatri Hymn – we pray to the Divine Light to illumine our minds. So Right Choice by humanity is made.
Today – Sunday, the Sun’s Day.
Reciting the Gayatri – hymn to the Sun.
Early this morning, in the US, daylight savings time ended.
Today we stand in Aspiration, which holds our emotional body in Right Alignment, in preparation for the Scorpio solar festival on Tuesday. It is a full moon, a solar eclipse, & it is Voting Day.
An exciting day to look forward to.

Today, Sunday – Scorpio Sun, Mercury & Venus.
An afternoon v/c, from 2:30pm till 9:15pm (west coast time).
Then the moon enters Taurus, prparing us for the full moon on Tuesday.

Today Mercury inconjuncts Chiron – Scorpio/Aries (we are careful of our communication, as Mercury is what connects Scorpio & Aries).

Tonight, Venus squares Saturn (Scorpio/Aquarius). A challenge to find the truth of the matter, preparing us to Vote with Right Choice, Right Knowledge. Calling Ray 5 to illumine the minds of “men” – the thinkers.

Mars retrograde in Gemini
In our school/college/institute – here too – art & symbols play a significant role in our understanding of the world – in our study of astrology & the esoteric. One of our students has created an extraordinary response to the Mars retrograde. I will share it with you when it is available.

In the meantime….we recite the Gayatri together.
The Gayatri mantra (Vedic prayer to illuminate the intelligence) is a sacred mantra demonstrating the unity that underlies manifoldness in creation.
– The Gayatri may be considered as having three parts:
(1) praise, (2) meditation, and (3) prayer.
– an appeal is made to the Divine to awaken and strengthen the intellect, the discriminating faculty of the one who recites it.
– It embodies all Deities.
– It is descriptive, meditational, and prayerful.
– It calls forth purity in thought, word & deed.
– intelligence and intuition are developed by recitation of the Gayatri
– it protects the (five) Life forces within our bodies
– it is a Trinity of the senses, the mind, and speech
– there is unity of body, mind, soul & spirit
– Gayatri means ‘that which saves, when repeated’! It is the torch of spiritual wisdom (jnana).
– the vibrations (syllables, sounds, tones) of the Gayatri “protect us from harm.”
– the atmosphere around us is visibly illumined
– the Divine descends upon us & illumined our intellect, lights our Path & provides peace in our lives
– it improves our speech and reduces effects of wrong acts, it relieves distress, relieves us of illness, bestows upon us all that is beneficial
– Subtle powers emerge of goodness, and like sunrise after the night, the Gayatri mantra dispels the darkness of ignorance
– The Gayatri promotes knowledge, wisdom and discrimination, goodwill, joy, bliss, health, discipline & knowledge of God.

“Let the effulgence of the Divine dispel the darkness of ignorance.”

We contemplate the glory of Light illuminating the three worlds: physical, subtle, and causal.
We pray for the Divine Light to illumine our minds.

“I am that vivifying power, love, radiant illumination, and divine grace of universal intelligence.”

The meaning of the Sanskrit words:
“May the Almighty God illuminate
our minds to lead us along the Pathway of Truth”.

Om bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥtát savitúr váreṇyaṃ
bhárgo devásya dhīmahi
dhíyo yó naḥ pracodáyāt
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The Gayatri (2 translations)

O Thou Who givest sustenance to the universe
From Whom all things proceed
To Whom all things return
Unveil to us the face of the true Spiritual Sun

Hidden by a disc of golden Light

That we may know the Truth
And do our whole duty

As we journey to Thy sacred feet.

(another translation):
Oh God! Thou art the Giver of Life,
Remover of pain and sorrow,

The Bestower of happiness,

Oh! Creator of the Universe,

May we receive thy supreme darkness-destroying light,

May Thou guide our intellect in the right direction.

Om shanti shanti shanti. Risa