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The Effect of Energy Field of Agnihotra on Water Purification

Dr Ulrich Berk from Germany has conducted several scientific experiments with Agnihotra.One experiment was conducted at the Homa Therapy Goshala in Maheshwar, MP, India in 2013. The experiment is important because it shows that there is an energy field around Agnihotra which causes the purification effect in water and this energy is not of the known electromagnetic type.

Agnihotra is a special fire performed exactly at the time of sunrise and sunset in a copper pyramid. It comes from ancient Vedic Knowledge. Agnihotra is said to purify the environment and especially it has been found to have profound impact in mitigating water pollution problem. The present study shows that water will be purified if it is kept in a room where Agnihotra is regularly performed. Water purification also happens if water bottles are kept inside a Faraday Cage in the Agnihotra room. These results suggest that Agnihotra creates an energy field beyond the electromagnetic field which has profound impact. Availability of potable drinking water is becoming increasingly a worldwide problem. Dumping of industrial wastes, radiation coming from the bowels of the earth and from a number of human activities, atmospheric pollution, all are affecting availability of water suitable for human consumption and for agricultural use. This, coupled with acid rains further aggravates the situation. Therefore, inexpensive and easily available methods of water purification are becoming more and more important. Some reports suggest that the ancient method of Agnihotra may offer a cheap and affordable solution.

Preliminary tests have shown that if Agnihotra ash is added to polluted water, it gets purified (Mondkar¹, Gerlecka², Matlander³). Further, Matlander showed that if you not only add Agnihotra ash to water but also keep the water in Agnihotra atmosphere (in a room where Agnihotra is performed regularly), the reduction of pathogenic bacteria is higher.

Sharma⁴ then went one step further and did not add Agnihotra ash but just kept water bottles next to a Somayag (a long lasting process of fire purification – but which is also based on the principles of Agnihotra). Observation was that also in this case water was purified. But since the bottles were open, a chemical effect of smoke particles cannot be excluded. Sharma⁵ also showed that Agnihotra atmosphere not just locally purifies water but leads to the purification of a whole river in its vicinity. The object of the present experiment was to see whether just Agnihotra atmosphere without any effect of Agnihotra ash or Agnihotra smoke would be able to improve water quality (Agnihotra atmosphere has been reported to have a positive effect on the sprouting of seeds, see Devi/Swamy/Nagendra⁶).

A first test showed that after a period of 5 days the count of Coliform bacteria was reduced by more than 50% compared to control (same water kept in the laboratory during these 5 days).

As any chemical reaction with either ash or smoke of Agnihotra was excluded the effect could only be in terms of physics. This leads to the assumption that regular performance of Agnihotra creates some kind of energy field which helps to purify water. But which kind of energy field could this be?

In every day life the most common energy fields are electromagnetic fields. Could it be that electromagnetic fields lead to the purification effect of Agnihotra on water?

In order to find out whether electromagnetic fields generated by Agnihotra are responsible for the improvement of water quality the following systematic studies were designed. It is well known that Faraday Cages shield electromagnetic waves. Therefore, if the effects of Agnihotra on water are (partly) based on some electromagnetic waves, then there would be no (less) change in the parameters of water quality if this water is kept in such Faraday Cages. This was to be tested.

Materials and methods

1) Agnihotra Agnihotra is the smallest and basic Homa healing fire which is performed in a copper pyramid of fixed size and shape, tuned to the biorhythm of sunrise/sunset. It comes from the ancient most Vedic Sciences of Bioenergy, Medicine, Agriculture and Climate Engineering. This knowledge has been revived by Shree Gajanan Maharaj from Akkalkot, Maharashtra last century and taught worldwide by his disciple Shree Vasant Paranjpe⁷. A compilation of recent research on Agnihotra and Homa Therapy is given in Berk/Johnson 2009⁸

In this ancient tradition sunrise is described as follows:

“At sunrise the many fires, electricities, ethers and more subtle energies emanating from the sun extend all the way to the Earth and produce a flood effect at those coordinates where the sun is said to rise. It is awesome. The flood enlivens and purifies everything in its path, destroying what is impure in its wake. This torrent of life-sustaining energies causes all life to rejoice. At sunrise that music can be heard. The morning Agnihotra Mantra is the essence of that music. It is the quintessential sound of that flood. At sunset the flood recedes” (Paranjpe 1989).

1) The materials used for present study consist of following: A pyramid shaped copper container, 14.5 cm x 14.5 cm at the top, 5.25 x5.25 cm at the bottom and 6.5 cm in height.

2) Fire prepared with cow dung patties duly smeared with cow’s ghee and its offering to fire along with chanting following Agnihotra Mantras. At sunrise: Sooryáya swáhá, sooryáya idam na mama prajápataye swáhá, prajápataye idam na mama At sunset: Agnaye swáhá, agnaye idam na mama prajápataye swáhá,prajápataye idam na mama

2) Conducting the experiment

For the experiment water was taken with a bucket from the Narmada River in Mandleshwar, Madhya Pradesh, India (22° 10′ 29” North, 75° 39′ 59” East). The water was stirred and then distributed into glass bottles for experimentation.

Three bottles for control were immediately brought to the laboratory of Shri Umia College, Mandleshwar, MP (first two replications) and of AIMS College, Dhamnod, MP (third replication plus several control experiments). The measurements took place between October 2012 and February 2014.

Seventeen bottles were brought to the Homa Therapy Goshala in Maheshwar, MP. Three each of the bottles filled with water were put in containers made of stainless steel, copper and aluminum, respectively. Care was taken that there was no direct contact between the bottles and the metal containers. At the bottom of the metal containers a piece of dried cow dung was placed and at the sides a distance of one cm was kept. Then, the metal containers were closed with a tightly fitting lid in order to get Faraday Cages.

In addition to these 9 water bottles enclosed in metal containers for comparison, also 8 bottles without metal containers (filled with the same water from Narmada River) were used.

All these bottles were placed in the Agnihotra hut at Maheshwar Homa Therapy Goshala where Agnihotra has been performed regularly exactly at sunrise and sunset. No other activities are going on in this Agnihotra hut, and no words other than mantras related to Agnihotra are spoken there.

Figs. 1 & 2 show both shielded and unshielded bottles in the Agnihotra hut, and Fig. 3 shows the arrangement of all water bottles for the experiment.

Fig. 1 – Left side: Water bottles in metal Fig. 2 – Right side: Unshielded bottles containers

Fig. 3 – Array of shielded and unshielded bottles. One circle – unshielded bottle. Two circles – shielded bottle, metal is indicated

Agnihotra is performed in the left-hand pyramid. The temperature in the Agnihotra hut (where the experimental samples were kept) and the office room of the laboratory (where the control samples were kept) showed only minor differences.

After 5 days all water samples were taken out from the Agnihotra hut and brought to the laboratory for testing. These samples plus those kept there for control were examined for the most important physico-chemical parameters of water: Dissolved Oxygen (DO), pH, Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), hardness, and count of Coliform bacteria.

Physico-chemical parameters of water were determined as per standard methods of APHA9 and Welch¹⁰

Parameters like temperature, pH, Dissolved Oxygen (DO), and turbidity were determined at the site, while other parameters like Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), chloride, phosphate, nitrate, alkalinity, free CO2, total solids were determined in the laboratory.

The tests were conducted according to single blind protocol: To prevent bias in the results all bottles were marked with numbers only before testing in the laboratory.

Results and discussion

The experiment was done with three replications. All showed considerable improvements in water quality compared to control in all the five parameters tested. Table 1 shows the results in detail, Table 2 shows the percentage changes as compared to control.

Fig. 4 is a graphical representation comparing properties of all the water samples kept in Agnihotra atmosphere versus control. There was a general improvement of water quality in all the parameters measured as compared to control. These changes are consistent through all three replications.

Although there was some difference between the water samples kept in metal containers and the samples kept in bottles regarding DO, pH, and COD, this difference was rather small compared to the difference with control (Fig. 5).

Also, there were some differences between the different kinds of metal containers – but again these differences were small compared to the difference with control. Further, experiments could look deeper into these differences.

The main results with all three replications and all parameters of water quality are that:

a) Agnihotra atmosphere helps to purify water.

b) This effect of purification is there whether or not the water samples are kept in Faraday Cages.

The conclusion seems natural that there is some kind of energy field around Agnihotra which is not of the known electromagnetic type and which is not shielded by Faraday Cages. If someone has some alternative explanation it would be interesting to hear about that.

More detailed discussion

The biggest variation between the samples kept in bottles inside the 3 different metal containers was in Dissolved Oxygen (DO). Water kept in stainless steel showed much pronounced effect, while impact was least in water kept in aluminum container.

Also, there was some difference between the samples just kept in bottles and the samples where the bottles where kept in these metal containers acting as Faraday Cages: samples in Faraday Cages showed less improvement. One possible explanation for that result could be related to temperature. It is known that DO is affected much by the prevailing temperature. Temperature in the Agnihotra hut was measured before/after Agnihotra (at a distance of appr. 50 cm from the fire). Normally the temperature went up by 10 C after Agnihotra and came down to the value before Agnihotra within 20 or 30 minutes. Probably this small change of temperature which also lasted for a short time band can be neglected.

Possible that metal containers absorb the infrared radiations from the Agnihotra fire and store the heat for longer time so that inside the containers the temperature is increased for longer time than outside. But then one would expect the samples in the containers next to the Agnihotra fire to have least Dissolved Oxygen (DO) and those furthest away the highest level of DO. The data are not conclusive in this respect. Still, this hypothesis can be tested in future experiments by putting some temperature sensor inside the metal containers.

The main result though is not affected by these variations between the three replications and between the bottles in different materials used for shielding – the significant improvement of water quality of all parameters which were measured if the water is kept in Agnihotra atmosphere.

Containers of metals like copper, steel, or aluminum work well as a Faraday Cage to shield electromagnetic waves of a wide range. But if you go to the end of very high energy radiation (like gamma rays), these containers used cannot prevent rays from penetrating inside. For further studies, it is suggested to do an experiment in which a container of lead is used instead. One centimetre of wall thickness should be enough to at least make a difference in the effect on water. The present study showed some interesting observations in mitigating water pollution problem. Considering importance further systematic research studies are suggested. The experimental design can be modified in different directions:

a) Have samples at different distances from the Agnihotra pyramid (The distances inside the Agnihotra hut varied from 50 cm to approximately 3 m – this did not have a clear effect on the results). Samples could be placed outside the Agnihotra hut at different distances. This would also help to see whether the effects of Agnihotra energy field inside and outside of the Agnihotra hut are same at same distance or not.

b) Put the samples in a room where Agnihotra has never been performed before and will be just performed for the 5 days of the experiment. This would help to find out whether the energy field is building up over a period of time.

Possible also to put the samples in an Agnihotra hut with continuous Agnihotra for several years-but not perform Agnihotra during the time of the experiment and see whether the energy field of Agnihotra is still present after some time of nonperformance.

c) Keep the samples one day only, two days, etc. to see how fast these changes in water quality happen – and also continue for say 30 days to see whether the improvement continues or stops at some point. Most interesting though is the question: which kind of energy field is created by Agnihotra and how this type of energy field brings about the changes in water quality (assuming the possibility of high energy electromagnetic waves which can not be shielded by the type of Faraday Cage used can be excluded).

Table 2 – Percentage changes as compared to control

Fig. 4 – Comparison of properties of water kept in Agnihotra atmosphere versus control (%)

Fig. 5 – Comparison of properties of water kept in Agnihotra atmosphere (in unshielded bottles and bottles with shields from different materials) versus control (%)

For future studies, two hypotheses are suggested:

1) There are microorganisms in polluted water which are activated by Agnihotra energy field and thus help to improve properties of water.

2) Agnihotra creates an energy field in the vicinity which is not confined to electromagnetic fields. The first hypothesis requires further studies in the field of Microbiology, identifying microorganisms which can help improve water quality and examine closely how their activity is influenced by Agnihotra atmosphere.

The second hypothesis puts a challenge for physicists. The pyramid shape of the Agnihotra vessel probably plays some role – not much researched yet, but there are some preliminary studies in this field¹¹.

An important study would be: which kind of energy field could this be? One possibility is “Prana” energy – but then this concept of “Prana” has to be translated into the language of modern science, and especially methods of measuring Prana energy will be required¹².

A lot of interesting further studies are necessary, and these could help to get a better understanding of such basic Vedic concepts as “Prana” in terms of modern Science. All scientists from different disciplines are invited to join forces!

References

1 Mondkar A, Agnihotra and Microbes, A Laboratory Experience, Satsang, 9 (20) (1982) 2-7.

2 Gerlecka E, Observations with Agnihotra Ash and Water, Satsang, 16 (1-3) (1988) 11.

3 Matlander J, Study of the Effect of Agnihotra Ash on Pathogenic Bacteria, Unpublished Paper, 2013.

4 Sharma S, Water Quality Purification Through Homa Therapy, will be published in 2014.

5 Sharma S, Sengupta T & Kapil S, Somayag Influences on Different Parameters of Narmada River, Indian Res Comm, 5(1) (2011) 55-56.

6 Devi HJ, Swamy NVC & Nagendra HR, Effect of Agnihotra on the germination of rice seeds, Indian J Tradit Knowle, 3(3) (2004) 231-239.

7 Paranjpe VV, Homa Therapy – Our Last Chance, (Fivefold Path Inc., Madison, VA, USA), 1989.

8 Berk U & Johnson B, Bringing Homa Farming into the Mainstream of Indian Agricultural System, (Fivefold Path Publications, Dhule), 2009.

9 APHA (American Public Health Association): Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 21st edn, American Water Works Association and Water Pollution Control Federation, Washington, D.C 2002.

10 Welch PS, Limnological methods, (McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York), 1998.

11 Itagi RK, Swamy NVC & Nagendra HR, Effect of Pyramids on Microorganisms, Indian J Tradit Knowle, 4(4) (2005) 373-379. 12 Recently there are different methods which seem to do that – like PIP (Polycontrast Interference Photography), GDV (Gas Discharge Visualization technique, developed by K. Korotkov on the basis of Kirlian photography), and Life Energy Meter measurements.

More research with these methods is planned for the future.

Agnihotra and Radioactivity

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One Eastern European scientist said:

“Normally scientists will not understand easily how radioactivity can be neutralised by doing AGNIHOTRA. They always think of burning something as a chemical process only. But if it is only a chemical process then the nuclei of the atoms would not be changed. And therefore radioactivity could not be affected at all.But in the last few years there were some articles on so-called ‘Cold Fusion’ where under quite normal conditions in laboratories, atoms were fused. Most scientists do not believe that this is possible. However, these reports were correct. In the Agnihotra process there is also something like cold fusion. This explains how radioactivity can be eliminated. The brainwaves of a person sitting near Agnihotra have an impact on the flame. If you measure the frequencies of the flame by some optical methods we could get something like EEG without even touching that person.”

AGNIHOTRA ASH AND RADIOACTIVITY

After the Chernobyl nuclear accident, a meeting was held in Munich, between scientists of former Soviet Union and what was then West Germany. The presentation was made by Soviet scientists.

Some of the things discussed were as follows:
We have confirmed that the Agnihotra ash is the only absolutely pure substance which can work directly against radioactivity. It is working on a very simple principle. Our body is not able to recognize different elements like for example atoms of iron, and even less if they are radioactive or not. For example I eat an iron atom with my food and my body is not able to recognize it. When my body is filled with non-radioactive elements, then all that is coming in from any radioactive element will be thrown out; that is the principle of metabolism. Be it caesium, iron or any other element. We need caesium every day, iodine too, but when I take this same non-radioactive elements before, through the intake of Agnihotra ash, radioactive elements will not stay in the body; they come in and go out again! That means that from the Agnihotra ash we can make tablets and they act against radioactivity! Each scientist must say yes to this possibility!

But the cow dung, the ghee, the rice, all the substances used for Agnihotra process should not be radioactive. I know that in India and in Australia these substances are not polluted. We should start to produce Agnihotra ash tablets, either in India or in Europe, but with non-radioactive substances. This must be done in mass scale! I’m sorry to say that we shall start this as a “business”, but is for helping humanity! Chernobyl was very dangerous, but today it’s even more dangerous. Before the radioactive elements were in the air – now they are in the soil…. Europe is suffering! Children don’t have enough non-radioactive elements. Of course the TVs, newspapers and radios don’t speak about the real situation, but the scientists and experts know that it’s very dangerous. Every day becomes more and more difficult. Again I say that we must produce Agnihotra ash tablets!

In the Agnihotra ash there are 92 elements! We have to check the elements that are in the ash. Then we have to know how is the quality and the amount of each of these elements within the ash and how much Agnihotra ash a man needs for his daily dose. The main point is, that the elements of Agnihotra ash have not become radioactive. All medical medicine, every tablet, vitamin, etc. are radioactive, especially in Europe. So the two important points are, that Agnihotra ash contains more elements than any tablet known up to now and secondly, the conventional tablets are radioactive and Agnihotra ash is not radioactive! An example: the cow takes 92 elements when she eats grass and during the whole cycle 92 elements go out daily. So 92 elements go in, 92 go out and within the cow there also remain 92 elements all the time. That is the cycle. The same happens with every animal. It is only a difference in the concentration of the elements. Cows, men and goats have quite a similar concentration of these elements. When we take the product of a cow, what comes out has all the 92 elements! A cow is like a factory producing ghee and cowdung! Ghee has about 90% carbon. It is very rare, to find such an amount of carbon in any substance. The analysis of the Agnihotra ash will show if there is some radioactive carbon in the ghee. After the burning of the ghee it is not an organic material anymore. It becomes again a mineral substance. The mineral is again prepared to be returned to the earth. The burning process can take place by Agnihotra. The input and output weight are the same. Both cannot undergo any change. The atomic weight of the carbon is 6, and it does not change. You can burn it, you can feed a cow with it, or give it to a person, it always has the same weight. Here the scientists think in a different way. They think it is not the same if carbon is going through a man’s or a cow’s body, the weight remains the same, but within the carbon there are some subatomic particles. The physicist has found – beside protons, neutrons and electrons – about 2223 subatomic particles, but science does not know what to do with them. Why they are like that, nobody knows.

Dr Miroslav Haber on Radioactivity

In physiological terms the body constantly exchanges all its elements (not cells). There are only some exceptions, like the lenses of the eyes and some parts of the nervous system. The mechanism of this exchange of elements in the body is not exactly known. For this exchange the body constantly needs elements like calcium, copper, iron etc. As long as these elements are not radioactive the body functions normally. Our body can deal well with the natural radioactivity which has been existing since millions of years on this planet. However, since the Chernobyl accident we are dealing with a much increased manmade radioactivity. Many radioactive elements like Caesium, Iodine, Iron, etc. have fallen onto this earth. The half-life period of these isotopes is rather high for some of them. They went from the air into the earth, from there into our food – salads vegetables, fruits. Through our food we absorb radioactive elements. This is because our body cannot distinguish whether an element is radioactive or not, and thus it absorbs the element without selection. Once a radioactive element is stored in the body it radiates all the time (like a lighthouse) and destroys the cells in its surroundings. The body reacts with an infection (with luck the radioactive element is thereby thrown out of the body) or it reacts by forming a tumor, a cancer.

How can we avoid the absorption of radioactive elements into our body? The answer is simple – we have to give the body each element in a natural (non-radioactive) form. Once the body is saturated with these elements, any radioactive versions of these elements thereafter are not absorbed by the body any longer. It very quickly gets rid of them. The newly absorbed non-radioactive elements will by and by replace the radioactive substances which we had absorbed in earlier time and which our body had stored.

Now where do we get these non-radioactive elements from in order to protect our body? The experiment that was conducted some time ago has shown that the Agnihotra ash (which at the time was produced by about 40 participants according to special directions of Dr Haber) was not radioactive, even though the ingredients were radioactive. (Till now we do not have an explanation of how this is possible – but the measurements of this effect were very clear.)

How this mechanism of changing radioactive elements into non-radioactive elements works we do not yet understand. It cannot be explained neither by modern chemistry nor by physics. But the result has been tested several times with always the same outcome: The Agnihotra ash just had natural radioactivity.

Also the Agnihotra ash contains all the 92 natural chemical elements. In this way the body’s total requirement can be covered. Therefore it is suggested to everybody to eat say a teaspoon of Agnihotra ash before every meal. Most important is in the morning. An easier way would be to make tablets from the ash which can easily be taken (as people are used to take tablets). Dr Haber stated that it will be necessary to produce big quantities of Agnihotra ash, he said: “in barrels”.

But also plants should get Agnihotra ash because they face the same problem of radioactivity.

Tuning In

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By Patricia Norton

Take a moment and breathe. Be still. Listen.

What sounds surround you as you read these words? Do you feel nourished and inspired by them? Or irritated and depleted? For better or worse, what your body assimilates as audible sound directly affects your mental, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing. Over time, it affects your physical health, too.

We can learn to harness the power of sound, applying it therapeutically with compassionate intention to encourage relaxation and healing. Sound healing has been practiced in all the world’s cultures, some even consider it a sacred science that dates back to prehistoric times. Indigenous cultures from Africa, Australia, and the Americas have drummed, rattled, and chanted to heal and connect with Spirit. Egyptians have ritually chanted vowel sounds in specific keys to clear and restore balance to the chakra system. Christians have used Gregorian chant as prayer. Buddhists in the Himalayas have recited sacred healing chants and used Himalayan metal bowls and tingshas to summon attention to the present moment, restore the body, and connect to Spirit.While many of these traditions continue today, this ancient art has seemingly vanished in developed western societies. Since the Industrial Revolution, an increasingly technology-laden and fast-paced society has separated us from our deeper needs, communion with nature, and Divine connection. Along the way, our world became a lot noisier. It wasn’t until 1936, when acoustic researchers discovered ultrasound, that the potential for sound to heal resurrected. Now with recent studies repeatedly suggesting that most of our illnesses today are stress-related, therapeutic sound is rapidly gaining in popularity.

Healing sounds send electrochemical impulses to the brain, slowing the body’s respiration and heart rate (Joshua Leeds, The Power of Sound: How to Manage Your Personal Soundscape for a Vital, Productive, and Healthy Life (Healing Arts Press, 2001). Our body releases its natural painkillers, endorphins, and serotonin, and we journey into a state of deep relaxation. With regular practice, we can maintain a state of consciousness that allows us to live from a calmer, more balanced perspective. As sound healing expert Mitchell Gaynor, M.D., explains, “One reason sound heals on a physical level is because it so deeply touches and transforms us on the emotional and spiritual planes.”

You can harness the healing power of sound in many ways. The most simple, perhaps, is merely listening. Music can bring your body into blissful relaxation or ecstatic joy. A hike through a forest to soak up the sounds of nature can calm the nervous system, as can a stroll along the beach listening to the waves lapping the shore.

You can create your own healing sounds, as well. Try using your own voice, which is said to be the most healing instrument of all. Using a wordless language of vowels, elongated and sounded with intent, vocal toning is a technique that stimulates an ‘internal massage.’ The movement of your breath and diaphragm, and the tones that you produce, help you release and balance, accept or create. Toning isn’t singing; it’s not about having a good voice. It is about expressing emotions.

Singing does have its own healing benefits, however, and they have received some recent attention in the media. Doctors have encouraged Arizona Senator Gabby Giffords to sing old songs attention in the media. Doctors have encouraged Arizona Senator Gabby Giffords to sing old songs as she recovers from the gunshot wounds inflicted during her attempted assassination in January 2011. Because singing balances the left and right hemispheres of the brain, it has not only helped her learn how to talk again, but the doctors credit music for helping her to walk!

You can also create healing sounds using instruments. If you’ve learned to play a musical instrument, set aside a little time each day and allow your emotions to play through it. Some instruments, such as hand drums, are particularly well-suited for sound healing. Ancient rhythmic drumbeats are believed to release emotional pain and negative emotions and promote feelings of play and community. Drumming changes our beta brainwaves to alpha, bringing feelings of wellbeing and euphoria.

Singing bowls are another powerful healing instrument. Those made of quartz crystal contain the full spectrum of light, the colors of which are related to the seven chakras (energy centers in the body). The tones from these bowls are therefore believed to heal the listener by bringing pure light through sound back into the human aura. The effect multiplies with the purity of the bowl’s sound and the player’s intention. Other singing bowls, originating in ancient Tibet, are made using seven to twelve metals, depending on what region in the Himalayas they were made. They are hand-hammered with Vedic chanting and are said to reverberate the blessings of these chants. It is believed that when singing bowls are placed on the body, they can clear energetic and emotional ‘blocks’ and promote healing.

Sound healing, as a holistic modality, has a small but growing number of practitioners who have chosen to take up this work, often studying the ancient traditions. In a typical sound healing session, the client lies down and the practitioner guides them through some simple breathing techniques to help initiate deep relaxation. A variety of instruments may then be used to nourish overall energy patterns. Sound healing reduces anxiety and depression, physical pain, and insomnia. It improves overall energy, memory, and health. It can accelerate post-surgical recovery time and enhance a deep sense of peace. Sound therapy also blends wonderfully with other modalities, and clients can benefit from receiving massage, psychotherapy, yoga, acupuncture, or other energy work at the same time.

Whether you receive a professionally tuned session, listen to healing sound, or create it with your own voice, drum, or bowl, sound has the power to heal you. As sound healer Tom Kenyon has said, “Sound vibration speaks to our soul and to our bodies. It bypasses the cognitive mind, and when that happens a door opens and people can go through that door and discover miracles and mysteries in themselves that they never imagined.”

(Article originally published in Healing Arts Press, 2001)

About the Author
Patricia Norton is a certified Sound Therapist. She offers group and individual sound sessions around Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Patricia presents Sound Immersion educational workshops. www.soundimmersion.net

IN POLAND:
Ecovillage Bhrugu Aranya in Poland conducts Sound & Fire healing circles for groups and individual sessions with crystal bowls, toning and chakra yantrams.

For further information contact: info@homatherapypoland.org

Another HOMA Farm in India Receives a Government Award

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Mr Anand Gaikwad and his wife, Lata have 8 acres mango, lime and sapota garden near Thane in Maharashtra.
This “Krishi Bhushan” award was handed over by the Hon. Chief Minister of Maharashtra – Shri Prithviraj Chavan.
It is the third award a Homa farm receives from the government, after Mr. Abhay Mutalik Desai (Krishi Pandit) and Mrs. Asha Naik (ASPEE L.M. PATEL “FARMER OF THE YEAR” award).

Mr. Anand V. Gaikwad writes:
“My wife Lata and myself decided to buy the farm land sometime in the year 1993 in Dahagaon, Taluka Kalyan, District, Thane.

Lata has a Ph.D. in Pollution Biology and I have professional qualification with focus on corporate legislation and corporate governance responsibility. In the initial years up to 1998 we had to follow the agricultural practices of conventional farming (i.e. chemical farming) as we had not studied and practiced organic farming. But after 1998 we decided to go organic. Then in 2010 a Homa Resonance Point was established. Our Homa farm is now certified organic by “NOCA” under both “NPOP” and “NPO” Standards (USDA).

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“Our organic farm under Homa atmosphere at present is fully developed. Our Orchard is inter-cropped with vegetables and other produce, which are available throughout the year. All the products of the farm are of excellent quality.
Besides, it is becoming a trainings center and a place for Agro-Tourism where we will be able to show and demonstrate to the visiting guests like organic farmers, students of agricultural colleges / Universities, officers from the Agricultural Departments as well as the public in general, (who as consumers are showing their keen interest in organic farm produce), the blessings of an organic Homa farm.”

Agnihotra and The Spiritual Ecologist

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By Rory Maher

As I sit still and look out across the gardens and fields, there is so much going on! The sights, the smells, the sounds, the fragrant flowers being warmed by the early morning heat of the sun, the bees busy with their daily activity, the singing of birds, the flapping of wings, the buzzing of a multitude of insects.

Beyond the fields, a forest of lush green trees is swaying in the breeze. So much life, so much dependence on one another, and everything stands in delicate balance – layer upon layer upon layer of mutuality and interconnectedness – the sun, the seasons, the rain. The wildlife, earthworms, microbes and fungi. Life, decay, rebirth.

And in this balance stands man. What is our role in all this wondrous creation? I will share with you what I feel deep down in my being. We are stewards of this Earth. Alongside our personal journeys, we are duty bound to care for this beautiful planet.

A large portion of humanity appears to have forgotten this. Many that do sense this duty feel powerless against the systems that treat the world otherwise. Science and logic have broken life down into components and stripped away the sacredness of creation. Technology and cities have separated many from the natural cycles of the Earth, the moon, the seasons.

Creation is perfect. And to His creative palette the Divine added a special ingredient –Love. For where there is beauty, there is Love. Where there is harmony and peace, there is Love. There is a Spirit that flows through all creation, and it is bound with Love.

We are created out of love. That same spirit that runs through creation runs through us. And yet it seems that man is ignorant of his true nature and has rebelled against Mother Nature.

On a planetary scale, it is clear to see that the world has gone mad. We are destroying it environmentally, and the reliance on an oil-based economy perpetuates that destruction. As the media fills our minds with negative impressions, as corporate greed prioritizes short term gains, and as the destruction of our planet hangs by a thread, it is easy to feel disillusioned.

All spiritual paths teach that to change the world we must also change ourselves. How can there be peace in the world if we are not at peace within? How can we stop violence and war if we ourselves cannot practice ‘Love thy neighbour as thyself?’ However, it is also the time of action, of the peaceful warrior.

Mahatma Gandhi and Mother Teresa were peaceful warriors. They all balanced their spiritual life with action, or service to their fellow man. They moved mountains through their faith, devotion, service and humility. Today, the need of the hour is for the spiritual ecologist.

There is one tool that has been resuscitated in our hour of need that unites the spiritual and ecological, one science that can help heal our planet and our physical, mental and spiritual bodies. This is the ancient science of Homa Therapy and Agnihotra. Thanks to Agnihotra, the spiritual ecologist today can be an environmental activist, as can a teacher, lawyer, nurse, or bus driver. Anyone from any walk of life can make a meaningful contribution to helping the environment and create an atmosphere conducive to meditation, contemplation and self-development.

How would you like to be able to neutralize the effects of pollution and radiation in the atmosphere, soil and water and to be able to grow nutritionally rich foods without the use of chemical fertilizers and herbicides? How would it be if you could create an environment where all of nature is in harmony, where the vibration is one of love? Would you weave a life around a tool that unites hearts, which gives back to the earth instead of just taking?

The science of Homa Therapy comes from Ayurveda, the most ancient source of knowledge known to man. It is the science of the purification of the atmosphere via the medium of special fires tuned to the biorhythms of the Earth. The most important of these ‘Yajnya’ fires is Agnihotra, which is a small fire performed in a copper pyramid at sunrise and sunset specifically. At these special times of the day a wave of life giving electricities and energies flood the planet. Birds wait for this magical time of sunrise with joyous song. Agnihotra taps into these subtle energies to purify the atmosphere, neutralizing pollution and radiation.

Homa Therapy is the practical application of Agnihotra and additional healing fires to medicine, organic farming/gardening, ecological rejuvenation and psychotherapy.

The basic idea of Agnihotra is ‘You heal the atmosphere and the healed atmosphere heals you!’

Agnihotra balances the Prana in the atmosphere, the subtle substance called Chi by the Chinese, which has a calming effect on the mind and veers it towards positive thought patterns. In addition, the healing energy of the Agnihotra fire becomes locked in the resultant ash. Simple yet powerful remedies can be made at home from this ash and thousands of people around the world have experienced healing from using this ancient Ayurvedic medicine.

Homa Therapy is the ecological weapon to combat genetically modified farming. It is the instrument to heal the planet of pollution and radiation in the air, soil and water. It surrounds you in protective armour. It arms us with powerful holistic remedies that are simple to prepare at home. It brings peace to the mind and nourishes the soul with the vibration of love. Agnihotra is the tool of the Spiritual Ecologist.

The beauty of this fire is that it is so easy to perform. There are thousands of individuals performing Agnihotra on each continent, and their lives have been richly improved by it. Many people today are listening to their hearts and feel the call to join or create intentional communities. They feel the need in their souls to search for like-minded pioneers to bring in a new way of living in harmony with Nature. At Ecovillage Bhrugu Aranya we have been doing just that for nearly twenty years.

Ecovillage Bhrugu Aranya is an ecological/educational centre and Homa Organic farm. The atmosphere here is infused with high vibrations created by the healing fires that are performed daily. It is also an international community where each individual is committed to working on spiritual self-development and teaching the many applications of Homa Therapy.

We are fifteen people that include artists, musicians, gardeners, healers, herbalists, authors, film makers, therapists, designers, mothers, fathers, elders, children, as well as cows, honey bees, dogs, cats, ducks and Sonata, the horse. Between us we speak Polish, English, Spanish, German and French. But the true village size includes many people close to our hearts who are around the world living and spreading the life and knowledge of an intentional Homa lifestyle for free.

Bhrugu Aranya Ecovillage is like no other place. It has been said that it is Poland’s best-kept secret, which is a shame as we would like as many people as possible to discover it and experience its unique taste of life. Since the early days, we have welcomed guests who come to learn Agnihotra and Homa Therapy. Visitors have experienced healing by working on the land and being in the Homa atmosphere.

As a village working towards sustainability, we are embarking on fulfilling a dream we have had for some time which is rapidly gaining momentum. It is time now to build a Centre of Light, where a greater number of people can come to experience life on a Homa organic farm ecovillage, learn Agnihotra, receive healing, and where we can offer workshops in Homa gardening, Agnihotra ash remedies, traditional herbal lore, mandala art therapy, vegetarian and wild food cuisine, music therapy, yoga and much more. The octagonal centre will be built using natural and ecological materials, and will become a hub of our community where we can better offer all our services and expand the knowledge of Homa Therapy.

A major shift on all levels is occurring on our beloved planet and this shift is accelerating dramatically. These times have been foretold by many cultures across many ages. They are times of rapid change and upheaval, but also of great renewal and movement toward the Light.

Hand in hand, hearts as one, let us be the peaceful warriors and seed the atmosphere with love. We are never powerless! The Earth stewards are returning!