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Prana is the vital, psychic and spiritual force that sustains the actions and the manifestations of both the body and the mind. It is subjugated by these as a horse is harnessed to a carriage and is directed by the mind exactly along the paths where it wants to travel in order to fulfil its wishes. The great wise men and the masters of this planet, regardless of the tradition they belonged, have revealed the fact that there exists a fundamental and divine energy that transcends the time and the space, that impregnates all the things and the beings in the universe and that influences the life and the health of all living beings. Its existence has unanimously been recognized since the oldest times, being called different names. The yogis call it prana, the Polynesians and the Hawaiians call it mana, the Chinese people – qi and the Japanese people – ki. Hypocrates called it Vis Mediatrix Naturae and Galen called it Pneuma. In the works of the wise Hermes Trismegistos this energy is mentioned under the name of Telesma. |
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Most people believe that the doctrine of reincarnation and Karma is fatalistic, denying the individual’s right to live his own life and destroying his ideals by a structure of inevitable circumstances. Therefore, the first question should be: is there or not a free will? This philosophy appears to deny the man’s power to make choices. The free will might imply the fact that the man is free to be whatever he wants to be. This is obviously impossible. He has the right to choose among the things he is capable to do. As there are many levels of one’s capabilities, the power to choose is also different for each individual. |
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 Bhuvaneshwari (or Buvanesi as she is also called in certain areas in India) is the fourth Great Cosmic Power in the Hindu tantric pantheon. This Great Cosmic Power is worshipped as the Great Goddess protecting all worlds of Manifestation. Actually this attribute of the goddess is symbolized by her very name, meaning the Glorious Queen or Governess (Ishvari) of the entire Creation, with all the worlds (Bhuvana) it containes. Bhuvaneshwari is the creator of Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Ether, of the entire Nature ( Prakriti), of the Sun and the Moon. In other words, she is the Divine Mother protecting all worlds. Therefore the whole Macrocosm stands as her body and the countless existing beings represent her precious jewels and adornments.
The material regarding the Great Cosmic Power Bhuvaneshwari is structured along several chapters:
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The traditional texts state that the 10 Great Cosmic Powers are the 10 fundamental facets of God in manifestation. Thus in order to know God, the aspirant must gradually merge with each of the 10 Great Cosmic Powers. It is also said that each of them can lead the persevering aspirant to Absolute Knowledge. These stages are only guidelines, as they can be more or less significant for each individual aspirant. However in close analysis, one will discover each of these stages in their path. Each stage is consecutive; each begins when the previous stage is over, and ends when the next stage begins. |
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Maha Vidya Yoga is the path of the adoration of the 10 Great Cosmic Powers. In the traditional texts it asserts that the 10 Great Cosmic Powers are the 10 fundamental faces of God in manifestation. Therefore, so to know God the aspirant has to gradually merge with every one of the 10 Great Cosmic Powers. It is also said that every one of them (the 10 Great Cosmic Powers) can help the perseverant aspirant to reach the Absolute knowledge. Therefore, the terrible force of time, the grace of endless compassion, blind beauty, all encompassing vision, endless courage, the power of sacrifice, fascinating brightness, the sublime void, the expressive game, rapturous harmony…. all these are the faces or the different cosmic personalities of the Supreme Feminine Energy, each one of them leading the human being to the Ultimate Reality. |
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