Happy New Year

While the rest of the world was watching the news channel, drinking or at Times square waiting for the ball to fall, I was lying in bed. Right around midnight, Gurudev started talking and telling me things. I do not remember a lot. However, one of the few things that struck out was something he always told everyone that inorder to make spiritual progress “Granthi nu bhedan thavu joiye. Trana Granthi che. Brahma granthi, Vishnu Granthi ane Rudra Granthi. Brahma granthi Swadhisthana chakra ma che, Vishnu granthi manipur ane Rudra granthi anahata chakra”. Translation “To make spiritual progress one has to penetrate three knots called Brahma, Vishnu and Rudra. They are located at Swadhisthana, Mannipur and Anahata chakra” The three knots or granthi represent Rajas, Satwa and Tamas gunas. They are the A, U and M of Om.

So what does it mean to penetrate or untie the knots of the three granthis? Normally, when anything happens there is a reaction in one or two or three of the gunas immediately. This occurs in a fraction of a second. Most of the world gets entangled thereafter, a very few persistent sadhakas try to fight and contain the reaction and the sadhakas of the higher orders even prevent that initial fraction of a second reaction. Those who can prevent the initial, even fraction of a second reaction have penetrated or gone through the knots and are called Hansas.

This is called granthi bhedan. Without doing it successfully we cannot experience or enjoy going to the Agna chakra.