I realised
something was bothering you with those empty seats. Those are all for
the pitars. We can't see them. And I tell them beforehand we won't feed
them. Unless some of your pitars came with you and they're sitting
there. All those
seats are empty because they are having pitar pak – they put out
food for their relations who have passed on. But there's no use in
following that if we don't know why. Some people will request a
logical explanation by asking what happens to those souls kept in
'holding' that are not reborn. Good question. You don't know if your
uncle, grandfather or aunt is in 'holding' or has been reincarnated.
If they're reincarnated, then you're wasting your energy because
nobody as a pitar (wandering spirit) will come and consume the food.
The food you prepared so well, you leave outside. If they're not
reincarnated then on their death day, you should take food out for
the deceased so you give him or her a birthday gift in the astral
plane, that is when they first entered the astral realm after this
lifetime. On that day, according to my guru, is the perfect time to
take food out for those people that have passed on.
But here we follow without reason or
explanation - blindly - and we do pitar pak. For us who do the prayer
it's a great event because we can have good food. Every time we pray
it's an event: the food list comes out before the prayer list. As
soon as we have a prayer Ahok asks what we're going to eat. That is
how we work. So whether you pray or not at this time it doesn't
matter. But what matters is we should remember God at this time. And
if we're remembering God, it means we're praying.
You're in a catch-22 because the older
generation say we must not pray during this time, but they don't say
we mustn't go and gamble at Sibaya. That is what you must look at as
a logical answer. If we can do something that is so negative during
this time, like gambling, what is wrong with doing something that is
so positive during this time, like praying. Nothing is wrong. So at
the Gayathri Peedam we don't follow any of these dates.
I was telling someone last week if you
chant the Gayathri Mantra when the child is born he'll have a
powerful material life. If you recite it when the child is about to
die, the child's journey back home will be most blissful. When we are
born we recite, when we die we recite and during life we recite. It
is even described in the Vedas as a Veda-mantra, a most powerful
mantra, the mother of all mantras. So, you're telling me that you're
observing pitar pak and you're not praying in your mind when
something happens, for example a tax almost drives into you but
misses, and you say, 'Thank God!' You're not supposed to do that,
according to the old people. The word God should not be mentioned.
I told you that so that you know I also
observe death days of my father, mother and in-laws. When I pass on
I'll observe my day as well through each one of you. It'll be done,
but on the death anniversary. Like last Monday when we did Swami
Murugesu's Mahasamadhi pooja on the day of his attainment in another
plane.
While I was driving this morning, I had
two requests from my gurus. One of them was I should come home and
look at the astrology of South Africa today and then immediately
afterwards do a Babaji hawan. Unfortunately, I couldn't tell any of
you because I had to do it within half an hour of receiving the
message. So I did the hawan and the astrology. And really, the
astrology for South Africa and for some of you is not looking good at
all. I also did the astrology for South Africa on the day the ANC
officially took their seats in parliament, on the 10th of
May 1994. On that day the was 1-55-23. On the 10th of May
this year, the numerology was 1-55-23. What this means is that the
country will go downhill in all aspects of operation from the 10 of
May 2013. The country's stability will be at risk, food prices will
increase 100 percent. Finances will be on a down trend. Strikes will
marr the country. Change is only possible on the 10 of May 2021.
Then I said, 'let me just see what our
president has in store for us,' so I did a reading for Jacob Zuma.
The numerology for Jacob is 4, and for Zuma is 7. 7 and 4 gives us
11, a master number 1. And 1 and 1 gives us 2. According to
numerology the 4 of Jacob gives us a character of no boldness. Zuma
is one who is is always in conflict. Times ahead are very shady for
him. 11 means imprisonment.
We need to make, take and adhere to the
requirements from the spiritual aspects to sustain. That is the last
line I was given. So we need to now try and make sure that we have
enough for those days when we don't have. There are going to be those
days ahead of us till 2021. Tomorrow is the 1st of October
and the next three-month cycle is going to be a difficult one in our
lives. I took tomorrow's date and, as a day, it comes out very shady.
So, today were going to do a very
special prayer and the prayer will be for all those people who have
sun signs of Virgo, Leo, Scorpio and Libra. For you Saturn has a bad
affect for the next five months, until February. That is todays
astrology as of 10.30 this morning. So, you know who you are. I'm not
going to repeat myself. When I say, 'sun signs you come now', then
you come and do your hawan. those who are not here, unfortunate for
them.
What is the difference between a
teacher and a guru? A teacher takes responsibility for your growth; a
guru makes you responsible for your growth. A teacher gives u things
you do not have and require; a guru takes away what you have and
don't require. A teacher answers your questions; a guru questions
your answers. A teacher takes you out of maze; a guru destroys the
maze. A teacher prepares you for the outer world; a guru strips you
naked and prepares you for your inner world. When the teacher's
course is over you get a certificate; when the guru's discourse is
over you get to know the absolute Truth.
This morning, I have some good news.
The Gayathri Peedam would like to take this opportunity to welcome
Gloria from Heaven Letters. If you read the Transcendence you would
have read Heaven Letters by Gloria and Santhan. Some of you should
talk to him - he's toured the world.
Hari om
