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Annual Shradh fortnight
Annual Shradh fortnight
September 24 - October 7, 2010
The shradh fortnight is the period when the 'pitra' ancestors from previous lifetimes are able to approach the earth planet and their descendants.
This is the time that the dead feed on the energies of the living on earth.
Who are the Pitras?
The pitra are ancestors from our current and previous lifetimes.
They are stuck in limited capability bodies receiving punishment and rectificatory karma for their earlier bad karmic activities.
In these bodies they pitras are not able to get relief from the sensory demands and conditions of the body such as hunger, thirst, heat, cold, fatigue, pain. In search of relief, they are attracted to living entities on the earth planet who are their descendants from previous and current lifetimes. Their descendants are karmic debtors to them.
The Dead Feed on the Living
The pitras approach the earth once a year during shradh through Lord Ganesha's grace to get relief from their sufferings. They feed on the willing offerings made to them by descendants--or by forcefully taking good fortune energies from their unwilling or ignorant descendants. Clearly it is in the interest of the descendants to help them, and so help themselves.
The ancestors will feed once a day (once in 24 hours) according to their time zone. This is equivalent to every 12 months on the earth plane. This once-a-year period is recognized as the 'shradh' period.
The main debt we carry to the pitras is that the pitras have afforded us (the descendants)a body through which we can progress in our material and spiritual goals. This progress capability is absent for the pitras in their present bodily form.
The Pitras are in Jail
As you can imagine, the pitras are prisoners, serving out their karmic correction sentences. They are waiting to be liberated from their condition so that they can once again get a material body through which they may create positive karma to progress towards their freedom from the karma syndrome. It is impossible for these entities to liberate themselves ahead of their jail term without help from their descendants.
At the shradh time, Lord Ganesha’s energies withdraw from the planetary surface, and enter the center and root survival chakra of the earth. His presence there creates healing and regenerating vortex forces that keep the planet stable and spinning in space properly. The healing, negative energy destroying violet flame at the center of the planet is also regenerated.
The 'ganesha-visarjan' festival of immersing deity-forms of Lord Ganesha in water at the end of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival is an acknowledgment of this event.
The disappearance of certain energies of Lord Ganesh from the planetary surface on his descent to the core of the earth permits the pitras to approach their descendants very closely.
Hellish Planet of the Dead
A hellish plane of existence is where there is no descent of the Divine light. This absence of Divine grace multiples the pain of the pitras very sharply as redemption is very, very long in coming.
The hellish planet of 'pitralok' is one such astral plane of existence for these ancestors. These pitra life-forms are in different astral planes (some of which are 'hellish' planets) where many different types of living entities exist.
Others ancestors (generically referred to as the 'pitras' or 'pitrus') may be placed in different zones of existence such as disembodied astrals ('yakshas', 'bhoota', 'preta' and so on.) Some of these entities are helpful to us such as the yakshas who act as astral guardsmen for us against astral attack from the bhuta-pretas and such-like.
The pitras are unable to satisfy their senses of eating, drinking and so on and this is naturally torturous to them. They are also alloted work which they have to do forcibly without any idea as to the results and why they are being forced to do this.
In some of the planes of their existence there is no sleep allowed, only constantly working for thousands of lifetimes. These are extreme slavery positions meant for reforming the tendencies of the soul to harm others by taking away their rightful share of others.
The Descent of the Dead
The 'pitras' approach their descendants and act to give three types of results. (Descendants are those souls on the earth planet who were connected to the pitra in a previous or present lifetime.)
To get help from their descendants to progress their lives further by taking away of and feeding on their descendants' good fortune energies.
To create obstacles in the path of their descendants because they are dissatisfied with their present position or are inimical to the descendants. This is especially where the descendants have not done any shradh offering procedures to help the ancestors progress in their life journey.
To give blessings and good fortune to their descendants and thereby receiving positive karma for themselves and their progress. (These are the helpful 'manes' worshiped by the ancient Romans.
The manes give up their accumulated good karma fortune to descendants when they realize that the materialistic positive karma they have accumulated (good karma credit) does not work to help them in their present condition. Hence they come to give these positive material karma credits to their descendants in the hope of receiving the offerings of the Shradh that give them relief from suffering.
The Shradh Offerings
The shradh offerings to the ancestors are made through the brahmin category of persons (those connected to the spiritual energies, as through a religious-spiritual process or through other spiritual processes such as karmic healers), and through donations to those who are handicapped and the poor.
The effects of these two types of donations or offerings in the name of the ancestors works differently. Both types of offerings are recommended for maximum 'tarpan' (relief).
Benefits of the Shradh Offerings
Offerings to the brahmins in the name of the ancestors gets the pitras 'super karma' that cuts their suffering and moves them towards liberation from all material distress. You also get Super karma benefits as well as material good karma benefits arising from Super karma that are non-binding karmicly.
The brahmins (or similar, by whatever name designated--KQ Healer, Reiki Healer, Karmic healer, priest, rabbi and so on) have the capability of directly invoking Divine energies. This is a very powerful healing,but is more easily transferable for the pitras in a higher planetary plane of existence.
The Shradh Offerings
The shradh offerings to the ancestors are made through the brahmin category of persons (those connected to the spiritual energies, as through a religious-spiritual process or through other spiritual processes such as karmic healers), and through donations to those who are handicapped and the poor.
The effects of these two types of donations or offerings in the name of the ancestors works differently. Both types of offerings are recommended for maximum 'tarpan' (relief).
Benefits of the Shradh Offerings
Offerings to the brahmins in the name of the ancestors gets the pitras 'super karma' that cuts their suffering and moves them towards liberation from all material distress. You also get Super karma benefits as well as material good karma benefits arising from Super karma that are non-binding karmicly.
The brahmins (or similar, by whatever name designated--KQ Healer, Reiki Healer, Karmic healer, priest, rabbi and so on) have the capability of directly invoking Divine energies. This is a very powerful healing, but is more easily transferable for the pitras in a higher planetary plane of existence.
Donations to the handicapped and poor work in the name of the ancestor work quickly to affect those ancestors who are in lower astral planes and the hellish planets--the fourth dimension and lower. This happens because the handicapped and the poor have leaky auras and the pitras can more easily feed on their energies.
Thus giving donations to this category of people makes it easier for the pitras to receive the energy offerings. This is an example of the universal law of life as embodied in the vedic phrase 'jiva jivasya jivanam'--'the living entity survives by feeding upon another living entity who in turn survives by feeding on another living entity...'
The benefits of making these offerings is to give relief to the ancestor, to avoid/stop the ancestor from feeding on the good karma energies of the living, and to create additional positive karma benefit to the descendant making the donation or offering.
The descendant also receives blessings and positive karma from the pitra to help him materially. This can greatly help the individual to progress spiritually as the material obstacles or problems are reduced and removed.
Offerings During the 14 days of Shradh
Depending upon the death time (tithi) of the ancestor (if known), a specific day is alotted for making the offerings. If the tithi is not known, then the offering can be made on the first or last day of shradh.
We Facilitate Shradh Offerings
We have organized special shradh offerings at four holy places: Pushkar, Gaya, Haridwar and Kurukshetra. These offerings are being made to pitras who are the most in need of help and those pitras who are obstructing one's progress the most…
You can also offer the 35 items to the brahmins or the poor/handicapped directly.
Things to do and not do during Shradh.
Make the Shradh offerings as described. The mahadaan of 35 items is particularly good. When you do this, you ensure that when you are on your journey to your next body, you do not lack for these things.
You may get dream visitations from ancestors: This is an opportunity to send them healing as well as to donate the ancestors' favorite food and fruit in their name to spiritualists or others as described.
If you do not know which tithi is appropriate for feeding the ancestors as according to the death tithi (time) of the ancestor, you can make the offerings on the first shradh or the last (or both).
Offer food to a needy person every day.
Do not eat at other people’s homes or as their guest. In general, eating as another's guest makes one indebted to the host and is know as a debt of salt and grains ('salt debt') that must be returned/balanced out.
During the shradh eating at another's home may specifically transfer the host's pitra to the guest, and then the guest takes on an unwanted pitra who starts to feed on the guest's energies following the trail of the 'salt-debt'. Not a good exchange! However, you may eat out at a restaurant if you are paying for the meal.
Do not eat meat, fish, eggs, alcohol during this period. The pitras love to feed on these energies-- They will bring many other unrelated ghosts to the party to dine off you! Some of these univited guests may stay with you. Prevention is much easier than detoxification that would be needed if you do get infected by these entities.
Healing during Shradh
The healing affirmation or intention for the pitrus in these or similar words—
"That the pitrus (ancestors) have received all that they need right now so that their pains and distress are healed and relieved. That the pitrus are healed in their karma so as to regain a bodily form in which they can progress further in life and that their immediate suffering is also ended. That _____ (name's) karmic debt to the pitrus is discharged completely and that _________( name) receives only blessings and from these ancestors who are satisfied fully and give good fortune energies to __________( name). That _______(name) is fully protected from curses and madness."
You can insert your name in the above field and if you are doing this for others you can insert the other person’s name.
NOTES:
Reminder: the pitrus are 'dead ancestors', not living ancestors.
If you are doing this on behalf of other persons who are not your immediate family (other than mother, father, brother, sister, child, grandparents, husband, wife) then some energy-exchange is needed otherwise you will have to digest the negative karma associated with this transaction. Money as energy-exchange is the easiest.
Our students qualified with KQ, Reiki or Amalgamated Healing can use the healing techniques to send spiritual karmic healing to their ancestors—both, known and unknown.
KQ Healers should chant daily the invocation enabling protection, healing and empowerment from the spiritual lineage of the Masters: "I surrender to the grace of the Masters…."
Reiki healers can connect with the Attitude of Gratitude and do healing according to the methods learned. They can also use the DRL method.
At the Healing Center we shall be holding special Shradh healing meditations in the evenings (7:30 pm to 8:30 pm). All interested persons and healers worldwide are invited to connect with us during these times--these are IST, and your local time will vary according to your time zones. The method and process for connecting with us is given here.
Wishing you a successful shradh karmic healing opportunity!
Blessings, Love and light,
Nalin K. Nirula
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