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Aaratee

(1) Honoring a person or God by waving a lamp in an elliptic circle - the top of the circle being under the nostrils or the eyes (of the person or god), burning an incense, and offering flowers, fruits, sweets, Tulasee or Bilva leaves, and water in front of that person or God's idol with reciting or not reciting a hymn.

How to do Aaratee? There are certain rules to do Aaratee.

An Aaratee platter should be waved in a full circle in front of the Deity?
 A. When offering Aaratee, using a lamp with five wicks (also called Panchaaratee), the platter containing this lit lamp should be waved in a full circle in front of the Deity. This results in a speedy circular movement of Sattwa Gun frequencies emitted by the flame of the lamp. These Sattwa Gun frequencies then get converted gradually into Rajo Gunee frequencies. They appear like ripples in the water. A Surakshaa Kavach (protective armor) of these frequencies is formed around the embodied soul of the worshipper offering the Aaratee and is known as a "Tarang Kavach" (literally "ripple armor"). The more the spiritual emotion of the worshipper offering the Aaratee, longer this armor lasts. As his Sattwa component is enhanced, he is able to absorb more Divine frequencies from the Universe. This increases his spiritual emotion and he perceives the reflection of his soul in the form of a blue spot of light (also known as Aatm-bindu) in front of him and a ripple of Rajo Gunee frequencies emanating from this Aatm-bindu.

The Aaratee platter should be waved in a clockwise direction in front of the Deity?
A. As the earth moves in the clockwise direction, the frequencies in the environment do not offer any resistance to the movement of the lit lamp.

The Aaratee platter should not be waved above the head of the Deity?
A. The Aaratee platter should not be waved above the head of the Deity, but should be moved from the Anahat to the Adnya Chakra of the Deity. Due to the influence of the Rajo Gunee frequencies emanating from the Aaratee, friction develops with the Sattwa particles in the serene frequencies related to the unmanifest Divine principle (emitted from the head of the Deity). As a result, they can disintegrate before being transmitted. That is why the Aaratee platter should not be waved above the head of the Deity. Thus, the high-speed frequencies emitted from the Adnya chakra and which are related to the attributes of the Deity get complemented by the Rajo Gunee frequencies emanating from the lamp of the Aaratee. This enables them to be transmitted effectively in the environment forming a protective armor around the worshippers and destroying the Rajo and Tamo Gun in the environment.

[From - Sanaatan's Publication - "How to Offer an Aaratee". Currently the hard copy of this book is available in: English, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Gujarati, Oriya, Telugu]

                                         

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