Monday, December 7, 2020

 KĀLABHAIRAVA JAYANTI... DEC & 2020, Powerful Transmutation

KālaBhairava is Mahādeva Śiva; it is Time & it also nulls the concept of Time. Darkness & Light plunge into anonymity as there is none. The seed whose origin is in itself, tending to be manifested, registering it's prescence yet unmanifested..

The etymolgy roughly stands to

Kāla [काल] -> time , as per Rigveda the sumtotal of all Kala's [कला] or all units if time past present future.

bhṛ [भृ]-> brahmanda the cosmos the universe , the root from which Brahma , the Cosmic intelligence springs, This is a very powerful all encompassing root.

Rava [रव] -> which again originates from the root Ru[रु] which signifies Sound, Noise or a sound to be registered that imposes its prescence. In brief it registers that bhṛ [the cosmos] is being held , its unfolding potential is registered as first manifest...The Bhairava .

The KālaBhairava signifies the potential Kāla Śakti , Kāla Agni, the inertia of potential & yet the kinetics to transform time; Time which is relative to each manifestation from micro to macro which on a cosmic level it does not exist, yet its awareness exists as the Kāla + bhṛ + Rava . [The registeration of Time ]

Hence the Bija (बिज) , the seed of KālaBhairava extols the same, 

Externally
The Prakrit Dhvani bhṛ [भृ] with pranic breath becomes bhṛ + nada[भृं]-> This is with proper unlocking from Guru is powerfully internalised in the Vaikhari. This Bija is the time we create, destroy and experience as manifest For safe transmission it is naturalised as bhṛm [भ्रं] which in itself is a powerful bija to dispel all fears.

Internally
The prakrit Dhvani of Kālāgni , the bija Sphem/Sfaim [स्फें], A Guda hidden obscure yet highly powerful pranic unit [which never is chanted externally ] but is visualied homogenised with breath .. This signifies the Kāla-Agni, Śakti of transformation & lies at the base of all Yantra & Mantra practises as subtle sound which develops on its own. It cannot be learnt or harmonised by logic. When properly potentiated unlocked it sets in the motion the unlocking of Time. [this must never be chanted unless its all vaikhari forms are internalised & known from a Guru ]

Together both seeds with perfect harmony and focus they transmute & transform the entire cosmic apparatus on physical mental & spiritual plane . Hence the Sādhnā of KālaBhairava is as rewarding as it is dangeorous becausse it quickly unlocks many energy centres in the body. It plays with the pranic time which is created and destroyed each moment we absorb, utilise & release the Prāna through all our actions done in waking & sleeping...inhale and exhale. It quickly influnces the subtle workings of our neuro-hormonal centres & chemical pathways transforming transmuting energies. Hence its sādhna must only be learnt from an adept... The Guda vidya more so to be learnt from a Guru, as its path so powerful yet so destructive. Many times the etymology of Bhairava is also given as "Bhaya [fear]" + "Rava", the horrific cry of fear, a state where we forget all existence ...

Kala Bhairava is invoked each month on the auspicious waning moon phase of Ashtami [ Krishna Paksha] by all devotess & especially tantra adepts who want to internalise any sadhna, ones who do Murti sādhna & importantly for ones who do any Yantra . Mahāvidya sadhna . Of all the Ashtami's the one that falls in the Month Of Margaśirsśa (North India) & Kārtika (South India) is of highest value & considered as KālaBhairava Jayanti. Though both are mostly followed on same day. If that day is Tuesday or Sunday it is considered even more auspicious by many adepts.

Dec 7-Dec 8 2020
6.17 pm - 5.17pm [Mon to Tue]  Marks this auspicious moment where all bija yantra mantra murti sadhna can be homogenised to a higher level. 

The day also signifies the importance of self destruction, the awareness that each breath that passes remains no more, between one and other time ceases to exist, that lacunae is the Bhairava which imples that each moment at different micro macro levels within & outside us something is being created & destroyed. None have the associative reality that we create in our minds. As Bhairava severes the 5th head of Brahma , who cant stop manifesting & in the process assuming that only he is the supreme one, his severed head severes the associative reality of creations. It signifies Time that really does not exists. 

For example, All associative plans vrittis we had created before the pandemic set in , quickly had to self destruct & new innovations and adaptations had to be formed. Kala Bhairava is this awareness that in each breath we take we self destruct and re-construct.We inconspicuosly breathe without being aware that between the two breaths lies death.. the nothingness which can arrive. This awarness is the sadhna, that realistation that its only the Kala Bhairava energy we need to bask in & not its potential or its effects...

The association is beautifuuly presented in one of the most obscure yet highly powerful Upa-purana dedicated to Mahadeva , "Saur Purana [Chp 34 & 35]", where the description of Śivaratha (chariot of Lord Śiva) is expounded when he sets out destroy Tripura [the three demon cities in one arrow]

Associative realities & manifestations of time [artha , kama , daksina , avyakta , buddhi, ahamkara , sense organs , vedas , vedangas , dharmaśastra, philosophical texts, Puranas, the rivers ] are various parts of the chariot.
Brahma is the charioteer. 
Visnu the arrow. 
Yama the lance , 
Kālāgni the point of the arrow 
Siva propitiates Vinayaka [Lord Ganeśa] at the outset to set out for destroying Tripura . 
When Siva aimed his arrow the moment was very auspi-cious and the three cities fell in one line . 
Siva pierced those in a single arrow . 
As a result the three cities were burnt.
The entire episode signifies KālaBhairava which destroys all aasociatve realities of Time & eventually Time itself...

The best & safest way to absorb this auspicious time & create this awarenss is to listen to the KālaBhairavAshtkam composed by Adi shankaracharaya.. As the Ashtami, so it has 8 verses which have their own hidden meaning. From the first to the last verse it goes from nothingness to nothigness in between creating innumerable associative realities similar to how the moon goes from nothingness to nothingness over 32 tithis. [yet in reality the moon neither wanes nor waxes]. 
The Ashtami hence the most fulfiling, denoting the vidya of time...

For all those who do Yantra , Mantra Sadhna, this auspicious time is to reflect deeper on their lineage , absorb in-their Guru teachings & be one with Breath, Bija & prana.. the Kāla, The Bhairava..

Image: Kāla Bhairav Temple, Varanasi.



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