The fourteen worlds of evolution
This explosion is completed in 14 different stages of your existence. There are 7 worlds below you, you are in the 8th world now, and there are 6 above you. You have gone through the mineral phase, the water, fire, etc. and you have aggregated yourself and accumulated cells and become the animals, and finally you have become a human being. This is the 8th world you are passing through now. After you leave your body you go through the further 6 stages of evolution. Then when you have achieved the 14th chakra you have completed the process of evolution. So this 14 cornered figure represents the 14 phases of evolution. There are 14 corresponding powers (goddesses) associated with these 14 worlds and they are shown in the Sri Chakra.
The Circles and the Eight-Petalled Lotus
The circle is drawn to show that this evolution is complete. The inside has exploded completely and the outside has exploded completely. Then you start experiencing your nteraction. You have started your life as a separate entity, the world is formed and you are interacting with the world, and you are experiencing the world. You start exclaiming, this is hard, this is the earth. This is flowing. It is water. This fire, it burns. This is air, it is cool to the touch. This is space in which I can walk around. These are the different experiences. Then I realize that I am separate from the other people. We say, we are humans, we are not animals. These distinctions are created by us. The cosmic wealth of our experiences are called the Ananga devatas. Anga means a limb. Ananga means not having any limbs. Ananga Kusuma, Ananga Devata, Ananga Rekha, etc. These eight are the form of wealth, the wealth of experience of God, the cosmos. The 8petalled lotus is the wealth of God, the 8 forms of Aiswarya.
The 16-Petalled Lotus
You not only experience these things statically, but you experience them dynamically. Time is measured in terms of the lunar calendar because it is the fastest moving object in the sky next only to the Sun. That is the lunar clock. And the lunar clock is divided into 16 digits or phases of the moon. The phases of moon are shown as the 16petalled lotus. Just as the woman menstruates every 28th day of the cycle, so the cosmos has its cycles and periods. You know lunar is also associated with lunatic, because sometimes we go crazy, disorderely, irrational, sometimes we maintain our balance. There are cosmic cycles with which we sometimes resonate and sometimes not, sometimes we are lunatic and sometimes sane.
Each day of the week is also associated with one of the planets and there are different pujas done on these days. On Sunday we do puja to all the nine planets, including the sun. And Monday we worship Siva. And Tuesday is for the warlike Durga. Wednesday is very sacred to Rama. Thursday is for Guru and Mahalakshmi. Friday is for the worship of the woman. Saturday is for worshipping Saturn or the couple. Kanyas (virgin girls) are worshipped on Tuesdays, married women are worshipped on Fridays, and both the husband and wife are worshipped on Saturdays, and the man is worshipped on Mondays. These are the days for worship.
The Square Enclosures -The Eight Passions
When you come to the square you are down to the earth, down to the present level where we think we are distinct from each other, where we are fighting, where we are playing our ego and power games, and all these things. This is represented in the outmost enclosures. It is here that srsti is completely manifested.
Let us take the example of the little pot that I have drawn earlier. The pot is the concept of the self, the ego structure. The individual is created, the cosmos is created and the flow of time is being experienced. You are experiencing your interactions with the world, and these interactions are sometimes pleasant and sometimes unpleasant. You experience fear, lust, anger, all these things. These experiences which are generated by the five arrows that are coming in, the five senses that are agitating your mind. You say, "I like this, I want this. Without this I cannot live." Lust is called the passion Brahmi. When you are denied that lust, you get angry. Anger is Maheswari. Koumari is possessiveness, Vaisnavi is delusion, Varahi is pride. Mahendri is jealousy. Mahalaksmi is vice of attachment and Chamunda is the virtue of letting go. Why is Mahalakshmi called vice? Becauses attachment to wealth creates enmity between even the mother and her child. Such attachment can only be a vice. These are the Eight passions.
This explosion is completed in 14 different stages of your existence. There are 7 worlds below you, you are in the 8th world now, and there are 6 above you. You have gone through the mineral phase, the water, fire, etc. and you have aggregated yourself and accumulated cells and become the animals, and finally you have become a human being. This is the 8th world you are passing through now. After you leave your body you go through the further 6 stages of evolution. Then when you have achieved the 14th chakra you have completed the process of evolution. So this 14 cornered figure represents the 14 phases of evolution. There are 14 corresponding powers (goddesses) associated with these 14 worlds and they are shown in the Sri Chakra.
The Circles and the Eight-Petalled Lotus
The circle is drawn to show that this evolution is complete. The inside has exploded completely and the outside has exploded completely. Then you start experiencing your nteraction. You have started your life as a separate entity, the world is formed and you are interacting with the world, and you are experiencing the world. You start exclaiming, this is hard, this is the earth. This is flowing. It is water. This fire, it burns. This is air, it is cool to the touch. This is space in which I can walk around. These are the different experiences. Then I realize that I am separate from the other people. We say, we are humans, we are not animals. These distinctions are created by us. The cosmic wealth of our experiences are called the Ananga devatas. Anga means a limb. Ananga means not having any limbs. Ananga Kusuma, Ananga Devata, Ananga Rekha, etc. These eight are the form of wealth, the wealth of experience of God, the cosmos. The 8petalled lotus is the wealth of God, the 8 forms of Aiswarya.
The 16-Petalled Lotus
You not only experience these things statically, but you experience them dynamically. Time is measured in terms of the lunar calendar because it is the fastest moving object in the sky next only to the Sun. That is the lunar clock. And the lunar clock is divided into 16 digits or phases of the moon. The phases of moon are shown as the 16petalled lotus. Just as the woman menstruates every 28th day of the cycle, so the cosmos has its cycles and periods. You know lunar is also associated with lunatic, because sometimes we go crazy, disorderely, irrational, sometimes we maintain our balance. There are cosmic cycles with which we sometimes resonate and sometimes not, sometimes we are lunatic and sometimes sane.
Each day of the week is also associated with one of the planets and there are different pujas done on these days. On Sunday we do puja to all the nine planets, including the sun. And Monday we worship Siva. And Tuesday is for the warlike Durga. Wednesday is very sacred to Rama. Thursday is for Guru and Mahalakshmi. Friday is for the worship of the woman. Saturday is for worshipping Saturn or the couple. Kanyas (virgin girls) are worshipped on Tuesdays, married women are worshipped on Fridays, and both the husband and wife are worshipped on Saturdays, and the man is worshipped on Mondays. These are the days for worship.
The Square Enclosures -The Eight Passions
When you come to the square you are down to the earth, down to the present level where we think we are distinct from each other, where we are fighting, where we are playing our ego and power games, and all these things. This is represented in the outmost enclosures. It is here that srsti is completely manifested.
Let us take the example of the little pot that I have drawn earlier. The pot is the concept of the self, the ego structure. The individual is created, the cosmos is created and the flow of time is being experienced. You are experiencing your interactions with the world, and these interactions are sometimes pleasant and sometimes unpleasant. You experience fear, lust, anger, all these things. These experiences which are generated by the five arrows that are coming in, the five senses that are agitating your mind. You say, "I like this, I want this. Without this I cannot live." Lust is called the passion Brahmi. When you are denied that lust, you get angry. Anger is Maheswari. Koumari is possessiveness, Vaisnavi is delusion, Varahi is pride. Mahendri is jealousy. Mahalaksmi is vice of attachment and Chamunda is the virtue of letting go. Why is Mahalakshmi called vice? Becauses attachment to wealth creates enmity between even the mother and her child. Such attachment can only be a vice. These are the Eight passions.
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