ENHANCING DIVINITY VIA CANDLES, INCENSE, FINE MUSIC
Erle Frayne D. Argonza / Guru Ra
May the Light of Divinity be with you
today!
Fellows, I will write this time about the
topic of ‘enhancing divinity’ and some practical tools that can aid in inducing
such a state. The practical tools I have in mind are those that you already
have right in your hands: candles, incense, and fine music. I’m sure everybody
out there who understands the English language knows what candles, incense and
music are, so I need not belabor so much point to demonstrate what they are
(smile).
By ‘enhancing divinity’ I refer to
preparing your immediate environment, whether this be a temple or home
meditation spot, for prayers, meditations, and rituals. The environment must be
preferably one where the ‘energy of rest’ (feminine energy) is strong. Some Catholic
priests here in Manila have been complaining that holding masses in shopping
malls, a regular event now present in practically all large malls here, is a
bad practice, to which I concurred in the positive. Shopping malls are
predominantly of the ‘energy of motion’ and aren’t appropriate places for
meditative, prayer and ritual purposes.
Having established the parameter above,
prepare next the enhancers that you may need for your purpose. In some
practices, you may need holy water or ‘hyper-energized water’ as we mystics
call it. For this particular piece, I will delimit my clarification on the
functions of candles, incense and fine music among such tools for enhancement.
Ritual tools are particularly so many, so I’d leave that as a standard tool kit
for the end user based on his/her spiritual philosophy and group concerned.
Let me begin with fine music. I’m stressing
here the word ‘fine’ as not all musical pieces are of the finely vibrating
frequencies. Fine music would be nature music, classical music, new age music,
Celtic music, soft versions of world music, and Gregorian chants. The list is
far longer, but suffice me to mention those that are readily available in the
nearest CD shops around or can be downloaded from the internet.
You see, when you listen to fine music, and
listen with some intensity, you are immediately brought to a higher level of
focus and vibration. From ‘beta brain wave’ (normal conscious) you’ll be
transported instantly to an ‘alpha brain wave’ (beginning of altered state). This
is important, very important. It is only in the altered states of consciousness
that one can effectively send messages to the spiritual spheres and receive
messages from them.
Dissonant music, such as metal rock, gothic
rock, punk rock and other related pop music forms, will do the exact opposite:
place you into dis-focus and keep you locked up in the dense spheres, unable to
communicate effectively with the higher dimensions. That is why spiritual
masters have cautioned people about the strongly Dionysiac music that dominates
the airwaves today, most of which are dissonant or do the opposite of enhancing
divinity.
When one is inside a bus or train and one
has to pray or feels like praying, but the music being played is loud or
dissonant, the remedy is to simply stay silent and begin with the opening
mantra. As always, we start a prayer with “In the name of the ….” And then end
with amen. This can do the work somehow of bringing you to focus at least, and
hopefully to an opening of the communication channels to the higher spheres.
End the opener with 3 Amens or Aums to ensure effect, and say it longer even if
this were in thought form, eg. Ammmmmmeeeennnnnnnnn lasting around 10 seconds.
With your focus and shift to alpha state
done, you can then proceed to your next tools. You can choose to light incense
first or light candles first, or even light them all at the same time. The good
news is that lighting incense to enhance aromatic fragrance at home, and
scented candles as home decors have both become fashionable today. So it’s
getting easier and easier to find where to procure candles and incense.
Incense works potently to drive away ‘bad
spirits’ or unwanted entities in the immediate surrounds. This is its function:
as a cleansing agent. At home, you can choose to light two (2) pieces of
incense at a time. This is to make sure that the aroma is really strong. The
message to those unwanted unseen entities also gets stronger: they ought to
stay away from the area.
‘Bad spirits’ bring along with them dense
vibrations or ‘bad vibes’. They shouldn’t be allowed to linger in the space of
meditation/prayer work, as they can suck out your energy or transfer dense
energy to you. Either way you can get depressed so suddenly, or even get sick.
Remember those morning risings when you suddenly have feelings of fear and
depressed without clear reason? A ‘bad spirit’ is around most likely inside
your bedroom. Better cleanse your bedroom regularly by lighting incense morning
and evening. When you experience that depression with fear again, light an
incense and drive away the unseen malevolent entity by saying “hekas hekas este
bebeloi” (away! away! all of you profanities) at least 3X, then end with Amen.
Lastly, candles function to invite angels.
As soon as a candle burns, angels’ attention get attracted to its source. And
then they come forth to your sanctum for spiritual work. And as soon as they
arrive, the area’s frequency will be elevated some more, by a few musical notes
equivalent, thus enhancing divinity all the more. Not only that, the angels
also come to protect you from whatever danger may come while you are doing your
prayer, meditation, or ritual.
The tip here is that when you burn a
candle, as much as possible burn it entirely. Small candles are advisable for
home spiritual activities as they burn within less than one (1) hour. If you
have to leave the home after your activity, put off the candle but don’t blow
it off. Blowing off candles would negate or leave to zero the effect of your
petition. Instead, get a stick or teaspoon and use this to put off the candle.
Then you can always light the candle again when you’re back home.
Do you see that practice of burning candles
during one’s birthday, making a wish and then blowing off the candles
afterwards? And they say your wish will be granted? Hello! Think again. If
someone gifts you a cake with candles on your birthday, better revise the
practice by doing the following: request your friends to form a circle and hold
each other’s hands, and focus on you as you make your wish. Burn the candles,
proclaim your wish 3X, end with “So be it!”, and then put off the candles with
your thumb and forefinger, and then explain to your guests why you didn’t blow
them instead. It’s party time, go ahead and say your wish loudly, but por
favor don’t blow off the candles for your own sake.
Do the colors of the candle matter?
Affirmative, they do. The appropriate purposes for each color would be as
follows:
·
WHITE: Purity, balance. White contains all the colors of the
spectrum, so it can be used in place of the other colored candles if your
supply of the latter is suddenly short and got no time to buy at once. The
color of Christ. Also of the goddess Luna. Great hue for Monday prayer, day of
Luna.
.
·
RED: Will, power. Chinese use this color a lot for feng shui
purposes and prayers. When you aspire to be more decisive since you lack this
trait, use a red candle for your prayer and even meditate on the candle itself
(focus on it, and visualize that power transferring to you). Sunday would be a
good day for Will enhancement.
·
BLUE: Protection, will. Saturday is a day for energy closures and
cleansing rituals, so blue candles would be preferred on this day. Color of the
dyani-buddha (archangel) Michael and his department. Exorcism rituals should,
as an imperative, use blue candles, located in all four (4) corners of the
exorcism spot.
·
PURPLE/VIOLET: Healing. For rituals or prayers aimed at healing
ailments, including those healing that go after an exorcism ritual. For the
latter, violet is combined with blue. Healing involves a closure of energies,
so Saturday would fit for them.
·
YELLOW: Wisdom. Sundays through Tuesdays would be good prayers for
wisdom enhancement. Don’t forget to use this color, combined with White, for
your purpose. Using the Chinese way, you can combine Red with Yellow candles
for wisdom enhancement.
·
PINK: Love, devotion. All kinds of love (erotic, fraternal,
filial). Thursday is perfect for love rituals, prayers and meditations. Red
combined with White would be substitute in case your pink supply runs out
suddenly.
·
GREEN: Money, knowledge. Want to have more cash inflows from a
certain transaction? Bless your house so that money will flow with bountiness?
Want to enhance your analytical, tactical, strategizing prowess, and be a
powerful thinker in work? Use green, on a Friday preferably.
·
BROWN: Planting & harvest, livestock. Brown candles enhance a
connection with the elemental world which supplies those forces that can help
in the growth, protection and harvest of plants. Same goes for enhancing
livestock growth, protection and harvest.
As to black candles, I’m sorry folks but I am not keen
on using this color or to recommend it. Maybe you can inquire from the people
of the Church of Satan
I’ll now close the article at this point. The
enhancement and practices I cited above are already standard 7th Ray
practices, so I’m largely re-echoing what have already been known for eons. May
you note them well and practice them as well. Aum.
[Writ 14 April 2008, Quezon City
