Dear Friend,
First and foremost all of us at the Ashram are wishing you a blessed Holy Season and New Year. We are praying to the Divine Mother and Shri Babaji for their blessings, love, and protection for the whole world.
We have also been hearing a great deal about the Winter Solstice coming up on Monday. We will certainly live-stream our 8am Sacred Fire Ceremony (at Haidakhandi Universal Ashram Facebook Page) to bring in what seems to be a strong astrological time with Saturn and Jupiter coming into conjunction. You can read about all of the predictions that are abounding on the internet, and I join in the hope for a shift to a time of more compassion, understanding, and wisdom.
Jupiter is known as the “Guru” planet and is the representative of saints, spiritual gurus as well as spiritually inclined people. Saturn or Shani has a reputation for being a more fierce planet and is often dreaded.
In speaking to a devotee that knows about all of this, I asked him what we might do special for the Solstice fire ceremony. He said to honor our Guru, who for us is Shri Babaji, Lord Shiva with a lingam puja of panchamrit (5 part bath of yogurt, milk, honey, ghee, and milk).
He also said we should honor Hanuman because He protects us against any hardships from Saturn (Shani). Apparently there are several occasions when Hanuman saved Shani’s life or helped Him out of difficult situations such as when He was imprisoned by Ravana during the Ramanyana. Shani promised not to ever give trouble or cause hardships to Hanuman’s devotees. So we will do a special puja to Hanuman as well.
If you would like your name remembered at this auspicious fire ceremony, just email us at info@babajiashram.orgor call us at 719-256-4108. Sometimes there is an automatic place to click to see this newsletter, this is all that there is, short and clear.
In truth and love,
The Ashram Team