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  • Wisdom for practice
  • Wisdom is applied knowledge
  • Wisdom spreads itself

Wisdom for practice

Wisdom is for practice, not for continuous speaking. If we keep on speaking about the Masters, the Rays, and the Hierarchies, we are only missing our duties for the present.

Wisdom is applied knowledge

Knowledge, when applied becomes wisdom. We gain a lot of knowledge, but it has to be applied in daily life, then it transforms itself into wisdom. Through wisdom we will experience the existence.

Wisdom spreads itself

We need not be anxious to spread the wisdom without working it with ourselves. It is a wrong understanding if one thinks that he can spread wisdom. Wisdom knows how to spread itself. It only needs channels.

Indra

The Protector of the Worlds

Indra (Wikipedia)

In the Vedas, there are two central terms, THAT (TAT) and THIS (IDAM). THAT signifies the One which is beyond of all. It points to the unthinkable, indefinable which is beyond name and form. THIS identifies the phenomenal world, the world of appearances. It relates to the manifest universe and is the soul of the created world. This energy is the Light which emerges from the Absolute God. It is described as Idandra or Indra, the Celestial King, whose mission is to protect and organise the worlds.

Indra is the four-armed Lord who manifests the creation up to the fourth aspect, the visible world. As the One who pervades the worlds, he is Vishnu. Therefore the eastern scriptures also speak of Indra-Vishnu. Indra is sometimes also called the elder brother of Vishnu. In man, Indra-Vishnu is visualised as an energy vortex above the head. He is the king of all the directional Devas and presides over the North Pole. Indra himself is the Lord of the East; he exists in us in the area of the Ajna centre at the centre of the forehead. Ajna signifies the Divine Will. The Will of the soul therefore works through the Ajna centre.

With the cosmic flames, Indra-Vishnu stands for the fire which pours from above downwards, whereas Agna-Vishnu is the flame which burns from below upwards. Both flames meet in the heart centre. These names are also used in the fire ritual; and in the meditation of the Diamantine Network we say, “I invoke Indra, the King Celestial, from the East into my Ajna centre…. I invoke Indra-Vishnu, the Lord of Pervasion of the subtle worlds, from above into the top of my head. I invoke Agna-Vishnu, the Lord of Pervasion of the terrestrial and sub-terrestrial world, from below into the bottom of my feet.”

As the King of the Devas, Indra is the protector of the worlds. In the body, this protective principle expresses through the hands, the shoulders and the shoulder blades. Prana enters in-between the shoulder blades as fire of life. When we fall, we protect ourselves with the hands. Strong hands can grip and bring help. Hands can give and bless, but also release.

In Spiritual Astrology, Indra is described as the Lord of Neptune, as the cosmic force working through the planet Neptune. Master EK says that, in fact, Neptune does not come under the category of a planet but forms the centre of a hierarchy which trains five solar systems. This hierarchy deals with sound waves and their arrangement; it is therefore also called the musical hierarchy. On the supra-cosmic plane it is the Soma consciousness, and on lower planes it is the Venus and the Moon of our earth. On the planetary plane Lord Maitreya embodies these qualities. They foster intuition and the search for merging with higher planes by which the personality is absorbed into higher consciousness or group consciousness. The qualities presided over by the Sun, however, guide more intellect, logic, and rational thinking. In man Indra presides over musicality, the sense of periodicity, frequency and beat along with Soma.

The Birthplace of Indra

One of the responsibilities of Indra is to expand the soul consciousness. On the path, this begins with the merging of chakras and finds its completion in the blossoming of the lotus that is located directly under the Ajna centre and above the brow centre. It is called Indra Yoni, the birthplace of Indra. These centres stand one above the other and should not be confused. The brow centre is the highest point up to which the human awareness can rise as personality. This centre belongs to the pituitary. The third eye or Ajna is the seat of the soul, from where our life is governed through the body. It is connected with the pineal gland. When the bridge is built between the two glands, light is generated: the soul manifests itself in the personality, and thus Indra is born in us. This means, when the soul expresses in action, the light of the soul manifests itself. When there is no further need to act, the soul goes back into the third eye. When coming down, the soul becomes Indra. He is the light on the forehead, the celestial mind in the human body. To stimulate this light, we utter the Great Invocation: “From the point of Light within the Mind of God, let Light stream forth into the minds of men. Let Light descend on Earth.”

There is also a birthplace of Indra on the higher bridge, at a point above the above the Ajna centre and below the minor head centre. The symbol of this place is a circle with a vertical diameter and is called the seal of Indra, where the line symbolises the higher bridge ⦶. Master EK describes that it is formed by the symbol of the sign of Pisces with two fishes running in opposite directions ♓ changing after the construction of the higher bridge. The two fishes now rotate and meet one another to form a circle, and the horizontal line changes to a vertical line ⦶. Meditating upon this glyph leads to the birthplace of Indra on the higher bridge.

Indra and Vitra

Indra stands for the cosmic mind. It is his mission to uphold balance in creation by receiving and distributing. If this does not happen, a disturbance occurs. In the Puranas, there are numerous stories how the Celestial King fought against the diabolic beings so as not to allow these forces to enter into the personality. In these battles, however, Indra is often defeated; he loses his throne and a demon takes over his place. This happens always when Indra becomes proud, takes his position for granted and neglects his duties. Indra also often acts carelessly and thereby creates problems.

It is said that once Indra had autocratically settled in his power and thus didn’t look for further progress. Then the divine principle of Saturn took form as the demon Vritra. Vritra is the Angel of Habit; he creates circumscriptions. Good as well as bad habits can keep us imprisoned. Thus, all people who weren’t in accordance with the awareness of existence were subjugated by Vritra. Indra also circumscribed himself, because he considered himself the king of all that is. Vritra had realised that he is only THAT and that nothing else exists. Therefore he was invincible.

Vritra was considered by many as very powerful, more powerful than Indra. Indra became jealous and feared that Vritra would contend with him for the throne. He began to fight against Vritra but he completely lost. Indra now thought that Vritra would come to occupy the throne. But he didn’t do this. Indra could not understand. He became more and more restless and feared that his subordinates would no longer pay respects to him. He meditated for a long time until the Lord appeared before him and Indra asked him for a weapon with which he could kill Vritra. He received a weapon and challenged Vritra again to battle. Vritra only smiled at him and asked him to start. Indra used the weapon but it had no influence on Vritra.

Indra was surprised and thought, “He must have a key to immortality.” He now asked Vritra about the secret of his victory. Vritra smiled and replied, “You can never kill me as long as you see an enemy in me. The concept of an enemy in you circumscribes you. It is for this reason that I always defeat you. In me, there is no such thing as enmity. For me, you are not an enemy but a brother. Therefore, I have smiled at you. But when I smile at you, this irritates you instead of smiling back. Your own idea which you carry within yourself is your disease. I have no ideas about you in me.”

Indra thought that this teaching is good and asked Vritra to explain it to him further. Vritra gave him explanations about the eternity of creation and the different projections on the basis of this existence; how people trap themselves and become weak when they go away from the existence, and how you can practice at any time to be in accordance with the existence. For him everything was existence and all projections only exist on the existence. The childish actions of Indra for him were also a play of the Lord who played through Indra.

When Vritra had explained it to Indra, Indra said, “You are my Master; I have now learnt how we get so easily conditioned through our own thoughts and get caught in projections.” Thus the Celestial King learnt to live in the awareness of existence. The real intention of Vritra now was over and he said to Indra, “Now you can kill me!” Indra asked why. Vritra replied, “Because you no longer see an enemy in me.” After that the king killed Vritra.

Since Indra had overcome all limitations, there was no longer a purpose for the life of Vritra. Even without form he continues to exist as a principle. Indra, who now understood the things in a better and deeper way, killed Vritra in friendliness and harmony and thus liberated him from his form.

Sources: K.P. Kumar: Sri Suktam / notes from seminars. E. Krishnamacharya: Spiritual Astrology. The World Teacher Trust - Dhanishta, Visakhapatnam, India.