#tattvas

[shinymoonbird]

I adore the feet of the Holy Master who shines forth forever as the wide Expanse which has no beggining or end or interval.

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One’s becoming confused by scrutinizing, due to delusion, principles [tattvas] other than the supreme principle, Self, is just like undergoing the pain of thoroughly scrutinizing a barber’s worthless rubbish instead of collectively discarding it.

~ Guru Vachaka Kovai - Reality in Forty Verses, by Sri Muruganar - Part Three, The Experience Of The Truth - Ch. 34: The Supremacy of Self - Verse 1076

Sadhu Om:

The same idea is also expressed by Sri Bhagavan in the following passage of Who am I?:

“Just as it is fruitless for one to scrutinize the rubbish which should be collectively discarded, so it is fruitless for one who should know himself to count the number and scrutinize the properties of the tattvas [the principles which constitute the world, soul and God] which are veiling oneself, instead of collectively casting all of them aside.”

Sri Bhagavan here condemns the way in which scholars waste their time by reading, learning by heart, discussing and endlessly arguing about the details regarding how the universe is created from the five elements, regarding the functioning of the pranas, jnanendriyas, karmendriyas, nadis and so on in the body, regarding the various kinds of jivas, and regarding all the other innumerable such classifications given in the scriptures. Since all these principles or tattvas are only second or third persons, the non-Self [anatma], one should not waste one’s time in scrutinizing them, but should instead scrutinize Self, the only real principle, through the enquiry ‘Who am I?’

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[22teachings]

In the fashion of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the Magician creates and consecrates their own tools. Tonight at the Arboretum Mysticum, we painted the tattva cards, for scrying in the spirit vision. These were constructed upon tarot cards which we drew as a divinatory tool to see what archetypes and aspects of the self these elements could be surmounted upon. Layers upon Layers. #tattvas #AMLodge #ArboretumMysticum #hermeticorderofthegoldendawn #scrying #hermeticqabalah #22teachings #magicisreal (at 22 Teachings School of Hermetic Science and Magical Arts) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtINjH2H5cw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=g6n61u5vrmks

[shinymoonbird]

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Just as one who needs to sweep up and throw away rubbish would derive no benefit by analysing it, so one who needs to know oneself will derive no benefit by calculating that the tattvas, which are concealing oneself, are this many, and analysing their qualities, instead of collectively rejecting all of them. It is necessary to consider the world [which is believed to be an expansion or manifestation of such tattvas] like a dream.

Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi - WHO AM I?, Paragraph Seventeen

Original Tamil prose by Bhagavan Sri Ramana with English translation by Michael James

[seismicsilence]

[ellefindsherbliss]

Seed mantras of the elements 🌬️

Lam (earth - prthvi)

Vam (water - āp or āpah)

Ram (fire - tejas)

Yam (wind - vāyu)

Ham (space - ākāśa)

[ariesinwitchcraft]

The 5 Principles of Life-Expression

In Sanskrit the five modifications of the current of the Life-Breath are called the Tattvas [...] thus defined:

(i) A mode of motion.

(ii) The central impulse which keeps matter in a certain vibratory state.

(iii) A distinct form of vibration.

The Great Breath gives to Prakriti (the substance aspect of Being) five sorts of elementary extension. The first and most important of these is the Akasha Tattva, the remaining four are Prithivi, Vayu, Apas, and Agni (or Tejas). Every form and every motion is a manifestation of these Tattvas singly or in conjunction, as the case may be. 

The Hindu symbols for these principles are based upon the actual operation of the five phases of the Life-Breath. I mean by this that the Hindu symbols are diagrammatic representations of the specific kinds of motion set up by the Tattvas.

—Paul Foster Case, Occult Fundamentals and Spiritual Unfoldment, Vol. I

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Jhon Dee matemático y ocultista del siglo XVI que fue consultado por la reina Isabel I, empleo un clarividente Edward Kelly, quien predijo el ataque d la Armada española d 1588 #astrologia #careonsafety #Tattvas (en Camp Nou (FC Barcelona)) https://www.instagram.com/p/B96G2_-oNhs/?igshid=1otawhkp0s4o0

[22teachings]

Tattva work was an important part of the personal rituals of Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The tattvas placed upon their flashing colors are used for scrying in the spirit vision, entering into an elemental atmosphere to discover wisdom, make adjustments, and extract healing. We will be working with the tattvas in depth for the month of November in the Arboretum Mysticum Lodge. #hermeticqabalah #tattvas #akasha #vayu #tejas #apas #prithvi #22Teachings (at House of Intuition) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpxhd5RHTUq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1v3zit6kr29go