CHILDREN'S SECTION

 THE DOCTRINE OF ETHICS

Do not :

Associate with persons

that speak not pleasant, and

speak the trivials.

from the book: "The Doctrine of Ethics" 

Dear Children

Do not be carried away by the talks of the friends who do nothing in life. Some talk in a very engaging manner but there is not much substance in it. See if the searches are substantial and have meaningful communication. With such ones you can always associate with.

Learn not to be talkative. The talkative ones do not so much. The doers are not voracious speakers. Do not associate with men of little minds who have no noble ideas set to themselves for progress. When you are amidst elders you may listen to them and smile at their humour but do not try to meet levels with them through your excessive talk and out of context humour.

Some of these regulations about listening and speaking are but basic. Ensure that you observe them.

K. Parvathi Kumar

 (from the editorial of Dr. Kumar on the website: www.jugendforum-mithila.de)

STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

AGASTYA- MASTER JUPITER

Once upon a time this Earth was ruled by an emperor from the Solar Dynasty. He was applauded as an ideal king by the humans and devas alike. The emperor was a King Initiate. During his rule, there emerged a crisis. Certain dark forces, hiding in the ocean waters, used to disturb the social order of the kingdom during the dark hours of the night. During the day they used to hide deep in the ocean and during the night, they used to go to the land and disturb the law and order. The king emperor was found helpless to deal with the situation. He consulted the wise men, who told the king: “Only the great seer Agastya (Master Jupiter) can handle the crisis and no other on the planet.” The Solar King approached Agastya through deep meditation. Agastya, pleased with the invocation of the king through deep meditation, coming from the Nilagiris, presented himself before the king. The king offered worship to the Master and explained the persisting crisis. Agastya smiled and said: “I shall inhale the waters of the ocean into my being. Then the hidden forces become visible to you. You can kill them at once, when I hold the waters within. As soon as you kill the hiding dark forces, I shall once again release the water into the ocean-pit.” The king was pleased. The Master did was he said. The king killed the dark forces and released the waters back.

The solar king is none other than you and me – the individual Soul. The dark forces in waters are the emotional forces within the vital body. Master Jupiter is the Guru, the Teacher. The key is to work with deep inhalation, resulting in deep respiration. The consequence is that the Solar principle through inhalation reaches deep inside and expels the carbon through exhalation. Air is the medium.

K. Parvathi Kumar: Agastya. In: Hercules. The Man and the Symbol. Dhanishta 1999, pp 315-317.

"SEVEN TIMES SEVEN THE WHEEL ROTATES"