25-09-25
Chapter-7
2 of 3 of Agastya Maharishi
14 of 17 of this series
Chemistry of Life force and five elements – Shwas and Panch tattva –
Panch tattva were formed with the will of God; they are meant for construction and destruction of manifested beings by increasing and decreasing their proportions respectively.
“The entire Prakriti or nature is made out of five elements – fire, water, air, earth and space – agni, jal, vayu, prithvi, akash.
They were made one by one extremely slowly during the manifestation and evolution of the Earth, our sacred planet or griha.
Out of these five elements or tattva, except for akash, all are tangible and can be seen and touched; akash, ether is distinct.
They function individually as well as collectively; living and non-living beings are made and destroyed by them continuously.
The five elements are withdrawn from nature if God wills; they begin to change the composition of our mind, body and the world with this process.
Panch tattva were made with just one purpose,
to make this world of living and non-living beings.
Panch tattva are always at work since God wishes them to co-operate as a team as well as work individually – they are empowered.
Inside human beings, they are present to aid all the systems and functions; their primary function is to keep the body alive and functional.
They must be maintained by good upkeep and regularity through many physical and mental exercises and particularly by saatvik tendencies.
The prana and panch tattva together give us good health, longevity and wellness; our body chemistry depends primarily on panch tattva.
The quality of prana and our corresponding parameters are dependent on the quantity and quality of panch tattva that our body holds.
The physical body has panch tattva in a solid form and can be manipulated with quantity and quality of food, sleep, thoughts and will power.
Panch tattva are borrowed from nature in case they deplete in our body and mind
– without doubt never can anyone live without each one of them.
The chemistry of Panch tattva and shwas – five elements and breath is a very complicated one, they are interwoven so intricately that one cannot fathom.
Shwas is made up of Life force, and in it are also embedded the five elements in extremely limited quantity, they travel through channels called nadi.
We inhale jal, agni, vayu, akash, through air when we breathe and prithvi through thoughts from air in subtle form inside our system.
Most people have heavy thoughts of worldly matters, they consist of Earth element, they are heavy in nature and cling very tightly inside us.
Prithvi tattva gets embedded in our muladhar, other four tattva on successive ascending chakras respectively.
The shwas becomes heavy or light depending on which tattva is more or less in the body and manas; if positive, humanitarian thoughts are present, there is more akash.
If desires, wants and clamouring for worldly objects are in the thoughts, the composition of the shwas will be a mixture of Life force and prithvi and agni.
Anger, jealousy, rage and revenge are emotions embedded with excess agni, they must be doused with jal water element by arousing contentment.
The chemistry of shwas and panch tattva is designed in such a manner that the flow of life is continuous, and we are subjected to continuous sources of energy to act and think.
The volume of prana in a person’s body is crucial, however more crucial is the quality of prana and what powers of mind one possesses for a good chemistry of both – volume and quantity.
A person’s quality of thoughts will change the chemistry of the shwas and panch tattva.” “How, please explain?” I asked the most venerated Sage named Agastya.
“Vichar Shakti or the power of our thoughts is a very powerful source of divine energy – the higher the quality of thoughts one has, the greater the chemistry of prana.
The Panch tattva will succumb to the prana and assist them to flow harmoniously in all the nadi, because the keystone of panch tattva in shwas is Vichar Shakti.
Collectively all three components – Shwas, Panch tattva, Vichar Shakti make our Life force a live dynamo of magnanimity and triumph.
To begin with, we use this combined shakti to enhance our spiritual powers to become steadier in our spiritual consciousness and make a Divine Life.
Furthermore, it must be applied to gain success in all areas of our living for harmony, health, longevity, success, prosperity and enhancement of your spiritual empowerment!”


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