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Offering Aarthi means calling out to God with intense yearning. If a human
being calls out to a deity through the medium of the Aarthi then he is
granted either a vision of God in the form of light or of the deities form.
The hymns in an Aarthi which are in praise of the deities, also entail an
earnest prayer made unto God to win His grace. The deities and God who
bestows grace, are pleased with the praises and worship of the one who
offers Aarthi. Towards the end of every ritualistic worship (pooja or bhajan)
of the Lord or to welcome an honored guest or saint, we perform the
Aarathi. This is always accompanied by the ringing of the bell and sometimes
by singing, playing of musical instruments and clapping.
Also the sun is the presiding deity of the intellect, the moon, that of the
mind, and fire, that of speech. The Lord is the supreme consciousness that
illuminates all of them. Without Him, the intellect cannot think, nor can the
mind feel nor the tongue speaks. The Lord is beyond the mind, intellect and
speech. How can this finite equipment illuminate the Lord? Therefore, as we
perform the aarthi we chant;
Na tatra suryo bhaati na chandra taarakam
Nemaa vidyuto bhaanti kutoyamagnib
Tameva bhaantam anubhaati sarvam
Tasya bhasa sarvam idam vibhaati
He is there where the sun does not shine,
Nor the moon, stars and lightning.
then what to talk of this small flame (in my hand),
The Arti should be sung with the bhav that God Himself is standing in front
and I am calling out to Him earnestly.
The more the bhav one has while singing the Arti for God, the more enriched
with bhav and sattva predominant the Arti will become. Such an Arti will
reach the Lord faster. Individuals singing an Arti in this manner benefit as
follows: The greater the collective bhav of the group singing the Arti, greater
is the extent and period of preservation of the frequencies of Chaitanya
(Divine consciousness) of Deities in the environment. This leads to a
reduction in the distress from negative energies and gaining the benefit of
Chaitanya.
Every embodied soul should make an effort to perform the Arti with bhav.
Also as a covering is formed on the ground by these sattva predominant
vibrations (which stops the transmission of distressing frequencies from the
Negative subtle regions), the worshippers embodied soul benefits most from
the Chaitanya. Thus during the Arti the worshippers gross and subtle bodies
get purified and results in his faster spiritual evolution.
Why should the Arti platter not be waved above the head
of the Deity?
The Aarthi platter should not be waved above the head of the Deity, but
should be moved from the Anahata to the Agya Chakra of the Deity. Due to
the influence of the raja frequencies emanating from the Arti, friction
develops with the sattva particles in the serene frequencies related to the
unmanifest Divine principle (emitted from the head of the Deity). As a result,
they can disintegrate before being transmitted.
That is why the Arti platter should not be waved above the head of the Deity.
Thus, the high-speed frequencies emitted from the Adnya chakra and which
are related to the attributes of the Deity get complemented by the raja
frequencies emanating from the lamp of the Arti. This enables them to be
transmitted effectively in the environment forming a protective armour
around the worshippers and destroying the raja-tama in the environment.
The Arti platter should not be waved above the head of the Deity, but should
be moved from the to the of the Deity. Due to the influence of the
frequencies emanating from the , friction develops with the particles in the
serene frequencies related to the unmanifest Divine principle (emitted from
the head of the Deity). As a result, they can disintegrate before being
transmitted. That is why the Arti platter should not be waved above the head
of the Deity. Thus, the high-speed frequencies emitted from the and which
are related to the attributes of the Deity get complemented by the raja
frequencies emanating from the lamp of the . This enables them to be
transmitted effectively in the environment forming a protective armour
around the worshippers and destroying the raja-tama in the environment.
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