SANDHI AND THE SUBTLE FORCES OR ENERGIES

SANDHI AND THE SUBTLE FORCES OR ENERGIES :

A sandhi is the joining of two places, two periods or two activities. A yuga sandhi is an overlapping time window that spans across two periods — a cusp period. This is one of the contributions of Oriental thought that alignments, yugas occur with an overlap period and do not have a particular cut-off date when one season will change to another. In the case of a transition from one season to another, the period of nine nights is the overlap period.

There is a saying in Sanskrit, Yatha pinde thatha Brahmande — as in the microcosm, so in the macrocosm. This reveals the relationship between our body, the body of the earth and the body of the cosmos.

The gross world, the macrocosm, is full of different kinds of alignments among the gross heavenly bodies, namely the earth, sun, planets and the galaxy. These alignments are what create an interplay among the forces of Nature. All these alignments, sandhi, have an impact on everybody, including on you and me.

Our mind, the microcosm, is constantly under the influence of the interplay and alignment of three subtle forces or energies — Ichcha Shakti, the desire or will to manifest, Kriya Shakti, the potential to act and manifest, and Jnana Shakti, knowledge power. Alignment of these energies denotes the culmination of their interplay, leading to a balanced state of mind.

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