Vedic Astrology 原文 Chapter2下
The Body as a Temple Made of Five Elements
Harmony Vibration
Anandamaya – Resonance Harmony Space
Feeling Breath
Vijanamaya – Knowing Discernment Air
Transmutation Acids
Manomaya – Insight, thought Fire
Discernment Fluids
Pranomaya — Flavor, energy Water
Memory Substance
Anamaya — Food, biodiversity Earth
The Five Elements (Bhutas) of Material Nature
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ELEMENT: Earth
SANSKRIT NAME: Prithivi
DEFINITION: The solid state of matter, whose characteristic attribute
is stability, fixity or rigidity. Earth is stable substance.
KEYWORDS: Grounded, Coarse, Stalwart, Hard, Dense,
Unvarying, Supportive, Persistent, Stationary
ACTION: Be Solid (Containing ;)
RULE: Earth rules with patience
FORM: Yellow Square
ORGAN OF PERCEPTION: Nose
OBJECT OF PERCEPTION: Odor
PERCEPTIVE SENSE: Smell
ORGAN OF ACTION: Anus
OIECT OF ACTION: Stools
ACTIVIE SENSE: Defecation
CHAKRA: Muladhara (Root)
NATURE: stabilizing
DESIRE: to endure
FAULT: Greed
ELEMENT: WATER
SANSKRIT NAME: Apas
DEFINITION: The liquid state of matter whose characteristic
attribute is flux. Water is substance without stability
KEYWORDS: Binding, Clammy, Cool, Creative, Emotional,
Fluid, Soggy, Humidity, Movement
ACTION: Be Fluid (Transporting)
RULE: water rules with persistence
FORM: Silver Crescent
ORGAN OF PERCEPTION: Tongue
OBJECT OF PERCEPTION: Flavor
PERCEPTIVE SENSE: Taste
ORGAN OF ACTION: Genitals
OBJECT OF ACTION: Genitals
ACTIVE SENSE: Sexual Contact
CHAKRA: Svadbisthana (Genitals)
NATURE: Dissolving
DESIRE: to Dissolve
FAULT: Lust
ELEMENT: Fire
SANSKRIT NAME: Agni
DEFINITION: The power that can convert a substance from solid to liquid to gas and vice versa, increasing or decreasing the relative order of the substance.
The essence of fire is transformation. Fire is form without substance.
KEYWORDS: Assimilative, Concentrated, Consuming, Hot,
Intense, Penetrating, Transformative, Vehement, Light
ACTION: Be intense (Cooking)
RULE: Fire rules with intensity
FORM: Red Triangle
ORGAN OF PERCEPTION: Eye
OBJECT OF PERCEPTION: Form
PERCEPTIVE SENSE: Vision
ORGAN OF ACTION:: Feet
OBJECT OF ACTION : Ground
ACTIVIE SENSE:: Locomotion
CHAKRA: Manipura (Navel)
NATURE: Transforming
DESIRE: to change
FAULT: Anger
ELEMENT: Air or Wind
SANSKRIT NAME: Vayu
DEFINITION: The gaseous state of matter consisting of rnobi1ity and dynamism. Air is existence without form
KEY WORDS: Alert, Breathing, Cold, Dynamic, Energetic,
Flexible, Immaterial, Sharp, Subtle
ACTION: Be subtle (Dispersing)
RULE: Wind rules with movement
FORM: Blue Circle
ORGAN OF PERCEPTION: Skin
OBJECT OF PERCEPTION: Surface
PECEPTIVE SENSE: Touch
ORGAN OF ACTION. Hands,
OBJECT OF ACTION: Things
ACTIVE SENSE: Grasping
CHAKRA: Anahata (heart)
NATURE: Changing
DESIRE: To Move
FAULT: restlessness
ELEMENT: Space
SANSKRIT NAME: Akasba
DENFINITION: The field from which everything is manifested and into which it returns. No physical life; it exists only as the distance that separates matter and as cosmic rays.
KEY WORDS: Accommodating, Detached, Endless,
Expansive, Open, Pervasive, Still, Stable, Gap
ACTION: Be Open (Encompassing)
RULE: Space rules by encompassing
FORM: Black Egg
ORGAN OF PERCEPTION: Ear
OBJECT OF PERCEPTION: Sound Vibration
PERCEPTIVE SENSE: Hearing
ORGAN OF ACTION: Mouth
OBJECT OF ACTION: Words
ACTIVE SENSE: Speech
CHAKRA: Vishada (Throat)
NATURES: Accommodating
DESIRE: To Create
FAULT: Detachment
Since everything in the world of matter is composed of these five elements, it is useful to imagine that they are broken down into very small pieces, which are composed of the atomic elements. These small pieces of earth, water, fire, air and space are then mixed or strung together in varying combinations. In this way, our bodies, the food we eat the persons we associate with and climate are all exposing us to different amounts of the five elements, which we are constantly taking in and absorbing. Sometimes we do this directly as in the case of eating food, and other times energetically, such as when we stand by a fire and absorb heat from its burning.
The first step in learning Vedic astrology, Yoga, Ayurveda or any spiritual science is to meditate upon these five elements until be recognized in their obvious reservoirs in Nature and in their subtle and varying amounts in all the objects that surround us. For example, it is easy to recognize a pool of water. To recognize that watermelon has a preponderance of water is also obvious once we look closely. It is also clear that by itself, water tends to be cool or cold rather than hot. If someone is cold and you feed them waterme1on, they would feel colder. The opposite is true with chili peppers, which have more fire in them. If someone is hot and you feed them chili peppers, they would feel even hotter. In some substances these relationships are very subtle and in others their elemental nature is more obvious. This topic is discussed at greater length in the Ayurvedic Medicine Deck.
In people, these same qualities are present. If you are the kind of person who is hardly ever cold and your fire of digestion is very strong, then there is more fire in your being. If you are exposed to more fire, it will increase your heat. Others are often cold, especially their extremities, and some are cool. We even say in everybody speech:“He is so cool” or “She is a hot tamale.” Not only are our bodies made of the five elements. Hearing is related to space, touch to air, sight to fire, taste to five primal elements, with speech connected to space, grasping to air, locomotion to fire, sexuality to water and bowel movements to earth. Similarly, the levels of our body, which arc called chakras, are the five elements stacked on top each other.
When small piece of the five elements are made into food, six specific flavors emerge. These are the six flavors that our tongues can experience, which are astringent, bitter, sweet, salty, sour and pungent. All food is some combination of there six flavors. The six flavors are made of specific combinations of the five elements.
The Six Flavors
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As we eat, we are filling our bodies with pieces of the five elements and are either creating balance or imbalance. If you refer to books on Ayurvedic medicine, you can study more deeply the connection between food and the five elements. For the purposes of using this card deck, it is enough to know that the five elements pervade everything in the material world.
In these and many other ways, the five elements affect every aspect of our lives and being. In Order to use this deck effectively, it is necessary to meditate upon each component or level until you can see it in yourself, in nature and in the people around you. This process begins with the most fundamental ingredients—the five great elements.
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Harmony Vibration
Anandamaya – Resonance Harmony Space
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Feeling Breath
Vijanamaya – Knowing Discernment Air
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Transmutation Acids
Manomaya – Insight, thought Fire
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Discernment Fluids
Pranomaya — Flavor, energy Water
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Memory Substance
Anamaya — Food, biodiversity Earth
The Five Elements (Bhutas) of Material Nature
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ELEMENT: Earth
SANSKRIT NAME: Prithivi
DEFINITION: The solid state of matter, whose characteristic attribute
is stability, fixity or rigidity. Earth is stable substance.
KEYWORDS: Grounded, Coarse, Stalwart, Hard, Dense,
Unvarying, Supportive, Persistent, Stationary
ACTION: Be Solid (Containing ;)
RULE: Earth rules with patience
FORM: Yellow Square
ORGAN OF PERCEPTION: Nose
OBJECT OF PERCEPTION: Odor
PERCEPTIVE SENSE: Smell
ORGAN OF ACTION: Anus
OIECT OF ACTION: Stools
ACTIVIE SENSE: Defecation
CHAKRA: Muladhara (Root)
NATURE: stabilizing
DESIRE: to endure
FAULT: Greed
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ELEMENT: WATER
SANSKRIT NAME: Apas
DEFINITION: The liquid state of matter whose characteristic
attribute is flux. Water is substance without stability
KEYWORDS: Binding, Clammy, Cool, Creative, Emotional,
Fluid, Soggy, Humidity, Movement
ACTION: Be Fluid (Transporting)
RULE: water rules with persistence
FORM: Silver Crescent
ORGAN OF PERCEPTION: Tongue
OBJECT OF PERCEPTION: Flavor
PERCEPTIVE SENSE: Taste
ORGAN OF ACTION: Genitals
OBJECT OF ACTION: Genitals
ACTIVE SENSE: Sexual Contact
CHAKRA: Svadbisthana (Genitals)
NATURE: Dissolving
DESIRE: to Dissolve
FAULT: Lust
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ELEMENT: Fire
SANSKRIT NAME: Agni
DEFINITION: The power that can convert a substance from solid to liquid to gas and vice versa, increasing or decreasing the relative order of the substance.
The essence of fire is transformation. Fire is form without substance.
KEYWORDS: Assimilative, Concentrated, Consuming, Hot,
Intense, Penetrating, Transformative, Vehement, Light
ACTION: Be intense (Cooking)
RULE: Fire rules with intensity
FORM: Red Triangle
ORGAN OF PERCEPTION: Eye
OBJECT OF PERCEPTION: Form
PERCEPTIVE SENSE: Vision
ORGAN OF ACTION:: Feet
OBJECT OF ACTION : Ground
ACTIVIE SENSE:: Locomotion
CHAKRA: Manipura (Navel)
NATURE: Transforming
DESIRE: to change
FAULT: Anger
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ELEMENT: Air or Wind
SANSKRIT NAME: Vayu
DEFINITION: The gaseous state of matter consisting of rnobi1ity and dynamism. Air is existence without form
KEY WORDS: Alert, Breathing, Cold, Dynamic, Energetic,
Flexible, Immaterial, Sharp, Subtle
ACTION: Be subtle (Dispersing)
RULE: Wind rules with movement
FORM: Blue Circle
ORGAN OF PERCEPTION: Skin
OBJECT OF PERCEPTION: Surface
PECEPTIVE SENSE: Touch
ORGAN OF ACTION. Hands,
OBJECT OF ACTION: Things
ACTIVE SENSE: Grasping
CHAKRA: Anahata (heart)
NATURE: Changing
DESIRE: To Move
FAULT: restlessness
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ELEMENT: Space
SANSKRIT NAME: Akasba
DENFINITION: The field from which everything is manifested and into which it returns. No physical life; it exists only as the distance that separates matter and as cosmic rays.
KEY WORDS: Accommodating, Detached, Endless,
Expansive, Open, Pervasive, Still, Stable, Gap
ACTION: Be Open (Encompassing)
RULE: Space rules by encompassing
FORM: Black Egg
ORGAN OF PERCEPTION: Ear
OBJECT OF PERCEPTION: Sound Vibration
PERCEPTIVE SENSE: Hearing
ORGAN OF ACTION: Mouth
OBJECT OF ACTION: Words
ACTIVE SENSE: Speech
CHAKRA: Vishada (Throat)
NATURES: Accommodating
DESIRE: To Create
FAULT: Detachment
Since everything in the world of matter is composed of these five elements, it is useful to imagine that they are broken down into very small pieces, which are composed of the atomic elements. These small pieces of earth, water, fire, air and space are then mixed or strung together in varying combinations. In this way, our bodies, the food we eat the persons we associate with and climate are all exposing us to different amounts of the five elements, which we are constantly taking in and absorbing. Sometimes we do this directly as in the case of eating food, and other times energetically, such as when we stand by a fire and absorb heat from its burning.
The first step in learning Vedic astrology, Yoga, Ayurveda or any spiritual science is to meditate upon these five elements until be recognized in their obvious reservoirs in Nature and in their subtle and varying amounts in all the objects that surround us. For example, it is easy to recognize a pool of water. To recognize that watermelon has a preponderance of water is also obvious once we look closely. It is also clear that by itself, water tends to be cool or cold rather than hot. If someone is cold and you feed them waterme1on, they would feel colder. The opposite is true with chili peppers, which have more fire in them. If someone is hot and you feed them chili peppers, they would feel even hotter. In some substances these relationships are very subtle and in others their elemental nature is more obvious. This topic is discussed at greater length in the Ayurvedic Medicine Deck.
In people, these same qualities are present. If you are the kind of person who is hardly ever cold and your fire of digestion is very strong, then there is more fire in your being. If you are exposed to more fire, it will increase your heat. Others are often cold, especially their extremities, and some are cool. We even say in everybody speech:“He is so cool” or “She is a hot tamale.” Not only are our bodies made of the five elements. Hearing is related to space, touch to air, sight to fire, taste to five primal elements, with speech connected to space, grasping to air, locomotion to fire, sexuality to water and bowel movements to earth. Similarly, the levels of our body, which arc called chakras, are the five elements stacked on top each other.
When small piece of the five elements are made into food, six specific flavors emerge. These are the six flavors that our tongues can experience, which are astringent, bitter, sweet, salty, sour and pungent. All food is some combination of there six flavors. The six flavors are made of specific combinations of the five elements.
The Six Flavors
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As we eat, we are filling our bodies with pieces of the five elements and are either creating balance or imbalance. If you refer to books on Ayurvedic medicine, you can study more deeply the connection between food and the five elements. For the purposes of using this card deck, it is enough to know that the five elements pervade everything in the material world.
In these and many other ways, the five elements affect every aspect of our lives and being. In Order to use this deck effectively, it is necessary to meditate upon each component or level until you can see it in yourself, in nature and in the people around you. This process begins with the most fundamental ingredients—the five great elements.
