On top of Gandha you place Kumkum which represents blood. On that you place sandalwood (symbol for semen) which is gandhaperfume. What do you do as you recite each mantra and visualize the corresponding image, mapping them into the forty four triangles of the Sri Chakra? You place a dot of sandalwood paste and kumkum on the center of the Sri Chakra. The spinal chord is the abode of the Goddess who travels up and down playing the music of life in the seven centers. And the 14 worlds are located from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head. Meru is supposed to be the tallest mountain in the world. It challenges you to explore ypur creative visualization. It creates an environment in your minds eye. Now, what are these meditations about? These meditations are something like a guided imagery. Ka e i la hrim, Ha sa ka ha la hrim, Sa ka la hrim is all a mantra. That is the criterion we are using to distinguish the untranslatable mantra from the translatable parts. Where the meaning cannot be divulged, where the words are a channel of communication we recognize it as a mantra. Where the meaning can be clearly established, we do not consider that a mantra. The remaining part of the mantras can be translation for ease of people who do not know Sanskrit. In the next 44 visualizations with the mantras the beginning Aim Hrim Srim can't be replaced.
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