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with universal sympathy and compassion. When the Aquarian pitcher begins
to pour the water of life, it gains enormous vitality to nourish the world
around it. Yet a person under Dhanishta can magnify and exaggerate his own
deeds and beat his drum loudly. This happens if one is on the lower rungs of
evolution, otherwise one is a Divine messenger of hope, courage and
enlightenment to his fellow beings.
Dhanishta as the drum links the individual soul to the very root of
manifestation which it begins to reverberate. The Maha Shunya or Cosmic
Void radiates sound waves which concretize cosmic ideas. Sound allows
perception of the void on whose substratum all sounds arise. Beneath the
noise and agitation of the outer world, there is the great silence which
resounds the real nature of things. This is the medium which enables the
soundless sound to be perceived, towards which all meditation practices aim.
Under all forms of manifestation, there is the Void which reveals their
Divine purpose. Perception of this original cause affords the individual
different intensities of spiritual experience. One experiences the Divine
energy circulating everywhere.
This perception depends upon the purification of the psyche which
necessitates purging of personal emotions and self-centered ideas. At this
stage, the individual may experience great sorrow and suffering, bleeding of
the heart, but this is the only way to enlightenment. Divine strength, power
and light can only be poured into the individual after his crucifixion. Within
the hollowness of the drum there is the capacity to resound the tune played
by the cosmic dancer, Lord Shiva. The trial of the neophyte is a necessary
stage for experiencing universal harmony. The drum in the hands of Shiva,
the supreme God, and the flute on the lips of Krishna, the great avatar, are
intended to evoke spirituality in man, to make the soundless manifest in
sound. Dhanishta among the lunar mansions prepares the individual to
realize the Divine.
The presiding deities, the eight Vasus, are assigned to Dhanishta especially
in their role of energy sources. Each of one of them is a sun, each has a
special domain on the different realms of existence. None of them can exist
along with materialism: they are the very antithesis of matter. Dhanishta
therefore completely, though gradually, eliminates material attachments from
the individual and enables the soul to express itself directly.
Mars, governing the asterism, provides courage, strength and devotion.
Saturn, ruling the signs in which the asterism falls, gives it the patience and
protection which sustains the person through his trials. Having endured the
ordeal of purification the individual's consciousness is attuned to the
universal harmony; spiritual knowledge is opened to the mind. Behind the