Cell phones - a menace to society
That's the verdict of the Siddhas. That cell phones are an evil that we should do without.
"But aren't they so convenient?" we may ask. The Siddhas reply with a question: "At what risk?"
We should think about the problems that are inherent in the cell phone before we decide to use it at our own risk.
There have already been debates about potential health concerns regarding the use of cell phones.
These debates will continue, but the Sathguru, Sri La Sri Venkataraman, gives us the Siddha viewpoint
on this device. The Siddhas tell us that cell phones
can severely damage the mind's ability to focus and concentrate. They can debilitate one's memory
power, the functioning of the brain, ears, eyes, tongue, nasal passage and the central nervous system
thereby causing serious breakdown in one's physical and mental coordination.
Are these problems something that one should court willingly? Intelligent people would say no.
It is not as though the Siddhas make it a point to criticize every new device that appears on the market.
They only point out the negative aspects of those modern creations that can cause severe problems in society.
Looking out for the welfare of the people at large, the merciful Siddhas show us the royal spiritual road to the Divine.
Anything that can detract from this royal road is a spiritual negative.
The cell phone is one such.
Not that it does not have its advantages, if used sparingly and only for extremely important and short conversations.
But that is not how it is being used today and hence the Siddha warning to us regarding this device.
As another example, think about the television.
Surely it can be used for good purposes like education, but look at its predominant use today.
Today most television programs the world over are dominated by violence, obscenities,
sexual overtones and all things base and vulgar.
The content of modern TV programs degrades the younger generation and is a bottomless time sink for the older
generation. The television has effectively become the prime way of wasting hour after precious hour everyday for elders.
For the young ones, the television has become the prime polluter of their minds.
This is over and beyond health problems arising out of the sedentary TV watching lifestyle that include
obesity, poor vision and an overall lack of peace of mind.
This TV addiction may be even more problematic than addiction to alcohol and smoking since it affects
far more people in society.
Now it must be remembered that the TV can be used for good purposes, but that has simply not happened.
So the Siddhas warned us about television years ago. Now they are warning us about the cell phone.
Let us take their warning seriously.
There are vital nerve channels behind and in the ear lobes and in between the eyes and the ears
There are also very tender ones connecting the nasal part to the ears.
The radiation emanating from the cell phone slowly damages all these nerves.
This is not a risk that intelligent people would take.
The dangers due to cell phone radiation can be as bad those due to the dioxin that's a result of PVC plastic.
There is a reason why we don't use articles made out of plastic in pooja.
Articles made out of copper, silver, brass and gold can attract positive spiritual energies from the atmosphere and also block negative vibrations. Thus these articles are a source of spiritual benefit to the devotee. Whereas plastic articles neither attract the positive spiritual energies nor block the negative vibrations.
Cell phone radiation spreads through space and affects not only our central nervous system but it also acts as a block against
the entry of positive spiritual vibrations.
The merciful Siddhas spread powerful positive spiritual vibrations from Vedic hymns and mantras throughout the
atmosphere. They do this because these vibrations can help all human beings everywhere,
regardless of caste, creed, religion or nationality.
These vibrations can be absorbed by one and all, but the cell phone radiation can block these vibrations
and thus deprive humans of the positive vibrations spread by the Siddhas.
In fact, the Siddhas who are expert at the divine art of telepathy, tell us that the telepathic mind-energy channel enabling connectivity to the celestial worlds is adversely affected by cell phone radiation.
So the cell phone is an evil that we should do without, the Siddhas caution us.
What should we do then if there is a genuine emergency that necessitates the use of a cell phone?
The Siddhas have given us a few rules for protecting ourselves from the harmful effects of this radiation:
| - | Wear cotton clothes. |
| - | Apply mehendi (henna). |
| - | Frequent and regular application of a special Ayurvedic oil in the nose prevents entry of this radiation. |
| - | Like secondary smoking, cell phone radiation resulting from others' use of these devices can affect one too. Moreover, cell phone radiation affects the nerves around the ears. To reduce this harmful effect, wear eardrops made out of gold. |
| - | Wear lotus or tulsi or rudraksha beads around the neck. |
| - | Chant the Gayatri mantra and the Nakshatra Sooktham regularly. These powerful mantras will filter out the harmful radiation and also help attract positive spiritual vibrations from space and from celestial bodies. |
| - | Pray to Sri Akasapureeswara, the Lord of all things related to the sky and space, on a regular basis. We have become dependent on several modern advances that make use of radio waves, microwave transmissions and the like. There are instruments that use these technologies on which we are dependent. But these technologies are dependent on akasa (space). Why, air travel, on which we have come to rely so heavily, is also dependent on akasa. The Lord of akasa is Sri Akasapureeswara. His temple is near Thiruvaiyaru (in the district of Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu in the south of India) where the Lord gives darshan as a svayambhu Siva Lingam. Constant worship of the Lord will protect one from the harmful effects of cell phone radiation. |
The Siddhas caution us that these remedies are only for those who do not use cell phones regularly.
If we must use them because of a genuine emergency, then the above spiritual precautions will help.
But they will not if one ignores the advice of the Siddhas and resorts to regular use of this device.
Cell phones are an evil we can and should live without.
Please refer to the December 2ØØ4
January 2ØØ5
issues of the Ashram monthly magazine, Sri Agasthia Vijayam
for further information.
Om Salutations to the Sathguru
Om Salutations to the Siddhas
Om Salutations to Lord Akasapureeswara
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