In the summer of 2015, I stood in deep prayer in front of the blazing flames of a sacred fire ceremony in a powerful temple in India. I was about to turn 39 years old, I was single, my biological clock was ticking and I decided to take this auspicious opportunity to beg the Divine to bless my life with a beautiful child. Six months later, I found out I was pregnant. I couldn’t believe it! It was a little miracle.
And this is what the miracle looks like.
My son Sai on his first visit to India
What is sacred fire ceremony
Without a doubt, fire has always held a fascinating, even spiritual allure for people. Who doesn’t love gathering around a blazing bonfire or sitting in front of a cozy fireplace, the flames drawing you in with their enigmatic dance? Soothed in the comfort of the fire’s warmth, you can’t help but experience a calmness washing over you, but did you know that fire also has the power to offer much deeper levels of healing as well as protection from negativity? That it has the power to attract into your life the things you want the most? This is what sacred fire ceremonies are all about.
My initial introduction to the immense wish-fulfilling power of a fire ceremony came on my first trip to India, in 2003. Since then, sacred fire ceremonies have become a big part of my spiritual practice. And I’d like to add, a fundamental ingredient in the success of my life.
A fire ceremony is a commonly practiced ritual in temples across India. Just like its wedding celebrations, India’s tradition of sacred fire ceremonies is often an opulent affair, accompanied by chanting priests who dress the fire pit with flowers, fruits and colored spices. Stocked with an abundance of fragrant wood and sacred ingredients, the priests ignite and continue to feed the fire with these gifts to the gods throughout the ceremony. Fire plays a primary role in our relationship with the Divine, as a means of communication as well as healing and spiritual transformation.
The Benefits of Fire Ceremonies
Some of the richest and most influential men and women in India attend fire ceremonies or have them conducted remotely in their names, on a regular basis. Business tycoons, politicians, celebrities, enlightened masters, devotees — and people from practically all walks-of-life — they all understand and benefit from the ancient spiritual mechanisms of the fire whisperers.
A fire ceremony is considered a spiritual remedy that has the power to positively influence and affect every area of your life. Vedic astrology recommends fire ceremonies as one of the life-altering spiritual remedies to transform your personal karma.
The application and advantages of fire ceremonies are many, as you can see in the list of benefits below:
- Deep peace-of-mind & mental clarity
- Success for personal and business endeavours
- Healing of the heart, soul, mind & body
- Wish-fulfilment of one’s deepest desires
- Release of negative emotions, depression and stress
- Transformation of personal challenges and problems
- Protection from negativity
- Purification of negative karmas or intentions
- Spiritual channels opening to the Divine
- Boons from the Divine
Tell all your problems, your unhappiness, your heart pain, and what you deeply want, tell everything to the fire. The fire will remove your problems. A sacred fire ceremony is like the highest radio wave (transmitting) energy. It works automatically to send the person the highest positive energy. It can go anywhere.
- Sri Kaleshwar
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