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Changing Your Destiny

An Interview with Steve Brittingham
By Linda Egenes

Question: I’ve heard that the purpose of the Maharishi Vedic Astrology program is to predict future trends in life, and that the Maharishi Yagya program is the means to make the most of those trends. What does that mean?

Steve Brittingham: The idea is to look at the birth chart to find out what’s good, what’s bad, and what to do about it. Seeing “what’s good” and “what’s bad” is the job of the Maharishi Jyotish program. The “what to do about it” is the Maharishi Yagya program, which can improve upon the good influences that are coming or can address the negative influences to help avert them.

Question: So Maharishi Yagya performances can actually change your destiny?

Steve Brittingham: Yes. Maharishi gives an analogy about an arrow that has been shot from a bow. Once it’s been released from the bow, and it’s on its way to hit the target, what can be done about it then? Yet if some wind could come and blow the arrow off target, it would miss its mark.

In the same way, the Maharishi Vedic Astrology expert has seen something in the birth chart; it’s destined for the person. But some influence could be created to change that destiny—and that’s the Maharishi Yagya program.

Question: What exactly is a Maharishi Yagya performance?

Steve Brittingham: A Maharishi Yagya is a special Vedic ceremony or performance which is done in India by groups of specially trained pandits (experts). The pandits are not young students, but are adults whose life work is to do the yagya performances and who have been carefully trained under Maharishi’s guidance.

These pandits are also practicing the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program and are deeply grounded in the Vedic tradition in its purity. In this way, Maharishi has restored the element of transcendence—pure consciousness—to yagyas, and has thus restored their effectiveness. When pure consciousness is absent, it leaves the yagya ineffective. Whenever Maharishi gives his name to any field of Vedic knowledge, it means that he has renewed it to its completeness.

Question: How does a yagya work?

Steve Brittingham: At the beginning of the performance, the pandits state the person’s name for whom the yagya is being performed and certain information about him, such as his date and place of birth and some information from his birth chart that identifies the recipient of the yagya. Also the sankalpa, or intention of the yagya, is stated. This makes it clear to the Laws of Nature for whom the yagya is being done and for what purpose.

Question: Is there one big yagya done for all the people who request one that day?

Steve Brittingham: No, each Maharishi Yagya performance is done individually for the person who requests it. The influence finds the person wherever he or she may be in the world. This happens on the level of the Unified Field of all the Laws of Nature. It’s a field of infinite correlation, so no time is lost.

In fact, many people say that even from the time of requesting the Maharishi Yagya performance, some change in their destiny starts to come, because it’s at that time that the sankalpa, or purpose, is set and the Laws of Nature start to rally to bring benefit to the person.

Question: When is the best time to order a yagya?

Steve Brittingham: The best time is now! We often get phone calls from people after a crisis has already begun, after the arrow has already hit its target. Yagyas can still help them by organizing Nature’s support in the midst of a bad situation. But yagyas are really for prevention.

When Maharishi speaks of Maharishi Vedic Astrology and Yagya, he uses the Sanskrit phrase, heyam duhkham anagatam—“avert the danger before it arises.” It’s an old story: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. We should know our future. Every person should know his destiny and be able to address it through the Maharishi Yagya program.

Glossary of Terms

Birth chart—a graphic display of the planets at the time of birth.

Jyotish—one of the 40 aspects of Veda and Vedic Literature revived by Maharishi, known as the “eye of the Veda,” which sees past, present, and future.

Maharishi Jyotish or Maharishi Vedic Astrology—a science and technology to know past and present and to predict the future

Maharishi Yagya^SM (pronounced yuh’ gyuh)—a Vedic performance by trained experts to bring more support of Natural Law to the recipient and the environment.

Pandit (pronounced pun’ dit)—an expert who has been trained from an early age in a specific branch of the Vedic tradition of knowledge.

Sankalpa (pronounced sun kul’ puh)—the purpose or intention of the Maharishi Yagya performance.

Veda (pronounced Vay’ duh)—pure knowledge, total knowledge of Natural Law, which is available in the transcendental field of life, pure consciousness.

Vedic (pronounced Vay’ dik)—pertaining to Veda, the field of total knowledge.



		Changing Your Destiny An Interview with Steve Brittingham By Linda Egenes Question: I’ve heard that the purpose of the Maharishi Vedic Astrology program is to predict future trends in life, and that the Maharishi Yagya program is the means to make the most of those trends. What does that mean? Steve Brittingham: The idea is to look at the birth chart to find out what’s good, what’s bad, and what to do about it. Seeing “what’s good” and “what’s bad” is the job of the Maharishi Jyotish program. The “what to do about it” is the Maharishi Yagya program, which can improve upon the good influences that are coming or can address the negative influences to help avert them. Question: So Maharishi Yagya performances can actually change your destiny? Steve Brittingham: Yes. Maharishi gives an analogy about an arrow that has been shot from a bow. Once it’s been released from the bow, and it’s on its way to hit the target, what can be done about it then? Yet if some wind could come and blow the arrow off target, it would miss its mark. In the same way, the Maharishi Vedic Astrology expert has seen something in the birth chart; it’s destined for the person. But some influence could be created to change that destiny—and that’s the Maharishi Yagya program. Question: What exactly is a Maharishi Yagya performance? Steve Brittingham: A Maharishi Yagya is a special Vedic ceremony or performance which is done in India by groups of specially trained pandits (experts). The pandits are not young students, but are adults whose life work is to do the yagya performances and who have been carefully trained under Maharishi’s guidance. These pandits are also practicing the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program and are deeply grounded in the Vedic tradition in its purity. In this way, Maharishi has restored the element of transcendence—pure consciousness—to yagyas, and has thus restored their effectiveness. When pure consciousness is absent, it leaves the yagya ineffective. Whenever Maharishi gives his name to any field of Vedic knowledge, it means that he has renewed it to its completeness. Question: How does a yagya work? Steve Brittingham: At the beginning of the performance, the pandits state the person’s name for whom the yagya is being performed and certain information about him, such as his date and place of birth and some information from his birth chart that identifies the recipient of the yagya. Also the sankalpa, or intention of the yagya, is stated. This makes it clear to the Laws of Nature for whom the yagya is being done and for what purpose. Question: Is there one big yagya done for all the people who request one that day? Steve Brittingham: No, each Maharishi Yagya performance is done individually for the person who requests it. The influence finds the person wherever he or she may be in the world. This happens on the level of the Unified Field of all the Laws of Nature. It’s a field of infinite correlation, so no time is lost. In fact, many people say that even from the time of requesting the Maharishi Yagya performance, some change in their destiny starts to come, because it’s at that time that the sankalpa, or purpose, is set and the Laws of Nature start to rally to bring benefit to the person. Question: When is the best time to order a yagya? Steve Brittingham: The best time is now! We often get phone calls from people after a crisis has already begun, after the arrow has already hit its target. Yagyas can still help them by organizing Nature’s support in the midst of a bad situation. But yagyas are really for prevention. When Maharishi speaks of Maharishi Vedic Astrology and Yagya, he uses the Sanskrit phrase, heyam duhkham anagatam—“avert the danger before it arises.” It’s an old story: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. We should know our future. Every person should know his destiny and be able to address it through the Maharishi Yagya program. Glossary of Terms Birth chart—a graphic display of the planets at the time of birth. Jyotish—one of the 40 aspects of Veda and Vedic Literature revived by Maharishi, known as the “eye of the Veda,” which sees past, present, and future. Maharishi Jyotish or Maharishi Vedic Astrology—a science and technology to know past and present and to predict the future Maharishi Yagya^SM (pronounced yuh’ gyuh)—a Vedic performance by trained experts to bring more support of Natural Law to the recipient and the environment. Pandit (pronounced pun’ dit)—an expert who has been trained from an early age in a specific branch of the Vedic tradition of knowledge. Sankalpa (pronounced sun kul’ puh)—the purpose or intention of the Maharishi Yagya performance. Veda (pronounced Vay’ duh)—pure knowledge, total knowledge of Natural Law, which is available in the transcendental field of life, pure consciousness. Vedic (pronounced Vay’ dik)—pertaining to Veda, the field of total knowledge. CLOSE WINDOW


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Changing Your Destiny

An Interview with Steve Brittingham By Linda Egenes

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An Interview with Steve Brittingham
By Linda Egenes