Enlightenment: I’ve heard that the purpose of the Maharishi Vedic Astrology program is to predict future trends in our life, and that the Maharishi Yagya program is the means to make the most of them. 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, and can address the negative influences to help avert them.

Enlightenment: 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.

Enlightenment: What exactly is a Maharishi Yagya performance?

Steve Brittingham: A Maharishi Yagya performance is a special Vedic ceremony 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 programs 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 restored it to its completeness.

Enlightenment: How does a Maharishi Yagya performance 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 which 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.

Enlightenment: Is there one big yagya performance 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.

Enlightenment: Everyone makes a contribution to support their Maharishi Yagya performance. Is this program a luxury, something only for wealthy people?

Steve Brittingham: Maharishi has not provided this program as a luxury. People shouldn’t think that yagyas are only for the wealthy, or only for those who are having some difficult time in life. Yagyas are for everyone, to protect their health, relationships and finances—to promote their evolution.

Even if someone can’t afford to do big yagyas or lots of yagyas, he should at least do what he can afford. Whatever our financial capacity, to that degree we should have yagyas done regularly to protect our evolution.

Of course, the cost of a few yagyas could also save a lot of money if they help to prevent some big problem or loss. So yagyas are a wise financial investment, in addition to preventing stress and strain due to problems with our health, home, family or business.

The benefits of the Maharishi Yagya program are greatest when yagyas are performed regularly. Even small yagyas done regularly can help nip in the bud any negativity that could otherwise grow in the direction of some ill health, accident or other problem in life.

Enlightenment: 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 the Maharishi Yagya program, 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.

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