The Goddess of the Vastu grid has Eight cosmic superpowers that may be activated and cultivated in everyone of us, female and male. (see my blog post A Grid and a Goddess) How? Chromosome theory tells us that everyone has at least one x chromosome; double-x in females, coupled with a y in males, and special variations that, for whatever divine reason, always include an x chromosome, which represents a feminine genotype. To receive eight cosmic blessings from a loving, Mother Goddess like Ashta Laxmi, of the Hindu belief system, regardless of our personal family relations or religious affiliations, we all have that spark of divine feminine within us. It's built in. All we need to do, to receive and give those blessings, is recognize, cultivate and activate our very own cosmic Goddess superpowers.
In her short course “Enhancing Home Energies with Vaastu and Numerology”, Metaphysical Counselor, Vedic Holistic Healer, Usui Reiki Master, author and creatrix of metaphysical and Vastu courses, Rev. Dr. Gauri M. Relan, describes how the Divine Mother's energies (Ashta Lakshmi) may manifest in the home:
The very name of Lakshmi "Lakshya + ami" means focus + mine, which signifies the focus is sure short route to opulence, success and abundance in all sectors of life.
By using our focus, we invite energies of opulence, success and abundance to move around our dwelling place. We can plan and arrange our home to enhance these energies. The energies begin anew, each day, at the place of the sunrise; the beginning of each and every day. According to Dr. Relan, the northeastern Vastu grid space may be seen, metaphorically, as the place where the Goddess arrives as a newborn infant. (See my blog post A Grid and a Goddess) If we imagine traveling sunwise (clockwise) around to all the eight outer squares of our Vastu grid, the Goddess emanates energies of growing up to successively become a sister, young lady, wife, mother and, finally, a wise woman and elder of the family before being reborn in the northeast grid square again, the next morning.
The first step is to recognize omnipresent earth powers of the rising sun and the closest magnetic pole. Are you in the southern or northern hemisphere? For homes and buildings in the northern hemisphere, the northeast Vastu grid is primary in power. In the southern hemisphere, it may be a different grid. Find a room you can visit a couple of times a day (but not a toilet room) somewhere within this most powerful grid, as it occurs in your home or office or, if you have a private office or cubicle, imagine a mini nine-square Vastu grid in your personal work space and find the northeast corner.
After you've chosen your room, or your private office or cubicle, go to it and look to the east from inside your space; the east being a global place of sunrise where each day announces itself to the world. Is there a wall to the east? A counter-top or a place to put a table? Maybe, if you're very lucky there's a window there, with a naturally inspiring view, or a view that you could easily improve with little work? The inspiration you receive, as you look to the east from within your chosen space after completing the steps of this exercise, will be your daily reminder of your own eight superpowers.
Next, find a personally inspiring image or picture that will become your reminder of your Goddess superpowers.
It doesn't have to be a Goddess image, although statues and downloadable pictures of Ashta Lakshmi in all Her eight manifestations are abundant, widely-shared and easy to find in stores and as downloadable graphics. If ancient or Hindu mythology inspires you, a Goddess image may be perfect. If not, you may prefer a different style of religious inspiration. If you're agnostic, atheist, or work in an office that discourages religious icons, think of something awe-inspiring and beautiful, like a picture of a sunrise, a garden or a row of palm trees leading to a lovely beach. Maybe a calendar with fantastic pictures that change each month or a well-tended potted plant. Anything you love and find powerful, as long as it is acceptable in your space, is fine. Including that iconic eastern window view.
Now that you've discovered the best inspirational item for you, your family or workplace, go back to that powerful grid in your home or office and find your chosen room, or the northeast corner of your small office or cubicle. Once again, look east for a wall to hang your picture or calendar, or a countertop at the east wall or a space where you can put a small table at the east wall to display your mythological statue or inspirational item. The idea is that the image or statue would face west, and you would see it as you look toward that east wall when you're in the room, which is located somewhere within that powerful northeast grid square. If you already have an eastern window view, you are easily blessed, with absolutely no extra expense!
Last, read through the descriptions below for each superpower, and remember a time when you felt you had that superpower.
What was the situation? How did it feel? If you don't remember a time when you had a particular superpower, imagine it. When would you have liked to use that superpower? How would it have felt? Consider the concept that you have always had that superpower and that its usefulness will increase as you cultivate it. Don't try to memorize the list. Allow the understanding of each superpower to sink deep into your subconscious mind once. Wait at least a day if feel like you want to read the list again. Have a good night's sleep and then notice how much your subconscious mind has already learned with absolutely no extra effort on your part. Remember to look at your inspirational item once or twice every day, in your room within that northeast Vastu grid, ideally in the morning and evening.
The Eight Goddess Superpowers
All Sources of Wealth; the Power of Starting Anew
This is the power of the beginning point of everything; the morning sunrise. Not merely a psychological observation, it is a real, new beginning for all life on this planet, starting with the warming of the earth each day. The photosynthesis of plants relies on sunlight to change the global botanical respiration cycle from breathing oxygen in to breathing it out; a fact which is no small matter. The oxygen cycle, needed for life as we know it on this planet, starts anew with each sunrise. Edible plants, which rely on photosynthesis, are the primary food source for our planet and the medicinal benefits of plants are well known. All plant-derived, botanical blessings rely on photosynthesis and our sun. The best new ideas often, synchronistically, arise in the Vastu power grid you found in the exercise above.
Abundant Wealth; The Power to Live a Prosperous Life
We have the power of receiving all forms of wealth abundantly. In addition to money, possessions and investments, there are many other forms of wealth. According to the creatrix of Ashta Lakshmi Reiki, Dr. Chandra (also known as Saraswathi), the various forms of wealth include, in addition to money and financial wealth of material possessions: Nature, Love, Peace, Health, Prosperity, Luck, Virtues, Family, Food, Land, Water, Will Power, Intellect, Character, etc. In the abundance of our earth's resources, in the abundance of our communities, our friendships, our families, our careers, our hobbies, our studies, our relationships, ourselves and in our homes, we have practically unlimited power to enjoy prosperity in all forms of wealth we can imagine and attain.
Health; the Power of Nutrition
We have the power of making healthy choices, of influencing a global focus by eating plant-based, whole foods like fruits, vegetables, legumes and grains like brown rice, oats and corn. When we choose to prepare healthy foods to eat, our bodies convert this nutrition into prana, a Sanskrit word for “life force” or “vital energy”; a term used in yoga and Ayurveda for the universal energy that flows in and around our bodies, supporting our life and activities. The earth's botanical resources are abundant and, according to the United Nations website (accessed Oct 4, 2024), plants are a better choice for our planet in terms of greenhouse gas intensities, carbon footprint, and the usage of energy, land and water. We have the power to choose natural, organic foods, and it's powerful to make our choices wisely.
Children; the Power of Family and Descendants
Generating life in the form of biological progeny is a creative power we share with creatures all over the earth. In addition to daughters and sons, we have the power to create blended families with step-children, adopted children and foster children. We have the power to support children of friends and family and to adopt companion pets from shelters, taking on similarly parental style responsibilities like protecting, feeding and caring. Teaching and creative arts are powers that can influence future generations. When I self published my book about the Roman Goddess Fortuna, I was reminded of the words of the Roman poet, Ovid: As long as poetry speaks truth on earth, That immortality is mine to wear. For more about Fortuna, buy my book p.s. Fortuna; Praises and Supplications For the Goddess.
Success: The power to overcome obstacles
We have the power to overcome limitations and negativity that create obstacles to success, and to choose from numerous ways to do this. As soon as we are aware of a problem, we may take measures to protect ourselves by creating boundaries, by designing homes and constructing buildings that shelter us and encourage the flow of beneficial energy within and around our created spaces to enhance the well-being and emotional balance of ourselves as the occupants. We have the power to educate ourselves and choose healthy nutrition and physical exercise to open the way for our minds and our bodies to overcome illness or injury. We may choose to focus on inspirational images and ideas, to allow our thoughts and desires to rise above negativity. We have the power to achieve success.
Strength; the Power of Patience
We have the power of physical courage, the power of mental courage and the power of patience. It takes courage, patience and inner strength to get past the confusion of learning a new skill, especially if, at first, it looked easier than it turned out to be. It takes courage to get past doubts about an unknown outcome, perhaps much further in the future than we had hoped. We can grow strong with resolve to continue practicing, even when we don't feel like it. With the kind of patience that keeps working on whatever needs to be accomplished to achieve what we want, anything is possible. Our powers include patience, despite slow and minor improvement, to strengthen our inner stability and determination to continue until a level of ability we can take pride in is finally reached.
Talent; the Power of Education and Knowledge
We have the power to study, the power to learn in good faith and the power to receive the kinds of good luck and talent that come from both our efforts and the equally important efforts of our teachers and mentors. Dr. Chandra, in her teachings, mentions 18 powers that are believed to lead to immortality, all of which are derived from the grace of education. These powers include: serenity, regularity, absence of vanity, sincerity, simplicity, veracity, equanimity, fixity, non-irritability, adaptability, humility, tenacity, integrity, nobility, magnanimity, charity, generosity and purity. Educational study gives us the power to overcome negativity so effectively, that it can seem as magical as simply having good luck. With education, we have the power of both good luck and talent on our side.
Career; the Power of Infinite Abundance
Although spiders make beautiful webs, fish swim gracefully through water and birds fly far above us in the sky, we have the power to do all these things and more. When we design and build structures like homes, watercraft, aircraft and spacecraft, our craft-work is neither limited nor predestined by our species. We have the power to choose and work at a career that aligns with our energies; a career that attracts like-minded people who are more than willing to pay us very well for our work, and we have the power earn so much money from our careers, and to invest our money so wisely, that we also have additional powers of giving and receiving many, many blessings of opulence, grace, peace, and all sorts of abundance to and from each other.
These are the 8 cosmic Goddess superpowers. These superpowers are within all of us. They are within me, within you, within friends and within competitors equally. Cultivating and activating these powers is an important step in Vastu living; a step that doesn't require an extensive home renovation. It starts with recognizing the power of the Vastu grid to help us find the best, most powerful place in our home, office or office cubicle to place an inspirational reminder to activate our very own cosmic Goddess superpowers. Our ability and willingness to understand and apply the wisdom of the Vastu grid appropriately will help us cultivate our superpowers within ourselves, and enhance the beneficial energies we emanate to and from each other in our homes, schools, businesses and workplaces.
For a Reiki version of a Vastu Clearing, please visit my Metaphysics for Architecture webpage.
This article may be updated from time to time.
