To perform a yagya just take a copper bowl/kund, put some cow dung cake in it along with sesame and guggul. Light fire using camphor and give oblations of ghee from a desi cow while chanting the mantras. You may also acquire a ready to do yagya kit from Dhyan Ashram. Repeat the candle experiment with yagya agni of comparable size. When you will try and feel the fire of the yagyayou will feel a cooling and tingling kind of sensation, it would be very different from the stinging heat of the candle flame. I have personally done many experiments with the fire of the yagyas and many a times the people watching have put their hand in the fire, without feeling the sting or burn, you can watch these videos on our website (www.dhyanfoundation. com), manifestations of the gods and goddess are also there for you to witness.

But remember for mantras to be effective you have to receive them from a siddha of that mantra, a Guru who does not charge you a fee for it, because tying these Vedic sciences to commerce renders them powerless.

—Yogi Ashwini is the Guiding Light of Dhyan Foundation and can be reached at www.dhyanfoundation.com