Vasanas - The Smell Sense

Vaasana  - its Tamil as well as Sanskrit Word.

Mun Jenma Vaasanai, The smell of the previous birth,

Actually, when I went to Alpha Mind power class by Mrs. Vijayalakshmi pandhiayan, the lady Guruji told me, if u want peace, just imagine in ur mind, any place that u like very much, imagine that u r in the very same place, just imagine the smell associated to the place, for eg. if it is a temple, imagine the incense stick smell, the flowers smell, the camphor smell, like that. 

The Smell sense is not ordinary, it rekindles many things in u, thats why we have got Aroma Therapy, If  it is not working, do u think, we wud know this word.  Aroma arises and awakens the sleeping power in our soul. 

Some Ppl  say, " I can smell it from a distance, call it Intuition" Smell, the sense is so powerful.

In my child hood, when no friends were around me, and I had nothing in my mind to play, I still remember vividly, that I wud sit still and some kind of smell will come, and I ll not know from where it is coming, I wud think that, the smell is from the leaking petrol from my father's Bajaj Cub.  I like the smell of phenoel for a long time.  I loved Hospitals, that too particularly the phenoel smell and then I loved the smell of Burning Match Sticks.  I dont know why.  But like 6 months before my colleague buvana told her son who is doing I yr BE also likes the smell of burning Match Sticks. I felt some solace.

Smell, Fragrance, Aroma, Whiff, odour, scent or tang, ( I got these words from MS Word) call it any way u like, has got a relation with ur experiences. 

Man Vaasanai  - The smell of the Mud, the Sand of the river, the sands of the Ocean Bed, the
Smell of the Sand when it rains.

"Selai kattum pennukku oru Vaasam Undu, Kandadhu unda, Kandavargal Sonnadhu unda?"

The smell of the paint, the Smell of the books, the smell of the Kitchen.

There was a Thodar Kadhai, a story in Kumudam about a young girl called Urmila Named "Jakradhai, Vayadhu Padhinaaru". In that the Girl, covers herself with all the aromatic flowers and does a Meditation, i remember she is naked beneath the flowers, thats what the author of the story narrated, and Urmila meditates on the smell of the flowers to reach a solution to the problem in her hand and finds peace.

Annai - The Holy Mother of Pondicherry, likes Flowers very much and she says every flower has got a special character, may be depends on the smell.

Vasanas - The Smell Sense

I have read this word "Vasana" in many spiritual books and have wondered can i relate the meaning of smelling the cake, with this "Vasana" , " No" "it cant be" I ll prejudge, I'll think it has got some other deep meaning.

But, Only few years ago, due to the experiences I got, I cud relate the Smell Sense to this word Vasana, Why to go so long, just take 2 cinema songs, like "Sandhana Vaasanaigal, Haiyo, Kumkuma vaasanaigal Haiyo, en meethil un Vaasanai, Haiyo Hai Haiyo" from the Movie, "M kumaran S/o Mahalakshmi", then other song from Dil, u tell me the song, OK.  i.e hey Nanbane, nanbane , that song.

U wud have noticed, if some one eats poison, ppl wud pour filthy water in their mouth, to make them breath, they show shoe smell on their Nose.

Actually, Nose i just a Focussed organ, which is very sharp in smelling, u can smell by your mind.  What I am trying to say is" U r smelling from ur mind, ur mind is using nose as a SPV i.e Special Purpose vehicle to do this sense.  Ur mind is the one that co relates the smell to certain object or area or person and tells u that, this person has a separate or peculiar place.  For Eg. Axe Effect. 

What does the Smell do to us?  If it is good, it can make us eat, it provokes us to hug, it provokes us to inhale it even more, it makes us to choke, it makes us to laugh, (laughing gas) the Vaasan, so many things it does to us! It makes us to sense the forthcoming incident.  It makes us to cook better. it makes us to feel fresh. 

The Smell Sense!  Miracle!  I wud like to continue, but later.

BODY - THE RECEPTACLE - INSTRUMENT OR VESSEL

It is said that we get to have a Human body after many births as different creatures in this world.  Human body is not easily got.  That too, a Whole one, a developed one, is not attained just like that.  Your Structure is very Important in considering your personality. 

We have got innumerable poems narrating how beautiful is a Lady's Structure.  Starting from her Hair and ending with her Toe Nail. 

I have noticed my body, while I am doing Karate, When I do a Stance, In yoga, it is called Asana, ok, whether Stance or Asana, your body has to be flexible.  U can notice ur thighs shivering while doing some asanas. (Thodai Nadungi)

I have also noticed that My hands are not fully grown up.  Ya, they look beautiful like Tender Bamboos but when doing Karate, u have to set ur hand in some posture, That posture needs a fully grown up hand, I mean with triceps and biceps.  There are some muscles which are present only in a Man's body.  Certainly, there are some muscles which are present only in a Woman's Body.

Body - Kayam as it is called in Tamil and Sanskrit.  It is an Instrument. U can feel that it is an Instrument when u r singing and dancing.  Ur mind takes one form and u express it through your whole body.

To Be Continued