OM on the Range - The American University of Mayonic Science

OM on the Range:
A Report on
The American University of Mayonic Science and Technology
First Resident Scholars Program at
Santa Fe and Las Vegas, New Mexico, USA
July & August 2006
Submitted by Dr. Jessie J. Mercay
Held in Association with Vaastu Vedic Research Foundation and
The International Institute of Mayonic Science and Technology
Taught By Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati, Dr. Jessie J. Mercay, Mr. Michael Borden,
Architect Kalavani and Sthapati Santanam Krishna
OM On the Range:
A Report on The American University of Mayonic Science and Technology
First Resident Scholars Program
At Santa Fe and Las Vegas, New Mexico, USA
July & August 2006
Introduction
There is a song that is near and dear to the hearts of people who live in the American West - and to
Americans everywhere. It was sung around the campfires of the American cowboy for a hundred years.
The state of Kansas even adopted it as their state theme song. The song is called Home on the Range.
The “range” spoken of in the song is the wild open spaces of the American West where wild animals lived
and thrived, where cattle grazed freely with no fences, and where the men and women who raised them
and guarded them made their homes. The words to the first verse are:
Oh give me a home
Where the Buffalo roam
Where the dear and the antelope play.
Where seldom is heard
A discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day.
The song reminisces about the freedom and peacefulness found on the open range known as the “wide
open spaces.” It speaks of a way of life that is near and dear to the people of the American west - a life
that is filled with beauty and spaciousness. As a child I sang that song with my brother while we did farm
chores – my father was a dairy farmer.
In all of the writings of Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati, a world renowned traditional architect, there are references
to Space: inner space, gross space, built space, outer space and cosmic space. He often mentions that
the sages, including Mamuni Mayan, lived in the open space of the forest and it is there that they got their
deep inspirations. It appears that people of the American west also understood the value of open,
unbounded space. For them that space brought beauty, harmony and joy- these are the attributes spoken
of by Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati when he speaks of open space. According to Dr. Sthapati, these qualities
can also exist in built space if it is done in accordance with natural law. Mayonic Science and Technology
contains the formulas and technology for understanding the manifestation of OM Light and OM Sound as it
applies to building such spaces – spaces that provide beauty, freedom and peacefulness.
The title of this monograph, OM on the Range, is derived from the events that occurred in the American
West at Santa Fe, New Mexico and on a ranch sixty miles away in Las Vegas, New Mexico in July and
August of 2006 when the first courses of Mayonic Science and Technology were taught by the newly
established American University of Mayonic Science and Technology in Santa Fe and Las Vegas, New
Mexico.
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Synchronicity
This was the first year in the 40 years on her ranch near Las Vegas, New Mexico that Cornelia Compton
had no grass to graze her cattle. She and Norm, her husband of 17 years, had to move their cattle to
another ranch and set out to buy hay for the rest of the summer and through the winter. The drought had
gotten that bad.
New Mexico is by nature a dry land. It is called the Land of Enchantment because of the many beautiful
and unusual places that exist in this southwestern state. But most of New Mexico is desert- enchanting but
none-the-less desert. The higher mountains that are part of the southern Rocky Mountain chain generally
get more rain. In the past centuries, every summer in July the monsoons came. That meant it rained hard
for a short time in the afternoon for about two months. Those monsoons, along with winter snow, have
been the life support of the people who have lived in this region for thousands of years. In modern times,
since the late 1800’s, particularly in the high country, ranchers depended on them for creating enough
grass to graze their cattle on their rangeland through the summer.
Over the past twenty years, the monsoons have become less frequent. And, the winter snows that add
precious water to the aquifers have lessened. The past nine years have gotten progressively worse. Wells
have been going dry and the issue of water rights has been on every ones mind. The city of Santa Fe has
been quietly buying water rights from neighboring Native American tribal lands to quench the thirst of a fast
growing town.
The city of Las Vegas, New Mexico has no city owned wells. It relies on water from the Galinas River. The
river is dangerously low - it is so low in fact that Las Vegas put a moratorium on building- no new houses
over the past few years. There just isn’t enough water to take care of the existing population let alone new
people.
Cornelia has never seen it so dry. Perhaps this kind of drought is what drove the Anasazi Indians (the
ancient ones) out of this region. The tribes that remained were the ones that lived along rivers. Now even
the rivers, the Galinas for example, are slowly going dry and there was no rain predicted for this year. In
fact this summer was predicted to be the driest yet. Rain dances, praying rain, and all sorts of similar
activities have not produced the badly needed rain.
In the spring of 2006 Mary Spindler decided that she wanted to leave city life. She had been living in the
city limits of Santa Fe for a number of years. She was concerned about the water shortage, the growth of
the city and the density of people that were populating the area. She had a private well on her land but it
went almost dry just from taking a shower. Mostly, she wanted a quieter life.
Mary had heard that Las Vegas, New Mexico, a small town of about 14,000 people, was a nice place to
live. It was only an hour from Santa Fe so the opera and other cultural activities could be experienced if
she felt like it. Mary called a realtor and spent time looking for a piece of land that she thought she could
build on and live happily. After exploring several sites, Mary went to Cornelia Compton’s’ ranch where
Cornelia had forty acres for sale.
Cornelia bought a 650-acre ranch 15 miles outside of Las Vegas, NM from her sister in the 1960’s. It was
part of the Las Vegas Land Grant deeded by Spain to a Spanish family from Mexico that was induced to
migrate north as part of Mexico’s efforts to make the northern lands part of its boarders. This was in
reaction to the settling of North America by English, Dutch, French, Irish, Scottish, and German Europeans
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coming from the east coast of the continent via New England. This was a logical thing for the Mexican
government (then ruled by Spain) to do because the ancient indigenous people of Mexico had traveled
north for centuries to live and trade. There were no borders and people traveled freely.
Meso American indigenous people (people from Central America and Mexico – Aztecs and Maayans for
example) traveled throughout the American South West as evidenced by ancient archeological ruins and
language rooted in the Uto – Aztecan language found from the Great Basin of the western United States
(Oregon, Idaho, Utah, California, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico), and throughout Mexico. Utah is
named after the indigenous Uto-Aztecan Ute people. Classical Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs – an
ancient people from deep into what is now Mexico - and its modern successors are part of the Uto-Aztecan
family. The exchange of culture, goods, and people from as far south as Mexico City and Central America
and throughout the American southwest is evident.
Cornelia worked her 650 acres while her husband stayed in Albuquerque because he had a job there and
could support the family. Her husband died and that left Cornelia responsible to pay for the land and raise
her children alone on the ranch. If you knew Cornelia you would know that she never gives up. She is one
of those people who make lemonade when life delivers her lemons. Sometimes the only way she could
afford to buy food was to cut down some of the timber on the land and sell it to a local mill. She was very
respectful of the land and only cut those trees that, if cut, would contribute to the healthy growth of the
forest. These days we would call her a conscious forester. She loved and respected the land. Maybe the
fact that she herself has a few drops of Indigenous blood running through her veins had something to do
with her reverence and conscious approach to working with nature- her grandfather was one quarter Native
American.
When Mary Spindler stepped onto the forty-forested acres that Cornelia had for sale she felt at home. The
majestic ponderosa pine forest was healthy, beautiful, and peaceful. The care and respect given by
Cornelia was evident. You might call it a happy forest. As Mary walked the land she saw healthy varieties
of other trees including cedars and scrub oak. There were meadows here and there that gave way to the
sun. This was it- the homeland she had been looking for. She bought it and started her journey to build a
home there.
Vaastu was of interest to Mary for quite some time. She had tried to rectify her home in Santa Fe but the
“consultants” were no more than furniture movers, incense burners, and mirror hangers. When she heard
about Mayonic Science and the form of Vaastu offered by that body of knowledge she knew that she had
found the system of home building she was looking for. It was much more than smoke and mirrors - it was
an entirely scientific form of architecture based upon mathematics, and physics – a system that centered on
Space, Time, Light, Sound, Rhythm, and Form.
Mary learned that Mayonic Science was almost lost to the world. She learned that this particular form of
Vaastu comes from a tradition that dates back over 13,500 years. It is the original form of Vastu and
Vaastu. The knowledge of Mayonic Science and Technology was transmitted through thousands of years
by the Shipi and Sthapati tradition (sculptures and architects). Unfortunately, pieces of the knowledge were
lost over time and what remained in some lineages seemed more like superstition than science. In
addition, transcribers were unfamiliar with technical Tamil and technical Sanskrit thus technical and
scientific words were mis - translated or left out completely. During alien British rule in India, those few
families who knew the tradition in its completeness because their families maintained the exact tradition for
hundreds, even thousands of years went underground and kept their secrets to their selves.
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In the 1980’s ancient palm leaf texts were found in a very old library in
south India. These texts, written in technical Tamil, could not be
translated easily because of the ancient technical language. The
government of Tamil Nadu knew they had something to do with
architecture thus they were handed over to the then president of the
Government College of Architecture and Sculpture, Dr. V. Ganapati
Sthapati – a Shipi and architect who came from over 1000 years of
uninterrupted family tradition in Vaastu.
As mentioned above, Vaastu has been a lost art and science and
technology for centuries because the detailed scientific texts (which
include knowledge of quantum physics, astro physics, astronomy, nuclear
physics, and mathematics) were not understood by scholars over the
past centuries. Hence, the crucial scientific and mathematical aspects of
Vastu were left out of the Vedic texts. Without the scientific and
mathematical technologies, all that remained was superstition and partial
truth. It is through the efforts of Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati that the ancient
science and art of Vastu and Vaastu is being revived in its completeness.
Dr. V. Ganapti Sthapati Photo by M. Borden
Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati has the mind of a scientist, the heart of an artist, and the soul of a Rishi. His
formal training in mathematics and his many years under the tutelage of his famous father, Sri. M.
Vaidyanatha Sthapati, gave him a unique ability to understand and translate the ancient palm leaf texts.
Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati has translated and studied thousands of texts written by the author of original
Vaastu. With the knowledge gained from this and what he learned through generations of family
experience in Vaastu Shastra, Dr. Sthapati was able to revive age-old authentic Vaastu. This brought new
knowledge and accuracy to the present day art and science of Vaastu.
Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati’s father:
Sri. M. Vaidyanatha Sthapati
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Sculptor (started at the age of 20)
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Research Scholar – Shilpa Shastras
Temple Designer &Builder
Musician
Artist
Astrologer – Siva & Gowri Jaathakam.
Astronomer – Knowledge on “Surya Siddhanta”
Knowledge in Technical Sanskrit - “Grantam”
Knowledge in Technical Tamil
Knowledge in Literary Sanskrit - Student of
Mahamahopaadyaya Vishweshwara Sarma,
(Sri Lanka)
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Vastureva Vaastu
One important fact that Dr. Sthapati revealed is that the terms “Vastu” and “Vaastu” are misunderstood and
misused in the world at large. They are often erroneously used interchangeably and thought to refer only to
room placement, wall thickness, and mere physical attributes of a home.
“…this science deals with the eternal process of the subtle
energy (Vastu) manifesting into material space or material form
(Vaastu). In short, it is the science of manifestation of energy into
matter or material form.” (Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati).
The word “vastu” is formed of the root “vas. “ “Vas” means to live or to exist. The precise meaning of
“vastu” is “to live eternally.” (V. Ganapati Sthapati, p.52 Temples of Space-Science, Vedic Research
Foundation, 1996). Another definition is linked to the meaning “to dwell.” It has been erroneously thought
of as meaning to dwell in a house or dwelling. But, the meaning “to dwell” refers to dwelling in the eternal.
More specifically, the term Vastu refers to primal, unmanifest, potential energy – the energy that lives
eternally that can be neither created nor destroyed. It is the energy through which all manifest forms and
material are created or more succinctly - manifested. Throughout history and among many cultures, this
primal energy has been given many names. The names range from religious (Brahman) to scientific (the
Quantum Field). Mystics from many different religious and spiritual systems (Christian, Jewish, Islamic,
Hindu to name a few) who have consciously contacted subtle realms of this field seem to completely agree
on their experience of It regardless of their religious beliefs. Scientists who study this field (physicists) view
it as the underlying source of the material world. We hold Mayonic Science and Technology to be a
science and not a religion. It’s principles are scientific and its practices technological.
In ages past, individuals and groups have misunderstood the scientific treatises put forth by Mamuni
Mayan. With this misunderstanding individuals and groups developed religious beliefs and religious
practices based upon the fruits of Mayonic Technology. A fundamental misunderstanding developed that it
was the “form” of the idol that was important rather than the space that the form enclosed. In Mayonic
Science and Technology, it is the mathematically determined enclosed space or built space that creates the
Vastureva Vaastu effect and not the “idol” itself. Furthermore, the forms created by Shilpis (Mayonic
scientists and technologists) are encoded with scientific principles from physics, mathematics, and other
sciences – they are not religious idols or deities. They were meant to be visual records for preserving this
great science. For more information on the concept of the Mayonic Code see Fabric of The Universe: The
Origins, Implications, and Applications of Vastu Science, Dr. Jessie mercay, Dakshini publishing, 2006)
Vastu Science is an ancient science that describes the process through which Vastu (unmanifest, potential
energy) turns itself into vaastu (manifest forms and material, kinetic energy). Thus, Vastu written with one
“a” refers to unmanifest Absolute Space or Pure Consciousness – Quantum field. Vastu written with two
“a’s” (vaastu) refers to the unmanifest Absolute Space having transformed itself into its material form –the
world as we see it. Vastu Science then is the science of unmanifest Pure Consciousness and Vaastu
Science is the science of manifest Pure Consciousness (Vastu as the material world). Vaastu Technology
is the application of the principles of this science. (Dr. Jessie J. Mercay, Fabric of The Universe: The
Origins, Implications, and Applications of Vastu Science, Dakshini publishing, 2006)
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The Progenitor of Vastu
This ancient work, Mayonic Science and Technology, Vastu Science, and Vaastu Science and Technology
was originated by a great scientist/ artist named Mayan over 13,500 years ago. Mayan lived on a
landmass south of India, which is now covered with water by a great deluge. Mayan migrated north to
Southern India during that time and established Vastu Science and Vaastu Science and Technology as a
dynamic and useful science and technology. His work covered numerous areas including architecture,
sculpture, dance, music and other art forms, astronomy and astrology, and herbology. Historical evidence
indicates that this “Mayonic Science and Technology” is the root of Indian culture.
The name Mayan is derived from ancient Tamil – the language of
South India and the language in which the original vaastu texts are
written (i.e. a language form from which modern Tamil was derived).
It is interesting to note the name Mayan is a name recorded in
ancient literature throughout India. And the man, Mamuni Mayan, is
a man well known throughout the centuries to be a great scientist,
artist and builder of homes and temples. He is not a mythical figurehe was born of flesh and blood, was married, and had children. He
was known throughout history for his great achievements in
numerous scientific and artistic endeavors. The body of knowledge
that he developed as an individual is unrivaled. He is acknowledged
and praised in numerous ancient Indian writers and texts including
the famed Veda Vyasa who credited him with writing the first Veda.
Mayan’s work has been heralded as the foundation of Indian culture
and possibly certain aspects of world culture. At one point in time
he had a school to perpetuate his discoveries.
Mamuni Mayan
At one point in history many cultures based their architecture, art, herbology etc. on the principles of
Mayonic Science and Technology. In addition to the East Indian culture, cultures of China, Indonesia,
Mexico and Central and Southern Americas used Mayonic Science and Technology as the basis of their
culture. The Maayan culture of Mexico and Central America is one such culture. There is evidence
throughout the world, even in the southeastern United States, of Mayonic structures. The ancient city, now
called Mexico City has at its center a Mayonic structure/temple, built by the Aztecs. The Mound-builders of
the American south and Mid- West built Mayonic like structures. This special science of architecture can
be found everywhere in the Americas.
Mayan was an individual who had the depth and clarity of perception to understand the physics of
manifestation of Pure Consciousness from its unmanifest state (Vastu) to its manifest state (Vaastu).
Through precise mathematical formulas Mayan was able to recreate the process of consciousness
becoming conscious (Vastureva vaastu) in structures such as buildings, temples, statues, dance, music
and several other modes of expression. Forms or structures created in this way became “live” or living
structures.
Through this application of precise mathematical formulas, Mayan was able to create structures that were
not only alive with pure consciousness but also resonated specifically to the individual resonance of any
given human being. Thus, the human being had direct and immediate contact with Pure Consciousness
making the individual more alive and vibrant.
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"...If a part of free space is isolated and confined into a four walled
structure called a building, it becomes a living organism and the space
enclosed will start vibrating in a particular order. If such a building is
designed to vibrate in the same numerical order as that of the indweller,
the resultant phenomenon is that he will experience harmony or perfect
union with the Universal Self..." Dr. V. Generate Sthapati
"The embodied energy is Vaastu Purusha Mandala or the Creative
Essence made manifest on the physical plane. The space enclosed in a
building is Praasaada Purusha Mandala or "energized building." Such a
building is a living organism built of musical units of measure. These units
correspond with the primal vibrations of the cosmos itself."
Brahmarishi Mayan, circa 10,500 BC
"When inner space and outer space resonate together in harmony then
peacefulness, vitality, health, prosperity, and dynamic, ecstatic creativity
become the natural order and effortless experience."
Brahmarishi Mayan, circa 10,500 BC
"In the heart of the cave of the body there is inner space and in that innerspace there is a vibrant thread of consciousness. It is this thread of
consciousness that functions as the musical string of the bodily
instrument.
The structure of the vaastu inspired building vibrates with cosmic energy
and the bodily instruments resonates with this vibration. To create and
offer the house of supreme bliss, and to enable us to experience that
supreme bliss here in this mundane house itself - these are the prime
motives of Vaastu science"
Dr. V.Ganapati Sthapati
This is the kind of home that Mary Spindler wanted to live in. Once she gained this understanding of
Mayonic Science and Technology and Vastu/Vaastu she felt she had no choice but to live in a Vaastu
inspired building that vibrated with cosmic energy enabling her to experience that supreme bliss.
Mary was referred to me by Claire Love whom I had studied Mayonic Science with in Kauai, HI and
Chennai, India- both times with Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati. Claire knew that I had had experience with
Vaastu building and thought I could help Mary. Thus began the rest of the story that you are about to read.
Birth
While I was in India, Dr. Sthapati and I conceived of forming a University in the west to help perpetuate
Mayonic Science and Technology. While on a tour of Mayonic structures in Tamil Nadu, I was sitting in a
restaurant waiting for my food. I had been deep in thought about a proper name for this proposed
University. I picked up my pen and wrote on a napkin the words American University of Mayonic Science
and Technology - AUM S&T.
The foundation of Mayonic Science and Technology is the Pranava Veda, which contains the knowledge of
OM Light and OM Sound from which all visual and aural forms arise respectively. This is the source
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document, according to Veda Vyasa, the original compiler of the Vedas, of all of the Vedic literature written
and it is written, according to the same Veda Vyasa, by Mamuni Mayan. While this is not widely known
information, the great Rishi Veda Vyasa took the source document, The Pranava Veda and split it into four
separate Vedas with the idea that it would help the masses understand the Veda.
'Veda' Vyasa
“Vyasa appears for the first time as the author of and an important character in the
Hindu epic Mahabharata... According to the Mahabharata, he was the son of Satyavati, a
ferryman's (mukkuvan) daughter, and the wandering sage Parashara. He was born on an
island in the River Yamuna. The place is near a town Kalpi in Jalaun district in Uttar
Pradesh. He was dark in color and hence was named Krishna; as he was born on an
island (Sanskrit Dweepa), he was also called Dwaipayana. Thus he is generally known
as Krishna-Dwaipayana. The child grew up to be an adult as soon as he was born;
adopting the life of an ascetic, he soon became one of the greatest Rishi (Sages).
It is traditionally held by Hindus that the sage classified the primordial single Veda (
Pranava Veda) into four. Hence he was called Veda Vyasa, or "Splitter of the Vedas," the
splitting being a feat that allowed mortals to understand the divine knowledge of the Veda.
He was the editor of the Vedic literature. The word vyasa means split, differentiate, or
describe; it means an editor. This title is the most popular way of referring to him. It has
been debated whether Vyasa was a single person or a class of scholars who did the
splitting. “ ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veda_Vyasa)
Dr. V. Ganapati says this:
“Veda Vyasa’s Bhagavata makes mention of Sthapatya Vedam as one of the Vedas that
emerged from the land of Bharat (ancient India) in the remote past. It also makes mention
of another Veda – Pranava Veda – that existed earlier than other Vedas such as rig,
Yajur, Sama, Athaarvana and also Ayurveda, Dhanurvda, Gandharva Veda and
Sthapatya Veda. What is further gathered from the quotation is that there were five Vedas
not four or three, which we are aware of today.
Eka eva pura vedaha pranavo sarva vangmayaha
This means that there was only one Veda called Pranava Veda in the remote past. Shilpi
tradition holds another set of five Vedas such as Sabda Veda, Gandharva Veda, Natya
Veda and Sthapatya Veda with Pranava Veda as the primary source. (Dr. V. Ganapati
Sthapati, Building Architecture of Sthapatya Veda, p. 5, 2001)
The Pranava Veda is the only “veda” that describes both OM Light and OM Sound. To understand life one
must understand the Two Fold OM. To understand the Two Fold OM is to understand the underlying
mechanism of all of creation. The concept of OM Sound became popularized after the splitting of the
Pranava Veda but OM Light was left out due to a lack of understanding on the part of the transcribers who
followed. Another way of writing OM is AUM. It seemed like a fitting acronym for a University that teaches
the Mayonic Order including the concept of the Two Fold OM.
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The next day in class I announced the name I had come up with. Dr. Sthapati agreed. Hence we have The
American University of Mayonic Science and Technology - the only authorized agent in the Americas
(North America, including Canada, the United States, and Mexico; Central America; and South America)
who may teach Mayonic Science and Technology and use the name and materials of Dr. Ganapati
Sthapati.
I was appointed chancellor of AUM S&T because of my background in University teaching, curriculum
development, administration, and interest, experience, and insight into Mayonic Science and Technology.
Although I already held two Doctoral degrees, while in India, Dr. Sthapati awarded me an honorary
Doctorate in Mayonic Science and Technology for a thesis I wrote called Fabric of The Universe: The
Origins, Implications, and Applications of Vastu Science. This with two other Doctorates that I already held,
a master’s degree and bachelors degree and my former experience made me a likely candidate to
establish and run a University.
By mutual agreement between Dr. Sthapati and myself, this particular University was to be established as
an entity separate from his already existing institutions – Vaastu Vedic Research Foundation and
International Institute of Mayonic Science and Technology - both designated to propagate this knowledge.
His exact words were “I don’t want anything to do with it’s administration Madam Jessie, I want it to be
completely separate from India.” He had written of his dream to create a separate entity in the Americas in
many of his monographs and his dream was becoming realized.
The purpose of this separation was to create an additional entity that was beyond the influence of existing
entities as another channel to preserve and propagate the integrity of this knowledge. A second reason for
this separation was to establish an entity that was familiar with the language, teaching and learning styles,
academic administration, and cultural aspects of westerners. With this in mind, Dr. Sthapati agreed to be
the spiritual and technical advisor for AUM S&T but would not play a role in its administration. Encouraging
independent institutions on two sides of the globe that would cooperate and collaborate yet remain
separate entities showed great wisdom on the part of Dr. Sthapati. Furthermore, with establishing a
teaching institution in the Americas, Mayonic Science and Technology would have a better chance of taking
hold in the Western world.
It was also determined in January 2006 that it was important to establish one teaching entity rather than
having separate individuals that had studied with Dr. Sthapati teaching their version of Mayonic Science
and Technology. A standardized curriculum, developed in concert with Dr. Sthapati’s office when needed,
taught on an academic level with trained faculty would help maintain consistency in the dissemination of the
knowledge and would raise this deep science to the high level that it deserves. This curriculum would
focus primarily on Mayonic Science and Technology. Ancillary information and courses that would help the
student understand and apply Mayonic Science and Technology would be offered but it would be made
clear that the information in those classes was not Mayonic Science and Technology. Ecological building,
principles of building in the west (building codes, tool types, materials, plumbing, etc) would be taught as
ancillary material as far as they are applicable to the students needs. Mayonic dance, sculpture, literature,
and music would eventually become part of the curriculum.
I met with three of the people on the same January course, Claire Love, of USA and Canada, Brian Dolan
of Canada and Karen Kelly of USA, whom I knew I wanted on the Board of Directors for AUM S&T and we
agreed that all of these considerations were ultimately the only conditions upon which AUM S&T would
succeed. Anything less would jeopardize the ongoing functioning and ultimate success of this institution
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and propagation of this knowledge in the Americas. Knowing that, it was only under those conditions that I
agreed to take on this task. Without those conditions, it would have been a fruitless effort.
East meets South West
When I returned to Colorado, USA from India in February I began writing a curriculum. After two months I
realized that it would be good to begin offering classes. I proposed to Dr. Sthapati that we teach classes in
the US during the summer of 2006. As this proposal was taking shape, I met with Mary Spindler in New
Mexico to discuss her building project. I initially planned on simply helping her get started. She wanted
more than that and offered me the position of site manager on her building project. Since I had given up
my medical practice in Naturopathic Medicine and Psychotherapy to develop the University and the
investment I had planned to live on fell through, it seemed like a good idea to work on a paid project while
developing the AUM S&T curriculum. This is where past history collided with current events and the AUM
S&T summer courses took shape in New Mexico.
As I was thinking about the summer courses I felt that it was imperative to teach introductory material then
offer a practicum for the students to apply the vaastu information they learned. Mary Spindler had
discussed with me the idea that she wanted a small “temple cottage” on her Las Vegas, NM land. She
wanted a small building around fifteen by fifteen feet built using an eight by eight grid (temple grid) for
meditation and contemplation. As I was thinking about the practicum I wanted to offer it seemed that it
would be great to have my students build Mary’s temple cottage. They would get experience in designing
and actually constructing a vaastu structure. Mary kindly agreed.
Meanwhile, on June 4, 2006 I conducted what is called a Vaastu puja for Mary’s new house. A small group
of friends gathered at her building site and joined me in performing a short but meaningful offering of
gratitude to Vastu Purusha and welcoming the birth of this new living structure. There are eight days a year
in which the energy of Vaastu Purusha awakens fully. These days, with this awakened energy, transcend
any other cosmic influences that may exist on that day. It is the most auspicious day to begin the
harnessing of that energy through built space. June 4, 2006 was one of those days.
Cornelia, Norm, and their daughter in law helped prepare the ground, mixed cement for the placement of
corner stones, and generally were present for the vaastu puja. It was an unusual experience for them but
they appreciated the honoring of the land and nature.
This Vaastu puja occurred just about the time when Cornelia moved her cattle off the ranch because she
had no grass for them to eat due to the drought. The day after the June vaastu puja, it rained in Las Vegas.
It rained again a few days later. Then it stopped. Perhaps it was a coincidence. But at least it rained.
Shortly after that that I got word from Dr. Sthapati that he would come to the US for my proposed classes.
I knew at that point that I could advertise the courses I wanted to teach. I constructed a website and sent
out notices to everyone I could. People that I sent notices to also sent notices to people they knew. I
quickly found rooms available in a motel in Santa Fe and we were well on our way to realizing the advent of
the first official classes of the American University of Mayonic Science and Technology.
The summer courses were scheduled to coincide with the next auspicious date for conducting a Vaastu
puja and begin construction on a vaastu structure so that the students could witness the puja and take part
in building the small “temple cottage.” That auspicious date was July 27th. Classes began on July 22nd and
introductory material was offered. The first two days were called Mayonic Science and Technology 101.
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Approximately thirty-five students were present. Dr. Sthapati began the course with a deep lecture sourced
from the Pranava Veda and spoke for several hours each morning of the two day course. I gave the
afternoon content. It was based upon the information given by Mamuni Mayan on the process of
manifestation and vesture vaastu. It was the fundamental information offered in my book, Fabric of the
Universe. Students were given a copy of Fabric of The Universe: The Origins, Implications, and
Applications of Vastu Science as their text for those two days.
My fundamental philosophy in offering that information first was that without understanding the Two Fold
OM and dynamics of the unmanifest, a person could not fully understand the dynamics of the manifest. I
learned that philosophy from Mamuni Mayan in his condensation of the Pranava Veda called the Aintiram.
Trying to apply the nuts and bolts of Vaastu Technology without understanding Vastu Science becomes a
rootless exercise that will disintegrate into superstition and smoke and mirrors. An understanding of the
foundations of Vastu Science must precede any application of Vaastu Technology. As a result of this
philosophy, the first course, MS&T 101, focused on Vastu Science – the science of the unmanifest
becoming manifest as the material world.
The growth dynamics of the unmanifest fabric of creation in
values of eight and steps of five
4 1 220 2 8
= 64
4+8 =12+8 =20+8=28
1)
Bindu point (central point at intersection of lines - energy source)
2)
Brahma pada (first concentric belt around bindu point) = 4 modules
3)
Deivika pada (second concentric belt ) = 12 modules
4)
Maanusha pada (third contric belt) = 20 modules
5)
Paisachika pada (fourth concentric belt) 28 modules
The 8X8 Manduka Vastu Mandala formed of 64 vibrating Space Time units
Dr. Jessie J. Mercay
From Fabric of The Universe: The Origin, Implication and Application
of Vastu Science, Jessie J. Mercay, PhD, PhD mst
When the weekend ended, several students sadly left the course. Their work demanded that they be
present for the following workweek. They all voiced, however, that they wished they could continue. The
remaining 35 students continued on through the week with MS&T 102.
On Monday July 24th, 2006 the second MS&T course (102) began. With a firm foundation of understanding
of Vastu Science, the 35 students registered were ready to begin their studies in the nuts and bolts of
Vaastu Science and Technology. Dr. Sthapati, Sthapati, Santhana Krishnan, Arch. Kalavani (all of whom
made the long journey from India to help with the course), Mr. Michael Borden (the first American to study
with Dr. Sthapati seven years ago) and myself presented material for the weeklong experience.
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Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati
Architect Kalavani
Sthapati Santhanam Krishnan
Dr. Sthapati brought extensive course material for the students including beautiful posters that vividly
displayed principles of Mayonic science and Technology. I developed additional handouts. There were
extensive power point presentations – the most extensive one prepared by Arch. Krithika, a director of AUM
S&T and architect in Dr. Sthapatis’ firm in Chennai. Sthapati Santhanam Krishnan spent two days and
nights in the printers shop in Chennai preparing the series of amazing posters for the classroom walls. The
materials for this class were beyond expectation. Arch. Krithika and Sthapati Santhanam poured out their
hearts and minds for AUM S&T. Thorough, beautiful, and profound barely describe what was prepared for
the students. The classroom was vibrant with knowledge.
Michael Borden (left) Sthapati Santhanam Krishna, and students Agastya and David
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Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati
Dr. Jessie Mercay
Robert Baker
Sthapati Santhanam Krishnan
All of the technical material which included a long list of information such as site selection, Ayadi
calculations, wall placements, windows and doors, room placements and all of the other important points in
designing a vaastu structure were covered. The following is the course outline for the Technology aspects
of Vaastu Science and Technology:
Vaastu Technology:
Creating Built Space Using Principles of Mayonic Science and Technology
Vaastu Technology Learning Modules
1.
2.
3.
4.
Tala system of Spacial Measures (ch 19)
Selection of Building Site
a. Shape of site and rectification
b. Underground water flow test
c. Soil test
d. Ambiance
e. Vegetation analysis
f. Water bodies, rivers, streams, lakes, ponds
g. Soil toxicity
h. Sound test
i. Ants, bones, hair, grave sites (visual inspection)
j. Feeling of happiness
k. Slope and declivity of land
Orientation of buildings, cities, villages
Vaastu Purusha Mandala
Student conducted underground water
flow test. (1 Hasta X 1 Hasta)
Water flowed counter clockwise thus
failing the test. It was later discovered
that the test hole was dug above a septic
line – not a good place to build. Thus
proving the efficacy of the test itself.
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5.
6.
Effects of subtle and gross space on human system and psychology
Designing of built space for human dwelling
a) Placement of building on plot
b) Orienting of building with cardinal directions, declination, declivity,
c) Finding true north, gnomon, pole star
d) Basic patterns for house building
e) Proportions of building (length/width)
f) Mother wall purpose and function
g) Ayadi calculations, nakshatra, nama nakshatra
h) Converting space to energy grid
i) Identify Brahmastan
j) Brahma Sutra and Soma Sutra, thread of light
k) Division of padas/ modules and luminaries
l) Assignment of rooms – space within space
m) Extensions
n) Placement of walls
o) Calculating wall and ceiling height
p) Location of doors
q) Windows and ventilators
r) Pillars
s) Roof pitch and proportion
t) Special considerations: staircase, bathrooms, toilet in bathroom, utility room,
fireplace, stove and sink, hot water heater, furnace
u) Outside considerations: Incoming water (well), electricity, oil tank, gas/propane,
grey water/; sewage, ponds, animals-cattle etc
v) Garage
w) Driveway
x) Energy wall purpose and placement
y) Gates
z) Trees and plants surrounding building
aa) Outbuildings and guest or employee quarters
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
Building materials
Paint colors
Auspicious and cosmic periods for beginning Vaastu construction
Vaastu ceremony
Follow through on construction
Town planning - traditional and modern
Public structures (health centers, library/ museums, live entertainment
Rectification: Rectification is sometimes a complex and difficult task. The results of
rectification can never be guaranteed. We can only hope to help improve the life of the inmate.
Since the “vaastu effect” is completely based upon the proper Ayadi calculation and
proportional mother wall with an open Brahmastan, it is highly unlikely that a truly effective
rectification can occur unless you can impact those three factors. Highly experienced
architects such as Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati have been successful with rectification but only
after many years of practicing Vaastu Science and Technology. However, anything one can
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do that is in alignment with the principles that are taught in this course will help the inmates life
improve.
a) Checking location on grid
b) Check dimensions of main wall- is motherwall possible?
c) 9X9 grid on existing structure
d) Extending grid/motherwall
e) Locating brahmastan
f) Removing obstacles (walls etc)
g) Rectifying soil and slope of land
h) Room placements (can you move rooms?)
i) Move electricity, water, fireplaces etc.
j) Changing driveway
k) What else?
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
Temples time cars, houses, statues, music, dance, etc.
Layout of kitchen (stove; sink)
Drafting materials overview
Drawing floor plans
Drawing elevations
Points to check on drawings
Summary (house as vibrating structure)
Vision of the possibilities: Vaastu science as means for gaining self-realization.
Students practiced basic drawing for room placement and window and door placement. They also took a
test at the end of the week that they corrected together in small groups with five class members who had
studied previously with Dr. Sthapati. It is an interesting point to note here that aside from Michael and
myself six of the fourteen students from the January 2006 class in India were present during this class.
This demonstrates 1. their dedication to the knowledge and 2. that this knowledge is deceptively simple and
requires repeated instruction.
By deceptively simple I mean that at first glance it seems easy to apply the principles of Vaastu Technology
to built space. However, when one actually begins its application, one suddenly realizes that there is more
to it than meets the eye. It is a body of knowledge that requires many years of study and application. It is a
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vast and profound body of knowledge. While one may become an adequate consultant, only through
growth of consciousness may one become a master in this field.
On Tuesday after Dr. Sthapati’s lecture, he fell ill. I drove him to the hospital where he was admitted.
Perhaps it was the altitude, the long travel, the change in food –it is difficult to really know. However one
chilling fact was present: during the course of the class that week, Michael Borden and I were teaching
Ayadi calculations. I had the students measure the classroom and perform Ayadi calculations on the
perimeter. Strangely enough it came very close to a good Ayadi number. As we were discussing the
calculation of Ayadi for that room, one student noted the door that we were using to enter the room was in
the southeast corner of the “mother wall.” The effect of a door located in that corner is traditionally said to
be “death of the father.” Given that our “father” Dr. Sthapati was in the hospital, we immediately changed
the classroom entry door to a door that was well located in the fourth module or pada from the northeast
corner of the “motherwall.” We changed the configuration of the room and locked the previous door so that
only the new door would be used. Students then came in and out of the new door.
That afternoon, after three days in the hospital, Dr. Sthapati walked down the hallway past the classroom.
The “father” had been released and was tired but well. Perhaps like the rain after the June Vaastu Puja on
Mary Spindler's land, this was a coincidental event- but I am not sure – perhaps it was the laws of nature at
work in front of our very own eyes.
On July 27, 2006 the course met in Las Vegas, New Mexico on the site where the students taking the
practicum during the following week would design and build a small temple cottage for Mary Spindler.
Michael Borden and I met with a number of students on the site early in the morning to stake out the
motherwall of the structure that was taking birth that day. Sthapati Santhanam conducted a beautiful
Vaastu Puja. He recited scriptures in Tamil, described the process in English, and helped us place the
cornerstones in the north east corner of the soon to be built structure. It was a beautiful event and met with
reverence and appreciation.
During the puja event it began to rain. Manna from heaven for the parched land. Dr. Sthapati indicated
that it was a good sign when it rains during a Vaastu Puja.
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The second course ended on Friday the day after the Vaastu Puja. The success of the two courses thus
far was encouraging for a good future for AUM S&T. Students were enthusiastic and those who had to
leave were tearful and appreciative.
The course thus far was an amazing experience in team teaching. We all worked well together and it was
clear to me that Michael Borden should be offered the position of vice-chancellor of AUM S&T. Dr. Sthapati
and AUM S&T board members (Brian Dolan of Canada, Karen Kelly of USA, Arch Kalavani of Pondicherri,
India, and Arch Krithika of Chennai, India) concurred and the appointment was made and accepted.
The Practicum
The Great Pyramid or Temple Mayor was the main temple of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan (modern
Mexico City). It was the central structure upon which the city was designed. It was a Mayonic structure.
The link between Meso America and the American South west has already been established thus it is fitting
that the first courses of AUM S&T be held in the American Southwest. And even more fitting that the first
structure built by AUM S&T students be a Mayonic temple cottage built in the American Southwest. Mary
Spindler’s Mayonic cottage temple became that structure.
On Saturday July 22, 2006 the remaining twenty students moved to Las Vegas, New Mexico to begin their
third course in Mayonic Science and Technology offered by the American University of Mayonic Science
and Technology. Two former students of Dr. Sthapati joined the class – Brian Dolan (a member of the
AUM S&T board of Directors) of Canada and Olga Sokolova of New Jersey. Both wanted to experience
the practical application of Vaastu Science. Karen Kelly (a member of the AUM S&T board of Directors ) of
Colorado joined during the last few days.
The assignment for MS&T 302 was very direct: Interview the client (Mary Spindler); find out what she has
in mind for her vaastu structure; design the structure; and build the structure.
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I created four groups of students. Each group had an architect, a builder, an interior designer, and two
consultants. Fortunately that was the actual breakdown of the class. We had experienced architects,
builders, interior designers and non - professional people who wanted to be vaastu consultants.
When I say non - professional, I mean not in the building professions. There were many professionals
attending these classes from all over the world. There was an attorney who worked for the State of New
Mexico; there were builders, architects, interior designers, teachers, alternative health practitioners
(acupuncture, ayurved, massage, sound therapy etc), engineers, musicians, tour leaders, spiritual
teachers, mothers, students, fathers, grandmothers, grandfathers, scientists, farmers, and more. Students
came from Canada, the US, Denmark, the Island of Trinidad, and Iceland.
Mayonic Science and Technology isn’t just East Indian- it is for all people and has touched every continent
and every life in some way.
“Thousands of years ago, the sacred teachings from the cosmos were deposited in many
magnetic centers throughout the world: Chan Chan (Peru), Huete (Spain), Tulle (France),
Hu-nan (China), Bethlehem (Israel), Tih (Egypt), Mississippi (United States), Humac
(Brazil), Nagasaki (Japan), Mul (England), Maya (Russia, Naga (India), and Chukotz
(Bering Strait). The names of all these places are of Maya origin, which confirms that, in
different periods of times, the Maya were present in these sacred magnetic centers.”
Hunbatz Men – current leader of Maayan people of the Americas
Chichen Itza, Maayan structure
In Mexico
Native American ancient structure in USA
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Mayonic structure in USA?
Nschoochee, Georigia, USA, built 10,000 years ago
Mayonic structure in Europe?
Mayonic structure discovered in Bosnia, Europe
Photo comparing Bosnian structure with Maayan structure in Mexico
Aztechian Mayonic structures in Mexico City (Temple Mayor)
Spiro Mound
discovered in
Oklahoma,
USA
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Mayan in Kanchipuram India?
Mayan as Dakshinamurti in HI, USA
Mayan in Mexico?
Carved on ancient temple
Conceived by Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati
Statue of Maayan Prince
“Fertility stone”- phallus at Mayan site,
Uxmal, Mexico
Siva Lingum, phallus,
Tanjore, India
Phallus,
Machu Pichu, Peru
In addition to being a Tamil and Central and North American word, Ma’ayan is also the Hebrew word for
wellspring – the spring from which knowledge flows
Building
Each group interviewed Mary Spindler to learn about what she wanted in terms of size, design, etc. Then
together they designed a small temple cottage. They then selected a spokesperson to present their
designs and materials to the rest of the group. Mary Spindler then chose the attributes of each design that
she liked best and a composite design was made. The builders developed a materials list and we
purchased the materials.
On Tuesday we began the process of laying a simple foundation and constructing walls.
By Friday, the walls were up, windows installed and the roof trusses were being placed. Each student
contributed to the project in an earnest way.
At some point early in the process after the mother wall was set students began to feel the effects of the
activation of Vastureva vaastu. It was unmistakable – and it started to rain. It rained every day. The
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mornings were clear but every afternoon it rained. At times it rained so hard that the students had to stop
work and return to the nearby house that Mary and I had rented for the project. On those afternoons we
held class. Sometimes Dr. Sthapati would teach and offer deeper knowledge into this profound science
and technology.
About fourteen of the students elected to camp outside at the house we had rented. They wanted to be
near Dr. Sthapati and didn’t want to commute the hour from Santa Fe with the other students. This group
really felt the effects of the rain. In return for living in constant dampness, they were able to spend more
time with Dr. Sthapati – time well spent.
During the construction process everyone learned something. Even experienced builders and carpenters
gained useful knowledge. One important thing that no one will forget has to do with measuring. In the
application of Vaastu Technology you must constantly measure and re - measure.
This science and technology is about numbers- accurate numbers. Without the exact numbers Vastureva
vastu does not happen with the positive qualities that you want. Without proper measurement, the results
are at best random and often potentially harmful. A properly built Vaastu house brings well being- a
randomly built house can bring trouble- like the death of the father or loss by fire. This is a numbers game.
It is real and tested over time. It is not superstition- it is science. Science has predictable and repeatedly
testable results- Vaastu Science and Technology produces predictable and repeatedly testable results.
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On August 19th a second small group of students who attended the Santa Fe course but couldn’t stay for
the first practicum came to the site to do their practicum. A Rectification course was held with the new
practicum students and a small group of students who came to participate in the rectification course and
help continue the progress on the temple cottage. For the following week the students continued to work
on the vaastu structure. They re-measured the motherwall and checked the level and plumb of the
structure. In spite of all the rain the motherwall maintained the proper Ayadi.
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During that time the roof went on, the walls were covered and work began on the cupola. When it wasn’t
raining they worked into the late evening leaving only when the sun had fallen behind the surrounding
mountains.
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The power and beauty of Mayonic Science and Technology and Vaastu Science and Technology is
displayed more by what is not seen then what is seen. The beautiful temple structure below is a temple
under construction in Hawaii – being built by Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati. The “Temple Cottage” below it is
the almost finished structure built by the students of The American University of Mayonic Science and
Technology in Las Vegas, New Mexico during the practicum in July and August and October 2006. My
experience and the experience of others who have been in both places is that the Vaastu effect is equally
powerful and clear at both sites. It is not the outside that creates the effect; rather it is the bound Space
within. It is the scientifically, mathematically defined and constructed bound Space that generates the
vaastu effect. The boundary may be lavish or simple – as long as the principles of Mayonic Science and
Technology are faithfully executed, the effect of spiritual bliss and peace may be experienced. All gratitude
to Mamuni Mayan.
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Retrospect
On the day of the Vaastu Puja for the beginning of Mary’s temple, July 27, 2006, it rained. After that it
rained during the entire ten days of the practicum. And then it rained during the second practicum. In fact
this has been the wettest year in the written history of New Mexico. The fields are green. Cornelia can
bring her cattle home. The aquifers are filling up. The rivers are swollen with life giving water. The earth is
pregnant with moisture. Flowers, mushrooms, and grasses that haven’t grown for years are present
everywhere. Did Vaastu bring this happy fortune? Perhaps, but we do know one thing for certain- we
brought OM to the range; we manifested OM Light and OM Sound on the range.
Thus ends this report of the great historical moment as we offered the first classes taught by The American
University of Mayonic Science and Technology and our beloved colleagues from the Vaastu Vedic
Research Foundation, Chennai, India in the summer of 2006 in the American Southwest, the ancient
homeland of the indigenous tribes who knew the science of Mamuni Mayan. This wellspring of knowledge
is deeply engrained in the hearts and minds of the students.
Dedication
This document is dedicated to Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati whom we affectionately call Ayya. His love for
Mayonic Science and Technology radiates in every word he speaks and every nuance of his glance. His
life long dedication has been an immeasurable inspiration for us all. He is a master and a genius. His
heart, mind, and spirit are the foundation of the revelations of Mayonic Science and Technology for this
Yuga. Through his books, lectures and teaching and his own deep introspection he has revealed this
precious lost knowledge. He has brought us all to what we as scientists call the Quantum Field, as artists
call Creative Intelligence, and as spiritual beings call God. It is with great love and appreciation that I
dedicate this report to him and his name - to him and his tradition I bow down.
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We feel deep gratitude to Swami Arulmigu Balamurugan, Rathinagiri Bala Murugan Temple, (the man who
became instantly awakened when he saw God in luminous form as a shaft of light), for his continued
spiritual support and blessings.
Dr. Sthapati transmitting Swami’s blessings and good will to Dr. Jessie Maya Mercay and the American University of
Mayonic Science and Technology through puja ash and a beautiful silk shawl. (07/06) Sacred texts, Pranava Veda,
Aintiram and Vaastu Shastra in background.
Apavitrah pavitro va sarva vasthan gatopi va yah smaret pundari kaksham sa baya bhyantarah shuchih
Whether pure or impure,
Whether purity or impurity is permeating everywhere
Whoever opens their selves to the expanded vision of unbounded awareness
Gains inner and outer purity.
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