Golden Ratio Agnihotra Farm–Sacred Fire and Sanctuary January / February 2025 Satsang | Volume 52 #6 | New Era 82

Golden Ratio Agnihotra Farm–Sacred Fire and Sanctuary

Lee and Frits Ringma
New South Wales, Australia

In the rolling green hills of Little Akaloa, South Island, New Zealand, where the land itself seems to hum with life, three brothers—Remy, Jean, and Kieran— along with the rest of the Family as well as friends have dedicated their lives to a profound mission: restoring harmony between nature, animals, and humanity. Inspired by the ancient Vedic practice of Agnihotra and guided by wisdom passed down from their grandfather, their farm, Golden Ratio, stands as a testament to the healing power of Fire, soil, and devotion.

Golden Ratio’s journey began on land dominated by heavy clay soil—seemingly lifeless, resistant to growth. Yet, within just three years of incorporating Agnihotra ash, cow dung, and Agnihotra-related farming techniques, the soil transformed into a thriving ecosystem.

Today, an unmistakable green radiance spreads across their land, a visible contrast to the surrounding areas. This alchemical shift is not mere coincidence; it is the result of ancient wisdom in action. Agnihotra, a Vedic healing Fire performed precisely at sunrise and sunset, generates a subtle but powerful healing effect on the atmosphere. Scientific studies have documented its ability to neutralize pollutants, increase soil fertility, and even promote plant resilience. Through the brothers’ dedicated practice, the farm has become a living proof of Agnihotra’s regenerative power.

Golden Ratio shares this knowledge through seminars, Agnihotra gatherings, and courses throughout New Zealand, empowering others to integrate Agnihotra into their own lives. Many who have joined their gatherings have reported profound benefits—some experiencing mental clarity, others deepening their spiritual connection, and many witnessing tangible improvements in their surroundings.

The Sacred Bond with Cows: Keepers of Harmony
Central to Golden Ratio’s work is their deep reverence for cows—beings regarded as guardians of cosmic balance in many traditions. Their journey began with the rescue of three cows, who, to their surprise, were all pregnant. From that first act of compassion, a growing herd emerged, each cow a cherished member of the family.

Beyond companionship, the cows play an essential role in the farm’s ecological balance. Their dung, rich in microbial life, is a key ingredient in soil regeneration and Agnihotra
practices. Golden Ratio provides dried cow dung patties, ensuring others can access this vital element for their own Agnihotra practice.

A Vision for the Future: Service to Nature
Golden Ratio is more than a farm—it is a living temple of restoration and transformation. Inspired by renowned Agnihotra centers such as Homa-Hof Heiligenberg in Germany and Om Shree Dham in Australia, the brothers carry forward a vision where humans step
into their rightful role as caretakers of the Earth. In a time where the planet calls out for healing, Golden Ratio stands as a beacon of hope, proving that ancient wisdom holds the keys to a vibrant, regenerative future.

Email contact: goldenratioavatar@gmail.com

Important Agnihotra Buddy App Update

Ed. 

The Agnihotra Buddy app is the only Agnihotra timings app recommended by our Certified Homa Therapy teachers. It is free and available for both iPhone and Android phones. In addition to sunrise/sunset timings, the app features sound files of the Agnihotra mantras, to help with pronunciation. It can also give reminders when Agnihotra time is nearing, and give a countdown to the exact Agnihotra time for your location.

In the last two weeks, some users experienced problems with the Android version. Dr. Ulrich Berk and the developers apologize for any inconvenience during that time. An updated version is now available. If you have been using the app, please uninstall it and install the new version.

To help users get the most benefit from the app, a list of tutorials is now available here:
https://homatherapy.org/agnihotra-buddy-help/

They address all the features of the app: settings and customization, adding a new location with or without Google Maps, renaming and deleting locations, common issues and more.

In future, if you experience any issues with Agnihotra Buddy, either for Android or iPhone:

1. Uninstall the app, then reinstall it
2. Watch the aforementioned tutorials
3. Use the online timings program at  https://www.homatherapie.de/en/Agnihotra_Zeitenprogramm.html until the issue is resolved
4. Submit questions to the WhatsApp Agnihotra Buddy Technical Support group at https://chat.whatsapp.com/Fhka1sX2krT3FFWFHuF1OU Before submitting your question, please check the tutorials first. Answers to most questions can be found there.

Profound thanks to Shashi Bushan Singh, the mastermind behind the Agnihotra Buddy app.

(Note: People sometimes see sunrise/sunset timings in weather reports, almanacs and newspapers, which differ from the timings given by the Agnihotra Buddy app or the Homa Therapy Agnihotra online timings program. There are different definitions of sunrise and sunset. The timings given through Agnihotra Buddy and the Homa Therapy online timings program use the specific definition of sunrise and sunset for Agnihotra; therefore, they should be used for Agnihotra, rather than other sources.-Ed.)

Homa Psychotherapy Online Lectures

Ed.
The links below are online lectures given by Barry Rathner, M.A, a clinical psychologist residing at Ecovillage Bhrugu Aranya in Poland, specializing in Homa Psychotherapy. They were graciously organized by Divya Karuna (Compassion) in India.

With emphasis on the Homa Therapy Mind Training Program, tools to treat depression, addiction and other mental health issues are highlighted, using Agnihotra and the other four steps of Fivefold Path.

“World Mental Health Week 2022” talk:

https://www.youtube.com/live/98pADwbRnGE?si=X-5J77FizfRswBlh

“World Mental Health Week 2021”: talk:
https://www.youtube.com/live/xEJdCtIEotI?si=0oEsz8rJE8ENEsoj

Swadhyaya, Fifth Aspect of the Fivefold Path of Vedas:
https://www.youtube.com/live/SLiLvh6yqCw?si=A7U5KxhoxmxyVpJO 

On Living a Life with Integrity and Love

The following message from Shree Vasant was received via Parvati
during group meditation at Bhrugu Aranya in Poland.

February 28, 2025
During these chaotic times, it is easy to be tossed from headline to headline. And
that is what they want—so your focus keeps shifting from one news broadcast to the
next. All designed for you to fear and for you to be quiet. What We are saying is you
can have some awareness of the general news, but do not follow it day to day,
leading to a fearful mind.

Go back to what you are doing—what is your work? Not just money-making normal
job, but also in teaching Homa Therapy, Agnihotra. What is the next step, next step,
next step? There should be some momentum between the steps.

That is living in the solution, that is being an instrument to inform, to educate, and to
inspire others. The other alternative is to give in to the mountain of uncertainty and
mounting fear. That is not your program; that’s the program they would like you to
take—even to specialize in it.

You have to remain in hope. Feed faith, not the fear. Meet together to inspire and
assist each other in your rise to the Light. Darkness will be revealed, and Light will
prevail.

This is a good time to tune up your bodies and your minds, so you are stronger,
better able to shine as vessels of Light in this dark night.
Focus on the Light.
The Light does not engender fear.
The Light does not seek to confuse.

The Light shall reveal to you your weaknesses, so that they can become your
strengths. Don’t be overwhelmed by your weaknesses, they’re a challenge for your
own transformation and you would not be able to see them if you were not yet ready
to transform them.

Always take that outlook, whereupon you look at others as equals. No one is better
than the next. No one is higher, no one is lower. There are, no doubt, varying levels
of awareness, but even if one is very aware, that is the point where one must always
look to the other person as his equal. Without that humility, one’s progress is limited
on spiritual path.

Spiritual path is not how many Yoga asanas you know, or how many hours you sit in
meditation. It is not in being able to give great discourses on spiritual matters.
Spiritual Path is how you conduct your life, how you speak to others, the kindness
you show to everyone, the care and compassion you have toward everyone you
meet, how willing you are to help others and to serve humanity. It is the love which
you sow in the world that shows your level of awareness on spiritual path.
And to live one’s life with absolute integrity. The footsteps of one who lives his or
her life with integrity—those very footsteps guide others on the Path of Light.
Walk in Light, in Joy, with a healthy amount of laughter, music, and a balanced stride.

We are always grateful for the opportunity to love and serve all of you.
All Love and Blessings.
OM TAT SAT.

Homa Therapy Experiences

Dr. Jayant Kulkarni
Nasik, Maharashtra, India
We have been doing Agnihotra for more than 20 years now, and this incident happened almost 12 years back.

One day in our garden, I saw an abandoned newborn kitten stuck in bushes. It was raining heavily and mother cat abandoned this newborn kitten. The kitten looked injured too, as he was trapped in the bush. I saw this and took it out from the bushes, but the kitten wasn’t looking well at all. As it was a newborn, it was not even able to properly drink milk. It looked as if it would die in a few days. We kept that kitten in a small tray in our garden. It could barely move.

I started mixing Agnihotra ash with milk and used to feed it that. Slowly we observed that the kitten began to drink more and more milk.

We also used to spray Agnihotra ash all over its body and used to chant the Tryambakam Mantra for its wellbeing.

One day, we suddenly heard “meow meow” at our doorstep and we realized that the kitten, who had not been able to crawl or get up, had travelled all the way from our backyard to our doorstep! After a few days it was completely healthy. It stayed with us for a long time and it was completely recovered, thanks to Agnihotra and Agnihotra ash!

Anthony Aiello and Joy Fernandez
Savannah, Georgia, USA
We started performing Agnihotra in May of 2023.  On Day 4 of performing sunrise and sunset fire we started to really feel the powerful effects of Agnihotra.

Moments like this carried the fire continuously throughout the year. In October of 2023, we were performing Agnihotra and one of us witnessed dolphins in the fire. We asked our intuition, what does this mean?

Our intuition guided us to go down the road to a park by the dock and to put Agnihotra ash in the water there, at a place where Anthony’s mother has seen dolphins on numerous occasions.

The following day we went to the park to feel it out. While squatted on the edge of the dock, looking into the water along the dockside, we could see Gatorade bottles floating by, covered in film of green and black gunky matter. A jellyfish had floated by, covered in the same gunky matter. We could see the water itself was very green and had a thick, murky, polluted look to it. Then one of us said, “This area could really use the ash to help clean up the pollution here.” As that was said, three dolphins came swimming up to where we were squatting, greeting us at the surface of the mucky waters so they were seen, and diving down together into the murky waters as if confirming our intentions with their presence.

We had recently read the articles on an official Homa Therapy website about using Agnihotra ash to purify contaminated waters.

We had been saving Agnihotra ash after the fires for drinking with cocoa and putting in smoothies, but we felt we were going to need to amplify the amount of ash collected to make a difference. We burned a kilo of cowdung every 4 days, making massive fires to fill as many quart jars as we could with  Agnihotra ash.

We collected 10 quart jars of Agnihotra ash before we decided to make a trip back to the park.
We dumped all 10 jars into the water where we met the dolphins.

Two weeks passed since dumping the  ash. We returned to see the water’s progress, and to our amazement the water looked crystal clear, clean as a “running river” or a glass of purified water. Even the ledge where the water line  met looked as if a group of workers got down in the water and hand scrubbed the ledges themselves.

Witnessing the power of Agnihotra ash makes it even clearer that all people performing Agnihotra have the ability to make a change in our planet with Agnihotra ash.

Anonymous
Queensland, Australia
We moved to the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, from a big city in 2021 due to Covid. After
looking for several months, we bought a beautiful 2 acre corner block with a creek flowing through it.

When we first arrived on the Coast and moved into our new home, there were severe rains, where 80-100 mm (3.15-3.9 inches) would fall in a day. The creek, which did not have much water flowing, ended up being a torrential river.

We had been practicing Agnihotra for years diligently at the correct Vedic sunrise and sunset times. Corresponding with starting up Agnihotra on our new property, over the months in 2022, we felt the energies in the land shift significantly. The birdlife increased and we have many birds regularly singing in the morning. The cicadas over the summer months loudly sound off at Agnihotra sunset time. The plants and trees are blossoming at a healthy level.

Rain is always unpredictable. When there is too much rain, we end up getting half what is forecast. When there is not enough rain, we end up getting much more than forecast. Many times, we get what we pray for during Agnihotra.

Now, our home is a lush, peaceful paradise with high energy, thanks to Agnihotra.

However, we have noticed over the years with increasing global environmental deterioration that we have had to add other organic growing practices in order to maintain the same level of health in our food gardens.

(Note from Lee and Frits Ringma, Om Shree Dham Homa Farm, Australia: Shree Vasant, the preceptor of Homa Therapy, stated that along with Agnihotra and its ash, when growing food one needs to apply as well organic practices such as composting, mulching etc. He also said that as the global environment deteriorates we may find the need to fortify the Agnihotra
biosphere with the daily addition of Om Tryambakam Homa.)

From Shree Vasant’s Teachings

Kingdom of Heaven on Earth
There will come a time when whole world will be like a new planet, new structure. There will come a time when peace and plenty will be with all peoples of the world. Then at that time it will be as Kingdom of Heaven on Earth.

All this will come about by mass practice of HOMA healing fires of which sunrise/sunset AGNIHOTRA copper pyramid fire is the base.

Kingdom of Heaven is open to all who seek Light. Those who have closed their eyes will be brought back with a jolt. Kingdom of Heaven is here now. Kingdom of Heaven spreads as knowledge. It is open to all. Givers of Love will be rewarded.

Love thy neighbor or forget the whole thing. Love is like a magnet and when combined with healing agent Agnihotra, the effect is most powerful…

Only through healing FIRE can the planet be saved.

On Suffering
Where there is more trouble, oftentimes there is more opportunity to teach the Fire. Suffering prepares a person for God. Now all of man is suffering the effects of pollution, so Agnihotra can go all over the world now.

Let there be no more sorrow.  In this world there is so much misery, so much suffering,  pain. Be full of love and bring joy to others.

Holy Yajnya Fires
In ancient days YAJNYA  was widespread. Now it has been revived and again the TIME OF HOLY YAJNYA FIRES has come…

Daniel’s prophecy about sunrise/sunset sacrifice is being fulfilled.* Agnihotra healing fire now spreads by itself. The message is in the atmosphere. Those who are ready by their Karma automatically catch the message. This is how the planet will be saved.

*”The vision about the evening and morning sacrifices which has been explained to you will come true. But keep it secret now, because it will be a long time before it does come true.”–Good News Bible, Daniel 8:26

Fivefold Path for Happy Living

1. Yajnya
HOMA Therapy is the science of purification of the atmosphere through the agency of FIRE. AGNIHOTRA HOMA (YAJNYA) is the basic HOMA. It is tuned to the biorhythm of sunrise/sunset and gives nutrients to the plant kingdom, removes diseases in a certain area and removes tension on the mind. This is the basic process in the Vedic sciences of medicine, agriculture, climate engineering and interplanetary communication.
2. Daan
Sharing of your assets in a spirit of humility. This corrects imbalance in financial matters and creates non-attachment to worldly possessions.
3. Tapa
Self-discipline of body and mind. This is conducive to a change in attitudes of mind and body. It results in a harmonious state of mind.
4. Karma
“You reap as you sow.” Always practicing good Karma (actions) diminishes the burden of negative Karma and one begins to invest in his own future. This means that what you do today will bring its fruits. Sowing seeds of love and kindness will bless my garden with plenty of love. Do Karma for self-purification.
5. Swadhyaya
Practice Swadhyaya (Self-study) for liberation. Who am I? Why am I here? My work on this planet is to learn to react with total LOVE with each opportunity given to me.

This is the Fivefold Path for happy living on the planet. By practicing the Fivefold Path you become better members of your society, group, religion, community, etc.

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