Can a brass pendulum be used for dowsing?
Yes. Pendulums can be metallic or non-metallic, and brass can be used because it contains copper.
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Hollow rods are sold in the market; should they be filled with something before use?
There is no need to fill anything; do not use a hollow rod at all. Solid copper rods, 8 or 10 mm thick, are sold wherever copper is sold; simply bend one into an L.
How are silver and gold added to a dowsing rod?
On a Guru Pushya or Ravi Pushya yoga, have a goldsmith mix them into the copper and make the rod. If that cannot be done, take ready-made rods and have silver and gold fixed at their solid point.
Which planet and metal belong to each direction, and why place that metal there?
In Vedic vastu each direction represents a planet: East is the Sun (gold and copper), South-East is Venus (white metal), South is Mars (copper), South-West is Rahu-Ketu (panchdhatu), West is Saturn (iron), North-West is the Moon (silver), North is Mercury (kansa and brass) and North-East is Jupiter (gold and brass). The planets cannot be held in a fist, but their energy can be deposited in the home: the material representing a direction's planet captures that planet's energy there, multiplies it, raises the power of the place and nullifies negative energy.
After one bone has been dug out of a plot, how can we tell whether more shalya remains there, and how much more should be dug?
More bones remained in the case discussed. Bones are traced where the dowsing rod or pendulum turns anti-clockwise, or where the swar shifts into sushumna. Remove the soil over at least a 10 x 10 ft area around the spot, 5 ft from the centre in each direction, down to the depth where the bone lay plus another 1 to 1.5 ft, and throw it away. Then purify the land.
Can a universal scanner or a similar device trace hidden elements under the ground?
The teacher challenges anyone to trace a hidden element with one. In a training, bones that generate negative energy were buried and 60 to 65 practitioners from about 15 states, using Lecher antennas, universal scanners and pendulums, could not find them. The body is the best scanner, so use the hand scanner, dowsing and swar methods instead.
Kaudi and coal also act as shalya. How are they detected, and is there a body sign as with bones?
They are found by dowsing. Any shalya produces a vibration (spandan) in the body of the person checking.