Rohini ji - Vimshopak - jyotishi surveys-addendum

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Namashkar Balaji,

 

At the risk of being considered narcissistic for trying to post a

reply to my own message (once bitten twice shy, they say ;-)

I wish to clarify a bit so that the thought I wished to convey

earlier does not get twisted or misinterpreted. What I intended to

convey was that even if a casual, informal poll is taken and all 40

(or whatever miniscule proportion that could be expected to be

capable of using vimshopaka)were to respond (more realistically

probably 6-8 would respond or even fewer, going by past experience of

such polls, here and elsewhere). Such surveys and opinions should not

be taken seriously as representing the actual situation or matter

that one is polling about.

 

And this does not apply to just vimshopak but even more basic issues

with jyotish, bhava, chalita, combustion, ayanamsha, kalsarp yoga,

mangal dosh, jaimini astrology, remedies ... you name it, it is up

for debate somewhere. Sometimes it seems that jyotish was born out of

Ravana! Ten heads, ten opinions ;-)

 

RR

 

, "rohiniranjan" <rrgb@s...>

wrote:

>

> I find both of them very useful, vimshopak as well as internet,

when

> applied properly.

>

> I am not aware of any poll that has been conducted as to how many

> jyotishis, on internet or elsewhere, use vimshopak. If newsgroups

> like this one is a typical representative, most contributers tend

to

> be beginners or reading seekers. The few who do technical

discussions

> and are knowledgeable (let us say 40 out of 2000 as a very rough

> estimate) represent a miniscule fraction of jyotishis (intermediate

> and higher levels) that can be expected to be capable of utilizing

> techniques like vimshopak. Is that a safe and meaningful assumption?

>

> This does not mean that there might not have taken place a survey

> somewhere. Just that I am not aware of, but would certainly be

> interested in knowing about it :-)

>

> RR

>

> , Balaji Narasimhan

> <sherlockbalaji> wrote:

> > Rohini ji,

> >

> > Your advice is sound, and I will be buying a real BPHS book Real

> > Soon Now. I usually read soft copies d'loaded from the Net

> > because I can easily do some reading in the free time I have in

> > the office, between sending my story updates.

> >

> > A lot of things on the Net are not right, but a lot of them are

> > not wrong either! In any case, as Partha Sarathy ji said,

> > Vimshopak is not used much. Also, I have learnt more from groups

> > like JR than I have from books! The Internet has opened up an

> > ocean of knowledge - only, we have to be careful while picking

> > shells on the sea shore, you never know if there is a live crab

> > in the one you have just lifted!

> >

> > I will buy the BPHS book, but could you also tell me what is

> > your personal take on Vimshopak? It could help me to digest the

> > book better!

> >

> >

> >

> > =====

> > Balaji Narasimhan * http://www.sherlock-holmes.com/balaji.htm

> > Author, Sherlock Holmes: Solutions from the Sussex Downs

> > Editor, The Partial Art of Detection

> > =====

> >

> >

> >

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