Guest guest Posted October 16, 2004 Report Share Posted October 16, 2004 Mon Cher RR ) Mais bien sur Now, in English. Either way ... the object is to be detached from it all. Don't you think? When I was 36 I was cycling to a lecture in Cambridge under grey skies when suddenly I was enveloped in a golden light ... not gold like gold but gold like the sun. I think there was some kind of sharp noise that triggered it but I don't really remember. I seemed to be able to see all the atoms and molecules in the air as far as forever ... I heard no voice or saw no entity but I just knew from then on that I was part of everything in the universe and it was part of me. It seemed that none of my life was real anyway and that in some way the people I met (and even didn't meet) were part of me. After that I ceased to be afraid of death and in the past few years have been able to accept a brutal cancer because accepting it without rancour I have been able to see that even in adversity there are beautiful things and that in any case it doesn't matter. Also it feels as if being unpleasant to people is being unpleasant to myself and vice versa. Perhaps I have gone off on a tangent but I suppose what I'm trying to say is that how we react to things that happen is a choice. I thought that the choice was given to me. You're so clever ) perhaps you can help me understand what I am trying to say because I know the whole thing is more simple than we are trying to make it. You can answer in French or English. Love, Gili. >"rohiniranjan" <rrgb > > > Re: [playing cards and free will. >Sat, 16 Oct 2004 01:19:51 -0000 > > >Vraiment, Gili, ca l'image, le mirage, peut etre, mais n'est pas le >fait, n'est pas le fait finale biensure, et n'est pas le realité >ultime! Celon moi!! > >Pardonnez moi, pour ma expression le bas <je sais que vous <cringe> a >m'exprime bas de francaise! Je suis juste un debutant, a francaise et >a l'astrologie! > >RR > >, "Gili Mary" <xapsarax@h...> >wrote: > > Dear All, > > I agree. The cards we are dealt are the result of our past karma. >It is > > hard to change our style of play but when we do we get different >results. > > Sometimes bad, sometimes good depending on how our strategy >changes. Then > > in a next incarnation we get a new hand of cards and a chance to >play them > > better. Whether we play selfishly of unselfishly is also a choice. >N'e ce > > pas? > > I hate to use the playing card analogy. It sounds, somehow, >irreverent but > > I can't think of a better one. ) > > Love, > > Gili (I'm a Mrs ... but just call me Gili ) > > > > >sanjeev kayasth <sanjeev2030> > > > > > > > > >Re: [playing cards and free will. > > >Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:21:50 +0100 (BST) > > > > > >Om Namay Shivay > > > > > >Dear Mr. Gili, > > > > > >I wish to add something in this interesting debate. > > >Sri Krishna pointed out to Arjuna (Bhagwat Gita), Oh! > > >Arjuna, past karmas (actions) search the person in the > > >present birth as a mother cow detects its child from > > >thousand of cows. So, one cann't get rid of his past > > >karmas unless and until he attains the moksha by > > >burning all the karmas in the present birth i.e. no > > >desire for results and doing & performing the duties > > >unselflishily and with whole heartedly put himself in > > >the feet of God. > > > > > >With warm regards > > > > > > > > >Sanjeev > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- "V.Partha sarathy" <partvinu5> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >Dear Gili > > > > > >To an extent yes. > > > > > >I would put it this way, you have a choice to do > > >whatever you want > > >do. But your past actions(Including many a past lives) > > >are always > > >forbearing on the "DECISION" that you would take. > > >Remember, You are > > >always free to choose whatever you do. But the past > > >actions catch up > > >with you, most of the people just cannot avoid them, > > >and hence repeat > > >the same actions and subsequent reactions. This means > > >playing the > > >same way again and again, till we "Learn" the "WAY out > > >of the matrix". > > >best wishes > > >partha > > > > > > > > >, "Gili Mary" > > ><xapsarax@h...> > > >wrote: > > > > Dear All, > > > > Simply put ... isn't it just that we are dealt the > > >cards but we > > >have a > > > > choice of how we play them? > > > > Love,Gili > > > > > > > > >Mark Kincaid <m.kincaid@m...> > > > > > > > > > ><> > > > > > 2-V.Sreelatha, > Re: Co-esistence of > > >freedom & > > > > >causality...., >Mark Kincaid...10/13 > > > > >Wed, 13 Oct 2004 23:23:43 -0500 > > > > > > > > > >Dear V. Sreelatha, & All: > > > > > > > > > >I think it's healthy to understand we have the > > >power and potential > > >of > > > > >'freedom' and even 'free will', but,....also > > >that.... > > > > > > > > > >that ability to exercise that free will, can and > > >does get > > >diminished, the > > > > >more malefic influences are going on in our > > >charts... > > > > > > > > > >Therefore it's possible to in fact, increase our > > >ability to have > > >more power > > > > >of freedom of will. > > > > > > > > > >This means we can grow. > > > > > > > > > >The issue of free will and determinism.....looks > > >like an eternal > > >arguement, > > > > >and there are good answers on both side... > > > > > > > > > >However, I believe that in some strange and > > >mysterious way, the > > >true answer > > > > >is that 'both' do exist! > > > > > > > > > >I heard a famour guru, one time, being asked this > > >very question. > > > > > > > > > >"Which is it free will or fate?" > > > > > > > > > >And the answer was......"both"! > > > > > > > > > >The problem is the intellect considers this to be > > >an either/or > > >question... > > > > > > > > > >But life has several, opposite and seemingly > > >opposed > > >qualites,....like > > > > >'Absolute' & 'Relative',... > > > > >and even,...'spirit & matter'... > > > > > > > > > >This debate, 'spirit & matter', was a very popular > > >Philosophical > > >discussion > > > > >for centuries... but today, perhaps because more > > >and more people > > > > >'experience'....pure spirit.... > > > > > > > > > >this whole discussion has seemed to just go > > >away.... > > > > > > > > > >Perhaps this free will & fate question and > > >quagmire, will go the > > >same > > > > >way.... > > > > > > > > > >Perhaps in the same way that our nervous systems > > >are able to > > > > >simultaneously, > > > > >hold on to the ability ....to be 'active'....and to > > >be 'silent' at > > >the same > > > > >time.... > > > > > > > > > >maybe in such a way, we'll come to understand that > > >freedom,...and > > > > >causality...both co-exist! > > > > > > > > > >All I know for sure, is...that the more I develop > > >my inner side, > > >more > > > > >awareness, more consciousness,...more power of > > >Self... > > > > > > > > > >the more, true 'freedom' I feel! > > > > > > > > > >and the less 'bondage' to the outside, and to the > > >old habits that > > >used to > > > > >be > > > > >there... > > > > > > > > > >Maybe that's the best statement yet, for > > >confirming,....the > > >ability to grow > > > > >in freedom! > > > > > > > > > >So, let's think of Astrology as including the > > >qualities of 'fate' > > >of past > > > > >karmas, or consequences, but still, the ability to > > >change, to grow, > > > > >transform,....and even increase.....more > > >'.....freedom....'. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Jai Guru! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Mark Kincaid > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >"V. Sreelatha" <venkatarama_sastry> > > > > > > > > > >Thu, 14 Oct 2004 01:03:41 -0000 > > > > > > > > > > Fwd: Re: [Transcend-Meditation] > > >2-Partha:, > Re: > > >Free will, > > > > >Astrology & power of meditation, > Mark > > >Kincaid...10/11 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Dear Mark and Partha, > > > > > > > > > >It is a joy to read this thread! Such a liberating > > >idea, that we > > >are > > > > >100% free. Yes, indeed, we are not free from the > > >consequences of > > >our > > > > >own past actions, as per the karma theory .. but > > >this seems to > > > > >contradict free will ONLY if you use that karma as > > >your starting > > > > >point - you did not go as far back as you need to. > > >I am not saying > > > > >this very well, let me try again. > > > > > > > > > >We are all so conditioned to believe that our karma > > >make us behave > > > > >in a certain way, or give us good or bad results. > > >However, it is > > >not > > > > >a simple linear equation, that karma causes us to > > >do something, > > >that > > > > >a past action causes a reaction, which has to be > > >worked through. > > > > >There was something else that came before that > > >action ... and THAT > > > > >something was your free will to perform that > > >action. Once you > > > > >exercise that free will, and perform a certain > > >action, the outcome > > > > >is a given in many cases - whining that we can't > > >exercise our free > > > > >will to escape the outcome, is not quite fair. (I > > >am > > >oversimplifying > > > > >to make a point.... in reality free still exists, > > >since you always > > > > >have a choice as to your future actions.) It's like > > >throwing a ball > > > > >up in the air, you have the free will to throw it > > >up if you want, > > > > >but the fact remains that it will come down because > > >of gravity, > > > > >because THAT was the reaction that you set in > > >motion with your > > > > >action done with 100% free will. > > > > > > > > > >Astrology is totally compatible with free will. > > >Astrology shows the > > > > >what, when, where, how, why, who etc etc of things > > >that are meant > > >to > > > > >happen. The true "cause" of the happennings though, > > >are the actions > > > > >that you yourself set in motion, either knowingly > > >or unknowingly, > > > > >it's not a planet somewhere. When I read statements > > >such as Saturn > > > > >is causing sorrow, I always think of a really > > >simple analogy. Say a > > > > >murderer is put in jail, is it really the fault of > > >the cop that > > > > >caught him, the judge that sentenced him, the > > >prison warden that > > > > >prevents him from escaping, or the jail for holding > > >him? These are > > > > >the roles that the planets / houses / rasis / > > >dispositers play. The > > > > >true cause is the murder that this criminal > > >committed, when he > > > > >exercised his "free will", and that is what set the > > >rest of the > > > > >events in motion. > > > > > > > > > >All these, strictly, MHO as always. > > > > >Venkatarama Sreelatha > > > > > > > > > >, partha > > >sarathy > > > > ><partvinu5> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Mark > > > > > > > > > > > > Well said. > > > > > > > > > > > > I have been arguing for every person having 100% > > >free will case. > > > > >The reason is quite simple, that when free will is > > >called "FREE > > > > >will" it cannot be in percentages. But i have seen > > >some discussions > > > > >where people talk of a percentaged free will. > > > > > > > > > > > > What i can agree to is the fact that we are not > > >free from the > > > > >consequences of our past actions. This is where our > > >karma comes in. > > > > >But this can never prove the fact that we can > > >exercise our free > > > > >will. Past actions are always asserting themselves > > >on our current > > > > >decisions, but can it prove that we are basically > > >free souls. The > > > > >souls that are full of love, joy and creativity. > > >Jyotish definitely > > > > >gives us enough clues on the consequneces of our > > >past actions. The > > > > >various techniques such as dasas and progressions > > >are nothing but > > > > >projections of the same. > > > > > > > > > > > > I have read that people talk of a malefic rahu > > >dasa, and a bad > > > > >sani dasa etc. > > > > > > Let me clear the point here, because even i am > > >in rahu dasa > > >since > > > > >last 10 years. yes rahu dasa has been a roller > > >coaster ride, but > > > > >then i also became spiritual. The setbacks made me > > >"go INWARD" > > >which > > > > >i wouldnot have done had everything been a jolly > > >good ride. > > > > > > Rahu and sani are planets that force us to look > > >inward, look at > > > > >our souls, the desires of the soul. They make us > > >ponder at the > > > > >meaning of life, at our frailities, and our > > >greatness. Every soul > > >is > > > > >a spark of divine life, and all our experiences are > > >nothing but the > > > > >various manifestations of the divine play. They > > >make us remember > > > > >more of who we are really. > > > > > > Rahu and saturn make us so restricted, that we > > >truly learn what > > > > >freedom is. > > > > > > For instance i lived for a year at my tyrannical > > >uncle's place, > > > > >and i was very much limited in all my actions. I > > >couldnot take > > > > >decisions that made me happy. Every moment was a > > >struggle. I worked > > > > >in a newspaper company, and people abused and > > >shouted at me. > > > > > > I never feel bad about them, i feel that those > > >restrictive > > > > >conditons, made me realise that we all long for > > >freedom. And we are > > > > >basically experiencing restriction, to learn that > > >we are free. > > > > > > We experience misery to feel that we are "JOY" > > > > > > We experience sadness to learn that we are > > >"Happiness" > > > > > > We experience crippling conditions to learn that > > >we > > > > >are "Invincibles" > > > > > > We experience helplessness to learn that we are > > >" Creative > > > > >machines". > > > > > > > > > > > > All these are attributes of soul, and by > > >experiencing what it is > > > > >not, it remembers more of what it IS, I can know > > >what is day, when > > >i > > > > >see the night. I can appreciate Sweetness, only > > >when i have tasted > > > > >the bitter. > > > > > > That is why we are in earth, the plane of > > >dualities. > > > > > > best wishes > > > > > > partha > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark Kincaid <m.kincaid@m...> wrote: > > > > > > Dear Partha: > > > > > > > > > > > > This is another reason why I'm excited about > > >this 'meditation' & > > > > >Astrology group, because without powerful emphasis > > >on remedial > > > > >measures, the whole purpose of Astrology is lost. > > > > > > > > > > > > I know so many people who are studying Jyotish, > > >but only > > >remaining > > > > >in the theoretical, cerebral part. > > > > > > > > > > > > And yes free will is a strong, vital, > > >indespensible part of > > >life. > > > > > > > > > > > > But, free will isn't a contradiction in > > >Jyotish/Astrology, free > > > > >will is a part of it. > > > > > > > > > > > > In the same way that 'pre-determinism' and > > >causality is a part > > >of > > > > >life, being dynamic, asserting oneself, or > > >exercising one's will, > > >to > > > > >evolve is too.! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark Kincaid > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > partha sarathy <partvinu5> > > > > > > Transcend-Meditation > > > > > > Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:34:04 -0700 (PDT) > > > > > > Transcend-Meditation > > > > > > Re: [Transcend-Meditation] 2-Partha:, > > > >Re: Jupiter & > > > > >Saturn, > Mark Kincaid...10/11 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Mark > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you for the kind words. Without proper > > >sadhana and yoga, > > >the > > > > >understanding of metaphysical aspects of universe > > >remains > > > > >inaccessible. > > > > > > > > > > > > I did jyotish for 9 years, and i do JYOTISH now > > >after the last > > > > >years spiritual transformation. > > > > > > I started meditating last year, went for past > > >life regression, > > >saw > > > > >some 200 past lives, i read books like > > >Conversations with GOd. So > > > > >many things have become clear now. For me Jyotish > > >is now a tool to > > > > >assess the potentialities of a person and the way > > >he can progress > > >in > > > > >life. Free will very much comes into picture, and i > > >see people > > > > >having the same chart as me never ever going into > > >meditation of > > >even > > > > >astrology. I guess free will is something which is > > >not pre > > > > >determined and is one of the black holes for > > >Jyotish > > > > > > best wishes > > > > > > partha > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark Kincaid <m.kincaid@m...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Partha: > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, I think you're right. When I, too learned > > >to look at > > >nature > > > > >or spirituality, in terms of both of these Jupiter > > >& > > > > >Saturn 'qualities', I started getting a long much > > >better in life... > > > > > > > > > > > > This is one of so many reasons why I think > > >Jyotish is a > > >wonderful > > > > >compliment to meditation and yoga for example. > > > > > > > > > > > > I've done the charts of so many people, 'on the > > >path', who not > > > > >understanding either the Jupiter's or Saturn's in > > >their > > > > >charts,...they still continued to suffer, in > > >ways.... > > > > > > > > > > > > that their meditation, or sadhana, should have > > >cancelled out... > > > > > > > > > > > > Now I know that Jyotish is a wonderful > > >compliment to > > >meditation.... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark Kincaid > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ps...thanks for your thoughts and I look forward > > >to many more > > > > >wonderful discussions, together... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. 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Guest guest Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 Dear Gili, What a beautiful experience! You are truly blessed. I am sorry to hear about your cancer, but am *very* impressed with your attitude! Sincere regards, v. sreelatha , "Gili Mary" <xapsarax@h...> wrote: > Mon Cher RR ) > Mais bien sur > Now, in English. > Either way ... the object is to be detached from it all. Don't you think? > When I was 36 I was cycling to a lecture in Cambridge under grey skies when > suddenly I was enveloped in a golden light ... not gold like gold but gold > like the sun. I think there was some kind of sharp noise that triggered it > but I don't really remember. I seemed to be able to see all the atoms and > molecules in the air as far as forever ... I heard no voice or saw no > entity but I just knew from then on that I was part of everything in the > universe and it was part of me. It seemed that none of my life was real > anyway and that in some way the people I met (and even didn't meet) were > part of me. > After that I ceased to be afraid of death and in the past few years have > been able to accept a brutal cancer because accepting it without rancour I > have been able to see that even in adversity there are beautiful things and > that in any case it doesn't matter. Also it feels as if being unpleasant to > people is being unpleasant to myself and vice versa. > > Perhaps I have gone off on a tangent but I suppose what I'm trying to say is > that how we react to things that happen is a choice. I thought that the > choice was given to me. > > You're so clever ) perhaps you can help me understand what I am trying to > say because I know the whole thing is more simple than we are trying to make > it. > You can answer in French or English. > Love, > Gili. > > > > >"rohiniranjan" <rrgb@s...> > > > > > > Re: [playing cards and free will. > >Sat, 16 Oct 2004 01:19:51 -0000 > > > > > >Vraiment, Gili, ca l'image, le mirage, peut etre, mais n'est pas le > >fait, n'est pas le fait finale biensure, et n'est pas le realité > >ultime! Celon moi!! > > > >Pardonnez moi, pour ma expression le bas <je sais que vous <cringe> a > >m'exprime bas de francaise! Je suis juste un debutant, a francaise et > >a l'astrologie! > > > >RR > > > >, "Gili Mary" <xapsarax@h...> > >wrote: > > > Dear All, > > > I agree. The cards we are dealt are the result of our past karma. > >It is > > > hard to change our style of play but when we do we get different > >results. > > > Sometimes bad, sometimes good depending on how our strategy > >changes. Then > > > in a next incarnation we get a new hand of cards and a chance to > >play them > > > better. Whether we play selfishly of unselfishly is also a choice. > >N'e ce > > > pas? > > > I hate to use the playing card analogy. It sounds, somehow, > >irreverent but > > > I can't think of a better one. ) > > > Love, > > > Gili (I'm a Mrs ... but just call me Gili ) > > > > > > >sanjeev kayasth <sanjeev2030> > > > > > > > > > > > >Re: [playing cards and free will. > > > >Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:21:50 +0100 (BST) > > > > > > > >Om Namay Shivay > > > > > > > >Dear Mr. Gili, > > > > > > > >I wish to add something in this interesting debate. > > > >Sri Krishna pointed out to Arjuna (Bhagwat Gita), Oh! > > > >Arjuna, past karmas (actions) search the person in the > > > >present birth as a mother cow detects its child from > > > >thousand of cows. So, one cann't get rid of his past > > > >karmas unless and until he attains the moksha by > > > >burning all the karmas in the present birth i.e. no > > > >desire for results and doing & performing the duties > > > >unselflishily and with whole heartedly put himself in > > > >the feet of God. > > > > > > > >With warm regards > > > > > > > > > > > >Sanjeev > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- "V.Partha sarathy" <partvinu5> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Dear Gili > > > > > > > >To an extent yes. > > > > > > > >I would put it this way, you have a choice to do > > > >whatever you want > > > >do. But your past actions(Including many a past lives) > > > >are always > > > >forbearing on the "DECISION" that you would take. > > > >Remember, You are > > > >always free to choose whatever you do. But the past > > > >actions catch up > > > >with you, most of the people just cannot avoid them, > > > >and hence repeat > > > >the same actions and subsequent reactions. This means > > > >playing the > > > >same way again and again, till we "Learn" the "WAY out > > > >of the matrix". > > > >best wishes > > > >partha > > > > > > > > > > > >, "Gili Mary" > > > ><xapsarax@h...> > > > >wrote: > > > > > Dear All, > > > > > Simply put ... isn't it just that we are dealt the > > > >cards but we > > > >have a > > > > > choice of how we play them? > > > > > Love,Gili > > > > > > > > > > >Mark Kincaid <m.kincaid@m...> > > > > > > > > > > > ><> > > > > > > 2-V.Sreelatha, > Re: Co-esistence of > > > >freedom & > > > > > >causality...., >Mark Kincaid...10/13 > > > > > >Wed, 13 Oct 2004 23:23:43 -0500 > > > > > > > > > > > >Dear V. Sreelatha, & All: > > > > > > > > > > > >I think it's healthy to understand we have the > > > >power and potential > > > >of > > > > > >'freedom' and even 'free will', but,....also > > > >that.... > > > > > > > > > > > >that ability to exercise that free will, can and > > > >does get > > > >diminished, the > > > > > >more malefic influences are going on in our > > > >charts... > > > > > > > > > > > >Therefore it's possible to in fact, increase our > > > >ability to have > > > >more power > > > > > >of freedom of will. > > > > > > > > > > > >This means we can grow. > > > > > > > > > > > >The issue of free will and determinism.....looks > > > >like an eternal > > > >arguement, > > > > > >and there are good answers on both side... > > > > > > > > > > > >However, I believe that in some strange and > > > >mysterious way, the > > > >true answer > > > > > >is that 'both' do exist! > > > > > > > > > > > >I heard a famour guru, one time, being asked this > > > >very question. > > > > > > > > > > > >"Which is it free will or fate?" > > > > > > > > > > > >And the answer was......"both"! > > > > > > > > > > > >The problem is the intellect considers this to be > > > >an either/or > > > >question... > > > > > > > > > > > >But life has several, opposite and seemingly > > > >opposed > > > >qualites,....like > > > > > >'Absolute' & 'Relative',... > > > > > >and even,...'spirit & matter'... > > > > > > > > > > > >This debate, 'spirit & matter', was a very popular > > > >Philosophical > > > >discussion > > > > > >for centuries... but today, perhaps because more > > > >and more people > > > > > >'experience'....pure spirit.... > > > > > > > > > > > >this whole discussion has seemed to just go > > > >away.... > > > > > > > > > > > >Perhaps this free will & fate question and > > > >quagmire, will go the > > > >same > > > > > >way.... > > > > > > > > > > > >Perhaps in the same way that our nervous systems > > > >are able to > > > > > >simultaneously, > > > > > >hold on to the ability ....to be 'active'....and to > > > >be 'silent' at > > > >the same > > > > > >time.... > > > > > > > > > > > >maybe in such a way, we'll come to understand that > > > >freedom,...and > > > > > >causality...both co-exist! > > > > > > > > > > > >All I know for sure, is...that the more I develop > > > >my inner side, > > > >more > > > > > >awareness, more consciousness,...more power of > > > >Self... > > > > > > > > > > > >the more, true 'freedom' I feel! > > > > > > > > > > > >and the less 'bondage' to the outside, and to the > > > >old habits that > > > >used to > > > > > >be > > > > > >there... > > > > > > > > > > > >Maybe that's the best statement yet, for > > > >confirming,....the > > > >ability to grow > > > > > >in freedom! > > > > > > > > > > > >So, let's think of Astrology as including the > > > >qualities of 'fate' > > > >of past > > > > > >karmas, or consequences, but still, the ability to > > > >change, to grow, > > > > > >transform,....and even increase.....more > > > >'.....freedom....'. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Jai Guru! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Mark Kincaid > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >"V. Sreelatha" <venkatarama_sastry> > > > > > > > > > > > >Thu, 14 Oct 2004 01:03:41 -0000 > > > > > > > > > > > > Fwd: Re: [Transcend-Meditation] > > > >2-Partha:, > Re: > > > >Free will, > > > > > >Astrology & power of meditation, > Mark > > > >Kincaid...10/11 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Dear Mark and Partha, > > > > > > > > > > > >It is a joy to read this thread! Such a liberating > > > >idea, that we > > > >are > > > > > >100% free. Yes, indeed, we are not free from the > > > >consequences of > > > >our > > > > > >own past actions, as per the karma theory .. but > > > >this seems to > > > > > >contradict free will ONLY if you use that karma as > > > >your starting > > > > > >point - you did not go as far back as you need to. > > > >I am not saying > > > > > >this very well, let me try again. > > > > > > > > > > > >We are all so conditioned to believe that our karma > > > >make us behave > > > > > >in a certain way, or give us good or bad results. > > > >However, it is > > > >not > > > > > >a simple linear equation, that karma causes us to > > > >do something, > > > >that > > > > > >a past action causes a reaction, which has to be > > > >worked through. > > > > > >There was something else that came before that > > > >action ... and THAT > > > > > >something was your free will to perform that > > > >action. Once you > > > > > >exercise that free will, and perform a certain > > > >action, the outcome > > > > > >is a given in many cases - whining that we can't > > > >exercise our free > > > > > >will to escape the outcome, is not quite fair. (I > > > >am > > > >oversimplifying > > > > > >to make a point.... in reality free still exists, > > > >since you always > > > > > >have a choice as to your future actions.) It's like > > > >throwing a ball > > > > > >up in the air, you have the free will to throw it > > > >up if you want, > > > > > >but the fact remains that it will come down because > > > >of gravity, > > > > > >because THAT was the reaction that you set in > > > >motion with your > > > > > >action done with 100% free will. > > > > > > > > > > > >Astrology is totally compatible with free will. > > > >Astrology shows the > > > > > >what, when, where, how, why, who etc etc of things > > > >that are meant > > > >to > > > > > >happen. The true "cause" of the happennings though, > > > >are the actions > > > > > >that you yourself set in motion, either knowingly > > > >or unknowingly, > > > > > >it's not a planet somewhere. When I read statements > > > >such as Saturn > > > > > >is causing sorrow, I always think of a really > > > >simple analogy. Say a > > > > > >murderer is put in jail, is it really the fault of > > > >the cop that > > > > > >caught him, the judge that sentenced him, the > > > >prison warden that > > > > > >prevents him from escaping, or the jail for holding > > > >him? These are > > > > > >the roles that the planets / houses / rasis / > > > >dispositers play. The > > > > > >true cause is the murder that this criminal > > > >committed, when he > > > > > >exercised his "free will", and that is what set the > > > >rest of the > > > > > >events in motion. > > > > > > > > > > > >All these, strictly, MHO as always. > > > > > >Venkatarama Sreelatha > > > > > > > > > > > >, partha > > > >sarathy > > > > > ><partvinu5> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Mark > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well said. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have been arguing for every person having 100% > > > >free will case. > > > > > >The reason is quite simple, that when free will is > > > >called "FREE > > > > > >will" it cannot be in percentages. But i have seen > > > >some discussions > > > > > >where people talk of a percentaged free will. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What i can agree to is the fact that we are not > > > >free from the > > > > > >consequences of our past actions. This is where our > > > >karma comes in. > > > > > >But this can never prove the fact that we can > > > >exercise our free > > > > > >will. Past actions are always asserting themselves > > > >on our current > > > > > >decisions, but can it prove that we are basically > > > >free souls. The > > > > > >souls that are full of love, joy and creativity. > > > >Jyotish definitely > > > > > >gives us enough clues on the consequneces of our > > > >past actions. The > > > > > >various techniques such as dasas and progressions > > > >are nothing but > > > > > >projections of the same. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have read that people talk of a malefic rahu > > > >dasa, and a bad > > > > > >sani dasa etc. > > > > > > > Let me clear the point here, because even i am > > > >in rahu dasa > > > >since > > > > > >last 10 years. yes rahu dasa has been a roller > > > >coaster ride, but > > > > > >then i also became spiritual. The setbacks made me > > > >"go INWARD" > > > >which > > > > > >i wouldnot have done had everything been a jolly > > > >good ride. > > > > > > > Rahu and sani are planets that force us to look > > > >inward, look at > > > > > >our souls, the desires of the soul. They make us > > > >ponder at the > > > > > >meaning of life, at our frailities, and our > > > >greatness. Every soul > > > >is > > > > > >a spark of divine life, and all our experiences are > > > >nothing but the > > > > > >various manifestations of the divine play. They > > > >make us remember > > > > > >more of who we are really. > > > > > > > Rahu and saturn make us so restricted, that we > > > >truly learn what > > > > > >freedom is. > > > > > > > For instance i lived for a year at my tyrannical > > > >uncle's place, > > > > > >and i was very much limited in all my actions. I > > > >couldnot take > > > > > >decisions that made me happy. Every moment was a > > > >struggle. I worked > > > > > >in a newspaper company, and people abused and > > > >shouted at me. > > > > > > > I never feel bad about them, i feel that those > > > >restrictive > > > > > >conditons, made me realise that we all long for > > > >freedom. And we are > > > > > >basically experiencing restriction, to learn that > > > >we are free. > > > > > > > We experience misery to feel that we are "JOY" > > > > > > > We experience sadness to learn that we are > > > >"Happiness" > > > > > > > We experience crippling conditions to learn that > > > >we > > > > > >are "Invincibles" > > > > > > > We experience helplessness to learn that we are > > > >" Creative > > > > > >machines". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > All these are attributes of soul, and by > > > >experiencing what it is > > > > > >not, it remembers more of what it IS, I can know > > > >what is day, when > > > >i > > > > > >see the night. I can appreciate Sweetness, only > > > >when i have tasted > > > > > >the bitter. > > > > > > > That is why we are in earth, the plane of > > > >dualities. > > > > > > > best wishes > > > > > > > partha > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark Kincaid <m.kincaid@m...> wrote: > > > > > > > Dear Partha: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is another reason why I'm excited about > > > >this 'meditation' & > > > > > >Astrology group, because without powerful emphasis > > > >on remedial > > > > > >measures, the whole purpose of Astrology is lost. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I know so many people who are studying Jyotish, > > > >but only > > > >remaining > > > > > >in the theoretical, cerebral part. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And yes free will is a strong, vital, > > > >indespensible part of > > > >life. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But, free will isn't a contradiction in > > > >Jyotish/Astrology, free > > > > > >will is a part of it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In the same way that 'pre-determinism' and > > > >causality is a part > > > >of > > > > > >life, being dynamic, asserting oneself, or > > > >exercising one's will, > > > >to > > > > > >evolve is too.! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark Kincaid > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > partha sarathy <partvinu5> > > > > > > > Transcend-Meditation > > > > > > > Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:34:04 -0700 (PDT) > > > > > > > Transcend-Meditation > > > > > > > Re: [Transcend-Meditation] 2-Partha:, > > > > >Re: Jupiter & > > > > > >Saturn, > Mark Kincaid...10/11 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Mark > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you for the kind words. Without proper > > > >sadhana and yoga, > > > >the > > > > > >understanding of metaphysical aspects of universe > > > >remains > > > > > >inaccessible. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I did jyotish for 9 years, and i do JYOTISH now > > > >after the last > > > > > >years spiritual transformation. > > > > > > > I started meditating last year, went for past > > > >life regression, > > > >saw > > > > > >some 200 past lives, i read books like > > > >Conversations with GOd. So > > > > > >many things have become clear now. For me Jyotish > > > >is now a tool to > > > > > >assess the potentialities of a person and the way > > > >he can progress > > > >in > > > > > >life. Free will very much comes into picture, and i > > > >see people > > > > > >having the same chart as me never ever going into > > > >meditation of > > > >even > > > > > >astrology. I guess free will is something which is > > > >not pre > > > > > >determined and is one of the black holes for > > > >Jyotish > > > > > > > best wishes > > > > > > > partha > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark Kincaid <m.kincaid@m...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Partha: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, I think you're right. When I, too learned > > > >to look at > > > >nature > > > > > >or spirituality, in terms of both of these Jupiter > > > >& > > > > > >Saturn 'qualities', I started getting a long much > > > >better in life... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is one of so many reasons why I think > > > >Jyotish is a > > > >wonderful > > > > > >compliment to meditation and yoga for example. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've done the charts of so many people, 'on the > > > >path', who not > > > > > >understanding either the Jupiter's or Saturn's in > > > >their > > > > > >charts,...they still continued to suffer, in > > > >ways.... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that their meditation, or sadhana, should have > > > >cancelled out... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Now I know that Jyotish is a wonderful > > > >compliment to > > > >meditation.... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark Kincaid > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ps...thanks for your thoughts and I look forward > > > >to many more > > > > > >wonderful discussions, together... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. 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Guest guest Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 Ma cher Gilli, je vous repondras, un plus tarde, par courriele privée, d'accord? Je veux partager un'experience que j'ai experimenté comme vous! Salute! , "Gili Mary" <xapsarax@h...> wrote: > Mon Cher RR ) > Mais bien sur > Now, in English. > Either way ... the object is to be detached from it all. Don't you think? > When I was 36 I was cycling to a lecture in Cambridge under grey skies when > suddenly I was enveloped in a golden light ... not gold like gold but gold > like the sun. I think there was some kind of sharp noise that triggered it > but I don't really remember. I seemed to be able to see all the atoms and > molecules in the air as far as forever ... I heard no voice or saw no > entity but I just knew from then on that I was part of everything in the > universe and it was part of me. It seemed that none of my life was real > anyway and that in some way the people I met (and even didn't meet) were > part of me. > After that I ceased to be afraid of death and in the past few years have > been able to accept a brutal cancer because accepting it without rancour I > have been able to see that even in adversity there are beautiful things and > that in any case it doesn't matter. Also it feels as if being unpleasant to > people is being unpleasant to myself and vice versa. > > Perhaps I have gone off on a tangent but I suppose what I'm trying to say is > that how we react to things that happen is a choice. I thought that the > choice was given to me. > > You're so clever ) perhaps you can help me understand what I am trying to > say because I know the whole thing is more simple than we are trying to make > it. > You can answer in French or English. > Love, > Gili. > > > > >"rohiniranjan" <rrgb@s...> > > > > > > Re: [playing cards and free will. > >Sat, 16 Oct 2004 01:19:51 -0000 > > > > > >Vraiment, Gili, ca l'image, le mirage, peut etre, mais n'est pas le > >fait, n'est pas le fait finale biensure, et n'est pas le realité > >ultime! Celon moi!! > > > >Pardonnez moi, pour ma expression le bas <je sais que vous <cringe> a > >m'exprime bas de francaise! Je suis juste un debutant, a francaise et > >a l'astrologie! > > > >RR > > > >, "Gili Mary" <xapsarax@h...> > >wrote: > > > Dear All, > > > I agree. The cards we are dealt are the result of our past karma. > >It is > > > hard to change our style of play but when we do we get different > >results. > > > Sometimes bad, sometimes good depending on how our strategy > >changes. Then > > > in a next incarnation we get a new hand of cards and a chance to > >play them > > > better. Whether we play selfishly of unselfishly is also a choice. > >N'e ce > > > pas? > > > I hate to use the playing card analogy. It sounds, somehow, > >irreverent but > > > I can't think of a better one. ) > > > Love, > > > Gili (I'm a Mrs ... but just call me Gili ) > > > > > > >sanjeev kayasth <sanjeev2030> > > > > > > > > > > > >Re: [playing cards and free will. > > > >Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:21:50 +0100 (BST) > > > > > > > >Om Namay Shivay > > > > > > > >Dear Mr. Gili, > > > > > > > >I wish to add something in this interesting debate. > > > >Sri Krishna pointed out to Arjuna (Bhagwat Gita), Oh! > > > >Arjuna, past karmas (actions) search the person in the > > > >present birth as a mother cow detects its child from > > > >thousand of cows. So, one cann't get rid of his past > > > >karmas unless and until he attains the moksha by > > > >burning all the karmas in the present birth i.e. no > > > >desire for results and doing & performing the duties > > > >unselflishily and with whole heartedly put himself in > > > >the feet of God. > > > > > > > >With warm regards > > > > > > > > > > > >Sanjeev > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- "V.Partha sarathy" <partvinu5> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Dear Gili > > > > > > > >To an extent yes. > > > > > > > >I would put it this way, you have a choice to do > > > >whatever you want > > > >do. But your past actions(Including many a past lives) > > > >are always > > > >forbearing on the "DECISION" that you would take. > > > >Remember, You are > > > >always free to choose whatever you do. But the past > > > >actions catch up > > > >with you, most of the people just cannot avoid them, > > > >and hence repeat > > > >the same actions and subsequent reactions. This means > > > >playing the > > > >same way again and again, till we "Learn" the "WAY out > > > >of the matrix". > > > >best wishes > > > >partha > > > > > > > > > > > >, "Gili Mary" > > > ><xapsarax@h...> > > > >wrote: > > > > > Dear All, > > > > > Simply put ... isn't it just that we are dealt the > > > >cards but we > > > >have a > > > > > choice of how we play them? > > > > > Love,Gili > > > > > > > > > > >Mark Kincaid <m.kincaid@m...> > > > > > > > > > > > ><> > > > > > > 2-V.Sreelatha, > Re: Co-esistence of > > > >freedom & > > > > > >causality...., >Mark Kincaid...10/13 > > > > > >Wed, 13 Oct 2004 23:23:43 -0500 > > > > > > > > > > > >Dear V. Sreelatha, & All: > > > > > > > > > > > >I think it's healthy to understand we have the > > > >power and potential > > > >of > > > > > >'freedom' and even 'free will', but,....also > > > >that.... > > > > > > > > > > > >that ability to exercise that free will, can and > > > >does get > > > >diminished, the > > > > > >more malefic influences are going on in our > > > >charts... > > > > > > > > > > > >Therefore it's possible to in fact, increase our > > > >ability to have > > > >more power > > > > > >of freedom of will. > > > > > > > > > > > >This means we can grow. > > > > > > > > > > > >The issue of free will and determinism.....looks > > > >like an eternal > > > >arguement, > > > > > >and there are good answers on both side... > > > > > > > > > > > >However, I believe that in some strange and > > > >mysterious way, the > > > >true answer > > > > > >is that 'both' do exist! > > > > > > > > > > > >I heard a famour guru, one time, being asked this > > > >very question. > > > > > > > > > > > >"Which is it free will or fate?" > > > > > > > > > > > >And the answer was......"both"! > > > > > > > > > > > >The problem is the intellect considers this to be > > > >an either/or > > > >question... > > > > > > > > > > > >But life has several, opposite and seemingly > > > >opposed > > > >qualites,....like > > > > > >'Absolute' & 'Relative',... > > > > > >and even,...'spirit & matter'... > > > > > > > > > > > >This debate, 'spirit & matter', was a very popular > > > >Philosophical > > > >discussion > > > > > >for centuries... but today, perhaps because more > > > >and more people > > > > > >'experience'....pure spirit.... > > > > > > > > > > > >this whole discussion has seemed to just go > > > >away.... > > > > > > > > > > > >Perhaps this free will & fate question and > > > >quagmire, will go the > > > >same > > > > > >way.... > > > > > > > > > > > >Perhaps in the same way that our nervous systems > > > >are able to > > > > > >simultaneously, > > > > > >hold on to the ability ....to be 'active'....and to > > > >be 'silent' at > > > >the same > > > > > >time.... > > > > > > > > > > > >maybe in such a way, we'll come to understand that > > > >freedom,...and > > > > > >causality...both co-exist! > > > > > > > > > > > >All I know for sure, is...that the more I develop > > > >my inner side, > > > >more > > > > > >awareness, more consciousness,...more power of > > > >Self... > > > > > > > > > > > >the more, true 'freedom' I feel! > > > > > > > > > > > >and the less 'bondage' to the outside, and to the > > > >old habits that > > > >used to > > > > > >be > > > > > >there... > > > > > > > > > > > >Maybe that's the best statement yet, for > > > >confirming,....the > > > >ability to grow > > > > > >in freedom! > > > > > > > > > > > >So, let's think of Astrology as including the > > > >qualities of 'fate' > > > >of past > > > > > >karmas, or consequences, but still, the ability to > > > >change, to grow, > > > > > >transform,....and even increase.....more > > > >'.....freedom....'. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Jai Guru! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Mark Kincaid > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >"V. Sreelatha" <venkatarama_sastry> > > > > > > > > > > > >Thu, 14 Oct 2004 01:03:41 -0000 > > > > > > > > > > > > Fwd: Re: [Transcend-Meditation] > > > >2-Partha:, > Re: > > > >Free will, > > > > > >Astrology & power of meditation, > Mark > > > >Kincaid...10/11 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Dear Mark and Partha, > > > > > > > > > > > >It is a joy to read this thread! Such a liberating > > > >idea, that we > > > >are > > > > > >100% free. Yes, indeed, we are not free from the > > > >consequences of > > > >our > > > > > >own past actions, as per the karma theory .. but > > > >this seems to > > > > > >contradict free will ONLY if you use that karma as > > > >your starting > > > > > >point - you did not go as far back as you need to. > > > >I am not saying > > > > > >this very well, let me try again. > > > > > > > > > > > >We are all so conditioned to believe that our karma > > > >make us behave > > > > > >in a certain way, or give us good or bad results. > > > >However, it is > > > >not > > > > > >a simple linear equation, that karma causes us to > > > >do something, > > > >that > > > > > >a past action causes a reaction, which has to be > > > >worked through. > > > > > >There was something else that came before that > > > >action ... and THAT > > > > > >something was your free will to perform that > > > >action. Once you > > > > > >exercise that free will, and perform a certain > > > >action, the outcome > > > > > >is a given in many cases - whining that we can't > > > >exercise our free > > > > > >will to escape the outcome, is not quite fair. (I > > > >am > > > >oversimplifying > > > > > >to make a point.... in reality free still exists, > > > >since you always > > > > > >have a choice as to your future actions.) It's like > > > >throwing a ball > > > > > >up in the air, you have the free will to throw it > > > >up if you want, > > > > > >but the fact remains that it will come down because > > > >of gravity, > > > > > >because THAT was the reaction that you set in > > > >motion with your > > > > > >action done with 100% free will. > > > > > > > > > > > >Astrology is totally compatible with free will. > > > >Astrology shows the > > > > > >what, when, where, how, why, who etc etc of things > > > >that are meant > > > >to > > > > > >happen. The true "cause" of the happennings though, > > > >are the actions > > > > > >that you yourself set in motion, either knowingly > > > >or unknowingly, > > > > > >it's not a planet somewhere. When I read statements > > > >such as Saturn > > > > > >is causing sorrow, I always think of a really > > > >simple analogy. Say a > > > > > >murderer is put in jail, is it really the fault of > > > >the cop that > > > > > >caught him, the judge that sentenced him, the > > > >prison warden that > > > > > >prevents him from escaping, or the jail for holding > > > >him? These are > > > > > >the roles that the planets / houses / rasis / > > > >dispositers play. The > > > > > >true cause is the murder that this criminal > > > >committed, when he > > > > > >exercised his "free will", and that is what set the > > > >rest of the > > > > > >events in motion. > > > > > > > > > > > >All these, strictly, MHO as always. > > > > > >Venkatarama Sreelatha > > > > > > > > > > > >, partha > > > >sarathy > > > > > ><partvinu5> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Mark > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well said. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have been arguing for every person having 100% > > > >free will case. > > > > > >The reason is quite simple, that when free will is > > > >called "FREE > > > > > >will" it cannot be in percentages. But i have seen > > > >some discussions > > > > > >where people talk of a percentaged free will. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What i can agree to is the fact that we are not > > > >free from the > > > > > >consequences of our past actions. This is where our > > > >karma comes in. > > > > > >But this can never prove the fact that we can > > > >exercise our free > > > > > >will. Past actions are always asserting themselves > > > >on our current > > > > > >decisions, but can it prove that we are basically > > > >free souls. The > > > > > >souls that are full of love, joy and creativity. > > > >Jyotish definitely > > > > > >gives us enough clues on the consequneces of our > > > >past actions. The > > > > > >various techniques such as dasas and progressions > > > >are nothing but > > > > > >projections of the same. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have read that people talk of a malefic rahu > > > >dasa, and a bad > > > > > >sani dasa etc. > > > > > > > Let me clear the point here, because even i am > > > >in rahu dasa > > > >since > > > > > >last 10 years. yes rahu dasa has been a roller > > > >coaster ride, but > > > > > >then i also became spiritual. The setbacks made me > > > >"go INWARD" > > > >which > > > > > >i wouldnot have done had everything been a jolly > > > >good ride. > > > > > > > Rahu and sani are planets that force us to look > > > >inward, look at > > > > > >our souls, the desires of the soul. They make us > > > >ponder at the > > > > > >meaning of life, at our frailities, and our > > > >greatness. Every soul > > > >is > > > > > >a spark of divine life, and all our experiences are > > > >nothing but the > > > > > >various manifestations of the divine play. They > > > >make us remember > > > > > >more of who we are really. > > > > > > > Rahu and saturn make us so restricted, that we > > > >truly learn what > > > > > >freedom is. > > > > > > > For instance i lived for a year at my tyrannical > > > >uncle's place, > > > > > >and i was very much limited in all my actions. I > > > >couldnot take > > > > > >decisions that made me happy. Every moment was a > > > >struggle. I worked > > > > > >in a newspaper company, and people abused and > > > >shouted at me. > > > > > > > I never feel bad about them, i feel that those > > > >restrictive > > > > > >conditons, made me realise that we all long for > > > >freedom. And we are > > > > > >basically experiencing restriction, to learn that > > > >we are free. > > > > > > > We experience misery to feel that we are "JOY" > > > > > > > We experience sadness to learn that we are > > > >"Happiness" > > > > > > > We experience crippling conditions to learn that > > > >we > > > > > >are "Invincibles" > > > > > > > We experience helplessness to learn that we are > > > >" Creative > > > > > >machines". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > All these are attributes of soul, and by > > > >experiencing what it is > > > > > >not, it remembers more of what it IS, I can know > > > >what is day, when > > > >i > > > > > >see the night. I can appreciate Sweetness, only > > > >when i have tasted > > > > > >the bitter. > > > > > > > That is why we are in earth, the plane of > > > >dualities. > > > > > > > best wishes > > > > > > > partha > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark Kincaid <m.kincaid@m...> wrote: > > > > > > > Dear Partha: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is another reason why I'm excited about > > > >this 'meditation' & > > > > > >Astrology group, because without powerful emphasis > > > >on remedial > > > > > >measures, the whole purpose of Astrology is lost. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I know so many people who are studying Jyotish, > > > >but only > > > >remaining > > > > > >in the theoretical, cerebral part. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And yes free will is a strong, vital, > > > >indespensible part of > > > >life. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But, free will isn't a contradiction in > > > >Jyotish/Astrology, free > > > > > >will is a part of it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In the same way that 'pre-determinism' and > > > >causality is a part > > > >of > > > > > >life, being dynamic, asserting oneself, or > > > >exercising one's will, > > > >to > > > > > >evolve is too.! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark Kincaid > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > partha sarathy <partvinu5> > > > > > > > Transcend-Meditation > > > > > > > Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:34:04 -0700 (PDT) > > > > > > > Transcend-Meditation > > > > > > > Re: [Transcend-Meditation] 2-Partha:, > > > > >Re: Jupiter & > > > > > >Saturn, > Mark Kincaid...10/11 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Mark > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you for the kind words. Without proper > > > >sadhana and yoga, > > > >the > > > > > >understanding of metaphysical aspects of universe > > > >remains > > > > > >inaccessible. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I did jyotish for 9 years, and i do JYOTISH now > > > >after the last > > > > > >years spiritual transformation. > > > > > > > I started meditating last year, went for past > > > >life regression, > > > >saw > > > > > >some 200 past lives, i read books like > > > >Conversations with GOd. So > > > > > >many things have become clear now. For me Jyotish > > > >is now a tool to > > > > > >assess the potentialities of a person and the way > > > >he can progress > > > >in > > > > > >life. Free will very much comes into picture, and i > > > >see people > > > > > >having the same chart as me never ever going into > > > >meditation of > > > >even > > > > > >astrology. I guess free will is something which is > > > >not pre > > > > > >determined and is one of the black holes for > > > >Jyotish > > > > > > > best wishes > > > > > > > partha > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark Kincaid <m.kincaid@m...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Partha: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, I think you're right. When I, too learned > > > >to look at > > > >nature > > > > > >or spirituality, in terms of both of these Jupiter > > > >& > > > > > >Saturn 'qualities', I started getting a long much > > > >better in life... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is one of so many reasons why I think > > > >Jyotish is a > > > >wonderful > > > > > >compliment to meditation and yoga for example. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've done the charts of so many people, 'on the > > > >path', who not > > > > > >understanding either the Jupiter's or Saturn's in > > > >their > > > > > >charts,...they still continued to suffer, in > > > >ways.... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > that their meditation, or sadhana, should have > > > >cancelled out... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Now I know that Jyotish is a wonderful > > > >compliment to > > > >meditation.... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark Kincaid > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ps...thanks for your thoughts and I look forward > > > >to many more > > > > > >wonderful discussions, together... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. 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