(Narayana Dasa VIshwanatham) To Partha

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Dear Partha,

 

Thanks for sharing your understanding. i did not doubt that you suspect the

efficacy of astrology, but was wondering what could be the limitation of the

remedies. i now understand that they work in this world of Maya.

 

i think i got the answers from you. Ofcourse the answers keep changing as our

understanding increases.

With lots of thanks & warm regards

viswanadham

"V.Partha sarathy" <partvinu5 > wrote:

Dear VishwanadhamMy replies below>I have a couple of questions.> > If so why we

have different forms of `Gods'?A) Krishna has clearly explained in Gita, that

people pray to different gods, due to the different "modes" of existence. By

worshipping them, they will not go to Satyaloka, they will go to the lokas of

the Gods, and demigods.> If God is within then why do we worship God in

different external forms?a) We worship gods externally, because we are "used"

to seeing things outside us. We have never realised that all is within "ONE".

This ONE needs to be realised.If you draw a triangle, there is a top, this top

if only one point. That point is "ONE", that Point is GOD. but we are used to

the bottom and the different manifestations due to the "natural habit" of using

physical senses to

sense things, and not transcending these physical senses. THrough meditation all

the Karmendriyas and whatever Indras that we have are dissolved, and then we

realise the Parabrahma, the Sadashiva and The NARAYANA.> I have learnt that

Jyotish is Vedanga , which lets us know the `gati of the soul'. As a result

vedic astrology prescribes various remedies for aligning the body and mind with

the soul's direction. To remove the conflict and ensure smooth voyage.a) Yes

Jyotishya is the eye of vedas, it shows us the different manifestations, the

KAAL, the TIME. AS long as we are "in time" we have to use charts. Charts can

be used for those people who are "bound" by time, and bound by obligations,

bound by Karma, bound by actions. Astrology cannot be used for those who have

attained the "SUPREME INDEPENDENCE".> In this context, I like to know your take

on different external forms of worship? And the efficacy of

the remedies!a) Remedies WORK!!, this might be a relief to many, who could be

thinking that i had gone beserk.Why do remedies work, the reason is simple. AS

long as you are in a "system", you have to follow the "rules of the system".

This system is Prakriti, the MOTHER. So as long as you are with mother, she

would feed you, so as long as you are in "time", bound by Karma, you need

remedies prescribed like mantra japa etc, to reach the "end of time".SInce i am

in the womb of mother, i do mantra and puja. But when i am meditating, i never

use mantras of japas. I simply sit and watch myself, and watch the breath. This

in other words is "Abstract meditation". WHen you are uttering a word, and

uttering mantras, you are still in "mind", you are still in "time", you cannot

go beyond time and space. To reach beyound time and space, you must let go off

everything, even your own self!lovepartha