Re:Going with the flow--Grahas--Karma and Meditation/Knowing the grahas-2 Sabri

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Dear Vinita,

 

Thank you for your note, nice to see you have found my reply

meaningful.

You have mentioned about "going with the flow";

 

As you know, Saints, Enlightened People are known to live higher

levels of consciousness, reality and living (in the spiritual sense).

Their experience of living is hard to describe, even impossible

actually, but they try to give approximate descriptions so that we

may have an idea aboout that, so that we are motivated to move

towards the same. Maharishi Parashara and Jaimini were two such

Enlightened Sages.

 

In our usual day to day living, our living is akin to a boat in

stormy weathers, the current or the wind takes us this way or that

way. When a person has reached higher levels of consciousness, his

life is akin to a boat that is anchored in stormy weather, e.g. even

though there is a storm the boat is firmly fixed and not drifting

here and there. The storms and winds in our lives are brought to us

by the "Grahas" as a result of our previous deeds.

 

But, (something not widely known) the level of consciousness of a

person is not really fixed, it is changing, like the waves reaching

the shore in an ocean, we sometimes move forward and sometimes back.

So from time to time we have glimpses of what is like to have a

higher level of consciousness, or what it is like to live in a more

evolved state of life. Everybody has this experience from time to

time, some western scholars have labeled some of these experiences

as "self-actualisation" and even have conducted experiments on it

etc.

 

Being in the self, in the moment, going with the flow, terms like

this all describe the same. At such a stage despite of what could be

going on outside in our lives, e.g. good or bad, the person remains

fixed in himself in eternal peace and bliss. This is how the boat of

life in human existence is fixed confronted with the ever-changing

outer reality, brought to us through the Grahas. So life is lived in

peace and bliss, even though the same person may be facing some

adverse karma. This is the true aim and purpose of life.

 

As noted above, everybody from time to time has some glimpses of

this higher reality, and knows inside that such a stage is there and

can be reached, and ideed is motivated to move towards there, not

knowing actually what to do for that end. Mostly we instinctively

think or beleive, achieving material things (that could be status,

money, knowledge, love of dear ones, anything) will get us there,

but this state is ellusive and is beyond that.

 

The custodians of Vedic Wisdom has in fact brought out to light, the

practical methods to reach these higher levels of life. The keyword

here is to "transcend" the day to day reality of living and

thinking. Meditation is one method to transcend thinking, where the

mind disengages from its usual gross activity, reaches finer levels

of thought and beyond that transcends and experiences the ultimate

reality of life. The regular practice of which, will in time through

purification of the mind and physiology, takes the person to higher

levels of consciousness and spiritual living.

 

One word of caution here is that, to evolve in this direction does

not necessarily mean that we change our style of living, and live

the life of a Yogi, a Sadhaka doing Austerities and Sadhana living

the life of a recluse (which does not naturally appeal to a person

living in the western style). There are different ways possible, one

of which is that of the Karma Yogi, going through this process while

doing his or her usual duties in society.

 

In another post, I will mention about some further and very

interesting research and findings about the roles of Grahas in our

lives from this point of view. Also I will mention about the need

for "applying the brakes to refine ourselves, e.g. fighting with our

Grahas".

 

P.S. We should not forget that, the purpose of the totality of Vedic

Wisdom (e.g. Jyotish, Ayur-Ved, Sthapatya-Ved, Mantra Shastra etc.),

is to give man the practical means to live a more happy, purposeful

life full of achievements.

 

Best wishes, Sabri.

 

vedic astrology, vinita kumar

<shankar_mamta> wrote:

> Dear Sabri,

>

> Thanks for your reply. It does make sense the way you put it. I

have been the happiest when I have allowed myself to flow freely.

But "flowing" should also be with intense conciousness. Brakes and

barriers have to be applied to conform to what is

considered "right". Whenever you put on the brakes you get the

feeling that you are "fighting" with your grahas. It could sap your

energies. But that is the only way you can bring about "structural"

changes in life and "refine" yourself.

>

> That is why meditation is so important as Mark also believes.

Everytime we dive into ourselves we know what is "right" and the

struggle stops - at least for a while....

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>

> The importance of struggle should not be ignored in the search for

finding peace within. But as you and Mark may like to put it, the

struggle will automatically stop when we "know" ourselves fully

along with our grahas, isn't it?

>

> Thanks once again for your views.

>

> Best wishes,

>

> Vinita

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