Shabda and mantra (Kavachas...Mental Chanting)

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Vishvanathan ji,

 

Stirring anything or anyone was definitely not my planned intention :-

) but I am so glad that I stirred the answer out of you! Since we are

in complete agreement in so far as what I view the diverse roles of

jyotish are for the jyotishi and the nativity, though lines are not

walls and may cross at times (even for jyotishis with real jobs!) I

am happy to hear the confirmation from the other coast, shall we

say :-)

 

RR

 

, "kasi_visvanath"

<kasi_visvanath wrote:

>

> , "crystal pages"

> <jyotish_vani@> wrote:

> >

> > A naive -- even dumb question, puritanically speaking ---

> >

> > In the last few hundred years that history of culture of

humankind

> > (the growth, the care and feeding of human psyche through what we

> > know as society/societies has really been documented) -- how have

> > those helped a large number of people?

> >

> > Are we humans looking for a brighter room, a well-cooked meal or

> > spiritual suicide, en masse?

> >

> > How can jyotish serve us?

> >

> > Can it save us, all??

> >

> >

> Om Amrtesvaryai Namah!

>

> Namskarams dear Rohiniranjan!!

>

> sooo....are we trying to stir things up a bit? are we a little bored

> with the current topics and want to get us going on the "save the

> world" theme?

>

> certainly my friend, you can answer your own question just as well

as

> the next jyotish fan....after all you've been around the block

quite a

> few times over the last 30-40 years haven't you?

>

> what did our revered KN Rao used to say? He told us to get a job!! a

> real job!! because otherwise we wouldn't be doing the world much

good

> at all...after all, don't most of the folks consulting jyotishis

only

> want a better cooking fire? as for more light, i doubt that they are

> interested in that unless they are writing letters to their local

> government representative...almost NO ONE ever comes to a Jyotishi

> asking about salvation...or spiritual questions...they all want to

> know when they will get a better job, a better wife, a better son or

> daughter, a better everything material...they couldn't care less

about

> salvation...that's not what we're for according to the masses...we

are

> here for the thrills of peering into the future labour market...the

> future marriage market....the future hospital market...the save the

> soul market is left to the preachers of all faiths.

>

> i think that jyotish can serve us to a certain extent, especially

the

> jyotishis themselves if they are interested in spiritual research,

or

> even mundane research, like K N Rao used to do...that is interesting

> and might help society in the long run to a certain extent (if the

> usefulness can ever be proved that is)...

>

> it seems to be clear to me that Jyotish is mostly interesting and

> helpful for us practitioners of the Holy Science...as for the

general

> public, all they want is a new job, or wife...let them have it...

>

> in the Service of Love Divine,

> as ever,

>

> visvanathan

>