Guest guest Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 Dear Friends, As a general principle, anyone who has paid attention to the thoughts expressed in this forum and similar other venues, dealing with jyotish, remedies, tantra, other forms of magic etc. several things emerge: Jyotish and its building blocks, cause and effect, over and across lifetimes and also within a single lifetime are based on the Karma principle, crudely described as: you reap what you sow. Some say the seed can be mental action, others maintain that it has to be a physical worldly action, a third party indicates that it has to hurt someone, in mind, spirit or body. A tree fallen in the isolated forest does not count. [Ask the tree and its neighbours!] Remedies span a large variety, from the penance type to powerful material and mineral ones, gemstones, amulets and spiritual: pooja etc. There are then numerous variations and combinations of all of these modalities. Poke around and ask around and you will come up with anecdotal accounts that range from 100% success to dire failure. It is a moving duck, shall we say. Then we venture or dabble into the nether realms (nothing to do with the Dutch!) and we come across tantras and its high and low paths and at some point we run into statements as have been voiced here, namely that tantra of the low type (some would compare that with voodoo and black magic, terms more meaningful to many modern individuals) can be effective but the only lasting thing they bring is pain and anguish to the recipient (at whom it is directed), the instigator (who requested for the tantra) and the Shaman (who brought together the different realms and made energy jump across parallel universes or parallel realities as Quantum Physicists have started writing about, without really understanding how it all really 'works'. So human of them!). Point is, if any of these things, high or low or medium work, even in some cases, then Karma is not absolute and can be altered and even manipulated in a crisis. There is always a price to pay, of course, but we all know the allegory by Faust of Mephistophiles <sp>! It is not a eastern or western thought and all cultures probably have similar anecdotes, including the ultramodern IT culture with its viruses and spyware and what not! Have you, as a non IT guy ever talked to your IT service-person? Pure magic!! Regardless of its moral underpinnings and all the nine yards, it seems that through all these options available, the common mechanism and law is the law of free-will. Do not underestimate it, for it comes at a price. Of personal responsibility, and in most cases immense POWER poised precariously over a platform of incomplete understanding and therefore ignorance. Take it from a ten year old boy who destroyed expensive loudspeakers (power assisted by ignorance). Only through divine grace (forgiveness of menacing old big brother) that boy now knows more about loud speakers than he ever would have! Karma ki gati nyari santon! RR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.