Please allow me to say this, then I leave you good folks in peace ...

[Guest guest]

I get uncomfortable when someone asks questions like these:

 

" Guruji, I want to become an astrologer and dedicate my life to it.

Please tell me if I have it in my chart to make that happen? Will I

be successful and famous? "

 

OR

 

" Panditji, I want to devote my life to worshipping God. I have

explored many religions since I was born and have not arrived at the

shore of this all-pervasive and all-encompassing and embracing

religion and spiritual experience! Please tell me what would be my

most optimum Ishta Devataa? Where would I find my loftiest spiritual

success, my acme and my Eternal Salvation? "

 

OR

 

" Dear Jyotishi, I realize that life is about choices and I have a few

options in life. The options are about practical matters, one of the

three jobs I have been offered and they all have their strengths and

weaknesses and I am confused. I would appreciate if you could check

things out in my chart and give me some advice so that I CAN MAKE THE

FINAL DECISION AND TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MY ACTIONS! "

 

Wonder where most jyotishis would rather focus and spend their

consulting time on and be of practical help!

 

I also submit the following very old writing of mine, a bit

provocative but SINCERE! Please trust me and my intentions! Sorry if

it is too long for some attention spans

 

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.... Once in a while, one also runs into a swarm of " Ask the

astrologer of this week " or more directly known as " gimme a reading "

crowd. People approach astrologers with a variety of reasons for

readings. There are those that are really at the end of the rope and

looking for helpful advice. Some of these are really in need for a

friendly shoulder for counsel. Then there are those that have a bit

of a narcissistic flair and want you to tell them something more that

the 101 jyotishis before you had not told them or sometimes just to

hear again (and again ...) what many have told them about their

exalted hamsa yoga or whatever. Some are marginally interested in

jyotish, academically, and become quite skilled at posing a request

for reading in the garb of technical curiosity. Other than gaining

an ability to identify such tendencies, there is not much help that

you can provide to these people. Some astrologers prefer to ward

them off by one of many ways while others politely oblige and move

on. It is a delicate decision because you don't want to judge

hastily and shun someone who genuinely needs help. There are also

those that I call fence-sitters. These individuals are quite

materialistic but also have begun to sense the importance of being

spiritual and actually would love to be highly spiritual at the same

time without giving up their security blankets. Some have taken

mantras and meditate every other day but in reality are only going

through the motions of spiritual rituals. Nothing is wasted of

course but what they expect may not be achieved in this lifetime.

These tend to look at astrology as a spiritual aid and indeed are

fully convinced that that is what it is supposed to be. They would

ask you about the type of spiritual practice that would best suit

their charts or the deity that they should worship for maximum and

accelerated ascension. They want to carry over concepts of total

quality management and business efficiency into the field of

spiritual progress! What can a paltry astrologer do or say to make

them see the light? I have been often approached by such individuals

who ask me to give them the best way of becoming rich and pious at

the same time! I ask these kinds of individuals for a fee! Often,

their response is very materialistic: Would I guarantee my readings,

would I be able to tell them from their chart how many legs their

dog has or if they have a red or yellow car! Many never get back to

me – obviously to my loss! Perhaps someday they would get the

message and look at themselves – hopefully not too reluctantly -- as

spiritual beings trying so hard to climb out of the sweet and sticky

molasses of materialism! Who can blame them for wanting to have

their cake and eat it too at the same time at this early stage of

growth?

 

Then there are those that are simply testing the waters. Testing

astrology and testing you as an astrologer particularly if it costs

them nothing but costs you in time and energy. Nothing wrong with

all this bit of game playing and a bit of drama, I suppose. I find

it most useful to be simply responsive to these with utmost sincerity

and I treat them as examiners that God sent to me for testing my

wakefulness in matters astrological. I learn if I make mistakes and

they learn if I do not...

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Rohiniranjan