AVOID THIS TOO LONG POST! Just Sharing some JYOTISH IMAGES!

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Posted elsewhere, slightly updated!

 

This is a fragment of the experiences of a teenager ... please do not pay

serious attention! What do children know ;-)

 

But do read it sincerely and openly if you choose to enter this very long

message ...!

 

" Typos " may be significant, do not gloss over those!!

 

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july 1, 2008

Re: MAYA

 

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Scroll down to see footnotes if *s bother you or

prevent you from following this 'raconte'

 

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But ... but $*, you had told me that Jyotish is SHAASTRA*...! TA* was

nearly in tears, poor soul!

 

Only silence ensued from $ as the wise one continued with his

crosseyed but legs pointing straight ahead neomeditation that he had

recently channeled from the 17th dimension of the 3rd multi-verse!

This was one accompliced dude! [AN*: No foolin'!]

 

TA continued, " I have been cramming these tables of numbers and data

and googling my mule for like a quarter of my long life so far and

all I have to show for it is a headache and my buddies think I am a

nerd and only my sanskrit teacher likes me and that is hardly an

accomplishment, frankly! " [AN: You see TA really wanted to be a pilot

or a toy-maker I think. Or did he say Chef at one point! Anyhoo, I

should be yapping less and writing more!]

 

Tuning back to TA, " ...The yogas do not work, the ayanamsha is all over

the place, each time I learn something and test it on charts,

starting with mine ofcourse, the 8th chart onwards suddenly the rule

does not fit anymore! And I am not even having sadesati! Speaking of

which are we to take the 12th, 1st and 2nd house transit from moon or

are we to follow Katve's principle of using the 90 degrees transit

straddling the chandra spashta or this three cycles of navamsha

transits as suggested by that jyoshi guy who gets all these Dear

Madam letters from confused astro-philiacs? " [AN: The MOUTH on that

brat!! Someone should LYSOL him!!!]

 

The ROCK moved! As the termites crawled away ($ was covered with

those in his Saadhna) from the mouth region, a deep booming voice

emanated from the Great SOUL within, " Phoo Phoo! "

 

It was time for TA to open his mouth wide in wonderment. He failed to

understand.

 

" First you must dig and you must dig till you begin to enjoy digging

and spreading and playing with the dirt, just for the heck of it, TA!

If it seems and feels like a chore, you are not there yet and more

digging must continue. It is like raking the latrine in that Gandhi

movie, son! Once the maya of chore vanishes, even honey bees and

scary hornets become friends and desired company! I think I will

bring in some mint chutney with me next time! Goes perfectly with

termites ...! " The voice fell silent. [AN: Now I get it what that PHOO

PHOO sound was about!].

 

Even more confused, TA toyed between watching the Gandhi movie or to

look at Gandhi's horoscope. He chose the latter.

 

He had looked at the chart a thousand times and even written about it

in his scrapbook and so on and so forth, but his eyes and mind kept

drifting towards this pair of charts that he had recently been given

by an ex-alumnus of the Ashram of $. The charts had scorpio rising,

all planets in the same signs, and only the moon different. The two

individuals were born continents and just a few days apart. One was a

serial killer and the other one was an highly skilled surgeon.

 

Kind of like comparing Hitler's and Gandhi's charts side by side! " I

will never get it! " , sighed TA and opened his school book. 'REAL

LIFE' had to be taken care of too! Or there would be detention at the

school tomorrow.

 

TA went to bed with a head full of confusing thoughts, questions and

much anguish. It was difficult to relax and fall asleep. He was

feeling lonely too. Suddenly he saw the image of a cave. It was as if

he was watching the Discovery channel showing prehistoric man. The

dude was ugly! TA thanked his stars that his cold protected him

from bad smells! He had a strange furtive look on his face and he was

looking apprehensive and had a strange bird like saccadic movement of

his head. His eyes peering straight ahead and his neck turning in

tiny spurts as he scanned his environment, perhaps trying to locate

dangers. " MOVE YOUR EYES, YOU FOOL! " , TA screamed! TA was a kind

person but not very subtle! He was awarded 'The most impolite TA of

the Year' umm... award, many years in a row, in many forums/fora!

 

The " prehistoric man " continued to use his neck muscles instead... :-(

 

Then TA saw the image of grand beauty. It was a huge hall but it was

dark. TA was smart. He knew that if he stayed cool and patient, his

eyes would adapt and he would see. He was right! It turned out to be

a grand hall with ornate pillars, studded with gemstones. Warm and

healing. Inviting and enticing. TA liked it here. Soft music was in

the background. There was a gentle blue light but it was not the deep

violet shapes that TA used to see when he closed his eyes. The

incredible shapes and the feeling of energy within when that

happened. The shapes of violet light kept moving away in a series

of 'disks' as if light was moving away as particles, riding on a wave

that was giving the particle an opportunity to express many shapes.

The wave was making the particle change its shape and the particle

was providing the tangible evidence of the existence of the wave.

 

As TA travelled through this dimly lit <dream? Vision??> he arrived

at the fountain. He had heard a lot about it from $. " Paradise! " , $ji

used to say with a beatific smile on his face with eyes closed in

exulted and at times exalted ecstasy. " Where everything is fresh,

young and no decay! Time vanishes!! " . " I have arrived at my

destiny! " , TA was ecstatic!

 

As his vision adapted to the still dark ambience, he noticed that the

ugly prehistoric guy was still here and was taking a bath in the

fountain of life! " OH MY GOD! HE SHALL LIVE FOREVER AND BE IMMORTAL!! " , TA

panicked!

 

The alarm bell was LOUD! TA woke up and after the first shock beamed

pleasantly with a big sigh of relief! " School is fun, man! At least

there are no unpredictable surprises there!! " <Obviously TA did not attend

Columbine High or some of the schools in modern times which have had visits from

crazy ones armed with guns!>

 

Far away, $ sighed a sigh of relief but knew that TA will be back

again with more questions. " Why TERMITES, GURUJI? What's wrong with locusts?

There are

people in this world that get nourishment through them. And there is

always chocolate to camouflage the real contents! OHMMMMM...

 

 

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* Abbreviations used

TA = Teenager. Let us assume that his name is Hari Puttar (son of

God)! (not to be confused with the popular magician with a similar

sounding name!!)

AN = Author's Notes. I get sick each time I use sic!

$ = Swamiji

* The additional A in Shaastra used to separate it from Shastra, the

former means a procedural scientific applied discipline, the latter a

weapon!

 

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Rohiniranjan

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