Guest guest Posted March 26, 2002 Report Share Posted March 26, 2002 Intersting how the hindu religion has been intertwined with astrology in India. What is the definition of your word, spiritual? Royale wrote: > > " How can Pluto be in Sagittarius when it's so close to Antares? " ----- > > Post message: > Subscribe: - > Un: - > List owner: -owner > > Shortcut URL to this page: > / > ------ > > There is 1 message in this issue. > > Topics in this digest: > > 1. Astrology the weapon to fight against cowardice > " astroshambu " <astroshambu > > ______________________ > ______________________ > > Message: 1 > Sun, 24 Mar 2002 23:30:58 -0000 > " astroshambu " <astroshambu > Astrology the weapon to fight against cowardice > > Astrology: the weapon to fight against cowardice. > > by Bhadra Dasi. > > The opposite of beauty is nor the ugly but that which is > false. What is wisdom? Wisdom is not information, real wisdom > (Jupiter) is certainty (Saturn). One is impelled to search for > certainty of whatever kind it is. Any inexplicable (Neptune) failure > (Saturn) brings about an uncertainty, the path of uncertainty leads > toward psychosomatic illness, anxiety, worries, doubts, fears and > vanishing consciousness. If our awareness diminishes, our certainty > also decreases. > > The greatest asset one can have is the power of discrimination, if > astrology does not teaches us how to discriminate it is completely > useless, it is a simply waste of time. Ultimately discrimination > means the ability to understand the difference between material and > spiritual, but in a lower gradient scale also means to differentiate > between our desires and those which have been imposed by others > (violently or disguised as " love " ), between OUR goals and those which > are our parents'. Very often we confuse our wife with our mother or > the son with the husband… > > Let's us see what is the generally accepted definition of mental > sanity: it is whether or not a person agrees with everyone else. > Nothing more far from the truth! This way of accepting evidence is > due to lack of discrimination (Mercury) or proper analysis; > nonetheless some thoughtful people have been rebels who were not > satisfied with preponderance of opinion and who have put into test > any information for themselves hence they are inquisitive and thus > obtaining a personal realization. > The first aphorism of the Vedanta Sutra states this point very > clearely: > > Athato brahma-jijñasa > > Now in this human form of life, one should inquire about the Absolute > Truth > > And the Absolute Truth is defined in Srimad Bhagavatam as: > > janmadi asya yato nvayad itaratas ca > > The origin of everything is the Supreme Brahman. > > One should evaluate any information discriminating. Many believe > in " someone said: " but a datum is yours in as much as YOU have > evaluated it for your self. If someone has forced it upon you, and > you do not take the trouble to investigate the subject by your self, > this is a kind of passive certainty or aberrated certainty, actually > according to Bhavagad Gita it is lethargy. > > There is an inner relation between certainty and mental health. Up to > the extent an individual is not certain in a subject he is less free > to be sane upon that subject. Sanity is related with increasing > certainty and certainty (Saturn) is clarity of observation (Mercury). > In the low level of consciousness people do not observe, instead, > they substitute for observation prejudices, supposition and > preconceptions as well as evaluation and even physical pain by which > to attain their certainties. For example: A physician may seem be > completely sure of the cause of some disease yet it depends upon the > physician certainty for the layman to accept that cause of the > disease. > > Some how or other one is forced to search for certainty, but when it > is delivered by masochism or by applied force, eventually bring about > a certainty as absolute as one could desire, viz. total unawareness. > Some persons desire an unawareness certainty. Unconsciousness itself > is a certainty, which is sought by many. > > An uncertainty (Neptune) is product of two certainties (Saturn), one > is a conviction (Jupiter), in the causative manner it arrives by > observation (Mercury) or as effected, it comes by a blow (Mars). The > other is a negative certainty viz. One wants something but at the > same time does not want this thing. That is " maybe " , a condition of > uncertainty created by the mingling together of two certainties. > Anxiety comes when this two certainties can influence ones > continuance in a state of confusion, but indecision, uncertainty, and > anxiety can ONLY exist when there is a poor observation, or inability > to observe; thus our thirst for certainty (Saturn) can lead into > oblivion, if one seeks it as an effect. As Krishna stated in the > Bhagavad Gita (4.42): > > tasmad ajñana-sambhutam > hrt-stham jñanasinamanah > chittvainsm samsayam yogam > atisthottistha bharata > > Therefore the doubts which have arisen in your heart out of ignorance > should be slashed bythe weapon of the knowledge. Armed with yoga, Oh > Bharata, stand and fight. > > The astrological chart already presents a problem, the problem of our > karma. What is required in order to solve a problem? Well, first of > all we have to know WHAT IS a problem. The anatomy of a problem is > constituted by two parts: intention and counter-intention. To solve > it, first one has to OBSERVE (Mercury) very attentively and so > carefully, the next step is that one has to CONFRONT (Mars) as > Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita (18. 59): > > Yad ahankaram asritya > Na yotsya iti manyase > Mithyaisa vyavasayas te > Prakrtis tvam niyoksyati > > If you do not act according to My direction and do not fight, then > you will be falsely directed. By your nature, you will have to be > engaged in warfare. > > And (Bg 2.3): > > Klaibyam ma sma gamah partha > Naitat tvavy upapadyate > Ksudram hrdaya-daurbalyam > Tyaktvottistha parantapa > > Oh son of Prtha, do not yield to this degrading impotence. It does > not become you. Give up such petty weakness of heart and arise. Oh > chastiser of the enemy. > > But what do we have to confront? 1) The fact that there is a problem > and 2) that we have to bring a solution for that problem, otherwise > we are lost. If we try to avoid the fact that there is a problem, the > problem may increase and eventually one can lose the freedom to > solution it. The other factor is that one has to trace out WHEN have > started. This is how we have to learn from the past. > > In the Samskara Process one has to develop his ability to return, > that is one of the most forgotten thing now a days, one does not even > remember what was his meal last week, therefore one tends to conclude > that it is of no use to remember any event. However, how can we learn > from the past if we can not return to check out what had happened? > Generally the events and situations that we are experiencing in the > present pass too fast, and we do not have the habit to analyze the so > many experiences we have passed through. We are prone to simply > forget those things that are problematic for us, this is an automatic > mechanism. If something bad happened to us, we believe that by > forgetting the incident, we have overcome the problem, nothing more > far from truth!, it is a major rule that when we can not confront a > problem we can no solve it. In order to handle anything one has to be > able to face it, all problems start with an unwillingness to confront > (Mars). For if a problem could eventually been totally confronted, > it would disappear. Man's difficulties are a compound of his > cowardice, so if you want to have difficulties in life, all you > have to do is to run away from confronting (Mars). Life is never > bright for those who can not confront it. Did you have ever asked to > your self why people use eyeglasses? It is very simple, once ago, > they have decided not to confront the external world and the people, > they have actually intensely desired not to see anyone. There is no > other reason, this is an example of how powerful is the mind. One has > to be very careful with what one desires because these desires will > become a reality in this life or the next, and Krishna says in > Bhagavad Gita that He guides us trough our desires. > > Why does one maintain him self in a state of inability, depressed or > physically ill? This is because one can not confront (Mars) and it is > easier to be a victim (effect) and to remain as a victim than to > accept responsibility (cause). Karma is the law of cause and effect. > It is very easy to blame others, actually it is the easiest thing, it > is totally passive (effect). There is no prove that any disease can > be originated by other reasons but by the turbulence of the aberrated > mind (nirbuddhi) as Krishna said in Bhagavad Gita (6.6): > > Bandhur atmatmanas tasya > Yenatmaivatmana jitah > Anatmanas tu satrutve > Vartetatmaiva satru-vat > > For him who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friend; > but for someone who has failed to do so, his mind will remain the > greatest enemy. > > Verse (4.40): > > Ajñas casraddadhanas ca > Samsyatma vinasyati > Nayam loko `sti na paro > Na sukham samsayatmanah > > But the ignorant and faithless persons who doubt the revealed > scriptures do not attain God consciousness; they fall down. For the > doubting soul there is happiness neither in this world nor in the > next. > > > Verse (18.63): > > Iti te jñanam akhyatam > Guhyad guhyataram maya > Vimrsyaitad asesena > Yathecchasi tatha kuru > > Thus I have explained to you knowledge still more confidential. > Deliberate on this fully, and then do what you whish to do. > > Trough astrology we can not surpass our Karma, but we can learn from > that. Astrology brings us the certainty that we have a problem to > resolve. Knowledge is positive certainty, and is the weapon with > which we can change the path of our actions, of our cowardice… > > Are you using nicely your Saturn, Mars, Jupiter and Mercury?. > > We will be glad to receive any comments. Please write to: > > astroshambu > > ______________________ > ______________________ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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