Destiny, Free-Will and Purpose of Astrology

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Dear members,

Namaskar,

My good wishes to every member of the forum and his family on the

occasion of NEW-YEAR 2009.

I can hope that during the year we will have more active interaction.

I have recently received following blog from Sh. Punit Pandey, an

astrologer. I hope members will like to share their views on this

blog for further digging the utility and scientific correctness of

astrology.

 

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People ask this question again and again - what is the ratio of free

will against destiny? How much of our life we can control? This is a

question that has been asked to me at least a thousand times, so I

think that it is a good material for this blog. Astrologers are

divided on this subject. Though my answer is very clear that

everything is predetermined and nothing can be changed. When I say

this the next question, always, is - what the purpose of astrology

is, if everything is predetermined? This is an important question and

here is my answer.

 

The word Jyotisha is a combination of two words - Jyoti (light) and

Isha (God). Literally speaking, Jyotisha means the light of god. You

know why it is called so? It is called so because it is also a tool

of self realization similar to other popular ways (marga) like Karma

Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raj Yoga, Jnana Yoga etc. If you will deeply

observe all these yogas, the objective is to end 'I' – the ego, the

self. In Jnana Yoga it is done by constantly remembering that you are

the God and there exists no duality... there is no 'I'. That's why

Jnana Yogis keep chanting 'Aham Brahamsmi'. While in Bhakti Yoga, you

need to dissolve yourself in God through complete surrender, which

results in the end of ego. Hence duality dissolves with the ego in

this path too. Similarly in Raja Yoga, this objective is achieved

through meditation and other techniques. When you practice all these

techniques your consciousness starts increasing and a time comes when

your consciousness encompasses whole universe, and as a result of

this there remains only one consciousness – the consciousness of

entire existence and again the individual ego dissolves in this

cosmic consciousness.

 

Similarly, by practicing Jyotisha, an astrologer keeps remembering

the fact that everything is predetermined and it keeps hurting the

ego or the 'I'. It is because the ego can exist only as a doer, if

you understand that nothing can be done by ego, it evaporates at that

very moment. At one stage with the accuracy of astrological

predictions, astrologer understands that ego is simply a mirage and

it is just like a veil on the pure consciousness and this is the

point of self-realization. So Jyotisha is the door to self-

realization and that is the purpose of astrology.

 

 

Thanks

Yours truly,

Sanat

 

Ms Deepika ji,

I am not receiving any msg or email since long. I hope you may be

quite OK.

Sanat