[Rath's Rhapsody] 5/08/2006 03:23:00 PM

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Rashi and Drishti copyright: sanjay rath, 2006 | copy-paste prohibited | reading recommended | thinking strongly advised we seek what we don't have in adequate measure or where to dump our surplus, and it is the wise who neither have anything in surplus and never need a dumping ground...Sanjay Rath (2006) kutch lena na dena magan rehena ...Saint Kabir translation: don't take anything and don't give anything, just stay immersed (in bhakti). Teaching the secret of maintaining Satva guna. | om gurave namah | Sarbani/Freedom: Both you and Freedom are essentially saying the same thing, although Freedom elaborates it a bit more when he goes into the energy cycles. For the sake of Vijaydass, Sourav and all, I share these thoughts. Drishti Shakti Meaning of Chara/Sthira/Dwisvabhava The Rashi's are chara (movable) as they have excess energy and are very creative with inflow of energy being much greater than the outflow. OR sthira (fixed) without energy where the outflow is much higher than the inflow. OR dwisvabhava (dual/mutable) having adequte energy where the energy inflow and out flow are matching. What do they want or seek? Chara Rashi (movable) want an outlet for their surplus energy and are *seeking* fixed signs for their energy outflow sthira (fixed) rashi want more energy and hence are *seeking* chara or movable signs for enhancing energy inflow dwisvabhava (dual/mutable) have balance energy and are *seeking* only such balanced energy signs for maintaining their comfortable equilibrium positions. Basically both chara and sthira are in an uncomfortable position while dwisvabhava are comfortable with regard to their resources (or energy). Interaction is necessary for living in society or in this world and we tend to interact with those we seek or those who seek us for various purposes and works. These need not be living but also non-living i.e. both jivatma and jadatma. In these interactions, there can be competition for a resource or a person like nations fighting over oil or two boys competiting for the love of a beautiful girl. This happens when two or more have drishti [aspect: (a) desire or (b) knowledge/info or © likes/dislikes i.e. taste] over the particular resource/person. Drishti has thus, come to mean three different things at least - 1. It indicates a desire of the individual and shows *emotional* content. For example a person loves something or someone and wants to be in possession or contact with it/him. This is the iccha shakti or force from desire. This is called graha drishti and is present in animate beings who have iccha or desire. Remember Iccha Shakti is Graha Drishti. 2. It indicates knowledge or information of a resource we seek or a point for the outlet of resources available or just sharing resources that do not finish. This is Gyana Shakti or the power of information and knowledge. Remember Gyana Shakti is Rashi Drishti. 3. It indicates likes and dislikes or tastes and individual flavours depending on the level of the consciousness as that of an animal (pashu), manushya (human), deva (gods?) or rishi (seer) etc. These tastes based on consciousness level is the root behind all thoughts and action and is understood as Kriya Shakti. There are eight siddhi's that the Kriya yogi works towards and you can read more about this and thought control or consciousness development. What we are interested in is the Kriya Shakti that causes the various levels of manas (mind or consciousness) to cause thought and action. Remember Kriya Shakti causes Nakshatra drishti. .........to be continued after thinking :)appended mails ------------ Yes, and interestingly, in the rashi drishti chapter of BPHS, Parsara tells us about dik chakra. He tells us how to draw the dik chakra which is in the Surya chakra format. When you draw the dik chakra, the rashi drishti becomes absolutely clear. Best Regards Sarbani Hare Rama Krsna This is my simple understanding regarding rasi drsti: They are based on chara, sthira, and dvisvabhava signs, which are rajas, tamas and sattva signs. The sattva signs interact among themselves, the learned pandits (Jupiter) and the scholars and students (Mercury) have a balanced relationship between themselves. The rajas and tamas signs aspect themselves, it is a constant continuum back and forth. The nature of rajas is to crash into tamas (like a coffee high lets you down even more tired), and the nature of tamas is to break ungracefully into rajas (like a lazy person getting angry). They falter back and forth among themselves from one extreme to the other, without balance, but in total interaction. The most important thing for us as Jyotish students is to trust the Rishis. The ahamkara is constantly trying to fit the ancient teachings into its frame of thought, instead of fitting the ahamkaras thoughts into the frame of the Rishis. One of my spiritual gurus always says that ‘to understand is to stand under’. Parashara has taught that rashi drishti is based in the chara-sthira-dvisvabhava signs, it is our job to look closely and try to understand why he says this. The great teaching is there for us to awaken. Parashara describes a “maha drishti chakra†to understand rasi aspect in the rasi aspect chapter of BPHS, study this. It works much like the way the sarvatobhadra chakra gives vedha, which I have been comparing to the three types of vedha. Also notice the nature of the Abhimukha sign pair relative to this. Namah Sivaya --Posted by Pt.Sanjay Rath to Rath's Rhapsody at 5/08/2006 03:23:00 PM