Who Loves Pisces Women?

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I love Pisces women.

In fact, from all the 12 zodiac signs – I love the Pisces. And it has never been a question of who is my favorite – it has always been Pisces! No – not because there is someone in my life who is Pisces – but based on my experiences with so many people – I am in love with Pisces!

Why Pisces? – And this is deep and this is significant to me – Pisces is the 12th sign – it is the ultimate space of MOKSHA – the final liberation! And I love KETU. Ketu is Shri Ganesha – and 12th house is the house where KETU feels home!

And then this sign is of Shri Guru – Jupiter – the KING of KINGS, the KING of this whole universe! And so people of this sign – are by nature very cool, peaceful and also very understanding! Anytime a wife of Pisces for a man – or a man of Pisces for a woman is a safe bet!

Whenever I have come across Pisces – be it in the US, India or wherever I travel – they truly are sweet people! They are harmless when compared to other signs – they are a song, they are poem, they are a dance! And it is always a pleasure to meet someone who is Pisces – look at this – it is the exact opposite of Virgo – a sign that ‘kills’ you by analyzing everything – so much so – that they are all brains unless there is a favorable aspect – and look at Pisces – they are all heart!

If Virgo is Judas – the Pisces is Jesus and Jesus is all for love – and so a Pisces man or woman are not discriminating by nature – they understand the essence of humanity more than any other sign – remember it is also the sign of MOKSHA – here the moon relaxes – and meditation can only happen when you can relax!

Just relax and let things be as they are. A very very passive awareness- that is the meaning of meditation. – Osho

And so if all other aspects are supportive – a Pisces man or woman can progress much faster in the art of meditation!

Overall – it is a lovely sign – the end, the climax, the melting point when the head melts into the heart and you simply become a man of heart – man of faith – man of awareness – and that’s being a true Pisces – it is the height of spiritualism – it is the height of love – it is the purest love – that is why Venus exalts in Pisces – love blossoms, celebrates in the abode of Pisces! Pisces – I love you – and I don’t care what the world thinks about you – but I would always love you!

Jai Shri Ganesha. Jai Guru.

Ashlesha Nakshatra Explained

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Ashlesha Nakshatra is a walking encyclopedia. A wealth of information comes through Ashlesha. Ashlesha is the Master – when it comes to information. In the zodiac cycle – Ashlesha is the very first Nakshatra of Mercury and interestingly it falls in a sign ruled by Moon – Cancer. Mercury and Moon are enemies. And yet the very first Mercurian Nakshatra of the zodiac cycle falls in its enemy sign – Cancer. Mercury rules over the AIR and Moon rules the Water – Ashlesha is the amalgamation of AIR and WATER. AIR signifies intelligence and WATER signifies EMOTION – and so Ashlesha signifies emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand, use, and manage your own emotions in positive ways to relieve stress, communicate effectively, empathize with others, overcome challenges and defuse conflict.

“It is very important to understand that emotional intelligence is not the opposite of intelligence, it is not the triumph of heart over head – it is the unique intersection of both.”
-David Carus

Emotional intelligence is the intersection of the heart and the head.

ASHLESHA native is primarily a very sensitive person – he understands the language of heart, he can jump – he can sacrifice life for love – he is indeed a man of heart; he is not ashamed of his tears.

“Never be ashamed of your tears. Be proud that you are still natural. Be proud that you can express the inexpressible through your tears.”
-Osho

Only a man of heart can cry – and the tears that flow through his eyes simply signify that he can feel more – he can understand more – he can relate more to your pain, to your situation and his feelings are so intense that words cannot express – tears can. It is a very natural phenomena – observe closely – whenever a man or woman is unable to express their feeling through words – tears start flowing – and so tears become the source of expression.

When Mercury is placed in the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 9th, or 11th house – then Ashlesha Ascendant native does well in the field of communication, films and arts.

Mercury placed alone in the 8th house is a very bad placement – especially if you are born with Ashlesha Ascendant. But otherwise also – for any ascendant – Mercury alone in the 8th house is very unfortunate placement – such a person is also not trustworthy.

So for Ashlesha to blossom and provide you with great results – Mercury and Moon should be well-placed and there should be no malefic aspects to them. For Cancer Ascendant with Ashlesha rising – it is observed that whenever Mercury and Moon are in contact with Rahu or Ketu – the native is devoid of happiness from mother. So if Mercury is in Rahu’s Nakshatra and Moon is with Rahu or Ketu or Mercury is with Rahu and Moon is with Rahu or Ketu – then there is a strong possibility that the native’s mother will remain absent for major part of his life or the native may have to face the wrath of stepmother. You all should understand that Ashlesha primarily is focused on the 4th house – and so when Mercury and Moon are afflicted by malefic planet – then the person will suffer at the hands of his stepmother or he may lose his mother at a very early stage of his life.

Multiple Planets placed in the 8th house are not bad – but a single planet such as Mercury in the 8th house is bad. Or a single entity such as Moon, Mars or Sun in the 8th house is bad. The only exception is Jupiter and Ketu.

Ashlesha Ascendant Nakshatra is a transformative nakshatra – a person born with Cancer Ascendant in Ashlesha Nakshatra goes through real transformation, especially if he or she is an evolved soul.

“REAL TRANSFORMATION
requires real honesty.
If you want to move forward get real with yourself!”
-Beyant Jue Gill

Ashlesha is the bridge that connects the watery sign Cancer with fiery sign Leo – and natives born with Ashlesha Ascendant are excellent in connecting the dots. Our first Prime Minister – Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was born with Cancer Ascendant in Ashlesha Nakshatra. The Father of India – Mahatma Gandhi was also born with Moon in Ashlesha Nakshatra. Both – Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi were excellent at analyzing and connecting the dots. Both had well-placed Moon and Mercury in their birth charts. So the most powerful and world famous political leaders – Nehru and Gandhi belonged to Ashlesha Nakshatra. Probably this similarity – brought them together and they became good friends forever.

Watery signs can quickly catch the pulse of the situation and connect with the masses. PM Modi is also born in watery sign – his moon sign is Scorpio. Natives born in watery sign are extremely good when it comes to expressing their emotions. They express their emotions in the most effective and impressive way. And when you are born in watery sign Cancer with Mercurian Nakshatra Ashlesha – then it is ‘icing on the cake’ – because the communicative abilities of Mercury and the emotional connect of Moon – creates a solid foundation that enables the native to connect with others. Ashlesha native always have a certain emotional connect – even when it comes to lifeless things such a mobiles or laptops or cars or bikes – they will buy only if they are able to have a certain emotional connect with a certain brand.

When it comes to Ashlesha – everything happens with a certain element of emotion. Mohan always visits a certain mobile shop located on JM road in Pune. From last 10 ten years – he switched multiple mobiles – but the mobile shop was always the same. One day I said “Mohan – there are so many other mobile shops on JM Road – but why you buy from the same shop?”

Mohan smiled and said “ Because I feel emotionally connected with the shopkeeper – he seems to be a gentle person.”

Mohan is born with Cancer Ascendant in Ashlesha – and so you see – these native need to have a certain emotional connect – only then they will buy from you – only then they will respond to you – only then they will befriend you.

Ashlesha born natives love to connect with people. Reminds me of the old slogan of Nokia mobile company – “Connecting People”. And so Ashlesha natives do well as HR professionals, Real Estate Agents, Sales executives – because all these professions are focused on connecting people!

Connection happens when you are able to relate with others. And relating is based on the level of your understanding. Always remember – every Nakshatra operates based on the native’s level of consciousness. Higher level of consciousness will simply provide the higher version of Ashlesha Nakshatra while lower level will attract lower version of Ashlesha Nakshatra.

SUFFERING is the sole origin of consciousness. And so it is obvious that the more active 8th house, 12th house and 6th house is – the more suffering comes your way. However if your moon is with Ketu or Rahu and Jupiter is strong – then the fire of suffering becomes the light of consciousness.

And so evolved souls – welcome sufferings because it is through sufferings that one evolves – and attains enlightenment. Suffering is temporary – enlightenment is forever. Remember – when you plant a seed – what happens? The seed goes through an intense break-up – because unless the seed breaks how can the sprout come out? For a seed to achieve its greatest expression, it must come completely break. The shell of the seed cracks, its insides come out and everything changes. To someone who doesn’t understand growth, it would look like complete destruction.

Shallow men and women therefore cannot understand the depth and beauty of Ashlesha – they see the pain and suffering but through this pain and suffering – a Buddha is born. Interestingly – Gautama Buddha was born with Cancer Ascendant in Ashlesha Nakshatra. And Buddha embraced all kind of sufferings and pain – because he was perfectly aware that suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

“SUFFERING JUST MEANS YOU’RE HAVING A BAD DREAM. HAPPINESS MEANS YOU’RE HAVING A GOOD DREAM. ENLIGHTENMENT MEANS GETTING OUT OF THE DREAM ALTOGETHER.”
-Jed McKenna

Enlightenment or self-realization is of two types. Always remember there are two kind of self-realized souls – one who attains the state of non-duality (Advait) and merges with God – to which we address as Moksha. While the second kind of self-realized soul is someone like Gautama Buddha. It is said that when Gautama Buddha reached heaven and the guard opened the door, Gautama Buddha turned his back to heaven. He said, “I will not enter until each and every person is liberated. When the last person enters I will follow behind him.”

Gautama Buddha was born on Ashlesha Ascendant. Ashlesha is emotional and when a spiritual person is born on Ashlesha – then his emotions are pure – Buddha also is pure – his emotions are pure – he is in love with this human world – he has immense compassion for this human world – he cannot enter the heaven – his compassion won’t let him – his love won’t let him – and so he says ““I will not enter until each and every person is liberated. When the last person enters I will follow behind him.”

How to express this kind of pure unconditional love – how to express this kind of deep of compassion – only these second kind of self-realized souls – only someone like Buddha, Jesus, Mahavira can wait at the Gate of Heaven – they are not in rush to attain Moksha – or to become one with God – they want to wait – they want to help as many souls as they can – such kind of self-realized souls are addressed as Bodhisattva. The Buddhists have recognized these two types of self-realized souls. One is the arhat, who attains self-realization and merges into the void; the other is the bodhisattva, the one who waits for others. Buddha is great – because he thinks of others – he is Bodhisattva.

Therefore remember – that there are two kinds of self-realized souls. When you also reach this ultimate state, if a desire to help others — for the urge to help others is also a desire — remains within you, you will wait. If it does not, you will merge with the void and attain Moksha. This is why the true master tries to develop those of his disciples who have the greatest capacity for compassion – who can become Bodhisattvas. The majority of spiritual seekers are in rush to attain Moksha and merge with the void however few – very few and they are the real diamonds – these very few – maybe one in a million – become Bodhisattvas – meaning they attain enlightenment but they don’t merge with the void because they want to continue guiding the human world – and helping souls to attain enlightenment. Sri Yukteshwar Giri, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ, Mahavira, Paramhansa Yogananda, Akkalkot Swami Samarth, Gajanan Maharaj, Sai Baba, Meher Baba and the greatest of all – His Holiness Mahavatar Babaji are example of Boddhisattvas – for they are still waiting at the Gate of Heaven – they will not enter – they will not merge with the void until the last person on the planet attains moksha – liberation.

Such is the height of these great masters that it is impossible to express their greatness in words – language is poor – words cannot suffice.

It is an irony – that Ashlesha has given birth to greatest spiritual masters – such as Gautama Buddha, Ashlesha has given birth to greatest political freedom fighters – such as Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru – and yet shallow astrologers have defamed ASHLESHA – have ridiculed ASHLESHA. This is what happens – the REAL DIAMOND is ridiculed while people continue to cling to a FAKE DIAMOND.

My sharing is for selective men and women – who are Real diamonds and who has a certain depth of understanding.

Ashlesha Nakshatra is directly connected with Lord Shiva – and so evolved souls born with Ashlesha are highly spiritual men and women. Snake or Serpent is the deity of Ashlesha. Lord Shiva always has snakes around his neck – HE loves snakes – snakes are not bad – in fact snake is the most spiritual creature on this planet. Ashlesha is also a very hot nakshatra – if you have Ashlesha rising on Ascendant then you may feel very hot during summer season – because your body composition itself is quite hot in nature.

From Ashwini – begins the first zodiac cycle. While Ashlesha is the end of first zodiac cycle.

Nothingness is the basis of everything. When you break a seed – there is nothing inside and yet through this nothingness a seed is born – a huge tree comes into existence. Ketu signify NOTHINGNESS – and Ketu’s Nakshatra ASHWINI is therefore the very first NAKSHATRA of the first zodiac cycle. ASHWINI is the beginning. BHARANI is the birth of human body – BHARANI is ruled by Venus. KRITTIKA is the coming of consciousness – it is also therefore connected with Lord Dattatreya. ROHINI is the evolution of mind – Rohini is ruled by Moon, Mrigshira is the coming of energy – Mrigshira is ruled by Mars. Sexual bliss or Spiritual transcendence is not possible without energy – Mars therefore plays a vital role in human evolution. Ardra is the coming of desires – Ardra is ruled by Rahu. Once you have physical body, consciousness, mind and energy – then you become desirous of attaining certain things on this planet. Depending on the level of your consciousness – your level of desires will manifest. An evolved soul may want to spend his energy in meditation and attaining self-realization – while an ignorant soul may want to have more money, more sex and more power and fame. So it all depend on the level of the awareness that a certain soul has achieved through his or her past birth cycles. Punarvasu is the restoration of knowledge that you have forgotten – basically it is to help you remember the forgotten language – the language of Buddha – the language of silence. Punarvasu is ruled by Jupiter. Pushya is ultimate wisdom – it is rules by Saturn. And then finally comes the last nakshatra of this first Zodiac cycle and that is ASHLESHA!

Ashlesha thus becomes the messenger – the ultimate wisdom gained through PUSHYA is now being shared through the greatest messenger of this galaxy – Ashlesha! And so many great spiritual messengers – God’s messengers are born on Ashlesha Nakshatra.

After Mercurian Ashlesha – the second zodiac cycle starts with MAGHA ruled by Ketu and ends with Mercurian Jyeshtha Nakshatra ! While the third zodiac cycle starts from MOOLA ruled by KETU and ends with Mercurian Revathi Nakshatra. So within the entire zodiac cycle of 27 Nakshatras – there are total three internal zodiac cycles that start with KETU’s Nakshatra and ends with Mercurian Nakshatra.

Ashlesha is the most significant Nakshatra – a healing Nakshatra. Many great doctors and surgeons are born on Ashlesha as well as many spiritual gurus, executive coaches, and motivators also are born on Ashlesha Nakshatra.

Gautama Buddha was born with Ashlesha Nakshatra rising on his Ascendant. Ashlesha Nakshatra is also the birth Nakshatra of Ketu. So you see – KETU connects well with Ashlesha. Ashlesha, therefore, has the power to absorb the pain and heal others. Ketu’s nature is to absorb – Ketu is just like a sponge – the way a sponge absorbs water – similarly Ketu absorbs your pain and heals you. And since Ketu is born on Ashlesha Nakshatra – Ashlesha is also like a sponge. And so a person born with Ashlesha ascendant quickly absorbs – and thus this quality of absorbing enables him to become a good student and a good disciple. Gautama Buddha was a great master but he was also a great disciple. Alara Kalama was the Guru of Gautama Buddha.

Ashlesha has four padas – the first pada is excellent for lawyers, policemen, and medical practitioners, and healers. When Ascendant Ashlesha is rising in the first pada – the person happens to be a good fighter. He never gives up. He continues to strive – until he achieves his goal. These men and women are inclined toward following the Dharma. They are very moody by nature. In the morning they may seem alright and in the evening they may become wild. So the mood keeps swinging – if the horoscope is weak and Mercury is afflicted then the person may have bipolar disorder. However, if Mercury is well placed – then the person is normal though his mood often keeps changing. Ashlesha first pada native is much interested in the higher philosophy of life and often takes great interest in reading self-help books.

Ashlesha second pada men and women are excellent dealers. They know how to make a deal – and so this is a good placement for those who aspire to become successful businessmen. This placement also brings great interest in having more and more sexual relations – in a way it makes the person more sexual by nature – especially if Ashlesha is rising on the Ascendant. These men and women always need a partner – they hate to live alone. And so if Venus is good then from early age – they find good partners and they also enjoy much through their relationship. If Venus is afflicted then such men and women will find partners but will go through multiple relationships. Ashlesha second pada makes the person more social and is generally liked by others. This is also a good placement for succeeding in politics – many successful politicians have Ashlesha rising in second pada – one of them is our late Prime Minister Srimati Indira Gandhi – she was born with Cancer Ascendant in Ashlesha Nakshatra 2 pada – and she was liked by millions of Indians – probably after Jawaharlal Nehru – she was the most popular Indian leader of those times.

Ashlesha third pada is a high voltage point – and so the person goes through great transformation. Many shocks, and tragic events happen but all of these upheavals eventually shape the native’s persona and he emerges as a winner – a hero. Hitler was born with Ashlesha in third pada – and though it has been a fashion to criticize Adolf Hitler for his ruthless administration still it is important to note that he gave a sense of dignity and pride to millions of Germans who otherwise were lost and ill treated by the Jews in Germany. Tragic end and tragic events is a part and parcel of this placement and so Adolf Hitler had to go through a very difficult childhood days – during his childhood days he would often see the kind of exploitation that the Jews in Germany were doing and probably this observation – lead to his hatred towards the Jews. History is not what you read in the books – history is what you get to hear from those who have lived and met Hitler in person – and I had met someone very special who had seen Hitler and had several interactions with Hitler – and he was of the view that Hitler was wronged by the Jews from the very early days of his life. So it is necessary to have a balanced view on Hitler rather than being biased towards the Jews. The mass killing of Jews that Hitler initiated is certainly wrong and should be condemned but one should also study the facts that triggered this kind of hatred in him -towards the Jews.

Yet another wonderful example of Ashlesha Nakshatra Pada 3 is Ram Dass – the close disciple of Neem Karoli Baba. Ram Dass’s birth name was Richard Alpert. He was also known as Baba Ram Dass. Richard Alpert was an American spiritual teacher, guru of modern yoga, psychologist, and author. He was the author of the best-selling 1971 book ‘Be Here Now’. The book helped popularize Eastern spirituality and yoga in the Western countries. In 1967, Richard Alpert traveled to India and became a disciple of Neem Karoli Baba who gave him the name Ram Dass, meaning “Servant of Ram”. Richard Alpert aka Ram Dass was born with Ashlesha rising on Cancer Ascendant in third pada.

The former President of US – Donald Trump is also born with Ashlesha 3rd Pada – he went through many ups and downs in life – there was a time when had filed for bankruptcy. And then a time came in his life when he became the President of US! Unimaginable surprising events happen when Ashlesha is in the 3rd Pada.

The 4th PADA of Ashlesha is very special – in fact it is my favorite. This is the most purest form of Ashlesha – the 4th Pada. Great persons such Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was born with Ashlesha in 4th Pada – the height of Nehru is such that it cannot be understood by those who just want to target his legacy for their own political interests.

Yet another great example of Ashlesha 4th Pada is the 3rd President of US – Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson was born with Ashlesha rising on Cancer Ascendant. 4th Pada Ashlesha natives are much interested in the higher philosophy of life – they take great interest in spiritual teachings, spiritual sharing and they themselves also have the potential to evolve as great spiritual leaders. Natives born with Ashlesha fourth pada are much inclined towards seeking their Guru – the benevolent Master. And once they find their Guru – then they never leave – the remain at the feet of their master – happy and joyous they continue to serve the divine Master. FAITH is very strong – when native is born with Ashlesha fourth pada – they simply walk with FAITH and not with fear. One whose FAITH is unwavering – definitely succeeds in doing what he is meant to do.

“There are people who get exactly what they want. You think they’re the lucky ones, but they’re not. The lucky ones are those who do what they are meant to do.”
-Neem Karoli Baba

4th Pada Ashlesha natives are thus the real lucky ones – who do what they are meant to do. These are the blessed folks – especially if Jupiter is well placed in the birth chart.

Always remember – FAITH is what matters – and along with FAITH – you also need to have PATIENCE. Sai Baba of Shirdi therefore emphasized on two keys of life – SHRADDHA meaning FAITH and SABURI meaning FAITH – SHRADDHA AUR SABURI.

“I want something from you.. Can you give it to me? It requires big heart to give…Weak people can’t give..I want faith and Patience (Shraddha or Saburi) from you.. When you give me these two then you have to walk on path of this.. Now ask yourself that are you strong enough to give me:” – Sai Baba

All you need is FAITH and PATIENCE – but shallow men and shallow women are always in rush – and they are quick to blame God for their misdoings – their ignorance. Once it happened – and it is a story of very very ancient times – when God was living on Earth. God was living on Earth but slowly slowly, he became very tired of man, because people would torture him continuously. In the middle of the night, somebody would knock and say, “Why have you done this? Why not do it this way?” Everybody was advising; everybody was praying and their prayers were contradictory. A man would come and would say, “Today let there be sun, because I am going to wash my clothes.”

And somebody else would come and he would say, “Today let there be rain, because I am going to plant trees.” Now what to do? They were driving God mad!

He had to disappear from the earth. He had to escape just to survive. He had to become invisible.

One day a man came, a farmer, an old farmer, and he said, “Look, you may be God, and you may have created the world, but one thing I must say to you: you are not a farmer, and you don’t know even the ABC of farming. And your whole nature and the functioning of your nature is so absurd, and this I say out of my whole life’s experience. You have to learn something.”

God said, “What’s your advice?”

The farmer said, “You give me one year’s time, and just let things be according to me, and see what happens. There will be no poverty left!”

God was willing and one year was given to the farmer. Now it was according to his will that everything was happening. Naturally, he asked the best, he thought only of the best — no thunder, no strong winds, no dangers for the crop. Everything comfortable, cozy, and he was very happy. The wheat was growing so high! No dangers were there, no hindrances were there; everything was moving according to HIS desire. When he wanted sun, there was sun; when he wanted rain, there was rain, and AS much as he wanted. In the old days, sometimes it rained too much, and the rivers would be flooded, and the crops would be destroyed; and sometimes it would not rain enough and the land would remain dry, and the crops would die… and sometimes something else, and sometimes something else. It was rare, very rare, that things were right. But this year everything was put right, mathematically right.

The wheat was growing so high that the farmer was very happy. He used to go to God and say, “Look! This time the crops will be such that for ten years if people don’t work there will be enough food.”

But when the crops were cut, there was no wheat inside. He was surprised — what happened?! He asked God, “What happened? what went wrong?”

God said, “Because there was no challenge, because there was no difficulty, because there was no conflict, no friction, because all was good, you avoided all that was bad, the wheat remained impotent. A little struggle is a must. Storms are needed, thunder , lightning is needed. They shake up the soul inside the wheat.”

This parable is of immense value. If you are just happy and happy and happy, happiness will lose all meaning. You will become tired of it. You will be fed up with it. You remain interested in happiness because there are sad moments too. Those sad moments keep you interested in happiness. You cannot go on eating only sugar and sugar and sugar — something salted is a must, otherwise all taste will be lost.”

You see – that is the message for Ashlesha native and also for all my close followers – that in life – suffering plays a vital role – challenges play a vital role – failures play a vital role – because all of these adversaries eventually help you evolve – mature and grow in the true sense. If there is absolutely no challenges and sufferings and failures in your life then you will grow high like the wheat crop but there will be no seeds inside – you will remain shallow – empty – with absolute nothing to learn from!

Remember – if there is meaning in life – then there must be meaning in suffering too! Only a man – only a woman who has been through suffering – evolves – matures and becomes more humble, more loving, more forgiving and more compassionate. Suffering is necessary until you AWAKE – until you EVOLVE – until the level of your awareness is raised to higher altitudes. Once you become aware – suffering ceases – and you become free – total free – that is when you experience the real taste of FREEDOM.

It is only when the night is dark – very dark that you see brighter stars – similarly it is only when you are in deep grief – deep suffering that you come closer to God – to your SELF.

Ashlesha, Ashwani, Magha, Revati, Jyestha and Moola are the six Gand Moola Nakshatras – they are called Gand Moola because through them – transformation happens. And transformation is a painful process – one has to go through many upheavals and tragedies of life – until one is completely transformed! All the six Gand Moola Nakshatras are ruled by Ketu and Mercury – and yet it is these 6 Gand Moola Nakshatras that have given birth to the greatest souls on this planet.

Shallow men and shallow women cannot stand to the storms that these Nakshatras bring and so they remain as they are – however evolved souls rejoice while going through the whole painful process of transformation because they are perfectly aware that an iron metal rod shines only when it goes through the fire of suffering.

“The fires of suffering become the light of consciousness.”
-Eckhart Tolle

In a way it therefore important to note – that the SIX GAND MOOLA NAKSHATRAS are GREAT TRANSFORMERS – and transformation comes at a cost. Remember – how a caterpillar goes through a painful transformation until it transforms into a beautiful butterfly? While going through the painful transformation the caterpillar thinks that the world is over – but soon it realizes that it has transformed into a beautiful butterfly!

Ashlesha is one such transformative Nakshatra that helps you to transform into a beautiful butterfly. Depending on how evolved your soul is – you will understand the significance and mission of the greatest messenger of this galaxy – ASHLESHA.

Love and light to all my close followers – stay blessed and for more motivation – remember to follow me on Instagram.

Jai Shri Ganesha. Jai Guru.

When Ascendant Lord Turns Adverse

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Jesus was thrown away by his own natives – the natives of Nazareth.

HE comes to Nazareth- and that is His first-ever appearance after a long break. He comes to his people first. A small session of reading out the Jewish scriptures is held. Jesus is invited to read a few lines of it. Jesus reads those lines – those lines said that the Messiah is going to come and heal the sick, the poor, the weak. Jesus then closed the book and said:

“The spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim release of the captives
and recovering of sight to the blind,
and to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. (Luke 4:18-19).”

Jesus introduces himself as the Messiah – this has come after spending 40 days of intense penance through which he is enlightened and has come to his own self-realization that HE is the master – the Messiah!

But the ignorant men and women of Nazareth could not believe in his word. They got up and forced Jesus – the Lord to leave their village. They threw HIM away – and the Lord left Nazareth…..Nazareth rejected the Lord – Jesus Christ!

And it is said that Jesus never performed any of his Miracles in his hometown – Nazareth!

Why would he? When you doubt the LORD – when you think that the LORD can be adverse to you – why would the LORD help you?

Never DOUBT the LORD. That would be the greatest blunder of your life.

Never doubt your purpose in the LORD!

The TRUTH is never accepted- the FALSE is quickly embraced!

If I share the TRUTH – I will be condemned and ridiculed.

If I share what your MIND likes – I will be embraced with likes and accepted!

The MIND is always against the TRUTH.

AND people are ruled by their MIND – how can they accept Jesus, how can they realize Buddha – how can they understand Mahavira – how can they realize His depth, they have simply become ‘parrots’ who go on repeating the words of the holy scriptures without understanding the essence of it – without realizing the truth that is in it.

And that is how it is – times have changed but the state of Ignorance has remained as it has been from the beginning of time!

And that is what is happening with each one of us – we are too much caught in the Mind – it is a dangerous trap and whenever anybody like Jesus; like Buddha; like Mahavira is going to come in your life – you are going to reject him because you have only identified with the appearance of Jesus- of Buddha- of Mahavira – you have never understood what lies beneath those appearances – you haven’t known the depth that goes beneath those appearances.

People of Jerusalem just knew about the appearance of Moses and his words – Jesus is saying – I am no less than Moses – I am a Messiah- the Lord – he is simply sharing the TRUTH that he has self-discovered- self-realized but the people of Nazareth cannot understand- cannot believe – how can they? They have never gone beyond the scriptures to understand what the TRUTH is!

You have also not understood that the Lord can never go against its people- its natives!

Jesus had come to love his natives – to heal his natives – to help his natives but the natives doubted Jesus. And you are also doing the same mistake – by doubting the intent of the Lord. The Ascendant lord intent is always positive for the native. Just the way – Lord Jesus always is positive for his natives!

But who wants to listen? People are parroting the books of astrology and then consulting – parrots only talk good – they cannot fly high – they cannot have the ‘eye of an EAGLE’!

‘Parrots’ are many. ‘Eagles’ are few!

Somebody may ask – who are the Eagles? And the answer is found in this beautiful verse from the Holy Bible:

I would want all my followers and readers to instill FAITH in their HEARTS and let NOT that FAITH waiver – but rise above all FEARS and FACE all that has to come – by raising yourself higher and higher and higher – just the way the EAGLE flies HIGH – this higher altitude is possible because the EAGLE has the WINGS to fly high – and you all – the CHILDREN OF GOD – have also been gifted with the WINGS OF CONSCIOUSNESS to fly high – and experience the HIGHER ALTITUDES of life – experience your HIGHER SELF!

NO LORD – be it the LORD OF YOUR ASCENDANT CHART – or the LORD OF YOUR LIFE – NO LORD can ever be adverse to the NATIVE – the LORD is your mother – and a mother knows only to LOVE – only to HEAL – only to CARE!

The mother is no less than your LORD. And the LORD is no less than your Mother!

The significance of the master – the Lord is beyond the limit of words.

And the significance of the Ascendant lord is also beyond the power of words!

The Ascendant lord is the very essence – the very reason for your birth and rebirth cycles – and so to doubt the Ascendant lord is to doubt the very source of your existence!

Whenever I say ‘your’ – it is meant to all my followers and readers and not just to the questioner – there is nothing personal – it is all universal for me.

From all the 12 house or cusps – from all the planets and lordships – it is the ASCENDANT LORD who presides over all – the Ascendant LORD – is the KING. And HE remains so.

The Bhagavad-Gita also emphasis on the fact that there is no one other than Shri Krishna and whoever comes to HIM – whoever surrenders to HIM in totality – always finds the way -the way towards eternal bliss and happiness goes through the Abode of the Lord!

Surrender to ME and I will help you towards your SALVATION – says Shri Krishna! Says the holy Lord! SO much is the significance of LORD – that even if you would have committed SINS after SINS – all your life and yet at the last moment of DEATH – at the very last breath – if you remember even once – your LORD – even once if that remembrance comes out of pure love – than even that is enough for the LORD to show you the way…..

Such is the heart of the Master – such is the depth of HIS love – such is the HEALING power in HIS name – the Lords’ name.

The power is in the name of the Lord. The power is in your FAITH. The power is in your PATIENCE. FAITH & PATIENCE – the only two ‘keys’
that can help you all to unlock your real growth and experience life in true sense!

In astrology horoscopes – even if your Ascendant lord rules over 6th, 8th, 12th – still the glow of the LORD in NO WAY becomes less. For the LORD is the KING – and the KING fears nobody – the KING cannot be downscaled by a few parrots who are yet to know – who they are!

And so – usually it is advisable to wear a gemstone of the Ascendant lord – IF the ascendant lord is not placed in 6th, 8th, 12th house and is not debilitated in a certain specific degree. For example – SUN is debilitated only in the 10th degree of LIBRA SIGN – so if the SUN is anywhere beyond 10 degrees or before 10 degree – then the SUN is not debilitated and in such a case – if SUN is the Ascendant LORD – then definitely – Burmese RUBY should be weared by the native – and there is absolutely no doubt that it always benefits the individual.

Except for the:

Debilitated degree points of the ASCENDANT LORD –
And the placement of Ascendant Lord in 6,8,12 – the Ascendant Lord is always at its best.

Now let’s see the exact debilitated zodiac degrees of each planet:

Sun – Libra 10th degree

Moon – Scorpio 3rd degree

Mars – Cancer 28th degree

Venus – Virgo 27th degree

Saturn – Aries 2oth degree

Mercury – Pieces 15th degree

Rahu – Scorpio 20th degree

Ketu – Taurus 20th degree

So if you or any of my followers or reader’s Ascendant Lord is anywhere before the above-said degrees or beyond the above-mentioned degrees – then there is absolutely no reason to fear or worry about your Ascendant Lord or for the matter any other house lord.

King is the KING. Rana Pratap lost his whole kingdom to the mighty Mughals – he had to seek shelter in the forest – in the jungles – in the graveyards – and yet he always remained the KING – nobody can take place of the KING – the LORD – the LORD remains.

And so the LAGNA LORD never becomes adverse – it may become weak – and seek shelter in the jungles just the way Rana Pratap had to – but no way Rana Pratap could cause any adversity to his natives – to his people!

Jesus too had arrived in his birthplace – Nazareth – to help the people of his birth town – it is unfortunate that the people cannot recognize their LORD – they simply forced him to go in exile!

And Jesus never ever performed any miracles in Nazareth – because one who disrespects the master – one who shows of his or her intellectualism to the master – can never understand the heart of the master – because such a person has never understood his own heart in his whole life!

The questioner is not to blame – he has put his question in pure innocence – what can he do – when the whole world is filled with parrots who go on parroting all that is not true and thereby create many doubts in the minds of such innocent men and women!

And so it happens – someone has to be blamed – unless you blame someone – you cannot feel good. And so then innocent misguided people start blaming the Ascendant Lord and this planet and that planet – the whole plethora of planets and stars are blamed except for that one person – YOU!

Because this planet is in this position – I am facing this problem – this is the thought of a shallow man or woman.

But to you all my followers and fellow travelers – I appeal to you – to come out of this shallow thought – stop blaming all of these positions of planets BECAUSE all of these so-called placements are YOUR OWN CREATIONS from your MANY LAST BIRTHS AND REBIRTHS – so unless and until you become AWARE – CONSCIOUS of your KARMA – you will go on REPEATING the SAME MISTAKES – the SAME SINS – leading you all to nowhere but to the same stage from where you all had started!

Understand the fact that this is the ONLY HUMAN LIFE that we all have got! We don’t know what is the next birth – HUMAN BIRTHS Are not SO CHEAP that every soul gets to experience HUMAN LIFE – every time he or she dies!

People imagine that after death some miracle happens – that you become angels and what not! That is all but a fantasy of your MIND. In reality – you simply ‘continue’ from the ‘stage of consciousness’ at which you had taken your last breath!

The world is the place to do it – to work out your own salvation!

My Salute to the greatest Yogi of modern times – Sri Paramahansa Yogananda!

And so never underestimate the power of the LORD – no matter whether the LORD is of the ASCENDANT or the LORD is in Human form! As long as you have full faith in your Lord – nothing can ever go wrong!

The core essence of my answers is in just three words – TRUST YOUR LORD.

Trust the Lord with all your heart.

The world is trying to make you all ‘parrots’ – well-learned parrots.

And I am here trying to help you become the ‘Eagles’!

The parrot goes by logic with no connection to the heart. That’s intellect.

The Eagles connect the heart with the head – that’s intelligence!

And so I would love all my readers and genuine followers to become intelligent and not intellects. To be Eagles and NOT become parrots!

The Heart is the source of intelligence. Focus on your heart – meditate by focusing on the rhythm of your heart – let the monkey mind do all the talking – don’t entertain the Mind and the thoughts – treat the thoughts as visitors – don’t serve them tea – you all just remained focus on your heart – breath in – breath out – focus on your breathing while you experience the beauty of your heart! And that’s meditation – to be in tune with your heart!

And when the LORD’s name is in your heart – whom to fear and why to fear?
What a coincidence it is – that today is SATURDAY! A day of Lord Hanuman – the greatest devotee HANUMAN who always meditated and meditates on the name of HIS lord – the name that always is in the abode of His Heart!

Hanuman gave away everything just to be with HIS LORD. And so why can’t we give away a few hours of this auspicious day of Saturday in HIS remembrance – in HIS Holy Name!

So come you all – let us meditate on our Lord’s name – Let us spend few minutes in HIS HOLY NAME – for it his holy name that will HEAL US and HEAL ALL those souls who will come in HIS Shelter!

Let us read the Hanuman Chalisa with total focus and devotion. Many of you have been sending out emails on what to do for overcoming certain difficult situations of your life – and through this question – I am sharing with all of you the answer – the answer is in the below quote of Neem Karoli Baba:

The solution to all problems is simple. But the MIND wants something ‘solid’ – because the MIND is against your own being – the MIND would never let you find the solution – the MIND is your greatest hurdle that you got to overcome by surrendering yourself to your LORD! It is going to be difficult – a very very difficult thing in the beginning because for many births and rebirths the MIND has always been your master – but now it is time for you all to change the tables – ENOUGH IS ENOUGH – now you should wake up and work towards becoming the MASTER of your MIND – no matter how many births more it will take – to attain this wonderful state – as long as you embark on the – Journey beyond Mind!

Every long journey begins with a small step. I am helping you all – especially those who are ‘thirsty’ for the Love of the Lord – to begin your journey. Come and spend some time with yourself – every morning – minimum 1 hour before the world gets up – you finish your meditation – just to begin it the next day again!

Again and again – somebody said – why again and again – why does the Upanishads says the same thing again and again – why the name of the Lord again and again – and the answer is that in this process of worshipping again and again – in this process – at some moment you will WAKE UP – you will become AWARE – nobody knows when is that going to happen – all you know is that you have to continue with your journey – by meditating on HIS HOLY NAME – your LORD NAME – again and again!

Krishna Consciousness! The West calls it God Consciousness. The essence is the same – Consciousness!

And it is in your HEART – break your heart – go on breaking until you come to the abode – the nectar of consciousness!

God is in your heart and if you all cannot find it within your heart then you cannot find it anywhere else – for the source is – Your heart!

Meditate by focusing on your Heart.

Love & Light to all.

Using Astrology to Prevent Disasters

By Acharya Addittya Tamhankar 0 Comments

What a beautiful question! Such questions come rarely – so I must first thank the questioner for coming up with such a deep question.

Once it happened, it was early morning, and it was a routine for the divine master to have a bath in a nearby river. The master had become old, almost in his late 70s. And so one disciple walked with him towards the river – just to attend him – help him. While walking towards the river – the divine master suddenly stopped, looked into the eyes of his disciple and said “ Mohan, could you please find a piece of clean cloth – just a small piece of cloth.”

Mohan took out his handkerchief – and said “ Master – I have my handkerchief with me – will this do?”

The master just looked at the handkerchief – it was clean.

“This is fine, keep it with you and give it to me when I ask for.” said the compassionate master and he started walking towards the river. The disciple followed….

After having his bath, the divine master dressed up and then they again started walking towards the disciple’s home. As they walked – suddenly a sharp thorn pierced through the feet of the master – the toe started bleeding profusely….

But the master was not moved, he remained undisturbed, looking back at the disciple – the master said: “Mohan – now use that handkerchief as a bandage and wrap it around my bleeding toe.”

The disciple quickly applied his handkerchief as a bandage, and after a while, they again started walking…..

But the disciple was not a common man, he was a meditative person, deep within he was moved by what he had seen. He said, “ Master – you asked to keep the handkerchief as handy – before this happened before your toe was injured – this means that YOU were PERFECTLY AWARE that soon your toe is going to be INJURED. Then why you were NOT able to AVOID what was going to happen?”

And the divine master smiled and said “ Mohan – who can ESCAPE what is to happen? Nobody – not even Krishna, not even Buddha, not even Jesus – nobody can escape the destiny – but with our consciousness, we can always PREPARE ourselves to face destiny in the aptest manner. And that is what I did – I knew that my toe was going to get injured while coming back home and so didn’t I tell you to keep this handkerchief as handy – look now you have wrapped it around my bleeding toes as a bandage! Now come let us walk back home…”

Nobody can escape the destiny – but when you are AWARE – CONSCIOUS of what is going to happen – you can always prepare yourself – mentally, physically and also spiritually!

The divine master was not a common man – he had all the great powers that he could have used to avoid the unfortunate accident – but instead, he prepared himself by keeping a piece of cloth (handkerchief) to dress up his toe that he knew was going to bleed after some time!

And the name of the divine master was Sri Lahiri Mahasaya.

A real photo of Sri Lahiri Mahasaya sitting in the lotus posture.

I humbly salute and prostrate before the divine master Sri Lahiri Mahasaya – the GURU of Sri Yukteswar Giri.

Salute to Sri Yukteshwar Giri Maharaj – the man who wrote the most beautiful book that the world had ever known – “The Holy Science” & “Kriya Yoga”.

Sri Yukteshwar is the Guru of the much famed Yogi Paramhansa Yogananda who wrote the legendary book “Autobiography of Yogi”!

Paramhansa Yogananda – one of the greatest Yogi who introduced the ‘Kriya Yoga’ to the WEST – and also to INDIA in a big big way!

I would appeal to all my dear followers and readers to read His legendary book – “ Autobiography of a Yogi” – published in almost all languages across the world!

When I was in my college days – must be 19 yrs old, I had read this blessed book and then there was no looking back…..the road ahead was clear and I was ready to walk with faith….many hurdles came, many people tried to kill me, many people tried to pull me down, tried to distract me – many, but when you are walking with faith and love in your heart – can anything ever go wrong – can you ever get lost? Never – the love of God is immense – the real question is “How much faith you have in your heart?” And “What you are from within?”

What you are from within – is the real question that you all should ask yourself. How you look is what the MIRROR can tell you. But – WHAT YOU ARE from within – only the ‘self’ can tell you – turn inwards, meditate and discover your ‘self’.

To focus within, to remain engrossed in the Holy Name of the Lord – is always in our hands – what is to happen will go on happening – but YOU remain unmoved, undisturbed – because nobody can escape his or her destiny – but YOU can always empower yourself to FACE what is to COME with much love, faith, patience and DEVOTION in your heart.

The MIND is not willing to remain silent. And silence is the KEY to all our problems. But this silence has to be blissful – insightful – meditative! Then there is an altogether different dimension to our existence – then we are ‘progressing’ in true sense!

But who wants to listen? If I say – people cannot understand. If I share – people start labeling me. If I try to ‘help’ in a true sense – people don’t realize. If I am providing something that has happened to me – something beautiful – people cannot appreciate. How will they – they cannot – because you will APPRECIATE only that – which is also happening within you!

And so in a way, I should thank all you – my followers and readers, because if you are able to understand and appreciate my sharing than it simply means – that there is a beautiful ‘seed’ within you all – that is eagerly waiting to sprout…and now sprouting….

and who knows – a day will come when it will flower, blossom into a beautiful tree that will give birth to many more such ‘trees’ – spreading love through their compassionate ‘shelter’.

Our ‘journey’ should be aimed towards providing shelter to those who are suffering in the ‘heat’ of their own karma. But for that, we should first grow within! Only then can you blossom, can you grow into a beautiful tree – thereby providing shelter (guidance) to all those who *genuinely* seek help!

Always remember there are two types of people – one, who genuinely seek help, and the other who come to ‘test’ you!

Through your own insights, through your own understanding – you all must find out what type of this man or woman is – before you ‘jump’ to help!

Once it happened, an old man was walking through the forest, and he was such a beautiful man. Whole life he had spent in healing the sick, the poor. Many many miracles had happened through his holy healing hands.

On his way….a young woman came. She was suffering from severe cough. She lived in a house that was exactly opposite to the tree – beneath which the old man lived. That tree was his home, at every stage of his traveling, he would seek the shelter of a tree – and the tree would become his home!

And so this young woman thought “this man must be something, let me test if he can heal me.”

She went to him. And the old man was in his own bliss. When the woman asked him if he can heal him, he started laughing – a loud belly laugh. Then he said “ Mai – I would have healed you – had you come with a clean heart, a faithful heart – but I can see that you have come to test me. I can still heal you – but you will not get the results because it is not me, but you – who through your doubting, your testing have created a hurdle for yourself…”

The woman felt embarrassed. She went away, not that she was rejected – but when the patient is doubting or testing the doctor – results never come in its full capacity! Still while leaving – the old man told her certain things to do – which can help her to heal.

The heart of the master is always flowing with compassion and love! How to express such a love – language is really poor!

The journey continued. The master continued walking….

While on his way, he came across an old woman who was bleeding profusely. She said “I don’t know what is happening to me. But whenever I vomit – blood comes out…my daughter-in-law has thrown me out of the house and my son no more cares for me. So I came all the way to this forest and surviving on some fruits that I get from these trees, I have been living here for a few days but from last few days…I am vomiting blood. I always pray to my Lord. Every day and every minute I am praying….I am certain someday – my Lord will send someone to heal me, to cure me……”

And she started crying…..

The heart of the master moved, He said: “ Mother, give me your hand.”

Just a touch, a soft touch of the master – and the woman was healed. After two days, she said, “ I am truly healed, there is absolutely no vomiting and I am feeling so good, so good and I don’t know how to thank you…..”

And her eyes became wet, not knowing how to express her gratitude, she started crying….but this time, the tears were of JOY, of GRATITUDE!

The Lord looked up in the sky and said “ I have done nothing, it is all HIS love, HIS miracle. If you really want to thank, then thank the Lord.”

And then the master left…..

The journey of the master has no destination – for HIM – for the enlightened, the journey itself is the destination! And so the journey never stops – it never can!

You all have to decide what you are and what you want to be. If you want to be doubtful – then be so. And if you want to be faithful – then be so! What you are within – is what you will receive in return!

The young woman was filled with doubts – too much of MIND. She received the result based on her ‘state of awareness/consciousness’.

The old woman such a simple woman. In spite of bleeding profusely, she never even thought or imagined that this man – this old man standing before him is the master of all masters – that the Angel that she had been praying for is standing right before her – she was simply innocent and innocently she shared her state – not knowing that the master himself is listening to her words and that her prayers are going to be answered! And her prayers were answered – the sole reason was her unwavering faith and love for the LORD – and her unending patience!

To me – she was the richest woman on this planet. And to you all – also I insist that it is NOT your luxury cars, and properties, and status that make you rich – it is your pure LOVE, unwavering FAITH and unending PATIENCE that makes you truly RICH!

Sai Baba – His whole life insisted on having just two coins with you – that can make you the richest man or woman in this world! Do you want to know what those two coins are? Find it for yourself from the below words of Sai Baba:

SHRADDHA (FAITH) AUR SABURI (PATIENCE).

Always remember that no matter what has to happen – Good or Bad – it is never against the flow – it is always with the flow….and the flow always ensure that you reach to the ‘seashore’! The question is “Are you going with the flow of your life?”

Don’t interfere, don’t try to go against the flow – don’t try to do something out of your Mind – because the Mind is as good as a monkey! Simply go with the flow of life and you will be able to do so – only when you are a man of heart – a woman of heart – a follower of heart – only then can you go with the flow – and I am simply encouraging you all to move towards your heart. Only then can you find your answers, only then can you understand the words of the master – only then can you relate to me!

Life flows on – like a river – it goes on flowing, meeting many good and bad people – experiencing many bad and good phases – and the more you go experiencing the more you mature – it is a process and you must go with the ‘process’!

And always remember that the BAD experiences or the BAD people – have not wasted your time. Because unless you experience the BAD – how can you appreciate the GOOD! How can you value the GOOD! And so the years you think that have been simply wasted in the company of certain ignorant people – evil people is NOT a WASTAGE – but a great learning experience! So do not regret that has not worked in your favor and with a clean heart continue to walk down the lane of your life – remember the journey never ends – the journey of the soul has no destination!

It is the MIND that goes on targeting/deciding destinations – in reality, there are no destinations and the ‘journey’ simply continues….

You all also have met me on this wonderful journey of mine! It is heart to heart and those who can resonate with me – will find joy and will heal in the process. This is one station where coincidently we have met – a time may come – when my journey will take me to the other station – you all may not see me anymore – because the journey never stops – after one ‘village’ – the next is in the waiting – and the journey continues!

Once it happened, Lao Tzu’s disciple was staying at a village for many months and the villagers had fallen in love with him. His words, his peace, his sharing and they all waited for him to speak, to share and the beautiful ‘journey’ continued….

But one day Lao Tzu’s disciple said to all his followers “ I must leave.”

The villagers were taken aback. They were lost, it was a shock – they became speechless because life without this man had become impossible. Who will now share the beauty that this man was sharing – who will motivate us – who will love us so much, they all simply were taken aback.

They said “ Why? Have we done anything wrong? Then why master – why you talk of leaving us….” And they simply cried – like an innocent child, there was no other way to express their hearts. They simply hugged him, they simply tried to find a way through which they can stop the master from leaving them…..a close disciple came and hugged the master.

The heart of the master moved, but looking into the eyes of a disciple – the master says “ Son, I have to leave. And the reason is that I would not want you and everybody in this village to become dependant on me – if you all have loved me then always remember my words – and those words will help you sail through the many seen, unseen difficulties of this human life. Now let me leave, for the next village is on my way…..and I can see that they too are waiting for me and I must go…..”

And the master left….but only after changing the hearts of the villagers!

Nothing is as beautiful as revolutionary as wonderful as the changing of your heart! It is the greatest miracle of this universe – and what a wonderful quote of Neem Karoli Baba – through his omnipresence he changed millions and millions of hearts – and yet humbly he says “ I do not know anything….”

How to express this love – how to – I am speechless – I am simply speechless!

Salute to this divine man – many came – Steve Jobs was one of them, and many many ‘who’s who’ from all the corners of the world – just to seek his blessings and yet this humble man says “I do not know anything”!

The divine master is always in the bliss of nothingness! For nothingness is the key to everything!

Life is never the same. Change is constant. Except for change – everything else changes! Tomorrow I may also leave this forum – but you all – your journey should continue – for the journey should never stop. It never does!

It is a fact that many jealous men and women will go on causing harm to you – just the way they do to me – along with the GOOD – the BAD also exists – and we all have to ACCEPT this fact. Always remember the existence of BAD is only because there is GOODNESS in this world. Without the existence of the GOOD – the BAD cannot exist! Good and the Bad – both exist and they always exist in balance.

All of us have the dark side and the positive side within us. We are born with the ‘left’ and the ‘right’ – and we have to make sure that we raise the ‘right’ (righteousness – Swadharma) within us by being more and more conscious of our KARMA – our actions.

While going through the bad phases, the evil people – the bad experiences – if we remain conscious – aware than those experiences also will turn out to be a ‘blessing in disguise’! So never fear experiences – no experience goes waste – every experience counts and it counts only if you remain rooted within – conscious.

To expect a life without any difficulties or any challenges is to imagine a ‘crop’ that goes through no rains, no heat, no storms. But then such a crop comes with no ‘grains’ within – it simply grows – grows but without any grains within! What is the use of such growth? It is like a plastic rose – looks perfect – but has no fragrance to it!

The struggles are not to cause you pain – but to help you ‘evolve’ into something much beautiful than you had thought of!

The crop becomes ‘pregnant’ with grains only when it goes through the storms – the winds – the heat – only then it is filled with beautiful ‘grains’ within!

Be a natural rose – a natural crop – yes it goes through a lot of struggle, a lot of difficulties – winds, storms, rains – and yet in the end – it is only this journey of ups and downs that transform it – into a rich crop – into a beautiful rose!

And I would pray – for you all – my followers, readers, and fellow travelers to transform into a rose – a beautiful rose that brings joy and peace to all those who come – let there be more love, more understanding and more peace within.

And so come, come you all – and let us spend some time with our ‘self’ – let the mind do all the wandering – you remember – YOU are NOT the mind. And so sit down and close your eyes and meditate on the Lord’s holy name.

“Aum Namaha Shivaya”.“Aum Namaha Shivaya”.“Aum Namaha Shivaya”.

Let HIS name merge in your breath – let HIS name become the anchor of your life – do not expect anything and everything will come to you – when the time is right – so why you worry? The nature of the MIND is to worry – the suffering is of the MIND – not of yours!

Let there be no fear – for nothing is going to happen to you that is not in harmony with the existence! You just have to go with the flow….without appeasing the monkey mind – without becoming a victim of the mind – without becoming a slave of the mind – and slowly you will come out of the mind – and the moment you slip out of the mind – you come to the state of eternal bliss of happiness of joy! Then there is a song to it, a dance, a poem, a beautiful painting!

Drop all your EGO and come towards your ‘self’ – that is the way – the only way that can help you to slip out of the mind – to go beyond the mind – and that is where the real journey starts – that is where the real birth happens – that is what is Jesus addresses as ‘Reborn’ – the first birth is through the mother – the second through the master! So come – come you all – and turn inwards – and meditate.

The Ego stops you from meditating – the EGO creates many illusions – the EGO is the dancer – the EGO ‘I’ ‘ME’ is the dancer – let us all put this ‘I’ aside and let us all become the ‘dance’!

And when there is no EGO – no dancer – no ‘I’ – no ‘ME’ – absolutely NO thought of ‘I’ am doing something – that is when the showering happens – love happens – than you are no more the same – everything around you is the same but you are no more the same! Then there is a dance to it – a celebration!

Life is a celebration. A celebration of moments. A man who lives moment to moment is a man of awareness – for he is absolutely not bothered about the PAST and not worried about the FUTURE – he is simply HERE – in this NOW moment – and that’s meditation – to BE HERE NOW!

BE HERE NOW – the more you all BE HERE NOW – the more you would be able to experience life in true sense! For the PAST is no more and the FUTURE is not yet – all you have is this NOW moment – and if you miss the moment than you simply go on missing life. For life is neither in the past nor in the future – LIFE is NOW – and if you can BE HERE NOW – then only can you appreciate life – embrace life by living in total ACCEPTANCE – Tathata!

Meditate.

Jai Shri Ganesha. Jai Guru!

Court Case End: Astrology Predicts

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Don’t expect for the court cases to end. The very fact that you expect the court cases to end reflects that you are not ‘living’ a single day. Your mind is simply in the future and ‘life’ is in the NOW – THE PRESENT MOMENT!

You are missing life because your mind is not letting you live in the Present moment.

This is affecting your health and your peace. My suggestion is that you just flow with your life by being here now….just flow…let the case go on and on….you simply go with the flow. Let there be no expectation and no hope. A man who lives with hope is not living in the moment but in the future!

“ Unless you are totally destroyed as a Mind, there is absolutely no hope for you.” – Osho

So first the Mind has to be totally destroyed. The Mind is in Rush. “ when will this happen, when will that happen” – the mind is always in rush – the mind is always restless – that its nature!

I am helping you to understand the nature of such a restless Mind. And through your question – I am trying to help all my readers and followers to understand the futility of this monkey mind.

It is your Mind that affects your Health. In astrology terms – it is your Moon and its state that goes on affecting your health.

We all have to overcome this monkey mind and the way to do so is by slowly turning inwards. And for that one has to spend some quality time in Meditation. STILL the wavering restless mind by being more and more meditative.

In the larger interest of my readers and followers – I would like to share one of the most beautiful quotes of the Bhagavan:

I rarely answer such personal questions but maybe the answer has come for the larger interest of all those who may go through a similar phase in their own life.

My major concern – especially for all my followers is their Health. Because when you become trapped in the clutches of the Mind – this Mind gives birth to many miseries- and then most horrifying of these miseries is the problems of your deteriorating health.

So my suggestion through this question to all my genuine readers and followers is that DO NOT LET THE MIND TAKEOVER YOUR SELF.

Do not let any situation impact your decisions or choices. Make choices with your own Consciousness.

So do not let the situation impact your peace. The mind quickly makes you feel restless because you have become the mind. Once you all start moving away from the mind and moving closer to your self – the situation may remain the same or may not- BUT you remain no more the same. Then there is a song to it. Then there is a dance to it. Then everything around you is the same BUT you are no more the same. Then you have tasted for the first time in your life – the taste of true freedom. The taste of true peace and bliss.

Whenever you are worried about the external situation- it simply means that you have become dependent on the external factors of your life. Whenever I mention you – it is meant not just for the questioner but for all my followers.

Whenever your happiness is based on the nature of the external factors – you are in deep trouble. Because happiness derived from external factors or situations is short-lived. The moment the external situation changes – the level or the state of your happiness goes on changing! What is the use of such fragile happiness?

Always remember- Happiness is based on what you are from within.

So come you all and instead of waiting for the situation to change, start changing yourself.

Focus within. Turn inwards and just go with the flow of your life. Don’t interrupt.

Marriage is not happening– job is not coming your way – inlaws are not behaving properly or court cases are not getting over – do not worry because the moment you start worrying- you are caught in the trap of the mind and the mind ensures that you become as miserable as possible – leading you to many unwanted situations and more miseries.

So learn to live in FAITH and PATIENCE. Said Baba has offered the most valuable message to us – and it should be written in GOLD. The message is practicing SHRADDHA (Faith) AUR (And) SABURI (Patience).

Let this golden message of Sai baba become the anchor of your life. And I appeal to all my followers and readers – meditate on Sai baba’s golden message. It is an irony that people are offering kilos and kilos of gold to Sai baba but conveniently ignoring His golden message!

Sai Baba is least interested in how much money or gold you offer on His holy feet. Sai Baba is more interested to see how much you implement his message in your life! For it is the message of the divine masters that will help you find the way…..

And the way is not up in the sky, the way is not outward – the way is very much inward. Turn inward. And let the light of Consciousness within you become your guiding angel.

Meditate.

Jai Shri Ganesha. Jai Guru.

Is Astrology Truly Perfect?

By Acharya Addittya Tamhankar 0 Comments

Nature rejoices in its imperfections. Astrology is a part of this vast universal nature. Astrology is the ‘flower’ – is the outcome of the many intense spiritual practices that the ancient seers and sages initiated from the beginning of time.

It is a ‘flower’ that is yet to mature, it is always in the process of growing – and so it is NEVER perfect. Because to be perfect means to be DEAD. There is no further growth, perfection closes you – totality helps you to progress, to grow – the door is always open, the path never ends, and you can keep walking….

Astrology comes with all its imperfections and because it is imperfect – it is growing, millions and millions of meditative souls across this vast human world are contributing to its growth – the beauty is in its imperfection – had it been perfect – it would have been dead by now.

Astrology is a flower – a beautiful flower that is highly spiritual in nature. Its source itself is spiritual – it is born out of intense spiritual penance. And spirituality has no comparison – it *is* the way it *is*! Spirituality exists, blossoms and rejoices in totality and not in perfection.

You are drinking a cup of hot tea, then you have to be so total – that in this world, at this moment – there is nothing as important as that one hot sip of tea that you take! That is totality – to BE HERE NOW – in the present moment – 100%!

Then you can enjoy the tea in its totality. And if this is how you live your life – by living moment to moment – by being TOTAL in whatsoever you do – then you can enjoy life in its true sense!

Whenever you – and I say it to all my followers, all my readers and fellow travelers – the very effort to identify the best is to understand what is not best!

The moment you want to know the best – you also want to know what is not so best. This is a play of the Mind. The Mind always loves to compare – and in this futile exercise of comparing – the whole essence is lost – you remain just a calculative mind – that goes on calculating – comparing – it is a dry run – nothing ever is derived – lives afterlives you will continue to do – and yet you will remain where you are – there is no progress, no real growth to your being – to your existence.

Many came and many went. Out of millions – only a few could relate – a few could understand and those who have – have gone beyond – they have reached the ultimate state of consciousness – there is NO MIND – the MIND has melted into the HEART- the HEART has taken over and the HEART is beautiful – it always is.

It is not just the common man but also certain meditative YOGIs – who have missed – simply missed to realize the beauty of the heart. They may have done intense penance for a hundred years – they may have earned certain powers/siddhis and yet they remain as blank as the paper you see in your new notebook!

Once it happened – a great Yogi – and his name was CHANGDEV – arrived in the small village of ALANDI. And CHANGDEV had a huge following. It always happens – the majority are fools. Truth happens to individuals and not to the crowd.

CHANGDEV had many siddhis. Among his many followers, there was one special follower and that was his pet – a tiger! A tiger always used to follow CHANGDEV and then his hundreds of followers. And they all came to ALANDI.

In this small village – there was one young boy who lived with his brother and sister. And they all were not more than 24 yrs old. The young boy was just 14 yrs old. His name was Dyaneshwar and he was such a sweet person, villagers of Alandi loved him – because all he taught was the path of love – the path of devotion. He was born in a brahmin family but he moved among all casts and creeds – he ate with them, he laughed with them, he shared with them the beautiful insights of the BhagvadGeeta by simplifying it for them.

It always happens – whenever you do something that is against society – you are condemned, you are labeled – you are troubled by the society. And that is exactly what happened with Dyaneshwar – the Brahmins of Alandi staunchly opposed him because they feared – they thought ‘this man is openly sharing the insights of Bhagavad Gita with the other class people – other caste people – what if these people become wise – then they will not listen to us – then we cannot dominate them’ – and so they were filled with fear.

So then they decided to invite CHANGDEV – the yogi who had meditated for 1400 years – the yogi who can do all kinds of magic – they invited him to Alandi so that they can challenge Dyaneshwar – the young lad who was just 14 at that time!

CHANGDEV’s 1000 years of meditation and a 14 yrs old young boy. The elite class of Brahmins had absolutely no doubt that Dyaneshwar will be tamed at the feet of CHANGDEV.

But they were yet to know that there is a difference in someone being followed by a Tiger and someone who himself is a TIGER! Real Saints are Tigers – they are not cats!

And so when CHANGDEV arrived – he decided to write a letter to Dyaneshwar. But he could not write a single word – not that he was illiterate but the major concern was – how to address a person who is just a boy of 14 yrs! What to write at the very start of the letter – Should I write “Sir” – no that would not fit well for a boy – I am 1000 years old and this boy is just 14. Should I write “Shri Dyaneshwar” – that will also not suit him – since he is just a boy then why to give so much of respect by addressing him as ‘Shri Dyaneshwar” – so then what to do! And so finally CHANGDEV decides not to write anything but to send a blank letter. CHANGDEV hands over a blank letter to his disciple and asks him to hand it over to Dyaneshwar.

The disciple of Changdev goes to Dyaneshwar and Dyaneshwar is sitting below a tree with his young sister and elder brother – and they all look so young – almost below 24! The disciple steps ahead – Dyaneshwar’s sister asks “What is it?”

And the disciple says “ It is a letter from the great Yogi CHANGDEV – his age is 1000 years old and he has arrived in your village – here is the letter from him.”

Dnyaneshwar smiles. His sister Muktabai opens the letter and laughs – she says “ Brother look what CHANGDEV has sent – a blank letter. Just like the letter he too has remained blank!” And they all laugh – it is a laughter that is not on CHANGDEV but on his Ignorance – that in spite of spending 1000 yrs in intense penance (Tapasya) he could not write a single word – so much of EGO – so much of DRY-ness – so much of IGNORANCE! The laughter was to this IGNORANCE.

The disciple waits to receive Dnyaneshwar’s answer – his reply to CHANGDEV’s letter. Dnyaneshwar’s sister – Mukta bai writes just two lines – she writes to CHANGDEV “ Even though you have spent 1000 years in deep penance and have earned many siddhis – yet from your blank letter – we see that you too have remained as blank as this blank letter that you have – send to us!”

Reading this reply – CHANGDEV is moved within. He says to himself – “So small these kids are and so much of courage to write this to me – I must go and meet them – I must ‘see’ who they are….”

And so CHANGDEV with all his thousands of followers and his pet – the ferocious Tiger head towards Dyaneshwar – CHANGDEV thinks that with his huge fleet of followers and the Tiger – Dyaneshwar and his siblings will be impressed and will rush towards his feet….and so he heads on to meet Dyaneshwar……

At that moment Dyaneshwar was seated on a wall with his younger sister Mukta bai and elder brother Nivruttinath and younger brother Sopandev.

And someone comes running towards them and says to Dyaneshwar “Saint CHANGDEV is coming to meet you – and he is not alone, he is coming with his thousands of disciples, followers and his Tiger to meet you….”

Dyaneshwar says “ But why is he coming with all his followers and by seating on a Tiger? He could have just walked to meet me…”

To this Dyaneshwar’s sister says “ Because he wants to impress us with his powers – it is HIS EGO….”

Dyaneshwar smiles. His aura, his beauty, his love – what to say, words are short to express his infinite divinity….

Looking at Mukta bai – Dyaneshwar says:

“Then we also should go and face him, let us go by taking this wall itself….”

And the moment Dnyaneshwar says these words – one of the greatest miracle happens – the WALL on which they are seated – takes off and flying all the way – they reach to where CHANGDEV is and CHANGDEV is SHOCKED – taken aback – 1000 years he had spent in the HIMALAYAS doing all kinds of difficult penance – but this was something UNUSUAL – a lifeless WALL flying in the SKY and the four siblings seated on that WALL!

He gets down on his knees, and as the flying wall lands – he rushes towards Dnyaneshwar…..

CHANGDEV says to Dyaneshwar “I was lost in my EGO. EGO of meditating for 1000 years, EGO of having so many SIDDHIS, EGO of being able to control every living being – BUT ….but – controlling a lifeless object like a WALL! And flying with the WALL – I don’t have that much strength – that much power…..I surrender to you DYANESHWAR MAHARAJ – I surrender to you……”

And CHANGDEV bows at the feet of the divine master – Saint Dnyaneshwar – a boy who is just 14 yrs old!

Dnyaneshwar says “Get up CHANGDEV, the moment you realize your mistake, the moment you self realize your shortcomings….you start progressing….now get up and give me a hug….”

CHANGDEV gets up and says “ I have realized that there is far greater path than the path that I have chosen – and that is the PATH of LOVE and DEVOTION. Dyaneshwar…..today I am reborn…..today the old CHANGDEV has died and a new CHANGDEV has reborn….Dyaneshwar now make me your disciple…..take me under your wings – so that I can learn to fly…so that I can learn to live with love and devotion…Dyaneshwar……..”

And CHANGDEV brsts out in tears……1000 years of penance did not help – it only made him dry, more egoist, more arrogant…..but just one touch of Dyaneshwar…just one touch of LOVE …..just one glimpse of the beauty of LOVE – the strength of LOVE….and CHANGDEV was moved. A 1400 years old Yogi CHANGDEV falls at the feet of a 14-year-old boy – who was one of the greatest Saints of Maharashtra – who wrote the greatest scriptures of all time – a holy scripture titled ‘Sant Dyaneshwari’ and who took SAMADHI at the age of 21 in ALANDI!

A beautiful real picture of Saint Dyaneshwar Samadhi Mandir.

Today millions of devotees come to Alandi every year – to take the Darshan of His samadhi – Sant Dyaneshwar – the saint who changed millions of lives by encouraging them to walk on the path of Love and Devotion.

So much was HIS love – that along with CHANGDEV – the whole village of ALANDI was touched. His omnipresence – His love – His guidance transformed them into something that they had never imagined of! They became a song, a piece of music, a melody – then life was no more a problem but a garden of bliss!

A beautiful picture of Sant Dnyaneshwar in a deep meditative state. My salute to this beautiful person – who transformed and touched millions of hearts across the world!

There is no other path that can be as beautiful as great and as blissful than the path of devotion and love!

Such are the ways. Such is the way of its happening. But the world is filled with more heads than the hearts! And so there is more dryness, more calculations, more logic that ultimately leads you to a miserable life – a life that looks perfect on the outside – but if you look within – then it is all broken – it is all dark with absolutely no light of consciousness!

I have absolutely no hesitation in expressing openly that if at all I have a strong dislike than that is not for any religion, any caste, any color or any creed – but for that one self-destructive nature – the nature of being too logical.

Tagore was a Nobel Prize winner. He was beyond all kind of intellectualism – he was truly an intelligent man – a man who was perfectly aware that it is NOT logic but love that has all the answers – he composed many beautiful songs and poems – and a time came when his own life transformed into a poem – a beautiful melody where logic had no place – no space – no chance!

Lao Tzu says: Logic moves to the very extreme; life never. That’s how logic misses life. Logic has the tendency to reach to a conclusion, life is never concluding.

Life has no conclusion. There is never a perfect answer to any question. You have to find what you can derive from every answer….the more the depth you have – the more you can derive – the more you can drink and rejoice in bliss!

People who want direct answers are the most dangerous people. They are enslaved by their minds. They want ‘yes’ or ‘no’ – and then once they get an answer – they will not stop and live in peace. They will further investigate – why yes and why no. And so on and on – these are the most foolish people and I would appeal to all those genuine followers of mine – to stay away from such people – such people are the greatest danger to your peace – to your bliss!

Unfortunately, our motherland is filled with many such kinds of men and women and so one has to be selective. I insist and appeal to all my followers – be selective – because if you don’t – you will be lost in the crowd of such ignorant people! And then it is difficult to get back ‘home’!

If you ask Lao Tzu for any conclusive answer – he will laugh. Because for a wise man – life itself is non-conclusive – there is always a possibility that can change your life – that can change the answer that you seek!

Life has no conclusive answer. Truth also has no answer – it cannot be expressed in words – it has to be understood in SILENCE!

When Jesus was hanged on the CROSS – and he was to be crucified – the Governor-General of the Roman Empire – Pilate goes to Jesus and asks him – one last question: “What is the TRUTH?”

And Jesus remained Silent.

This Silence of Jesus made him restless. Pilate could not understand this silence. How could he? Because he was not asking “ Show me the TRUTH.” – he was asking “What is the TRUTH?”

He was asking for a definition of TRUTH – and Jesus would not give the definition because HE was the TRUTH and he was standing before him!

Jesus just looked into his eyes. That moved Pilate’s heart. He became restless. He turned away from Jesus and said to the priest – “Take him away from me and do whatever you like – Crucify him.”

In reality – it was Pilate who was crucified! Jesus was physically crucified – but that one look of Jesus – crucified all the fake – all the hypocrisy – all the falseness within Pilate. Understand the fact – that Jesus could have been diplomatic in his answer – could have spoken something logical – BUT – TRUTH is so innocent – it simply cannot have any logic to it – it simply cannot have any diplomacy to it – it is spontaneous – it is a natural flow…..

And this natural flow that flowed through the eyes of Jesus – made Pilate restless.

Look around you – whenever you speak the TRUTH – whenever you follow the TRUTH – certain people become restless – Pilate symbolizes such fake people – who talk a lot when it is daytime and do exactly the opposite of it when it is nighttime!

Pilate wanted an answer – what is the truth? But Jesus remained silent. Jesus didn’t say a single word. His whole life – Jesus was talking about TRUTH, HIS whole life was sacrificed in the service of TRUTH and still at the last moment why he remained silent? Why he did not answer? Why was he not answering? Because he was perfectly aware that it won’t get home. There is every possibility that it will be misunderstood.

Silence is the best answer – when the questioner does not have the ability to understand – to relate – to resonate! Silence is more penetrating. That is how it penetrated into Pilate – just one look of Jesus – and Pilate is moved – he feels as if it is not Jesus who is naked before him – it is HE – who has become naked before Jesus! Just one look – no words and just a moment of silence – and it can move mountains – it can change the whole meaning of the situation – it can change the person who is questioning – What is the truth?!

If a disciple would have asked – Jesus wold have answered – because, every word of HIS becomes flesh in his disciple. It directly reaches to his heart – because a true disciple never brings the MIND in between – a true disciple never is in the game of AGREEING AND DISAGREEING – a true disciple simply listens – he simply lets the golden words of the master penetrate into his being – then his heart vibrates with those beautiful insightful words – then something moves within his being and through this process – every day he is reborn – every day there is more of unlearning – every day there is more of joy to his life!

Agreeing and Disagreeing is of the MIND. A true disciple simply listens – he is not caught into agreeing and disagreeing – that is the ugly job of the mind – he has overcome the mind – he is listening with his heart – the mind has absolutely no role to play – he simply flows with the words of His Guru – His master!

Whenever someone says to me “I agree with what you say.” – I become cautious – this man is a danger. Because he is still caught in his mind and the mind goes on agreeing and disagreeing. I move away from such a man – because such a man cannot understand the Truth. I have to remain silent.

Jesus also remained silent – because Pilate was NOT his disciple. He would not have understood Jesus’s answer – the only way was to remain silent!

The question from Pilate was not out of genuine ‘thirst’ – there was no humility – it was just a curiosity – and the real masters never entertain curiosities – the curiosity is of the mind – the intensity is of the heart!

If there would have been an intensity to his question – the answer would have come. But it was just a curiosity – and Jesus remained silent. He just looked into his eyes – and that one look of silence was enough to move the whole being of Pilate – it moves him so much that he cannot stand before Jesus – he asks the priest to take him away and crucify.

What is the truth? – asks the Roman General Pilate and Jesus remains silent.

It was a Buddhist answer. Only Buddha has remained silent about the truth, no one else.

When your spiritual path is of love and devotion – you can understand the truth. Arjuna could understand Krishna – his path was of love and devotion!

People are lost – simply lost in the world of magic – black magic, white magic, tantra, Tantrik – and what not! And they get so much trapped into this web of mind – that they themselves make their life miserable by following *that* which has only misery to offer – and nothing else!

But who wants to listen? It is better to remain silent! And so I remain silent. And I encourage you all – to also remain silent by being more and more meditative – by turning your focus from the outward to the inward.

Millions of Sadhus and Bairagis and Yogis like CHANGDEVs are in millions – it is not that they are useless – that they hold no truth – but is just that with every success that they achieve in their penance – they become more and more egoist – more drier – more hungry for Siddhis (magics) and in this mad rush – they get lost – there is no liberation to their life – because there is no love to their life – no devotion until a day comes when they meet someone as beautiful as Saint Dnyaneshwar!

Dnyaneshwar is one in a million! Arjun is one in a million. Sariputta is one in a million. Ananda is one in a million. Peter is one in a million. As much as the beauty is of the master’s omnipresence – so is the beauty of the disciple’s unwavering love and devotion!

In fact, there is no love as total as the love between the master and his disciple!

The relationship between a disciple and the master is not of the head – it is of the HEART! It is a love relationship – pure love – where there is no expectation – but only love – where there is no possessiveness but total freedom!

Always remember – the real master would never want you to remain dependent!

And so when there is just an inch of distance between you and the master – when you have blossomed into a beautiful flower – when the flowering has happened – when the moon has become full – the master will no more remain with you – the master will move on – the master will disappear!

There is one beautiful story – it moved my heart, it may move your heart as well.

A young man and his name was Ekai. He came all the way from Beijing to meet his master. And the master lived in a monastery. There were many disciples in that monastery. A big kitchen was there. Hundreds of visitors were offered food for free. It was a well-known monastery and moreover the master was highly regarded by the people.

Ekai comes and the master says “ Ekai – why have you come? What is the need?”

Ekai says “ Master – I cannot live without you – so I thought since you stay here – I would come and serve you – that will bring peace to my heart.”

Master said “ Ekai – you don’t have to come all the way here to serve me. Why did you rush in? I have not lived a single moment without noticing you – distance means nothing for me – and yet you have come! Okay – now go and serve in the kitchen and make sure that you never come before me until I come to you.”

Ekai’s joy had no limits – he became happy. He must be like me – He simply loved his master – there was nothing as important to his life than the holy name of His master!

And so Ekai joined in the Kitchen. It was a very big kitchen. And Ekai continued to serve the master by working in the kitchen. Day and night – months passed, years passed and Ekai never came before the master. Many men and women would come to seek the blessing of the master – many disciples within the monastery would sit near the master and listen to the master’s discourses. But Ekai never crossed the word of the master – he followed his Master’s word – he was not like the intellectual heads – he was a simple man of heart – he remained in the kitchen and served the people.

Many years went by- after 7 years, the Master declared “ I am becoming old and I would like to search for my successor. So I have come up with a test to choose my successor – the test is simple – compose a small poem on Mind.”

There was one competent disciple in this monastery. Everybody knew that he would be the one to succeed the master. His name was Doryu. Doryu composed a poem – but he was too clever – he sneaked into the kitchen and wrote anonymously a poem that says “ The Mind is like a river – clean the mind and the river will be cleaned – then you can live a blissful life.”

The next day, the whole monastery gathered to read this poem written on the wall – Ekai was also present and the moment he read this poem – he laughed out loudly – the disciples became angry – how can someone as common as Ekai laugh on a poem that was written by a scholarly person like Doryu! The master was also present – the master asked: “Why you laughed on this poem?”

And Ekai bowed before the master – he said “ Master – there is NO MIND so where is the question of cleaning the mind? And so I laughed.”

The master smiled and asked everybody to leave.

That night – the master silently came in the kitchen – it was midnight hours – and Ekai was sleeping on the ground – the master came – Ekai got up – he could feel the omnipresence of the master – the lingering fragrance – the master said “ Ekai for seven years you have been serving in this kitchen and every day and month you have been progressing – a certain glow has come to your being – nobody could see that glow – but I could and I have been waiting and waiting and waiting and NOW the time has come – Ekai – now the time has come – the answer you gave in the morning is not just an answer but the state of your being – my son – you have overcome the MIND – and so it is only you who can write such an answer – you are my successor – my true successor – but these fools – these idots will not understand – they will not relate to the ultimate truth that you have reached – if I openly declare you as my successor than these idiots may also plot to kill you…and so I now ask you to leave this monastery – right now – take your luggage and move into the wilderness – remember always – YOU are my true successor. Now leave.”

Ekai’s eyes became wet, tears started flowing through his eyes – it was the most difficult moment for him – to move away from the master – it is not he who is going to disappear – it was the master who is now going to disappear from his life – it was a very difficult moment – like a child he started crying – the master hugged him tightly – and said “ Why you cry – no matter where you are – I am with you.”

And it is said that Ekai left that monastery never ever to be seen – though the words of the master always remained in his heart – “I am with you.”

A true master would never let you stay under his wings forever – because a true master wants his disciple to experience total freedom – when the time comes – when the bud becomes a flower – the ‘gardener’ moves on – the Guru moves on, the Master moves on.

A mother wants her child to become independent. She helps her child to stand on its own feet. A master is also like your mother!

Jesus says to Nicodemus “ To experience God – you have to Reborn.”

Nicodemus says “ What do you mean by that?”

To this Jesus says “ To Reborn – first you have to die. This death is not physical death – it is the death of all your notions, learnings, scholarships – intellectualism – until you are completely free of all these traps – you cannot reborn – to reborn you have to drop all your intellectuality – your EGO – only when there is total emptiness that the divine can flow through you – and for that first you have experience death – just to reborn with a new life – a new journey – a blissful journey that can help you experience God – experience the Beyond!”

The Mind has to be dropped. Else you all will be trapped in the question of what is best and what is worst! The Mind goes on discriminating – analyzing and you simply lose the very essence of what is shared.

The heart has absolutely no idea of categorizing what is good and what is bad – who is poor and who is rich – a man of heart is as good with the bad as he is good with the good! Sai Baba never discriminated – if a Saint came to seek his blessings – he was blessed – if a sinner came to his blessing – he was shown the right path!

Once a woman came – she was a dancer. She said she wants to dance before Sai – Sai said “ Who am I to stop anybody? You can dance.”

And the woman started dancing before Sai – and suddenly she dropped down on the ground – her consciousness won’t let her dance anymore – she realized what she is doing – she goes to Sai – pleads his mercy and it is said that the same woman who danced to entertain people – started singing and dancing in devotion – her skills remained the same – but now a much higher purpose had come to her life – the purpose to serve God – the purpose to serve Sai!

The very essence of understanding what is best – is killing the whole essence of understanding the subject in its totality! If you love a woman – love her as God. Then there is absolutely no question of what is best in her and what is not – when you love – you simply love.

When you love astrology – never try to find what is best in astrology because then you are killing the whole essence of understanding astrology in its totality!

When you love – you simply love!

Be TOTAL. Just be TOTAL. Whatever you do – do it from the very depth of your heart and then see – how beautiful this life can be!

When you are making love to your wife or husband – observe yourself – are you totally into the person you are making love with? And many times the answer is NO.

Many times – you are making love with your husband or your boyfriend and you are thinking of something else – or you are thinking of someone else! Many times – you are making love with your boyfriend and you are not TOTALLY here – the Mind is roaming all around – across many people and many subjects!

You are eating your lunch – but your Mind is not HERE in totality! Your mind is thinking about many subjects that have nothing to do with the LUNCH that you having NOW.

It always happens. Whenever I am traveling alone – I have to eat out in a restaurant and when the dish arrives on my table – I am totally into it – as if there is absolutely nothing beyond this dish that has just arrived. And I am so much into it – in totality – that people sitting around wonder “What so special is in his dish!”

Once a man came to my table and asked “ Looks like this is something very special – I must try next time.”

And it was plain Dal (lentils soup)! Many times this man must have had this dish – but he may not have noticed its wonderful flavor – because the Mind is never HERE in totality!

And this is what happens with you all – you are doing something with your hands – but your Mind is not present here in totality and that is how you go on missing life – by either thinking of the past or worrying about the future!

Just be HERE. When you work – do your work in totality. Understand the fact and this is very significant – that only a man who can work in totality can succeed in meditation!

Because to meditate – you have to be TOTAL – you have to catch hold of your mind and bring it to the NOW moment – this is where life is flowing – LIFE is NOW – if you miss NOW – you go on missing life.

Tension remains as long as your MIND remains in the PAST or in the FUTURE!

The moment the MIND is HERE – in the PRESENT MOMENT – miraculously the tension eases out!

A young man came and said ” I am worried about my future and I regret my past. Help me to find peace. I am struggling, I am suffering.”

This suffering is of your MIND. Because the MIND is not in the NOW moment. The MIND is always in the PAST or in the FUTURE – and because of this ‘circus’ – the TENSION always is there – the stress is there.

To become tension-free, to become stress-free – all you have to do – is to bring this monkey mind in the NOW moment – the present moment. Meditation is simply to help you to BE HERE NOW. To catch hold of your mind and bring it to the present moment – because life is flowing NOW – if you miss to BE HERE NOW – you miss life and that is how you go on missing life – leading you to nowhere. The key is to – BE HERE NOW.

How to Be Here Now?

Change your lifestyle. Change your perspective. Change your diet. Work closely on every aspect of your routine life.

People come and they come with all sorts of miseries – but the core root of all these miseries is found in your lifestyle!

You meet someone at a party and you sleep with that man or woman. You eat food anytime – and you eat food without being conscious of what exactly are you intaking! There is an abundance of ignorance in our daily life and then you wonder what exactly is going wrong?

And this is the greatest joke of human life – and it goes on happening every moment – people are engaged in finding jokes in the books – when jokes are happening in our own life itself!

Any misery can be seen as a joke! Because unless you learn to take life easily with a cool head that is balanced with a blissful heart – you will continue to be SERIOUS – as if everything that you have and going through is forever!

Seriousness is an illness. If a saint cannot be humorous, then he is not a saint at all! Because spirituality is a joy – it is indeed a fun, a peal of laughter – that you can relate to – only when you stop being too serious of all that is happening in and around your life!

If someone is laughing – and that laughter is a blissful laughter then go and join him or her. Let there be more lightness to your life.

The Mind is always serious – because the mind is always fearful. Tame the monkey mind and you can find a small window to your life – this window can then help you to jump out and experience the fun, the joy, the adventures that your heart longs for!

If marriage is not happening – so what? Go with the flow, maintain yourself – your body – stay fresh, live young and just continue with your routine life – someday – sometimes – if the two ends are to meet and melt in each other – then that will happen – why you worry?

If a job is not coming – then why you all become so afraid – now what? As if life has come to an end! I always tell and in the larger interest of all my followers and readers – I now mention it through this answer – that IF God has taken care of you and your family to date – than why you become so depressed – why you lose hope? why you come to a conclusion? A wise man never concludes – he always keeps the ‘sentence’ flowing – because he is perfectly aware that life has no conclusions – it flows on and there is absolutely no end to it!

Negativity is always existing. Understand this. It has been existing from the beginning of time. And the moment you take birth – it is also within you – all! In families, in office, in public places – you will find many negative people – they are miserable – understand this – you cannot blame them – because HOW can you blame a drunkard? He is not conscious of what he is doing – she is not conscious of what she is doing – so you have to stop blaming the negative people and start working on your ‘self’!

This world is so vast – so vast – you cannot change the world – but you can always change yourself!

So come – come you all – I know and I can understand that following me is not everybody’s potential and so when I see you all following me – it is a way of God to let me know – that there are few – very very few people in this vast human world – who still has the depth of understanding the essence of the higher altitudes – who are thirsty to know more – who are as beautiful as you are!

God is always testing us. Every moment is a test of our consciousness! And God is always looking for those who are ‘thirsty’ for HIS nectar – His word – HIS sharing!

Any other word than the word of God – the word about God or word for God – will not satisfy your thirst. And when I say ‘your’ – it is for all my followers and readers. You may go to all kinds of clubs and all kinds of beautiful places around the world – but in the end – you will come to that place where the bells ring – where the lamps glow with light – where the melody of the Lord’s song is heard!

God loves you. From the moment of your birth – till – the moment of your death and beyond it – God always is looking after you – God never forgets His child – always remember YOU are God’s child.

God loves you. But the real question that you all should ask yourself – is whether you love God? Understand this and this is very significant. People visit temples – but they do so out of fear! I would love to see you all – going to temple, or church or mosque – NOT out of fear but out of Love – pure love!

I would encourage you all to be GOD LOVING and NOT to be GOD FEARING!

Then whether you miss visiting the Church on a Sunday or visiting a Temple on Thursday or visiting a Mosque on Fridays – you will not worry – you will not fear – because you are no more a God-fearing person – you are a God-loving person and you are perfectly aware that when there is LOVE – there are no rules – no restrictions – but pure understanding.

True love is born out of understanding says the Buddha!

And God can understand you well. God will never try to figure out what is best in you and what is worst in you – God loves you in totality – and so let there be a totality in your life too – in your living too!

Let us all drop the mad rush to find perfection and let us try to be as TOTAL as possible. Perfection is an ego trip – it is the circus of the mind – a perfectionist makes his life miserable and also of those who work with him!

To be perfect is to BE TOTAL.

This ‘focusing’ is possible when you are being TOTAL – when your MIND is present in the NOW moment – when you are not thinking of the past and the future – when you simply focusing by being HERE NOW! Every moment something new is happening – not just around you but also within your physical body — millions of changes are happening that you are unaware of! Ignorance has taken over our life – and the only way to overcome this ignorance is by living moment to moment.

The whole purpose of this answer is to help you all overcome the mind – for it is the mind that goes on analyzing what is best and what is worst – who is poor and who is rich. You just connect with your ‘self’ – you just jump into the subject that you love – you just love your lover as if he or she is no less than GOD! Just be TOTAL – and let life take its own turn – remember – it is never too late – and it is never too early – everything happens ‘in time’ – trust HIS process and just go with the flow of your life….

Life never fails you. It is your ignorance that fails you. Every day God brings life to millions of buds who blossom and transform into beautiful flowers! Tell me – if God can transform a bud into a beautiful flower – how can he miss transforming you into a beautiful human being?

All you need is to SURRENDER to HIM in totality – let HIM drive your life – and then you are ‘in’ for the greatest miracle of your life!

Let there be no noise within you. Let there be no mind within you. Let only your heart sing – follow the voice of your heart. Live in Total Surrender. Live in Total Acceptance.

Birth happens, death happens, but you have to remain in suchness, remembering that this is how life functions. This is the way of life. You cannot do anything against it. You just have to keep walking on the path of love – love is the way, with love the journey becomes more and more beautiful, more and more blissful – the solution to all your problems is found in one word – Love.

I send love & light to you all. Let there be more consciousness, purity, peace, and prosperity to your life. Meditate.

Jai Shri Ganesha! Jai Guru.

Pratyantardasha: Magic of Moments

By Acharya Addittya Tamhankar 0 Comments

The whole story of this human world revolves around one word, one question – WHEN?

The common man is impatient. Because the common man is ruled by the mind. And the mind is always in a rush. The mind wants it – right now! Impatience is the nature of the mind, the more you follow your mind, the more you are controlled by your mind, the more you would become impatient.

“There is a Zen saying: If you are in a hurry, you will never arrive. You can even arrive just by sitting, but in a hurry you can never arrive. The very impatience is a barrier. If you are in a hurry, then nothing eternal can happen to you because the eternal needs eternal waiting. If you are asking for eternity to happen to you, you have to be ready for it. Hurry won’t help.” – Osho

But a man or a woman who has become MIND, who is in the tight clutches of the MIND – won’t understand. Such a person is always in ‘hurry’ – the ‘majority’ is always in a hurry! And so the question always revolves that one word – WHEN?.

For a common man – who is yet to go beyond the Mind – what matters is when the event is going to take place!

When am I going to get married?

When am I going to get a promotion?

When am I going to travel abroad?

When am I going to start my own company?

The question of ‘When’ is always lurking in your mind. Because even if I am going to get a promotion – the question still remains – and that is WHEN?

The answer to this WHEN? – is not found in the MAHADASHA.

The answer to this WHEN? – is not found in the ANTARDASHA.

The answer to this WHEN? – is found in the PRATYANTARDASHA

And so the real essence is in understanding the Pratyantardasha.

MAHADASHA lasts for many years – a minimum of 7 yrs to 20 years.

ANTARDASHA lasts for a minimum of 1 year to 2 years

PRATYANTARDASHA lasts for a minimum of 1 month to 5 months

SOOKSHMADASHA lasts for a minimum of 5 days to 25 days

If you observe your life – you may realize that most of the specific events or decisions are taken within a timeframe of 1 to 5 months.

And therefore – it is the PRATYANTAR DASHA and SOOKSHMA DASHA that matters the most when it comes to finding the current STATE (DASHA) of your life!

A young man traveled to the United States for the first time in 2006 November.

Now let us see his DASHA PERIOD:

He was running through the MAHA DASHA of RAHU. ANTARDASHA of SUN. PRATYANTAR DASHA of KETU.

So – RAHU > SUN > KETU

Let us see first from Vedic Astrology perspective:

RAHU is placed – Natal 12th house.

Sun is the Ascendant Lord, placed – Natal 3rd house

Ketu is placed in Shravan Nakshatra – signify the 12th house (Cancer- Moon)

12th house – foreign travel

3rd house – short travel

From KP Astrology perspective – his 9th cusp sub lord is also KETU. The 9th is again related to long travel!

This young man traveled to a foreign land (US) for a short duration of 3 months.

But the story is not over yet.

After one year, this young man again got an opportunity to travel overseas to the US.

That time he was running through:

RAHU > MOON > RAHU

Now again – RAHU – natal 12.

MOON – natal 6th and also rules the 12th house (Cancer) and PRATYANTAR RAHU again signifies 12th house.

From KP Astrology perspective – his 12th CUSP SUB LORD is RAHU. Again 12th, as you all know, is related to foreign travel/ foreign land. So along with Vedic astrology, KP also promises travel overseas.

In Kundali – every third house from the KENDRA house (1st, 4th, 7th, 10th) is the TRAVEL HOUSE!

From 1st – 3rd house.

From 4th – 6th house

From 7th – 9th house

From 10th – 12th house

So – 3rd, 6th, 9th, 12th – all these four houses signify travel. Whenever the ANTAR and PRATYANTARDASHA PLANET signify any of these 4 houses – your ticket to fly overseas is guaranteed!

But the basic answer to the question WHEN? – is in your PRATYANTAR DASHA.

And not in your Antardasha!

Because decisions are taken in a month’s time or max in four month’s time. And that is where your PRATYANTAR DASHA falls.

So even though you are promised of marriage – still WHEN will the marriage happen is found through your PRATYANTAR DASHA.

Job, sexual relationships, marital relationship, opportunity, travel, good profit/loss – all ‘events’ and its happening is only to be found through your PRATYANTAR DASHA.

In KP Astrology – the sub lord decides whether an event is going to happen or not.

Similarly in the Vishomtarri Dasa – it is the Pratyantardasha lord that signifies WHEN a particular event is going to happen!

And so the story of a common man starts with the Pratyantardasha.

What is the scene? This scene is your Pratyantardasha.

What is the plot? This plot is your Antardasha.

What is the movie about? This movie is your Mahadasha.

A sequence of scenes revolves around the plot.

And a plot is what defines the nature of the movie.

And a movie is that – which brings the holistic view of all that is to be shown to you while the movie lasts.

The scenes keep changing at a much faster pace. And it is the scenes that matter – it is the scenes that you remember the most and not the entire movie!

And SO – people often are stuck in understanding the ANTARDASHA – (the plot) – when in reality you all should be focused on understanding the PRATYANTAR DASHA – (the scene).

Scene by scene….a ‘movie’ shapes up. Moment by moment….life shapes up.

Similarly, every phase of Pratyantar Dasha shapes up your life!

We always remember the moments, we hardly remember the days!

We always remember the scenes, we hardly remember the movies!

I may not remember the entire plot of the movie Spiderman (2002) – but I certainly remember the scene where Peter’s uncle – Uncle Ben says the most beautiful and insightful dialog that emphasizes the importance of being more conscious when the power comes.

Uncle Ben looks into Peter’s eyes and says: – “Remember – With great power comes great responsibility.”

It is the scenes that make or break a movie. It is the moments that make or break your life! Life indeed is made of moments. You always remember the moments and not the days!

The movie Spiderman is not just about the long jumps and magnanimous fights between the good and the evil – it has far more to it. And that is – the significance of living a selfless life – to SERVE those who are in NEED, to AIM for the higher altitudes of life – to do something that is beyond the scope of ordinary life!

“Not everyone is meant to make a difference. But for me, the choice to live an ordinary life is no longer an option.”
-Peter Parker

To go beyond the ordinary life – you need strong determination, values, and the courage to JUMP into the unknown!

“They say: Think twice before you jump.
I say: Jump first and then think as much as you want” – OSHO

And only a truly ‘mad’ person can JUMP into the unknown! Your so-called intellectual heads cannot JUMP – cannot take the RISKS – cannot live for others – for that, you need someone like spiderman – a HERO – who is willing to take the step towards the unknown – he NEVER plans, he NEVER calculates, he never ORGANIZES – he simply JUMPS – for OTHERS – to HELP others – and that makes him the HERO – the real HERO!

The very essence of the movie Spiderman – the very secret of the success of its story is in the depth of its scenes that are so well knitted with some deep dialogs and the wonderful message – the message of helping others – selflessly!

“There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.”
-Paramahansa Yogananda

Only a truly mad person can relate to life! He can sing, he can dance, he can live his life to the fullest – because at the core of his existence – is his heart – he simply follows his heart and the heart is beautiful – it always is! Only such a heartful man can listen to the music of life that the others cannot! Such a man may be called ‘insane’ – and yet in the kingdom of God – only such a person is the sanest person – the wisest person!

“Those who dance are considered insane by those who can’t hear the music.” – George Carlin

Beyond the Pratyantardasha – there is the sky – the highest level of Dasha (state) – that only a true Yogi can experience – someone who has gone beyond the mind – someone who has experienced the bliss within – someone who simply rejoices by living moment to moment – and such a man is called – a man of awareness, a ‘living’ Yogi!

“A man of awareness knows that life is constantly changing. Life is change. There is only permanent, and that is change. Except change, everything else changes.”
-OSHO

A man of awareness is truly ‘living’ – because he is always found in this NOW moment – and SO – only such a man can experience the SOOKSHMA DASHA!

SOOKSHMA DASHA is the highest ‘state’ (Dasha) that only a Yogi can experience – someone who has blossomed into a beautiful flower – can experience – it is the ultimate state (Dasha) – the epitome of consciousness!

A Yogi is always HERE. In the NOW moment. And so he can vibrate, appreciate and relate to the Sookshma Dasha because he is able to feel and understand the vibrations of Sookshma Dasha! Sookshma Dasha is all about the NOW moment!

“When you are here and NOW…..not jumping ahead, the miracle has happened.
To be in the moment *is* the miracle.”
-Osho

But common man, someone who is living his or her life in utter ignorance – is never HERE in totality. Half of his Mind is in the Past. The remaining half is in the Future. So for such a man understanding or even experiencing the Sookshma Dasha is difficult. Because he is still to evolve – he is simply NOT HERE so how can he feel the NOW moment? He is lost. He remains a lost man.

And that is how the majority of this human world remains. A lost world!

A lost man is always found to be fearful. I receive many emails filled with FEAR. “My RAHU DASHA WILL BEGIN NEXT YEAR…so help me to do something about it.” “MY SHANI MAHA DASHA is beginning next month – so what should I do now?” and many such mails come over.

Understand the undercurrent of such emails – and I appeal to all my followers – understand the reason of this FEAR FACTOR – this FEAR comes because the MIND is not HERE NOW – the MIND is in the FUTURE – or – the MIND is in the PAST – and because it is NOT IN THIS NOW moment – the ‘worry’ factor is always boiling within you and along with the worry comes the urgency to PLAN, to CALCULATE, to ORGANIZE, to SECURE your future – when in reality Life is not in FUTURE – and not in the PAST – LIFE is NOW – but look how elusive the MIND is! And that is how you all are lost – you are never HERE – you are either lost in your PAST or worried about your FUTURE! And that is how your whole life is LOST! Simply lost.

“A fear-oriented man is always calculating, planning, arranging, safeguarding. His whole life is lost in this way.”
-Osho

And then there are a few beautiful souls who live their whole life without any planning, any calculation – they simply flow…….with the river of their life and in the process evolve into something beautiful, something wonderful!

A man of awareness is perfectly aware that if there is anything that can be rejoiced and lived – then that is this moment – the present moment – the NOW moment!

Yesterday, a young man came. His name was Gopal. And Gopal was such a simple man, always hard-working, smart and talented. Gopal said “ Next week, on Monday – my boss has invited me for a feedback session. I am worried. Why he has invited me for a feedback session – what is it that he wants to share with me.”

I said “ Gopal, I know you are a very sensitive person. I can understand the state of your mind. It happens, when you are living in this material world, the MIND always is very ACTIVE – and the mind is a monkey. You tame this mind, you do not let this MIND control you – when you go to meet your boss – just keep the mind aside. Just listen to what he is saying – just listen, and while you listen to his words, you focus on your breathing. Let your breathing be natural. Even if your boss says all the ugly and offensive things to you – still remain CALM. Do not let your breathing change – the breathing changes the moment you become angry – the moment you become nervous, the moment you become depressed. Let your boss speak all that he wants to – you just listen. And if he tries to provoke you – you do not let him do so. You remain calm, listen. And when he is done, you get out of his cabin. Remember – you are NOT going to REACT, you are only going to LISTEN and if required respond with few words, very few words.”

The MIND is very talkative. Observe yourself – whenever you become angry – you go on talking and talking and yelling. Whenever you are engaged with a girlfriend or boyfriend – you talk a lot – be it on mobile or in person.

The MIND talks a lot. And so a person who follows his or her mind – also talks a lot!

Some lovers while making love – talk a lot. The MIND is very much in play. When making love or having sex – the more you talk, the more you kill the possibility of having a good extensive sexual experience! This is a deep subject.

“Language is for non-lovers, those who are not in love. For lovers, silence is enough language.
Without saying anything, they go on speaking.” – Osho

If you are married, or if you are in a deep relationship – then the experience of Orgasm is necessary. Physical fitness is necessary but along with physical fitness, what is necessary is to keep your mind aside while you make love – while you experience sex! Sex can be experienced in true sense when there is NO MIND – then Orgasm is possible.

“In Deep Orgasm, if you are AWARE, you will know for the first time what Ecstacy is. Otherwise you have only heard the word; you have not known its Meaning.” – Osho

To go beyond the sexual life, the material life – FIRST – it is necessary that you experience SEX in totality – Orgasm in its totality – only then you can understand its futility – only then there is a possibility – a small window for you to jump out and experience the beyond – which is far more beautiful, more joyous than those few hours of SEX that you experience!

“Orgasms are important… Otherwise people wouldn’t know… when to stop screwing each other.”
~Osho

SEX is the word that is highly condemned in our society. And yet it is SEX through which we all are born! The very source of life is SEX, and so how can you condemn sex? But ignorant people, highly hypocrites go on condemning sex, though in their MIND – the thought of sex is always lurking! That is how many so-called celibates and monks fall for sex – leading to many sexual scams. Because they have NOT overcome their sexual desires – they have simply RAN AWAY – escaped from their sexual desires – but how long can you run, how long can you suppress your sexual desires – at some point, it swells up and then you are caught in the sexual scams!

“Desire has not to be destroyed, it has to be purified. Desire has not be dropped, it has to be transformed. Your very being is desire; to be against it is to be against yourself and to be against all.”
-OSHO

The way to overcome sexual desires is first to experience SEX in its totality. Gautama Buddha – before becoming Buddha was a Prince of a very rich kingdom. Imagine – how much sexual pleasures he would have had! And yet a time comes when he drops everything – because of his own self-realization – that there is something higher, something far beautiful than Sex, than the pleasures of this material world!

The question is about DASHA (State) – but the real question should be HOW to overcome the DASHA (State of your being)!

And that is possible only when you turn inwards. When you realize that whatever is happening in and around your life – is your own past karmic dues and if this time you REACT – than the chain will ever stop and you will be dragged into it for lives afterlives!

Once it happened, Gautama Buddha was seated beneath a tree and Ananda was also present. And a man who was against the Buddha came and started insulting the Buddha.

He abused Buddha, said many ugly things to Him. Buddha’s disciple – Ananda was not able to bear this anymore – Ananda and Gautama Buddha were from the Royal family, they were Kshatriya, fighters – but because Gautama Buddha is present, he controls himself, otherwise, he would have killed him then and there.

The man continues to abuse Buddha. And Buddha simply listens attentively and then says “Thank You.”

The man is now puzzled. He says to Buddha “Are you mad? Have you gone mad? I am insulting you, offending you and you simply say ‘Thank you’?”

Buddha said, “Yes because I was waiting for you. I had insulted you in the past and I was waiting – until you came I would not be totally free. Now you are the last man; my accounts are closed. Thank you for coming. You might have waited, you might not have come in this life, and then I would have had to wait for you. And I don’t say anything anymore, because enough is enough. I don’t want to create another chain.”

The man leaves with embarrassment. The accounts are closed. When you don’t react – slowly, the accounts are closed – but the big question is – how many are able to do so? Not everybody is Buddha – and not everybody can be a Buddha – to be a Buddha – you need to turn inwards, find yourself, discover yourself – and most importantly LEARN TO LIVE YOUR WHOLE LIFE in TOTAL ACCEPTANCE!

“Acceptance is the key to everything.”
-Michael J. Fox

It is always easy to become a HITLER, but it is always going to be difficult to be a BUDDHA! They are two polarities – HELL and HEAVEN. It is easy to find a place in HELL, it is always a challenge to find a place in heaven!

This HELL and HEAVEN is nowhere on the outside – but very much within you!

When you are in love, when you are in peace, when you are following the path of TRUTH – you are in Heaven.

When you spend your whole life in Hatred, in violence, in doing all kinds of untruthful karma – you are in Hell.

The DASHA or the STATE is your own creation. If this time also – you will go on reacting – rebelling – hating – then you are creating a new cycle of hell for yourself! The only way to stop this chain, to close this account is by being more and more understanding.

“Let understanding be the only law of your life.”
-Osho

There was one Emperor, and he was the mightiest of all. One day he comes to meet Lao Tzu and asks “What is hell and what is heaven?”

Lao Tzu looked at the Emperor and said “You son-of-a-bitch! Have you looked at your face in the mirror lately? I have never seen such a dirty-looking fellow before!”

The Emperor was enraged! He had not expected such a thing from such a great saint. You don’t know great saints! You know only small, puny saints. A real saint is not a cat, he is a tiger!

The Emperor was so enraged that he pulled his sword out of its sheath. He was going to cut the head of the Master. Just as the sword was coming closer, the Master said, “Wait! You are entering hell. This is the gate to hell.”

The way the Master said “Wait!” and this word of the master was so powerful that the Emperor’s hand was stopped in the middle, and he understood — “True!” He threw the sword away, fell at the feet of the Master, and the Master laughed and said, “This is the way to heaven! You have already experienced both within a single moment. The distance is not far.”

Whenever you are living your life in total surrender to your Lord, whenever you are living your life in total devotion, total love – you always are experiencing the bliss of Heaven!

Some pain. Some setback. Some failure. Some insult. Some difficulties. All of these are going to be there – it is in everybody’s life. Even Sai Baba was tortured by the villagers of Shirdi, Saint Dyaneshwar was ridiculed and insulted, Jesus was not only opposed but also crucified, Buddha was insulted and offended so many times – it always happens with everybody.

What matters is how to FACE it – how you deal with it – how you create a bridge from all the stones that are being thrown upon you!

Life is difficult. This human life is not as rosy as it seems to be! It has many thorns – the thorns of cheat, fraud, lust, anger, deceit, politics, and the list of such ‘thorns’ is unending – but the divine master is simply encouraging you to ACCEPT all these dirt, these thorns – because it is only when YOU ACCEPT the thorns that you can experience the ‘flowers’!

“Whenever someone comes to fight you, absorb him; Whenever someone insults you, absorb him; and see – his insult becomes a flower.” – Osho

Just be yourself. There was one man – a monk and he lived his whole life trying to become like Buddha, like Jesus, like Krishna. And when he was on his deathbed, his eyes were filled with tears – somebody asked him “Why are you crying, are you afraid of death?”

And the monk who was now very old said “ I am not afraid of death. I am afraid of what am I going to answer God when God will ask me “ Nayantara – I had sent you to BE NAYANTARA – then why you spend your whole life trying to become like someone else? Why you tried to become Jesus, become Buddha, become Krishna – when I would have loved to see you living your life by BEING YOU!”

At that moment – what am I going to answer? And that is why my eyes are filled with tears – tears of self-realizing that this human life is NOT to become like someone else – but to BE YOURSELF!”

“Be-don’t try to become.” Osho

Just BE yourself – you look beautiful when you are natural. To be beautiful is to be natural! Flow naturally. There is absolutely no need to BECOME – you are as good as you are. You just have to come closer to your ‘self’ by being more and more meditative.

“Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.”
-Osho

Time is above all. The DASHA is nothing but the STATE of your being! The State is always changing – now you are happy, the next moment you are sad. This change is always happening because you are still being controlled by your MIND!

The Mind is always in play. All your emotions are of the Mind.

“Our mind is continuously overflooded with ideas, emotions, sentiments.
By and by relax, be empty.”
-Osho

The Mind is just a turmoil. And because of this turmoil, you all cannot see your own nature. You go on missing yourself. You meet everybody in the world and you never meet yourself.

Your ‘introduction’ is still not known to yourself! And that is the greatest irony of this human life. Whenever I am saying ‘your’ – it is for all my readers and followers. Nothing personal.

People come and ask “ Is there – life after death?” when the real question should be whether you are alive before death!

“The Real Question is not whether life exist after death.
The Real Question is whether you are ALIVE before Death.”
-Osho

When you are simply going with the flow – when you are living moment to moment – then why would you bother or even have to think about WHEN a certain thing is going to happen! Such a person is simply happy to BE – the question of BECOMING simply never arises!

The question of BECOMING arises in the Mind. If you are following the MIND – you always are trying to BECOME – when in reality the existence wants you to BE!

“Being is enlightenment, becoming is ignorance. But you have been taught to become this, to become that. And the mind is so cunning, and the ways of the ego are so subtle that it even turns godliness, nirvana, enlightenment, truth, into goals; it starts asking how to achieve them.”
-Osho

Just BE yourself. You don’t have to become like Jesus, like Buddha, like Krishna – if God wanted – then HE would have made hundreds of Jesus, hundreds of Buddha, hundreds of Krishna, but God made only one Jesus, one Buddha, one Krishna – and similarly GOD has made only ONE UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL – and that is YOU!

“Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.” – OSHO

No individual is INFERIOR. And no individual is SUPERIOR. Every individual is UNIQUE! And to BE yourself – is to simply value your uniqueness – to realize that YOU are NOT a product, you are an INDIVIDUAL – a UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL!

“Nobody is superior, nobody is inferior, but nobody is equal either. People are simply unique, incomparable. You are you, I am I. I have to contribute my potential to life; you have to contribute your potential to life.
I have to discover my own being; you have to discover your own being.” -OSHO

But society never wants you to discover your own being! Because then you will be wise, then you will become aware – then how can the society dictate you – then the society will find difficulty in facing you – and that is how every INDIVIDUAL who has discovered his own being – who has been living his whole life by BEING HIMSELF – is fiercely opposed by the SOCIETY – is CONDEMNED by the SOCIETY – is LABELED by the SOCIETY! That is how JESUS was crucified, that is how Buddha was ridiculed, that is how MAHAVIRA was offended, that is how Muhammed was forced to go to Medina, that is how Sai BABA was opposed by the then locals of Shirdi! The SOCIETY goes AGAINST every INDIVIDUAL who is trying to discover his own being – who is living by being himself – who has realized the fact that RESPECTABILITY IS SLAVERY – and INDIVIDUALITY is DIGNITY!

“The society hates the individual.
The society wants you to mix with the crowd, to fit with the crowd. Stop being yourself; just be a carbon copy of the ideal that the society has determined is how a person should be. It has not asked you how you would like to be – the ideals are determined by others. You are simply victims. Every individual on the earth is a victim of the crowd.”
-Osho

Such an individual has to go through many challenges because society is always trying to put him in trouble – because TRUTH is feared – and such an individual is always speaking the truth, sharing the Truth – and so he has to face the anger of the society. Because the Society has always been against TRUTH. And yet it is TRUTH that has always remained – always accepted in the end.

“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.”
-Arthur Schopenhauer

Never force the truth on your daughter, your son, your wife, your sister or brother. Just share with them the truth – and then let them decide what to do with their life. At the most, you can make them conscious of the truth – but you cannot help them realize the TRUTH – unless and until they themselves experience it through their own experiences!

Always remember – you don’t have to defend the TRUTH, you don’t have to justify the TRUTH – you just have to let it flow – when the time comes, it wins over all those things that have been utterly false, fake!

“The truth is like a lion. You don’t have to defend it.
Let it loose. It will defend itself.”
-St. Augustine

Avatar Meher Baba – the divine spiritual master who traveled across the globe and transformed many madmen into enlightened beings – always used to say that if you believe in me – only then come to me.

“If you take “Baba” as “God-Incarnate,” say so; do not hesitate. If you think “Baba” is “the devil,” say it; do not be afraid. I am everything that you take me to be, and I am also beyond everything. If your conscience says that “Baba” is the Avatar, say it even if you are stoned for it. But if you feel he is not, then say that you feel “Baba” is not the Avatar. Of myself I say again and again, I am the Ancient One – the Highest of the High. If you had even the tiniest glimpse of my Divinity, all doubts would vanish and love – Real Love – would be established.”
– Avatar Meher Baba

Truth needs no justification. Truth always remains.

“Everything passes, only truth remains.”
– Fyodor Dostoevsky

And what could be the most beautiful coincidence that when we are meditating on the ‘ultimate truth’ – the day of Dassera is just about to begin!

It is the day when TRUTH defeated the FALSE – it is the day when CONSCIOUSNESS defeated the IGNORANCE – it is the day when LIGHT evaded the utter DARKNESS – the day of Dassera!

And so on this beautiful day – that we all are going to experience soon, let us focus on walking on the path of TRUTH – no matter how many people try to pull you down – as long as you are on the path of TRUTH – as long as you are living your life with consciousness – nobody can cause any harm to you – the moment consciousness comes – the whole building of miseries comes crashing down – then the ‘road’ is clear and you are ready to take that first step towards eternal bliss, peace, and joy!

This Dassera – I pray for all my followers and readers – may you all live your life with love and light. For it is only the light of consciousness that can help you overcome the many miseries of this human life.

You will love, you will share love, you will receive and you will give love based on your level of awareness. The greater the awareness, the greater is the love, the greater is the potential to forgive, to Let Go, to live in peace, in bliss, in joy!

This light is your ‘inner light’ – it is your awareness!

“Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.”
-Thich Nhat Hanh-

Awareness means you come with your inner light – you move with awareness, you walk with awareness, you deal with awareness, you talk with awareness – when there is awareness to your existence – a certain grace comes to your actions – then there is a song to it – then there is a certain beauty to your living – then your whole life becomes a light of awareness – pure consciousness!

“The enlightened man, while he is alive, works through his presence, through his love, through his silence. And when dead, he does not disappear; he simply spreads all over existence. The enlightened man helps people while he is alive, and he goes on helping people while he is not in the body…..slowly, slowly he is no more a body to you. He becomes only a pure Consciousness.”
– Osho

Consciousness is bliss. Ignorance is misery. Our life becomes a miserable life when we continue to live with ignorance, utter ignorance. And the same life starts transforming into a melody – music – when we start living with consciousness!

“The consciousness in you and the consciousness in me, apparently two, really one, seek unity and that is love.” -Nisargadatta Maharaj

What a beautiful quote of Nisargadatta Maharaj – the essence of ONENESS is so beautifully expressed through the divine words of Maharaj-Ji! Beautiful and so deep.

The disciple moves towards the master…..the master moves towards the disciple…..it is the consciousness within that is calling for the unity – the ONENESS – the LOVE – the ultimate LOVE! How to express such a love – language is really poor – words cannot suffice!

SIN happens only when there is no consciousness- to our action. Just the way a drunkard commits actions (karma) – an ignorant fellow commits SIN. The moment the ignorance is removed by the light of consciousness – Sinner becomes a Saint! That is the power of Consciousness – when it comes, there is no stopping – there is no looking back – the road is clear and you are ready to walk!

“A SINGLE INSIGHT INTO YOURSELF IS MORE VALUABLE THAN ALL YOUR SCRIPTURES. A SINGLE GLIMPSE OF YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS AND YOU HAVE ENTERED THE REAL TEMPLE.”
-OSHO

The whole purpose of human life is to experience the light of consciousness – within, the journey is not on the outside – the journey is always within. Look within – turn inwards, meditate and let the consciousness within you…expand…..

“Man has the capacity to create power, great power, infinite power. Man is not a small as he appears. Just a small atom, invisible to eyes, can create immense power, what to say about human consciousness.”
-OSHO

I tell you – and I tell it to you all – just out of love, out of love and only love – that if you can meditate, if you can spend minimum 20 minutes daily in deep meditation – then no matter how difficult is your DASHA (state) – no matter how powerful is your enemy – no matter how much life is testing you – YOU CAN OVERCOME everything – just by being meditative, just by being forgiving, just be being truthful, just by following the path of LOVE and DEVOTION!

But who wants to listen? Intellectuals are many. Intelligent are few. Followers of MIND are many, Followers of the Heart are few. And yet it is these few who make this world a much better place to live. The MIND is mechanical, it can be trained. But beyond that – the MIND is useless. The Mind has absolutely NO intelligence. It is your HEART – where the intelligence is – it is your HEART where love is! It is your HEART – where God is.

“Practice meditation. You’ll find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise.”
-Paramhansa Yogananda

Paradise is in your heart. God dwells in your heart. God is Love and Love is Real!

The whole purpose of meditation is to reach to the depth of your Heart. Meditation is a journey from Mind toward the Heart!

So come, come you all and spend some time in meditation – the more you meditate – the more you become alive – the more you look fresh, the more you become conscious of your actions! Then there is no fear of what is to come, then there is no worry of what DASHA is running – then you are no more attached to this human body – then the sky is clear and you are ready to fly!

“If you are absolutely without mind, just pure consciousness, time stops completely, disappears, leaving no trace behind.”
-OSHO

This Dassera – make a promise to yourself – that no matter how difficult life gets – you will never give up – you will never say “It is all over” – because the truth is – that after every ‘full stop’ – a new sentence begins!

“Life is a journey, not a destination. Happiness is not “there” but here, not “tomorrow” but today.”
-Sidney Greenberg

Life never stops. Life is a journey. After an ending, there is always a new beginning! The ‘journey’ of life never stops, it always continues…..

Experience this ‘journey of life’ by bringing more and more awareness – to your being. The more you become aware the more you can experience joy, bliss, and peace in your life.

“When the awareness of what is achievable brushes your life, your journey has begun.” -Lorii Myers

The journey is within.

“The only journey is the journey within.”
-Rainer Maria Rilke

Let the ‘journey of awareness’ within you all – begin.

“Once you realize that the person is merely a shadow of the reality, but not reality itself, you cease to fret or worry. You agree to be guided from within and life becomes a journey into the unknown.”
– Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Meditate. Look within. Turn inwards. And let the journey within – continue….

Jai Shri Ganesha. Jai Guru.

Identifying Satvic, Rajasic, Tamasic Qualities

By Acharya Addittya Tamhankar 0 Comments

Ghor. Aghor. Positive. Negative. Satvik. Tamas. Sugar. Salt. The human life is a mixture of Sugar and Salt (positive & negative – satvik & tamasic). You cannot find a single person – who is in his or her entirety – SATVIC or TAMASIC or RAJASIC and there is absolutely no doubt about this.

But the answer does not end here, it begins from here…

Human life is never one dimensional. It is multi dimensional. It is never ABSOLUTE. ABSOLUTE means BRAMHAN – ब्र्म्हा. The state of ब्र्म्हा (BRAHMAN) is the state of an enlightened GURU – the enlightened YOGI – the BUDDHA!

A REAL BRAHMIN is one who has become an ABSOLUTE ब्र्म्हा!

And so we have very very few BRAHMINS – while we have millions and millions of Brahmins who are Brahmins just by the name – and not by the state of evolution!

To evolve to the state of ABSOLUTE is not a joke, it takes millions and millions of years – until one day – one light – one soul attains the ABSOLUTE and becomes the ब्र्म्हा – BRAHMAN.

So when you ask about identifying a person as ABSOLUTE SATHWIK or RAJASIC or TAMSIC – than that is not possible – simply because NO PERSON LIVING A MATERIAL LIFE can be ABSOLUTE ब्र्म्हा.

Jesus is ब्र्म्हा. Muhammed is ब्र्म्हा. Arjuna is ब्र्म्हा. Buddhais ब्र्म्हा. Mahavira is ब्र्म्हा. Every human being who has ATTAINED the SELF – has become the ब्र्म्हा – BRAHAMAN irrespective of which class, society, caste, religion he or she comes from! SHABARI – the tribal woman and what a great woman she was!

Whole life she spend – devoted to Lord Rama. She left her home when she was ten just because she could not stand the killing of animals. She left everything behind, she escaped and she moved from towns – one town to the other until she came across SAINT MATANG – and Saint Matang took her under his wings – he must have thought – he must have been touched by the spirit of this young girl – and Shabari served Saint MATANG – her whole life. When Saint Matand was about leave his body – she started crying – she could still remember the day when he had brought her to his Monastery and how much he had loved her, nurtured her – she started crying….unable to control herself she said “ NOW after you leave, who is going to initiate me……?”

Saint Matang – and what a great Saint he was. His Aura, His bliss, His peace – it is beyond my words, Saint Matang just smiled and said “ Shabari – your Lord is yet to come, your master is yet to arrive and when he will arrive – you will be initiated – you will be enlightened….you wait, and you remain ‘ready’ to welcome him, he will be coming soon…..”

Shabari said “ But what is his name? Who is he?”

And Saint Valmiki’s eyes became wet, tears started flowing through his eyes, looking into the eyes of Shabari – he said “ His name is RAMA. Lord RAMA and he will come, he will definitely come – you just get ready.”

And Saint Matang took his last breath. Shabari waited and she waited not for just one year, two years, three years BUT for over 10 years – she waited and every morning she would clean the road towards her monastery – who knows anytime Lord RAMA would come – and so she continued to clean the road every morning – for 10 years – how much FAITH – how much PATIENCE – how to describe her depth of love – and one morning Lord Rama came and when he came – Laxman was also with him. And they both came and Shabari touched the feet of Rama – she offered him berries – but only after tasting each berry! Laxman objected – he said “How dare you taste the berry and then offer it to Lord Rama?”

Rama looks at Laxman and says “ Laxman – you saw her tasting the berries but you miss to realize why she is tasting each berry before offering it to me. She wants to make sure that I get only the sweetest berries of all – you miss to realize her feelings, her love for me. Whosoever offers anything to me with deep love – is received by me – I am hungry for LOVE and NOT for the offerings.”

And Lord Rama readily accepted every berry that Shabari offered – Shabari’s eyes were filled with tears – tears of joy – Rama hugged her – and then initiated her – she became an ABSOLUTE – BRAHAMAN – ब्र्म्हा!

A tribal woman became ब्र्म्हा – the whole RAMAYANA is incomplete without SHABARI – SHABARI completes RAMAYANA – SHABARI is therefore the symbolic representation of DEEP DEVOTION!- Absolute.

This human body – my body, your body and everyone’s body – is a combination of all the 3 Gunas:

Satvic ( Understanding, Tolerating, Forgiving, Unconditional loving, sharing, letting Go, Meditating, devotional, totally harmless.)

Rajasic ( pleasure seeking, bhogi, interested in the art of love making – royal, playful, sexually active, greed for money, power and status.)

Tamasic ( the might to kill, the art of all martial arts, hurting others without any or specific reasons, anger, lust and the determination to harm others at any cost.)

Understand the fact that everyday – every moment- a common man EXPRESSES himself by GOING through each of these 3 GUNAS or QUALITIES.

So it is obvious that our birth chart of a common man like me or you or anybody who is reading this answer – is NEVER ONE DIMENSIONAL- is NEVER ABSOLUTE it is always a mixture of all 3 Gunas – though one of the GUNA is always predominating but NOT absolute.

When you are sweet – happy – joyous – You are in Satvic state – in a Spiritual State – in short in a meditative state.

When you are boasting, pleasure seeking, flaunting – you are in Rajasic state – in a Heavenly state – in short in Heaven.

When you fired up with ANGER, planning to HURT someone by your Words or Actions – you are in Tamasic State – in a Hellish State – in short in Hell.

So understand the fact and I appeal to all my followers, readers and fellow travelers – that NO BIRTH CHART CAN BE CATEGORIZED IN ANY ONE SPECIFIC GUNA – SATVIC, RAJASIC OR TAMASIC.

No one is TOTAL – No one is ABSOLUTE.

You may be 90% SATVIC – but 10% is somewhere caught up in the other two Gunas.

You may be 90% TAMASIC – but 10% is somewhere caught up in the other two Gunas.

So understand the fact that NO Birth Chart is an ABSOLUTE SATVIC OR ABSOLUTE TAMASIC OR ABSOLUTE RAJASIC.

ABSOLUTE is not what we all are – BUT – ABSOLUTE is what we all have to Be. And this is deep and this is very deep. The whole journey must be towards the ABSOLUTENESS – it is only when you become ABSOLUTE- that the turning point comes in your life and it is beautiful!

Either you are an ABSOLUTE YES – Positive. (Satvic)

Either you are an ABSOLUTE NO – Negative (Tamasic)

But nobody – nobody is an ABSOLUTE – the moment you reach the state of ABSOLUTE – you transcend to the next stage – because there is no further going – no further place – you have BEEN TOO GOOD -now the only next possibility is to become Godly and transcend. OR you have BEEN TOO WICKED – now the only possibility is to start becoming GOOD – Righteous. ABSOLUTE is what becomes the TURNING POINT of our life – that is why when someone comes to me with questions like:

“I have lost EVERYTHING – everything means everything. Now what next?”

I always smile and say that “NOW – is the time for the sun to shine in your life – when you have reached the ABSOLUTE low phase of your life – the ‘pendulum’ has no further space to move – it has to start moving towards the RIGHT – and so NOW – RIGHT is what is going to happen in your life.”

ABSOLUTE is the word – beyond ABSOLUTE – there is no further going – you have to move on to the NEXT STAGE. If you have reached ABSOLUTE LOW – then the Road towards the ABSOLUTE HIGH opens up. If you have reached ABSOLUTE HIGH – then the ROAD opens two ways – Either you transcend or you fall! That is how there are fallen Yogis – who have reincarnated to again attain the ABSOLUTE – and there are YOGIS who have GONE BEYOND – who are here – in this material life – to HELP – to GUIDE – to show you the WAY…

ABSOLUTE TAMASIC – has to move towards becoming ABSOLUTE SATVIC.

ABSOLUTE SATVIC – has to move towards transcending – the liberation – the ultimate FREEDOM. OR – it has to move backward – falling from the GRACE.

ABSOLUTE is the turning point – it is THE end – either you turn around or you head on towards the next stage – the next destination!

ABSOLUTE is the state of TOTALITY. GOD is also ABSOLUTE – TOTAL. COMPLETE.

ABSOLUTE is the MIRACLE POINT – the point of MIRACLE – real MIRACLES – because the REAL CHANGE starts happening only when you attain the ABSOLUTE!

Lord of the LORDS – Lord SHIVA is ABSOLUTE. HE is GHOR and AGHOR. HE is the GOD of the SAGES – the PIOUS – the POSITIVE as well as HE is also the GOD of the AGHORIS – the Negative. HE has attained the ABSOLUTE of BOTH ENERGIES – POSITIVE (SATVIC) and NEGATIVE (TAMASIC) and there is absolutely nobody who has attained the ABSOLUTE PEAK of both ENERGIES than the LORD of LORDS – LORD SHIVA….and I bow before HIS Holiness Lord Shiva – the ABSOLUTE.

Lord SHIVA – the ABSOLUTE GOOD & also the ABSOLUTE BAD – GHOR & AGHOR – both HE has mastered and so every man and woman who has mastered both – who has reached the ABSOLUTE – becomes SHIVA – that is how the great YOGI of the Himalayas are – ABSOLUTE – to SAVE you – they may use their ABSOLUTE DESTRUCTIVE powers to save you from your enemy and to PROVIDE you – they may use the ABSOLUTE NURTURING powers to help you GROW WITHIN! And that’s SHIVA – SHIVA is a state of ABSOLUTENESS – just the way BUDDHA is also a state of ABSOLUTENESS.

BUDDHA is ABSOLUTE SATVIC (POSITIVE) – the other SIDE – (Negative) is not present. That is why the Hindus believe that Buddha is the reincarnation of Lord VISHNU! I earnestly prostrate before Lord Vishnu – the GOD who nurtures, provides!

Lord VISHNU praises LORD SHIVA and that LORD SHIVA praises LORD VISHNU!

The ABSOLUTE POSITIVE (VISHNU) praises the LORD of ABSOLUTE POSITIVE and ABSOLUTE NEGATIVE (SHIVA). AND LORD SHIVA Praises LORD VISHNU – the ABSOLUTE POSITIVE! How beautiful is this; and so deep!

SHIVA is supreme – simply because HE is the only one who has attained the ABSOLUTE of both the aspects of life – the POSITIVE and also the NEGATIVE!

When the churning of the ocean was happening – and a BIG POT OF POSION welled up – the GODS and the DEMONS could NOT ACCEPT it – because the POSION was very severe – nobody dared to ACCEPT it and then they all wondered who will ACCEPT THIS POSION – and that is when LORD SHIVA comes to the rescue – HE ACCEPTS the POISON – how deep is the significance of this mythological incident – only an ABSOLUTE who has mastered the NEGATIVE and POSITIVE – can ACCEPT such a severe POSION (difficulties/failures).

And Lord Shiva ACCEPTS the POISON – the dark blue shade painted on his throat is a beautiful reminder and a mark – of HIS ABSOLUTENESS in both – the POSITIVE and NEGATIVE.

And so – the very IDEA of identifying a birth chart having ABSOLUTE POSITIVE (SATVIC) or NEGATIVE (TAMASIC) is senseless – the very message of LORD SHIVA is that – both energies are required – the POSITIVE and also the NEGATIVE – to manifest RESULTS – as per SITUATIONS.

Always REMEMBER – that to generate ELECTRICITY – both – the POSITIVE and NEGATIVE poles are required – the message of LORD SHIVA is also the same – that do NOT condemn the NEGATIVE – instead LEARN to USE THE NEGATIVE – for POSITIVE PURPOSE and then the NEGATIVE will no more remain NEGATIVE – it will instead compliment.

NEGATIVE is not always absolute negative – it becomes a great asset to the positive – when it comes to getting to a certain point – to manifest a certain result.

TAMASIC is NOT a total Negative – it is required – else the ENERGY to FIGHT on the battlefield – where you have to KILL the enemy soldiers to PROTECT your nation – would be absent – then how can one protect his or her country – or if we come to personal level – how are you Going to PROTECT yourself – if you do not have the TAMASIC ENERGY to RETALIATE and protect yourself? TAMASIC is the beginning of the NAKSHATRA CYLCLE –

From the DESTRUCTION begins the NEW WORLD. From KETU’s ASHWINI NAKASTRA begans the ZODIAC CYCLE – ARIES is also a sign of a warrior – a fighter – and therefore ARIES – the beginning and KETU – the very FIRST NAKSHATRA of the ZODIAC cycle is TAMASIC by nature and belongs to LORD SHIVA!

Sri KETU is an ardent devotee of LORD SHIVA!

I love LORD SHIVA, without SHIVA, I am lifeless – with SHIVA – comes life and flows through my blood, my nerves and my whole being! There is a beautiful incident – a real one that happened many many years ago in the HIMALAYAS and it is worth to recollect at this moment…..

It happened…..a young yogi was walking through the Himalayan mountains…..and he was such a beautiful man…..always engrossed in deep meditation….his whole being filled with love…whosoever would come across him, would start feeling good…..he was an angel, a great angel and he was walking…..it was getting dark and suddenly he stumbled upon a rock and as he tried to get up….a hand came to raise him up and the young yogi looked up and realized that the hand is of the none other than that of Mahavtar Babaji – the Greatest MASTER of the MASTERS!

And his eyes became wet, he started crying with joy,his joy knew no bounds – quickly he got up. His Holiness Mahavatar Babaji looked into his eyes – and the young yogi was deeply moved, he could not understand what to say, he could see millions and millions of suns and moons and the whole universe in the eyes of Mahavatar Babaji – tears continued to flow through his eyes, and only word he was able to utter – “SHIVA!”

Babaji smiled. The young yogi asked “ What is SHIVA?

And the Benevolent, Compassionate Master with a stick in his hand inscribed the word – शिव.

And then the holy Master just rubbed off the mark above Shiva and this is how it looked: शव्

There was absolute no word spoken -just these two actions and the young yogi realized the whole essence of SHIVA – he was so touched that he remained at the same place -meditating – deeply meditating!

SHIVA – is the consciousness. As long as the CONSCIOUSNESS is there – YOU ARE ALIVE – शिव. – the moment there is absolute No CONSCIOUSNESS – and you start LIVING in utter IGNORANCE (RAHU) – you become a dead body – शव् (SHAV)

The whole story of Human life is between the two polar ends – शिव & शव्

And what a beautiful message was shared by the divine master….how to express gratitude, I am speechless…..I am truly speechless.

A beautiful picture of His Holiness Mahavatar Babaji – I humbly prostrate before the divine master Mahavtar Babaji – the Lord of the Lords, my beloved master.

Understand the fact – that SHIVA is the ultimate CONSCIOUSNESS and KETU is the devotee of SHIVA!

Self-Realization of SHIVA comes only through Enlightenment and Enlightenment comes only through destruction – this destruction isof ALL YOUR NOTIONS, EGOS, LEARNINGS and IDEAS. It is only when you DIE that you can REBORN – and it is only when you REBORN that you can ATTAIN the Higher Realms of Consciousness!

Jesus says “To realize the ultimate TRUTH – you have to REBORN.”

And to Reborn -you have to DIE – DEATH of all your EGOS,MIND, NATURE is required – this DEATH happens through the worship of SHIVA – and the process of DEATH happens through the benevolent KETU!

How beautiful is all this, how rejuvenating! I must thank the questioner for coming with such a deep question.

And so – that is how SHIVA signify destruction – it is NOT the destruction of your PHYSICAL BODY – it is the DESTRUCTION of your MIND – when the MIND is destroyed – finished – you realize your SELF – and that is how you become enlightened.

DESTRUCTIVE PROCESS is indeed a TAMASIC process – it is the process of KETU.

Through SHIVA begins a new – LIFE! The ZODIAC CYCLE begins through SHIVA (KETU) – ASHWINI Nakshatra!

And it ends at PIECES (JUPITER) with REVATI (matured BUDDHA) in the 12th house – now the HEAD has been merged with the HEART – the Enlightenment has happened – the journey towards the BEYOND has began!

Beautiful – see how beautiful Astrology can be…

ASHWINI (ARIES) – DESTRUCTIVE FORCE (TAMASIC) – becomes the BEGINNING POINT – the ENDING is always the BEGINNING! The ending is the beginning, and the beginning is the first step, and the first step is the only step.

Lord SHIVA is known as the DESTRUCTIVE FORCE – but now you must have understood that what does it mean when we say destructive force – the destructive force is the destruction of all that – which SERVES NO PURPOSE for your REAL GROWTH – the SELF GROWTH!

Always remember – and I specifically mention it for my genuine readers, followers and fellow travelers – that – MUCH HAS TO BE CUT – only the ESSENTIAL has to be kept – if you seek progress in your spiritual journey!

But the larger question is – how would you realize what needs to be CUT and what needs to be kept? And the answer is through your own meditation – through your own efforts.

Through your own efforts – your own willingness to look within – by turning inwards – by meditating – you can realize the great SIGNIFICANCE of LORD SHIVA and KETU and then there will be a song to your life, then life will become a garden of bliss!

BAMHA is the creator – HE has created the most beautiful planet – Planet EARTH and enriched it with many pleasures and beauties. BRAMHA is RAJAS GUNA.

VISHNU is the nurturer – HE has always NURTURED, ENHANCED this beautiful planet EARTH. VISHNU is SATVIC GUNA.

SHIVA is the destructing energy as well as the CONSTRUCTIVE ENERGY – that ultimately helps you to get rid of all the pleasures and the comfort zones and SELF REALIZE the ULTIMATE CONSCIOUSNESS – which is SHIVA – Lord SHIVA! SHIVA is TAMASIC GUNA AND SATVIC GUNA. GHOR AND AGHOR

And then there is one beautiful AVATAR – the unique GOD – the most unique DEITY that comprises of all the 3 GUNAS – BRAMHA VISHNU MAHESH (SHIVA) and that great DEITY is LORD DATTATREYA…I prostrate before Lord Dattatreya – the very beat of my heart.

I humbly prostrate before the greatest Diety of my life – my journey – Lord Dattatreya. The ‘Confluence’ – where RAJAS (BRAMHA) – SATVIC (VISHNU) – TAMAS (SHIVA) – happens – and it happens only in the FORM of the GREATEST AVATAR – the AVATAR of LORD DATTATREYA!

LORD DATTATREYA in itself signify that you CANNOT categorize a horoscope or a birth chart in any one GUNA – it is always a mixture of 3 – but NOT ABSOLUTE.

The moment it becomes ABSOLUTE – the stage of ENLIGHTENMENT – AVATAR – is attained – till then as a common man – my, yours and everybody who is reading this answer -we all have a mixture of all 3 Gunas – but not in ABSOLUTE form and your question is asking about an ABSOLUTE SATVIC, ABSOLUTE TAMASIC, ABSOLUTE RAJASIC – there is NO ABSOLUTENESS found in common people – no matter how much celebrity status – he or she may have – the moment there is ABSOLUTENESS – you no more remain in this HUMAN WORLD – you are in your way towards – the BEYOND!

There is HELL and there is HEAVEN in you, in me, in every person who is reading this answer – and there is a beautiful story to relate!

Once it happened, a great King visited Lao Tzu – the divine saint. And he asked “Where is hell?”

Lao Tzu looked into the eyes of the King and said “ What an idiot you are..have you ever watched your face in the Mirror?”

The King was shocked and angered. Swiftly he removed his Sword and brought it closer to Lao Tzu’s throat….

“STOP” said Lao Tzu. There was so much power in that one word that the King’s hand freezed. Looking into the eyes of the King – Lao Tzu said “ This is hell. When you are fired up with Anger – you are in hell.”

The King quickly realized his mistake – also was touched by the kind compassionate gesture of the master. He quickly dropped his naked sword and fell on the feet of the master – and the master then said “THIS IS HEAVEN – now you are in HEAVEN!”

When you are humble, understanding, devoted, forgiving – you experience HEAVEN.

When you are in ANGER, LUST, IGNORANT – you experience HELL.

So always remember – that it is up to YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS – that which GUNA you want to EXPAND. You are your HEll and you are your HEAVEN – it is up to you to choose the WAY OF YOUR LIFE – and then walk the way…

HELL comes when you become an absolute idiot – an absolute ignorant. And it is only when you become an ABSOLUTE IDIOT – that the way towards becoming an ABSOLUTE WISE – opens up and the journey begins!

It is only when you become an ABSOLUTE WICKED – that the way towards being ABSOLUTE SAINTLY begans!

The moment the Pendulum moves to the EXTREME LEFT – There is no further going – there is no further space – the cul-de-sac has arrived – it has reached the Absoluteness and then it has to start moving towards the RIGHT – the LIGHT – the TRUTH!

This human world has been witness to many such transformations- but only when one had reached to the state of ABSOLUTE.

A man called Ratnakar was the most dreadful murderer and looter. He killed many men and women just to earn his livelihood. Then a day came – when a very old man met him on his way….and Ratnakar’s appearance was such that anybody would have trembled with fear….blood red eyes, violent body language, big hands….the whole look and feel of Ratnakar was deeply frightening. But the old man wasn’t moved a bit. He stood in his own bliss, observing every move of Ratnakar with deep love showering through his eyes. An Absolute Satvic was meeting an Absolute Tamasic.

Ratnakar was taken aback because nobody could stand him – nobody could stay for so long before him, but this old man seem to be a strange fellow. His silence, His peace, His bliss – Ratnakar never had come across such kind of a man. It happens, it always happens when your whole life you have been coming across all kind of noisy men and women – and suddenly you stumbled upon a man who is utterly silent and his silence is a BLISSFUL silence that you can feel it and something starts moving within you and you start wondering- what is happening with you! Ratnakar also was wondering- what is happening with him. And suddenly he started crying…..the most dreadful murderer started crying….he could not understand why he is crying…but for the first time in his life…Ratnakar burst out with tears and the old man was just watching….witnessing the moment….there was every possibility for Ratnakar to ignore that old man and continue to walk on his way…but he couldn’t. Something stopped him. Something was there within the old man that stopped him – there was no further moving…the ‘Pendulum’ had reached the cul-de-sec point!

What was this something in this old man that was stopping him from moving on?

LOVE. ABSOLUTE LOVE. UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. And Ratnakar could feel it. Not a single word was spoken, not a single message was shared and just the presence of the old man – just a gentle glance from the old man and Ratnakar was touched by such a love, whole life he had been WRONGED by every single man and woman…..the whole society had labelled him from the day he was born….if at all he knew about anything of this human world than that was HATE – that this whole world is made of HATE. And now for the very first time he was experiencing LOVE through just a glance – just a look and Ratnakar fell upon the ground…the noise of his falling was so huge that the whole forest trembled. Ratnakar was a huge man. He just fell down, still crying…still repenting and finally the old man stepped ahead…took his hand…and raised him up. Just a touch…and the whole being of Ratnakar was moved…he was a murderer..he was a thief..he was a looter…but every wrong man also has a right heart. And Ratnakar’s heart moved so deeply..that he said to the old man “You are something..I don’t know your name. I don’t know from where you have come. I don’t know anything about you…but you are something and I will now not move from here until I realize what is this something – that is so special in you that has moved me, my whole being…from this point, from this moment – I GIVE UP ON ALL THAT I HAVE BEEN DOING ALL MY LIFE…..KILLING, MURDERING, LOOTING. NOW I am at your feet and I would never want to leave you….master.”

Master. The word – Master- came through his own being. You see – whatever comes spontanously – is beautiful, is true, is real! The old man so far had not spoken a single word. Everything was happening, transforming just by his omnipresence. The very first self REALIZATION of who my master is – had come and it had come at the most unexpected time, in the most unexpected way. That is how it happens, that is the way of it’s happening.

The old man moved his hands around Ratnakar’s face and said “ Dear, you were lost. Now you are back. Now you decide what you want to do from here-now?”

Ratnakar said “ I want nothing but you. Your grace. Your love. Your blessings. I am now going to follow you, I am not going to go to my home. I am going nowhere but with you.”

One of the most beautiful moment was happening – the moment of transformation – one of the dreadful man on this planet was on his knees – surrendering to a man – whom he has met for the very first time in his life……how to express such a miraculous moment…I am out of words….speechless….

The old man smiled and said “So be it so.”

And Ratnakar started following the old man, the master. And the following became so deeper and deeper, the penance became so harder and harder….the meditation went so deep – that for years after years…..he continued to TRANSFORM and so much so – that he himself never realized that when he was transformed from RATNAKAR to SAINT VALMIKI!

AND it is this Ratnakar (Saint Valmiki) who went on to write the greatest holy scriptures that every Hindu man and Hindu woman beholds close to his or her heart – the scriptures of Holy Ramayana!

ABSOLUTE.

Only an ABSOLUTE TAMASIC can transform into an ABSOLUTE SATVIC.

Only an ABSOLUTE RAJASIC can transform into an ABSOLUTE SATVIC.

ABSOLUTE is the key. And it is a very significant key towards ultimate transformation! And what a wonderful transformation happened – a thief transforms into the greatest SAINT that the HINDUS had ever known – Saint Valmiki!

Saul was one such an ABSOLUTE hater of Jesus Christ and HIS newfound religion – Christianity. He lived in Jerusalem and he would watch Jesus moving around, sharing messages that he could not understand. Ignorant fellows can never understand the messages of the divine, the same was happening with Saul – he could NOT relate to JESUS and HIS divinity. And so he would get angry and he was a very rich man, one of the wealthiest man of Jerusalem. An empowered angry man is always dangerous. And so Saul started killing and torturing the Christians. He would do every bit that he can to cause trouble to Jesus and His fellows. And he continued with his propaganda of troubling the Christians when one fine day, Saul stumbled upon a rock, a very hard rock and his eyes started bleeding, he lost his vision. His eyes started bleeding…and there was nobody to help because he was walking on a dark night and that too with an agenda to cause more troubles to Jesus…and now he was at loss…there was nobody to help and Saul was in utter pain, he could not move, he was stuck and he remained stuck for a long time until a passerby came across and he turned out to be a Christian! And the Christian lifted Saul, put him on his back and took him to Jesus.

Jesus was seated with a few children of the town. Children loved Jesus. The innocent always loves the Divine because Divinity is very innocent by nature!

The faithful Christian came before Jesus and softly placed Saul ‘s bleeding body before Jesus. Saul was crying in pain, both eyes were bleeding…Jesus just went, touched the bleeding eyes of Saul and those eyes were healed. The bleeding slowly stopped, and slowly the heart of Saul was also moved. He could not believe that such a miracle is possible – he could not believe that the MAN he had been hating all his life had SAVED him from dying, had given him a pair of NEW EYES – a NEW SIGHT! Embarrassed by his many sinful acts…Saul started crying….like a child he burst out with tears….he could not decide what to say…what to say to a Man who he had always hated…what to say…

And Jesus must have realized his dilemma and so Jesus looked into his eyes and said “You don’t have to say anything. You have arrived.”

And those words…those words “You have arrived” – moved Saul’s whole being with such a great affect that he left everything behind and he became one of the greatest lover of Jesus that the world had ever known. And to remember this moment of transformation- Saul changed his name to Paul. And it is this PAUL who later goes on to become one of the greatest Christian Saint – he is revered as Saint Paul in the Christian Faith and it is this Saint Paul who build the first Christian Church in Europe, Jesus was not the founder of Church, it was Paul, Saint Paul – one of the greatest lover of Jesus Christ!

Absolute. Understand this word. It is a very significant word. The key towards Real transformation is through ABSOLUTENESS!

When you are in ABSOLUTE LOVE – you can do anything – you can change for the person you love – you can transform within for the person you love.

And if the same ABSOLUTE LOVE is uplifted towards GOD – towards the Master – then how much can you transform – how much can you change for good!

In BIRTH CHART – no person is an ABSOLUTE SATVIC or TAMASIC or RAJASIC. But as mentioned earlier – one of the GUNA (QUALITY) predominates. How to detect or identify which GUNA predominates?

Through the MOON. MOON is the MIRROR. It is the MIRROR of your MIND.

WHATEVER HAPPENS to YOU – appears to happen through the MOON simply because you are DRIVEN by your MIND and NOT SELF.

And since the MAJORITY is driven by the MOON – (MIND) – since the majority is enslaved by the MIND – the MOON becomes your key to identify which GUNA predominates.

Whenever MOON is in the sign of JUPITER – and placed in houses except 8th – and has an aspect (DRISHTI) from JUPITER – the SATVIK GUNA predominates though the other TWO (TAMASIK and RAJASIK) ALSO are active.

Whenever MOON is in the sign of ARIES or SCORPIO or CAPRICORN – and placed in houses except 8th – and has an aspect (DRISHTI) from MARS, SATURN – the TAMASIC GUNA predominates though the other TWO (SATVIK and RAJASIK) ALSO are active.

Whenever MOON is in the sign of VENUS or MERCURY – and placed in houses except 8th – and has an aspect (DRISHTI) from MARS, SATURN – the RAJASIK GUNA predominates though the other TWO (TAMASIK and SATVIK) ALSO are active.

However along with the above generic rules:

Whenever MOON is with RAHU – irrespective of which zodiac sign it is in – the TAMASIC GUNA predominates.

Whenever MOON is with SHANI – irrespective of which zodiac sign it is in – the TAMASIC GUNA predominates.

Whenever MOON is with MARS – irrespective of which zodiac sign it is in – the TAMASIC GUNA predominates.

Whenever MOON is with URANUS – irrespective of which zodiac sign it is in – the TAMASIC GUNA predominates.

Whenever MOON is with SUN – irrespective of which zodiac sign it is in – the TAMASIC GUNA predominates.

All these fellows should worship SHIVA – infact many of them are and have been devotees of SHIVA – or of an AVATAR of SHIVA such as KALBHAIRAVA.

The only EXCEPTION is for KETU – whenever MOON is with KETU – in the following signs:

CAPRICORN, ARIES, SCORPIO – the TAMASIK GUNA predominates though the other two exists.

The only SIGN – in which KETU comes in contact with the MOON – that it DOES NOT bring TAMASIK GUNA is the SIGN of PIECES.

So observe the MOON. Observe the NAKSHATRA in which MOON is placed. Observe the DRISHTI of planets that fall on the MOON. Observe the aspects that Moon is making with TAMASIK/RAJASIK/SATVIK planets and then you will be able to identify which GUNA (QUALITY) predominates in a specific person – though always remember that NO PERSON is ABSOLUTE SATVIK or TAMSIC or RAJASIK – every SINNER has some positive quality in HIM or HER and every SAINT had some negative quality in HIM or HER – the whole journey is towards ABSOLUTENESS – the whole spiritual essence is in the state of ABSOLUTENESS – which one has to attain – at some point of his or her many birth cycles!

Yesterday Mohan was asking “ Buddha shared everything with Ananda – or was something left?”

I said “ Mohan – that is a good question.”

And this is a significant question – a very significant indeed.

Understand the fact that BUDDHA is ABSOLUTE (BRAHMAN) ब्र्म्हा! ब्र्म्हा means UNIVERSE – the whole UNIVERSE is contained in one man and his name is GAUTAMA BUDDHA!

And Ananda is still to become an ABSOLUTE – ब्र्म्हा! Now how can the DEPTH of a SEA be realized by someone who is still a RIVER!

One day – the same question Ananda had asked – there was nobody around, Buddha was alone and so Ananda asked “Master – you are always surrounded by people. Today you are alone in the forest and I cannot control myself, I have to ask you a question…”

Buddha smiled and said ” I am listening. Ask.”

Ananda asked “Have you shared everything with us. Or have you kept some secrets?”

This time Buddha laughed. A blissful laughter and then looking into Ananda’s eyes, He said “Do you see the leaves in my hand? And do you see the leaves all over the forest?”

Ananda said “Yes I do see but I don’t see that is the answer.”

Buddha said “You will understand. I have said only this much AND I have kept secret all these leaves that are in the whole forest.”

The MASTER is the OCEAN of WISDOM. And this is the whole essence of all. You think that the Master has shared all the ‘leaves’ (secrets) of the forest while only a few are kept as secret. The reality is – just a few ‘leaves’ are shared with you – whereas there are millions and millions of secrets (leaves) of the whole forest (universe) that is still to be shared – only when YOU are Ready.

Mohan asked “ When will this Readiness come?”

This Readiness comes when you start living your life in ABSOLUTE SURRENDER. When you are no more interested to drive your own life by following the MONKEY MIND – and you decide that ENOUGH IS ENOUGH -and you LET the MASTER DRIVE – when you become ARJUNA and you let KRISHNA direct the CHARIOT of your LIFE – at that moment – your life starts moving towards the RIGHT DIRECTION – at that moment you start feeling something special within – at that moment you start TRANSFORMING into a beautiful human being – at that moment – LIFE no more remains a misery but starts blossoming into a Garden of Bliss!

This Body. This Money. This Wealth. This whole family of mine. This whole life of mine – is now no more mine and I SURRENDER to you in TOTALITY – when this thought – sinks into your being – when you not just talk but in reality LIVE your life with this belief – then and only then there is a possibility of something beautiful happening in your life – else the round of birth cycles continue – for a few moments of pleasure – you sacrifice your whole being – you get stuck and then you come and ask “ Why life is so miserable?”

The ANSWER is within you – and to find the answer – you have to first learn to TURN INWARD – only then can you start feeling more – only then can you have a good night sleep – only then can you smile even when the whole world is against you -even when all the odds have gone against you! And that is the real coming – that is the real evolution – than you become special -then the master will nurture you, help you to GROW inside-out!

So come, come you all and meditate. Life goes on – today you are this and tomorrow you would be something else – your situation changes, your moods changes – your mind keeps changing – and you are focused on all that is CHANGING – all that is changeable – but you miss, you simply miss to focus on that – which NEVER changes – and that is your SELF.

Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?

Once you understand yourself – once you realize your own shortcomings – only than you can change for good. Your own self realization is the greatest turning point in your life – people ask me – tell me my turning point – they think turning point is when they start earning millions -when they start have pleasures of sex and many material things – now how can I tell them that what they think as turning point is in reality NOT the turning point! Not everybody is Mohan, not everybody is Ananda!

The real TURNING POINT in our life comes only when we start TURNING INWARD.

Rest all turning points simply keep you on the surface – and one who remains on the surface – never really understands the DEPTH that is below the surface and how beautiful it is!

The whole focus of the MIND and those who are following the MIND is on the OUTER CHANGES – the ‘Makeup’ – the looks and I have been wondering my whole life -that in reality there are millions and millions of beautiful women and handsome men – but when it comes to the INNER BEAUTY – the human world is truly the poorest world to exist on this planet.

The MIND gets attracted to all that is SHALLOW – the LOOKS, the APPEARANCES – the MAKEUP – it gets attracted quickly – because all these are shallow. And the MIND cannot go beyond Shallow – it has absolutely no potential to look beyond the shallow – and that is how you all get trapped by appearances, by beauties – because – in reality you NEVER SEE through the EYES – you always see through the MIND and the MIND is shallow – it always gets you – it always does!

A Yogi sees you – but his seeing is NOT through the MIND – his seeing – his observation is through the SELF. The SELF is intelligent – it cannot fall for the APPEARANCES – it SCANS the other person just the way a scanner scans inside out!

Be a YOGI. SEE – but SEE through your SELF and NOT through your MIND – and then everything will be realize – but to do so – first you have to realize your SELF and the way is by TURNING INWARD.

Turning in – happens only when desiring is no longer clouding your mind. And when there is absolutely no desiring -you are in. This is turning in.

The REAL inward looking is when you forgot that you are looking inwards. If you remember that you are looking inward that again it is a thought and nothing else. You will able to turn in – only when there is NO THOUGHT, but total concentration on your BREATH – while you take the Lord’s holy name.

Once you start turning inwards, once meditation becomes your ONLY religion – once you start getting rooted WITHIN – then you will gain the insights on balancing the three GUNAS – SATVIC – TAMASIC – RAJASIC – then you will become a balanced person – BALANCE is the word – and it is very significant word – I appeal to you all -let there be a BALANCE in whatsoever you do and then you will find joy, then there will be a song to it – then life will start changing for good. And then you all will NEVER BOTHER whether you are SATVIK or TAMSIK or RAJASIK – because such thoughts come out of hypocricy. A priest thinks that he is ABSOLUTE SATVIK – bring a beautiful women before him and his mind will start wavering. To become an ABSOLUTE SATVIK – you have to first REALIZE YOUR SELF – and once you realize your SELF – once you become a BUDDHA – then the thought about being SATVIC never comes -because then there is NO MIND – the MIND is the Mecca of Hyporicy – of lies – once you have gone beyond MIND – you become REAL – and the society is always afraid of the REAL – the society can NEVER stand the REAL – it has crucified the REAL, ridiculed the Real – the Society is for the Hypocrites and NOT for the REAL, not for the TRUTH.

You will go missing life as long as you are caught in the trap of hypocrisy – of CASTE, of RELIGION – nothing is REQUIRED – ABSOLUTELY NOTHING – even a man in the most common attire – can be REAL – the greatest YOGI – you would have ever known in your life – because the REAL needs NO MAKEUP -no flaunting – the REAL is natural and whosoever is NATURAL is beautiful!

You look beautiful – only when you are simple and natural.

God comes only to the most simple man, the most natural being – meditation is simply to help you return to your roots – the source – which is always simple innocent and so beautiful! Once you come back to your source – to your roots – you become a child…

Once you become the ‘dance’ – once there is absolute no EGO – once you become a joyous being – then the doors open – then GOD comes – then the divine is felt and then you are no more caught up in the worldly things – you become Godly – you become divine and then you stop worrying about the destination – the ‘journey’ itself becomes the destination…

Meditate. Every minute spend in meditation is bringing you back to the source. Come back to the source -come back ‘home’.

Jai Shri Ganesha. Jai Guru.

Remedies for Weak or Retrograde Mercury

By Acharya Addittya Tamhankar 0 Comments

Retrogression signify – Correction.

Whenever Mercury goes retrograde- corrective actions – corrections in your day-to-day activities take place. You look back on the papers you have documented, decisions you have taken, selections you have made, project planning you have done – all and everything that has been going on and around is now being corrected or let’s say you get a window of opportunity to do the correction.

Depends on the level of your Consciousness- the greater you are conscious the greater is the scope to use this retrograde state of Mercury to do all corrections and set your life back on track!

For those ignorant beings – retrograde mercury becomes a hard patch because they are ‘sleeping’ and NOT AWAKE. They were just moving like a robot as Mercury was moving in its direct motion. But suddenly the Mercury stops moving in its normal speed – slows down (retrograde) and then these robots don’t know what to do. They get confused and so then you see chaos in their life for the time until Mercury gets Direct.

So you see – now we have seen two sides of the same coin (retrograde mercury). One is of the Conscious living and the other is of Ignorant living. The man of awareness makes the best out of the retrograde Mercury period while the man of Ignorance faces many chaotic situations while Mercury is retrograde.

Consciousness is BLISS. Ignorance is Misery.

And the majority is living a life that is full of ignorance – full of MIND – and the MIND is a ROBOT. The Mind is mechanical – it has absolutely NO intelligence.

Understand the fact that this MIND is your MOON.
The LOGIC that drives the MIND (MOON) is your MERCURY.

And BEYOND the LOGIC – is the most beautiful planet that has helped the whole universe and you and me and everybody to live a conscious life – a life of love – of consciousness – of awareness and the name of that holy planet is JUPITER – SRI GURU!

A beautiful idol of Shri Vishnu. I humbly prostrate before His Holiness.

GURU – Jupiter. To reach the GURU – to comes closer to consciousness – understand the fact that first, you have to OVERCOME the MOON – then the MERCURY – and then finally you come to the ABODE OF SRI GURU!

Now your question is related to Mercury debilitating in Pieces. But I would have loved if you would ask “Why Mercury is debilitated in Pieces?”

A money-man, a banker, a philosopher will not like to be in the Abode of His holiness – the Guru! Because here – in the ABODE OF THE HOLY MASTER – intellectualism has no ground – no value – and MERCURY is all about showing off intellectualism! And so Mercury becomes weak in the ABODE OF SRI GURU – Pieces – the 12th Zodiac – the Abode of the BEYOND – liberation – MOKSHA!

In the greater interest of all my dear followers and readers – let us first understand the WHY before we come to the WHAT!

Mercury is your way of thinking – in our IT software language – it is called ‘PROGRAMMING’ – how you have been programmed – and let it be very clear that the state of programming (Mercury) comes purely from you last many births – and the KARMA that you have been executing.

Now – the MIND is the monkey – meaning it has no direction – it is like a child – it just does all the things that a 1-year-old child does – it becomes angry – it becomes adamant – it becomes ARROGANT – it becomes mad – it becomes crazy – it becomes wild – so you see it just goes on BECOMING – it cannot BE – the nature of the MIND is BECOMING.

A man ruled by the MIND is always trying to BECOME – when in reality GOD wants us all to BE – BE YOURSELF!

Once it happened – there was a monk – and whole life he lived in trying to become like Buddha – and now he was on his deathbed and some of his followers were present. Suddenly the old monk started crying – so much so that he could not control himself…..

One of the followers stepped ahead and asked him “Master why are you crying what is it that you miss – what is it that you regret?”

And the old monk said “ I regret not BEING MYSELF! And now when I am standing at the doorstep of DEATH – now that anytime I will be leaving this physical body and heading towards GOD – I don’t know how to face God. What to say when God will ask me “ Izutsu – I had sent you to BE Izutusu – then why did you spend your whole life in BECOMING like Jesus, BECOMING like Buddha, BECOMING like Mahavira – like Krishna? If I had wanted I would have given birth to hundreds of Gautama Buddhas, hundreds of Jesus, hundreds of Mahavira, BUT I made only one Gautama Buddha – only one Mahavira and so I had made only ONE Izutsu and yet you spend your whole life in BECOMING when you were meant to BE YOURSELF – BE IZUTSU!”

And then the old monk took his last breath….

The followers touched the feet of IZUTSU – the old monk. Even though late – Izutsu had realized his mistake – and through his last words – he also had brought awareness to his followers! And so they all touched his feet – they had no words to express their gratitude they just remained close to him – until Izutsu – the old monk took the last breath of his life.

Whole life is spent in BECOMING – when in reality you are supposed to BE YOURSELF!

The MIND is immatured – it goes on becoming and WHEN Mercury comes in the clutches of the MIND (Moon) – imagine what can happen?

The Man or Women with Mercury in PIECES simply is driven by the WHIMS AND FANCIES of the MOON – and the MOON (MIND) is restless by nature. The nature of the MIND is to wander – but in reality, YOU are NOT the mind – say Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi – but the man with such a placement finds it difficult to understand – to digest. Because he or she is so much trapped in the MIND and the MIND is a monkey!

UNDERSTANDING is less – because the PIECES SIGN won’t let MERCURY (programming) execute in its own way – naturally – here the MIND becomes the boss and then you know what happens!

Pieces Mercury equals to no real understanding of the deeper aspects of human life – because now what comes through such a MERCURY is INTELLECTUALITY and NOT INTELLIGENCE.

That is WHY – Mercury is addressed as debilitated in PIECES SIGN by the ancient seers – imagine how insightful our ancient Vedic Seers and Sages must be!

I humbly prostrate before them – they are indeed so beautiful – and so beyond the MIND – true Yogis! What a bliss, what a beautiful meditative state – where there is NO MIND – and you are deeply engrossed within – someday we all have to reach this stage – someday you all who have been following me – especially those very few souls who have been seeking spiritual guidance – someday a state must come – where you are truly engrossed within – deeply meditative state – where you simply Breath in and Breath out – no thoughts – no mind – no world – but just you – and the Holy Name of your Lord within!

The mind is the WORLD. And NO MIND is freedom from the WORLD!

But in this material world – where you have to perform certain duties – certain tasks – certain businesses – you got have good logic that is directed by the MIND that has merged with the HEART!

Understand this – and through your question, I appeal to all my genuine followers and readers – understand this – that the LOGIC that is derived from the MIND – is a LOGIC of INTELLECTUALITY.
While the LOGIC that comes from a MIND that is NOW tuned with your HEART – is a LOGIC of INTELLIGENCE.

PIECES ZODIAC MERCURY – is totally lost in the MIND. And so neither intellectuality nor intelligence is seen. But you know – still there is a silver lining to this placement – and let me tell you that I just love it.

And the silver lining is that BECAUSE the INTELLECTUALITY is NIL – there is EVERY POSSIBILITY that just with the omnipresence of the GURU – the holy MASTER – this PIECES MERCURY can be diverted towards the HEART through the practice of deep meditation! And so with my eyes, I have seen many beautiful souls with this placements – through meditative, spiritualized way of life – they all have transformed into beautiful butterflies – souls of love and peace!

And so if you ask me – then personally I LOVE PIECES MERCURY – it has all the potential to rise by adhering to a meditative life!

BUT – if they continue to live a typical plastic rose lifestyle – ignorant lifestyle – then the same PIECES MERCURY brings MANY MANY EMOTIONAL TURMOILS in their life – they just seem to never stop – as if they are rolling along with the high and low tides of the sea!

So it is a wonderful placement – because you either spend whole life by going through the many emotional turmoils or you simply turn inwards and rise above the mind and experience the bliss, the love, the peace within!

How beautiful life can be – when you spend a minimum of 1 hour in the early morning hours in a deep meditative state!

But who wants to listen? People are simply shallow – they just want to throw away money and want solutions as if solutions are manufactured products!

Products – Human beings are becoming PRODUCTS. And that is the greatest irony of this so-called developing mechanized technology AGE! The HUMAN TOUCH is missing – insensitiveness has become so common – that there is no way to express what is happening all around us!

People want everything READYMADE – when the reality of LIFE is that NOTHING COMES READYMADE – it all comes through your OWN ACTIONS!

Actions! And you also want to know the right action – the right remedies that would help you to overcome the state of your PIECES MERCURY!

But let me tell you and through you – to all my followers that 8TH House Mercury is a good placement. It certainly is an encouraging sign that can help you to experience the BEYOND – the unseen – the unknown! It certainly makes the person – or at least helps the person to understand the essence of spirituality – you do are spiritualized by this placement – so in a way, 8th Mercury for Leo Ascendant is a good placement!

Such a placement brings interest in the OCCULT. In the darker sides of HUMAN LIFE. And only a man who can deal with his own darkness – can deal with the darkness of others!

And the remedies are simple! Start fasting on Mondays – visit Lord Shiva Temple and offer Abhishek using fresh raw cow milk. Offer some raw rice grains on Shiva Linga. Sit for a while and meditate on HIS holy name – 108 times:

“Aum Namaha Shivaya.Aum Namaha Shivaya.Aum Namaha Shivaya……”

And then bow before HIS Shiva Linga and resume your worldly duties!

Always remember – and I would want all my followers to realize that you don’t have to RUN AWAY or ESCAPE from your worldly duties and responsibilities. You have to execute your responsibilities and duties – BUT while you DO SO – you have to learn to remain DETACHED!

I humbly prostrate before the Lord of Lords – the Bhagavan of Bhagavans – the ultimate Yogi – the Prince of the Himalayas – His Holiness Mahavatar Babaji.

And so to all my followers and readers – I insist that DO NOT TRY TO FIND AN ESCAPE ROUTE – the beauty is in going through the daily chores of life while you remain detached – engrossed within.

To be meditative is to walk, talk, execute your duties – but without getting distracted – without moving away from your inner self – your inner being! And so every Monday – you spend some time in HIS temple – meditate on HIS name.

And the second remedy is to visit every Wednesday – to Lord Ganesha temple – offer some sweets before Him and sit and read the Ganesha Shloka – or Atharva Shirsha or – any scriptures that relate to Lord Ganesha as per your region and language! Just surrender to HIM – in his peaceful Abode – find your peace – close your eyes and spend some time – meditating on HIS name: – ||Aum Gam Ganapataye Namaha||

A beautiful picture of 500 years old Siddhivinayak temple, Sarasbaug, Pune.

||Aum Gam Ganapataye Namaha|| ||Aum Gam Ganapataye Namaha||

What other remedies are required? The greatest REMEDY is to SURRENDER yourself in TOTALITY to HIS HOLINESS FEET.

But who wants to listen? People are roaming around with big fat wallets and purses – ready to spend on all kind of ‘things’ to find a solution – when the most effective solution needs no money – but DEEP FAITH and DEEP LOVE!

But people don’t get it. They call me and they want to listen to what their mind wants to listen and then I have to disconnect because I am not to entertain your MIND – I am here to HELP YOU GO BEYOND THE MONKEY MIND. And so you will find me unreasonable – if you are a follower of your MIND and you will find me reasonable – if you are a follower of your HEART!

I remain the way I am. It is your perspective that goes on giving different shades and colors to my identity – in reality, I am as I am. And so there is no need to give any explanations to those who are following their MIND.

The MIND needs explanations – because the MIND thrives on LOGIC.
The HEART needs NO explanations – because the HEART thrives on LOVE.

And I am all for LOVE – and so only that man and that woman can reach me – resonate with me and follow me – who is also – all for LOVE!

Somebody may ask “But how to learn about love – who can teach me, love?”

And the answer is – NOBODY CAN TEACH YOU LOVE.

And so see – we all have come back to the root of our blissful existence – and that is CONSCIOUSNESS!

Unless you make the unconscious conscious – it will direct your life and you will call it fate – says CG Jung!

And so now I share with you all – my book “Gift of Consciousness” – many of you have been writing to me – asking about how to get the book – and so now through this answer, I am sharing with you all the link to my book “Gift of Consciousness”

Here is the link:- Buy Gift of Consciousness Book Online at Low Prices in India

And along with the above-published book – today – on this Auspicious day of Saturday – I am also sharing the link to my newly published book on RAHU – “How to OVERCOME Rahu” – a 345 pages book that has 40 questions and answers on Rahu.

And here is the link to order a copy for yourself:-

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The way to OVERCOME any difficulties of your life is not by ESCAPING but by FACING those difficulties with CONSCIOUSNESS.

And the remedy and the way to come closer to the higher realms of consciousness is by turning inwards and meditating on HIS holy name.

“Hare Krishna Hare Krishna. Krishna Krishna Hare Hare.”

Always remember that to find a solution – your present level of consciousness cannot help – you have to raise the level of your consciousness – only then there can be a flow of JOY, a flow of LOVE, and an unending fragrance of your DEVOTION!

And the greatest diversion from consciousness is to THINK THAT YOU ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE REST! When in reality we all are a part of this UNIVERSE – to whom Einstein calls – the WHOLE!

Whenever I address as you or your – it is not just for the questioner but to all my fellow travelers and followers and readers. So let this be very clear.

And so that man and that woman are living in utter ignorance – who goes on thinking and believing that ‘I am different’ – you are not different – you cannot be – because WE ALL ARE CONNECTED and that is ONENESS!

The spiritualists of WEST are now talking a lot about ONENESS – but from AGES and AGES – in our soil – there have been many many SAINTS who have had mentioned about ONENESS – (NON-DUALITY)!

What a beautiful verse from the holy book “Dyaneshwari” written by the one of the greatest Saint – Sant Dyaneshwar – and that too when he was 16 years old! 600 years ago – HE had mentioned about ONENESS – and now all over the globe – within the westerners – they all are coming to the fact that the UNIVERSE is ONE – that WE ALL ARE CONNECTED to the SUPREME – that there is NO DUALITY – but WE ALL ARE ONE – ONENESS!

The secret is ONENESS and ignorant fellows are trying to be different! Now, what to say? And this is how 90% of this human world is – trying to be different!

But you – my fellows and followers on this forum – you all must be special in some way because following a person like me – a total out-of-mind person like me – needs some courage – because to follow me – you have to keep your mind aside – only then can my words penetrate in your inner being – only then can my sharing touch your heart!

And so those who are simply letting my words penetrate in your being without agreeing or disagreeing – can understand – can relate and can resonate with my answers with my sharings! And indeed such men and women – must be special.

Somebody may ask ‘What is the way to be special?” How can you come to the state of being special?”

And the answer is found in the below picture quote:

…and then you will be special! How beautiful is this – the way to be special is by being ordinary – and bringing GOD to your life – meditating on HIS holy name – engrossing yourself in HIS holy name and while you do so – never let the EGO magnify that you are doing something special and then….you will be special!

And so come, come you all – and let us all be special – by turning inward – by quieting the monkey mind and letting the SOUL speak – for it is only when your SOUL speaks with you that you find the answers you have been seeking.

And the SOUL speaks in Silence. Real communication happens in SILENCE.

Meher Baba – remained his whole life – silent – he never spoke a single word and yet through his written messages – changed many hearts – many many hearts across the world. TRUTH needs no voice – it only needs Silence – pure silence.

Knowledge is noisy. And Truth is found only in silence – deep silence.

Come you all – come and meditate – let there be deep silence – quiet the chattering mind – close your eyes and remain focused within.

Meditate.

Aum.

Jai Shri Ganesha. Jai Guru!

When Does Sun Give Bad Results?

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SUN never gives any bad or negative results. Always remember this and I say it to all my readers, followers and fellow travelers.

Sun is the very source of our life. Without Sun – life is not possible! And so Sun itself is the source of life. SUN IS LIFE.

To me – the SUN is the ultimate GOD. Without the SUN, I cannot imagine life – without SUN we all cannot imagine life!

From the very beginning of time, SUN has been the GOD for many civilizations- right from the MAYA civilization in the land of the Americas to the Surya Vanshi ( dynasty worshipping Sun) – the land of Sanatan Dharma – our country!

Sun is not a planet. Sun is a star. Understand this – because unless you understand this – you all are not going to relate to what is coming your way!

Understand the fact that SUN is a STAR. It is not a DEAD PLANET – it has tremendous life energy to it – it has intense ‘light’ to it – it is the very source around which all the planets of our galaxy revolve – and they have been revolving from the beginning of time – WHY?

Because the source of energy is only to be found in the SUN – and nowhere else!

How beautiful you feel – when you get up in the morning and look up in the sky – as if a new life is flowing towards you – as if your whole body is being rejuvenated through the blissful early morning sun rays!

The negative energies always fear the SUN – because it is the LIGHT OF THE SUN that prevents them from harming you – manipulating your mind – damaging your health!

The darkness has always feared the SUN!

RAHU has always feared SUN – in fact, that is why the ancient SEERS have mentioned in a symbolic way that RAHU is AGAINST SUN – and that is indeed so true – DARKNESS is AGAINST SUN!

A young man once came and said “ Master – I have had a good sexual life – and now also a good married life. But now I am moving towards spiritualism – now I am preventing myself from having SEX. But is NOT so easy. Whenever I am alone and relaxed with my wife – I would want to have sex with her – I try to control but it is difficult – what to do?”

The master laughed – a loud belly laugh. Then the master said “ Gopal – what are you doing to yourself? Suppression is not the answer – the more suppress your sexuality – the more it would erupt someday – do not suppress – instead, have a normal sexual life with your partner – let there be so much of sex in your life that a day should come when you realize that enough is enough – the self-realization has to come from within you – when you come to the point where the desire to have sex – transforms into a desire to dedicate your whole life at the feet of your LORD!”

Desire has not to be destroyed, it has to be purified. Desire has not be dropped, it has to be transformed. Your very being is desire; to be against it is to be against yourself and to be against all. – Osho

All kinds of people I meet – I interact with and many are trying to get over sex – don’t do it – because the more you try to get over sex – the more you would remain trapped in sex. Instead, let there be so many sexual experiences in your life that you realize that there is ‘really’ NOT much into this – that there is something much beautiful – much blissful than SEX!

Sex is raw energy. It has to be transformed, and through transformation there is transcendence.

How will you transform? Because the energy is there – we all are born out of SEX. Sex is very much the source of our birth! So how are you going to get over it?

By NOT surrendering yourself to the ‘DESIRE’. DESIRE is born in your mind. You just have to remain a WITNESS – just witness to what the monkey mind is desiring – do NOT act upon it – just WATCH – just WITNESS – and slowly the desire will go away!

Desires are in the mind. When you have a desire for something, don’t act on it and it will go away. If you desire to drink this cup of tea, don’t, and the desire for it will go away. – Neem Karoli Baba

A beautiful picture of Neem Karoli Baba to whom Steve Jobs and now in recent days – Mark Zuckerberg had referred to as the most inspiring figure in their life!

DESIRE is RAHU.

The WILL POWER to overcome these DESIRES is SUN.

SUN is the light – the light of consciousness!

How can one say that SUN can cause harm? How can someone say that SUN can give bad effect? How can you blame the very source of LIFE – this happens because of IGNORANCE – and today we are discussing SUN – the one who eradicates the DARKNESS OF IGNORANCE!

There is one beautiful story – it appears simple but it has a great significance.

Once it happened – that ‘DARKNESS’ went to GOD and complained against SUN.

DARKNESS said “ Why the SUN is always chasing me? For millions and millions of years – SUN has been behind me – I have done nothing wrong to HIM and yet why SUN is always against ME?”

God said “ Let us go and ask this question to SUN.”

When the SUN was asked for, SUN said “I don’t know who is DARKNESS. What do you mean when you say DARKNESS? I have NEVER encountered her. I don’t even know her! Chasing is out of the question. We are not even acquainted. No one has even introduced me. Please call her so I can see who this person DARKNESS is, then I will remember her and NOT chase her.”

SUN is so innocent – so pure – and therefore is so beautiful.

GOD listened to SUN’s suggestion – SUN had said “ YOU bring DARKNESS before ME and I will see who this DARKNESS is.”

BUT even GOD was never able to bring DARKNESS before the SUN. And it is said that the CASE is still pending in the files of GOD – millions and millions of years have gone by – and yet GOD has never been able to bring DARKNESS before the SUN. BECAUSE when the SUN is there – DARKNESS is not there. It is not that the SUN is chasing DARKNESS – it is just the Presence!

JUST the PRESENCE of the LIGHT – the LIGHT OF CONSCIOUSNESS within you and the DARKNESS of DESIRES cannot stand – it just cant -it never can!

Understand this my fellows – understand this – this is very deep – you don’t have to chase the desires – you don’t have to do anything special to get over the desires – you simply have to focus on expanding your CONSCIOUSNESS – the light – which the SUN represents!

What a beautiful revelation has come out through this answer – that it is indeed the SUN that represents the CONSCIOUSNESS within us! Just as I am writing this answer – this self-realization has happened that SUN is CONSCIOUSNESS.

WHEN CONSCIOUSNESS comes over – then the desires remain – BUT they transform – they are uplifted to certain higher altitudes – higher purpose!

I always say – that RAHU is present in a YOGI’s horoscope also. It was indeed in Jesus’s chart also, in Muhammed’s and also in Buddha’s – but the difference between them and us – is that we are still clinging to lower desires while they raised their desires to the ultimate higher altitudes – the journey from SEX to SUPERCONSCIOUSNESS!

SEX is at a lower base – understand this. I am NOT against sex. But you all must understand what is what.

SEX is at the lower – physical – base level.

LOVE is Higher than SEX. – It is above SEX.

PRAYER is HIGHER than LOVE – it is above LOVE.

But there is also something that is much higher than PRAYER – what is it?

Meditation!

Meditation is beyond prayers – the highest peak where there are no two bodies to have sex with each other – two minds to love each other – two hands to pray – there is absolute ONENESS – with the divine – the beyond!

Love Is The Meeting Of Minds – Deeper Than Sex. But Yet Not Very Deep. Prayer Is The Meeting Of Beings, But Still, Two Remain Two. Meditation Is The Ultimate Meeting – The Two Disappear. Only One Remains. – Osho

ONENESS. Only through deep meditation, you can experience ONENESS – than there is ultimate bliss – the ultimate happiness – then life is melody – a beautiful painting!

Meditation is all about becoming a watcher. Failure comes, success comes, you are praised, you are condemned, you are respected, you are insulted – all kinds of things come, they are all dualities. And you go on watching. Watching the duality, a third force arises in you; a third dimension arises in you. The duality means two dimensions: one dimension is happiness; another is unhappiness. Watching both, a depth arises in you: the third dimension is WITNESSING. And that third dimension brings bliss. Bliss is without any opposite to it. It is serene, tranquil, cool. It is ecstasy without any excitement. – Osho

Excitement is of the MIND.

A woman once asked “ How to find my soulmate?”

And the answer is found in the below Buddhist revelation:

The Buddhists say if you meet somebody and your heart pounds, your hands shake, your knees go weak, that’s not the one. When you meet your soul mate’ you’ll feel calm. No anxiety, no agitation.

Whenever you meet someone who makes you feel comfortable – where you feel that you can be just the way you are – without putting on any ‘mask’ – without any doubts but total trust – that person is your soulmate – and not the one who attracts you by his or her ‘appearance’!

SOUL – the SUN is indeed the SOUL CONSCIOUSNESS of the whole universe. The ultimate consciousness.

NOW – why is it that human beings categorize SUN as bad or good in horoscopes?

Whereas I am saying again and again and maybe till the last breath of my life – that SUN is SUN – there is absolutely no way that SUN can be bad – SUN is SUN – the KING of this Universe!

Then how come SUN gives malefic effects to human beings – or to be specific – to certain human beings?

And the answer is found in the STATE OF YOUR KARMA.

And it is your own STATE of many past births and rebirths that have shaped the state of your current SUN placement in your birth charts.

So – SUN is NOT bad – it is YOUR own BAD KARMA – or let’s say – POOR QUALITY OF KARMA that has made SUN the way it is in your current birth chart.

So who represents the STATE of your SUN in your birth chart?

It is NAKSHATRA.

SIGNS – are secondary – they simply provide a certain degree of strength. But the real quality of your SUN (Consciousness) is represented by the NAKSHATRA in which your natal SUN is placed.

Let us start with LIBRA.

LIBRA:
CHITRA NAKSHATRA (2nd half – last part)
SWATI NAKSHATRA.
VISHAKA NAKSHATRA.

Now – it is NOT that SUN debilitates in the entire sign of LIBRA. This is like saying the flight was all low while flying from Mumbai to New York! That can never happen- at a certain stage the flight may steep down – but that’s all – then it is back to its height – flying high at its normal heights!

Similarly – in LIBRA SIGN – SUN debilitates only in SWATI Nakshatra!

Now look at this beauty – SWATI is ruled by RAHU – the DARKNESS!
And we just discussed above that DARKNESS cannot STAND the LIGHT OF CONSCIOUSNESS – the SUN!

And so SUN becomes weak in the NAKSHATRA of RAHU – SWATI.

Now the same SUN also is not comfortable in the other NAKSHATRA of RAHU – ARDRA and SHATATARA.

BUT in SWATI – SUN debilitates in totality because here the SUN has to face a double whammy – RAHU + VENUS (Libra Sign Lord) – both totally contrast to the energy of SUN – RAHU (DARKNESS), VENUS (PLEASURE-SEEKING qualities – in Hindi we call – BHOGI)

And the SUN is a YOGI! SUN is NOT a BHOGI. And so in the absolute NAKSHATRA OF BHOGI (SWATI) – SUN debilitates meaning is not able to provide 100% of his ‘sunlight’ to the individual who has his or her SUN in SWATI.

In general whenever the SUN is in RAHU’s nakshatra – (Swati/Ardra/Shattara) the person struggles with his health/status/dignity/prestige/ego.

NOW – the SUN who debilitates in the NAKSHATRA of RAHU (Swati) – the same SUN exalts in the NAKSHATRA of KETU (Ashwini)!

See – see how beautiful this Art of astrology can be!

The ancient seers have mentioned that SUN exalts in the sign of ARIES – in the first ten degrees – meaning from 0 to 10 degree in ARIES!

Now tell me – which Nakshatra falls in the first 10 degrees of ARIES?

ASHWINI! – The nakshatra of KETU.

And so this is how the whole story of SUN is – this is how the whole story of human life and this universe is!

SUN – is at its lowest in RAHU’s nakshatra – SWATI.
SUN – is at its highest in KETU’s nakshatra – ASHWINI.

A few days ago – a marriage proposal came. NO – not for me! 🙂

But for a young man whose MOON Nakshatra was SWATI. And his parents came up with a girl’s horoscope that had her MOON in ASHWINI!

Now tell me – how can this marriage work – the young man is from the world of RAHU and the girl is from the world of KETU – these are two polarities – one is HITLER – the other is BUDDHA!

There are many, many layers, many planes of love. It all depends on you. If you are existing on the lowest rung, you will have a totally different idea of love than the person who is existing on the highest rung. Adolf Hitler will have one idea of love, Gautam Buddha another; and they will be diametrically opposite, because they are at two extremes. – Osho

They are two EXTREMES. RAHU and KETU. HITLER and BUDDHA!

So always focus on the MOON NAKSHATRA along with SUN NAKSHATRA before getting married – especially if it is an arranged marriage!

In LOVE MARRIAGE – where is the time to see all of this! The heart connects – the love begins and then there is a song…. a poem – then love is all over you – who wants to know what stars are in play when all you know is that your heart is simply happy to play! When you love – you simply love!

I am not against marriage – I am for love. If love becomes your marriage, good; but don’t hope that marriage can bring love. That is not possible. Love can become a marriage. You have to work very consciously to transform your love into a marriage. Ordinarily, people destroy their love. They do everything to destroy it and then they suffer. And they go on saying, “What went wrong?” – Osho

The harmony of energies is all that matters when it comes to a lasting and blossoming relationship – be it within human beings OR be it within planets and nakshatras!

So whenever the SUN is placed in those energy zones that go against its natural energy – SUN – transforms into a malefic – read the word again – I am saying ‘transforms’. So SUN is PURE in its being – it is the NAKSHATRA (based on your past KARMA) that the SUN transforms into a malefic otherwise it is NOT, in reality, a bad guy!

So now just for our quick understanding – let us see where SUN can transform into a malefic:

SUN in RAHU’s nakshatra (SWATI (lowest point- debilitate), ARDRA, Shattara)

SUN in Saturn’s nakshatra (Pushya, Anuradha, Uttarabhadrapad)

SUN in Venus nakshatra (Bharani, Purvaphalguni, Poorvashada)

In these 9 nakshatras – there is a strong possibility of SUN going the wrong way. Especially in the Rahu and Saturn’s nakshatras. And especially if RAHU and SATURN are placed badly in the horoscope.

Somebody asked “How would you define a friend?”

My answer is simple. Friendship is based on the depth of ‘relating’ – the more you can relate – the more you can be a ‘Friend’!

Just ‘Relate’! Arjuna was a great FRIEND of Krishna. The very first step before becoming a disciple is to first become a FRIEND!

How can you become a disciple if you are NOT able to RELATE?

First comes the ‘Relating’ – then comes the stage of discipleship!

And you all will be able to RELATE with the Master – with the higher realms – only when you are able to RELATE first with YOURSELF!

Only when there is a possibility to relate with your higher ‘self’ – can you relate with the other higher self – which in turn becomes your master – and you – HIS disciple!

And so I always encourage you all to MEDITATE – because unless you MEDITATE – unless you spend some quality time with YOURSELF – alone, you cannot relate with yourself.

Meditate, find out your own center first. Before you can relate with somebody else, relate with yourself: that is the basic requirement to be fulfilled. Without it, nothing is possible. with it nothing is impossible. – Osho

To be able to RELATE with the Master – with your LORD – first, you have to relate with your SELF.

To be able to LOVE others – first, you have to love yourself – only then can you love others.

Ananda, Sariputta became a close disciple of Buddha – because he can relate more to what Buddha was saying, was doing!

Peter, John, and all the 12 Apostles (disciples) of Jesus could relate to Jesus and HIS words.

Arjuna was totally surrendered to Krishna – to him, the master’s word was the last word! Arjuna was not just a disciple – he was indeed the greatest DEVOTEE of KRISHNA!

RELATE – first comes the relating than comes the stage of disciple and beyond that comes the highest stage – the stage of the devotee.

To be a devotee is such a total transformation that only the master becomes aware that you have changed from the disciple to the devotee. The student is in the head. The disciple is in the heart. And the devotee is in the being.

To be a devotee is the greatest beauty of this human life – it is indeed the greatest state of your being – to be a devotee – to be able to LOVE your LORD with total surrender – total submission of your being!

There was one poor man, he was illiterate. He lived on the streets of Jerusalem. He had to work really hard to earn a few coins. He was a shoemaker. But even in such a ‘busy’ life – he would always make a point to say his morning prayers.

And so one such morning – he was praying to God. He was saying “I miss you, GOD. I miss you so much. Let me come close to you my God. my Lord, and I promise that I will clean your body when it is dirty. Even if lice are there, I will take them away…. And I am a good shoe-maker, I will make you – perfect shoes. You are moving in such ancient shoes — dirty, gone completely dirty…. And nobody looks after you, my Lord. I will look after you. When you are ill, I will serve and give you medicine. And I am a good cook also! So you don’t have to worry, I can serve you with the best food that you would love. God I miss you so much, God I love you so much”

And while he was praying, MOSES was passing by and HE heard the prayers of this shoemaker and he said “Stop! Stop your nonsense! What are you saying? To whom are. you talking — to God? And He has lice on His body? And His clothes are dirty and you will clean them? And nobody is there to look after Him, and you will be His cook? From whom have you learned this prayer?”

The shoemaker was such a simple man. He was filled with love – he had no perfect words for GOD – but he had the most beautiful words to share with GOD.

But MOSES objected to his prayers, he questioned him. And the shoemaker said:

“I have not learned it from anywhere. I am a very poor and uneducated man, and I don’t know how to pray. I have made it up myself and these are the things that I know. Lice trouble me very much, so He must be in trouble. And sometimes the food is not good — my wife is not a good cook — and my stomach aches. He must be also suffering. This is just my own experience that has become my prayer. But if you know the right prayer, you teach me.”

Moses says “Fine. I will teach you the Perfect prayer – the proper way of praying…”

And Moses teaches the shoemaker – the perfect prayer. And the man says ‘Thank you’ – with his heart filled with gratitude – his eyes filled with tears.

Moses feels happy. He thinks he has done a great job. He looks up in the sky to see what GOD has to say! But God is angry. God is very angry. God said:

“I have sent you there to bring people closer to me, but you have thrown away one of my greatest lovers. Now he will be doing the right prayer, but it won’t be a prayer at all — because prayer has nothing to do with the law. It is LOVE. Love is a law unto itself; it needs no other law.”

Prayer needs no perfect words, all that your prayer needs – is a beautiful heart that is able to RELATE to GOD – to HIS word – to HIS love!

In Prayer It Is Better To Have A Heart Without Words Than Words Without A Heart. -Mahatma Gandhi

GOD loves millions of such ‘shoemakers’ who don’t know the perfect prayer – and yet it is their prayers that reach GOD – it is their prayers that GOD himself longs for! Because to GOD – what words you use is irrelevant – with what feelings you use – is more relevant! When your prayers are filled with love and innocence – you directly RELATE with GOD and GOD relates with you!

The ‘relating’ is purely based on the quality of your NATURE. This quality of your nature is determined by the MOON birth NAKSHATRA.

1st Group – KETU

Aswini – 1
Magha – 5
Moola – 9

2nd Group – VENUS

Bharani – 1
PoorvaPhalguni – 5
PoorvaShada – 9

3rd Group – MARS

Mrig – 2
Chitra – 6
Dhanishta – 10

4th Group – SUN

Krittika – 2
UttaraPhaguni – 6
UttaraShada – 10

5th Group – MOON

Rohini – 2
Hasta – 6
Shravan – 10

6th Group – RAHU

Ardra – 3
Swati – 7
Shatatara – 11

7th Group – MERCURY

Ashlesha – 4
Jyeshta – 8
Revati – 12

So you see – when you fall into the same group of nakshatras – the depth of ‘relating’ – the possibility of being friends – the possibility of a relationship is more promised.

And interestingly each nakshatra in the above-mentioned group come in the TRINE aspect. Harmony is found in TRINE aspects and each group has nakshatras and signs that fall in perfect TRINE!

So never go by signs – observe the nakshatras!

When arranging a marriage – see first if the birth nakshatra (moon, sun, Lagna) of the girl and the boy are relating to each other – only then go ahead with the next observations.

The whole story of human life is based on the energy that you receive from the NAKSHATRA. Planets are secondary. Nakshatras are primary source of all that you are – and all that is happening within your life.

But people have become shallow – astrology has become shallow – and shallowness has become the way of life – because TRUTH is hard – and shallow people cannot digest TRUTH – so they remain happy with a shallow life – a shallow way of living!

But to you all – I would encourage you all to go deeper – swim to the depth of the ocean – only then can you find the real MOTI – the real treasures!

Grow, grow towards depth – because when your roots grow in depth, your branches grow towards height. Depth and Height grow together. The deeper you go into the earth, the higher you go into the sky. The deeper you go into this shore, the closer you reach to the other shore. – Osho

The other shore! – the beyond. The whole journey of this human life is to experience the beyond – but to do so – one has to first overcome the monkey mind!

And it is a long journey – because the MIND is not today’s creation. It has been shaped by many births and rebirths – so it is going to take time – the journey is long – but every long journey begins with a small step!

So come, come you all and let us take the first small step towards overcoming this monkey mind – by being more and more meditative.

Miseries come – when you miss noticing your routine life. How much of ignorance has taken over your routine life – there is absolutely no consciousness – to what you do – when you do – where you do!

I encourage you all to focus on your daily routine – what you eat, when you eat, where you eat – how you behave, in short – how much consciously you live your daily life?

Try to find the answer to this question and then life can transform! Because the moment you start ‘self-inquiring’ – something moves within your being – something happens at that time and you are no more the same! It is then that a great transformation is in the happening – then everything around you is the same – but you are no more the same – you are moving inward – the journey is starting – the greatest journey of your life is on its way to begin – the journey within!

If you want to taste the Experience of Existence, it is NOT via the other, it is a direct jump within yourself. It is via you, through you. And only love and its failure can throw you inside. Nothing else can throw you inside, because everything else is far below love. -Osho

LOVE is the shrine, the only shrine that can heal you, transform you into a beautiful human being. Love is the path. Devotion is the way.

You are always free to make your choice – what you choose is what you become, whom you follow is what you become – it all depends on that one person and that is YOU and the choices you make in your life.

The greater the consciousness, the greater is the quality of the decisions you make.

When consciousness prevails – there is NO MIND – in that state of NO MIND – the TRUTH is found – the answers are found – the solutions are seen.

The TRUTH is realized as soon as you go beyond the MIND, beyond the words.

In that state of consciousness, you come closer to yourself- you meet yourself!

SUN is the source of consciousness – instead of getting lost in the 12 houses of astrology – go beyond these 12 houses and 9 planets and 27 Nakshatras and experience the beauty within you.

Meditate. And let there be more consciousness to your living – and then there is every possibility to experience more love in your life.

Discover your consciousness and you will find what love is. – Osho

Love.

Jai Shri Ganesha. Jai Guru.

Author: Acharya Addittya Tamhankar