Venus Mahadasha for Pisces Ascendant

By Acharya Addittya Tamhankar 0 Comments

There is NO such thing as Bad or Good Venus or for matter NO planet is Bad. Every planet has a message — a mission to improve you — to awake you. If you remain positive then even a suffering can become a blessing in disguise! For Pisces Ascendant — Venus is NOT harmful. All you need is to RESPECT the WOMEN and if possible fast on Fridays and worship Goddess Lakshmi with Faith and Devotion.

Always remember — every person who comes in our life has a ROLE to play — and the ROLE may be whatever — it cannot affect you as long as you remain faithful, as long as you keep walking on the path of Love ❤️.

On the path of Love we are neither masters nor the owners of our lives. We are only a brush in the hand of the Master Painter. – Rumi

For Pisces Ascendant — Venus Mahadasha is a wonderful period of transformation. A great adventures await you. Interestingly many are not aware of the fact that the word ROMANCE is defined as Adventure in the English dictionary. This is the time when you can take Risks and only a man who can take Risk can attain that which others cannot!

If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. – Jim Rohn

Those who continue to live in COMFORT ZONES — never GROW in the true sense. Because Real Growth is the GROWTH WITHIN.

Once Buddha asked a very old man “ What is your Age?”

And the old man said “ I am four years old.”

The Emperor was seated at the feet of Buddha. He heard this answer and he was shocked. When the old man left — he asked Buddha “ What kind of answer was that? That man must be beyond 80 years and yet he said he was only 4 years old. Please help me understand O Master…”

Buddha said “ I asked him purposely. Because you have been asking all kind of stupid questions for last many hours so I thought why not give you the real thing.”

A real Master is a LION 🦁 and not a Cat! Who would dare to speak with an Emperor in such a way but the Master is Real and Real never Fears!

The Emperor touched the feet of then master and said “ Please explain…”

Buddha said “ The real Age is when you start turning inwards. When you start meditating. When your spiritual journey begins. When the old man said ‘ I am 4 years old’ — he meant that his spiritual journey has began just 4 years ago. NOW you tell me what is your Age?”

And the Emperor started crying. He had no answer because he had not yet started on his spiritual quest — his spiritual journey — he never had looked within!

And this is the whole essence of life my fellows. Instead of what the Puranas and Upanishads are saying — the master is more interested to know WHAT YOU ARE SAYING BASED ON YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE. YOUR OWN INSIGHTS. YOUR OWN SELF REALIZATION.

But this is a strange world — people will believe the Upanishads whose authenticity is a matter of question considering so many destructions caused by foreign invasions.

But if a spiritual master mentions something then shallow people will doubt — a living human being who has attained enlightenment is saying something and people will not believe. They will continue to believe in scriptures. This is not new — it has happened with every Messiah — be it Jesus, Buddha, Mahavira or Sai Baba!

You will fear Venus only if you are afraid of taking risks — of using this wonderful period of Venus Mahadasha in experiencing self transformation.

Just for my close followers — I want to reveal the fact that people will talk a lot about Spirituality — but if you ask them to JUMP first and think later — then out of 100 only 1 will step ahead and JUMP into the unknown — and it is only those who JUMP can experience the Beyond — the Godly — the Divine.

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

The Mahadasha of 8th house lord and 3rd house lord (Pisces Ascendant) is all about adventures, romance, risks and enjoying this wonderful journey called LIFE.

People are more interested about life after death. When in reality you should be living your life fullest before death.

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

It is only when you take Risks — it is only when you become Adventurous — it is only when you follow your ❤️ heart — that Transformation happens! 8th house and 8th house lord is all about transformation — inner transformation.

The great solution to all human problems is individual inner transformation. – Vernon Howard

The real Juice is only to be found in the deep valleys of the 8th and 12th house! And it is through these deep valleys that great mountains ( persons) have evolved. Some of the finest human beings have had major planets in the 8th and 12th house!

But people are shallow. They fear the 8th and 12th just the way the forest animals fear the LION 🦁 and the 🐅 TIGER!

8TH and 12TH is where the greatest spiritual beings dwell — they cannot remain trapped in those typical goody goody four walls of safe houses in the chart — they are the Lions — they live FREE, they dance, they celebrate life — their roar is indeed the roar of Freedom!

The greatest fear in the world is of the opinions of others. And the moment you are unafraid of the crowd you are no longer a sheep, you become a lion. A great roar arises in your heart, the roar of freedom. – Osho

Interestingly those who are Lions — who love FREEDOM are naturally drawn towards me because the Lion will come only to a Lion. Reminds me of a story…

There was a lion cub. And he got lost in the woods. A flock of sheep raised him. And he started moving around with the flock of sheep. One day a very old Lion was passing by and he saw that a young Lion was moving around with a flock of 🐑 sheep!!!

The old Lion roared and the sheep started running all over — the young Lion also started running, escaping!

You see — living with sheep the young Lion also started believing that he too is a sheep! This is how life is — when you are in company of sheep you forget your real identity — that you also are a 🦁 LION!

And so the old Lion caught the young Lion and took him to the cave. The young Lion continued to cry like a sheep! Then the old Lion took him to the river. In the that river water — the young Lion for the First Time — saw his Real Self — he also saw the reflection of the Old Lion in the river water and he realized that he *is* a LION. And then he Roared for the first time. The entire forest shivered — they realized that the LION has ARRIVED!

AND this is how God is — my fellows. This is how the Master is. This is how Buddha is. This is how Jesus is. This is how Mahavira is. They are like that OLD LION who help us all realize that we are NOT a sheep but a 🦁 LION!

A Lion never Fears the dangers and risks and adventures of life. Similarly I appeal to all my close followers and readers that do not fear the 8th and 12th. Remember — you are a 🦁 LION

Love to all my readers and followers. Stay blessed and focus on NOT what the scriptures say but what your experience says — what your Self says. For that is the real sign of Intelligence — divine intelligence.

The intelligent person depends on his own insight; he trusts his own being. He loves and respects himself. – Osho

Your own self experience, you own self inquiry is the greatest service you can render to this human world. The real journey of life begins only when you start asking yourself – that one significant question— “Who Am I?”

Meditate. Love and Let Go.

Jai Shri Ganesha. Jai Guru.

Which Ayanamsha Is Best?

By Acharya Addittya Tamhankar 0 Comments

Usually people believe that planets move to next house or bhava — only based on degrees and the Ascendant degree. Although this is true still the other factor that can move your planet from 1st house to second or twelfth house is the AYANAMSHA.

NOW your next question will be what is AYANAMSHA. In simple layman’s language — AYANAMSHA is the ruler through which you measure the placement of planets in your chart. Now you all would be surprised to know that in Vedic Astrology — there are over ONE DOZEN or more AYANAMSHA — in our language — RULERS!

As a child we all went to school and we always had carried one nice big Ruler in our school bag. The other ruler was always in the hand of the class teacher — to give us nice beating if we do any mischief!😄

But here in this classroom we have many rulers ( AYANAMSHAs) — the most famous ruler is the LAHIRI RULER ( LAHIRI AYANAMSHA).

Interestingly — nobody in India knew about LAHIRI AYANAMSHA until NEHRU GOVERNMENT discovered this AYANAMSHA and made it OFFICIAL for all Vedic Astrologers to follow this RULER — the LAHIRI AYANAMSHA! And whatsoever comes from the GOVERNMENT CORRIDORS is always a compromised outcome and NEVER the TRUTH!

This NEED to invent or give birth to an official UNIVERSAL AYANAMSHA arises because every province or territory within the INDIAN SUBCONTINENT was following their own AYANAMSHA ( Ruler) — and that created problem for the NEHRU Government. Because Maharashtra will celebrate Diwali on 1st November, Gujrat will celebrate on 5th November and Karnataka or Delhi will celebrate on some other date. And Government cannot give holidays to central government employees based on so many date variations. Government wanted one single date when the whole newly formed country called India will celebrate Diwali and that initiated the creation of a universal AYANAMSHA — the LAHIRI AYANAMSHA.

However — before LAHIRI AYANAMSHA which is primarily based on the calculations derived from the fixed star CHITRA — WITHIN INDIA OR IN THE PRE-indepenance era — the most popular AYANAMSHA — was based on the star REVATI and not CHITRA.

This most popular AYANAMSHA in PRE-indepenance era was known as SURYA SIDDHANTA REVATI AYANAMSHA. It is said the greatest freedom fighter and the man who met Sai Baba in person — LOKMANYA BAL GANGADHAR TILAK — his horoscope was also prepared using the then SURYA SIDDHANTA REVATI AYANAMSHA. Because that was the most popular AYANAMSHA just the way today LAHIRI AYANAMSHA is popular. It is said that LOKMANYA TILAK was also fondly addressed as TILAK MAHARAJ. Sai Baba loved him and he had presented his first hand written book on Bhagavad-gita to Sai Baba. The book that he rewrote in the dark cell of Mandalay Prison. Rewrote because the cruel british officers burned the whole book he wrote but he was a man of Awareness — his spirit was unbeatable — he stood up and said in Marathi “ PUNACHA SHRI GANESHAYA” meaning “Let’s restart again” — and then he again rewrote the whole book and send his first copy to Sai Baba and Sai Baba touched the book to his forehead. Great souls are always great — words cannot suffice. Language is really poor.

So along with the SURYA SIDDHANTA REVATI AYANAMSHA — in the PRE-indepenance India — there were many more AYANAMSHA across Indian subcontinent and elsewhere as well.

Generally — example – if your CANCER ASCENDANT is at the end degree — 28 or 29 degree then there is a high possibility that in LAHIRI — if it appears as CANCER ASCENDANT then in RAMAN AYANAMSHA or YUKTESHWAR AYANAMSHA it will appear as LEO AYANAMSHA. Similarly example – if your SUN 🌞 is placed in 28 or 29 degree in LIBRA then in RAMANA or YUKTESHWAR AYANAMSHA — you will find your SUN 🌞 placed in the sign of 🦂 SCORPIO.

So it is not just degree of Ascendant that can move your planet to next bhav in CHALIT KUNDALI but also the AYANAMSHA. As mentioned AYANAMSHA is a RULER that has its own set of measurements. It all depends on which RULER you use to measure your Birth Chart.

So far there has been NO CONSENSUS on any one RULER ( AYANAMSHA) — and there will be never as well. Simply because the level of evolution — the level of every human being varies based on HIS or HER level of AWARENESS/CONSCIOUSNESS. Human beings are NOT products that you can measure all of them with just one Ruler — every human being is unique and so application of the suitable AYANAMSHA should be based on his or her actual life events which can be tracked with the MAHADASHA periods. We all should remember that no AYANAMSHA AND no person either is superior or inferior but unique.

Nobody Is Superior, Nobody Is Inferior, But Nobody Is Equal Either. People Are Simply Unique, Incomparable. You Are You, I Am I. – Osho

And so that brings us to the conclusion that it is possible that your BIRTH TIME AND BIRTH PLACE AND BIRTH DATE may be CORRECT but your horoscope may be INCORRECT because the AYANAMSHA ( Ruler) that is applied may not match the actual events of your life!

Now people try all kind of calculations just because they want to prove that the Ruler they are using is correct. This is more about their EGO than the reality of life! And EGO makes one blind.

Whenever you apply any AYANAMSHA — the TRUTH should be accessible easily — meaning you don’t have to dig much. Because Truth is simple. God is simple. Love is simple.

So whenever you use a certain AYANAMSHA — see if Truth is easily derived by applying simple Astrology methods and observations.

Lastly never be RIGID in using only one specific AYANAMSHA. Sometimes God wants different Rulers to be applied for certain individuals. You just have to see first — which RULER suits the individual in question and then proceed with your observations.

“ OBSERVATION WITHOUT EVALUATION IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF INTELLIGENCE.” – JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI

Sticking to one specific AYANAMSHA is not a good idea. Intelligence is never limited to four walls. It always exists beyond the four walls! It always continue to EXPERIMENT through one’s own self experience.

Truth is not something outside to be discovered, it is something inside to be realized. – Osho

Rather than focusing on who and how many are voting for a certain AYANAMSHA — focus on your self experience.

And so instead of saying that this AYANAMSHA is perfect or good — I would share the AYANAMSHA that worked often than the rest:

KP AYANAMSHA ( useful ONLY when you apply KP ASTROLOGY methods)
BV RAMAN AYANAMSHA
FAGAN BRADLEY AYANAMSHA ( used by many Western Astrologers following the Vedic Jyotish)
YUKTESHWAR AYANAMSHA ( close to RAMANA AYANAMSHA) ( popular in the Western countries where Vedic Jyotish is followed)

So see you asked about planet moving to other cusp or bhava and so much you have learned and my followers. I never plan to answer any question — it is always spontaneous!

One has to be spontaneous. One has to live moment to moment, neither thinking of the past, nor thinking of the future, nor clinging to the present. – Osho

Heart ❤️ is always spontaneous. Love is always spontaneous. And God is also spontaneous — spontenousness is of the ❤️ heart and Intelligence comes from the heart while intellect comes from the head. And intellect is indeed a poor substitute to Intelligence.

Intellectuality is mechanical. The intellect is absolutely bankrupt. It has nothing of its own, all is borrowed. And that’s the difference between intelligence and intellect. Intelligence has an eyesight of its own, a capacity to see into things, into problems. Intelligence is your born quality. – Osho

So always listen to your heart. The ❤️ heart is always right. Intelligence is intellect in tune with your ❤️ heart.

Never be quick to judge anyone or anything — because judging is of the Mind and the Mind is a Monkey — Mind has absolutely no truth — Mind is many illusions that it makes you believe that it is True — that is how quarrels happen between couples — mistrust, doubts, assumptions, indecisiveness, anger, lust, greed, and SEX — it is all related to the Mind. Remove the Mind — and you will not have any sexual urge, you will not have any anger, you will not have any thoughts. The state of NO MIND is the state of BUDDHA. Someday you all should read my book “ No Mind — the Journey Beyond”.

In the affairs of human world since the MIND ( Moon) plays a vital role — a significant role, it is natural that the MOON SIGN, the MOON CHART, the MOON Nakshatra becomes crucial in matters of human life.

SUDARSHAN CHAKRA therefore consists of all three charts — the outer ring — Sun Chart, the middle ring — Moon Chart and the innermost ring — the Ascendant Chart. Soul, Mind, Body — that is what the SUDARSHAN CHAKRA is all about..And one who has master all these three — who has become one with the supreme soul consciousness is KRISHNA, Lord Krishna! That is how the SUDARSHAN CHAKRA is related with Lord Krishna. Deep and so true.

Enough for today. You all remember to meditate every day. Chant the name of the Lord. Nanak Baba, Buddha, Mahavira and all the great masters have simply given the most significant key to human beings for their spiritual progress — the Naam — chanting!

But who wants to listen? People are just running all over. But those who have listened — those who have started chanting the name of the Lord have found that which others haven’t — bliss.

Meditate. And I send love to all my close followers and readers. Stay blessed and remember You are not here by accident — the existence has a purpose to met through YOU. So value yourself and stay optimistic, positive.

Be kind whenever possible, it is always* possible.

Jai Shri Ganesha. Jai Guru 🙏.

Jupiter Mahadasha When Marakesh

By Acharya Addittya Tamhankar 0 Comments

Truth is violently opposed. False is readily embraced. And this is the greatest tragedy of human life! People have certain imaginary ideas about Jupiter.

If I tell you that you are going to suffer more in your Jupiter period than Rahu – if I tell you that you are going to go through more difficulties than the previous Rahu period – you are not going to listen, because in your head – you have certain beliefs – and the beliefs say – Rahu is bad, Jupiter is good.

And so when you are going through Rahu – you miss life. And when you enter Jupiter period – you miss all the fun – beliefs are not always true, but our experience is.

If you have a belief and you come against an experience which the belief says is not possible, or, the experience is such that you have to drop the belief, what are you going to choose — the belief or the experience? The tendency of the mind is to choose the belief, to forget about the experience. That’s how you have been missing many opportunities when God has knocked at your door. – Osho

You have been clinging to the belief that Jupiter Dasha is the best of all! And Rahu Dasha is the worst of all. And that is where you go wrong – you simply have been living with a belief.

Belief is a closing of the mind – then the aperture is closed, then you don’t look. In fact, a man who believes becomes afraid to look. Maybe the truth is against the belief. Then what to do? – he closes his eyes. It is easier to protect one’s belief with closed eyes than with open eyes. Who knows? – the truth may not coincide with your belief. – Osho

Your belief may never let you know the truth. And the truth is – that many people are facing difficulties while going through Jupiter Dasha. But the quality of these difficulties is different than that of Rahu! The intention of these difficulties is different than that of Rahu. The message of these difficulties is different than that of Rahu! What is the difference?

A thief slaps you in the face – you are terrified. A teacher – a master slaps you in the face – you are enlightened – you are awakened! You see – how deep is this-this is the difference. But people are ignorant – they have crazy ideas about life -they want life to give them more and more comforts, happiness, joy – but the reality is something else – and the reality is – that life is filled with more suffering than otherwise!

Life without suffering and experience is NOT life – says Socrates. And Gautama Buddha says “Life is suffering.”

As children, Siddhartha and Jesus both realized that life is filled with suffering. The Buddha became aware at an early age that suffering is pervasive. Jesus must have had the same kind of insight, because they both made every effort to offer a way out. We, too, must learn to live in ways that reduce the world’s suffering. – Nhat Hanh

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

Suffering Is One Of Life’s Great Teachers. – Bryant H McGill

But people – especially common men don’t get it. And so they either try to run away from sufferings, problems – and in this futile effort they visit many astrologers, pundits – just so that they can ‘skip’ the suffering – the pain! It is like the wheat crops – saying “please prevent us from the winds, the rains, the storms” – and that is what happened – God said, “Your wish is granted.” –

After one year – the crop grew taller than ever! The farmer was happy – the crops were happy – but then when the farmer crushed the crops to get the wheat grains – there was nothing inside – it was all empty! And that is how people who run away from sufferings, from challenges – remain ‘Empty souls’!

life is not about happiness.. and knowledge ind pain and heartache. without any of that you might as well just be a empty soul.

Jupiter – when is positioned as Marrakesh – remember – HE is going to slap you – but the slap is not to cause pain – but to awake you, to raise you to the higher altitudes of life – to brings a depth of awareness, consciousness within you.

This PAIN is not to make you sad, remember. Thats where people go on missing… his pain is just to make you more alert- because people become alert only when the arrow goes deep into their heart and wounds them. – Osho

SO – it doesn’t matter where Jupiter is placed – as long as – Jupiter becomes a Marrakesh – a Killer planet for you – remember this killing is the Killing of your EGO – this killing is the beginning of a new journey – a journey when you are REBORN! And that is what Jesus says to Nicodemus “To experience God, to experience love, to experience the divinity – you have to REBORN.”

This death caused by Marak Jupiter is not the death of your physical body – but the death of all your illusions, your elusive dreams – your fantasies – so that you come face to face – with the truth, with the reality of life – this death is the birth of your wisdom!

How beautiful is this – and how caring the Gods are – that they give us suffering – they slap us – just to bring us to our senses – to our consciousness!

And so I salute such a Marak Jupiter – yes he is Marakesh, yes he is going to cause certain difficulties, certain sufferings – but all those are just to bring you closer to God – and if this is what one can truly understand, truly realize – than life becomes a garden of bliss! Then you know – through the sufferings you are being chosen for the divine kiss – God’s kiss.

Pain and suffering have come into your life, but remember pain, sorrow, suffering are but the kiss of Jesus – a sign that you have come so close to Him that He can kiss you. – Mother Teresa

And so I appeal to all my followers – do not go into depression when you go through Marak Jupiter Mahadasha Effects – for this is a great journey of revival – a wonderful journey of transformation – inside out – only if you are meditating, only if you are becoming more and more meditative!

The rusted iron rod when goes through the flames of fire – it comes out shining like a star – a beautiful glowing star!

I would want all my followers to face the difficulties of life – with courage and deep faith – so that you all too could come out shining like a star – a beautiful glowing star!

The fires of suffering become the light of consciousness. – Eckhart Tolle

People are afraid when Jupiter becomes a Marak (Killer) planet – don’t be.

A master is a master – he may take you through certain difficulties, challenges – but that is not to cause you pain – but to make you strong, that is not to pull you down – but to raise you higher – remember the heart of the master is always flowing with love – you will not understand what HE is doing with your life – but later you will.

Jesus replied, You don’t understand now what I’m doing, but someday you will.

But to understand the depth of Marak Jupiter – a certain understanding has to be there – only then the truths can be given. What has happened or is happening – is just a smoke of fear – a business of fear – you call someone ‘Marak’ and you then just keep running away from that planet – this is how the mind functions – the mind creates its own fears and then the same mind makes you suffer. The mind is like a ‘spider’. Like a spider it creates a web and then dissolves the same web – that is how your mind functions.

Apart from thoughts, there is no independent entity called the world. In deep sleep there are no thoughts, and there is no world. In the states of waking and dream, there are thoughts, and there is a world also. Just as the spider emits the thread (of the web) out of itself and again withdraws it into itself, likewise the mind projects the world out of itself and again resolves it into itself. – Ramana Maharshi

But who wants to listen? People are just happy to live a shallow life – with some shallow meanings of the certain bookish terms – and there are millions of books on astrology – and you will read all of them, you will become a Pundit, a scholar – and yet the true meaning – the real thing is missed, it is simply missed! This real thing can only be found within you-you have all the answers – just look within – turn inwards and meditate.

Let your life be deeper, more understanding – let the light of consciousness drive you towards finding the deeper meaning of this wonderful journey called life!

Let there be no fear of Marak – let Faith be your guiding force and that is my appeal to all my followers.

For Me Walk By Faith, Not By Sight.

One who follows the TRUTH – with unwavering FAITH and PATIENCE – finds all the challenges, sufferings and pain as a “BLESSING IN DISGUISE” – such a follower of TRUTH – is truly free – he truly has tasted the divine nectar of true freedom.

The truth will set you free.

Jai Shri Ganesha. Jai Guru.

Jupiter’s Worst House in Astrology

By Acharya Addittya Tamhankar 0 Comments

Jupiter is the master of universe. And no house can disturb the Master! Let this be very clear.

It is not Jupiter that is afflicted or disturbed by a certain house. It is the house that is disturbed.

For marriage – sex is required – the art of love making is required – a satisfying sexual union is required – in the case of marriage OR love relationships – along with love, physical or to be precise sexual union is also required. And Jupiter in 7th – makes the matters worse for marriage or for instance real sexual unions! Here Jupiter brings a flavor of ideology – obsession towards having a virgin woman or man. Now in this Kali Yug – who the heck is going to get a virgin man or woman to marry – somebody who is never touched! But Jupiter brings many unwanted moral expectations – leading to many problems in marriage or relationships. Here Jupiter damages the house of seventh – the very nature of house seventh and seventh lord is physical or sexual union – and Jupiter just makes it a difficult deal when it comes to satisfying sexual desires!

There was a man – and a woman was attracted to him. She liked him, she wanted to have ‘deeper’ relation with him – sexual. But this man hesitated, when asked – he said “Who knows if she is safe to have sex with!” – So you see – man with Jupiter in 7th makes matter worse – Jupiter here prevent you from having a smooth sexual union – raising many questions of morality, ethics, safety, trust etc. Many men and women with this placement of 7th house Jupiter are found to be either marrying late or having a failed marriage but not divorced – because Jupiter in 7th – again creates an egoistic view of what the society will say — if divorce takes place! So they remain quiet, unsatisfied in marriage – and yet always smiling – who wants trouble? So they keep smiling, that is the best way to hide the reality.

“ALL IT TAKES IS A BEAUTIFUL FAKE SMILE TO HIDE AN INJURED SOUL AND THEY WILL NEVER NOTICE HOW BROKEN YOU REALLY ARE.”

Marriage, live-in-relationship or simply call it a sexual union – these all are critical to human existence. And so 7th house is extremely important when it comes to experiencing happiness! From all the 12 houses – if marriage fails, if sexual union is not happening, if sexual satisfaction is not drived from a relationship then life certainly becomes an arid land – especially for the souls that are not much evolved. And so to answer your question – there is no worst or bad house for the master – Lord Jupiter – but Jupiter makes the 7th house a difficult house to ‘yield’ its natural results which is marriage, sexual union. The same 7th house Jupiter when placed in the 1st house (ascendant) changes the whole scenario – from negative to positive!

Let it be very clear that all those so called celibates, monks and nuns who repress their sexual needs – reach nowhere – and so you read so many ‘sex scandal’ news around these so called fake celibates, monks and nuns.

Sex is not to be condemned, but respected. Sex is the source of our existence – and how can you condemn the source of your existence? Instead of condemning sex – understand sex. Understanding comes only through real experiences – those experiences can be of this birth or last birth – but without sexual experiences – you cannot understand what sex is all about! And the day you understand sex – you would be able to overcome sex – and that would be your rebirth – that would be the day your true spiritual journey begin! When Jesus says to Nicodemus – Nicodemus is a great scholar of Jerusalem, and he arrives on a dark night to seek the truth, to seek God, to seek true spirituality – Jesus says to Nicodemus “To seek the truth, to seek God – you have to Reborn.” – To reborn means to drop all that you have been running for – EGO, SEX, POWER, MONEY – and Nicodemus understands the message of the master – he goes on to become one of the 12 Apostles (disciple) of Jesus Christ! This is real spiritual journey – not that comes through condemnation and ignorance, but one that comes through deep understanding, and consciousness!

Unless your sexuality rises and reaches to love it is mundane, it has nothing sacred about it. When your sex becomes love, then it is entering into a totally different dimension — the dimension of the mysterious and the miraculous. Now it is becoming religious, sacred, it is no longer profane.

“Sex can be transcended and should be transcended, but transcendence has to be not against nature but with nature, Through nature. Accept your sexuality — it is part of you! and a tremendously important part. You are born out of sex. Each cell of your body is a sex cell. Sex energy is your life energy! — respect it, it is a gift from God. Understand it. Be more and more meditative about it. But drop all prejudices, drop all condemnations. because when you carry a condemnation you cannot understand a thing. Drop all judgements. Sex is sex — it is a pure natural energy. With great acceptance, love, respect, meditate over it. Go deeper and deeper into it to see what exactly it is. And in that very seeing you will be going beyond it.” – Osho

And Jupiter in 7th house exactly does the opposite! Here you become that typical moral inspector – who will close his eyes, put hands on his ears as soon as the topic of sex comes up – and when you condemn or run away from a topic – you never get away with it – in fact it goes deep into your being and remains a question that is never understood in reality!

“The person who is free of sexuality, whose sexuality has become a transformed phenomenon, is also free of money, is also free of ambition, is also free of the desire to be famous. Immediately all these things disappear from his life. The moment sex energy starts rising upwards, the moment sex energy starts becoming love, prayer, meditation, then all lower manifestations disappear.”
-Osho

The moment a man of awareness realizes the futility of sex – he is ‘on’ the greatest journey of his life – a great transformation – spiritual transformation awaits for him – but this happens only – when you ‘go through the experience of sex’ – without experience – one cannot understand the futility of sex and without understanding – one cannot become a true celibate!

So the answer to your question is – it is not the house that affects Jupiter, it is Jupiter that affects the house – in which HE dwells! The King decides what to do with the house, not the house – and Jupiter is the King of Kings!

For more spiritual insights and motivation, you all can avail my published books – ‘How to overcome Rahu’ & ‘ Gift of Consciousness’ on Amazon. Print book copies are shipped across all geographies.

Jai Shri Ganesha! Jai Guru!

Uranus: The Planet of Rebellion

By Acharya Addittya Tamhankar 0 Comments

Unconventional.

That is the word that defines the true essence of Uranus – the planet that I love the most. And that is also the true essence of Neptune and Pluto!

The Age of Today is predominantly ruled by these three unconventional planets. And that is how we have mass protests against rigid customs and traditions and rituals that makes no sense to these highly unconventional individualistic planets – URANUS NEPTUNE and PLUTO!

Individualistic – that is yet another beautiful quality of these three planets. For many centuries the conventional society has conveniently ignored and sidelined the significance of these beautiful planets that has the potential to bring change, a great transformation in life, in societies and in this human world!

Society is always afraid of the ‘Individual’ – because the individual can question – can rebel against the fake society – crowd never rebels – it is the INDIVIDUAL who always rebels – stands against the hypocrisy and exploitation that the society is made of.

Individuals are always unconventional in their approach towards life! Individuality & Unconventionality goes hand in hand – if you are an individual then you are bound to have an unconventional approach towards life!

Uranus is the higher version of Mercury – it brings unconventional ideas that have given birth to mind-boggling technologies and innovations to the world.

Neptune is the higher version of Venus – it brings wild imaginations that has given birth to some of the greatest poets, writers, artists and dancers that the world had ever known!

Pluto is the darkest side of Mars – it brings great intensity – great depth – deep secrecy to matters of life and it has the power to bring MASS REVOLUTIONS that changes the way of the world and gives birth to the idea of ‘New Normal’!

These trio have truly revolutionized the world of today – from last 100 years they have been instrumental in bringing innovations – new unconventional ideas and giving birth to many ‘INDIVIDUALS’ – because it is the INDIVIDUAL who brings the change – the transformation!

The seed of MASS REVOLUTION is found in an individual. It is the individual who first REBELS and then his rebel – one day transforms into a MASS REVOLUTION.

REVOLUTIONS are born out of REBELS.

Individual is a rebel – revolution is of the masses, rebellion is of the individual!

Individual is NOT bothered about who says what about him or her- he simply flows like a river – he simply sings his song – he simply shares his treasures – because he is perfectly aware that – Individuality is dignity.

Whole life you run to gain more and more respect – and in this futile process you go on COMPROMISING just to make others happy – just to make your boss happy – just to make those happy from whom you want to gain more and respect and then one day – just one mistake and your whole respectability comes crashing down like a piece of glass!

But – the INDIVIDUAL is absolutely happy to be! He lives by being himself – naturally. He has absolutely no interest in making others happy – because he is perfectly aware that the source of happiness is within and not on the outside. And so he never runs behind people – he is happy in his own bliss – he is rooted deeply within.

The individual throws away his personality – he is no more a ‘MASK’ (persona) but an individual – a real individual who lives his life by following his heart!

Highly individualistic beings like Steve Jobs or Steven Spielberg are the ‘creation’ of the TRIO – Uranus, Neptune, Pluto!

Innovations (Uranus), wild crazy imaginations (Neptune) and courage (Pluto) has led to so many wonderful creations – brands and services that a normal conventional mind would never think and permit.

The great innovative American society of scientists, technologists and creative artists is indeed the blessing of these TRIO – URANUS, NEPTUNE, PLUTO!

If we give a thought then we would realize that 90% of innovations, discoveries and global brands of today’s human world has evolved in the land of Americas! Because the new found land of AMERICAS – itself comes under the intense influence of the trio – Uranus, Neptune, Pluto!

This is because the whole arena of innovations, dynamic unconventional ideas and modern outlook towards life – comes from this TRIO – Uranus, Neptune and Pluto!

Interestingly, the significance of this TRIO was realized by the WEST – and many western astrologers have included this TRIO when it comes to predictions and deep understanding of a native’s horoscope!

Uranus stays approximately 7 years in a zodiac. Neptune stays 14 years in a zodiac sign. While Pluto stays in a sign for minimum 14 years and maximum 30 years!

Pluto is a planet of masses! It has tremendous intensity and depth that can bring a great revolution in this human world!

Sign placements is not of much significance since they are slow-moving planets and so conjunctions and house placements matter most than sign placements.

The TRIO (URANUS NEPTUNE PLUTO) planets – through their intense, unconventional, individualistic nature – they have given many wonders to this human world – many wonderful individuals who have become rebels and revolutionized this world!

Always remember – only those who are ‘individuals’ – only that man who is living by being himself – can truly resonate with these out of the box planets – URANUS, NEPTUNE and PLUTO.

I humbly prostrate 🙏 before these three super powerful planets – for they are the ones who have given this human world – a new fresh perspective, new technology, and Humanistic values, they are the ones who have made us realize the significance of BEING HUMAN.

Jai Shri Ganesha. Jai Guru.

Rahu Mahadasha: Effects & Remedies

By Acharya Addittya Tamhankar 0 Comments

Things have been happening from the very beginning of time. However people start realizing that “things are happening” in Rahu Mahadasha because it is only when the thorn goes deep into your heart that you WAKE UP! Always remember the pain that RAHU MAHADASHA brings is not to hurt you but to awaken you from a deep sleep (ignorance).

This pain is not to make you sad, remember. That’s where people go on missing. This pain is just to make you more alert-because people become alert only when the arrow goes deep into their heart and wounds them.

Things “appear” as happening because you start expecting too much when Rahu Mahadasha begins. Now you want everything as fast as possible. Your business is not running well, now you cannot tolerate this anymore, you want some magic to happen and then you start visiting many BABAs and Temples – just so that you come across some messiahs who can use their magic wand and change your life for better!

This is how foolish men and women become when Rahu Period begins. And then many become victims of FAKE babas and monks!

Now who is to blame? Not the babas but your impatience, your greed, your wants and your desires that make you run from one baba to another baba and so I always say – that RAHU MAHADASHA is a perfect time of BUSINESS for such FAKE BABAs, that is their “real time” of business.

A few days ago, a man had come. He was going through Rahu Mahadasha, and he said “I am looking for some real Baba.”

Now this man was a great devotee of Sai Baba. And now he was looking for some Real Baba! Now what kind of joke is this. But this is how people make a joke of their life when RAHU MAHADASHA begins!

I said to him “Why you want a Real Baba? When you already are blessed by Sai Baba?”

But the MIND cannot understand. RAHU is the NORTH NODE of the mind. Now this mind will make this man run all around the place in search of a real Baba and chances are that he will be simply looted and cheated by the “gang of fake babas”!

RAHU simply makes your mind restless. Rahu can manifest in various forms, primarily in the form of:

Black Magic
Illusions
Notions
Wrong or Misunderstandings
Wrong decision makings
Cheating in relationship or being cheated in relationship
Intense SEXUAL desires
Frauds or the act of doing fraud
Imprisonment or major accidents during Rahu Mahadasha is also a strong possibility if the chart has certain negative placements

So many things happen during Rahu Mahadasha. It is not that they were not happening or they don’t happen in other planet’s Mahadasha but because your CONSCIOUSNESS is directly shadowed by RAHU – that you find the happenings extremely heartbreaking and disappointing then otherwise.

Black Magic is not something that happens only during RAHU MAHADASHA. I have dealt with several real life cases wherein the man or woman have faced severe black magic spells during Jupiter Mahadasha or Ketu Mahadasha. However the difference is that Jupiter Mahadasha at least enlightens you through such difficult phases while Rahu Mahadasha simply keeps you running from one end to the other end with absolutely no possibility of learning or enlightenment. You remain in the absolute dark tunnel of Rahu – you remain a perfect soft target for your enemy.

There are many types of black magic spells that becomes very effective when cast on a person going through Rahu Mahadasha. Some of these spells are:

Instigating quarrel between a couple (husband-wife or boyfriend-girlfriend
Bringing your business down by distracting your attention towards some trivial matters of life
Pushing you in deep loss in business by distracting you towards intense sexual desires. So much so as if the person just wants to get into the bed and have as much sex as he or she can.
Impacting your health by making you eat more and more
Impacting your sleep pattern by forcing you to stay awake all night – in English there is a special word for this, it is called – INSOMNIA
Giving you too much stress so that your vitamin count goes down and your health starts suffering
VANSHIKARAN (Taking control of the target person) – this is Indian term for a special act of black magic in which the target person is brought under your control, so that he or she start acting based on your orders and words. VANSHIKARAN is also cast to enforce thoughts on the target person. Many times you face a divorce or breakup and you continue to think about the person who left you – this happens because the person who left you or whom you have left – may have done VANSHIKARAN on you so that you continue to miss her or him, this is done to distract you from your growth, because the more you remain entangled in the memories of that person, the more you will be pulled away from your goal, your work. Vanshikaran is a very popular black magic spell – and many men and women go to black magicians to do VANSHIKARAN (taking control) of the person they want to have sex with or want to marry or if it is an office affair then want to have promotion – so in such cases the person targeted is the BOSS – because by doing VANSHIKARAN on the BOSS – these men and women try to attract the attention of the BOSS and get promotion.
Itching – sudden itching caused in the ANUS, or around the VAGINA and many such things happen because of black magic spells
Problems in sexual intimacy, problems in erection, cases of finishing early before the partner attains orgasm – many such sexual problems also are created by casting black magic spells.

In cities like Kolkata, there are official associations of Tantriks and Mantriks, yes my fellows and they take their job very seriously! 🙂

So many such things happen in this vast human world my fellows, nobody will disclose this and nobody will talk about this because who wants trouble?

But I am a fakir, there is nobody to cry after my death and there is nobody to remember me after my death and so I have absolutely nothing to worry and nothing to lose. In fact always remember a person who has nothing to lose is the most dangerous person you would ever come across – he has the courage, he has the openness, and he has the daring – simply because he knows he has absolutely nothing to lose.

“BEWARE OF ONE WHO HAS NOTHING TO LOSE”

The connection of BLACK MAGIC, and your planetary aspects and Mahadasha is very deep. It is not that your enemy has started targeting you by means of black magic during your Rahu Mahadasha, your enemy has been trying to target you almost all your life – but it is only when your period of RAHU begins that his attacks start working! You see – this is the whole joke of mankind. Your enemy starts thinking that NOW his game is working but in reality it is NOT HIM, it is just that your time is not good. It is like a crow sitting on a branch that is already weak and about to break. It appears that because of the crow sitting on the branch – the branch has broken when in reality the branch was already weak, it was about to break, the crow was just an excuse!

Similarly your enemy and his attacks are just an EXCUSE – the real reason of your downfall is because your time (branch) has become weak because of RAHU MAHADASHA!

So then what to do? What is the solution?

The solution is simple. But simple is NOT what people want to listen! And because they don’t want to listen they go on suffering all the 18 years of RAHU MAHADASHA.

Mohan said “People don’t want to listen but I want to listen, please tell me.”

I said “ Mohan the solution is simple, to curb your ambition, to curb your desires, to slowdown, to put consistent efforts in controlling the monkey mind, to follow a peculiar diet.”

“Diet – what kind of diet should one follow during Rahu Mahadasha?” Mohan asked curiously.

“Mohan, during Rahu Mahadasha, the person should STOP eating onion and garlic. He or she should adhere to a SATVIC DIET which has absolutely no onion, no garlic. Such a person should avoid eating NAMKEEN (salty foods) as well as FRIED FOOD. “

Mohan asked “But what is the significance of following a SATVIC DIET?”

I said “Mohan, what we eat is what impacts our thought patterns. Onion, Garlic is good just the way a sword and pistol is good. But it is good for those who have eyes – not for those who have become blind! And in Rahu Mahadasha – since many men and women become blind (meaning IGNORANCE engulfs them) – eating onion, garlic, spicy food, fried food, salty food is not good but dangerous. Because these type of food easily provokes the person towards anger, lust, sexual desires which can drag one in more miseries than otherwise.”

Mohan said “ Wow the solution is so simple.”

I said “ But who wants to listen?”

And that is how people go on suffering miserably during RAHU MAHADASHA and then they start feeling the heat.

The famous builder DSK (DS Kulkarni) was imprisoned during RAHU MAHADASHA. In an interview, before getting behind the bars – he has mentioned that how RAHU MAHADASHA begin and all his empire and reputation of 2 decades came crashing down. He was imprisoned for fraud and misusing the money collected from investors.

However RAHU MAHADASHA is not just about failures – it is also more about much larger failures that are unseen. And that is being dragged in the limelight of fame and money!

So now this is a different angle of RAHU MAHADASHA wherein the man gets absolute power, money, sex and all that he desires for! And then he gets so much entangled into all of this that he simply goes on missing the true purpose of life. He becomes utterly ignorant, arrogant and a high handed person who does many sins, misdoings and corruption and nobody is able to STOP him!

And then when Jupiter Mahadasha begins – then he is taken to task by Sri Guru! Then he starts feeling the heat – then suddenly everything starts going against him. Those who were on his side – change their sides and become enemies. Then he starts self-realizing that this is how SHALLOW this human world is – this is how the society is – this is how FAKE people are. Then he starts realizing that the world salutes only the RISING SUN and not the setting SUN! So Sri Guru (JUPITER MAHADASHA) enlightens him and then someone like RATNAKAR is transformed into SAINT VALMIKI – then someone like SAUL is transformed into SAINT PAUL who later build many Churches in medieval Europe!

So you – RAHU MAHDASHA has two angles – and although the angle that provides wealth and fame appears as great on the outwards – it actually does much harm to one’s self-growth. And much of the time is wasted in collecting fake gold while the real gold is missed, simply missed.

So if you ask me – then that angle which brings much miseries and sufferings during RAHU MAHADASHA is far better and plays a significant role in the person’s real growth story.

Always remember – and I specifically say it for all my close followers and readers-

“SUCCESS is cheap, FAILURE is of great worth.”

Success develops arrogance and the man’s spiritual progress is thus arrested. Failure on the other hand is beneficial, inasmuch as it opens the eyes of the man to his limitations and prepares him to surrender himself.

Insightful men are few, very few. And so RAHU MAHADASHA becomes a great suffering for the majority who simply want to have FUN, want to have NO RESTRICTIONS, NO RULES, NO COMMON SENSE, they just want to have lots of wealth, lots of SEX, lots of POWER and then to such men and women, RAHU takes them for a nice ride – a ride that shake them – shatters them and leaves them in utter miseries then otherwise.

But a man of awareness, a man of prayers is able to walk safely through the difficult tests of RAHU MAHADASHA. Such a man is a blessed man. If he loves Sai Baba, if he has made SAI BABA as his GURU then he will not seek any other master but will simply remain FAITHFUL and DEDICATED at the feet of Sai!

FAITH matters above all. Weak men who claim to be the devotees of Sai – will never understand the significance of FAITH because they are always searching for someone who is in HUMAN FORM and who is or has the powers of SAI! How is that possible? Always remember – a real master has NO successor.

Nobody is going to be successor to me. The very idea of succeeding was an idea borrowed from the royal families. Just as kings were succeeded by their eldest sons, it reflected on the tradition of masters also that somebody would become their successor. I want to make a complete break. As far as I am concerned, you are all intimate to me. I can afford the intimacy of all of you because there is no question of any succeeding. Nobody is going to be my successor. I want everybody to be a master unto himself – Osho

You just got to have unwavering FAITH in your master, in your LORD. Reminds me of a story…..

Once it happened….a man just got married and was returning home with his wife. They were crossing a lake in a boat when suddenly a great storm arose. The man was a warrior, but the woman became very much afraid because it seemed almost hopeless — THE BOAT WAS SMALL AND THE STORM WAS REALLY HUGE, AND ANY MOMENT THEY WERE GOING TO BE DROWNED. But the man sat silently, calm and quiet, as if nothing was happening.

The woman was trembling and she said, “Are you not afraid? This may be our last moment of life! IT DOESN’T SEEM THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO REACH THE OTHER SHORE. Only some miracle can save us, otherwise death is certain. Are you not afraid? Are you mad or something? Are you a stone or something?”

THE MAN LAUGHED AND TOOK THE SWORD OUT OF ITS SHEATH. The woman was even more puzzled — what he is doing? Then he brought the naked sword close to the woman’s neck — so close that just a small gap was there, it was almost touching her neck.

He said, “ARE YOU AFRAID?”

She started to giggle and laugh and said, “WHY SHOULD I BE AFRAID? If the sword is in your hands, why should I be afraid? I know you love me.”

He put the sword back and said, “This is my answer. I know God loves me, and the sword is in His hands, and the storm is in His hands — so WHATSOEVER IS GOING TO HAPPEN IS GOING TO BE GOOD. If we survive, good; if we don’t survive, good — because EVERYTHING IS IN HIS HANDS, AND HE CANNOT DO ANYTHING WRONG.”

This is how your TRUST should be. This is the trust one needs to imbibe. SUCH TREMENDOUS TRUST IS CAPABLE OF TRANSFORMING YOUR WHOLE LIFE! And ONLY such tremendous trust is capable of transforming your life — less than that won’t do.

It is only that when you have such tremendous trust in your GURU – in your MASTER – that you will continue to walk through the narrow difficult lanes of RAHU MAHADASHA and you will NOT seek any other master or baba or monk – because you know that GOD LOVES YOU, your GURU LOVES YOU – then why would you seek anybody else? Why would you become so miserable? Why would you fear the MAHADASHA of RAHU?

Always remember – FEAR should NOT make you move, only LOVE should make you move!

Only LOVE is the answer, only FORGIVENESS is the answer, only LET GO is the answer – and if you can truly relate to these answers then RAHU MAHADASHA can become a blessing in disguise for you.

Yesterday one highly educated person said “ This LET GO and MOVE ON is something modern people have invented – just for their own interests.”

Education not necessarily makes you a wise man. In fact education has absolutely nothing to do with WISDOM! I asked that highly educated man “ Do you think LAO TZU also belong to this modern world? Because LET GO is not something that a modern wise men and women are emphasizing on, it was being emphasized by someone as great and divine as LAO TZU who existed 1000 years ago.”

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. – Laozi

Buddha also emphasizes on the significance of LET GO.

In the end, only 3 things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha

How GRACEFULLY you LET GO of things not meant for you – remind yourself of these golden words my fellows – and I say this to all my close followers and readers going through RAHU MAHADASHA. Because RAHU makes you CLING whereas the key to overcome this RAHU is by becoming DETACHED – and that’s Ketu, that’s being a Buddha!

But who wants to listen?

People are just happy to spend thousands on rituals and happy to seek some FAKE BABAs and that is how this whole shallow human world is. But amongst these shallow men and women, there are few, very few insightful beautiful souls who are stuck, my sharing is just for these few, in fact I always feel that this sharing should reach only those who truly deserve and who has a certain depth of understanding.

A certain level of understanding has to be there – only then the TRUTHS can be given. – Osho

Understanding is not taught in universities, it has to come from your own being. And it comes only when you start turning inwards!

RAHU wants you to remain focused on the outward. Whereas the true sutra – the true essence of overcoming RAHU MAHADASHA is by turning inwards.

But who wants to listen?

The greatest gift – the greatest way of expressing your gratitude towards your Guru is NOT by offering loads of money and loads of gold – it is like a beggar offering to the KING, to the EMPEROR!

The GURU is the KING, the EMPEROR. The real gift, the greatest way of expressing your gratitude is by TURNING INWARD – because that is what the GURU wants – that is what the real master wants. Because the real treasures – the real answers are deep within you and unless you start turning inwards – there is no way to experiencing God – experiencing Truth – experiencing the peace, joy and bliss that you seek.

Beware – for in RAHU MAHADASHA you will be distracted towards the glory on the outside, you will be pulled away from your SELF – from your CENTER. So every day remind yourself of returning back to your source – returning back ‘home’ – by meditating, by chanting the holy mantra, by focusing on the center of your heart – the center of your being.

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want. – Lao Tzu

RAHU is intense desire. This desire brings many attachments. And the more attachments – the more comes the miseries. Buddha says – the root of suffering is ATTACHMENT!

One has to constantly self inquire — on how attached am I to a certain things or people? Because attachment is the root of suffering. You are unable to Let Go because of your attachments. A true Yogi, a man of Awareness is never attached, He can Let Go.

Let Go is possible only through the state of Detachment.

In India I used to have a motorcycle. I rode everywhere on it, especially to visit my Master in his Serampore hermitage. I enjoyed that motorcycle very much. So one day I asked Master, “Am I attached to it?” (He knew every tremor of my thought and consciousness.) “Certainly not,” he said. Shortly after that, I gave the motorcycle away to someone who had a deep desire for it. And I never missed it. That is the kind of freedom Patanjali teaches you to have, so that at all times you are a god: absolute ruler of the kingdom of your consciousness. – Paramahansa Yogananda

You will come closer to the state of consciousness only when you learn to live your life with detachment. Let Go is possible only through the state of detachment.

Remember – RAHU is ATTACHMENT. Ketu is DETACHMENT. The journey of life begins through intense attachments but the journey is completed only when you reach to the state of DETACHMENT. The whole journey of human life is caught up between the two ends that never meet – RAHU & KETU!

Someday you all must read my book on Rahu and Ketu.

For now enough. For my close followers and readers – who really are beautiful beings – here is my advice:

The more you remain attached, clinging, greedy, restless, the more RAHU MAHADASHA will make your life a hell.

The more you remain detached, willing to LET GO, selfless, and maintain patience and faith – the more you will be able to walk through the narrow lanes of RAHU MAHADASHA with much ease.

And then – comes the GOLDEN KEY – the greatest solution to overcome RAHU MAHADASHA – and this is specially for my very close followers – the ‘golden key’ is in one word – SURRENDER.

When you surrender yourself at the feet of the master – the benevolent Guru – then the Guru himself takes over and saves you from drowning…

All you need is unwavering FAITH and PATIENCE – SHRADDHA aur SABURI.

Always remember – when you surrender yourself at the feet of the Master – then you don’t have to figure out anything – you simply have to RELAX and walk with FAITH – because when the Master comes – HE comes with a master plan.

When The Master Comes, ” He Comes With The Master Plan.” – Sai Baba

And the Master comes only when you are READY. Your readiness is simply based on how deeply you SURRENDER – the greater is the depth of your surrender, the greater is the blessings of the benevolent master.

When living through RAHU MAHADASHA – focus on surrendering totally at the feet of the benevolent compassionate master and then you will see the miracles happening. And that would be the real happening – it all starts with what you are from within – for a man of good heart, a man who thinks less and feels more is always loved, blessed and nurtured by GOD. God loves a grateful man, the master always comes to your rescue when you remain faithful, when you remain grateful.

All you need is a faithful heart, a grateful heart – and then no matter where you are – no matter in what trouble you are – HE will come, HE will come and hold your hand, HE will show you the way…..

“God will make a way
Where there seems to be no way
He works in ways we cannot see
He will make a way for me
He will be my guide
Hold me closely to His side
With love and strength for each new day
He will make a way, He will make a way…”– Don Moen

When your heart starts beating with compassion, with love, with a certain depth of understanding then nobody can cause any disturbance within you – not even RAHU – all you need is constant FAITH, LOVE & the willingness to LET GO.

Rest, relax and be in a Let Go. Let Go is the secret of life. Let Go is the secret of religion. Let Go is the greatest secret. – Osho

Only that man, and only that woman can truly progress, can truly move on, can truly attain the beyond – who can LET GO.

Let Go & move closer to existence in silence and peace in meditation. – Osho

Rahu compels you to NOT to LET GO and that is what leads you to a miserable life. All the divine masters have simply sharing the simple key to all your problems – LET GO.

To me, let-go means you are not fighting for anything in life, but giving everything to life to take care of. – Osho

Life is the greatest blessing, the greatest journey and one who stops fighting and lives in a LET GO – such a man, such a woman always overcome all the difficulties of life. The Sutra – the Key is living your life in a LET GO!

Only that man and only that woman can truly progress in meditation – who can LET GO – such a man, such a woman is truly beautiful, a blessing to this planet, a gift to mankind.

Meditation is a surrender. It is not a demand. It is not forcing existence your way. It is relaxing into the way existence wants you to be. It is a let-go. – Osho

Meditate every day. When going through Rahu Mahadasha – it is necessary that you meditate, you chant the holy mantra – “Shri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram” – 108 times, every morning, and evening for minimum 20 minutes.

Chanting helps clean the subconscious mind of all the dirt (thoughts and impressions on the mind) and facilitates the peace of mind.

In this YUGA – the easiest way to purify your mind and experience the divine is by chanting.

Due to our material bondage, the covering of the material senses, we cannot understand what is spiritual, but this ignorance can be removed by this process of chanting Hare Krşņa. (Beyond Birth and Death, Ch 4)

However along with chanting you should also follow certain things:

NEVER ASK FOR FREE IF YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES
NEVER TAKE ADVANTAGE OR CHEAT OTHERS BY TAKING SERVICE AND NOT PAYING – (such a man definitely goes through hell experience)
NEVER CHEAT OTHERS
NEVER BECOME TOO SELFISH
AND ALWAYS FIND A WAY TO SERVE THOSE WHO DESERVE.

Our humble service attitude in our life is definitely goes through hell experience) what determines what effect chanting will have on our consciousness. Otherwise we can be chanting for millions and millions of births before we actually achieve the goal. – Radhanath Swami

It all begins from what you are from WITHIN. If you are a grateful person then your chanting will fructify, the more you serve others selflessly, the more you share the more you love – the more you walk on the path of DEVOTION – the more you will continue to GROW inside out.

The real growth is the GROWTH WITHIN. And the real JOURNEY is the JOURNEY WITHIN.
Focus within – let the ‘inward journey’ begin…..

Meditate every day. Love to all my followers and readers. Stay blessed.

Jai Shri Ganesha. Jai Guru. 🙏

FAQs : Rahu Mahadasha Effects & Remedies

1. What are the main effects of Rahu Mahadasha on an individual?
Acharya Addittya Tamhankar describes Rahu Mahadasha as a time when one’s consciousness becomes overshadowed—”blind” to truth—and the mind is restless, urging relentless, impatient pursuit of desires. Illusions proliferate, prompting individuals to chase quick fixes, visit dubious “babas,” and fall prey to manipulation. During this period, one may attract black magic spells, misunderstandings, poor decisions, sexual compulsions, fraud, accidents, insomnia, and broken relationships. Rahu Mahadasha keeps people running in circles with no clarity or inner learning, making life feel chaotic and hollow.

2. How can Rahu Mahadasha remedies bring relief?
According to Acharya Addittya Tamhankar, the antidote is to slow down and realign with introspection and moderation. Remedies include adapting one’s diet (eliminating onion, garlic, fried and salty foods), refraining from impulsivity, and cultivating discipline. Such shifts—from indulgence to satvic simplicity—help calm the “monkey mind,” reduce greed and desire, and counteract Rahu’s disruptive influence. This essential reorientation can diminish suffering and restore inner stability.

3. Which spiritual practices help during Rahu Mahadasha?
Acharya Addittya Tamhankar advocates a holistic spiritual approach—not one reliant on Rahu’s own mantras, which may deepen ignorance, but a more grounded practice rooted in devotion to higher consciousness. He recommends daily chanting of simple yet potent mantras such as “Aum Gam Ganapataye Namaha,” “Aum Namaha Shivaya,” “Aum Ram Krishna Hari,” “Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram,” and “Om Namo Bhagwate Vasudevaya Namah,” ideally for 20 minutes in the morning and evening using a sphatik mala. These practices foster humility, focus, and spiritual clarity.

4. Can Rahu Mahadasha cause financial or career issues?
Yes—Acharya Addittya Tamhankarji illustrates how Rahu Mahadasha can usher in illusions of success, only for them to dissipate, leaving behind loss and regret. Business failures, legal troubles, scandals, or imprisonment, like the case of the builder DSK, can afflict those caught in Rahu’s deception. Awareness is vital, as those who attain wealth and power during this time may be tripped by their own arrogance and ill-gotten gains.

5. What role do mantras and meditation play in Rahu Mahadasha?
Mantras and meditation serve as lifelines during Rahu’s tumultuous reign. By reciting uplifting devotional mantras consistently—and meditating with awareness using a quartz mala—one counters Rahu’s darkness and cultivates inner peace. Acharya Addittya Tamhankar emphasizes that these practices are simple yet profoundly effective for restoring clarity, dissolving anxiety, and anchoring the mind in spiritual awareness.

6. How do astrologers recommend handling Rahu Mahadasha effects?
Acharya Addittya Tamhankar presents a deeply introspective, heart-centered approach: one must resist self-centered desires, cultivate patience, and choose inner awareness over quick gratification. Rather than falling into the trap of empowering Rahu through gem-wearing or mantra recitation, the aim should be to weaken Rahu’s hold through simplicity, devotion, and self-restraint. Distancing oneself from narcissistic patterns and engaging in self-observation becomes key to navigating and transforming Rahu’s effects.

7. What lifestyle changes are suggested during Rahu Mahadasha?
Acharya Addittya Tamhankar encourages a disciplined, awareness-driven lifestyle: adopt a satvic, vegetarian diet—eschewing onion, garlic, spicy, fried, and salty foods—as these agitate the mind and amplify desire. Beyond diet, nurturing patience, simplicity, and devotional focus (e.g., worship of Shiva) is essential. Together, these lifestyle adjustments help counter Rahu’s frenetic energy and lay a foundation for inner peace and equilibrium.

Uranus: Ruler of the Skies

By Acharya Addittya Tamhankar 0 Comments

In our Indian context – the planet Uranus is often addressed as हर्षल – Herschel.

Around 200 years ago – on 13th March 1781, an eminent scientist observed Uranus for the first time and reported it as a comet. In his journal – he writes:

“I don’t know what to call it. It is as likely to be a regular planet moving in an orbit nearly circular to the sun as a Comet moving in a very eccentric ellipsis. I have not yet seen any coma or tail to it.”

The word ‘eccentric’ should be noted. Because the nature of Uranus is indeed ‘eccentric’!

By 1783 – the same scientist had finally come to the conclusion that Uranus is NOT a comet but a real planet of our galaxy – the 7th planet from SUN! In 1783 – he shares his observations to the Royal Society of England in the following words:

“By the observation of the most eminent Astronomers in Europe it appears that the new star, which I had the honor of pointing out to them in March 1781, is a Primary Planet of our Solar System.”

The then King of England George III was so much delighted with this new discovery that he gave the scientist an annual stipend of 200 British Pounds on condition that he move to the Royal Palace of Windsor so that the Royal family could look through his telescope the newly discovered planet.

For the years to follow – the British Royal Society was not able to find a suitable name for the newly found planet – and so until the official name was declared – they all started calling the new planet as Herschel – because the scientist’s name who discovered the new planet was Sir William Herschel! And that is why even today in Indian languages especially in Hindi, Marathi or Gujarati – the planet Uranus is addressed as हर्षल (Herschel)!

However Herschel is not the official name of this beautiful planet! The official name is Uranus and there is story to it….

After Sir William Herschel discovered the planet – he initially named it as “Georgian Planet” in honor of his new patron, King George III. However outside England, nobody was willing to accept this name – so the question remained – What name should we give to this newly found planet?

In 1783 – German astronomer Johann Bode suggested the name ‘Uranus’. This name was based on the Greek God of Sky – ‘Ouranos’! One has to understand the Greek culture and beliefs because the Greeks worshipped Planets as God! They believed that Saturn is the father of Jupiter. And so Bode suggested that the new planet should be named after the father of Saturn. The Greek God of Sky – Ouranos was believed to be the father of the first generation Titans (planets of our galaxy) (pre-Olympian God) and so the Latin name ‘Ouranos’ was suggested which later was globally spelled as ‘Uranus’!

In the following years – astronomical symbol was finalized for Planet Uranus. Because every planet in our galaxy has astronomical symbol so the new found planet should also have its own! The scientists finalized astronomical symbol for Uranus -⛢. This ⛢ symbol is a mixture – a hybrid symbol because it is made with the combination of Sun and Mars astronomical symbol! And the reason was obvious – Ouranos is the Greek God of Sky and the Greeks believed that Sun and Mars dominated the Sky and since Uranus was believed as the Sky Planet – the astronomical symbol for Uranus (in Latin – Ouranos) was formed with the combination of Sun and Mars astronomical symbols – ⛢.

Slowly the rest of the world started realizing the significance of the new found planet – 7th planet in our galaxy and so even though URANUS remains the official name still certain countries gave a new variations to it. In China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam – its name is literally translated as the “sky king star” (天王星). In Mongolia – its name is “Tengeriin Van” which means “KING OF SKY” – ruler of heaven!

Uranus – the KING OF SKY – interestingly was discovered exactly during the times when the world was witnessing many revolutions – romantic movements – and growing emphasize on INDIVIDUALITY and FREEDOM of creative expression! The discover of the new found land – the NEW LAND which is now called THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA was born around the same time – 1776 and 1789!

Uranus is indeed a great planet that has been ignored by typical Indian astrologer pundits who simply cannot imagine or think anything beyond the scriptures and that is how many have been failing in doing accurate predictions because the less people know – the more stubbornly they know it!

But the ancient seers such as Sage Vyas – who scripted the iconic epic poem of Mahabharata was aware of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto!

Sage Vyas was the son of a great Saint and Astrologer – Sage Parashar -considered by many Indians as the Father of Vedic Astrology!

Sage Vyas mentions in his epic scripture – Mahabharata that there are 7 great planets and they are brilliant and shinning. It is obvious that in these 7 planets – Vyas is not considering Rahu and Ketu because they are nodes and not planets!

So apart from Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn – who were the other two planets that Vyas was referring to?

Further studies reveal that Vyas was indeed referring to the planet URANUS and NEPTUNE because in his scripture he mentions:

“Some greenish white planet has crossed Chitra Nakshatra” – Uranus is indeed greenish white in appearance.

Vyas names Uranus as Sveta.

In the same scripture – Vyas mentions Neptune as Syama because Neptune is bluish white in appearance. Vyas writes:

“I see a bluish white planet in Jyeshta Nakshatra and it is smoky.”

Neptune indeed creates a lot of ‘smoke’ in human life – this smoke is symbolic of the many mysterious events that Neptune brings along in an individual’s life.

In the same epic scripture – Mahabharata, Sage Vyas mention Pluto as a Teekshana (Intense) star. Sage Vyas mentions:

” Some immobile luminary was troubling Krittika Nakshatra with its SHARP Teekshana (Intense) rays.”

The reason Pluto was seen as a Nakshatra by Sage Vyasa – because it was near Krittika for a very very long time and now as we all know – Pluto stays in a sign for over 14 to 30 years!!! So Sage Vyas took Pluto as a Star and named it as a TEEKSHNA (intense star)!

During the times of Mahabharata – it is a known fact that TEST TUBE babies was a known concept! Or for matter even before Mahabharata – during the Age of Ramayana – Ravana had his own private jet called “PUSHPAK VIMAN” because his airplane appeared like a lotus flower! So having a very common device like telescope or microscope was not difficult and so Sage Vyas had these devices through which he observed the planets – Sweta (Uranus), Syama (Neptune) & the Teekshna star (Pluto) which modern scientist later discovered as a Planet and not a star!

The primary reason that the Indian Vedic society lost or ignored the mention of Sweta (Uranus), Syama (Neptune) & Teekshna (Pluto) is because there was not much available knowledge about these planets and the sages who succeeded Sage Vyas were not able to trace the presence of these planets and so the many scriptures that they scripted had little or almost no mention of Sweta (Uranus), Syama (Neptune) & Teekshna (Pluto)!

Most of our Indian Astrology society is more of a follower of scriptures – and so we have more ‘Parrots’ and less ‘Eagles’ – Eagles who can dare to dive into the unknown – the unseen – the beyond, one who has the courage to go beyond the scriptures and declare to the skies the reality – whatever it is!

And there have been such rare individuals who were also Astrologers and who dared to explore the TRIO – Uranus, Neptune, Pluto!

During my teens – I had a close contact with one such Highly Spiritual Astrologer who took deep interest in Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. And it was obvious that he was ferociously opposed and ridiculed by the whole conservative society of Indian Astrologers!

But he was such a jolly man, he knew my father – and when I met him, he was in his late 60s – and I must be 16 and he was very fond of me. He was an ardent devotee of Akkalkot Swami Samarth and a disciple of the divine master Swami Swaroopanand of Pavas! It was in his small library that I was first introduced to Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Probably he was the only man in Pune – who was truly devoted to Uranus, Neptune and Pluto and had been trying to spread awareness about the significance of these three planets!

Although my father was a very famous journalist, and novelist during the 1990s- he was also a very good astrologer. But interestingly I never had a word with my father about Astrology – primarily because he passed away when I was 14.

But it was in the old jolly spiritual man’s presence – that my first contact with Astrology happened and I was 16 at that time! He passed away within a few years but his passion towards exploring the TRIO planets – Uranus, Neptune & Pluto was indeed highly applaudable.

Uranus Neptune Pluto has been widely accepted by Western Astrologers but Indian Astrologers have been ignoring these planets leading to many misinterpretations and wrong predictions.

Uranus has the similar traits of Mercury but at a very larger – higher version. That is why Uranus at times bring eccentricity to the person – because Uranus brings a totally different flavor of Mercury which is very higher consciousness level and only an evolved soul can truly resonate with such a higher altitudes that Uranus brings along.

Whenever Mercury Uranus conjunction happens – the native turns out to be exceptionally intelligent because URANUS brings ‘INDIVIDUALITY’ – and individuality is directly connected to the HEART!

Only a man who follows his heart is an INDIVIDUAL and so when Mercury conjuncts Uranus – you find a highly intelligent man – because this conjunction brings the born quality of tuning the intellect with your heart.

Intelligence is intellect in tune with your heart. – Osho

Uranus or Herschel is a planet that has all the qualities of Mercury but with a SPIRITUAL TOUCH!

And that is why URANUS does exceptionally well in the AIRY signs – 3. (Gemini) 7. (Libra) 11. (Aquarius). In fact AQUARIUS has been identified as the SIGN OF URANUS!

And see – we are in AQUARIUN AGE – meaning in the AGE OF URANUS!

Uranus does exceptionally well with VENUS, MERCURY. Conjunctions or any other positive aspects with these planets provides exceptional results – giving birth to a LEGEND or a person who indeed is DIFFERENT than the rest!

It’s DIFFERENT – URANUS loves all that is odd, different from the rest.

A man or woman who has a very STRONG URANUS – primarily in the KENDRA houses (1,4,7,10) generally stand out from the rest of the crowd – simply because they don’t follow the CROWD – they follow their HEART – they are INDIVIDUALS who simply love to live their life – by being yourself!

URANUS is that special ‘ingredient’ that makes you an INDIVIDUAL and not just a part of the CROWD!

And always remember – TRUTH happens only to the individual – and not to the crowd. GOD comes only to a person who lives as an individual, LOVE happens only to the individual – only the individual can RISK everything for LOVE – to become an INDIVIDUAL – you need to keep aside your LOGIC, your HEAD and follow the voice within!

Only the individual can rise to the heights of consciousness and awareness. The more you belong to the crowd, the deeper you fall into darkness. – Osho

Generally all strong URANUS natives find their TRIBE at certain stage of life – because like-minded people come together naturally – no introduction is needed – the VIBES itself recognize who is a FRIEND and who is NOT!

Your vibe speaks volumes louder than any words could ever speak.

It is not just your PHYSICAL presence that gives the feel of your VIBES – it is also what you chat, what you type, what you write is what gives a very STRONG SENSE OF YOUR VIBES to those who has a certain depth of understanding!

Resonance happens its own accord and so these wonderful DIFFERENT unique URANUS individuals find their tribe – naturally!

Your Vibe Attracts Your Tribe.

A quirky, eccentric, highly intelligent, creative and a FREE THINKER – URANUS individuals find their TRIBE and also LOVE them hard.

find your Tribe. love them hard.

It is always very easy to FIND YOUR TRIBE. And Uranus individuals are perfectly aware of how to find their tribe!

All you have to do is SPEAK THE TRUTH, SHARE YOUR SELF-EXPLORATIONS, YOUR UNIQUE CRAZY IDEAS, BE YOURSLF – SING YOUR SONG without bothering who says what – and then SEE who stays around! Those who stays – those who continue to follow you – are YOUR TRIBE and you should LOVE THEM HARD!

Forget what and who left you. appreciate what stays. – Osho

Many people will come and many will also leave – you simply remain focused on those who stay – appreciate those who remain with you.

FREE WORLD – that’s what URANUS likes and that’s what URANUS represents – FREEDOM from all notions, rituals, customs and traditions – a complete MODERN outlook is what URANUS stands for!

AMERICA or precisely the US therefore comes under the direct influence of URANUS – since the whole foundation of the US is based on LIBERTY – EQUAL RIGHTS – and FREEDOM!

America, my friends, is the only country in the world actually founded on liberty – the only one. People went to America to be free. – Margaret Thatcher

America has given birth to many URANUS individuals who introduced UNIQUE IDEAS & TECHNOLOGY that transformed into GOBAL BRANDS – then whether it is APPLE, MICROSOFT, or fast food giants like SUBWAY, DOMINOS, PIZZA HUT or KFC! All these product brands were initially ridiculed and criticized by the society!

URANUS individual also is ridiculed for his or her CRAZY WILD IDEAS that makes NO SENSE to a common man who follows a typical conventional lifestyle.

Whether it is BUSINESS, or SEX, or WORK, or THOUGHT PATTERN – if URANUS has a role to play then expect something out of the way – something that is NOT normal but ‘UNIQUE’ in nature.

Reminds me of one such URANUS monk – he was a highly evolved being and his name was Ikkyu. One day he called all his disciples and said “ I am going to die soon. But I want to die differently. I don’t want to imitate. I don’t want to die on the bed. People die on their beds – I don’t want to die on bed.”

The bed is the most dangerous thing — 99.9 percent of people die there, beware! So whenever you go to bed, remember: this place is very close to the graveyard.

The disciple knew that the master is a crazy man. Who would think of dying in a unique way? People simply die…

But Ikkyu was a URANUS being – his way of life always had been strange and unique to its core! And so Ikkyu asked his disciples “Any suggestions? I am waiting….”

A young man said, “You can die sitting in the lotus posture.”

Ikkyu said, “That is not new. Many other masters have died in that posture. Suggest something new, something unique!”

A woman said, “You can die standing.”

Ikkyu said, “That looks a little better.”

But a disciple objected; he said, “Although it is not well known, I know one Zen master who has died standing. So you will be number two.”

Ikkyu said, “Then reject it. Suggest something new. I want to be first!”

It is then that one of his closest disciple suggested, “Then there is only one way. You die standing on your head, in a head stand, shirshan. Nobody has ever tried it.”

Ikkyu said, “That is right. That suits me! I am so grateful to you.” He stood on his head and died.

This is how URANUS influenced beings do – they always are unique in their way of doing things and the divine spiritual master – Ikkyu – being a URANUS being – even while dying – made sure that his way of dying is UNIQUE – novel!

Ikkyu died by standing on his head – but NOW the disciples were in dilemma! They knew what to do when somebody dies on a bed — that his clothes have to be changed, that he has to be given a bath, new clothes have to be put on him, and then he is taken to the funeral — but what to do with this man who is standing on his head? He has not even fallen, and he is dead!

They tried in every possible way to find out whether he was dead or alive. He was dead, but there was no precedent, so they didn’t know what procedure should be followed.

Then one disciple of Ikkyu said “I know his sister. She is also a great Zen mystic. She lives in a nearby monastery. I will go and inform her. The other disciples agreed. And the sister was informed. She came running to the place where Ikkyu had died – and she could see Ikkyu standing on his head and dead. She was his elder sister and so looking at Ikkyu she said “ What is this Ikkyu? You have been mischievous all your life; at least in death, behave! Just lie down on the bed!”

And it is said that Ikkyu quickly jumped on the bed and died! And the sister simply walked out of the room, she did not even bother that he had died!

The sister just called loudly “Ikkyu get back to your bed and then die.” And Ikkyu quickly jumped on the bed and died! What happened? Both were great spiritual masters – and it is a tradition of the EAST that the younger sibling always listens to the elder sister or brother. The sister was elder to Ikkyu and so the moment she said “Go back to your bed and then die” – Ikkyu immediately jumped on the bed, and just like an obedient child lay down on the bed and died! Even death is a game. And the sister did not even wait for the funeral. She just walked back to her monastery!

The enlightened beings don’t take life very seriously – to them ‘DEATH’ is just a process – and so Ikkyu’s sister walked out casually – DEATH is a great tragedy for the common souls – for evolved souls – Death is just one ‘station’ where the ‘train’ stops – just to begin with a new journey (a new life) again!

To those who know that life is eternal, death means nothing. It is the death only of your physical body, not of your consciousness. – Osho

Uranus beings are natives of the beyond – they don’t fit in – they just don’t fit in to the normal course of life! They don’t fit in a BOX – they think beyond the box – the explore life beyond the four walls. They are those SOUL INDIVIDUALS who are perfectly aware that if they don’t fit in then they are on the RIGHT TRACK.

If You Don’t Fit In, Then You’re Probably Doing The Right Thing.

URANUS is a planet that will always STAND OUT from the crowd – positively or negatively – but URANUS is born to STAND OUT!

Why fit in when you’re born to stand out? – Jerry Spinelli

Higher realms of consciousness precisely connect with Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. And so only those individuals who are EXPANDING their CONSCIOUSNESS can truly GROW in life – because their GROWTH is the GROWTH WITHIN – they focus on perfecting their inside growth by meditating every day – consistently and with love & devotion!

The perfecting of one’s self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.

Many times marriages fail because the ‘live-in-relationship’ works better for the individual than a legal marriage!

Live-in-Relationship is an altogether new idea that gradually evolved in the Western countries since they have a very high cases of divorce. However in conservative Asian countries like India – also the trend of live-in-relationship is on the rise because divorce cases are also skyrocketing in India as well!

Such UNCONVENTIONAL IDEAS are born from planet URANUS!

SATURN demands LEGAL BONDING. URANUS encourages FREE WAY OF LIVING!

Traditions and customs are SATURN DOMAINS. And URANUS is against all traditions and customs!

To SATURN – Living within the set norms of a RELIGION is what matters more than anything.

To URANUS – There is NO RELIGION – because HE is perfectly aware that GOD HAS NO RELIGION!

God Has No Religion. -Mahatma Gandhi

Swami Vivekanand says “Religion is not in books, nor in theories, nor in dogmas, nor in talking, not even in reasoning. It is being and becoming. Religions do not come from without, but from within.”

Wise men have realized the futility of RELIGION that is on the outward – and this wisdom comes only through the outer planets – where the higher realms of consciousness dwells and that is URANUS, NEPTUNE and PLUTO!

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. – Seneca

Highly meditative individuals – who have been able to rise above their MIND – who have taken efforts to expand their consciousness – have self-realized the fact that RELIGION is to be found from WITHIN and not on the outward.

If you can bring your consciousness, your awareness, your intelligence to the act, if you can be spontaneous, then there is no need for any other religion, life itself will be the religion. – Osho

Uranus has the potential to take you beyond the mind. Blessed are those individuals who have a positive URANUS placement – because they are those few individuals on this planet who can and who have given this human world – a new FRESH PERSPECTIVE towards life in general!

Always remember – Your heart knows the way. Run in that direction…..that is how URANUS is – HE just loves to BE – he is never interested in BECOMING!

Be. Don’t Try To Become. Being Is Enlightenment. Becoming Is Ignorance. – Osho

Just BE YOURSELF – sing your song – don’t bother who will say what – those who can resonate with your song, your sharing, your feelings – will always STAY with you! And that’s what INDIVIDUALITY is all about.

Your problems and your miseries will continue to exist as long as you miss to realize the significance of INDIVIDUALITY.

The world is against individuality. It is against your being just your natural self. It wants you just to be a robot, and because you have agreed to be a robot you are in trouble. You are not a robot. – Rajneesh

URANUS loves INDIVIDUALITY. I love those who don’t give a damn to what others say – those are the ones – the chosen ones! GOD LOVES INDIVIDUAL and not crowds because TRUTH happens to an INDIVIDUAL and not to crowds!

BE AN INDIVIDUAL – that’s the message. Message of URANUS to all those ‘insane’ INDIVIDUALS who can listen to the message of URANUS – the KING OF SKY!

It happens, it always happens that those who are truly SANE – are labelled by the fake society as INSANE INDIVIDUALS – and it is THESE ‘INSANE’ individuals who have given this human world the unimaginable wonders and innovations because they could hear the music of the beyond – of the unseen which the so called SANE people cannot!

Those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. -Friedrich Nietzsche

JUPITER, KETU, MARS, SUN, MOON – they vibrate positively with URANUS.

The most contrast planet that stands against URANUS is – SATURN!

SATURN and URANUS are two polarities – and imagine if they come together in an individual’s chart then what can happen?

And that is exactly what I will be sharing with you all – as the URANUS CONJUNCTION SERIES begins!

The first conjunction of this extensive series is gong to be – SATURN URANUS conjunction.

Stay tuned. And Stay Blessed.

Meditate every day.

Jai Shri Ganesha. Jai Guru.

Zodiac Signs in Jaimini Astrology

By Acharya Addittya Tamhankar 0 Comments

Understanding the Jaimini Sutras

By Acharya Addittya Tamhankar 0 Comments

The real question is not of learning but of unlearning much!

This is exactly what you all have to do when you enter the ancient ‘University of Jaimini Rishi! Because in this wonderful university – PLANETS don’t ASPECT just by count of houses – PLANETS aspect only when their BOSS agrees.

Who is the BOSS? That must be your next question.

The BOSS is the ZODIAC SIGN! And this is so beautiful – because the whole foundation of any planet in your horoscope is based on the SIGN it occupies! Mercury in Pisces will have a totally different definition when compared to Mercury in Virgo! So you see – Jaimini captures the very essence of Astrology – because Planet is Orphan without a SIGN!

It is the SIGN that becomes the sole decision maker – and Planets follow the command of the SIGN.

And so you all should realize that the very foundation of Jaimini Sutras is the – SIGN.

Last chapter we discussed about the 3 Families of ZODIAC SIGNS. The whole dance of SIGN ASPECTS is based on these 3 families –

CARDINAL – ARIES, CANCER, LIBRA, CAPRICORN

FIXED – TAURUS, LEO, SCORPIO, AQUARIUS

DUAL – GEMINI, VIRGO, SAGGITARIUS, PISCES

The ASPECTS for CARDINAL, FIXED AND DUAL SIGNS work like this:

CARDINAL SIGNS

CARDINAL SIGNS will aspect ONLY FIXED SIGNS. The only exception – they will NOT aspect the sign next to it.

So let see one good example of how Jupiter in Cardinal Sign – ARIES will aspect:

Jupiter placed in the CARDINAL SIGN of ARIES will aspect only the house/planets occupied by the FIXED SIGN of LEO, SCORPIO and AQUARIUS. Since TAURUS is the sign NEXT to Aries – Jupiter will NOT aspect second house and any planet sitting in the second house of Taurus sign.

Note: Even if there are no planets placed in the FIXED SIGNS – still the HOUSE which belong to FIXED SIGNS will be impacted by Jupiter’s Drishti or Aspect. In the above case – House – 2, 5, 8, 11 will be impacted by Jupiter’s Drishti/Aspect.

So you all should understand that the Parashar System – where Jupiter will aspect the 5th, 7th and 9th house is NOT followed in Jaimini System of Astrology. In Jaimini – Jupiter will aspect only those planets that are placed in FIXED SIGNS except to the sign next to it.

This is how the DANCE of CARDINAL SIGNS is as far as ASPECTS are concerned.

FIXED SIGNS

FIXED SIGNS will aspect ONLY CARDINAL SIGNS. The only exception – they will NOT aspect the sign next to it.

So let see one good example of how Jupiter in Fixed Sign – TAURUS will aspect:

Jupiter placed in the FIXED Sign of TAURUS will aspect only the house/planets occupied by the CARDINAL SIGN of CANCER, LIBRA, CAPRICORN, ARIES.

Note: Even if there are no planets placed in the CARDINAL SIGNS – still the HOUSE which belong to CARDINAL SIGNS will be impacted by Jupiter’s Drishti or Aspect. In the above case – House – 3, 6, 9,12 will be impacted by Jupiter’s Drishti/Aspect.

This is how the DANCE of FIXED SIGNS is as far as ASPECTS are concerned.

DUAL SIGNS

DUAL SIGNS will aspect ONLY DUAL SIGNS.

So let see one good example of how Jupiter in DUAL Sign – TAURUS will aspect:

Jupiter placed in the DUAL SIGN of GEMINI – will aspect only the house/planets occupied by VIRGO, PISCES, SAGITTARIUS.

Note: Even if there are no planets placed in the DUAL SIGNS – still the HOUSE which belong to DUAL SIGNS will be impacted by Jupiter’s Drishti or Aspect. In the above case – House – 1, 4, 7, 10 will be impacted by Jupiter’s Drishti/Aspect.

This is how the DANCE of DUAL SIGNS is as far as ASPECTS are concerned.

The whole dynamic of horoscope reading changes when you start studying the horoscope from the microscope of Jaimini Rishi!

In the ‘University of Jaimini Rishi’ – Jupiter will NOT cast DRISHTI on 5,7,9. And neither will Saturn cast DRISHTI on 3,7,10 and nor will Mars its Drishti on 4, 7, 8 and primarily the most common DRISHTI – the 7th – does not have any relevance in JAIMINI ASTROLOGY.

Planets will cast DRISHTI or ASPECT each other based on the ROLE PLAY OF SIGNS – Jaimini in fact gave a proper foundation to the system of astrology by emphasizing on the SIGNS – because SIGN is indeed the MOTHER of all ASPECTS in JAIMINI Astrology.

What is a SIGN?

SIGN is a measure to judge a certain quality within you!

When you have Venus in Pisces or Libra or Taurus – it simply means that from many past births you have focused on mastering the qualities of VENUS and finally you HAVE! Every planet has qualities ranging from lower strata to higher strata. Just as we have a smartphone available from 10k to 2 lakhs! The higher qualities of Venus represents unconditional love, compassion, forgiveness. While the lower quality of Venus represents – Sexual pervert, Sex hungry, Not interested in sex, Delays in marriage or total dissatisfaction in marriage.

So it is the SIGN that is used to MEASURE the QUALITY of the PLANET it associates with.

VENUS in PISCES can bring forth the higher qualities of VENUS.

VENUS in VIRGO can bring forth the lower qualities of VENUS as discussed above.

Jaimini was able to catch the pulse of astrology – by self realizing that the SIGNS are the real BOSS.

SIGNS are the source of measuring the quality of a planet which represents a certain skill/talent!

MEASURING is very important – whether it is measuring fruits or planets! And your planets will MEASURE more or less based on the quality of your KARMA!

If you can’t Measure It, You can’t improve It. – Lord Kelvin

SIGNS – therefore are very important – simply because measuring cannot happen if there were NO SIGNS in Astrology!

NAKSHATRA is the further extension of measuring – you can say it is the source of ‘microscopic measuring’ – but on the circumference is always the SIGN!

Now lets take a real life horoscope. This horoscope is of a person based in Bengaluru.

She has excellent relation with her siblings and also is enjoying a very happy married life. Now if you follow Parashara system – then Saturn drishti on 3rd house will raise signals of restrictions about siblings and short travels etc. However she has travelled many countries and is indeed a travel blogger! Saturn drishti on 7th house will also raise issues such as delays in marriage however she got married at an appropriate age of 29.

You will also see a STRONG MANGAL (MARS) in the 4th house – however she never had any issues regarding this placement of MARS.

Why?

Because if you see from the eyes of JAIMINI – you will find SATURN Aspect MARS – and in the process nullifying or reducing the MANGALIK DOSHA!

SATURN sitting in a DUAL SIGN will ASPECT house/planets belonging to DUAL SIGNS! And so in this case SATURN aspects PISCES MARS!

The only SATURN DRISHTI that worked is SATURN’s 10th DRISHTI because as per JAIMINI the 10th house belongs to DUAL SIGN of VIRGO!

Jaimini Astrology works wonders. And together we will be self-exploring many such wonders as this series continues….

Stay tuned.

Next blog on Jaimini Sutras coming soon….

Jai Shri Ganesha. Jai Guru.

Ketu Remedies and Ganesha Link

By Acharya Addittya Tamhankar 0 Comments

Lord Ganesha is the only God that has NO HUMAN HEAD.

Lord Ketu is the only entity in the whole gamut of astrology that has NO HUMAN HEAD.

The divine message that they share with us is to – TURN IN.

But the majority is always concerned with TURNING ON. (RAHU)

It is not a fact that Lord Ganesha’s human head was cut by Shiva. It is just a symbolic representation – a divine message that human beings should think less and feel more. That human beings should start moving beyond mind.

Thinking helps to solve problems/puzzles that are created by thinking – by the mind.

Whatever problems are created by the mind – you can solve it by using the same mind – the thinking pattern. Mind is mathematics – so you can solve mathematics by thinking because it is created by the Mind. The trees that you count – 1 2 3 – this is the mathematics of your mind – the trees has nothing to do with it. It is a creation of your mind – whatever is the creation of the mind can be solved by the mind – by thinking.

BUT – what is NOT of the mind – but of the HEART or of the NATURE – of the COSMOS- cannot be solved by the MIND – then you are trapped – then you all cannot find the answer – that is how the so called intellectuals then start struggling – they become impotent in solving the case – because they miss to realize that the problem is existential.

Love is also an existential problem. You cannot solve love problems by thinking – you may go on thinking and thinking and thinking but you will come back to where you had started – you will find yourself trapped in a circle that just never ends and still you go on thinking…..with no absolute solution!

Thinking won’t help in such situations. Only when you stop thinking – only when there is NO HEAD – NO MIND – that you can FEEL and it is only when you FEEL that you can find the way – the solution – the answer to your problem.

There are many such existential problems – DEATH. BIRTH. LOVE. These all are existential problems – they are beyond mind and when you try to solve them by using your Mind – you fail, you fail miserably because you miss to understand that these existential problems cannot be solved by thinking – but only when you stop thinking and start feeling – thinking won’t let you ‘vibrate’ with the existence – it is only when you start feeling that you can vibrate and it is only when you vibrate that you start coming close to the source of the problem.

When there is TOO MUCH OF THINKING (HEAD) – you are simply missing to identify the source of the problem.

When there is absolutely NO THINKING, NO MIND – TRUTH appears before you – you find the source of the problem and when the source is found – the solution comes on its own!

In the space of no-mind, truth descends like light.
-Osho

Meditation is the state of NO MIND. When there is absolutely NO THINKING – meditation happens. When there are ‘thoughts’ – it is a distraction and when there are NO THOUGHTS – it is Meditation.

Lord Ganesha is Meditation.
Lord Ketu is Meditation.

The idol of Lord Ganesha simply reflects HIS state of Meditation. There is absolutely NO HEAD,NO MIND – Ganesha is deeply engrossed WITHIN – what a beautiful representation is this – one of the greatest wonders with such a great message – that IF YOU REALLY WANT TO EXPERIENCE JOY, HAPPINESS, PEACE than – look at me, says Ganesha – I have NO HEAD – NO MIND – I am deeply engrossed within by TURNING INWARDS.

Mohan asked “ Then how come the Elephant face?”

The HEAD or FACE of Elephant is just a representation of HIS deep wisdom. Elephants are the wisest animals and so the ancient Seers and Sages – instilled the idol of Ganesha with an Elephant Face or Head – when in reality this deity has NO HEAD, NO MIND and that is what MAKES HIM one of the GREATEST LORDS – without taking the name of Lord Ganesha – NO SCRIPTURE begins – it only begins and completes when one says:

|| “ Shri Ganeshaya Namaha ||

One of the most striking similarity between Ketu and Ganesha – is the quality of BEING DETACHED!

How? asked Mohan.

I asked him “ What do you do after worshiping the idol of Lord Ganesha for 10 days during Ganesha festival?”

“I disperse the idol in a clean flowing water – river or sea.” said Mohan.

So you understand. And I appeal to all my close followers, fellow travelers and readers – understand the fact that the action of dispersing the idol in itself is a message – that you should live with DETACHMENT! For 10 days you worship the HIS idol – but in the end – what is he asking to do? To NOT to remain ATTACHED but to detach yourself and disperse (LET GO) HIS idol by dropping it in the flowing water!

Understand this and this is very significant – the whole message of the VISARJAN process (dispersing the Ganesha idol) is to help you realize the fact that LIFE SHOULD BE LIVED WITH DETACHMENT.

And that is EXACTLY the divine message of Lord KETU – DETACHMENT!

Real success in life comes only through DETACHMENT – one who self-realizes this truth goes a long way….

“Great calm, generous detachment, selfless love, disinterested effort:
these are what make for success in life. If you can find peace in yourself and can spread comfort around you, you will be happier than an empress.”
-Rabindranath Tagore

India is the only country and Hindu is the only religion – a unique religion where people make the mud idol and then the same people disperse the mud idol! And it is a very deep message from the Hindu civilization that – NOTHING is permanent and nothing can be permanent, even your image of God!

To throw away the idol of Ganesha – to disperse the idol of Ganesha – a great courage is required – and this is deep, very deep. You have put everything that you had in your Father – to nurture Him, to comfort Him – for many days you have loved Him, worshiped Him and now you have to LET HIM GO – how difficult it is going to be….how much courage is required to let him go….and you don’t know next year if you would be there again to bring him back! But it has to be done – the message of Ganesha is simple – ‘LOVE ME – but Let that LOVE be detached!’

“The Indian civilization says ‘Nothing is permanent and nothing can be permanent, even your image of God.
Because you have created it, it cannot be permanent thing. Don’t befool yourself. When the time is over, go and disolve (Visarjan) the God idol. Your God cannot be permanent. Go on disolving your Gods – create them and disolve them. Worship them and disolve them. Only then can you reach that GOD which is NOT your creation.”
-Osho

Detachment is being lovable – but without being possessive.

Detachment means not that you should not own bungalows and cars and beautiful things in life – YOU CAN HAVE ALL OF THEM – BUT you should not be attached to those things. Even if you have 10 bungalows and a dozen cars – still you SHOULD NOT GET ATTACHED to them. But unfortunately that is what happens! The things in your life possess you – you think you possess them but you becomes so attached to them that they start possessing you and then you are trapped – you are deeply trapped!

“Detachment is not that you should own nothing.
But that nothing should own you.”
-Ali ibn abi Talib

Look at the beautiful lotus flower – it is rooted in the water – but it is always found – above the water!

The real Yogi is like a lotus flower – HE is very much with us but not attached. His whole being is LOVE – if you come, he will offer you as much love as you can receive – and if you leave, he will not be disturbed – because HIS love is not dependent on the outside factor – he is no more falling in love – he has become LOVE – whoever comes to HIM – will be touched and blessed by the fragrance of his detached love.

“Love is always an attachment to you; the deeper the attachment the more you think – it is love! But the MASTER’S love is utterly detached. He loves, yet he is NOT bound by it. He loves, but he is NOT binding on you. You know a love which creates excitement. The master’s love is utterly peaceful; there is no excitement. It is nothing to do with romance.” – Osho

The Master is contented man. He has absolutely NO expectations. HE asks for NOTHING. So then it becomes difficult to understand HIM – especially those who are always HUNGRY! Buddha calls those people HUNGRY who always want more and more and more – this MORE is RAHU. And NO MORE is KETU!

Lord Ganesha wants nothing – has HAS no expectations – HE is in his peace and so whenever anybody is suffering because of RAHU – I ask him or her to visit Lord Ganesha temple, to worship HIM, to read His Shlokas – His Stotras.

It is NOT that Ganesha and KETU are the same. Whenever I mention in my answers – and I have been mentioning many times – that when I say Ketu is Sri Ganesha – I mean when you worship GANESHA – the QUALITIES of KETU will start enhancing within your being. Then you will understand KETU – then you will RESONATE with HIS energy – then you will start TURNING INWARD!

And this is significant – this is very significant for you ALL to understand that the more you WORSHIP GANESHA – the more you would NURTURE the KETU QUALITIES within YOU and that will be a great blow to RAHU! That will be a great danger to RAHU – because NOW you are becoming intelligent – now you are TURNING INWARD – now you are becoming WISE – now you are NO MORE interested on the outside – now you are slowly steadily getting ROOTED WITHIN YOURSELF – and that is indeed a great transformation – a great transformation in the making.

“Once you are rooted in your own center, nothing from outside can move you.”
-OSHO

The more you go deep within your being – the more you meditate by focusing on your breath – breath in – breath out – between these two actions the whole story of your life is scripted. AND the more your meditation improves the more you – yourself will be able to READ the SCRIPT of your life – then NO astrologer will be required and no Pundit – but then these men will be in trouble because then how will their business run! And that is exactly what this SOCIETY wants – the SOCIETY NEVER wants you to become WISE because then you will become INDEPENDENT – then you cannot be exploited – then the SOCIETY will be in trouble – whereas the SOCIETY always wants you to be in TROUBLE so that the ‘meter’ of money continues – uninterrupted!

“No society wants you to become wise. It is against the investment of all societies. If people are wise they cannot be exploited. If they are intelligent they cannot be subjugated, they cannot be forced in a mechanical life, to live like robots….they will have the fragrance of rebellion around them.” – Osho

A wise man is an ‘Individual’ – he is not behind personalities – he thrown away the ‘mask’ of personality and lives his life by being himself. A wise man is ALIVE – is AFIRE – he is COURAGEOUS – he would rather die than to be enslaved!

Lord Ganesha represents the wisdom of such a wise man. It is through LORD GANESHA – that you realize the beauty of KETU.

By and by – whatever DEITY you worship – certain QUALITIES of a planet or an entity such as KETU develops within you!

When you worship:

Lord GANESHA: KETU qualities develop within you.

Lord DATTATREYA: JUPITER qualities develop within you.

Lord VISHNU: JUPITER qualities develop within you.

Lord KRISHNA: JUPITER and MERCURY qualities develop within you.

Lord SHIVA: SUN MOON KETU qualities develop within you.

Lord HANUMAN – MARS QUALITIES

Lord MHASOBA (a well known deity of Maharashtra) – MARS QUALITIES

GODDESS LAKSHMI – VENUS and MERCURY

GODDESS DURGA – MARS and VENUS

RAHU Qualities are developed when you worship TANTRIK GODS – or GODS that rule the UNDERWORLD – meaning the PATAL LOK. Generally the Reptile Snake Gods represent the qualities of RAHU. Some Tantrik Goddess or Goddess of Tantra also represent RAHU qualities.

So every DIETY is in a way – a BRIDGE between YOU and the concerned PLANET energy.

While if you ask me – then to me the GREATEST BRIDGE is the MASTER – the GURU! Through the benevolent master – you experience GOD. And Sant Kabir beautifully mentions the significance of the GURU through his divine words and those words should be inscribed in GOLD:

“If here before me stand both – my Guru (master) and Govind (the almighty), I would first prostrate before my Guru. Because – it is HE who revealed to me the Govind.” – Saint Kabir

Beautiful. Kabir goes deep into our heart – one of the greatest saint that the world had ever know! I humbly prostrate before His Holiness – Sant Kabir.

All the divine saints would not have become saints – had it not been the grace of Lord Ganesha and the matured state of KETU within them!

WITHOUT KETU – there is absolutely no enlightenment. KETU therefore is one of the greatest ‘tool’ of the benevolent GURU – because KETU is DETACHMENT and unless you start becoming DETACHED there is absolutely no way for you to PROGRESS in the true sense!

You have asked a very beautiful question – and it has many dimensions to it. The last dimension is of Mecury!

One has to understand that Mercury is your INTELLECT.

But Intellect is a very poor substitute for Intelligence!

So when you come in contact with Lord Ganesha – when you start worshiping HIM with pure heart, unwavering faith and devotion – the INTELLECT within you starts TUNING with your HEART and when INTELLECT tunes with your HEART – INTELLIGENCE is born – Intelligence therefore is of the HEART and NOT of the HEAD.

“Intelligence is intellect in tune with your heart.” -OSHO

Intellect is of the MIND. Everyday I receive all kinds of emails, hundreds of emails from ‘intellectual’ men and women – and all they do is that they write long emails asking about this house and that house and that yoga and this yoga. But one in a million comes and asks ONLY that which can help him realize the real thing! And because he or she knows what is the REAL thing – that they can ask some real good questions – the rest are yet to realize what is the REAL THING and so the question they ask are also not real – just a lot of noise, and nothing else!

Mercury therefore is disliked by the master – Jupiter! Because the master is all for the heart – and mercury is all in the HEAD! Through the HEAD you can travel from A to Z – but beyond Z the doors closed – there is no further going, you are trapped – you are utterly trapped in your intellectualism.

This intellectualism is TRANSFORMED into intelligence only when you worship Lord Ganesha – the more your SEVA (service) towards HIM grows – the more the ‘PLASTIC ROSE’ starts transforming into a ‘REAL ROSE’!

And REAL ROSE is beautiful -yes it has many imperfections and yet it is BEAUTIFUL because now it has a certain FRAGRANCE to it , a certain LIFE to it!

A REAL MAN, A REAL WOMAN – I like them, in fact I love them. But let me tell you they are in minority – in fact one in a million. In this KALI YUG, men and woman also disguise themselves as REAL – when they are just FAKING it – so one has to be really cautious before opening the doors of your heart.

Such fake men and women – then come up with the idea of non-attachment – but that is again an escape route – they are AFRAID that if they get into a relationship then they may get attached and then the pain.

Non-attachment is NOT detachment.

Non-attachment is a makeup from those fake men and fake women who are afraid of getting attached and so they keep running away from any relationships.

Detachment – a detached man or woman is NOT AFRAID of getting attached. The ‘Inner Engineering’ is so strongly developed through meditations that nobody can move him or disturb him – such a man is a man of awareness, he lives, laughs with you but he is absolutely detached – if you take him to your Palace – he will come, if you ask him to stay beneath a tree – he will stay – for him PALACE or TREE doesn’t make a difference – he may sleep on the Royal Bed and he is also happy to sleep on the hard ground – for him there is NO attachment – he can come anytime and he can also leave anytime – nobody can bond him – he remains detached but with abundance of LOVE in HIS heart.

There is a very deep connection between detachment and intelligence! An intellectual man can never live a detached life. He may live a non-attached life – but for him living a detached life is next to impossible!

Such an intellectual man goes on living his life by believing that – SHE is MY WIFE. SHE is MY DAUGHTER. THAT is MY Bungalow. THAT is MY CAR. THAT IS MY DESK. THAT IS MY COMPANY. THAT IS MY…..MY and MY and MY and this MY never gets him out of the CAGE. He himself prepares a nice CAGE around him and then starts feeling suffocated and then comes and asks “ Why my life is so miserable?”

Now what to tell him. And first of all is he going to ever understand a single word that I may share with him?

People are running all over the world in search of the Master – in search of a Guide – the question is – even by luck you found one – how is it going to help you – if YOU are yet NOT READY to understand his words, his language?

Therefore I say – read, read some of my books and then come to me – then there is a possibility that you may relate to what I saying to you – you may understand what I am trying to tell you. I already have ENOUGH – so by buying my books you are not going to make me rich. But by reading my books you can certainly become rich – WITHIN.

And a man who is becoming RICH from WITHIN is a man of worth. It is worth helping such a man – because the THIRST in him is now for that – which is beyond – the divine – the unseen….

“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.”
-Matthew

The real blessing is when you start turning inward. Lord Ganesha is the most significant deity whose message for all HIS devotees is to turn inwards. Through HIS appearance – the message is loud and clear – HE is saying – ‘look I have NO head, No mind – I am deeply engrossed within…..and so why can’t you do so?”

Through the ritual of immersing HIS idol on the tenth day of Ganesha festival – the Sages are simply conveying the message that DO NOT GET ATTACHED TO EVEN THE IDOL GOD – TIME comes and YOU HAVE TO LET GO – YOU HAVE TO IMMERSE by becoming DETACHED!

“The dispersion of Lord Ganesha idol (Visarjan) is a very deep transformative process, because to throw a God needs courage, to throw a God needs DETACHMENT – to throw a God you wre just worshipping for 10 long days! You were falling at the feet of the God, crying, weeping, dancing, singing and NOW you yourself Go and throw it into the sea. So it was just a device to make you realize that NOTHING IS PERMANENT and you should learn to live a detached life.” – Osho

KETU’s message is also the same. Live a detached life. You are married – then do not become POSSESSIVE. The moment you become possessive – love ceases to exist! Love feels suffocated when there is NO FREEDOM! Why you become POSSESSIVE? Because of your fear of losing! When I say – you – it is for all readers and followers. You fear of losing and so you want to possess. In this madness, you go on missing love – the more you become possessive the more you are moving away from love – then your wife starts feeling suffocated – the children, the mother, the father – everybody feel suffocated when somebody tries to POSSESS them – love ends and what remains is POSSESSION – what is the point in living such a life?

“Why be possessive? The possessiveness shows simply one thing – that you cannot trust existence. Non-possessiveness is basically trust in existence. There is no need to possess, because the whole is already ours.” – Osho

When you LOVE – you simply LOVE. When you love – let there be no doubt – let there be no fear of losing – REMEMBER that is the message of KETU – that is what DETACHMENT is – you love – you simply love!

An innocent man goes on loving – people may cheat him, he may be cheated by his lover – he may be cheated by his wife – but his INNOCENCE remains. Those who cheated him – those lovers and partners who left him must be utterly ‘POOR’ – but he remains RICH and his RICHNESS is in his INNOCENCE – he may go on experiencing cheaters but HIS innocence always remains and it is this INNOCENCE that eventually moves him to the HIGHER ALTITUDES – then one day the benevolent master comes and says “ You idiot – do you still want to remain in this mud – or now you want to come with me?”

The heart of an innocent man, women is like butter. Then the man starts crying then he goes in deep meditations – then he starts self-realizing that what an idiot he has been his whole life – running behind fake gold,fake beauties, fake world – then a great transformation starts happening – then the qualities of KETU start developing – then he starts TURNING INWARD….then he starts realizing the many treasures of the higher altitudes – then there is no looking back – the sky (consciousness) is clear and he is ready to fly!

It happens, it always happens that a man who is transforming is CRITICIZED by those ‘plastic’ men and women who don’t know themselves!

Once it happened – a young man and he was changing for good. He was taking efforts to rise above the Mind. He was meditating. He was coming closer to the realms of consciousness…..but the society won’t let him GROW so easily! You see – that is how this fake society is – then some so called intellectuals and moralists started saying “ Look…look at him….all his life he was such a womanizer and was such a drunkard and look look now how he is acting out as a virtuous man – as a prayerful man…..”

You see – those who have been ‘acting out’ their whole life by wearing ‘masks’ – will only find the other also as ‘acting out’ – whatever is within you is what you will see on the outside!

They all were making fun of him – talking about his shady pasts – they forgot the fact that every SAINT has a PAST and every SINNER has a FUTURE!

Whenever the young man would walk to the temple – they would gossip between themselves “ Look look how is being saintly – taking Lord’s name…”

But they were unaware that Kabir was walking around. And Saint Kabir heard them gossiping – he looked at them and said “ He has got up from his SLEEP – but what about you all?”

And this is a very significant question that EACH ONE OF YOU SHOULD ASK YOURSELF BEFORE YOU POINT YOUR FINGER ON ANYBODY WHO IS TRYING TO TRANSFORM – to CHANGE HIMSELF FOR GOOD.

At least he has got up from HIS ‘SLEEP’ – it doesn’t matter what he had been doing while he was SLEEPING – what matters is that HE HAS GOT UP FROM HIS SLEEP – he is no more ASLEEP.

But those who are gossiping – those who are JUDGING him – are still living a plastic life – they themselves are fast asleep – how can they realize the beauty of a person who has AWAKENED from his sleep?

A person who awakened – has self-realized the futility of SEX, of MONEY, of WEALTH, of POWER, of STATUS – he had enough of it – and because he had it – he has come to the point of awakening where he has realized that all of this – is NOT THE ANSWER.

“I hope everybody could get rich and famous and will have everything they ever dreamed of, so they will know that it’s not the answer.”
-JIM CARREY

This realization has to be EARNED through your own experiences and awareness.

That is why it is necessary that one goes through the experiences of sex, experiences of power, experiences of status building, experiences of love, experiences of relationships – all these stages enrich him and help him to come to the SELF-REALIZATION that – it’s NOT the ANSWER.

Monks and priests, celibates and nuns – who suppress their sexuality – their greed – their lust – their attractions to power, status and money – simply end up in disastrous situations!

3 priests were travelling – and they had to get their tickets at the Airport. One was a young priest – the other two were elder men. They told the young priest to go and get the tickets from the ticket counter. The priest goes – stands in a queue. After a while his turn comes to collect the tickets but he is totally taken aback, his hand start shaking, he goes weak on his knees because the lady sitting at the ticket counter is extremely sexy – her whole attire is so attractive that he can’t get his eyes off from her – she says “Sir, tell me what you want?”

And the priest quickly responds – a slip of tongue – “ YOU”!

Then knowing that he has committed a SIN – he runs back to the elderly priests!

So you see – what happens when you go on suppressing your sexual needs? Suppression is NOT the answer. You have to EXPERIENCE sex – only then can you realize that it is ENOUGH. Only then can you realize that it cannot last for longer – someday the body is going to give up – someday the bed is no more going to shake – because by then you would have started shaking….

Sex makes a man fool. But unless he becomes a fool – he cannot realize the beauty of being wise! Unless you experience darkness – you cannot appreciate the sunlight – the sunrise!

In the West – sex has become a boring thing – too much of it has been done and experienced – now they don’t find it interesting. You see – when you have it beyond limit – it goes on making your life a hell.

SEX is your bondage. It keeps you unconscious. It does not allow you to see what you are doing. You are possessed by it. SEX possess you – and you remain ignorant – this ignorance than goes on making your life a hell – more hell and more and more hell.

“I don’t call sex a sin, I simply call it STUPID. I am not saying that you will suffer hell – what more hell do you need to suffer? You are already suffering in it. And what does it go on giving to you? It just keeps you engaged – engaged in the other so that you can avoid yourself. That’s its basic stupidity: it keeps you ignorant because it keeps you ignoring yourself.”
-Osho

But one should go through THIS HELL – THIS PLEASURES OF SEX – only then can you WAKE UP – that too if that much awareness is there – that much consciousness is there – that much blessings are there – in store for you!

People come and ask “ Is there a place called – hell?”

The master laughs – a loud belly laugh and says “ Are you crazy? You are living in HELL and asking if there is a place called Hell?”

IGNORANCE is your HELL. The more one gets driven by SEX, by MONEY, by POWER, by FAME, by WEALTH, by STATUS – he gets deeply into the clutches of IGNORANCE (RAHU).

And KETU is the KEY that gets you all out of this HELL (IGNORANCE). WHY KETU?

KETU is the source the energy that help you to TURN IN. Whole life you have been engaged in TURNING ON – the whole essence of your life have been to TURN ON – now KETU is helping you to TURN IN – Lord Ganesha is showing through HIS appearance – that I AM TURNED IN – I AM MEDITATION – you can also do it – you can also make something out of your human life that you can carry forward after you DIE – after this human body is DEAD.

The question is – how many are willing to listen? How many are willing to TURN INWARD? how many are willing to RISE ABOVE SEX – only a man who can rise above SEX can experience the beyond – to rise above the sex – first he has to go through the experiences of sex – and so you will find many men who were married – had children – but later rose to greatest heights of spiritualism – because they SELF_REALIZED the futility of SEX by EXPERIENCING IT – they realized that there is something much beautiful – much lasting – much higher than SEX – their EVOLUTION to the HIGHER ALTITUDES has been through their journey from SEX to SUPER CONSCIOUSNESS!

“The higher you rise, the more you can see. And when you reach the ultimate height, Buddhahood, you can see everything. Then there is no past and no future; then there is only present. And in that clarity, sex is the most stupid thing because it keeps you in bondage the longest.” – Osho

RAHU is highly sexual. Ketu is highly asexual. Ketu is disinterested in SEX – he had it ENOUGH in the PAST – now he is interested to TURN INWARD – to look within – to meditate!

The very appearance of Lord Ganesha is of meditation – there is NO MIND, NO HEAD – but there is immense TRUST – immense FAITH in oneself – deeply engrossed WITHIN….

TRUST is very important. In fact LOVE is impossible without TRUST. Relationships break – when TRUST starts evaporating – first TRUST evaporates – then LOVE evaporates – the basis is always TRUST.

TRUST can get you everywhere – but first TRUST has to be there.

Once a young man came and said ” People worship Buddha – but Buddha is not alive …..”

The master smiled and said ” No Master Ever Dies For Those Who Can Trust.” Your Trust matters! But the reality of this human world is – people cannot trust those who are living – so how can they trust those who are dead! Your TRUST can change your perception towards life. Then even if the master is dead – you can connect. Then even if the master has dropped his physical body – you can connect. The key is – TRUST. When you trust Buddha – then no matter even if there is distance of centuries between you and HIM – still you can connect. Distance doesn’t matter – when TRUST happens – time and space doesn’t matter – you stay ‘connected’….

“TRUST is the miracle. You can be in closeness with Mohammed or Jesus or Buddha right now if trust is there. But it is difficult! It is difficult because you don’t know how? You cannot trust a living person, how can you trust a dead? If trust happens then you are close to Buddha right now. And for persons who have faith, BUDDHA is ALIVE – very much ALIVE.”
-Osho

You can appreciate the qualities of Lord Ketu only when you self-realize the significance of Lord Ganesha! It is all connected – linked-in!

MOON dislikes KETU – the MIND is always against KETU – because it is the power and strength of Sri KETU that destroys the MIND – and it is only when there is NO MIND – that meditation can happen – that the TRUTH can be revealed.

Be quiet in your mind, quiet in your senses, and also quiet in your body. Then, when all these are quiet, don’t do anything. In that state truth will reveal itself to you. -Kabir

It is only when the MIND is QUIET that the SOUL can speak! The SELF can be realized.

But how to Quiet the MIND? Yesterday my family doctor asked me the same question – How to Quiet the MIND? And the answer is simple and it has been given to the whole mankind – again and again and again through many divine men and women – the answer is in one word – NAAM.

And Sant Kabir reveals the answer in the most beautiful way…..

“Says Kabeer, he alone is poor who does not have the Naam, the Name of the Lord, in his heart. “
– Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

A whole book of over 300 pages “ NO MIND” is what I have written just to help those who are willing to be helped! And in that book – I have again and again mentioned that unless you move beyond MIND – there is no coming to the TRUTH – and the way to move beyond MIND is through CHANTING THE NAME OF THE LORD – there is absolutely no other miraculous key to your transformation than the chanting the Lord’s holy name!

But who wants to listen? Shallow people and the their shallowness is so much that they will run behind everything – do everything – churn out thousands of rupees to a magician – to a tantrik – but will never listen to the most simple and most effective means that the benevolent masters have so compassionately shared with mankind – chanting the Lord’s holy name!

“To chant the holy name and dance in ecstasy is so easy and sublime that one can achieve all the benefits of spiritual life simply by following this process”. – Srimad Bhagavatam

“What cannot be achieved through the performance of Vedic rituals can be easily achieved through the chanting of the Lord’s holy name.”
-Srimad-Bhagavatam , Srila Prabhupada

People want everything ‘ready-made’ – but one must understand that HAPPINESS is NOT ready-made – it comes only through your OWN actions.

The joy of meeting the TRUTH – the GURU – the MASTER is beyond the expression of words. Language is really poor – but Sant Kabir reveals it in the most beautiful way…..

“When you meet the true Guru, He will awaken your heart; He will tell you the secret of love and detachment, and then you will know indeed that He transcends this universe.”
-(Kabir)

There is absolutely no better way than to realize the depth and beauty of the GURU through the ‘eyes’ of KETU! Ketu has absolutely NO HEAD – no intellectualism – HE is like Peter, the fisherman who starts following Jesus without thinking – without bringing any doubts any intellectualism in between! Jesus says “ Follow ME – I will make you the fisher of Men” And Peter is like our KETU – a man of heart with NO HEAD – he simply ‘jumps’ into the unknown – he is so much moved by the presence of Jesus – HIS aura, HIS bliss – HIS Peace – that even though he is meeting Jesus for the very first time in his life – still without giving any second thought he starts following Jesus and then the rest is history!

Arjuna is like our KETU – Krishna tells him “ SHOOT – shoot your arrow on that old man….”

That old man is Arjuna’s great grandfather – BHISHMA. Whole life he has loved that old man and that old man has loved him immensely – and now the master is telling him to shoot and kill that old man…..

How difficult it would have been for a common man – for a man who is ATTACHED – for a man who is yet sleeping – but ARJUNA is an awakened man – without wasting a second – he shoots and the old man is dead. BHISHMA is dead – at the point itself the victory is guaranteed – not because BHISHMA was dead – but BECAUSE ARJUNA PROVED HIS ABILITY TO LISTEN TO THE WORDS OF THE MASTER – WITHOUT BRINGING THE MIND IN BETWEEN – without BRINGING the so called intellectualism in between – HE just followed Krishna’s word and the rest is history.

That is KETU – listening to the WORDS of the MASTER and letting those WORDS penetrate into your being – and then a day comes when those words – those golden words start transforming you inside out – that is the day of your life – that is the REAL TURNING POINT!

But who wants to LISTEN? People have many fantasies of having a turning point and those are so shallow – so material that the less said the better.

Sant Kabir says – that when you LISTEN to the words of the master – DO NOT AGREE and DO NOT DISAGREE – just LISTEN because when you get into AGREEING AND DISAGREEING – you bring the MIND in between and the MIND is a monkey – it won’t let the words of the master penetrate into your being – because it is very much aware that if those words get into your being – its existence will be in danger – and so the MIND obstructs you – you remain with the master – but no change – no transformation is seen within you – because you have never LISTENED in reality – you have just been lost into the madness of agreeing and disagreeing.

“Kabir says: Please don’t agree and disagree with me. Just listen. Listen attentively, totally. Kabir says: Please don’t be in a hurry to decide and conclude. I am not preaching anything here. I am simply saying something that has happened to me, that has grown in me, that I have experienced, I am simply singing my own song.
All agreement, disgareement, is foolish, stupid. When truth knocks at your door you will simply be suddenely silent, unmoving. And that is real agreement which is not of the intellect, not of the mind. That is not from you; that is from such a depth in your being that you can almost say it is from God.”
– Osho

Many times it has happened – that those who were CLOSE have never realized and those who have been at far distances – have realized! It is therefore not necessary to be with the Master – it is necessary to LISTEN and ACT by following the words of the Master.

Judas always remained close to Jesus. Like a shadow he would be Jesus – but it is Judas who sold Jesus to the Romans for a few silver coins! Being CLOSE is useless if you CANNOT RELATE to the MASTER’s words – HIS message – HIS LOVE!

And when Judas came to know that the Romans have nailed – crucified Jesus – he could not control himself – he started crying – a few moments of IGNORANCE had made JUDAS a man of betrayal! Unable to control himself – he HANGS himself – commits suicide!

Being close is not important – resonating with words of the master without bringing you intellectualism in between is important – and that comes when you start turning inwards – the way of KETU is turning inwards because it is only when start turning inwards that you can RELATE with Jesus – than you will no more remain a Judas – you will become JOHN who loved JESUS – the love between John and Jesus is beyond the power of words – the disciple moving towards the master – the master moving towards the disciple – ONENESS -how to express such a pure love – language is really poor.

Only a man who is turning inward – who is chanting the name of the Lord can realize – can identify with the awakened – the enlightened being. He can ‘see’ such an enlightened being – he can find the whole universe in HIM.

“A drop, melting into the sea, Everyone can see. But the sea, absorped in a drop Only a rare one can follow!”
-Kabir

Lord Ganesha is the bridge that helps you to gain the strength of Lord Ketu and it is through Lord Ketu that you can transform the Intellectualism (Mercury) into intelligence – and so you have come up with a real good question – it is all inter-connected, it is all LinkedIn.

When intelligence comes – you stop seeking God in temples – you stop doing all the unwanted rituals and ceremonies and all those poojas and havans.

Then you realize that GOD is not on the outside – HE is not in the TEMPLE – TEMPLES are build just to ENCOURAGE the common man towards RIGHTEOUSNESS – towards having more FAITH in GOD – it is a MOTIVATIONAL SPOT but it certainly NOT GOD’s HOME!

God’s home is in your heart. Is in every human being’s heart. God dwells within and not without.

“I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. I laugh when I hear that people go on pilgrimage to find God.”
-Kabir

If you are going on pilgrimage to meet GOD – to experience GOD than you have got the wrong address – the right address goes through your heart – the dwelling of GOD is within you.

” The first glimpse of God has to be in the innermost shrine of your heart. If you have not seen Him there, you can go on talking about Him, but you will not ever be able to see Him anywhere.”
-Osho

KETU and LORD Ganesha simply are encouraging you to LOOK WITHIN and SELF-REALIZE the GOD that is within you – and let me tell you and to all my readers and followers that there is absolutely NOTHING as GREAT than to experience the state of your own self-realization.

Ketu is meditation. Ganesha is meditation and the whole essence of meditation is to bring you to the PRESENT MOMENT. The whole essence is to help you realize that GOD is NOT in the heaven. GOD is in the PRESENT moment – when you are able to BE HERE NOW – you have Entered the Temple – the joy – the bliss – the peace – the dance has begin…..

Then life is no more the same – everything around you is the same but you are no more the same – then there is a song to it, a poem, a dance – and it all comes when you turn inward – when you become more and more DETACHED!

Ketu is detachment. Ganesha is detachment. Their message is simple – DETACH YOURSELF. And if you miss to listen to their message – then you miss, you simply miss this life – and this is how you all go on missing – you remain on the surface – flaunting your intellectualism (mercury) – and in this futile process you miss – you simply miss to self-realize that ‘intellectualism’ is very poor substitute to INTELLIGENCE.

Be Intelligent and NOT intellectual.

And the way towards intelligence goes through your HEART and NOT the HEAD.

Get out of your HEAD and get into your HEART – that is the message of KETU, that is the whole essence of Lord Ganesha!

Meditate.

Jai Shri Ganesha. Jai Guru.

Author: Acharya Addittya Tamhankar

FAQs : Rahu Mahadasha Effects & Remedies

CARDINAL SIGNS

FIXED SIGNS

DUAL SIGNS