{"id":4289,"date":"2021-07-02T03:08:20","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T03:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astroinsights.co.in\/?p=4289"},"modified":"2025-04-15T16:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T11:11:11","slug":"ketu-mahadasha-powerful-remedies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehealingastro.com\/blog\/ketu-mahadasha-powerful-remedies\/","title":{"rendered":"Ketu Mahadasha: Powerful Remedies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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If you cannot understand KETU, you cannot understand LIFE. If you cannot understand\u00a0a\u00a0BIRD, you cannot understand the true essence\u00a0of\u00a0FREEDOM. Freedom is the ultimate experience\u00a0of\u00a0life. There is nothing higher than that. And out\u00a0of\u00a0freedom\u00a0many flowers blossom in you.<\/p>

Life can be experienced in the true sense only when you are FREE – when you can FLY\u00a0without\u00a0a\u00a0VISA!<\/p>

Reminds\u00a0me\u00a0of\u00a0a\u00a0beautiful\u00a0Hindi\u00a0Song:<\/p>

\u092a\u0902\u091b\u0940\u00a0\u0928\u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e\u00a0\u092a\u0935\u0928\u00a0\u0915\u0947\u00a0\u091d\u094b\u0902\u0915\u0947<\/p>

\u0915\u094b\u0908 \u0938\u0930\u0939\u0926 \u0928\u093e \u0907\u0928\u094d\u0939\u0947\u0902 \u0930\u094b\u0915\u0947<\/p>

\u0938\u0930\u0939\u0926\u0947\u0902 \u0907\u0928\u094d\u0938\u093e\u0928\u094b\u0902\u00a0\u0915\u0947\u00a0\u0932\u093f\u090f \u0939\u0948\u0902<\/p>

\u0938\u094b\u091a\u094b \u0924\u0941\u092e\u0928\u0947 \u0914\u0930 \u092e\u0948\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092a\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0907\u0928\u094d\u0938\u093e\u0902 \u0939\u094b\u00a0\u0915\u0947<\/p>

\u092a\u0902\u091b\u0940\u00a0\u0928\u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e\u00a0\u092a\u0935\u0928\u00a0\u0915\u0947\u00a0\u091d\u094b\u0902\u0915\u0947<\/p>

\u0915\u094b\u0908 \u0938\u0930\u0939\u0926 \u0928\u093e \u0907\u0928\u094d\u0939\u0947\u0902 \u0930\u094b\u0915\u0947\u2026\u2026<\/p>

The\u00a0song\u00a0lyric simply shares the fact that BIRDS, RIVERS, WIND – nobody can stop them, no border\u00a0of\u00a0any country – no boundaries can stop them – they are FREE in the true sense – no borders and no boundaries exist for them but they exist only for humans. Only humans have build walls and set borders – borders are only for humans –\u00a0then tell\u00a0me\u00a0what have we achieved by being\u00a0a\u00a0human?<\/p>

KETU sets your FREE. KETU knows no boundaries and no borders. Because Ketu is all about being in\u00a0a\u00a0NO MIND\u00a0state. Only MIND goes on building walls and borders and limitations and conditions – only mind discriminates- the moment you attain the state\u00a0of\u00a0NO MIND – you become the river, the cool breeze, the bird who simply knows nothing\u00a0of\u00a0borders, and boundaries – and that is indeed the true FREEDOM. FREEDOM has to well up from\u00a0within.<\/p>

“Freedom can only be found within.”<\/p><\/blockquote>

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The more you move away from your MIND –\u00a0the more you would be able to sail smoothly during the KETU Mahadasha.\u00a0Clinging is the nature\u00a0of\u00a0the MIND – and\u00a0KETU wants you to LET GO!<\/p>

“letting go is hard, but sometimes Holding on is harder.”<\/p><\/blockquote>

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KETU MAHADASHA will become\u00a0a\u00a0HELL if and only if you continue to HOLDING ON. ATTACHMENTS is the reason – because\u00a0of\u00a0being attached too much to the matters\u00a0of\u00a0life (children, wife, husband, sex, love, power, money) – you find it difficult to LET GO – and you continue to HOLDING ON. And the more you continue to HOLDING ON – the more you yourself will invite more miseries during KETU MAHADASHA.<\/p>

\u00a0” SOME OF US THINK HOLDING ON MAKES US STRONG, BUT SOMETIMES IT IS LETTING GO.”
-Herman Hesse<\/p><\/blockquote>

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When you are\u00a0willing to LET GO\u00a0– when you are willing to DROP your MIND, when you are willing to FORGIVE and FORGET –\u00a0only then KETU MAHADASHA can truly become\u00a0a\u00a0wonderful journey that brings much wisdom to your being.<\/p>

Have you ever observed the trees in the winter – how wisely they LET GO the leaves – all the leaves fall just so that the tree can give birth to absolutely BRAND NEW leaves – that is how you all should be – especially during KETU MAHADASHA – let all the leaves fall – because through this FALL – through this LOSS –\u00a0a\u00a0new life is soon going to be born – fresh, and alive!<\/p>

During the\u00a0autumn season\u00a0– the trees LET GO all its leaves and looks like this – complete SHUNYA – ZERO. KETU MAHADASHA is the\u00a0season\u00a0of\u00a0Autumn.<\/p>

\"Nature<\/div><\/div><\/div>

After the AUTUMN season is over – SPRING arrives. And it is in the season\u00a0of\u00a0SPRING that the trees start flowering again, giving birth to fresh new green leaves. This season\u00a0of\u00a0SPRING is the season when your VENUS MAHADASHA begins! It is the end\u00a0of\u00a0AUTUMN (KETU) and the beginning\u00a0of\u00a0SPRING (VENUS MAHADASHA)!<\/p>

\"Nature<\/div><\/div><\/div>

But unless all the leaves fall – unless everything is CLEANSED – how can the new leaf – the new fresh flowers arrive??? So you see – that is why KETU MAHADASHA is\u00a0of\u00a0immense significance. The whole\u00a0CLEANSING PROCESS happens only during\u00a0the AUTUMN season – during the KETU season – during\u00a0KETU MAHADASHA!<\/p>

Tears\u00a0of\u00a0suffering and struggles are\u00a0a\u00a0cleansing shower\u00a0for the Soul.<\/p>

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Once you have been through the suffering phase during KETU MAHADASHA then the\u00a0cleansing happens\u00a0– but this cleansing\u00a0of\u00a0body, mind and soul can remain intact only if you take to\u00a0meditation.<\/p>

“Let prayer come after meditation. You meditate. Meditation will prepare your heart, it will cleanse you. It will cleanse you of your thoughts, it will throw out all the rubbish that you have been carrying in your head for ages, for lives; it will make space for prayer to happen. Meditation is like preparing the ground for a rosebed: prayer is like a rose. First you have to prepare the ground, you have to remove the weeds, you have to change the soil, you have to throw out all the stones.”
-Osho<\/p><\/blockquote>

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The GROUND (FOUNDATION)\u00a0of\u00a0a\u00a0new life –\u00a0a\u00a0purified life is prepared only during the KETU MAHADASHA – my fellows – only during KETU MAHADASHA or GURU MAHADASHA. KETU therefore is the RIGHT HAND\u00a0of\u00a0GURU – the Protector, the Provider, the Master!<\/p>

\"Ketu<\/div><\/div><\/div>

It is always the Master who chooses His Disciple. The Disciple cannot choose the master – it is the master who chooses his disicple – that is how Jesus chooses his 12 Apostles (disciples). That is how Krishna chooses Arjuna. That is how Buddha chooses Mahakasyapa, Ananda, Sarriputta!<\/p>

In the\u00a0MAHADASHA\u00a0of\u00a0MERCURY\u00a0you have been too logical – you have been using TOO MUCH\u00a0OF\u00a0YOUR HEAD – and by using your HEAD and your LOGIC – you become\u00a0a\u00a0ROBOT. You become MECHANICAL. And when you become like\u00a0a\u00a0ROBOT – you\u00a0start losing an opportunity\u00a0to\u00a0create meaning\u00a0of\u00a0life.<\/p>

“LIFE IN ITSELF HAS NO MEANING. LIFE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE MEANING.”
-OSHO<\/p><\/blockquote>

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You may earn good money during MERCURY MAHADASHA\u00a0but you find meaning\u00a0of\u00a0life only during KETU MAHADASHA.\u00a0And KETU Mahadasha comes\u00a0after\u00a0Mercury MAHADASHA – that indeed is\u00a0a\u00a0beautiful\u00a0way\u00a0of\u00a0GOD – telling you that\u00a0ENOUGH is ENOUGH\u00a0– now\u00a0WAKE UP\u00a0else it will be too late!<\/p>

\"Ketu<\/div><\/div><\/div>

It is only in KETU MAHADASHA that you WAKE UP\u00a0– you come back to your senses – you become AWARE! And once awareness comes – then you are no more the same – you transform, you evolve – you rise from the ashes – just the way\u00a0the\u00a0phoenix rises from ashes!<\/p>

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The phoenix is\u00a0a\u00a0beautiful\u00a0symbolic figure that signify the KETU MAHADASHA through which you RISE – you TRANSFORM – you MATURE – you EVOLVE!<\/p>

the phoenix In times of doubt and confusion, it symbolizes strength, transformation and renewal. For only from the ashes of who we were, can we rise up to become who we’re to be.<\/p><\/blockquote>

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And that is the whole essence\u00a0of\u00a0this\u00a0beautiful\u00a0transformative period\u00a0of\u00a0KETU MAHADASHA my fellows! It is the time when you become what you are supposed to BE –\u00a0a\u00a0wise man!<\/p>

“Wisdom comes alone through suffering.”
-Aeschylus<\/p><\/blockquote>

\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div>

KETU may bring suffering – but this suffering is\u00a0a\u00a0blessing in disguise my fellows – for it is this suffering that eventually transform you into\u00a0a\u00a0beautiful\u00a0wise person!<\/p>

KETU is the process\u00a0of\u00a0attaining freedom – liberation – moksha! And liberation, freedom comes only through DETACHMENT. KETU is just another word for DETACHMENT. KETU is the synonym\u00a0of\u00a0DETACHMENT!<\/p>

“The essence of the Way is detachment.”
Bodhidharma<\/p><\/blockquote>

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When\u00a0a\u00a0baby is\u00a0about to come out\u00a0of\u00a0the womb\u00a0–\u00a0he or she goes through tremendous pain.\u00a0This phase is painful because the baby has always been clinging to his mother – but now he has to come out\u00a0of\u00a0her womb! KETU PERIOD is just like that – the pain is to make you free – make you independent – make you detached. And the moment the doctor CUTS the cord between the baby and the mother – the baby is BORN in the true sense. The\u00a0real birth time is when the\u00a0Umbilical Cord\u00a0is cut and the baby becomes free – independent. The experience\u00a0of\u00a0BIRTH happens only when the cord is cut – when the baby is\u00a0detached\u00a0from the mother! KETU is DETACHMENT. Through this DETACHMENT\u00a0a\u00a0new life begins – and\u00a0so it is natural that when the Umbilical Cord is cut\u00a0– you will find it painful but remember this cutting the cord is necessary for you to REBORN!<\/p>

\"Ketu<\/div><\/div><\/div>

This is how you feel when you come out\u00a0of\u00a0KETU MAHADASHA<\/a> (the painful process\u00a0of\u00a0coming out\u00a0of\u00a0the mother\u2019s womb) – but see now everybody is smiling – even the baby knows – he is out and he is free to take the first breath\u00a0of\u00a0his or her life! This is the very FIRST physical detachment through which\u00a0a\u00a0NEW LIFE begins!<\/p>

And then comes the SECOND BIRTH – the SPIRITUAL BIRTH – the real detachment when you are chosen by the compassionate benevolent Master! The FIRST BIRTH is through the MOTHER (it is painful) – but through that pain you attain\u00a0a\u00a0new life –\u00a0a\u00a0physical form. The SECOND BIRTH is through the MASTER (it is painful) – but through that pain you are REBORN – and experience the higher realms\u00a0of\u00a0consciousness – the SECOND BIRTH is indeed the SPIRTUAL BIRTH!<\/p>

“One birth is from mother and father, another birth is from the Guru, the Master. You are again in another womb, a spiritual womb. You have to close accounts with your physical womb completely. You have to drop all hang-overs with your physical birth so you can be totally here now with the master.” – Osho<\/p><\/blockquote>

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That is the whole message\u00a0of\u00a0KETU – DROP ALL THE HANG-OVERS with your physical birth and just BE WITH THE MASTER. You can do your business or job – but ensure that you remember HIM – ensure that you meditate – ensure that you DO NOT indulge in any corrupt practices – if you follow these simple guidelines then KETU MAHADASHA will be\u00a0a\u00a0great transformative period\u00a0of\u00a0your life!<\/p>

But who wants to listen?<\/p>

People are shallow and they just want more sex, more woman, more money, more power – and when they continue with this way\u00a0of\u00a0life then it is natural that they will go through\u00a0a\u00a0HELL TIME during KETU MAHADASHA! So it all DEPENDS on YOU – how much evolved your soul is – how much awareness is within you.<\/p>

KETU is the greatest energy\u00a0of\u00a0this UNIVERSE. Enlightenment is possible only through KETU. Because KETU is all about being detached. KETU is all about being spiritual. KETU is all about turning inwards. Even when you do SEX during KETU MAHADASHA – then it is no more just\u00a0a\u00a0physical sex – it has more to it than just being physical – it has the purpose\u00a0of\u00a0attaining the experience\u00a0of\u00a0ONENESS – it is more TANTRA SEX then just\u00a0a\u00a0normal sex. TANTRA SEX is very special act. It is an act\u00a0of\u00a0sex – where first both partners worship each other – the man worships the woman as\u00a0a\u00a0GODDESS. The woman worships the man as GOD and then they make love – intense love through which they attain\u00a0a\u00a0prolong orgasm – and since the whole foundation this wonderful act\u00a0of\u00a0sex is spiritual – they experience the ONENESS. Remember – KETU NEVER denies SEX. There are millions and millions\u00a0of\u00a0men and women who have\u00a0a\u00a0strong KETU in 7th house and still they had the maximum sexual pleasures in life! So KETU never denies sex – KETU spiritualizes SEX! When you worship the woman as GODDESS and then have sex with her – when you worship the man as GOD and then have sex with him – then there is NO sexuality in it – there is only LOVE! And when sex happens out\u00a0of\u00a0intense LOVE – then there remains no sex but only love!<\/p>

Always remember – LOVE unites. SEX divides. The word SEX comes from\u00a0a\u00a0root which means\u00a0division.\u00a0Sex is the\u00a0root cause\u00a0of\u00a0division.<\/p>

“When you make sex to a person, woman or man, you think it unites you. For a moment it gives you the illusion of unity and then a vast division suddenly comes in. That’s why, after every sex act, a frustration, a depression sets in. One feels that one is so far away from the beloved. Sex divides, and when love goes deeper and deeper and unites more and more, there is no need for sex. Your inner energies can meet without sex, and you live in such a unity.” – Osho<\/p><\/blockquote>

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KETU MAHADASHA is the perfect time to experience the much deeper aspects\u00a0of\u00a0sex – if you are\u00a0a\u00a0married person or in\u00a0a\u00a0relationship!<\/p>

The very myth that SEXUAL relation can unite you more with your partner – is\u00a0a\u00a0myth. Sex never unites – only LOVE unites. So if LOVE is there only then your marriage<\/a> or relationship will last – because\u00a0a\u00a0relationship based on SEX always comes with an \u201cexpiry date\u201d!<\/p>

The whole beauty\u00a0of\u00a0KETU is that KETU spiritualizes your SEX LIFE. KETU MAHADASHA is\u00a0a\u00a0beautiful\u00a0time to experience the spiritual side\u00a0of\u00a0SEX – to transform SEX into something\u00a0of\u00a0the BEYOND!<\/p>

“Love can give a new soul to sex. Then the sex is transfigured, it becomes beautiful; it is no longer sex, it has something of the beyond in it. It has become a bridge.”
-Osho<\/p><\/blockquote>

\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div>

So the very first lesson you should learn is that KETU during his MAHADASHA will NOT deny you the sexual pleasures you seek – only if there is the essence\u00a0of\u00a0LOVE in your act\u00a0of\u00a0sex! However if you are just being horny and trying to get in the bed for having sex – then such\u00a0a\u00a0sex is ugly and then KETU MAHADASHA will definitely give you much pain in the matters\u00a0of\u00a0sex. So it all depends – the whole essence is that KETU wants you to STOP being\u00a0a\u00a0ROBOT and bring more ALIVENESS to your being and one becomes ALIVE only when you start becoming SPIRITUAL!<\/p>

“Spiritual awakening – is becoming awake to the aliveness of this moment.”
-Eckhart Tolle<\/p><\/blockquote>

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KETU MAHADASHA therefore is\u00a0a\u00a0wonderful period\u00a0of\u00a0self-transformation for those who are becoming SPIRITUAL – who are bringing the wonderful essence\u00a0of\u00a0spirituality in every act\u00a0of\u00a0their life – from SEX to PRAYERS – from TREES to TABLES – from HEAD to HEART!<\/p>

Did I say HEAD to HEART? Because nothing can explain as beautifully as this phrase – HEAD to HEART!<\/p>

That is exactly what KETU wants – my fellows – to move from your LOGICAL HEAD to your LOVABLE HEART! What is meditation? It is\u00a0a\u00a0journey from HEAD to HEART!<\/p>

Beautiful.<\/p>

And so all those men and women \u2014 are idiots who defame KETU – it is not KETU who is frustrating you – it is your own idiocy – it is your utter ignorance – it is your unwillingness to listen to what LIFE has to say is what makes you frustrated during KETU MAHADASHA.<\/p>

“Don`t be angry at life.
It is not life that is frustrating you, it is you who are not listening to life.”
-OSHO Touch your Life<\/p><\/blockquote>

\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Listening to life means living with ACCEPTANCE – Tathata. Someday you should read my book \u201cBeauty\u00a0of\u00a0Acceptance – Tathata\u201d. It is only when you live with Acceptance that you can find peace, and you can progress in life. The more you rebel – the more you are unwilling to ACCEPT – you will remain stuck and\u00a0a\u00a0man who remains stuck can NEVER move on.<\/p>

During KETU MAHADASHA – you have to simply realize the fact that all the BAD KARMA that you had indulged in the past are NOW in for deep cleansing. And cleansing can cause pain – but it is worth it.<\/p>

“Sometimes God allows us to cry to cleanse our eyes with tears so we can clearly see the good things coming.”<\/div><\/blockquote><\/div>

Only\u00a0a\u00a0man who can cry – only\u00a0a\u00a0woman who can cry – are the most\u00a0beautiful\u00a0beings on this planet. Remember – NEVER BE ASHAMED\u00a0OF\u00a0YOUR TEARS – because only\u00a0a\u00a0man\u00a0of\u00a0heart can cry – only his eyes can become wet – tears\u00a0of\u00a0self-realization, tears\u00a0of\u00a0joy can flow only through such\u00a0a\u00a0man\u2019s eyes.<\/p>

“Never be ashamed of your tears. Be proud that you are still natural. Be proud that you can express the inexpressible through your tears.”
-Osho<\/p><\/blockquote>

\u00a0<\/div><\/div>

Tears are the most valuable treasures.<\/p>

Reminds\u00a0me\u00a0of\u00a0a\u00a0beautiful\u00a0story that moved my heart and brought tears to my eyes – who knows, it may bring tears to your eyes as well!<\/p>

Uddalak was\u00a0a\u00a0great sage,\u00a0a\u00a0learned scholar. Many Kings and Queens would send their sons and daughters to attain higher education under the able guidance\u00a0of\u00a0Sage Uddalaka.<\/p>

But one day\u00a0a\u00a0very poor boy came and fell at Sage Uddalaka\u2019s feet. He said \u201cMy name is Satyakam Jabal and I have come from faraway land just to attain education under your guidance. Please accept\u00a0me\u00a0as your disciple.\u201d<\/p>

Sage Uddalaka asked \u201cWho is your Father? First I need to know your family.\u201d<\/p>

Satyakam was\u00a0a\u00a0simple boy. He said “Many men have used my mother because I was poor. So I don’t know who is my father. All I know is that my name is Satyakam, and my mother’s name is Jabala: so they call\u00a0me\u00a0Satyakam Jabal. And as far as the search for truth is concerned – it doesn’t matter who my father is.”<\/p>

Sage Uddalaka stood up. Never had he seen such\u00a0a\u00a0student – so straight, so simple, so pure! Looking into the eyes\u00a0of\u00a0Satyakama – Sage Uddalaka said “I will accept you. It does not matter who your father is. What matters is that you are authentic, sincere, unafraid – capable\u00a0of\u00a0saying the truth without feeling embarrased. Your mother has given you the right name, Satyakam. Stayakam means one whose only desire is truth. You have\u00a0beautiful\u00a0mother, and you will be known as Satyakam Jabal. And the tradition is that only Brahmins can be accepted as disciples. I declare you\u00a0a\u00a0Brahmin – because only\u00a0a\u00a0Brahmin can have the courage\u00a0of\u00a0such truth.”<\/p>

Those were the most\u00a0beautiful\u00a0days – when the GURU used to decide the caste based on the quality\u00a0of\u00a0the student!<\/p>

In\u00a0a\u00a0way we all are Shudra – because the state\u00a0of\u00a0BRAHMIN comes only when you attain SELF REALIZATION.<\/p>

Satyakam soon became the most favorite student\u00a0of\u00a0Sage Uddalaka. He deserved it – he was so pure so innocent. But after ten years when Satyakama had attained all the knowledge – Sage Uddalaka said \u201cSatyakam – “Whatever I have been telling you is knowledge gathered from the scriptures. It is not my own. I have not experienced it; I have not lived it. I suggest that you go deeper into the forest. I know\u00a0a\u00a0man who has realized – he is one\u00a0of\u00a0the greatest enlightened master.\u00a0Go to him. And come back only when you attain self realization. When you go to him – tell him that you have come to know Truth, to know LOVE, to know GOD.”<\/p>

Satyakam sets out in search\u00a0of\u00a0the enlightened master. After many months – he finds the master. And the master is seated beneath the tree and there are many student seated before Him. Satyakam rushes towards the master – and fell upon the master\u2019s feet. Tears\u00a0of\u00a0joy started flowing through his eyes – his joy knew no bound. He said to the master \u201cI have come to know the Truth. I have come to know LOVE. I have come to know GOD\u2026.\u201d<\/p>

The master looked into Satyakam\u2019s eyes – and Satyakam\u2019s joy knew no bound. How deep were those eyes, how\u00a0beautiful, how compassionate, and so much\u00a0of\u00a0love was in those eyes – Satyakam was deeply moved. The master said “It is possible, but you are asking something very difficult. There are so many disciples here – they all want more knowledge. They want to know about this and about that. But if you insist that you are\u00a0not\u00a0interested in information that you are ready to do anything, that your devotion to truth is total\u00a0then I will find\u00a0a\u00a0way for you.”<\/p>

Satyakam said “I am ready to sacrifice my life but I cannot go without knowing the truth. Neither can I go to my teacher nor can I go to my mother who has given\u00a0me\u00a0the name Satyakam. And my teacher accepted\u00a0me\u00a0without knowing whether I was\u00a0a\u00a0Brahmin or not, just on the simple grounds that I was truthful. Tell\u00a0me\u00a0what has to be done.”<\/p>

The master said “Take all these cows that you see here, take them into the deep forest. Go as deep as possible, so you don’t come in contact again with any human being. The purpose is that you forget language, words. Live with the cows, take care\u00a0of\u00a0the cows, play on your flute, dance – but forget words. And when the cows have grown to the count\u00a0of\u00a0one thousand, come back.”<\/p>

The other disciples could not believe what was happening – because there were just\u00a0a\u00a0dozen cows. How long is it going to take for them to become one thousand?<\/p>

But Stayakam took the cows, went as deep as possible into the forest, beyond human contact, beyond human context. For\u00a0a\u00a0few days it was difficult but slowly slowly he got used to it. The cows were his only company. And they are very silent creatures. He played on the flute, he danced alone in the forest; he rested under the trees.<\/p>

For\u00a0a\u00a0few years he continued to count the cows. Then by and by he dropped it, because it seemed impossible that they would become one thousand. And moreover he was forgetting how to count, language was disappearing. Words disappeared; counting could not be saved.<\/p>

And the story is so enchanting that it is said that cows became worried when they became one thousand, because they wanted to go back home and this man had forgotten how to count. Finally the cows decided, “We have to speak, otherwise this lonely forest is going to become our grave.”<\/p>

So one day the cows caught hold\u00a0of\u00a0him and told him “Listen Satyakam, we are now one thousand and it is time to go back home.”<\/p>

Satyakam said “I am very grateful to you. If you had not told me…I had even forgotten about home or about returning. Each moment was so tremendously\u00a0beautiful\u00a0-so many blessings. In the silence, flowers went on showering. I had forgotten everything. I had no idea why I had come here, who I am. Everything had become an end in itself: playing the flute was enough, resting under the trees was enough, seeing the\u00a0beautiful\u00a0cows sitting silently all around was so\u00a0beautiful. But if you insist, we should return.”<\/p>

Satyakam embarked on his journey back home. And the disciples\u00a0of\u00a0the great master saw him coming with one thousand cows. They reported to the master “We have never believed that he would come back. He is coming and we have counted exactly one thousand cows. He is coming!”<\/p>

And when he came, he stood there – just in the crowd\u00a0of\u00a0cows.<\/p>

The master said to other disciples “You counted wrong, There are one thousand and one cows; you forgot to count Satyakam! He has moved beyond your world, he has entered into the innocent, the silent, the mysterious. He is not syaing anything, he is just standing there as cows are standing there.”<\/p>

The great master said “Satyakam, come out. Now you have to go to your other master who sent you here. He is an old man and he must be waiting. Your mother must be waiting.”<\/p>

And when Satyakam came back to Sage Uddalaka, his first teacher – Uddalaka saw him from the window again and he ran out\u00a0of\u00a0the back door because now Satyakam cannot be allowed to touch his feet, now Uddalaka would have to touch Satyakam’s feet. Because Uddalaka was still\u00a0a\u00a0scholar, and Satyakam was coming not as\u00a0a\u00a0scholar but as one who is awakened.<\/p>

Sage Uddala escaped from the house – he said to his wife “I cannot face him. I am ashamed\u00a0of\u00a0myself. Just tell him that I am dead and he can go now to his mother. Tell him I died remembering him.””<\/p>

Teachers during those time were\u00a0of\u00a0different mettle – they were simply very very\u00a0beautiful\u00a0beings, honest fellows.<\/p>

And so Satyakam went back to his mother. The mother had become very old, but she waited and waited and waited. And when Satyakam came – she could not stop crying – those were the tears\u00a0of\u00a0joy – she could see the glow – she could sense the fragrance that lingered around him – she could see that her son has transformed – that he has become\u00a0a\u00a0BUDDHA – an enlightened being. Looking at him, she said “You have proved Satyakam, that truth is always victorious. And you have proved that\u00a0a\u00a0brahmin is NOT born,\u00a0a\u00a0brahmin is\u00a0a\u00a0quality to be achieved. Everybody by his birth is\u00a0a\u00a0SHUDRA, because everybody’s birth is the same. One has to prove by purifying himself, by crystallizing himself, by becoming centered and enlightened, that he is\u00a0a\u00a0brahmin. Just to be born into the family\u00a0of\u00a0a\u00a0brahmin does not make you\u00a0a\u00a0brahmin.”<\/p>

So deep and so true to the core!<\/p>

The KETU MAHADASHA is the period when you go deep into the forest (meditation) – when you rejoice in your aloneness (detachment) – when you keep good company – SATSANG (holy cows) – when you forget all about counting and calculations and instead devote yourself at the feet\u00a0of\u00a0the Lord – it is\u00a0a\u00a0period when you become one\u00a0of\u00a0those 1000 cows – that is how beautifully the cleansing and the learning and the enlightening is possible during KETU MAHADASHA!<\/p>

The city JABALPUR is named after SATYAKAM JABAL –\u00a0a\u00a0beautiful\u00a0man,\u00a0a\u00a0great master who lived with the cows and became just like\u00a0a\u00a0cow – holy, innocent,\u00a0beautiful, lovable!<\/p>

RAHUISH men – extrovert people who are continuosly running behind power, money and sex will find KETU MAHADASHA difficult.<\/p>

But KETUISH men – meditative men, men\u00a0of\u00a0heart will find the KETU MAHADASHA\u00a0a\u00a0turning point –\u00a0a\u00a0transformative period\u00a0of\u00a0their life!<\/p>

It all depends on WHAT YOU ARE FROM WITHIN. The more IGNORANT you are (RAHUISH) the more you will perceive and experience KETU DASHA as some kind\u00a0of\u00a0punishment.<\/p>

And the more AWARE you are the more you will perceive and experience self-growth, self purification, self transformation during KETU MAHADASHA!<\/p>

Therefore I always say – NEVER ask anyone – \u201cHow Canada is or How Australia is?\u201d Because the answer you will get is totally individual based. It is based on how\u00a0a\u00a0certain individual perceives – and perception is based on what you are from within! There are many men and women who have evolved and become wise during KETU MAHADASHA and there are many greedy idiots who keep blaming KETU for their own foolishness and ignorance.<\/p>

During KETU MAHADASHA –\u00a0:<\/p>

  1. Scale down your expectations. Frustration comes because of expectations.<\/li>
  2. Move towards raising the quality of your life by turning inwards. By embarking on the spiritual path.<\/li>
  3. Learn the lessons of your life and instead of whining and complaining and torturing GOD – be GRATEFUL to GOD – that you were cleansed and that you were the chosen one. Because GOD tests only those whom HE loves.<\/li><\/ol>

    Remedies during KETU MAHADASHA:<\/p>

    1. Fasting on Wednesdays. Worshipping Lord Ganesha every Wednesday.<\/li>
    2. Donating plain notebooks, pen, pencil, to needy students.<\/li>
    3. Chanting any one of the following mantras every day:<\/li><\/ol>