09 Dec 2015
Dr Nikhil asked: Can you co-relate the concept of cycle deeds to the concept of the astrology, which includes the study of horoscope, the auspicious time and the construction of house?
Shri Swami replied: Today, there is a large lot of humanity that believes in astrology based on the long period of time during which experiences were clearly supporting the concepts of astrology, which were mainly composed by the sage Jaimini and sage Parashara. The scientific logic certainly misses in the astrology, if you consider the inert planets affecting the lives of human beings. However, this point is not properly represented since the alive energetic forms blessed with the unimaginable powers of God control the entire life cycle of the human being. In this way, the deities of the inert planets representing the unimaginable powers of God represent indirectly the unimaginable God Himself. The administration done by the Governing officials is said to be the administration of the Government itself. Thus, the boundaries between the philosophy or divine knowledge and astrology disappear. Philosophy says that everything is administered by God directly. Astrology says that various unimaginable powers of God called as preceding deities of the planets govern the entire administration. The cycle of deeds means the actions done by the souls relating to the corresponding fruits.
Scientists do not believe astrology due to the misunderstanding that the inert planets in the space control the human life. Certainly, science is correct since such misunderstood concept is impossible and wrong. The real concept is that the unimaginable powers of God called as planets are only controlling the human beings. Since science keeps silent about the unimaginable concept, science does not negate astrology, but, is silent about astrology in the real light of the true concept. Atheists negate astrology because they negate God also since they discard the unimaginable concept. Philosophers also keep silent about astrology feeling that the planets are different from the controlling powers of God called deities with different names. They accept the deities but not the planets. In fact, the preceding deity of planet and controlling deity in philosophy are one and the same. Philosophy speaks about the deity Yama and Astrology says the same Yama as Shani (Saturn). Both are sons of the Sun only. Saturn is said to be deity of knowledge (Jnana kaaraka). Yama also gave excellent spiritual knowledge to Nachiketa. Hence, the contents are the same and the names are only different.
The auspicious time and rules of the construction of house involve the concept of unimaginable relationship. The faith in unimaginable God is founded by such unimaginable concepts and unimaginable events called miracles. Thus, astrology serves as the subject introducing the unimaginable concept proved through unimaginable events. The philosophy gives weight to the unimaginable events done by God in the name of miracles. The astrological predictions are also experienced by several generations of humanity and are not different from miracles. Building the faith in the unimaginable God through such unimaginable concepts experienced is the main motto of the astrology, which forms the basic part of the spiritual knowledge. If you say that the predictions of astrology are false, the miracles are also said to be false. The common area of foundation of unimaginable concept exists in both the fields to the same extent.
Mostly, the people believe in unimaginable events and unimaginable God with 50—50 probability in both philosophy and astrology. A philosopher salutes God in the temple that comes on the way thinking that nothing is lost by saluting God, even if He does not exist and some favour may be achieved if God exists. A similar believer in astrology also thinks that if a work is started in auspicious time, nothing is lost even if the astrology is false. In case, the astrology is correct, the auspicious time may help him. Similarly, the rules of house construction. This concept of 50—50 probability is the basic ruling faculty of the psychology of almost all the modern human beings.
A real co-relation between astrology and philosophy exists if both the fields are analyzed in the light of the truth. The astrology lost its relationship with spiritual knowledge by treating the planets as different entities from God and as the absolute controllers of the world neglecting the concept of God. In course of time, astrology fell in the hands of atheistic Buddhists. Even there, the concept of unimaginable influence of the planets on the world proves the existence of unimaginable God in the end. Thus, astrology does not deviate from the spiritual knowledge at any time. If you observe the remedies suggested by the astrology, such remedies are only prayers to different forms of God as the controlling deities of the preceding deities of the planets. This again shows that the different forms of God representing the unimaginable powers of God only control the presiding deities of the planets assuming that they are different from the powers of God. Lord Shiva controls Jupiter and Saturn. Lord Vishnu controls Saturn and Mercury, Lord Subrahmanya controls Mars. The Divine Mother Durga controls Rahu. The Divine Mother Lakashmi controls Venus and Moon. Lord Adisesha controls Ketu. Lord Sun controls Himself. Prayers to these forms of God pacify the planets. This means that the devotion to God through these forms show the real path of liberation. The donation of certain specific food materials to poor hungry people related to these planets also introduces the concept of sacrifice. Sun is related to wheat, Moon is related to rice, Mars is related to Red gram etc. In this way, astrology is indirect form of the philosophy appearing to be more pragmatic, promising immediate relief to the level of normal human beings, who are built-up by the material called selfishness. Even in the spiritual knowledge, the same basic level exists as worship to God to get rid of the burning problems of life. The basic level of the spiritual knowledge indirectly presented is astrology. When you go to the higher level in the spiritual knowledge, you can leave the direct basic level of spiritual knowledge along with the indirect astrology. In the higher level, you are expected to get rid of the selfishness and concentrate on the work of God becoming His divine servant.
The work of Karmachakra denotes the cycle of actions and corresponding fruits to be enjoyed by the human beings in this world as well as in the upper world. Astrology denotes the various powers of God directing the cycle of implementation of the enjoyment of these fruits by the souls. The higher spiritual knowledge is suitable to the higher level devotees, who feel bad about doing businesses with God. Of course, at the basic level of spiritual knowledge, the devotees do not feel bad about doing business with God. For such basic level, philosophy and astrology are one and the same. The devotees going to higher level in the spiritual knowledge do not like to do business with God, but, still want to do the businesses for the worldly problems. Such so called higher level devotees in the spiritual knowledge worship the planets assuming them as other than God for the worldly business. Thus, their psychology is satisfied since they are not doing business with God and at the same time, do business with the planets for worldly affairs. In the highest level, one realizes that planets as well as other deities are not different from God since root source of all the unimaginable powers is only the unimaginable God. Hence, they get completely detached from this business based on selfishness.
Astrologers Propagate Worship of Planets
In the recent times, astrologers and priests of spiritual path were separated since the interests of their business-exploitation clashed mutually. Priests propagated the worship of various forms of God and astrologers propagated the worship of planets in this business of exploitation to earn money. Due to these selfish people only, astrology and spiritual path appeared as separate lines. Otherwise, both the subjects are one and the same revealing the existence of unimaginable God through unimaginable concepts.
The basic theme of the cycle of deeds and corresponding fruits is not based on anger and vengeance towards the sinners. If such case exists, the fruits must have been simply arranged as a list and implemented as per the order of time of subsequent actions. This is the most important point to be understood in the cycle of deeds. The cycle of fruits related to the deeds is not implemented in the chronological order of the time of the actions. The implementation of fruits is simply left to the will of God in the case of any soul. The fruits are implemented in a programmed manner following the improvement of psychology of soul. The entire implementation of fruits is like the use of medicines in the case of patient by the doctor as per the progress of the improvement in the patient. The drugs can be changed at anytime and the sequence depends on the direction of the doctor depending on the change in the patient. Thus, the entire implementation of fruits of the deeds is just a medical treatment given by the divine doctor, the God, who is the Divine Father of all the patient-souls. This world is a general hospital and death of a living being is nothing but transporting the patient to the special clinic called as the hell. The hell is the special I.C.Unit. The fruits of sins are the powerful antibiotics, which bring terrible weakness in the patient-soul. Side by side, the fruits of good deeds related to heaven are also used as B-complex vitamin tablets to give some resistance. Hence, the procedure of the cycle of deeds and fruits is very deep depending upon the diagnosis based treatment given by the doctor-Father-God. Therefore, in every step of this cycle, we can find only the infinite kindness of the Lord on His issues. The anger of God means only that God is very serious in the emergent treatment indicating the concentration of the attention of God as per the seriousness of the case.
Dr. Nikhil’s SMS message to Shri Swami: My life is full of worst sins and defects. I am completely under the grip of my dark nature. You adopting me as your servant is the single and most wonderful fortune in my undeserving life. It is debt I can never repay in all my life times. I only surrender at your gracious feet. Please keep me as your servant for all eternity.
God Created Soul, Quality etc., But Not Direction
Shri Swami replied: I have forwarded your submission to the Lord present in Me. I have submitted the same message to the Lord in Me twice on My behalf since I have the same problem in double quantity! The reply from the Lord is: You need not worry about all these qualities once You have joined the divine service. All the negatives become positives during this service. All the files shall be kept in cold storage and this is the cancellation of sins. The files will not be destroyed forever so that the souls will be careful in not repeating the sins again. If the sin is repeated, the files will be revoked. This procedure is just to create alertness in the souls. I have selected specific souls for specific channels of the divine service. The same nature, which harmed you so far, is turned to help you. A dacoit turned into watchman will do the service in excellent way. The same dark nature that acted as your enemy for your down fall will become your friend for your upward lift. The dark nature (Tamas) is characterised by rigid quality. This quality harms you in the path of ignorance and the same quality helps you in the path of knowledge. The red light seen in the Sunset is also seen in the Sunrise. The key turned in one direction leads to locking and the same key turned to the opposite direction unlocks the door. The direction is important and not the nature of quality. Dancing with a person other than husband leads to the hell. But, the same dance with Lord Krishna led Gopikas to Goloka, the highest plane in salvation. Hence, no quality is wrong by itself in this creation created by God. The direction in which the quality is used can be right or wrong. God created everything including the soul, quality etc., but not the direction. The direction is left to the independent soul. But, the right and wrong directions are clarified by God through the divine knowledge constantly given by His human incarnations. Knowledge is the most important since it helps you to select the direction. The same knowledge is of no use if its implementation is not done in selecting the right direction and in proceeding practically in that direction. The direction towards God is always right and the direction towards the world is always wrong. Even in the wrong direction, the minimum most expected right direction is the path of justice through which God will take personal care to lead you towards His direction in course of time. The path of injustice will lead you always towards the opposite direction away from God. The path of justice is mainly characterised by Ahimsa (not killing any living being for food), Asteya (controlling the corruption of others’ money and wealth), Akaama (controlling the corruption of illegal sex), Aahara (not burning the food materials in the name of sacrifice and donating the food to poor and hungry living beings) and Artha (sacrifice of money to deserving receivers).
Propagate all this divine knowledge of Pravrutti and Nivrutti in the world to achieve the balance and peace in the world so that all the humanity is blessed by God through His infinite grace. Such divine service will bring you near to God in very short time.
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