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by Basab » 15 May 2012
Thanks, Paro. Every decision I take in life, I believe it' is as per destiny's wish. I am a very big believer of destiny, though I agree that there is a little free will, too. It's not "moving on to the next level" for me in the sense you are thinking. It's just this that sometime back I got disillusioned with the astrology of the present time.
I was reading your posts, and believe me, that's the confusion I had too: nothing is making much sense to me when it comes to astrology. Somehow theories are being fitted in to prove a point, I fee;. It's not astrology as far as I am concerned. Retrospective analysis of charts according to me is of no value as such. But then, it's my opinion, so I don't want anyone to get upset reading it.
Astrology is a very difficult subject. It takes years of dedication to master it. I had interest in it, but then, not that much interest that I would put all my heart and soul to it. If I can do that ever in the future, I will get back to astrology once more, but otherwise I will go ahead with my reading spiritual books as I am doing now. I feel astrology can be very damaging, just like it can be helpful. Astrology helped me a lot, but at the same time it was harmful for me too. It can misguide a person terribly believe me, and that's not the fault of astrology, but of the astrologers, to be precise.
And then, I feel, it's no good knowing what period you are running and what period you are not running. Suppose you are told, you have such and such planets bad in your chart and such and such periods bad, it will affect your mind definitely, even though you choose to remain unaffected by it. It happened with me, and I feel it happens with everyone, though most people don't like to agree with that. Even if you are studying astrology, keeping your chart aside, your mind somehow gets influenced the planets. They get a grip over you, and that's something I wished to be free from. I wished to think on my own, didn't want my thoughts to be influenced by the planets. So, it it is quite an irony that I who so much believe in destiny want to get out of the shackles of the planets?
Coming to spirituality, well, I am not spiritual at all. It's just this that I like reading on it. It is quite soothing, and it makes me feel free and independent, unlike astrology, which makes me feel like I am tied down completely by the planets.
Yes, I always believe that we are puppets in the hands of God, but you know what when you fall in love with Him, the almighty, in whose hands you are like a puppet, you stop feeling like a puppet. You let Him play with your life because it's Him, your nearest, your dearest, who is playing with it, not some cold planets, who are like strangers to you, placed in the distant sky.
Don't think that way that I have reached a higher level. I am in the same level as you are. It's difficult to get out of the trap of maya. It's almost impossible. I fall in that trap everyday, and I smile to myself thinking, that it's God's maya, am I greater than Him that I will be able to escape it. It's His wish whether you will stay in the maya of the world or whether you will leave it. It's not on us to decide that.
Now, before I end, please don't say goodbye to me as yet. As I said, you welcomed me back when I was leaving the forum, and I took it as God's message to me that I shouldn't leave it now. Maybe, I won't write as regularly as I used to, but then, I will be here and write sometimes if I feel like. Thanks once more for your kind words.
