Guest guest Posted July 11, 2000 Report Share Posted July 11, 2000 Namaste, Dasji, Thanks for the Enlightening Thoughts. Have to go now, and sit on a rock and think about all this... peace to u, Mu --- Das <> wrote: > > > Dear Bhola, > > Thanks for your good question to the list regarding > conception time > verse birth time, what is important, and so on. > > All things are in the unfoldment of the modes of > nature. The modes of > nature expand from Divinity in the beginning, and > their intermingling > and complex churning are called "life". > > All things are in Jyotish's perview. > > The conception chart, or Muhurtha, or moment, is > completely valid and > important. So if one is able to understand Jyotish > properly, they can > pick times for impregnation which are auspicious for > them and the > possible child. > > The conception chart rules the conception up to > birth, and is highly > important because it rules over the developmental > phase of the body in > the womb. The birth chart then shows us how that > newly developed body > will suffer and enjoy in life outside the womb, > which we call "it's > life". But actually, "it's life" began in THIS body > at conception. > Therefore, great stress IS layed upon the conception > practices in the Puranas. > > The Vishnu purana and other Sacred instructions from > pure-hearted Saints > and Sages tell us something about how to go about > joining together in > order to make love for conceiving auspicious > children. I am not expert > on that list of recommendatons, and I won't try to > repeat a faulty > abreviated list or anything, plus many things may be > culturally odd, or > difficult to arrange, etc., so for various reasons I > won't go into that, > but the point is, that ALIGNING oneself with REALITY > through > understanding Jyotish and picking proper times is a > good idea for > everything important, and doing so is a PRIVELAGE of > being a human of a > higher birth. The higher one's birth, the more one > enters the plain of > knowledge, and is able to do such things. > > As one surrenders to the path of light, or said > another way, as one > aligns oneself with truth or God, one is actually > aligning oneself with > reality proper. Their gunas and doshas become > balanced, which is a sign > of alignment with reality. Actually, if you look > into it in detail, for > such persons, you will find they NATURALLY pick > better Muhurthas, > without even trying. > > If you look into the lives of those who are > specifically currently > engaging in activities and seemingly always having > bad luck, always > being rejected, always being frustrated, and so on, > then you will find > that they naturally pick bad Muhurthas. People who > have "bad charts" or > highly challenged charts are misaligned with their > own best interests. > So the way that karma comes out in life is in these > kinds of > "malalignments of action" in order for them to > suffer and learn. Thus > BPHS says basically that the planets deliver our > karma to us. > > According to one's present state of alignment with > Divinity, or in other > words, according to one's chart, one will meet a > certain lover or > spouse, copulate at a certain time and place, and > accordingly the > Muhurtha of conception is set "by accident". > Actually it's no accident > at all. The transits at that time, against the > charts of the pair, will > tell the relative virtues and faults of their union, > and thus forms the > conception chart of the child. If it is positive and > good, then so will > be the growth phase. > > Wherever the planets are in transit during that nine > months, those > magnetic or other subtle "Jyoti" influences are felt > by the developing > flesh in the womb just as they are felt by all atoms > and molecules > throughout the Universe. The signs and daily charts > of that part are > affecting the growth of the child and all it's > formative realities > including the nature of it's every quality and > characteristic, but so > also is the nature of the mothers body, which is > born of previous Jyoti > influences in some previous period, and thus we are > related to our > parents karma, and the karma of the society in which > she eats and > breathes etc. In this way we can trace the > "material" connection to > parental/societal karma. If she eats the garbage > food of our culture, > then our body is built of that quality to some > effectual degree, and we > suffer accordingly, or the reverse if the reverse is > ruling her actions. > > So then, the birth chart represents the moment of > "Completion of > Formation" and "Graduation to independence". We read > the birth chart > because it pertains to the phase of life which we > see and discuss with > each other. > > If one conceives a child taking consideration of > their own karma, and > what is best for them, and the child, and so on, one > is acting like as a > Devic person, and such thoughts and attempts will > align one with > Divinity more and more creating a better future, in > this and the next life. > > Jyotish is an external science directly related to > the process of life, > which shows us that aligning ourselves (making > Spiritual advancement) > with God, is a good idea for material life, and thus > we can realize that > those who are fully devoted to Divinity, and who > naturally follow with > their lives, words, actions, etc., the path of > Devotion to God, are > already situated in realization of the essence of > the Vedas. This is > stated in the Srimad Bhagavatam and also in the > Gita. > > One should pick auspicious times for all important > Muhurthas, or, > another way, is to actually try to be in a state of > Grace, or service to > Divinity, in which case one will automatically pick > good times. The > meter then is sincerity to serve. There is no > kidding or fooling God. > You can fool yourself and others too, and in this > way be deluded, but > real sincerity is recognized by God, and so is > everything else. > According to the degree we've suffered and want to > be actually rectified > and devoted, to that degree we are rewarded. This is > stated in the Gita. > > Jyotish is a mechanical process for approaching > alignment, and it does > not require the client of an astrologer to even be a > Theist. So, Jyotish > doesn't guarantee alignment with God as commonly > used where one person > helps another for a fee, but that will still work to > some degree for the > client, since they will be getting proper > instruction should the > astrologer be somewhat realized in truth. This is > how the Rakshashas in > the scriptures were able to accomplish alot- they > used Vedic knowledge, > but were in their hearts not surrendered to Vishnu. > "Yantra" or > mechanics, can be used by anyone. The Universe is > mechanical. > > The pure heart is the best guide. Paramatma will not > lie to you, but you > === message truncated === Get Mail – Free email you can access from anywhere! / Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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