The Continuing story of the Lagna Sign DispuTEA) ...

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Hi all!

 

This discussion is like a world chess competition! Whether any decision is

arrived or not, it has brought up a lot of info. as to how to read a chart.

There are 2 ways to see the situation:

 

1. Once one has taken a position one can always find reasons to support!

2. TOB being uncertain, (as well as ayanamsa), a decision is impossible.

 

A third way is to say that the Ascendant was 0° Capricorn, so that both sides

win!

 

What intrigues me is the tea connection. With all due respect to the Saint, was

it fair to give such an ultimatum to his wife after 30 years of wedded bliss (or

miss)? Tea is soothing, a husband with strong religious feelings is rather

unpredictable. Gandhi´s wife had to go through this sort of thing, but she too

liked goat´s milk, I guess, and kept the husband, giving up sex. One can

sympathize with the lady for saying in her dilemma, "I´m for tea, but not for

thee!" Incidentally the Gandhi parallel seems to fit the attitude of the

children as well!

 

The lady gave out the story of Sri Krishna plus much spiritual inspiration and

asked only for biscuits, not gold. Food for the soul in exchange for food for

the body. Is this to be condemned or commended? Munching on her buiscuits, did

she never say, "This too, I owe to thee, Krishna!"?

 

Her going off to her father´s home reminds me of another instance, when Surya´s

wife did the same. But she left "Chaya" behind as her substitute and

unsuspecting Surya was saTEAsfied with her. Chay (from kshaya = brew) is also

Hindi for tea! The parallel ends as a contrast.

 

I once discovered that the rise and fall of the British Empire was intimately

connected with the rise and fall of tea-trade and the quality of tea in Britain.

With the invention of horrible tea-bags the quality of the tea there was totally

destroyed - and so was the empire!

 

That tea would have such drastic effects on the married life, and that of a

saint, is remarkable indeed..... "gunpowder? ....

 

But my sympathies are still with Srila P. Life with an incompatible mate is

togh...... Naturally this applies to the wife too.

 

Hope I have not offended anyone with these remarks!

 

regards

Mani