Swami Anand Nisarg on Astrology

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Dear All,

There is a modern living swami called Anand Nisarg; I don't know him

or much about his books, you can search the net. But here is

something he says about Astrology; Quoting the Guru Gurdjieff, about

whom Osho had a high regard.

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A Short Treatise On Astrology's Purpose

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Astrology is a valid study.

Its foundation is based on the fact that anyone who is conditioned is

in essence predictable.

 

There is a story about this, from Gurdjieff. He was walking, with

four of his students, and one of them began to speak to him about

astrology, asking him to explain if it was real or not.

Just then, Gurdjieff dropped his walking cane.

After a second, one of the students picked it up.

He replied " this is astrology. "

The students were confused, and asked him to explain.

He asked the student who picked up the cane why he did that, and the

other three why they did not.

The one who picked up the cane said that he just saw it and picked it

up.

The others gave their explanations one had not noticed the cane fall,

another saw it, but by the time he thought of getting it the other

student had already retrieved it, the third saw Gurdjieff drop it but

thought Gurdjieff had done it on purpose and was confused by that.

 

Gurdjieff explained: all of these were conditioned responses, the

conditioning of each of the four students, their past circumstances

and present conditions as they were walking was what led each of them

to act or fail to act in the way they had.

 

Astrology is the ability to examine, through symbols, the underlying

natures of an individual's conditioning.

When used on a non-initiate, astrology helps explain one's

conditionings.

 

When one is initiated, and thus capable of transforming and

transcending one's conditionings, it is then Esoteric (rather than

Exoteric) astrology that comes into play, and astrology becomes a

tool to help one transcend the nature of one's conditionings through

understanding what techniques and practices can help one to overcome

the limitations set by your background.

 

Note that in neither case does astrology have anything to do with the

literal planets.

The symbols of the planets and the signs are just that, symbols,

which have deeper esoteric meanings.

Just as in Alchemy the symbols of " lead " and " gold " have nothing to

do with the literal elements, in astrology " venus " or " mars " have

nothing to do with the actual planets.

 

The other consideration of astrology is that the more advanced one is

as a mystic, the less useful astrology becomes as a predictive tool.

As you transcend your conditioning, you become less and less

predictable.

The more natural you are, the less predictable you are.

Astrology is a diagnostic tool for unconsciousness.

 

Thus, Maria, while I feel it is excellent for you to work with

astrology, it is important for you to consider its context ideally,

you should be using astrology to understand your own conditionings,

and how you relate to others and their conditionings.

Also, you should try to use this understanding to help you overcome

your conditionings.

 

But astrology is of no use in comprehending the nature or actions of

masters.

They are no longer bound by the very conditionings astrology is meant

to examine.

 

For any who are interested in studying more of this, I recommend the

following books:

For exoteric astrology (for non-initiates):

Stephen Forrest, " The Inner Sky "

 

For esoteric astrology (the astrology of initiates):

Alice Bailey, " Esoteric Astrology "

 

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Just presenting a new bit of info I got from net in the forum.

Love,

Sreenadh