Importance of astrology (Importance of Brahmacharya)

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Dear Tijanaji,

I am actually replying to the following part of your writeup (at

the end of this post), which I found extremely interesting. One

opinion I have is that while the scriptures certainly have the

perfect and distilled truth in them, interpreting them correctly

*within the context of the current age* is no small feat/ not an

easy task at all.

 

I understand that Brahmacharya is important, but can you

word " Brahmacharya is important " in astrological terms, so we can

have a common ground to talk on? i.e does " Brahmacarya is important "

translate to, for example, Venus being in Pisces with Jupiter? i.e.

powerful in a pure sign and with Guru? This may not be the only

combination (or even the right combination), I'm simply looking for

one that reflects the *essence* of Brahmacarya. I have heard that

Mars is a Brahmachari, but then Venus is ojas, right, so I'm a bit

confused as to how Mars shows this essence..

 

The above is one way to start a discussion i.e. on common and

objective astrological ground. Another way is to discuss how exactly

to practice Brahmacarya: I think what is *not* mentioned in

scriptures (and no one here, strangely enough) is what happens with

the blind practice of Brahmacarya, which people loosely understand

as sexual abstinence. You very correctly say - ojas is understood

as " vigor, vitality and procreative power " , right? Actually the West

has a deeper and clearer understanding than you perhaps give them

credit for, because " vigor, vitality and procreative power " are

actually *effects* of ojas, right, not ojas itself? Because vigor

and vitality are the *mental* qualities induced by ojas. The famous

Sigmund Freud somehow understood the true meaning of ojas, but not

quite, when he (in a sense) called the sexual urge the underlying

motivator of all action. The equally famous Carl Jung grasped it a

little clearer when he realized that the " sexual " urge in essence

was not just sexual, it was actually primal creative *psychic*

energy (not *physical* energy), which he termed libido.

 

So, in my understanding when we talk about Brahmacarya, we are

actually talking about controlling/channeling the libido. In my

personal experience, it is wrong to blindly suppress the *sexual*

manifestation of libido. All it does, after a while, is to create

depression (and in my case, incessant dreams of death). Libido can

never and should never be suppressed, it must be a given a path to

flow. So for ordinary aspirants like myself, first the right

practices must be developed, i.e. you must find a higher outlet for

the libido. Simply crushing the sexual outlet leads to mental

problems, IMHO. A lot of people who are heavily into their careers

also have very low sexual libidos - does that mean that they are

Brahmacharis in the sense used in the scriptures? Not at all, they

have simply found another perhaps slightly higher outlet for libido,

perhaps at one chakra higher than the average. Also, there is now

significant enough information about men who have been castrated. If

you check the information on the web, while castration definitely is

very effective in crushing sexual libido, it does not lead to

spirituality (as you might expect if you read scriptures literally),

more often it leads to depression (as I also experienced by

voluntary self-restraint).

 

So in my personal experience, in *today's world* you must interpret

Brahmacarya as the proper channeling of libido. It is an

*attainment* in itself, not merely a tool to attain something else!

If you blindly suppress sexual libido, it will quickly manifest

elsewhere e.g. one's career could get a boost, or one could develop

an uncontrollable urge to eat spicy food, or even to drink alcohol,

or one could find more (mental) energy to pursue their(very

materialistic) obsession to be " the best " astrologer. Controlling

libido is like slowly squeezing an inflated balloon - push it in in

one place, and it pops out of another. If you push it in everywhere,

you get depressed (balloon explodes). It does not automatically pop

out " in the right place " i.e. the one little point sized hole that

leads to God. That point must be be cultivated before all

this " pushing " is done..

 

My suspicion is that the people who talk highly of Brahmacarya are

either the very fortunate ones who have been blessed with a powerful

conception of God from early on, or the confused ones who are

obsessively pursuing something else perhaps less materialistic by

suppressing sexuality, or those who simply cite scriptures without

following the path.

 

Sincerely,

 

Sundeep

 

> > > > > Shrimad Devi Bhagavatam (one of the Upapuranas) states

that sexual

> > > > > urge is much stronger in the case of women. This is not

> surprising as

> > > > > sexual urge is produced and governed by the liquid

fluctuation

> in the

> > > > > body (watter, blood, semen and hormones in the first

place). This

> > > > > fluctuation is much higher in woman`s body due to the

> predominance of

> > > > > jala tatva in her body governed by planets Moon and Venus.

> These two

> > > > > planets are also responsible for the producing of the ojas

(the

> > > > > finniest energetic product of our body that makes the brain

> function

> > > > > properly, it is often understood as a vigor, vitality and

> procreative

> > > > > power). In general, this means that women can produce more

ojas

> > > than man.

> > > > > How is this related to poojas and spirituality?

> > > > > Sexual energy, or sexual thoughts, are being transformed

into

> ojas in

> > > > > the process of yoga. The process of yoga as one of its aim

has

> lifting

> > > > > of the ojas from its storage in the primal chakra and its

> storing in

> > > > > the brain. The more ojas in the brain the prettier, smarter

> and more

> > > > > spiritual we are. But this lifting of the ojas can be done

ONLY by

> > > > > chaste ones. That is why chastity and bramacarya has

always been

> > > > > considered the highest virtue. No YOga can happen without

> chastity. It

> > > > > is clear why it is even more important for women to be

chaste and

> > > > > pious considering the strength of Moon and Venus in her

> body-gross and

> > > > > causal.

> > > > > Without chastity, yogic pratice can lead into a mental

disorder as

> > > > > ojas and prana directly influence the work of the brain

> centres. Thus

> > > > > it is crucial how demanding and serious the homam or pooja

in

> > > > > question, or any other, is. Prohibition during the monthly

> cycle is

> > > > > based upon this also-increasing of the jala tatva and the

> sexual urge.

> > > > > At least, Somannath drekana should be checked for the

period

> of poojas

> > > > > to see how the dasas support celibacy vow that is usually

> required in

> > > > > the cases of sadhanas whose aim is spiritual elevation.

> > > > > The approaches to the final truth may be numerous and

> different, but

> > > > > all of them must find their path through the Sushumna. The

one who

> > > > > claims that this path is hidden or blocked to women simply

> lacks ojas

> > > > > in his/her brain.

> > > > > Regards,

> > > > > Tijana Damjanovic

> > > > >

> > > > > P.S. Ana, odakle si?

> >

>

[Guest dinesh]

My friend you are right....in today's world it can be a danger for a person practicing brahmacharya. in lack of knowledge and the consequences of his path...... yoga is the most important part of this path and if you are a serious practitioner then you will. Experiencewonderful feelings.....