Dr. Shanker Adawal
Part 1
The science of
astrology throws light on the auspicious and inauspicious.
Deeds of one’s
past Karma just as the lamp does on the articles (around it).
Why India survives
in spite of the vicissitudes of the history of one thousand years of slavery is
because she has kept vibrant and alive the undying tradition of spirituality.
While on the surface, history recorded the tremors of invasions and
devastation, she remained undisturbed as flowed beneath the surface, her
current of ancient traditions; a tradition that till today does not divide
humanity into narrow confines and groups of different religions but classifies
men as Tamasic, Rajasic and Satwic; a tradition that insistently
points to man the real purpose and meaning of human existence as the art of
transcending these limitations of the gunas
(Sattwa, Rajasa and Tamasa) and reaching the guantita state, the transcendental stage.
Such tradition has
been undying in India
and will be undying which is why the Vishnu
Purana refers to Bharara Varsha
as the real Karma Bhoomi, the land
where men should strive for spiritual perfection unlike other lands which are
referred as Bhoga Bhoomi, lands of
material and sensual enjoyments.
In these days of
spiritual revival amidst all the turmoil of our work-a-day existence, there
would exist ample justification to discuss the fragment of this great spiritual
heritage in an editorial of an astrological journal.
Among other
eminences, our land excels in spiritual eminence as well. She produced, and has
been producing, many great personages for purification of sinful atmosphere.
These souls selflessly devoted their lives and burnt the fuels of their innate
energies with missionary zeal for the upliftment of the mankind. That is why
their names are indelibly engraved in the pages of spiritual history of the
world, like Dhruva Tara (or Pole
Star) perennially radiating with spiritual brilliance adjacent to Lord Vishnu’s
very Abode.
The highest and
the only ideal of spiritual path is Self Realization or realizing the Lord in
the form one’s religion adores and preaches. The mind is the primary tool in
this process. That is not all. Speech and Deed, apart from being in mutual
identicalness should have an alignment not varying from the Mind. Mind is not
only an organ of thinking; it is the organ – rather a planetary organ – shaping
one’s destiny in general and spiritual destiny in particular. Trikarana Suddhi or purity of the three,
viz. mind, speech and deed is of prime importance in achieving such a unique
and signal greatness, as have been in the cases of our spiritual Gurus.
Undertaking a
star-study of spiritualism, we find that the mind is represented by the Moon
and the 5th lord, the speech by Jupiter and the 2nd lord,
and the deed of Karma by the 10th lord and Saturn. Major houses
related are the 8th, 9th and the 12th. The 8th
house represents occult aspects, viz. that side of the Universe that is not
easily visible to an ordinary eye. The 9th house is connected with
one’s Poorva Punya or merits of the
past birth. The extent of success one spiritually attains is to be estimated
from the 12th house. If one complete his spiritual mission without
any efficiency and void, he goes to the abode of the Lord in which respect the
12gh house plays a greater role as a blockade to rebirth. That is final
emancipation of Moksha. And that is
the pass to the heavens.
Rasi chart or
birth chart has in it locked many facets of life – of the past life, of the
present life and of the future life. To consider one’s scope of spiritual
attainments, the unlocking key is the Vimsamsa chart. (For calculation of
Vimsamsas, see Brihat Parasara Hora
Sastra). Which kind of horoscope has a bent of spiritual success can be
understood from the practical horoscopes of spiritual giants which are being
discussed in the following paragraphs.
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