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from Astrology and Karma, by K.N.
Rao - ch. 7
"Disaster is not disaster, good fortune is not good
fortune. Disaster is to forget Lord Vishnu. Great sanity is
to remember Lord Narayana." - The Vishnu Purana
What is a good time or bad time? The definition is yours and
personal. The drama of karma keeps unfolding; tragi-comic
scenes keep flitting across. Time, like a mirror, holds before
your eyes the results of your deeds and misdeeds.
Do not be elated when you have achieved something, do not
become depressed when you have failed. This is a sign of spiritual
equipoise.
Yet astrology shows through its mahadasha scheme how one evolves
psychologically and spiritually. The emphasis should be on
the spiritual progress, having been born as a human being,
and not on the material crazy achievements, particularly when
the hi-tech era can give you a lot of irrational ideas of
being a celebrity.
Who is a balanced person? The Gita is full of many, many descriptions
of each stage of spiritual development. See one of them here:
"Tulsaninda stutirmouni satusto yena kenachita
Aniketah sthiranmatirbhaktiman me priyo narah"
"He for who praise and criticism is the same, is
contented, and has a stable mind, such a devotee is dear to
Me."
- Gita 12 ch. 19 v.
This is a rare state of development. Either one reaches it
through intelligent self-introspection, or through the company
of people with divine wisdom, but mainly through spiritual
practices.
Time is God, appearing sometimes as inscrutably cruel and
sometimes overly-kind. That Time is, in Indian (Vedic) astrology,
the dasha systems, which are many.
reprinted with permission
Copyright 2006. Vaughn Paul
Manley. All Rights Reserved.
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