Free will - A short note

Query:

It seems sometimes like I’m a robot, performing a role and I don’t control the script at all.What is your view of free will? 

Response:

About free will, there is so much debate, unending one on it. In my experience I would say we do have free will but in matters which are relatively free and less dominant.

Like areas of birth, death, parents, city you live in, career, people you meet, money you earn etc. these broader aspects are destined and cannot be changed even a bit. This is the area of predestination which I would say will cover 80% of will .

The left 20 % can be said to be free will. It can be practiced in how we react and whether we form a new karma cycle or we let it exhaust and let our karma burn completely. Here comes the role of free will. Like for example in marriage/relationship, which is destined, partner is destined, fate of marriage is also destined. Now suppose if partner is abusive and marriage is going to break. Now if other partner has decent consciousness (so that free will can be practiced) then there will be two choices, either blame partner, hold grudges, create legal mess, and after separation hold on to that person and experiences. This approach would further bind you to same person and it is likely that same person now will have to bear your aggression, hatred and punishment in next life

Second act of free will could have been understanding that this relation was bound to end and hence tolerating with grace, letting go of person, situation and forgiving that person and yourself as well. Just taking the lesson ahead. This approach will majorly burn all karma with this person, and you will create freedom for your next life when it comes to choosing life partner. (This doesn’t mean that necessary and right action should not be taken, rather formation of new karmic cycle refers to unnecessary and prolonged attachments, keeping strong grudges and not forgiving that person (or self), something that comes from area of free will) .

May be free will exist in small and irrelevant activities of day to day which are minor. In my humble opinion amount of free will is very small and most importantly even to use this free will a person has to get awakened to some extent else this amount will also be lost owing to automatic responses to people and situations.

So more awake a person is, more he or she can feel and apply free will and mainly it will come in areas of how we react to people and events, which very gradually but ultimately, design the bigger patterns of our immediate and future karmic webs.

Heart of the matter: This is not an article in strict sense of terms but just a response to a query. This is vast and extremely complex area and this piece is just is an opinion, of course coming from long experiences and observations and tries to touch the essence only on this subject.

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Remedial measures - Nature,scope and applicability

The most fundamental and higher use of Vedic astrology is rarely discussed and used as now most of the ‘astrologers’ use it for merely predictions, making this branch of knowledge loose its real sheen and might. Though this is what is widely prevalent now and once the sensitive or bad predictions are made, one’s mind instantly jumps to the remedies, the ways in which relief can be obtained or pain can be completely escaped. Remedial measures aren’t totally right or wrong and actually depends on solidity of character of counselor and intake capacity and limits of mind of a person at the receiving end. Though there is no strict parameter in which we can bind these remedial measures, still in a very broader pattern let’s see their nature, scope and applicability.

The Divine plan : Combinations for learning astrology - II

The real leaning occurs when we implement what we have memorized. Continuing our discussion, lets discuss some charts which shows huge potential for learning as well as for practicing astrology.

The first chart that comes to mind is of K.N Rao, the Rishi in present age who has revolutionized the approach and outlook towards Vedic astrology. His research based work and replicable patterns that he has given in his teachings have modernized this science like never before. The foremost thing about his chart is that planets of knowledge and intellect, Jupiter and Mercury both are exalted, i.e extremely powerful .Jupiter is exalted in tenth house of Karma and it aspects second house(from where comes the skills to predict).Mercury exalted in twelfth house with Ketu is immensely rich Spiritual state and very refined state of intuition. His ascendant itself is in Vishakha nakshatra which belongs to Jupiter. Along with Gaja-Kesari yoga which has given him high moral stand, he has strong Mars which is showing his skills for research based work. Also point to note here is that Mars is again in nakshtra of Jupiter and Jupiter himself is in nakshtra of Mercury. This chart exuberates pure bliss.

Trasmutation of Faith , Karma and Astrology

Birth chart analysis in its most widespread form is primarily used as a tool for seeing the difficult periods along with prescription of remedial measures to minimize the ill effects. Rishi Prashar in Brihat Prashar Hora Shahstra has prescribed Mantras and worship of deities as potential way to tackle difficult times as indicated by planetary periods. There are numerous ways in which indivuals try to please deities as presented by planets. The intent of this write-up is to explore the link between faith and its effect on one’s destiny. This is rather grey area as generally such effects are invisible but in certain cases planetary positions in chart show miraculous placements whose linkage with Divine Grace cannot be ruled out by mere reasoning .Here as an example we will see two birth charts, one of a woman and second one of her child to see how beautifully faith has worked and more importantly how faith has been transmuted into position planet Jupiter, which represent Divine Grace of God in chart.Its important to differentiate the subtle message here ; intent here is just not to show how faith worked, rather main point is to explore how faith of parents has resulted in planetary position in birth chart of child.