Two Roads Diverged In A Wood

I wrote an entire post a couple of days ago. I posted it. And then immediately deleted it. It didn't feel right. It is difficult sustaining a regular writing practice. If you keep at it ,it's easy. If you let go of it one week....it slips by you. It is easy to go into a slump.And getting yourself out of there is tricky. I wrote quite a few posts and deleted them.

The last one had a list of prophesies. And my angst.

For this season I am going to choose differently. When everyone around is busy prophesying, I think it is a good time for an astrologer to take a break.

I did take a break of three weeks. I needed sometime to work things out for myself.

Basic-ally

I have been having discussions, self reflection and some arguments about a 'basic fact'.

I'm a middle aged woman. And by now this basic fact should be pretty clear to me. As it should be with the many people of different ages that I have been engaging with.

Turns out, that things are not that simple.

Firstly I was debating with myself whether I should take this topic up in the first place. The reason for my hesitation is because I haven't found any clear and cut answers.

I overheard my neighbor shout at her daughter.

She said "Be good. Don't be bad!".

Her daughter said "But Amma what did I do?"

The mother : "Didn't you call your brother an idiot?"

The daughter : "He is irritating me!"

The mother : "Be good, then people will be good to you."

Which is a strange thing to hear as I sat down to write this post about this basic fact.

Some posts ago I had mentioned using the energy of Mars to discern and differentiate what is good and what is evil. And since then I've had certain conversations with people, that has made me question whether it is a right thing to do. To distinguish between what is good and what is bad. And between what is right and what is wrong.

A Matter Of Opinion

Of course people will say the most obvious thing. They will say it is subjective.

But then again I realize that we use several words without realizing what they really mean. For instance, recently I was speaking to a lady from Germany. She said "The way people in India express emotions is very different from the way people in Europe express them. Here increasingly people are very objective in their responses, and in expressing emotions."

I said "What does that mean? What is an objective response?"

She didn't say anything for a while.

So I urged the conversation further by saying "If I tell someone -'Hey, something bad happened to me!'....and the other person says 'Yeah that's how life is.'....is that something like an objective response?"

She didn't really know what it was either.

Media 101

The very first thing I ever heard in media class at college was "There is nothing that is objective in this world." The lecturer went on to say that right from the topic you choose, to the way you may frame your camera, the questions you will ask and the way you see......there is absolutely nothing objective when you cover a story.

Everything is personal.

That statement on its own has multiple meanings. One, is to see everything as an interpretation of a personal individual. The other is to denote a highly sensitive person who thinks every statement is about them- "Oh he takes everything so personally!"

And then of course there is the meaning that everything that happens in the political world (which includes far more than just the 'world of politics')....is actually something that affects each and every one of us on a deeply personal level.

I don't know about you. But I sometimes wonder how I made it this far....It's a complex world. With complex words. And multiple meanings.

AI will have none of these problems. It works in a wholly different way. It can't even be called objective. Because it is trained with biased data for one. And Nature works in duality, characteristics come in pairs. If there is nothing subjective, then what sense does being objective make?

But as humans we are left dealing with these dualities.

Blissed Out

Then there are some, who say they are so spiritually blissed out, that these petty matters, these pesky differences don't matter to them any longer.

They say have you read the Manduka Upanishad...'The Upanishad of The Frog'?

"The "two birds" parable from the Mundaka Upanishad symbolizes the individual self and the supreme Self on the same tree of life. One bird, the individual self (jiva), eats the sweet and sour fruits of the tree, experiencing the joys and sorrows of the world. The other bird, the supreme Self (Atman) or (Isvara), is a detached observer that watches without eating. The parable illustrates that by focusing on the silent, watching Self, the individual soul can overcome suffering and attain liberation. "

They say that concerns of good and bad are of the 'fussy' individual self. The Greater Self is a detached observer who watches from a vantage point, so in His view good and bad don't matter.

Pissed Off

I find this logic very concerning. It seems to me there is Disassociation Disorder in multiple ways. Split of the mind and body.....split of man from the earth....

Here there is a split within the man himself. One part of him that identifies with the world. Who gets enmeshed in its problems. Who gets bogged down by the ideas of good and bad. Who swings between joy and sorrow.

And then there is a part of him that is an apathetic observer.

Seeking to identify himself with that Greater Self, he thinks he doesn't have to identify what is right or wrong.

Sounds lazy and dangerous to me. By not recognizing things for what they are: One could commit evil himself. He would not be able to even speak up against it. He would not be able to recognize it in others, leading him to become a victim of evil himself....or perhaps inadvertently become embroiled in another's evil scheme.

Kindergarten Speak

Adults take it for granted, that it is very important to teach a child what is good and what is bad. What is right and what is wrong. But once you become an adult, they say, you step into the grey zone. Where you see so much of life, and when so little of it makes sense....you now are exempt from the burden of those ideas. You are free to be a zombie. Your numbness seems to be excused.

You have achieved a state where you are beyond the menial tasks of sticking labels to things.

And then you take the easiest route. You ask- "What's the point anyway? You think when you call things out as good or evil, when you point to things that are right or wrong in the world....you are making any difference? You think you can change anything? Grow up!"

Growing Up

I am not sure if I'm fully an adult. Or whether I am an adult who thinks that this is important.

I think we have an unconscious mind that registers everything that we perceive. And when we make the effort to stick the label, we may not see obvious change in the world right away. But we are training our perceptive power in the ability to see things for what they are. Perhaps what people call the unconscious mind , is the very same silent bird on that tree. But where is the need for apathy?

And it's not that every recognition you make, every learning you have of human behavior has to be a highly emotionally charged, heavy , wild experience. It could be a calm recognition as well, couldn't it?

What Does Astrology Say?

When it comes to a person, Vedic Astrology divides the study of a person into three parts. You tell me whether you think this is a Disassociation Disorder....

First you have the Lagna, the Ascendant. That is your curated personality, your physical structure...the way you choose to appear in front of the world. This choice is of course colored by which house or planet influences this area of your life. Whether you are robust, skinny or look wise at a young age. If you are a neatly dressed, a fiery fighter or a regal turn-your-nose-up-at-everything- person....all this is be determined by the Lagna.

Then we take into account the placement and influences on your Moon. The Moon stands for your mind and emotions. Are you struggling to express yourself? Are you getting lost in the depths of the sub-terrain? Do you have outbursts of anger? Do you like seeing the news, or reading books....perhaps you like gossip? Is your mind strong? Can you face a problem. Do you have brain fog? These are the kind of questions you address with knowing how your Moon is placed in the chart.

Here Comes The Sun

And then we have the Soul. The Latin word for the Sun is "Sol"....and that is a near understanding of what the Sun stands for in Vedic Astrology as well. The Sun is the Naisargika Atmakaraka....The Natural Significator Of The Soul. The Sun is the Big Daddy of the chart. He signifies father, father-figures, power, authority and your position in society.

We are going to take a closer look at him in our next post. I think it is an apt moment to know more about him.

We looked at Mars when 3I Atlas came close to him. Now 3I Atlas recently made a superior conjunction, it came directly behind the Sun as viewed from Earth on 21st October. There has been a significant rise in solar flares. But the media and news is being very silent. NASA, ISRO don't seem to care about Interstellar Objects.

Independent content creators are excited. We have those that are wondering if they should nuke it, to send a message. Some say it is not aliens, it is only a comet. And some are busy talking in strange tongues, because they say they are channeling messages from 3I.

I think it is alien purely because of the fact that it is coming from another star system. I also believe that the visit of aliens will not be how Hollywood has imagined it to be. And I see no reason to be scared. Also I think people who are channeling messages....are accessing layers of their imagination.

It does affect us on an energetic level. It is a huge object, and along with its arrival, there is the arrival of an entourage of comets. And next year when 3I leaves the Solar System, the comets also all begin to leave at the same time. If you can imagine just the electro-magnetic energy right now...that's immense. And they could very well be bringing messages, influencing planetary behavior...but these messages will be subjective....very personal .....just for you.

You and I, living right now, we've got special tickets. We get to witness things never seen before. Buckle up and enjoy the ride! See you next week...and be good!