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On Jun 23, 2013 Swamy Vigyananand wrote on What Astrology Teaches Us, by Isabel Hickey:
The problems with Astrology & Horrorscopes are manifold. Categorizing over 7 billion people in just 12 groups is the least of those! It’s perhaps less worse than ‘numerology’, one of the bastards of Astrology. The only thing 'scientific' in Astrology is the mathematical predictability of astral bodies (astronomy).
Over the millennia, conmen have made billions from this lone fact. Those who indulge in [mis]fortune-telling ‘for free’, have wasted their time …& misled countless others…, those who have done fortune-telling ‘for a fee’ have wasted both time & robbed their clients of money & misled them at worse or given false hope at best!
Being ‘free’ has never increased the value, or credibility of any advice/service!
Astrology (both Indian & Western --& in many other forms) has glaring faults:
In essence, astrology is a multi-storey SCAM: house of cards built with staggering absurdity.
The ground floor: The only true ‘foundation’ – Predictive astronomical calculations
· Apart from the mathematically accurate predictability of the past positions & future movement of planetary bodies (determined by Astronomy), there is nothing ‘scientific’ about astrology.
The first storey of astrological-house-of-cards built on the spec-of-universal-dust planet Earth!
· Astrology is ‘speculative fad’ with no possibility ever of proving it right in 1 million years.
· There is no proof behind the varied Predictions in Astrology (PiA), which hardly concur. (e. g., PK Atre anecdote, ‘Pot Pourri of universally-applicable & ambiguous ‘feel-good’ quips)
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On Jun 23, 2013 Swamy Vigyananand wrote on What Astrology Teaches Us, by Isabel Hickey:
Gr8! You have seen the light... not some faraway 'astral' light, but the light of reason & Common-sense!
On Sep 14, 2012 Vigyananand wrote on The Rich Experience of A Quiet Mind, by John Coleman:
A flurry of dogmatic, prescriptive and impractical advice seems to flow from one error of judgment: "but the conventional methods for reviving ourselves in the midst of life's conflicts only partially do the job. They fall short of showing us the true nature of reality. [...]"
Consider: If the conventional methods for reviving ourselves in the midst of life's conflicts (good humour, good food, old wine in good company of old friends, great sex...) appear to be adequate for 'the common low-life humans', shouldn't you (John Coleman & followers) consider yourself very inadequate to need "silent awareness" and wait indefinitely for it to come to you?
On Sep 7, 2012 Swamy Vigyananand wrote on Sitting Aboard Life's Merry-Go-Round, by Karl Renz:
The fundamental fault with this analogy is that (a) A Merry-go-Round is static, passive amusement with circular repetition, i.e., no direction! (b) Life is a linear graph against time where the person or being in control to the extent of the knowledge, intelligence and technique (KIT) and opportunity.
Life is an art of drawing without an eraser (i.e., ‘turning the clock back’)
It would be unfortunate & tragic if someone has to passively go through life (more like the mundane water-wheel Monday-to-Friday, 9-to-5’) or ‘sorry-go-round’ cycle! But is impossible for anybody on a merry-go-round to attain the status of a bus-driver Guru, s/he is on the same merry-go-round, ‘in the same boat’, in the same rote!
It is defeatist, wicked & pompous at the same time for some ‘guru’ to use such an instrument of passive merriment as analogy to one’s journey of life, let alone to try and draw useful conclusions from it, or claim leadership of a sorry-go-round!
Life is an art of drawing without an eraser (i.e., ‘turning the clock back’)
It would be unfortunate & tragic if someone has to passively go through life (more like the mundane water-wheel Monday-to-Friday, 9-to-5’) or ‘sorry-go-round’ cycle! But is impossible for anybody on a merry-go-round to attain the status of a bus-driver Guru, s/he is on the same merry-go-round, ‘in the same boat’, in the same rote!
It is defeatist, wicked & pompous at the same time for some ‘guru’ to use such an instrument of passive merriment as analogy to one’s journey of life, let alone to try and draw useful conclusions from it, or claim leadership of a sorry-go-round!
On Sep 3, 2012 Swamy Vigyananand wrote on On Perfection and Priority, by Thanissaro Bhikkhu:
I think that 'to actualize your full potential as a human being by striving for excellence in all areas of your life: becoming physically strong and healthy, mentally sharp, artistically creative, socially enlightened, sexually active, politically aware (& not to get sucked into spiritual-ritual-superstition) are all really worthwhile in life.
These are also my priorities in life.
Thousands of Bhikkhus wasted millions of man-hours 'scratching rocks in the shape of Buddha, who denounced idolatry! They begged for their food and wasted their life 'applying themselves fully [to the rock!], giving whole heart in wasteful endeavours and also 'following a technique' ('scratching rocks in the shape of Buddha).
I don't want to waste my only life like this. Organized beggary is not my priority.
These are also my priorities in life.
Thousands of Bhikkhus wasted millions of man-hours 'scratching rocks in the shape of Buddha, who denounced idolatry! They begged for their food and wasted their life 'applying themselves fully [to the rock!], giving whole heart in wasteful endeavours and also 'following a technique' ('scratching rocks in the shape of Buddha).
I don't want to waste my only life like this. Organized beggary is not my priority.
On Sep 3, 2012 Swamy Vigyananand wrote on The Spirit Of Gift, by Satish Kumar:
The only thing better than 'spirit of gift', perhaps is 'gift of spirit' both metaphorical and literally! (...and good book, good read, good food, good company & good sex... etc.!)
On Sep 3, 2012 Swamy Vigyananand wrote on What Astrology Teaches Us, by Isabel Hickey:
The pity is nothing in this writing (understanding , brought over from the past , vibrationally connected , attitude, consciousness, ‘start blessing that which we are fighting against’, etc.) has anything to do with the title: “What Astrology Teaches Us”
The comments have taken the irrelevant meaningless gobbledegook (BS) to even higher level!
Ganoba is 'romantically' full of itself.
Xiaoshan is the closest to truth, honest but polite!
get me outa here, gat a life to live!
The comments have taken the irrelevant meaningless gobbledegook (BS) to even higher level!
Ganoba is 'romantically' full of itself.
Xiaoshan is the closest to truth, honest but polite!
get me outa here, gat a life to live!
On Aug 21, 2012 Swamy Vigyananand wrote on Meaning of Yin and Yang, by Masahiro Oko:
It reads OK till the restaurant example, then it gets confused and confusing.
Nature is always balanced, as it has been in evolution; hunters hunting to survive, the hunted producing excess offspring to survive and some species becoming extinct... ALL are in balance.
Balance is a continuing end-point of nature, like white light comprising of the infinite shades of the 3 basic colours (or 7 colours of the rainbow), like the 'dynamic-equilibrium' in celestial bodies (e.g. in our solar system) at any given moment, while the universe is expanding and millions of galaxies are being formed and consumed at the same time!
It is not possible to explain this ongoing 'dynamic-balance' in retrospect by any 'prism' of philosophy,
be it yin-yang, tri-gun (3-virtues: sattwa-raja-tamas) or tri-dosh (3-faults: kafa-pitta-wata) etc.
I think Yin Yang is a nice concept, often needlessly over-interpreted.
Nature is always balanced, as it has been in evolution; hunters hunting to survive, the hunted producing excess offspring to survive and some species becoming extinct... ALL are in balance.
Balance is a continuing end-point of nature, like white light comprising of the infinite shades of the 3 basic colours (or 7 colours of the rainbow), like the 'dynamic-equilibrium' in celestial bodies (e.g. in our solar system) at any given moment, while the universe is expanding and millions of galaxies are being formed and consumed at the same time!
It is not possible to explain this ongoing 'dynamic-balance' in retrospect by any 'prism' of philosophy,
be it yin-yang, tri-gun (3-virtues: sattwa-raja-tamas) or tri-dosh (3-faults: kafa-pitta-wata) etc.
I think Yin Yang is a nice concept, often needlessly over-interpreted.
On Aug 21, 2012 Swamy Vigyananand wrote on Meaning of Yin and Yang, by Masahiro Oko:
It reads OK till the restaurant example, then it gets confused and confusing.
Nature is always balanced, as it has been in evolution; hunters hunting to survive, the hunted producing excess offspring to survive and some species becoming extinct... ALL are in balance.
Balance is a continuing end-point of nature, like white light comprising of the infinite shades of the 3 basic colours (or 7 colours of the rainbow), like the 'dynamic-equilibrium' in celestial bodies (e.g. in our solar system) at any given moment, while the universe is expanding and millions of galaxies are being formed and consumed at the same time!
It is not possible to explain this ongoing 'dynamic-balance' in retrospect by any 'prism' of philosophy,
be it yin-yang, tri-gun (3-virtues: sattwa-raja-tamas) or tri-dosh (3-faults: kafa-pitta-wata) etc.
I think Yin Yang is a nice concept, often needlessly over-interpreted.
Nature is always balanced, as it has been in evolution; hunters hunting to survive, the hunted producing excess offspring to survive and some species becoming extinct... ALL are in balance.
Balance is a continuing end-point of nature, like white light comprising of the infinite shades of the 3 basic colours (or 7 colours of the rainbow), like the 'dynamic-equilibrium' in celestial bodies (e.g. in our solar system) at any given moment, while the universe is expanding and millions of galaxies are being formed and consumed at the same time!
It is not possible to explain this ongoing 'dynamic-balance' in retrospect by any 'prism' of philosophy,
be it yin-yang, tri-gun (3-virtues: sattwa-raja-tamas) or tri-dosh (3-faults: kafa-pitta-wata) etc.
I think Yin Yang is a nice concept, often needlessly over-interpreted.
On Jun 23, 2013 Swamy Vigyananand wrote on What Astrology Teaches Us, by Isabel Hickey:
[The pity is nothing in this writing (understanding , brought over from the past , vibrationally connected , attitude, consciousness, ‘start blessing that which we are fighting against’, etc.) has anything to do with the title: “What Astrology Teaches Us”]Astrology is not meant to be a primarily predictive science. It is meant to be for understanding ourselves and also for understanding other people [BS]. I've had a number of interviews recently where I was amazed [unqualified emotion of the deluded] that people thought it was fatalistic [true]. It's not -- absolutely not [unqualified assertion of the deluded and an ignorant fool]. There is nothing in a horoscope, that blue-print, that pattern, that you cannot change if you want to [ignorant assertion about astronomical facts]. I've seen this over the years [personal impression / anecdote is NOT evidence]. It's the stories of the cycles and rhythms you are going through, and what you have brought over from the past to work out. It shows your character. [baseless assertions] You can read it the day a child is born; you can tell what they have brought over as a blessing and what they have brought over as a challenge [baseless assertions] that they have to change. [how?]. But that is only the personality pattern [what??!]. Behind the personality lies your real self [and how is it different from ‘personality pattern’!?], and you center yourself [!] in that essential thing.
A great while ago, an Eastern teacher taught me something and I've watched it work over the years. We are vibrationally connected [most meaningless gobbledegook!] to everything that happens to us. There is only one way we can change what we do in this life, and that is by changing our attitude toward it; this changes our consciousness. [true irrespective of Astrology!] This is a cosmic law that few people know. [false! Everybody sensible knows this!] By changing your attitude, one of two things has to happen. Either person or the problem will be completely removed without any harm to anyone [wishful thinking], or that person or problem will change so much that you will be able to live with it very easily. Now, in over thirty years, I've never seen it proved wrong in a person who changed their attitude, their consciousness.[attitude is not the same as ‘consciousness’]
This world of appearance is not the creative world [most meaningless gobbledegook!]; this is the world of manifestation that always changes. [true irrespective of Astrology!] We create our conditions inside us [baseless assertion] and if we want to change what is manifesting in ‘the world of appearance’ [denial of physical reality], we must change ourselves and our consciousness. [unqualified emotion of the deluded] That's how we change what happens. [Pure, unadulterated nonsense!] I've seen this verified over and over. [Repetition: personal impression / anecdote is NOT evidence] Never saw it wrong. [Repetition: unqualified assertion of the deluded and an ignorant fool]
When we change our attitude, we start blessing that which we are fighting against.
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