“Having understood, what you explained in the last issue, I have been trying to self-reflect upon myself, but in vain. I am not able to remain focused. My mind gets bombarded with uncontrolled volume of random thoughts, something like a monkey continuously hopping from one branch of the tree to the other. I keep flirting with those thoughts. There doesn’t appear to be any scope to figure out my true nature, not to say anything about correcting the thought process. Tell me, how do I go about?” Asked a reader. “How do you expect to contain a fragile mind so fast, which is habituated to move unrestrained. Have patience, sustained practice may bear fruit.” I responded. Better look for a Guru and pursue the process regularly under his guidance. As you proceed, many such questions may keep arising. Guru will lead you through.
Meanwhile, for the convenience of our valued readers, I am suggesting a tried and tested simple process. Just lie down on your back on a flat surface. Close your eyes and let loose your mind. Let thoughts naturally flow in and flow out. You will be flooded with thoughts. Don’t worry, it is all happening as a part of the process. But don’t pay any attention to them. Pursue the process for at least 20 minutes every day. Having regularly pursued the process for a while, mind will settle down as all such thoughts as would be unnerving you from within will go out of reckoning. You may feel relaxed. Following which, unlike earlier, you may now be able to see a pattern in the thoughts flowing through the mind. Watch them closely, they will reveal your true nature. Following which you could take corrective initiatives through fresh educative inputs.
The paradox, however, is that often practitioner’s ego plays spoil sport in the process. It doesn’t let you dispassionately identify and acknowledge your fault-lines. In that case, you may seek the guidance of a Guru. He may be able to intuitively figure out your true nature and show you its mirror image. Alternately, you could seek astrological guidance for your personality reading. Astrology looks at energy map of the heaven at the time of one’s birth, which reflects upon personality frame up of a being with a fair amount of precision, as energy knows no bias.
A case in point is that of a highly religious person, who has been offering his prayers at least for an hour every morning and evening. Yet, his habit tendencies won’t spare him. And his family life is in a mess. Let us look at his astrological pointers. Personality indicator, the Sun is locked in adverse formation with Mars, Uranus, and Saturn. That, in the first place, makes out an impulsive, argumentative and quarrelsome person. Second, he is eccentric and erratic. Third, he carries seeds of fear and insecurity because of which he has a negative mindset. He is self-pitying and pessimist. He is a cynic who is in the habit of finding fault with others. He is jealous and over critical of others. Put to an adverse situation, instead of facing it head on, he may try to somehow find an escape route. A sense of inertia deeply ingrained in his psyche, his initiatives will be delayed. Habitually, he shuns taking challenges. So, he may miss opportunities. And when left behind in the run of time, he may fall into depression. What further compounds his problems is that even the mind-signifying Moon is clouded by Saturn’s negative aspect.
Fiery Mars is ill-disposed off its dire enemy Saturn as well as Uranus. That makes him temperamental, intolerant, impatient, habitually suspicious of everybody and anybody, and even revengeful by nature. Uranus and mischievous Neptune play spoil sport with intelligence signifying Mercury. That makes him unconventional, eccentric and opinionated. He remains stuck to his self-delusionary perceptions, distanced from ground realities. He won’t acknowledge truth on its first appearance. Driven by sense of hope against hope, he will continue blindly pursuing his perception till pushed to the wall. It also accounts for his impaired reasoning and judgment. For the above stated reasons, his inter-personal relationship stands compromised and so he is not able to relate to those around with ease and comfort. And the result is there to see. Just academic awareness of his fault lines would not help him get over his habit tendencies. For, they are deeply embedded in the inner realms of his mind in seed form. To get over, continued reflection over fresh educative inputs is required.
The writer is an astrologer, vastu consultant and spiritual counsellor. Write to him atG-102, Bharat Nagar, New Friends Colony, New Delhi – 110 025
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