The noblest Union is Union via Love. Love is an outpouring of the heart and Love is Love's reward.
Love is a glory from Eternity's spheres He is still the Godhead that can make all change
Love should never cease to be upon the earth Love is the bright link betwixt earth and heaven Love is the far Transcendent's angel here Love is man's lien on the Absolute ( Aurobindo )
All other yogas are difficult to practice. Raja Yoga ( Union via psychic control ) is difficult because we have to keep up Brahmacharya ( continence ), Jnana Yoga is difficult because of the philosophic subtlety of the concepts & Karma Yoga is difficult because its end is far, far away. On the other hand Bhakti Yoga or Union via Love is simple to practise because there are no restrictions in this noblest and blest Union via Love.
Having a Tutelary Deity is the first step. This Deity should be worshipped in thought, word and deed.
" By giving thyself up in heart and soul to Me, thou shalt overcome all difficulties by My Grace " says He in the Geetha.
Only Universal Love can redeem the world. The salvation of the world is in love and through love.
"Take away Love and the whole world becomes a tomb" said Byron
Man is endowed with many positive qualities. Truth, Ethics, Peace, the Discriminative intellect & Love are the major five positive qualities in man. Of these, Love is the greatest positive quality.
If we incorporate love, we can see that our lives become peaceful & spiritually resplendent. We are asked to incorporate this supreme quality, which is a prerequisite for Liberation or Self-Realisation.
Freud identified Thanatos ( Death Instinct ) as the destructive element in Man. Contray to Thanatos is Eros or the Life Instinct. It is true that Thanatos ( Death Instinct ) or the Vedantic Thamas is the villain of the piece as far as this sin-sick world is concerned. The Mr Hyde in man is very powerful. In Man there is an eternal fight going on between Conscience and Expedience. between Eros and Thanatos! We have not yet defined the Life instinct. This anti-Thanatos principle is Love !
So the preserving quality is Love. Love alone is the Saviour, Love alone is the Redeemer. He who embraces Love is blessed and he alone can save the world.
His light and life is given to balance here The dark account of mortal ignorance!
It is this quality which is highly favoured by Heaven !
Love rules the court, the camp and the grove, All men below and saints above For Love is Heaven and Heaven is Love !
As one Great One said
Love all beings That is enough !
Or Alexander Pope
He prayeth best who loveth best Both bird and man and beast
When it comes to Jnana & Bhakti Yogas, it is said that He, before whom even the Vedas remain mute, prefers Union via Love to Union via Wisdom.
It is like the wife and lady love. Jnana Yoga is the wife and Bhakthi Yoga is the lady love.
Jnana Yoga is like the wife. It asks " Why didnt you actualise the Self ?"
Bhakti Yoga is like the lady love. It asks " No problem ; there is still time for you to actualise"
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In the Divina Commedia, Beatrice criticises Dante for following Philosophy and not Religion. Under Beatrice's compulsion Dante changes over to Bhakti Yoga, away from Being and Becoming !
I wake amaze and in the windows blaze The forms of saints & holy men who died Hereafter martyred and hereafter crucified And the Great Rose upon its leaves displays Love's triumph and the angelic roundelays With splendour upon splendour multiplied And Beatrice again at Dante's side! No more rebuking but smiling her words of praise ( Longfellow )
The strict restrictions in other Yogas make it difficult to practise them. On the other hand, there are no restrictions in Bhakthi Yoga. The process of spiritual evolution is automatic and all blocks will be removed by Divine Grace.
In the Geetha, He hath declared that Bhakthi is the greatest of all yogas. The bliss that accrues from sheer devotion is ineffable !
The basic dictums of Bhakthi Yoga are simple. They are
Love All Serve All Help Ever Hurt Never Hate None Nurture All Educate All
If we can do this spontaneously, we have reached Universal Love.
"I shall deliver thee from all sin and evil" says He in the Geetha. The debit in our Karmic balance sheet will be exhausted & we become eligible for Self-Actualisation.
As Robert Bach said " At the end of our terrestrial journey, one question will be asked. How much did we love and what is the quality of our love ? "
Love your neighbour because he is like you; and love your enemy because enmity is a misunderstanding.
Start the day with Love End the day with Love Spend the day with Love Fill the day with Love That is the way to the Divine ( Sai )
The simple wisdom which is Love can redeem us & this world!
Economists say that Money makes the world go around. While this statement is true superficially, when we go deeply, we find that some other emotion makes the world go around. It is Love that makes the world go around!
When we ask one thing, God gives that one thing but when we ask nothing, He gives everything, He gives Himself & also the spontaneous boons of His love! Our prayer should be like the prayer of the poet who prayed " I desire nothing from Thee, I desire only Thee ! ".
The Fourfold Dharma & the Fifth Dharma
The Law asks us to practice the Fourfold Dharma
They are
1) Brahmacharya - During pre-marriage days one should steadfastly follow Dharma
2) Garhastya - Once married, should do both duties - worldly & divine . 3) Vanaprastha - Once responsibilities are over, one should seek the Divine
4) Sanyasa - To walk in the Self; to embrace none but Him.
There is a fifth Dharma. It is called Prajna Dharma, the Highest Wisdom is Love!
The Four Purusharthas ( objectives ) & the Fifth Purushartha
There are four purusharthas. They are Artha ( Wealth ), Dharma ( Ethics & Morality), Kama ( Desires ) & Moksha ( Self-Realisation ).
There is a fifth Purushartha. It is Prema, Love !
Premam Brahma - Love is He ! The highest knowledge is Love !
The equation of Jnana Yoga - Prajnanam Anandam Brahma (The Self is Consciousness & Bliss ) is replaced by the more powerful equation of Bhakthi Yoga - Premam Anandam Brahma ( Self is Love and Bliss ) ! Love alone can confer Bliss!
Love is a manna sent from Heaven, a spark of the Immortal Fire, sent by the Lord to elevate our low desire!
The heart is 60 times more powerful than the brain. There is only one language and it is the language of the heart!
" Only via Love can anybody reach me " says Lord Krishna in the Gita. Same statement is attributed to Jesus " No one cometh to the Father, but via Me ". All these smack of the high importance the Yogis have given to this supreme quality, Bhakthi or Universal Love !
All wisdom is contained in Love and love alone can heal this sin-sick world, as love is divine medicine!
It is said that the Lord is playing hide and seek! Himself the play, Himself the player, Himself the playground!
The Universal Governor of life lies in us He is playing hide and seek with his own force Eternal, He assents to Fate and chance Immortal, He dallies with mortality Divine, he wears the form of animal and man He whose transcendence rules the pregnant vasts Prescient lay in our subliminal depths A luminous individual power, alone - ( Aurobindo )
And His mantra is LOVE !
As the earth sphere is divided into the Western & the Eastern hemispheres by the Prime Meridien ( the Greenwich Meridien ) so is the Celestial Sphere divided into Western and Eastern hemispheres by the Celestial Meridien. As the globe is divided into northern and southern hemispheres by the Equator, so is the Celestial Sphere divided into the nothern and southern hemispheres by the Celestial Equator.
The Four Major Mathematical Points of the Zodiac
In Astronomy the Eastern Horizon is called the Ascendant. 180 degrees from it is the Western Horizon called as the Descendant. The intersecting point where the Ecliptic cuts the Celestial Meridien is called the Meridien Cusp ( M C ) and 180 degrees from it is called the Imum Coeli ( I C ).
The Computation of Houses
First the longitude of the Ascendant is calculated by using the following formula
Tan L = Sin E --------------------------------------- Cos E Cos w - Sin w Tan A
Where L is the Ascendant, E is the Right Ascension of East Point , w the Sun's maximum declination and A - the latitude of the place. Once the Ascending degree is known , 180 degrees is subtracted to get the Descendant.
The MC is calculated by using the following formula
Tan K = Tan R / Cos w
Where is the longitude of the MC, R the Right Ascension of the Meridien Cusp and w the Sun's maximum declination. 180 degrees deducted from the MC is the longitude of the IC.
These 4 are the Four Houses of the Zodiac. Ascendant is the Ist House, IC the Fourth, Descendant the Seventh and MC, the tenth.
We have said that each sign of the Zodiac is 30 degrees each. If the Ascending Degree is Pisces, then the Ascendant is Pisces, the IC is Gemini, the Descendant is Virgo and the MC, Sagittarius.
Rulership of Signs
Aries ruled by Mars Taurus Venus Gemini Mercury Cancer Moon Leo Sun Virgo Mercury Libra Venus Scorpio Mars Sagittarius Jupiter Capricorn Saturn Aquarius Saturn Pisces Jupiter
Equal House Division or Bhava Theory
Now we have got the longitudes of the Ascendant ( Udaya Lagna ) , the Descendant ( Astha Lagna), the MC ( Madhya Lagna ) & the IC ( Patala Lagna ).
The distance from the Ascendant and the IC is divided by 3 and we have the first Three Houses.
The distance from the IC and the Descendant is divided by 3 and we have the 4th,5th and 6th houses.
The distance from the Descendant and MC is divided by 3 and we have the 7,8th and 9th houses
The distance from the MC and Ascendant is divided by 3 and we have the 10,11 and 12th houses.
The Houses of the Zodiac and what they represent
First House Signifies Personality and Fame Second Signifies House Wealth Third House Signifies Younger coborns, valour Fourth House Signifies Houses, conveyances Fifth House Signifies Progeny, divine merit Sixth House Signifies Enemies, debts Seventh House Signifies Life Partner Eighth House Signifies Death Ninth House Signifies Fortune, father, Guru Tenth House Signifies Profession Eleventh House Signifies Gains, Fulfillment of all desires Twelfth House Signifies Liberation, incarceration.
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The First House or Ascendant ( Lagna )
Fame and personality are indicated by the First House. The greatest wealth that is Health is also indicated by the Ascendant. Analysing the strength of the First house consists in assessing the strength of the Ascendant lord , the strength of the planets occupying the First House and the planets which aspect the Ascendant. If the First House is highly fortified, then the qualities denoted by the First House ( like Fame, Health and Personality ) will be highly fortified. If weak, then the qualities will be weak. viz the native will be less famous and mediocre.
The Second House
Wealth is ruled by the 2nd house. The other significations are family & speech. If the 2nd house is powerful , then the probability of the native acquring wealth will be high. Accumulated property is ruled by the 2nd house.
The Third House
Younger coborns are ruled by the 3rd house. Valour and virility are also ruled by the 3rd house.
If the 3rd house or its lord is powerful, younger coborns achieve success. The native becomes known for his or her courage and valour.
The Fourth House
Mother, friends, uncle, houses and conveyances are ruled by the Fourth. If the fourth house is powerful, then the native gets good conveyances & house. If weak, then the native struggles to get these acquisitions.
The Fifth House
Intelligence is ruled by the Fifth house. If the 5th lord is powerful, the native becomes highly intelligent.
Divine merit is also indicated by the Fifth House, the fifth being a moral triangle.
The Sixth House
Enemies and debts are ruled by the sixth house. If the sixth house is powerful, enemies get destroyed.
The native becomes debt-free. On the other hand, if the sixth be weak, persecution from enemies and torture by debts.
The Seventh House
Life-partner is indicated by the seventh house. The native gets a rich partner if the seventh house is powerful. Diplomacy is also indicated by the seventh house.
The Eighth House
Death is indicated by the eighth louse. Lots of longevity if the eighth house is powerful. If the eighth house be powerful, less obstacles & hindrances on the path of life.
The Ninth House
Fortune, Guru, Divine Merit - all these are the characteristics of the Ninth House. If the ninth house is powerful, spiritual progress and the smiling of Fortune. The Ninth House can confer not only Fortune, but also a cordially disposed spouse and good children too.
The Tenth House
This is considered to be a very important House as it indicates one's profession.
If the tenth lord is powerful, the native becomes reputed . Professional enhancement and reputation.
The Eleventh House
This is the house of Gains and Fulfillment of all desires. All planets are welcome in the Eleventh. Excellent position for Saturn and Jupiter to be in. If the eleventh lord is powerful, even anarchic qualities may manifest.
The Twelfth House
This is the house of Liberation. Excellent position for South Node (Ketu) to be in( as he is signiicator of Liberation ).On the negative side, incarceration and loss indicated by this house.
If the twelfth house is powerful, the native attains to Liberation, provided Jupiter, Saturn and Ketu are well posited.
While analysing the strength of Houses, the strength of its Lord, the strength of the planet posited in the House, the aspects of other planets on it - all these factors should be considered.
The Law of Correspondences of Classical Philosophy applies to astrological science.
The Correspondence between the Nine digits and the nine revolving heavens is the science of AstroNumerology.
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The Correspondence between the Nine gems and the Nine planets is the science of Astro-Gemology.
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Astrology as related to Yoga.
Yoga or Union with Cosmic Creative Intelligence is strongly related to Astrology. Self Actualisation is the aim of Yoga. One of the sciences which aid Self Actualisation is Astrology as it deals with the natural & celestial causes and can guide man to the Ultimate Goal which is Self- Realisation.
Jean Dixon averred that the twelve disciples of Jesus represented the 12 Signs of the Zodiac.The twelve Tribes of Israel were emblematic of these 12 constellations. The 36 genii of the Egyptian Calender symbolise the 36 decanates of the Zodiac. The 24 hours are actually the 24 Horas of the Zodiac.
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