O Learned And Devoted Servants of God, Jyotisham (astrology) is the subject, which relates to Jyoti
or planet. The actual meaning of Jyoti is only God. According to the Veda (Param Jyotirupasampadyate) and the
Brahma Sutras (refer Sutra Jyotiradhikaranam).
Jyoti means light. The planet is like the jailor guiding you to the jail where
you will suffer the misery or is like a guide who guides you to a bar, like
heaven, where you will drink and sleep. The planet guides you to the fruit of
your deed. It is called as a Graha, which means that it will capture you
wherever you are present to deliver the fruit of your deed to you at the exact
fraction of a second. It is a computerized system of deeds and fruits. This
computer does all the calculations and is called as Chitra Gupta. Chitra Gupta
means the protector of the witness [evidence] through an advanced audio and
video system. All your thoughts, words and deeds are recorded and will be
exhibited as evidence in the upper world. The judge does not require any other
type of witness. There is no need of an advocate and therefore such provision
does not exist. You will just see and hear your thoughts, words and deeds in
the audio and video system (Chitra Gupta) and an automatic judgment is
delivered by another system called as Yama. There is no possibility of doing
any ritual there since it is only a place of enjoyment [or suffering] of fruits
(Bhoga Loka).
All the heavenly pleasures and punishments in hell are given
according to the periods of another horoscope that is prepared based on the
time of death. Thus the wheel of the planets is the executive system of the
soul in this world as well as in the upper world. Yama is the son of Sun
[Sun-god] like Saturn, is also a powerful controlling planet in the upper
world. The Lord is all in all and is the employer of all the planets. The
planets function due to the fear of the Lord. The Veda says the same (Bhishodeti Suryah).
Astrologers are like elementary school teachers. They should
become spiritual Gurus, who are like professors. Priests and astrologers should
rise in their standards and guide people to the spiritual path. Instead of
doing so, both have colluded and are doing business by exploiting the public.
The astrologer takes some money for studying the horoscope and recommends the
Japam [repetition of the name] of a planet. The priest does the Japam on behalf
of the person and gives a commission to the astrologers. It is like a doctor
referring the patient to the laboratory for diagnosis and getting commission.
The whole spirit is lost and the spiritual path is lost long back in this Kali
Yuga. The priests and the astrologers tell a story that even Lord Shiva
suffered due to the effect of Saturn. The story is only a creation for promoting
their business. Even if you believe the story, you can take it in a positive
sense. You can understand that even the Lord respects the cycle of deeds. What
sin did Lord Shiva do to undergo the affect of Saturn? The story is foolish
even at the root. Let us even assume that Lord Shiva has to suffer the effect
of Saturn for a bad deed. If that is so, how can an ordinary human being escape
the same type of effect with the help of this petty priest and petty
astrologer? Astrology is the elementary level of spiritual knowledge, which
introduces the supernatural power that is beyond science. This should finally
lead to the acceptance of the existence of the unimaginable God who is beyond
logic and science. Astrology is not allowed to grow to become philosophy by
these commercial intellectuals. Its growth is arrested and is limited so that
the exploitation of devotees can take place. Astrology should be allowed to
become philosophy. The school education should grow to become of the university
level. The priests and astrologers should develop to become spiritual gurus.
Otherwise they are doing sin in the name of God, which will affect them here
and there [after world]
The astrologers have developed a wrong concept in astrology
by which the people think that they are receiving good or bad affects
accidentally by the movement of planets without any reference to their deeds.
It is just like saying that one is arrested by the policeman on a road because
while he was standing on the road, the policeman incidentally came there and
captured him. The man feels that his arrest was due to the incidental meeting
with the policeman on the road and the arrest happened without any reason.
Similarly people think that the incidental movement of the planets and their
periods achieves the bad results. This is complete nonsense. The planets are
very disciplined and regular in their movements. Since you are proved as a
thief and the court ordered your arrest, the police have arrested you on fair
grounds. You pose as if you are innocent and that your arrest is simply
incidental due to the movement of policeman and due to his meeting you
accidentally. You may escape the police for sometime even after the order from
the court, but the planet catches you exactly in the same fraction of a second
as soon as the order from the divine court is released.
Infact the results of deeds of any human being are mainly
postponed after the death to the upper world. The results of all your deeds are
not given in this world especially when you are in the human life, which is
very rare to get. The main aim of this very rare human life is that you should
recognize God and obtain His grace before the end of this human life. This
human life is mainly meant for such effort (sadhana) and therefore this world
is called as a Karma Loka [world of action]. You will not be continuously
disturbed with the enjoyment of the fruits of your deeds in this world because
the main purpose of this life will not be served in this precious little time
of human life. When the student is occupied in studies in the period of
preparation for the examination, the principal will not disturb him either by
punishments or by encouraging cultural activities. Once the examinations are
over, there is a long vacation in which these activities can be taken up.
Similarly there is a lot of time after death and therefore the fruits of the
deeds are mainly given after death in a separate world called as Bhoga Loka
[world of enjoyment]. The earth is meant for the karma to be done to recognize
the human form of the Lord and get His guidance and practice it to please God.
Therefore a separate time and separate worlds (hell and heaven) are given for
this purpose. People who do not know the main aim of human life and the
significance of this Karma Loka are worried for not seeing the results here
itself immediately. This is the main aim of creation of hell and heaven
separately as the upper worlds.
However the results of some deeds are released here itself in
case they can activate the soul in the spiritual line. With this aim, certain
effects of misery to divert the soul to the God and certain effects of
happiness as alternative intervals for encouragement are released. Without
understanding the significance of these effects, people either sleep and become
lazy in happiness or get worried and feel tension in misery. When such effects
have no use for the spiritual effort [one refuse to respond positively to these
effects], the soul is released from the gross body and is pushed to the Bhoga
Loka and further cycles of animals and birds in a condemned state. Thus the
ultimate aim of human life and the ultimate aim of the good and bad results
must be realized in the light of the spiritual divine path. This human life is
not just meant for mechanical deeds and their corresponding results like a
routine machine.
At the lotus feet of Shri Datt Swami,
-Durgaprasad
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