Astrology and Remedies
Jyotish can often diagnose the good and bad times one will encounter in life, but it is upaya, which can help to augment the good and mitigate the bad. The existence of upaya shows that Jyotish is anything but fatalistic, for, if everything were totally predestined, how could remedies exists?
A well-motivated person who is given a method by which to neutralize some undesirable karmas will implement that method for whatever time and with whatever intensity is necessary, but a poorly motivated person will either lack the discipline to follow through or will find obstacles cropping up regularly to interrupt the process. Obstacles to an upaya occur particularly for Dridha Karmas, since the force of the karma strongly discourages a change in direction in that area of life; the karmas will themselves interfere with the person’s motivation to implement the remedy.
When the karma is non-fixed, the Jyotishi will expect immediate change on commencement of an upaya. If the karmas are fixed/non-fixed, results are anticipated after some concentrated efforts, often after a period of forty days. But even for those who do persevere, transformation of fixed karmas may not necessarily be expected during this lifetime, though a slight modifying of results will perhaps be secretly anticipated.
The methods of upaya are almost endless, but a partial list includes: mantras (sacred syllables, hymns, or prayers) which flow from the heart, devoid of elaborate ritual; recitation of ritually elaborate private and/or public mantras that may go on foe days, months or years; the wearing of specific gemstones or other objects; the consumption of particular foods or other elaborately prepared substances; the observance of fasts and other vows; worship of the fire, the planets, and certain deities; and specific acts of charity.
Jyotish can often diagnose the good and bad times one will encounter in life, but it is upaya, which can help to augment the good and mitigate the bad. The existence of upaya shows that Jyotish is anything but fatalistic, for, if everything were totally predestined, how could remedies exists?
A well-motivated person who is given a method by which to neutralize some undesirable karmas will implement that method for whatever time and with whatever intensity is necessary, but a poorly motivated person will either lack the discipline to follow through or will find obstacles cropping up regularly to interrupt the process. Obstacles to an upaya occur particularly for Dridha Karmas, since the force of the karma strongly discourages a change in direction in that area of life; the karmas will themselves interfere with the person’s motivation to implement the remedy.
When the karma is non-fixed, the Jyotishi will expect immediate change on commencement of an upaya. If the karmas are fixed/non-fixed, results are anticipated after some concentrated efforts, often after a period of forty days. But even for those who do persevere, transformation of fixed karmas may not necessarily be expected during this lifetime, though a slight modifying of results will perhaps be secretly anticipated.
The methods of upaya are almost endless, but a partial list includes: mantras (sacred syllables, hymns, or prayers) which flow from the heart, devoid of elaborate ritual; recitation of ritually elaborate private and/or public mantras that may go on foe days, months or years; the wearing of specific gemstones or other objects; the consumption of particular foods or other elaborately prepared substances; the observance of fasts and other vows; worship of the fire, the planets, and certain deities; and specific acts of charity.
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