KaRRadhum Suttadhum - a review of some one's view with my thought.
It is the topic and presently, Astrology has become so
famous and people are addicted to this.
When I was studying in village or in the good olden days, this was used
to find a match for a bride or groom to have a proper and happy marriage. It is also an irony that one astrologer does
not agree or his conclusions were not accepted by other astrologer.
People become addicted to astrology due to their anxiety and
fear over the future. There is no dearth
of people who panic and worry about subjects like marriage, business, job,
promotions and so on. One needs to understand that the favourable or
unfavourable situations we face, in life, are primarily caused by the actions,
we have performed in past lives. Astrology can only mitigate negative
experiences, it cannot prevent them entirely.
There are so many instances from our epics where the past
deeds of our ancestors affect the next generation, Puavan Keeran, whose speeches are always
captivating, tells two instances each from Ramayana and Mahabharatha to make us
understand.
Santhanu, father of Devavrathan, was a womanizer. Whenever
Santhanu met a girl, his first question was- whether she wants to marry
him. As a King, most of them would not
have said “NO” too. Among his wives, river Ganga takes the shape of a beautiful
girl and when approached by Santhanu, agreed to marry him. He gives birth to Devavrathan and when she
left Santhanu, one day, he went to forest and found another girl, who is the daughter of a fisherman. He instantly asked her to marry him. After so many climax, anti climax,
Devavrathan, coming to know his father’s desire, gets her married to his father with a
condition that he would become a bachelor till his death. After this vow only, devavrathan becomes
Bhishma which means invincible.
The moral of the above story says- Bhishma had to suffer,
being a bachelor, throughout his life living an unhappy life because of his
father’s behavior. In tamil, “semmayAna vAzhkai”, disciplined life is
important to one person to make the next generation live happily.
Another instance from Ramayana was about Ravana. Ravana was the great king with all the
qualities of a great person. Hanuman
when he first landed at Srilanka got so mesmerized by Srilanka’s beauty. Rama too agrees, in his statement, Srilanka
was “swarnamaya”, gold everywhere, rich in its beauty. Ravana with all his qualities could have
become a super king but because of his “desire to get” Sita could not live
longer. Indrajit, a great warrior and
son of Ravana died in his younger age because Ravana could not live “a
disciplined life”.
So, SemmayAna vazhkkai
is very important to escape from Astrology.
Individual disciple is very important.
Mata AmritanandamayEE tells this interesting story on
Astrology and God..
Once a mahatma gave
two idols to a kind and said, “Be very careful with those idols. If they break,
big calamities will befall the kindom”. The king entrusted the idols with a
servant, who kept them very carefully in a special place. One day, one of the idols broke. The king
imprisoned him, knowing this. A few days later, neighbouring king attacked the
kingdom, Seething this as the fault of
the servant, he ordered him to be hung. When asked whether he had any last
wish, the servant said, “Before I die, I should be allowed to break the second
idol”.
The kind asked him “Why are you saying this ?” The servant
said, “You are having my executed because the first idol broke. Another
innocent person should not be forced to die because of the other idol. The mahatma who gave those idols to you said that if the idols break, bad things
will happen. He did not say that bad things will happen because the idols broke. The breaking of the idol is merely an
indication of war that was to happen. As
soon as you received the hint, you should have immediately made preparations to
face the enemy king’s army.” The
Kind realized his mistake and freed him.
Mata concludes that our faith should neither be in the
astrologer nor in his predictions, but in the ultimate governing power of this
universe, God. The unintelligent and undiscerning actions we have performed in
the past should be counter balanced with intelligent and discerning actions in
the present. IF we don so, the future will become our friend.
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