Re: Basic questions
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
Originally Posted by
Rohiniranjan
Dear Mana ji,
All biological systems (organisms from microbes to mankind) when studied by any system show one common trait: non-linearity! In a highly complex organism that we have evolved into, by the Grace of MA Nature, due to our perceptions and rather intricate interactions (physical, mental, SUPRA-mental, etc) it is best to assume and expect that non-linearity is the important key, including when we study the organism utilizing the marvelous tool that astrology is.
Although in astrology, we encounter many 'linear' attributes such as in the measurement of several balas, the matrix that we utilize in delineation (analysis and synthesis) the non-linearity gets mostly accounted for. Such is my firm belief.
Time as captured by the watch (or clock) is seen as a linear entity, however, if we reflect and recall, we perceive time as a non-linear entity which sometimes seems slow (when bored) but at other time seems to fly (when occupied) while at times it seems to stop and even vanishes (when in the meditative state)!
I wish to offer these two things... this is just interesting to know, and is not offered as a rebuttal or counterpoint, just interesting.
Take all of our society today - we are 99.9% the same genetically ( so say our scientists) i.e. biochemically all humans are 99.9% similar to any other humans.
So ~variation~ occurs within this 0.1%. All the diversity of the human physique takes place within this variation. Yet look at the diversity of thoughts, values, deeds, actions, abilities, etc.
re: time - being fast, slow, standing still. I am still of the firm conviction that time does one thing - it measures eternity. In and of itself , it is a characteristic of being human. Humans in diversity see the infinite broken up into pieces - these pieces being things and time. Humans outside of diversity only see wholeness and non-time.
Jyotish applies to any 'thing' that is bound by birth and death ( time) and does not apply to things that have no beginning and no end ( that would be SELF or ātman, or anuttara, or Being). to say 'things' that are not bound is an oxymoron. Why so? A thing is bound by its very definition - a thing can only exist in space and time. So we fall into the conundrum of words and meaning that bound 'things'. If we say no-thing ( silence or śāntatā¹ or mauna¹) it is closer to the truth. Yet then how is truth transmitted ? We can leave this for another time.
iti śivaṁ
words
- mauna - silence
- śāntatā - quietness; peace
यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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