'Remember remember the 6th of September, the boy the girl and the astrologer. They were meant to be together, but the astrologer shove them apart. There is no reason why the day should ever be forgot.'
Our country, India is busy nowadays in enhancing prosperity, improving business ease, achieving scientific milestones, improving health of its citizens, and into many other fields. Its constitution has been very scientific but humane and ensures that the people remain the king and that all their liberty, their freedom is not infringed upon in normal times.
Alongside the emerging India, right since the British times, a parallel India was existent, which believed in Yogis, in the power of souls, in supernatural powers and more prominently, in putting some higher power into the cause for whatever has happened in someone's life. An India which had given a great respect to something unknown but just a product of imagination. Its true that those yogis are for real. I myself have seen two in my life. But they do not affect our lives and they remain in recluse. But because such people do not appear in common man's life, many fake ones appear and claim to be the yogis. Such trend has been existing for many years, but for past three decades or so, this has taken an huge size.
Contemporary astrologers are one of the breed with this ideology. Self claimed prophets who can interpret any fact positively or negatively, depending on their wish for the seeker. A very basic research by a leading newspaper observed that predictions by an astrologer see real time existence only 40% of times, a number even less than when one would predict without any knowledge, because then he has 50% chances of being right.
They force people to buy stones, gems, do prayers and havans so that they get a job, or their daughter gets married, or for that matter, they become parents. These stones will make the stars alignment favourable to the subject, the prayers and havans will please the respective gods and not following their suggestions would obviously make the troubled subjects remain in their sea of sorrows.
A person in sorrow is an easy bait to their knowledge. Neither sorrow nor happiness remains forever, so when the sorrowful person encounters a cycle of happiness, all the credit goes to the astrologer for improving his life. The more such cases, the more popularity for the astrologer. Seen with eyes wihout imagination, the astro had just been there with the man in sorrow. It can be understood that his companionship during the patient's provided relief to him, but how can the flow of time be attributed to the stones he has been wearing on his fingers.
It reminds me of a small incident. One of my knowns went to an astro. He was having money troubles and could not decide what is going wrong. The astro asked him to weat one stone in his middle finger, another in his index finger and one more in his small finger. He then put his pen and paper, and calculated the total amount to Rs 1.5 lacs, including price for the stones and his fees. The person said then on the astro's face "agar itne paise hotay mere paas in bakwaas cheezo ke liye to kya aapke paas aane ki jaroorat padti mujhe ? " (If I had so much money for spending on these wasteful items, would I have needed to come to you ?) The astro man was angry and forgot all the patience, politeness and pushed the person out of his cabin.
Many other sad events are happening because of the dark cloud of astrology encompassing people's lives more than ever needed. Broken love stories, bankrupt gone more bankrupt, fear in every unknown situation, less confidence in one's own decisions because stars are against him, all are outcomes of unproven superstitions and faith on self proclaimed prophets. It's better our generation gains intellect and strength to fight for their convictions and have confidence in their actions, irrespective of what alignment the stars have.
Our country, India is busy nowadays in enhancing prosperity, improving business ease, achieving scientific milestones, improving health of its citizens, and into many other fields. Its constitution has been very scientific but humane and ensures that the people remain the king and that all their liberty, their freedom is not infringed upon in normal times.
Alongside the emerging India, right since the British times, a parallel India was existent, which believed in Yogis, in the power of souls, in supernatural powers and more prominently, in putting some higher power into the cause for whatever has happened in someone's life. An India which had given a great respect to something unknown but just a product of imagination. Its true that those yogis are for real. I myself have seen two in my life. But they do not affect our lives and they remain in recluse. But because such people do not appear in common man's life, many fake ones appear and claim to be the yogis. Such trend has been existing for many years, but for past three decades or so, this has taken an huge size.
Contemporary astrologers are one of the breed with this ideology. Self claimed prophets who can interpret any fact positively or negatively, depending on their wish for the seeker. A very basic research by a leading newspaper observed that predictions by an astrologer see real time existence only 40% of times, a number even less than when one would predict without any knowledge, because then he has 50% chances of being right.
They force people to buy stones, gems, do prayers and havans so that they get a job, or their daughter gets married, or for that matter, they become parents. These stones will make the stars alignment favourable to the subject, the prayers and havans will please the respective gods and not following their suggestions would obviously make the troubled subjects remain in their sea of sorrows.
A person in sorrow is an easy bait to their knowledge. Neither sorrow nor happiness remains forever, so when the sorrowful person encounters a cycle of happiness, all the credit goes to the astrologer for improving his life. The more such cases, the more popularity for the astrologer. Seen with eyes wihout imagination, the astro had just been there with the man in sorrow. It can be understood that his companionship during the patient's provided relief to him, but how can the flow of time be attributed to the stones he has been wearing on his fingers.
It reminds me of a small incident. One of my knowns went to an astro. He was having money troubles and could not decide what is going wrong. The astro asked him to weat one stone in his middle finger, another in his index finger and one more in his small finger. He then put his pen and paper, and calculated the total amount to Rs 1.5 lacs, including price for the stones and his fees. The person said then on the astro's face "agar itne paise hotay mere paas in bakwaas cheezo ke liye to kya aapke paas aane ki jaroorat padti mujhe ? " (If I had so much money for spending on these wasteful items, would I have needed to come to you ?) The astro man was angry and forgot all the patience, politeness and pushed the person out of his cabin.
Many other sad events are happening because of the dark cloud of astrology encompassing people's lives more than ever needed. Broken love stories, bankrupt gone more bankrupt, fear in every unknown situation, less confidence in one's own decisions because stars are against him, all are outcomes of unproven superstitions and faith on self proclaimed prophets. It's better our generation gains intellect and strength to fight for their convictions and have confidence in their actions, irrespective of what alignment the stars have.
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