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Heart & Mind- Sadhna, transits, Ṃuhurta, niyama, Bhāskarācārya & Līlāvatī

There are people who believe that Ṃuhurta and dates, or things done in a certain way, eclipses and transits, days of the week, planets and their motions are very important. Being a jyotiśa I am very well

aware of the nuances of this science, but what we do not know is that divinity has nothing to do with these mind games.
Sri Ramaṇa Maharishi remarks that once you do your Sadhna or practise (or everything in life) with mind, then it will give you headache, anger and frustration.

When you do it with heart, you will feel light and there won’t be any problem. The real message is deeply hidden inside this.

Nobody in this world can play games with God. You cannot change fate by deciding ṃuhurta, transits or weekdays. It is utter stupidity at its best. It

is also not jyotiśa. Jyotiśa is and was a divine Ādesha and it is not controlled by anyone. Those who try to control it are not only punished but suffer from lot of problems in life. This is playing with divine order, if you pinch a thread, the whole design will change and you

will be the target of the wrath of divine.
What is supposed to happen will happen despite of all these mind games. The story of Bhāskarācārya & Līlāvatī shows how stupid is to play with destiny. Bhāskarācārya was one of the greatest mathematician (greater then all of us put

together) and an ardent scholar and his daughter was Līlāvatī. Bhāskarācārya knew from his jyotiśa that Līlāvatī will become a widow within a few months from her marriage so he devised the best Ṃuhurta which will boon her with a longer married life. To Bhāskarācārya’s surprise

she got married and got widowed within a few months. He found that the hourglass he used for Ṃuhurta was blocked from a pearl which fell from the Līlāvatī’s nose pin. This changed the timing and destiny played its role.

This is not the only example. There are many including the

example of Talakkulatur Govinda Bhaṭṭathīrī, who was a renowned jyotiśa but could not see the death of his own son.

All this math, this brain work, transits, weekdays are not jyotiśa. They are the basic parts but have nothing to do with higher order or divine orders. When

something is set in motion by divine you cannot stop that. In (year xxxx), the panel of planets were having an important meeting. They have to decide the fate of a famous politician and her death with a bullet. She was doing tantric procedures (Helped by a famous South Indian

Tantric) and often used to keep a special gutika in her mouth. This act of hers instead of helping her went against her. The planets decided to choose a brutal penalty for meddling with the divine. The things set in motion and in (year xxxx) she met with a brutal end.

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what Sri Ramaṇa Maharṣi said, one has to do certain things with heart only. It is far better that way, whether it is spiritual or general matter. I have seen people being too much worried about certain tithī, certain weekdays (like Tuesday, no cutting) and Ṃuhurta for every

occasion. Let me tell them, that there are many other people in the world who live without this. They are also humans and they too are happy. These things are on the lowest pedal of spiritual order. Once you realize that you are nobody; but a cogwheel of a giant machine, you stop

following all these extra gimmicks. To be one with divine, just listen to divine. Your radio frequency will remain at human level, if you keep meddling with affairs of God. To tune to a higher level, follow your heart not your mind.

That is the reason why pañca pakṣī cannot be

understood without understanding the divine will. One who meddles with this science lives a wretched life. Let God work and remember he created you, you did not create God.