• September 21, 2020
• By : Bharatastro

One day, sense of reasons dawned upon a feuding couple, when they came together seeking guidance on how to improve their relationship. Their common urge was: “Suggest some puja or such remedial measure as would help improve our relationship.” Well, caught up on the plane where the problem exists – both of you stuck to own perceptions – you can’t find a way out. Unless you change your perception, things won’t improve. No belief driven {…}

• September 18, 2020
• By : Bharatastro

Parents of a daughter, worried about undue delay in her marriage, came asking the other day: “My daughter has already entered her forties and yet we could not organise her marriage despite our relentless efforts. Why so? Is she cursed? What is in store of her destiny? Is her marriage promised, and if so, when? Suggest me some remedial measures, if that could help expedite her marriage.” “At the outset, let me tell you that {…}

• September 11, 2020
• By : Bharatastro

Life is paradoxical. It is full of contradictions. The living world with all its enormity and diversity, where every being is born unique, each displaying varying desire and mind-trends, remains a natural breeding ground for conflict of interests. In such an intriguing world, there remains no scope for ever having a perfect situation in life – we always remain vulnerable to go through unforeseen twists and turns in life. Yet, we are supposed to work {…}

• August 30, 2020
• By : Bharatastro

Couple of years back, a lady came seeking guidance on how to improve her relationship with husband, which had become sour. She was advised to look within, identify and acknowledge her own fault lines, and address them before expecting from her partner to behave. When she began reflecting upon herself, she realised that she impulsively reacts and responds to external trigger on instinctive judgment, without applying proper forethought. She worked upon her fault line, and {…}

• August 23, 2020
• By : Bharatastro

Someone under acute stress came asking the other day: “Sir, in the last four years my business has gone for a toss. I have lost heavily. I made all investments after consulting my astrologer. The very time span they suggested would be promising, actually proved disastrous. How can astrology go so wrong? Recently, I had to go through heart procedure. Was it because of too much of stress or was I due for it? I {…}

• August 17, 2020
• By : Bharatastro

The world is subject to continued change. Every moment, energy dynamics of the cosmos keeps varying widely, and with related bearing on life cycle on earth. The callings of every moment, thus, keeps changing. We are witness to continued change in the societal dynamics, confronting us with fresh challenges, also unfolding fresh opportunities. Accordingly, we need to keep pace with the ongoing change – intelligently combat the challenges and try to grab opportunities arising. Otherwise, {…}

• August 15, 2020
• By : Bharatastro

We are all born with a sense of freedom ingrained in our mind. So, unless otherwise forced by circumstances, one would wish to live on own exclusive terms. If, perchance, the ego level is high, one would not care for other’s sensibilities and concerns either, often inviting discomfort. In this complex, where every being is born unique, each manifesting varying desire and mind traits, is it possible to pursue one’s whims and fancies unhindered? Not {…}

• August 3, 2020
• By : Bharatastro

The takeaway from the previous issue is that we are all an inseparable part of a unified organism, where no individual has a reality independent of the whole, all framed into and interdependent framework. In this scheme of things, the efforts of all put together carries on the cycle of life, individually and collectively. By oneself, we can’t meet even our bare existential needs. We, thus, have a shared destiny. It, therefore, becomes a compulsive {…}

• July 31, 2020
• By : Bharatastro

A great majority of people believe in the existence of God, which different philosophies perceive in their own ways. By and large they believe that there exists an eternal reality that creates, sustains and recycles life cycle. Also, administers the whole world, having eyes on our conduct individually and collectively. It is, as if, there exists a reality distant from us, who would judge our conduct and set the terms of our future qualitatively, according {…}

• July 23, 2020
• By : Bharatastro

Society is subject to continued churning, which impels change in our thought process, priorities, and societal dynamics. The pace of change may sometimes be normal, which passes off without much of flutter. At times it becomes rapid, which for many unprepared, becomes difficult to digest so easily. For, the usual human tendency is to resist change, carrying the fear of its uncertain future ramifications. Yet, with time we learn to manage.  But there comes some {…}