A Sutra on the proportionality between ‘The Fruits from the Remedial Measures’ & ‘The Depth of our Astrological Faith, Understanding & Conviction’

As we may reasonably expect, the magnitude of Isvara’s grace we receive in the form of the alleviation of our ‘karmic-sufferings’ & as a fruit of Vedic astrology’s Remedial Measures, is always only in proportion to the depth of our faith, understanding & conviction -as to what Vedic astrology is all about. Such a sutra while seeming to reward us for our ‘sincere labours’ and simultaneously alerting us to the risk of being self-satisfied with ‘smaller returns’ from the Remedial Measures; might also do something else-for which we may not exactly be prepared! It can also completely dispel our widely-held misconception that Vedic astrology has all along only been an ‘external source of grace’, having nothing at all to do with our own ‘little-self’ and our own ‘little faith’.

This is a sutra we will have to constantly bear in mind, because it is a reminder to us that, unlike as in the external world, the fruits of our labours from the astrological Remedial Measures are dependent, to a substantial degree, on the depth of our own clarity and conviction-as to what Vedic astrology is all about. As this may be one of the first unexpected instances, when we meet the ‘self’ as a significant variable, determining the outcome of our own exertions, we may well be taken aback, in this first encounter with the ‘self’.

If we ponder a little further and apply this sutra even to our scientific labours, we will certainly also find it to be true in that domain as well, even though in that case, it would pertain more to the ‘external observable world’. Have we not often found scientists with varying degrees of commitment or even faith in their own endeavours? And have we not discovered that even in this so-called ‘external sphere of our life’ that the fruits of our labours, have always depended upon the extent to which we have internalized that discipline in which we are labouring?

The substantial irreducible role of the human observer, in himself being responsible for shaping the observed phenomena in the microscopic atomic world is seen to be attested by one of the Grand Masters of modern Theoretical Physics:

“This state of affairs is very satisfactory from a philosophical point of view, as implying an increasing recognition of the part played by the observer in himself introducing the regularities that appear in his observations, and the lack of arbitrariness in the ways of nature,…”

– P.A.M. Dirac[18]

The more our faith, understanding & conviction, the more our blessings and boons. Have we not discovered this eternal law? Thus this sutra on the proportionality between the fruits of our astrological labours on the one hand and our own inner conviction & depth of understanding, on the other, may be taken to have universal validity, covering widely different domains. And this being the case, will any diligent Vedic astrologer, refrain from exerting himself, so as to ‘raise the level of astrological awareness’ of the people who have come to him to find solutions for their baffling ‘karmic-sufferings’ in life? For this reason, we have introduced the Chitta-Shuddhi Shakti [purity of consciousness] of the seeker of the Remedial Measures of Vedic astrology as an important contributory factor in building up the power of the Kavach as a sacred object. [See Part VII, Sec.6.(ii), for details]