Astrology

A communication fails today, or else what you communicate gets you into trouble.  It’s possible you’re speaking to someone who can’t hear or doesn’t understand you.  Need a hearing aid?  Speak a different language?  Consider these possibilities before you feel affronted by someone’s response to your communication. Sharp words can get you into trouble.  If something flies out of your mouth that’s hurtful, apologize immediately.  Talk things over with a close friend and you’ll be happy.  Look for the person who calls to say you are loved.  Someone loves you – all you have to do is listen.  It’s in the words.  Karl Menninger said ‘Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force.  When we are listened to it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.”

The daily astrology post affects everyone. Because individual charts vary, the circumstances outlined in the post will affect people differently. Some will feel this energy in the personal arena, some in finances, some with children or family, some in work and so forth. There are many departments of life. Look to see where the dynamic affects you!

Astrology

Energy is focused and very successful, so work!  Your ability to discriminate is excellent as is your analytical ability.  In any given situation a small amount of thought will bring you to the right conclusion. You become like a skier zipping down a slope, choosing the path effortlessly and successfully.  Today the ability to move forward quickly is present, go for it!  The only way to fail is to do nothing. Cardinal Newman said, “A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.” Somebody somewhere may not agree with you, but that’s not your problem. Ideas leap into your mind as if by magic, and sudden inspiration is a keyword for the day.  Act quickly today, but at the same time do not confront authority or unknown people.

The daily astrology post affects everyone. Because individual charts vary, the circumstances outlined in the post will affect people differently. Some will feel this energy in the personal arena, some in finances, some with children or family, some in work and so forth. There are many departments of life. Look to see where the dynamic affects you!

Astrology

Wonderful day, happy day!  Satisfaction comes from the simple joys of life. Spend time with the people you care for.  Emotional generosity is prevalent.  Everyone is doing favors and in a good mood.  Take advantage of this peaceful time, and resist the temptation to rush at things or people.  Exercise is great, and creativity is also great.  Healing is possible through rest and relaxation.  Keep your eye on the finances in any given situation rather than on the personalities involved.  An assertive person will not be successful and could well run into trouble in the future.  Do not involve yourself in any effort that involves criticizing higher ups.  Stick to business and avoid arguments, which only occur if somebody is flexing their ego.  Happy talk is still here, engage in it.  Mother Theresa said, “We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.”

The daily astrology post affects everyone. Because individual charts vary, the circumstances outlined in the post will affect people differently. Some will feel this energy in the personal arena, some in finances, some with children or family, some in work and so forth. There are many departments of life. Look to see where the dynamic affects you!

Astrology

Financial matters predominate today.  It’s a great day to go shopping and to hear good news.  Do some financial thinking; your ideas are more grounded and reality-based now.  Keep your eyes open for the good deal that comes your way, and take advantage of it.  Solid planning leads to success, so make an agenda for yourself.  Set goals.  You will follow them. Though scattered energy is still a bit of a challenge a strongly grounded force keeps you steady.  Men, women and children are in sync and family matters are harmonious.  An appeal to a higher-up bears fruit.  Intellectual brilliance is present, and you have the ability to convert it to a workable agenda.  James Oppenheim said, “The foolish person seeks happiness in the distance; the wise person grows it under his feet.”  Happiness is here.

The daily astrology post affects everyone. Because individual charts vary, the circumstances outlined in the post will affect people differently. Some will feel this energy in the personal arena, some in finances, some with children or family, some in work and so forth. There are many departments of life. Look to see where the dynamic affects you!

Freedom from Fear

 

The following is from a series of tweets by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo:

The need for power is born of fear.
The need for hateful speech is born of fear.
There is no good reason for hate.
The reason for arrogance is fear. There is no other reason and it makes fear worse.
Mean speech is ugly and unseemly and also born of fear. It is hurtful to the receiver and deadly to the sender.
Look at your twitter stream. If hateful and full of judgment and making fun at the expense of others, hard life lessons are at your door.
Desire for another’s goods or life is due to fear that you will never accomplish anything meaningful. Only obsession results.
It is possible to have a singularly beautiful life with simply wishing everything good for everyone else- sincerely.
Try to see the Buddha, or Christ in all beings. Then feed and care for them the best you can.
I teach you even if you think meanly about me. Why? Because I love you. I love you. I want you to be happy and well.

 © copyright Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo all rights reserved

Astrology

Congratulations!  You calmed down.  You are ready to relax, work hard, enjoy life and smell the roses.  An agitated person is in the environment but the new mellow you is calm and reassuring.  If you are the agitated person, let someone else “talk you down.” It’ll pass.  You are able to review all the creative ideas you’ve had recently and put them into action.  A new stability is here that inspires confidence and the certainty that your goals will be accomplished if you take one step at a time.  The next week to ten days offers an excellent opportunity for progress; all you need to do is get moving.  Inspiration combines with energy today.  If you think it, do it!  People have good taste, and conversation continues to be wonderful.    Kurt Vonnegut said, “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”

The daily astrology post affects everyone. Because individual charts vary, the circumstances outlined in the post will affect people differently. Some will feel this energy in the personal arena, some in finances, some with children or family, some in work and so forth. There are many departments of life. Look to see where the dynamic affects you!

Astrology

Assertive activity is irresistible today and yet it can lead to trouble.  The desire to express yourself is combined with a sensation of absolute “rightness” that can send you off on a mission.  Call people, communicate, write or go for a drive.  Short distance travel is excellent and relaxing. Reading is a source of enjoyment. Study, learn something new.  Keep a low profile and fly under the radar, if you feel rambunctious.  A force is willing and able to come down hard on those it disapproves of.  Don’t be that person.  What to do? Work hard, tell jokes; laugh.  Send cards and letters to those you care for.  Invent new, creative things.  If you’re tired, rest. Issac Bashevis Singer said, “We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.”  Think before you act today.

The daily astrology post affects everyone. Because individual charts vary, the circumstances outlined in the post will affect people differently. Some will feel this energy in the personal arena, some in finances, some with children or family, some in work and so forth. There are many departments of life. Look to see where the dynamic affects you!

Staying Away from Harmful Companions: Tsem Tulku Rinpoche

The following is respectfully quoted from “Gurus for Hire Enlightenment for Sale” by Tsem Tulku Rinpoche:

Staying away from harmful companions

Most of us have more negative dispositions than positive, otherwise we would not be in samsara. When the negative dispositions from our previous lives open, we cannot do Dharma practice. In the tantric vows, we are not even allowed to talk to those who scourge, scorn and dislike our Guru. We are not allowed to share food with them, share our instruments or our vajras and bells, or talk about tantric secrets or tantric practice with them anymore. We cannot perform certain prayers or rituals with them anymore because their energy can pollute us, bring us down and trigger the opening of negative energy, negative karma.

You might be thinking that Buddha is not very compassionate. Of course he is compassionate! If, at this level, we allow someone to disturb our practice, how will we become a Buddha to help them? By avoiding them, we are being very compassionate. We send a message to them that we are not happy with what they are doing and unless they reform, we cannot support them and their actions. On a spiritual level, if someone disturbs our practices and pushes us off, how will we become an attained being or a Buddha to benefit them?

At our level, these people’s disturbance and broken samaya can push us off the path, influence us and make us think negatively. There might even be other disciples of the teacher that these people always say negative things to and push them away from the Guru. When these people push disciples away from the teacher, who suffers? The teacher or these people who push others away? Of course it is the people who suffer.

Staying around, associating, communicating with or being close to people who have broken their samaya, against their teachers or our teacher is very dangerous if we do not know how to handle them. We have to be advanced to handle them. After all, if our teacher cannot tame them and control them, how can we?

If we allow them to continue their negative talk or actions, we are not being very compassionate. If we think we can handle them and turn them around, we would have been able to turn them around by now. If we allow them to continue their little games, they will go on for years and years and years. They do not have merits to dig themselves out, and we would actually be helping them to create even heavier negative karma for themselves.

They present a danger to us and to themselves and this is why this text specifically tells us to avoid harmful companions who might try to split us from our teachers.

3) With an attitude like earth: That carries all burdens without ever becoming tired.

The Guru may give us a very small assignment or work designed to help us, push us to become better and better (not better in our view, but better in terms of Dharma, for our future lives). The Guru might make us do something that is very difficult but is that we we are concerned about?

We have checked out the Guru and sworn our refuge with the Guru. Then after the big refuge ceremony and the big offerings, the feelings, the pictures, the lights, candles, incense and effort, when the Guru asks us to please cut our hair about two inches shorter, we reply that we cannot and give 25 reasons why not.

What happened to the whole ceremony, the vows, the allegiance? What happened to the Guru devotion? Do we follow Guru devotion only when it is convenient for us? Does the practice of Guru devotion only apply during a certain time of the month, when we do not have friends, when things are going well for us or when we are not angry?

The whole point of the Guru giving us work — no matter how difficult it is — and us actually doing it, is to break through our ego. When the Guru helps us break through our ego, then when he gives us a higher level of practice, such as practices for controlling our death, we will be able to achieve everything that is included within that practice.

But if we cannot even control our devotion to our Guru, how are we going to control something much higher? If we find it so difficult controlling our speech, our body, and the minor assignments that the Guru asks us to do, how will we be able to do those practices that require us to be free of the ego, to have Bodhicitta and to practice the six paramitas?

A real Guru, who is compassionate and cares, will be very careful to give us assignments and work. The Guru thinks very carefully — he considers our aptitude, who we are, what we can and cannot do. He then gives us all types of work, duties and jobs to develop the six paramitas, such that we can purify our karma and break our ego, our level of perception and our wrong perception of reality. This is for us to reach the next level. Then we he confers higher practices on us, we will get results.

The Guru might also give us jobs or assignments to help us avoid something negative that might happen later on. If we do not believe it and we go against it, we will suffer the result. The guru will not be happy and he will keep trying to find other ways lessen what will happen to us later. If we do what he says the first time, the bad effects may be lessened by 100%. However, even if the Guru cannot help us avoid the bad incident fully, he would still try to lessen the result for us by ten percent.

Our Guru might tell us to work in the center once a month. We say we cannot do that but at the same time, we ask for initiations, retreats, 10 million mantras, and we can actually do these retreats and mantras. There is no difference! Why are we able to do 10 million mantras but unable to work once a month in the center?

If we do not cooperate, why do we need a Guru or a teacher? A Guru or a teacher is someone who is suppose to be compassionate and kind and is out to serve and help us. When we always reject everything the Guru tells us, we have excuses, we are late for everything we are assigned and we never finish anything we are given, that reflects on us and our practice.

Yes, the Guru is a human being who will be disappointed, feel sad and angry and shout at us or tell us off, but the ultimate person who is disappointed is ourselves. The Guru will have even more and greater wisdom than our own mothers and fathers to set us on the right path. The whole point of having a Guru is that the Guru is suppose to have more wisdom to see our past weaknesses, see into our gifts, understand our karma and what is happening to us so he can give us specific practices — both meditative and active — to help us overcome our personal problems, difficulties and sufferings.

However, when assignments are given and out of habit, we immediately say, “No, I can’t do it. I don’t think I can do it,” it is very bad. It is precisely because we think we cannot do it that we are given that assignment! The Guru can see something more.

For example, the Guru might tell us to be generous,to give and not to be miserly. The Guru might tell us to buy silver bowls and to offer them to the Buddhas but we have 101 excuses why we cannot. It is not because we cannot afford the silver bowls but because we are extremely miserly and have many lifetimes of habituation. The Guru can see the result of that and he does his best to break it because no one else can. If other people could have, they would have already done so.

It is like seeing a therapist. First, we check out the reputation of the therapist. We listen and we see some of the results of her clients. When we see that this therapist is wonderful and we hear that she has results, we walk in, pay the fees and we submit, open, surrender and tell her everything, week after week. After a few processes, depending on our problem, we start to find healing. If we resist all the way and do not let go or submit to the therapist, why would we even go for therapy and how would we get the result of therapy? It is the same thing with the Guru.

If we resist, fight, we do not do the assignments the Guru gives us and we covertly cover, or we try to make up things, use sweet words and go round and round, we may have been able to trick our Guru but we cannot trick ourselves and we fail our service, our devotion, and ultimately our own spiritual practice.

Submitting to the Guru is gaining independence, gaining freedom from our ego, samsara and ourselves. That is what a real and qualified Guru helps us to do. When we find such a Guru, we should devote ourselves with folded hands to him. Whatever work he gives us and whatever sufferings there may be, we should endure the work he gives us. We have to be accepting.

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