Jagdish Maheshri is currently NCGR Research Director. In March 2007 he presented his research paper, "Earthquake Prediction Model" at the Baltimore NCGR conference. Jagdish holds a PhD in chemical engineering, teaches Vedic astrology and conducts workshop in Houston area, appeared on radio shows, and hosts his website www.astroinsight.com.
He discovered a unique Ninefold Progression technique and explains the technique and its application in his book, “It’s All in Timing.” He wrote an article, “The importance of the Ninefold Chart in Vedic Prediction” in NCGR Geocosmic Journal, Winter 2008.
The other day during the course of consulting, one of my clients asked me, "Why is it that only during difficult periods I had I felt like I lived my life far more fully?" A very perceptive and thought provoking, and perhaps seemingly abnormal question! No one has asked me such question before.
Although I tried to explain him that it was perhaps due to his unique personal characteristics associated with his rising sign and planets affecting the first house of his natal chart--I confess I wasn't very satisfied myself about the answer I gave him. His question stayed on my mind. It forced me to reflect on my own life. Then as I was reflecting on my own life I really could see the parallels and possibly the truth behind it.
Astrologically speaking, typically the difficult periods occur during the times when the predominant planets in the birth chart make squares or oppositions to the natal positions of the planets which are unfavorably placed in the chart. And also during the unfavorable planetary cycles which are based on Moon's position at the time of the birth. It is during these times we are challenged! The experiences underlining such challenges threaten the state of our security and comfort that we have been clinging to it so dearly. Until such crisis occur in our lives we enjoy our daily comforts and material pleasures. But when crisis occur (and depending on their severity) suddenly we are thrown in oceans of pain and despair. It's as if we are being tested by nature or by our own fate.
Why are we being tested? What's the purpose?
Imagine for a minute that such challenges in our lives were totally absent. Then what's the life is going to be like? Each one of us would then enjoy the daily comforts and material pleasure. There wouldn't be place for incentive to do anything else. You think everyone would then be happily lived...forever! I wonder if that would really be true! If there's no challenge wouldn't we all be doing nothing but attending to satisfy our senses and body though material pleasure until we die? Wouldn't that be boring? Wouldn't we become like living-dead?
But when we are being challenged (or tested) our focus immediately shifts to meet those challenges. When our "Self" is challenged doesn't it tend to bring out the best in "Us"? Doesn't life force flow though us? Doesn't it provide us with an opportunity to have a glimpse in understanding who we really are? Doesn't it make us feel that life is worth living and that there's more to life than just enjoying daily comforts and material pleasures? Until such challenges occur in our lives do we really know who we are?
Reflect on the crisis you had in your lives and how you faced them. In most cases (especially the ones when you rose to the occasion) when you look back on those life experiences don't you feel good about yourself? Didn't you learn about yourself little more and understand yourself little better? Perhaps through this very understanding of ourselves through our life experiences when we face crisis ...we find meaning to our lives.
Then ...such crisis are really not bad after all! Seems like such challenges (or crisis) are blessings in disguise, and they become a necessary condition for living a full life as they help us in bringing out the best in us. A true sign of life!
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