Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Astrology, horoscope, etc., 'partial truth'?
Have u ever checked ur horoscope or any sort of such things like palmistry, numerology etc.? I believe almost everyone knows their zodiac signs. Even I know mine and I too have checked my weekly horoscope in newspapers. Though I’ve checked it many times, it wasn’t to know how my week is gonna be, but just to find out if it’s true. And when I look into that matter, considering everything that’s happened in my life as well as those around me, I realize that it’s all rubbish.
When I checked my horoscope what I found was that it’s my mind that played the part. Every time I read something negative I used to believe the other way round and it used to happen as I think. And when I read those mails that say my nature depending on the zodiac signs I feel that they are all not completely right. And at the same time, if I want I can prove what is says is right too. This is how it works. I always checked all the zodiac signs and found that whatever sign it is, it suits me one way or the other. If I take my own sign, not everything that’s said in it will be true. At the same time, if I look at any other sign most of what’s said in that will hold true for me. So what does that mean? I’m sure it’s the same for everyone.
It’s human tendency that what ever we see or listen drives us to some extent. Unless you are aware of that, you too will fall prey to it. There was a time I used to listen to too much of heavy metal stuff. And my dad used to tell me that it’ll make me more inhuman and dangerous. Though I could notice drastic changes in many of my friends, just cus I was aware of it never had any impact on me. I always made sure that I’m more loving and caring.
Recently a person changed the spelling of his name to become the Chief Minister. Few astrologers predicted he’ll become CM and few predicted otherwise. And finally after changing the spelling he became CM, but for not more than few weeks. Those astrologers who said he will become CM was right, but no one predicted that he’ll fall. And those who predicted that he won’t become CM was not available for comment once he became CM, and once he fell they surfaced again saying what they said was right. Whom shall we believe? If we got to believe the former, why didn’t they say that he’s not gonna make it for long? And if we got to believe in the latter, then why didn’t they predict that he’s gonna become CM for few days at least and will fall then. Here it is proved that everyone were wrong. And what about the spelling of his name, what good has it brought to him?
I remember an article in which one guy had written that he happened to notice that everyone who died in an accident didn’t have the same lines on their palms and those who are supposed to have long life died altogether. Well, here again, everything is proved wrong.
And still why is it that many people say it’s all right? Yes, I do agree that it’s right up to some extent as per the happenings, though not in reality. Well, there is one thing that you should keep in mind before completely believing in it, that it turns out to be true not cus it’s true, but it’s like a magnetic force that drives one to that most of the times. If you have the guts to think just the opposite way then u can get out of it. It’s jus like me, long back, standing at the edge of a high raise building or at the door of fast moving train. When I stood there I could feel a great pull to jump over. And at times I avoided being there cus I was sure I’ll jump off. But then I decided that I should try it out and then I started standing in such places. When I say this u may not understand the graveness about it, but I can tell u for sure that it was a great fight against myself. I was well aware that at any point in time if my mind says otherwise I’m gonne end up jumping over. And if I had listened to the voice of that pull I would have done it. And even astrology n things like that too drive you to a great extend just like media does in one’s life.
If you notice the lives of people who follows horoscope, u can find that whatever happens if their life could have been different if they had not checked it. Once they find that it is going to happen likewise, their mind starts acting like a magnetic force towards that. And as they say a whole lot of things it is the very few things that happens that is counted and what ever does not happen is not taken into consideration. It’s like the blessings we receive. We are so blessed every moment of our life with many things, but we notice only the very few troubles around us. When I look around I often run out of words and even wonder how can I thank God for the wonderful things in my life. Of course there are problems in my life too, but comparatively it’s like a drop in the ocean. Even when friends come to me to share their problems, I see that they are also so blessed, but they don’t realize it.
And wen it comes to a Christian wat makes the difference in going behind horoscope and astrology. I often used to wonder why is it that Bible says we shouldn’t go behind all those. Then I realized that there are lots of reasons behind it. One of the main reasons I believe is the choice of believing in truth or lies. We often don’t believe the complete truth that Bible says, but tend to believe in all the lies that the world says. There was a time I believed more in science than in Bible and I always looked for scientific proof for whatever Bible says until I realized that science is something that keeps changing, but the Word of God never changes. That goes with the Word: “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.”
If you take a look at just the study of light you can notice how many times we had to change our belief; the particle theory, wave theory, electromagnetic theory, quantum theory etc. etc., that kept on changing. They even had formulas to state it every time they came up with a new theory. But still it kept changing. And we believe in the latest theory, though we have to change our mind if someone proves it wrong tomorrow.
And I don’t intent to say that astrology and such things are completely false, cus jus like the weather report that says it may or may not rain today, which we often depend up on, there might be some elements that proves these things right at times too. As I mentioned earlier, even few things might turn out to be true as it might drive us towards that not because it’s true, but cus it turns out to be so. One thing is sure that it’s not complete truth. And one has to take a stance whether to go behind ‘partial truth’ or the complete truth.
Well, another important factor is faith. If we hav faith in our Father in heaven, we don’t need to run behind anything. He knows wat is best for us. I stopped praying for myself once I realized that He’s d provider and if He has the wisdom and knowledge to make everything He must know wat I need too, jus like the song “Jahova Jairah, my provider, His grace is sufficient for me.” That’s why I’m always happy even though I’ve got nothing much in my life. The one who follows the Word of God that says: "Look at the birds of the air, they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?,” need not be afraid about what’s gonna happen tomorrow. Here the matter in question is not the providence of God, but man’s dependence on Him.
So if are a Christian and if you ever tried to sort out ur problems or tried to find out what’s happening in ur life through any of those methods, or if you ever plan to go for it, or if you are worried about anything in your life, then give it a thought whether you got to believe in ‘partial truth’ or the complete truth. A Christian is not the one who lives in fairy tales, but in reality I believe.
When I checked my horoscope what I found was that it’s my mind that played the part. Every time I read something negative I used to believe the other way round and it used to happen as I think. And when I read those mails that say my nature depending on the zodiac signs I feel that they are all not completely right. And at the same time, if I want I can prove what is says is right too. This is how it works. I always checked all the zodiac signs and found that whatever sign it is, it suits me one way or the other. If I take my own sign, not everything that’s said in it will be true. At the same time, if I look at any other sign most of what’s said in that will hold true for me. So what does that mean? I’m sure it’s the same for everyone.
It’s human tendency that what ever we see or listen drives us to some extent. Unless you are aware of that, you too will fall prey to it. There was a time I used to listen to too much of heavy metal stuff. And my dad used to tell me that it’ll make me more inhuman and dangerous. Though I could notice drastic changes in many of my friends, just cus I was aware of it never had any impact on me. I always made sure that I’m more loving and caring.
Recently a person changed the spelling of his name to become the Chief Minister. Few astrologers predicted he’ll become CM and few predicted otherwise. And finally after changing the spelling he became CM, but for not more than few weeks. Those astrologers who said he will become CM was right, but no one predicted that he’ll fall. And those who predicted that he won’t become CM was not available for comment once he became CM, and once he fell they surfaced again saying what they said was right. Whom shall we believe? If we got to believe the former, why didn’t they say that he’s not gonna make it for long? And if we got to believe in the latter, then why didn’t they predict that he’s gonna become CM for few days at least and will fall then. Here it is proved that everyone were wrong. And what about the spelling of his name, what good has it brought to him?
I remember an article in which one guy had written that he happened to notice that everyone who died in an accident didn’t have the same lines on their palms and those who are supposed to have long life died altogether. Well, here again, everything is proved wrong.
And still why is it that many people say it’s all right? Yes, I do agree that it’s right up to some extent as per the happenings, though not in reality. Well, there is one thing that you should keep in mind before completely believing in it, that it turns out to be true not cus it’s true, but it’s like a magnetic force that drives one to that most of the times. If you have the guts to think just the opposite way then u can get out of it. It’s jus like me, long back, standing at the edge of a high raise building or at the door of fast moving train. When I stood there I could feel a great pull to jump over. And at times I avoided being there cus I was sure I’ll jump off. But then I decided that I should try it out and then I started standing in such places. When I say this u may not understand the graveness about it, but I can tell u for sure that it was a great fight against myself. I was well aware that at any point in time if my mind says otherwise I’m gonne end up jumping over. And if I had listened to the voice of that pull I would have done it. And even astrology n things like that too drive you to a great extend just like media does in one’s life.
If you notice the lives of people who follows horoscope, u can find that whatever happens if their life could have been different if they had not checked it. Once they find that it is going to happen likewise, their mind starts acting like a magnetic force towards that. And as they say a whole lot of things it is the very few things that happens that is counted and what ever does not happen is not taken into consideration. It’s like the blessings we receive. We are so blessed every moment of our life with many things, but we notice only the very few troubles around us. When I look around I often run out of words and even wonder how can I thank God for the wonderful things in my life. Of course there are problems in my life too, but comparatively it’s like a drop in the ocean. Even when friends come to me to share their problems, I see that they are also so blessed, but they don’t realize it.
And wen it comes to a Christian wat makes the difference in going behind horoscope and astrology. I often used to wonder why is it that Bible says we shouldn’t go behind all those. Then I realized that there are lots of reasons behind it. One of the main reasons I believe is the choice of believing in truth or lies. We often don’t believe the complete truth that Bible says, but tend to believe in all the lies that the world says. There was a time I believed more in science than in Bible and I always looked for scientific proof for whatever Bible says until I realized that science is something that keeps changing, but the Word of God never changes. That goes with the Word: “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.”
If you take a look at just the study of light you can notice how many times we had to change our belief; the particle theory, wave theory, electromagnetic theory, quantum theory etc. etc., that kept on changing. They even had formulas to state it every time they came up with a new theory. But still it kept changing. And we believe in the latest theory, though we have to change our mind if someone proves it wrong tomorrow.
And I don’t intent to say that astrology and such things are completely false, cus jus like the weather report that says it may or may not rain today, which we often depend up on, there might be some elements that proves these things right at times too. As I mentioned earlier, even few things might turn out to be true as it might drive us towards that not because it’s true, but cus it turns out to be so. One thing is sure that it’s not complete truth. And one has to take a stance whether to go behind ‘partial truth’ or the complete truth.
Well, another important factor is faith. If we hav faith in our Father in heaven, we don’t need to run behind anything. He knows wat is best for us. I stopped praying for myself once I realized that He’s d provider and if He has the wisdom and knowledge to make everything He must know wat I need too, jus like the song “Jahova Jairah, my provider, His grace is sufficient for me.” That’s why I’m always happy even though I’ve got nothing much in my life. The one who follows the Word of God that says: "Look at the birds of the air, they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?,” need not be afraid about what’s gonna happen tomorrow. Here the matter in question is not the providence of God, but man’s dependence on Him.
So if are a Christian and if you ever tried to sort out ur problems or tried to find out what’s happening in ur life through any of those methods, or if you ever plan to go for it, or if you are worried about anything in your life, then give it a thought whether you got to believe in ‘partial truth’ or the complete truth. A Christian is not the one who lives in fairy tales, but in reality I believe.
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