Remedies - A New Approach

I happened to think about approaching the concept of remedies and gemstones in a new light. Hence, I am sharing the same through this article.

Before I get into explaining the new approach, let’s first quickly cover my different views on remedies and gemstones so far.

1. Traditionally, I have tried to stay away from remedies and I still don’t provide any remedies or gemstones during my consultations. In my first article on Remedies ( https://www.astrosaxena.com/articles/remexp ) I have given reasons for doing same, which are hereunder in a summarized way - 

· I am fine with someone following Remedies and Gemstones to have some optimism or positivism in life.

· If Remedies and Gemstones give you strength to fight against life challenges then I am all for it.

· But if people think that Remedies and Gemstones can bring a perfect life then it is nothing but delusional approach.

· Moreover, if someone feels that by following some Remedies and Gemstones, they will automatically start having good times in life and they wont need to put any effort then such people are not yet ready for the mystical side of life.

· Also many a times, people get this ego boost that this event has taken place because of that Remedies and Gemstones they followed.

· I also mentioned Osho’s views on remedies and on situations in which they can be effective.

 So, these were initial reasons why I stayed away from any consultation on Remedies and Gemstones.

2. Then I wrote another article on this topic ( https://www.astrosaxena.com/articles/remexp2 ), in which I stated that basic need for performing some remedies is also coming due to someone else point of view on your life. Some other person feels that you should get married by this age or that age that’s why; you need to perform some remedies. If people around you don’t feel like that then you may not even think about performing any remedies.

3. Then I also had this view ( https://www.astrosaxena.com/articles/RemGemRev ) that if remedies really work then at least no astrologer should have any suffering in life. They can at least perform the most accurate remedies for themselves.

4. Then I wrote an article on my experience with Lapis Lazuli ( https://www.astrosaxena.com/articles/LapisLazuliMyExperience ) and concluded that if God knows everything then God knows your needs too. If you really need a gemstone or remedy then God will send it to you by any means at right time. We just need to be trusting and receptive.

So, these were my views so far on remedies and largely I still stick around on these views.

5. Then multiple times I said that there are mainly 3 best remedies; i.e. Awareness, Proactive Approach and Receptivity to Counselling. I have repetitively said that awareness is the key for any evolution or improvement in life. We invite troubles in our life because of our unawareness. With awareness, we can avoid all the troubles. Hence, awareness is the only remedy.

6. It is like going on a road which has a pothole on the way. If you are aware then you cannot fall into it. If you fell then it means that you were unaware. So, all you need is just awareness.

7. What-if someone has already fell in pothole (trouble)? How to come out of it? Again, become aware of your situation and find the ways to come out of pothole. Doing a remedy inside pothole is not going to help you.

8. I have also advocated the need for meditation or yoga or other spiritual pursuits to increase awareness, so that we can avoid those potholes (troubles) in life ( https://www.astrosaxena.com/articles/MeditationandKundalini ).

9. If you are an extrovert then try Yoga. If you are an introvert then try Meditation. If you are an ambivert then first try Yoga and then Meditation.

Now, if someone cannot directly become aware or cannot follow Yoga or Meditation then how to be aware in order to improve life?

10. Then go towards the occult side of life and follow astrology, numerology, palmistry or tarot etc. These are actually the tools of evolution. All Occult Sciences are actually the way to know where you currently stand in journey of evolution sub-consciously. As you would take decisions and actions from that sub-conscious state only, it will eventually create your future too but future prediction is not the main purpose of occult. As I said, the main purpose is to know where you currently stand sub-consciously and how to evolve from there. As evolution can happen any moment which will change your subsequent actions, resultant future can also be changed at any moment.

But what-if someone doesn’t believe in all these occult matters then how to be aware now? Something Scientific?

Then I wrote extensively about Gunas of nature ( https://www.astrosaxena.com/articles/SpiritualMusings ) in last about 5 years; i.e. Rajas, Satva and Tamas. Understanding the energy flow through Gunas can also be a good remedy. Just for basic info on Gunas, as per Samkhya philosophy, every being is composed of three fundamental energies or Gunas:

· Tamas – inertia, darkness, destruction

· Rajas – activity, passion, desire

· Satva – awareness, clarity, balance

At another level, these Gunas can be utilized by different people as per their masculine vs feminine vs neutral energy.

So, if you find yourself in a problematic situation in life then understand that you might be exploring the energy at Tamasic level and your job is to move your energy towards Rajas and Sattva. Sattva is the balancing point between Tamas and Rajas. Even at Sattva, the balance will be utilization at Neutral point; i.e. neither Masculine nor Feminine. It will be the balancing point of balancing Guna. The best possibility of energy exploration where things happen naturally on its own; like a river flows by itself or a tree grows by itself.

As I said, this is a very brief way of explaining Gunas. For more exploration on topic, please check the other articles in Spiritual Musing Section.

11. Someone may say that if Tamas is also part of nature and if I move energy towards Rajas and Sattva then how Tamas will be exhibited in existence?

Well, you need not to worry about it. Existence has 8 Billion+ people to explore all Gunas. It will utilize anyone else. Your job is to move towards Rajas or Sattva for your own evolution. Existence will take care of rest.

Now, the stage is set for the new approach on remedies which I was thinking about.

12. So, an ideal life will be when a person is exhibiting his energy at Sattva Level + Neutral. This is where things happen automatically without any effort. An assertion or Will is enough for things to manifest or unmanifest at this level. Following table can be helpful in understanding that -

Evolution through Gunas and Personality Balance

a.

Tamas Prominent person – Inactive/Introvert/Feminine person – Lazy and Procrastinating

Tamas Prominent person – Active/Extrovert/Masculine person – Destructive towards Self or Others

Tamas Prominent person – Balanced between Introvert/Extrovert or Feminine/Masculine or Inactive/Active  – Receptive towards counselling, Inclined towards Yoga Nidra or Death Meditation and ready for evolution towards Rajas.

b.

Rajas Prominent person – Inactive/Introvert/Feminine person – People who want success and fruits of success but don’t put efforts for that or put very little efforts in comparison of success they want.

Rajas Prominent person – Active/Extrovert/Masculine person – Over-Indulgent, Politicians, Power Grabbing people. Greedy. People who don’t know where to stop.

Rajas Prominent person – Balanced between Introvert/Extrovert or Feminine/Masculine or Inactive/Active  – – People who know when to start for materialistic success and also know where to stop. Ready for evolution towards Sattva.

c.

Sattva Prominent person – Inactive/Introvert/Feminine person – Anonymous Guru. Master who doesn’t want to claim fame and recognition and lives an incognito life.

Sattva Prominent person – Active/Extrovert/Masculine person – Guru or Master who wants to reach out to more and more people so that maximum people can be helped before leaving the body.

Sattva Prominent person – Balanced between Introvert/Extrovert or Feminine/Masculine or Inactive/Active  – A Guru who knows how to reach out to masses and at the same time how to filter-out unnecessary crowd.

13. Now, if a person is acting at the ideal level then it means that all his planetary positions are also exhibiting energy at Sattva + Neutral level. They are neither dwindling towards Rajas or Tamas OR towards Masculine (extrovert-assertive) or Feminine (introvert-receptive). Everything is at extreme balancing point.

14. Planets are neither involved in destructive activity (neither towards Self nor others) nor involved in creative activity (neither towards Self nor others) and not even at Satvic activities (neither towards Self nor others). This is a planet at Satva + Neutral level. It is like living a life perfectly aligned with nature; as I said it is just like a river flows on its own.

15. So, we can also say that if someone is not living such a natural life then his planetary energy is straying away from Satva + Neutral state. Either he is in excess of Tamas or Rajas OR he is in excess of Masculine or Feminine. This excess use of energy in one direction is creating the imbalance in life or we can say suffering in life.

Now, let’s leave it here. We will come back to this part later -

16. As we know that in astrology, we have planets and many of them are considered as friends, enemies and neutral to each other. One of the confusions in astrology is that if planets are divine bodies then how can they keep enmity towards each other? This is where I feel that we should always understand planets as individuals. It is not that they are keeping any enmity towards each other but with our basic human understanding, we can only understand the language of enmity or friendship. If Sun & Saturn are blocking each other’s path then it is very difficult for us to understand that it is their mutual function. We try to find out reason behind everything. That’s where it is important to give us concept of friendship & enmity because we understand this language only. Once we create stories of planets which are the foundation behind their friendship/enmity then it is easier for us to relate their actions with these stories of friendship/enmity. So, as per my understanding, there is no friendship/enmity between any planets. They are only performing their respective functions but we, human beings, can understand their functions only on the basis of concepts of friendship/enmity.

17. Now, for what I am trying to convey here, it will be better if we understand planets as counterparts; i.e. entities which are balancing each other’s energy. So, rather than saying that Sun-Saturn are enemies to each other, better way will be to understand them as counterparts balancing each other’s energies.

18. Using the word Enemy gives the feeling that they are standing against each other with weapons in hand and there is no hope of any cooperation between them. Taking them as counterparts will give the feeling of two entities supplementing each other and cooperating with each other to figure out missing blocks of a jigsaw puzzle. So, understanding them as counterparts will be more helpful. I followed the same approach when I wrote about Signs and Nakshatras counterparts - https://www.astrosaxena.com/articles/SignNakshatraCounter. 

19. Also, I won’t be willing to take any planet as weak or strong. They all impact us. Hence, they all are stronger than us.

Now, if we go back to planetary energy getting expressed through Gunas and where I said that if planet is going towards Rajas or Satva OR Masculine or Feminine then it is imbalance in energy and the ideal flow of energy is when it gets expressed in Satva + Neutral level.

20. So, the approach towards remedy which I am thinking about is that if person is not getting good results of a planet then it means that he is not exploring that planet energy at Satva + Neutral level and energy is moving through either Rajas or Tamas OR Masculine or Feminine. Now, to balance this energy, person needs to focus on activities related to the counterpart planet.  

21. For example, suppose someone is having lots of ego issues and ego clashes with people, either in personal or professional life. What it means? It probably means that person is unable to explore the energy of Sun in Satva + Neutral state. Either he is going towards Rajasic use of Sun where he may impose his ego on others by being outward with his traits or he is going towards Tamasic use of Sun where he is filled with lots of inferiority complex which makes him prey to other people’s ego imposition. Either ways it is sure that person is unable to use the energy in balanced state; Sattva + Neutral.

22. Now, how to deal with this situation? How to balance the energy of Sun here? Now, Sun’s biggest counterparts are Saturn (in professional life) & Venus (in personal life). So, if this person is having issues with balancing Sun’s energy in professional life, as discussed above, then he should focus on activities related with Saturn. Also, if this person is having issues with balancing Sun’s energy in personal life, as discussed above, then he should focus on activities related with Venus.

23. So, if the person is going towards Rajasic use of Sun and imposes his ego on others by being outward with his traits then he should start focusing on activities of Saturn at Feminine Tamasic level; i.e. going inward and taking a bit of rest.

24. Likewise, if person is going towards Tamasic use of Sun where he is filled with lots of inferiority complex and others impose their ego on him then he should start focusing on activities of Saturn at Rajasic level; i.e. being ambitious and striving.

25. We can take a reverse example too. Suppose someone is in Saturn MD and suffering from Saturnine health issues like related with Bones and Teeth etc. Now, one of the main reasons behind these types of illnesses is Vitamin D Deficiency. From where we can get Vitamin D? From Sun. So, one of the easiest remedies for Saturnine health issues can be sitting in Sunlight every morning or doing Surya Namaskar or Sun Salutations.

26. This is just one example. We can do the same for every planet. As and when we go towards negative traits of any planet, we should identify from where the imbalance is coming and then we should look at counterpart planet and its reciprocating activities which can bring back the balance.

27. In link here - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xn7MeqbboykXb3B2vvhIhRg_kDctb5Wm_wSx4z9aUUI/edit?usp=sharing , we can find three spreadsheets containing traits of any planet and reciprocating activities of counterpart planet which can bring back the balance. Although, this is a huge list but still I don’t think that we can have an exhaustive list of the same as human traits can be as many as stars in sky. But still, these files can be good enough to give you an idea of what I am trying to convey here.

28. Now, these balancing activities can only be called as remedies. Gemstones of a particular planet can also be utilized in order to amplify the energy of that planet but actions would still be necessary.

29. To conclude, I can only say that this is just an idea and it has worked well for me in last 6 months. So, I can only suggest that people can give it a try for some time and see results by themselves.

Gratitude!!!