Picking up threads from the previous issue, it comes out that the choice option we are endowed with, can lead us either way — keep us stuck to the callings of destiny or take us out of its binds. To figure out how it takes varying stance on different individuals, a look into the construct and chemistry of mind, the prime-mover of a being, becomes imperative.

Remember, mind is just an instrument. It can’t work on its own. It takes off on the thought-feed it has in store or all that it picks up from the outer world. Accordingly mind defines a being’s functional mandate. These thought imprints involuntarily develop individual specific beliefs. According as the beliefs, mind excites desire trends, which in turn, stir up corresponding thoughts, which when gravitate following working in the laboratory of mind, translate into action. The feel of the fruits of action find way to our memory bank, which have related bearing in future terms. This way, more often than not, we remain stuck to a circuitous web of thought chain.

In terms of construct, mind has three functional tools — Buddhi, Ahamkara, and Manasa. They are supposed to work in a coordinated fashion in support of each other as a unified organism. Buddhi is the faculty of discriminate intelligence, intrinsic to which is sense of dispassion. It is supposed to analyze the desire trends aroused by inlaid beliefs, figure out its utility value. And accordingly instruct Ahamkara to either shun it, or put into action with the aid of Manasa. It also judges the inputs picked up by Manasa from the outer world and instruct the latter how to respond.

Ahamkara brings in the sense of ‘I’, which makes one identify with the task in hand, and also own up the consequences there of. Manasa drives sense aided actions of mind from the front. It puts into action the functional mandate of mind. Also, it picks up outer field data, delivers them to Buddhi for due diligence, seeking guidance on how to react or respond to them. But it also has the capacity to instinctively respond to external stimuli.

Out of the three, Buddhi doesn’t come into play involuntarily. It needs to be consciously invoked by Ahamkara. The irony of the whole situation is that often Ahamkara identifies itself with the inlaid desire trends, and makes them its end game. Also, it could come under tempting influences of the glare and glitters of the seeming world and set it as the dream destination. Under both situations, Buddhi aspect gets sidelined. Evidently, for want of due diligence, the probability of failure and frustration gets pronounced. That, in turn, may create ground for stress, depression, and lot of unintelligent actions to unmindfully follow. It is actually on this count that we fail to manoeuver choice option to our advantage. Evidently when we fail to make use of our own empowerment tool, we are bound to become a victim of our own making. That makes it incumbent upon us to be on full alert to keep our Buddhi element in active mode all the time. That alone can help us judiciously use the choice option and bring desired change in our conduct pattern.

Before concluding, let us give a look at the import of the above discussion in practical terms. In this context let us analyze through astrological pointers why someone could not escape his suicidal trends. The person is born with fiery and active sign Aries as his lagna. It points to an aggressive, impulsive, head strong, dominant, and an intolerant person, who won’t play second fiddle to any. He may jump into action on instinctive judgement without applying proper forethought. It is only when he falls into self-created pit that he may invoke his Buddhi for due diligence. Lagna lord Mars, crossing path with erratic Rahu, is posited in the 12 house. It implies that the person is vulnerable to unmindfully misdirect his energies towards self-destructive ends. Mind signifying Moon in debilitation, is conjunct mischievous Neptune, and in opposition to its planet of nemesis Saturn. The obvious implication is that the person has a fixated one track mind stuck to self-delusionary perception, and not amenable to change. On top of that is the Sun ill-disposed off to Jupiter, which speaks of his swaggering ego not allowing him to look beyond his self-assumed beliefs. He can’t digest anything happening to the contrary. He never cared to know his own self for the sake of necessary correction, and the result is there to see.

The writer is an astrologer, vastu consultant and spiritual counsellor. Write to him at G-102, Bharat Nagar, New Friends Colony, New Delhi – 110 025 Tel: 91-11-49848475/9818037273 Email: pioneerqueries@bharatastro.com Website: www.bharatastro.com

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