232 Spiritual Astrology
Changes occur under the influence of the so-called bad
vibrations. Change is a rearrangement and a fresh
opportunity for spiritual advancement. Change of place,
profession, environment and changes in the nature of
persons around us indicate the time for new experiences
and an opportunity to rearrange the psychic faculties of man
in tune with his spiritual plan. At every step, one has to
neutralise one’s emotions and impulses and adjust
accordingly. This being done cheerfully, sucessfully,
motivelessly and silently, the novice finds the Elixir of Life
nearer his reach.
Tolerance, charity and service should be practised.
They are the only means to neutralise our bad karma of
the past. Expecting anything from others and anticipating
wishfully some supposed good things in the future will
cause failure, disappointment and obstacles at every step.
One has to do what one sincerely feels good. He has to
receive whatever comes to him. Inconvenient work and
unpleasant duties should not be avoided. Trying to learn
anything about his own future or the future of others
should be strictly avoided. One should remember that
one’s future is moulded by oneself and the moulding deity
(the false conception of fate) is locked up within oneself
by one’s own limitation and self conditioning. The future
of man is always veiled by the curtain of the alternatives
that are worked out by his own hesitation, doubt,
miscalculation and overdoing. Knowing the future
through astrology as prophecy is utterly false. Astrology
gives the past, present and future of the whole universe
and the higher forces that are working in it. Nature always
maintains certain secret workings in the plan and there is
always an element of variability and uncertainty to the
mind of man with regard to details. Moreover, a man on