Chapter III
separative, rational, more horizontal mind is related to the emotions; the higher mind or
universal mind is related to the collective intellgence and our spirit.
More than likely you have observed that it is your emotions and thoughts which hold
you back from reaching a balance in your life or progress in your meditation practice, or to
focus and connect when you work as a healer.
The planets are far closer to us than the stars and their energy field has a much slower
vibration. To give you an idea, the earth is 150 million kilometers away from the sun. Pluto,
the planet farthest away from the sun has an orbit of about 6 billion kilometers. The
closest star (except for the sun) in our universe is Proxima Centauri at a distance of 4.3
light-years or 270,000 times farther away from the sun (a light year is the distance that the
light travels in one year at a speed of 300,000 kilometers per second).How to use Astrological Information........................................................................
Ancient peoples believed that under the influence of very specific conditions of
stars and planets at the moment of birth, the basic quality of a human being is
formed and the personality and tendencies in a person’s life are basically pat-
terned. It is important to see this constitutional quality as a strong tendency and
not as a fatalistic prediction or inevitable course. This unique quality will indeed
influence you for the rest of your life. But it is important to see that this condition
works on our body and soul, not on our spirit. The reason for this is because the
spirit is eternal. It has and always will exist. It is free from the laws of karma and
reincarnation. It is therefore free from the laws governing individual incarna-
tions. For that reason Taoist astrologists say that astrological conditions should
not be seen as limitations but rather as directions based on universal influ-
ences. It just gives you clear information as to where you come from and how
your tendencies may evolve. Since our spirit is timeless and spaceless, we can
still move in any direction. An intelligent person moves with the flow or the intel-
ligence of the universe, in order to keep the life force inside. It is good to re-
member that you can actually move in the direction you truly wish to move to,
always following the truth within your heart. If you decide to join a football game,
you are immediately fixed by the rules of the game. If you see all these rules as
limitations, you would do better to play another game. The art of playing the game
of life is to see, understand and accept the limits in the material world and learn how to
move freely within them, whilst maintaining awareness of your connection with your unlim-
ited spirit.
Two basic questions to ask when moving to a certain place are: “Where am I
now?” When you know the answer; “What is the best way to achieve my goal?”
Through the connection with our spiritual origin and planetary/galactic forces,
we can strengthen the weaker points in our energy system and our personality.
In this way we can use astrological information as a source of personal growth
and not as an excuse for unconscious emotional behavior.