Astrology as a Business
The Counselor's Role
What is the counselor's role in this process? It is not his
or her role to tell the client what to do. Clients must and
will do what they can see clear to do. I am reminded of
the Eastern religious text, The Tibetan Book of the Dead,
in this regard. This book consists of a series of verses
that are read by a priest to the dead or dying. I don't
make claims to understand all of what it means, but
what interests me most is that the text consists of a
whole series of levels, called "bardos," which extend
from the "clear, white light" of perfect understanding,
through all of the shades of material existence, and end
at the door of a womb, where one is ready for another
birth. Apparently, each soul experiences this clear,
white light in all of its fullness, but many souls are
unable to hold on to this experience, and, instead, begin
to slip back into their old ways and habits.