Message #17300

[Jitendra Hydonus]

This was all taken from the beginning of the 16th chapter of the Autobiography of a Yogi entitled: 'Outwitting the Stars.'

Master I do not believe in astrology.(Yogananda) It is never a question of belief. The only scientific approach one can take on any matter is whether it is true. The cosmos would be fairly chaotic if its laws could not operate without the sanction of human belief. Astrology is a study of a humans response to planetary stimuli. The child is born at the date and hour when it is in mathematical harmony with its individual karma. God is harmony; the devotee who attunes himself will never perform any actions amiss. His actions will be naturally in accord to astrological law.

It is only when a traveler has reached his goal that he is justified in throwing out his maps. During the journey he takes advantage of any convenient shortcut.... The stars are about to take an unfriendly interest in you Mukunda. Fear not you will be protected. The message boldly blazoned across the heavens at the moment of birth is not meant to emphasize fate but to arouse mans' will to rise above the universal thralldom.~Sri Yukteswar