by Robert Wilkinson
This is an important question, since many astrologers have trouble explaining how supposedly "negative" aspects between planets can manifest for good rather than difficulty. Add to this the scope of defining "good" and "evil," as well as how "free will" interacts with difficult aspects, circumstances, and head spaces, and we have today's post, Are Some Astrology Charts More Evil Than Others? We have nothing to fear from "bad" aspects, natally, progressed, or transit, and always have the potential to grasp the wheel of our "fate" and steer ourselves in a more productive direction. Enjoy!
© Copyright 2007 Robert Wilkinson
I read the post yet again Robert and Sonja's perspective was also beautiful. You are wonderful people and I am lucky to have found this site to come to when understanding is weak. I read in your posts last year and picked it up to practice compassion, I practiced it as far as I could last year, some situations changed, they really did, and some did not, I do not worry now that I did not do whatever I could and as I start out this year I wonder what comes after/follows compassion ? So dear friend you now have something to mull over in the silence of your heart and let us know :-) Take Care !
Posted by: abacus | February 08, 2007 at 08:38 AM
Hi abacus - Well, compassion works on many levels - for self, Self, loved ones, friends, "enemies," strangers, animals, plants, the entire Earth, and so on. After the realization of every possible form of Compassion comes the eternal practice of Compassion, until you are so identified with it that there is no error in any realm.
Compassion is much like patience: the reward of patience is patience, and the practice of compassion yields more compassion, if only for oneself as a human being doing what we can, however imperfectly, to lessen suffering. Glad you're not worrying over what you did not do - that's compassion! Open to learning more about compassion, and you will. Welcome examples of it, and opportunities to practice it, and you'll see compassion begets more and more compassion.
Posted by: Robert | February 08, 2007 at 09:52 AM
compassion may not beget compassion and may not be an end in itself,
when one is seeking to be more virtuous than another one is denying the existence of the other and belittling the other, if someone is an extension of me then he or she deserves to be treated the way i would treat myself and were i to be compassionate i would expect the same of the other, that is my happiness, i don't care if someone wants to reciprocate or not, i have treated someone as an equal and they have the chance to be that,
fact is someone is not me unless there is awareness at the other end that i am and he/she and he/she is the same, its consciousness, its attaining to that consciousness which would make the world such that some claim,
this is my experience
Posted by: abacus | February 08, 2007 at 12:58 PM
Hi abacus - I have found that Compassion both is an end in itself and results in the presence of Love, even if it's onesided. Sometimes we cannot know if another will be compassionate. I am only saying that as WE practice compassion, the ability to be clear about what is and is not compassionate will strengthen. Compassion exists within oneself regardless of others.
I do not agree that "when one is seeking to be more virtuous than another one is denying the existence of the other and belittling..." I can pursue my highest expression without it in any way being "more virtuous than another" or "denying the existence of the other" or "belittling" anyone. My practice of virtue, skill, or compassion has nothing to do with anyone other than my intention to serve truth, goodness, and beauty as I am able however Dharma and Karma dictate. It is not fair for us to compare our effort to anyone else's, since each Dharma is unique. Hopefully we do the best we can with what we've got, and keep learning.
Posted by: Robert | February 08, 2007 at 01:49 PM