The Greatness of Saturn by Robert E. Svoboda Part VII

The Greatness of Saturn by Robert E. Svoboda

A Therapeutic Method

(Book review 12/2015)

Reliable ways to please Saturn

1.       Wearing of a ring or bangle made of iron or steel, especially which is made from a horseshoe or horseshoe nail that has been collected at a time that is propitious for the purpose you wish to accomplish.

2.       You can also feed, and otherwise serve, a wholly black animal, especially a cow

3.       Worship a Shami tree (Prosopis spicigera)

4.       Give alms to the indigent on Saturdays

5.       On Saturdays you should fast or eat one meal only; if you eat, the food should include urud dal (split Phaseolus radiates)

6.       You can give your old clothes to a homeless person on Saturday

7.       Give iron implement that is useful to his trade to a labourer.

8.       You can also feed crows on Saturdays for several Saturdays in a row.

9.       Immerse the metals sacred to the planets in flowing water or bury them in earth. This type of donation gives back to nature that which nature has given us and is useful as an act of non-attachment.

10.   It is beneficial to start your upaya during the astrological season ie January 20 to March 19 for Saturn.

11.   Direct worship of Saturn, or worship of Lord Shiva or of the monkey god Hanuman, is tested, effective ways to conquer “what comes naturally”.

Note that Saturday vows are also useful for Rahu and Ketu, the two of the Nine Grahas who do not own weekdays, Rahu and Ketu are closely related to Saturn because they are shadow planets, and Saturn’s mother was Chaya, “the Shadow.”

Immortality

On hearing this word many feelings sprout in our mind and even connected scenes are displayed in our mind like ever-green pastures, huge banyan etc

The word is mythical and many persons have tried to be immortal. We can be immortal bodily or spiritually. But the question arises why wish immortality in the first hand. What will we do if we gain immortality? What type of projects can we start if we are immortal? We have known many stories of immortality in our mythology also, like of Bhishman, Kripacharya, Ved Vyas, Ashwathma, Hanuman etc. But the wisest choice is given to Bhishma as he is granted “Iccha Mrityu”, which is death on wish and not immortality. Here if we take accounts of everyone’s life, only Hanuman has made a place of respect in the minds of people and that also not due to his immortality but due to his undefeatable powers and his service to the master. So are we sure we want to be immortal or do we think immortality as a blessing or curse? Myths state that even gods and demons are not immortal. They require nectar to make them immortal.

Some creatures are shown to rise after death and are considered evil e.g. Dracula. They can live on and on for centuries.

But thinking scientifically nectar is used to stop bodily process of ageing and breathing as they are related and sometimes even fertility. But let’s think about the dooms day, which is one fine day when an asteroid strikes our earth wiping out every living thing, so will it be possible for the immortals to survive? And if they survive will they be in proper form? This is the form we know about bodily immortality.

As Hinduism believes spirit is the main thing in our body that connects us to the supreme.