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The Soul’s Journey

Last Updated on February 28, 2024 by Tejaswini

The soul’s journey, each one’s journey is the same. The intelligent life force which animates the multiverse, the Brahman in Sanskrit meaning “the all-knowing”,  separates small parts of itself, the souls and sends them to play the game of life. These souls, me and you, then take numerous lives and are born and die again and again. This seems quite pointless doesn’t it? But no, each of our these lives are full of interactions, learnings, experiences all fueled by the desire to know and know more…

Your and my journey is to Know .. to Know that Brahman again.. For a Hindu, spirituality and self-discovery are the same.

The Vedas give prime importance to the ‘One who Experiences’. Even if the situation is same, your and my experience of it will be very different. So open your mind and heart to the experience that is Life and you will find yourself singing along with it. There is no judge at the end of it, and there is no rule book for right and wrong. Your own conscience is your own judge and your conscience observes everything that you do. This is nothing but karma.

The universe is singing a song. This is the music of the stars and of the planets to which we were born. The song that the earth, the sun, the stars and the planets were singing at the moment of our birth is gets imprinted as the reference point in the new born baby. The moment of birth thus describes the life that the person will lead, thus we have our horoscope.

Traditionally the birth horoscope is used to predict events that happen during a life. The most common questions that I have been asked were regarding education, finances, health, marriage, children, property and inheritance and perhaps for locating lost objects. All these questions are concerned with the material aspects of living. But then we are so caught up in the business of living the day to day life, the grind, that we forget who we are. The soul needs emotional and spiritual support and if deprived it feels discomfort. This deep subconscious discomfort manifests itself as psychological issues. What should be a dance to the music of the universe becomes the daily grind. Spirituality is the exploration of divine energy and it is right within us.

In my long years of interacting with people and trying to find their answers I never came across anyone who was interested in exploring spiritual practice or in their emotional development. In several horoscopes I saw deep subconscious tendencies which were manifesting themselves as problems and discontent in the material life. But the client was not interested in resolving these issues and just wanted a practical 1+1=2 type of solutions. I do realise that working on one’s own internal subconscious tendencies is extremely difficult. But the truth is that unless the internal discordance is not set right, its external manifestation in terms of problems with finances, health, marriage etc will not go away.

So on this journey let’s keep an open mind. We already have some baggage with us, the accumulated karma of our several past lives. Rather than burdening ourselves with more baggage let’s work on resolving what we have and moving on happier and free.

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18 responses to “The Soul’s Journey”

  1. Prajwal Manjunath Avatar
    Prajwal Manjunath

    Dear Tejaswini

    What ways there are to escape the rebirth?

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    1. astrologerbydefault Avatar
      astrologerbydefault

      Hi there
      only one – Atmajnyan

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      1. prajwal bdvt Avatar
        prajwal bdvt

        Is being conscious of who we are (soul), is atmajnyan? So one who is ever knowing this fact is self realized?

      2. astrologerbydefault Avatar
        astrologerbydefault

        Hi there
        generally Hindus know that we are not the body but we are the soul. that we are not the limited jivatma but the eternal paramatma.
        so Jnyan itself is not a problem. about 20 million of the 8 billion humans alive today know this Atmajnyan.

        but the issue is that of this 20 million, very few want to take the next step.
        Manan. this means to think over what this Atmajnyan really means. all the implications that derive from this single fact. until you are convinced about this fact.
        for this you have to read all the books. first bhagwat gita, then the 10 main upanishad and their bhashyas by Adi Shankaracharya. then his bhashya on the bhagwat gita. and then finally the brahma sutra and its bhashya by Adi Shankaracharya.
        cross check your basic ‘aham brahmasmi’ through the lens of your intelligence. logic, mimansa etc to be applied, every facet of this concept to be discussed and understood threadbare.

        we do not want conditioning. Dharma is not conditioning. never.
        i am convinced that i am the Atma not just because my Guru told me (in the Shravan phase).
        but also because i have applied my intelligence to this concept. i have read philosophies of all the major religions, the major european thinkers of the past few centuries, buddhism and tantra. and seen that they do not stand against the clarity of the Atma.
        even tantra has one extremely subtle difference as compared to the Vedant but yes, it exists. i enjoy the philosophy of tantra, but this tiny mismatch is also evident.
        that is why you must go through tantra, enjoy it, evaluate it to the depth, and then reach Vedant. (this is the Manan)
        and finally you have such an incredibly clear reality that to absorb its wonder takes some more time. this is nididhyasan. it is a very rare Hindu who reaches this level.
        and then is to live out the rest of this life span in this incredible thought process, this Leela.

        if i use modern words.
        the universe presents us with data. there is an infinite amount of data surrounding us, within us, ideas, concepts, all floating around us. pushing us pulling us.
        now how to make sense of this data?
        we need a hypothesis which can explain this data to our intelligence. else these is no difference between us and animals.
        so several thinkers came up with several theories.
        again – you access data as per your level of perception. eg some humans cannot see beyond the physical body. they are not bothered about the subtle. and some who can understand the subtle cannot access the causal.
        but for those who could understand the data of the causal and delve even deeper into the Existence, the data set became so fantastic so incredible that to come to some inference about it, required a leap of intelligence.
        these were our Atmajnyani Mahapurush, they intuited the Atma through a rigorous intellectual process and this is the apex of human evolution.

        thus we follow in their footsteps. so that we too can intuit the Atma and achieve that perfection.

        the sequence is Shravan – Manan – Nididhyasan – and then the Paramatma /Moksh.

        this for the few 20 million humans who at least have heard from somewhere that they are the Atma. it is a long road but at least they have taken the first step

      3. prajwal bdvt Avatar
        prajwal bdvt

        Do you consider your self achieved moksh already?

      4. astrologerbydefault Avatar
        astrologerbydefault

        Hi there

        you are the first person to ask me this Q.

        if i say that ‘i have achieved moksh’, then in this line what is ‘i’ what is ‘achieving’ and what is ‘moksh’?

        and if i say that i have not achieved moksh, then again who is this ‘i’, this ‘achieving’ and this ‘moksh’.

        moksh is nitya siddha yet paradoxically it is also saadhya.

        I am what I am.

  2. Pravin Avatar
    Pravin

    Tejaswini ji,

    Recently stumbled across your blog. Thanks for all the insightful posts.

    My question is related to self realization journey and certain experiences on the path. Sometimes when mind is stilled, there arises a spacious, empty presence. Just isness or amness. Any sense of personal identity/history is dormant. This is usually accompanied by blissful sense of fullness. But this is still in dualism, the sense of an inside vs outside is still there. How to understand this? is this an experience of Purush?

    Please share your thoughts.
    Regards

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    1. astrologerbydefault Avatar
      astrologerbydefault

      Hi there
      all that you experience is the varied form of the Devi /Mahamaya in different forms.

      the Purush of the Upanishads/ Vedant is not experienceable. it is the Self.

      https://psychologicallyastrology.com/2023/09/08/vedant-a-summary/

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      1. Pravin Avatar
        Pravin

        Thanks for your reply.

        As Self is never an experience, what happens when one gets enlightened. How does the realization manifest in the body-mind?

        Regards

      2. astrologerbydefault Avatar
        astrologerbydefault

        Hi there
        my Guru’s Guru Shri Siddharameshwar Maharaj ‘s pravachans have been written in a very concise book, ‘Atma jnyanachi gurukilli’. it is in marathi. if you can understand Marathi do read the original.

        it is also translated into English, ‘Master key to Self knowledge’.
        it is available for purchase and i think must be on archive also.

        if you can read and understand this one tiny book, you do not need to read anything else.

        but if you do not understand it, read it again and again, think on what has been said.
        if you feel fear, or any other emotion, even joy, try to understand why you are feeling this. do not be scared or hesitant about investigating your own mind.

        if you understand Marathi, then there is one abhang by Shri Tukaram Maharaj, very small, it starts with ‘janma che te moola pahile shodhuna….’ it means ‘i tried to find the root of the birth…. ‘. if you can understand this, again it is enough.

        one must read the words of the Atmajnyani Gurus, several have taken birth. read their words for the clarity of thought.
        but who is an Atmajnyani Guru? this is a very critical question, especially in this kaliyug.

        in short – this is the logic –

        can your eye see itself? your eye can see the world but it cannot see itself.
        at max it can see itself in a mirror. again this is just a reflection, not the original eye. but the reflection can give some part of the ‘eye information’. the rest has to be intuited /that intellectual leap that this eye in the mirror is a reflection of the original eye.

        who does this leap? the Buddhi. this is also called the Third eye, Vijnyan.
        an insane person who does not have Buddhi will not recognise this as his original eye.
        how can we train the Buddhi to recognise?
        by silencing the emotional mind/ the ideating mind, the Manomaykosh.

        similarly the Self, the ‘I,’ can never see/hear/touch/experience itself directly.
        it always needs a mirror. this mirror is the Ved, they are called the Arsha, (Arsha means mirror in Sanskrit and in most Indian languages) this mirror is the entire Prakruti around you, this is the Devi shining around you, the sun, the stars, your body, your relations, your emotions, your thought processes, everything around you is a mirror.
        in short, every experience is a mirror.

        back to the eye example – if your eye sees its own self/ eye in one mirror, does it need to see it again and again in every mirror around? no, once the eye see the eye in one mirror, it has the necessary information.
        and every mirror around will reflect that same eye.
        does it happen that the hand mirror shows a blue eye and the bathroom mirror shows a black eye? no, the same eye is seen in every mirror.

        if you can understand this then you are free.

        the same Subject, “I”, the Atma, the only Vastu, is seen mirrored in every ‘experience-mirror’, but the Self is so grand, so utterly grand that the mind (Manas + Buddhi) refuses to acknowledge it, it gets scared.
        eg you have to see your top boss, you are internally slightly scared.

        so to remove this fear from the mind, you read books, talk to Atmajnyani Mahapurush, read mantra, do jaap, do pujas.. all this to remove the fear from the mind.
        once the mind is fearless, it accepts Reality in a blink.

        and at the culmination of this process, all concepts are also destroyed. all experience all concepts, all thoughts, all sound, all Matrikas, all are destroyed. as the vijnyanmaykosh is also pierced.
        ‘destroyed’ means that they lose their reality, they lose their ability to scare you, you realise that they are only waves/ ripples on the Supreme Vastu. and you yourself are that Supreme Vastu.

        you are the pure Existence, there are actually no words for this, but the word ‘Astitva’ is possibly a nearest way of pointing towards the Self.

  3. Pravin Avatar
    Pravin

    Tejaswini ji, Thanks for detailed reply.

    I don’t understand Marathi but having read Sri Nisargdatta maharaj’s I am That, had heard of his guru Sri Siddharameshwar maharaj. Recently I did buy his Amrut Laya from amazon and it includes the book Master key to self realization.

    I had never heard of Great Causal Body prior to reading this book. And it seemed like the blissful state of just amness/isness I referred to earlier is the great causal body described by maharaj, though without a living master it is difficult to be sure about these experiences.

    But what was confusing was that he referred to this great causal body as Turiya and Absolute as paraBrahman beyond it, while in Mandukya U, Turiya is the highest to be realized.

    Regarding the self realization process you have described (destruction of all concepts) would this be the arising of Brahmakata vritti as described by tradition, which destroys all ignorance and eradicates jiva-bhav?

    ps: in this thread, you said in a previous comment about going beyond tantra because of one tiny mismatch with vedanta. please write a post about it, should be illuminating to read.

    Regards

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    1. astrologerbydefault Avatar
      astrologerbydefault

      Hi there
      yes, There is a Turiyateet. beyond turiya.
      turiya is still a word, a concept, an idea. this too gets destroyed. to pierce the vijnynamaykosh all concepts have to be annihilated.

      mandukya is the smallest upanishad, but to really understand it you have to study it under the guidance of a Atmajnyani Guru. or read its bhasya by Adi Shankaracharya.

      ‘bliss’ is not the actual translation of Aanand.
      so much confusion caused by this stupid word. bliss is an emotion, it is linked to the manomaykosh, manomay is far below in the scheme of things.

      aanand means the incoming intelligence, the rise of intelligence, ‘nand’ = intelligence. aa = incoming.

      ‘eradicates jiva-bhav’ – very easy to say this.
      but are you willing to dispose of your individuality ? are you willing to set fire to ‘Pravin’ and everything that ‘Pravin’ stands for. your body, your mind, your happiness, your loved ones, your emotions, your intelligence, your achievements? are you are completely ready to annihilate this ‘pravin-ness’?
      this is a question each aspirant must ask themselves.
      the even the tiniest glimmer of attachment, eg for son, daugther, wife, name, fame, money, siddhi, concepts etc makes the soul to stick to its jiv bhav.

      brahmakaar vrutti is again a concept, a mirror,
      the trick is to intuit the Self using this concept-mirror.

      after reading/ studying the prasthan traya and their bhasyas, my Guru casually told me to go beyond the Vedant.
      (once long ago, he had told me that perhaps Shri Vidya is the only other option which can bring you somewhat near the self. – these exact words)
      so i started reading the major tantra books, (i can read in Sanskrit). and finally a lot of Abhinavgupta’s work. (Abhinavgupta was born after Adi Shankaracharya). a lot of new concepts and some very interesting ones.
      most of this was a repeat of the Upanishads put in a different writing style.
      but their conclusion varied from the upanishads in one significant point.
      later i read a few books by Laxman Joo’s students. and in these books, i realised that they were trying to do khandan/ refute the upanishads on this one significant point.
      this was unthinkable for my mind.
      so i asked my Guru why do the current followers of kashmir shaivism write like this.
      i also had this doubt as to why would Adi Shankarachrya write so much on the Advaita in his bhasyas and yet praise the Devi in his other works.

      he told me to read the brahma sutra bhasya again.
      so i read it again. and on this Guru purnima i got my answer.
      Adi Shanakracharya writing on the Advaita and on the Devi both with equal devotion/ conviction is perfectly valid.
      Shri Vidya can bring you somewhat close to the Reality 99.9999%, but the finishing touch, that last leap, is only possible through the vedant.

      and you have to read the Prasthan traya and the bhasyas of Adi Shankaracharya. no option for this. and you have to think. solve all your doubts, all your questions using these as a base.

      so in short – me telling you this answer is of no use. it would be better if you derive it for yourself.

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      1. pravin Avatar
        pravin

        Thanks for your insights.

        To my understanding, the sticking point between tantra and vedant is unmanifest vs manifest. The highest state described by Vigyan Bhairav tantra seems to be an experience, in manifest reality, while nirguna Brahman, the highest reality as per Vedant is never a manifest experience. Though tantric texts also refer to ParaShiva beyond Shiva and Shakti tattva’s but it is not always clear.

        My current understanding is that saguna Brahman can be thought of as Devi, the creatrix. But beyond them is the singularity of Brahman/ParamShiva.

        Regards

      2. astrologerbydefault Avatar
        astrologerbydefault

        Hi there
        if you can understand Sanskrit i will prefer using Sanskrit words.
        both vedant and tantra accept both the manifested Prakruti and the Eternal Parabrahma.
        Vedant calls it Maya and Tantra calls it Devi Lalita, Mahakameshwari, Devi Balatripurasundari, Devi Shodashi, Devi Tripura, the Paradevi,

        ‘bhairava’ in VBT is the state of fearlessness, and i have repeatedly said that it is fear that does not let the mind accept the Reality.
        so if your mind is fearless, it will accept the Atma in a blink.

        Reality is never an experience.
        these concepts of – bliss, eternal happiness etc are ok for the beginner level students. but advanced students should not stick to this emotional stuff.

        tantrik texts cannot talk much about the pure Atma/ Parashiva/Parameshwar etc much because they are stuck with the concept of the Devi/ Prakruti/ Creation/ manifestation.
        and, do not get me wrong, this concept of the Devi does help a lot. till 99.99%
        in my personal life, doing pujas of the Shri, reading the texts, thinking over it all, has helped me immensely.

        but one has to jump beyond this also.
        the story of Ramkrushna paramahans and his Guru Totapuri Maharaj is very useful to understand why this jump is necessary.

        yes, Devi, Prakruti etc is the Sagun brahma, the Ishwar, the Karmaphaldata.

        or in vedantic terms – Maya sahita Parameshwar is the Sagun Brahma and maya rahit Parameshwar is the Nirgun brahma.

  4. Jayaram TR Avatar
    Jayaram TR

    Hi. Yesterday only I came to know about your website. I’m deeply interested in learning jyothish. Which one book you suggest to start with .
    How to find my purpose of this life via my horoscope .
    Is it possible to find via horoscope about a person life cycle ends or continues (cycle of birth , death and rebirth)

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    1. Tejaswini Avatar
      Tejaswini

      Hi there

      If you wish to learn astrology
      http://psychologicallyastrology.com/2019/08/21/start-learning-astrology-systematically/

      if you are a follower of Sanatan Dharma then this can give you some ideas for the life purpose.
      https://psychologicallyastrology.com/2023/09/08/vedant-a-summary/

      yes.
      i have written several posts on Rahu Ketu and soul evolution etc. do ref the index page for the posts u would like to read.

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  5. Chayan Roychoudhury Avatar
    Chayan Roychoudhury

    it is interesting you found less people interested in spiritual growth from their horoscopes. I, on the other hand, am still search for an astrologer who can help me decode the spiritual and emotional aspects of my chart, and help me understand my soul’s journey through this and previous lifetimes. Your website has been a blessing as I have seen certain articles of yours expressing concepts related to energy and energetic aspects of Jyotish that few talk about. The only issue is that I am novice, and still learning bits and peces of Jyotish.

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    1. Tejaswini Avatar
      Tejaswini

      Hi there
      http://psychologicallyastrology.com/2020/02/20/the-sure-shot-solution-to-prosperity/

      https://psychologicallyastrology.com/2023/09/08/vedant-a-summary/

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