Sambodhi 1982 Vol 11

Author(s): Dalsukh Malvania, H C Bhayani, Nagin J Shah
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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"M. P. Lakhani
which is consistent with His nature. Everything and every body has ite characteristics nature and the freedom to evolve in accordance with it is the true freedom. Then the freedom for man consists in his endeavour to unfold his nature which is the same as that of the Divine. In other words, his free will consists in the faculty of co-operating with the Divine Plan, whatever that Plan may be.
After accepting this idea of freedom still we see things happening inspite of us. I want to do a particular 'good' thing. I put forth all the effort that I can, yet the thing does not happen. There are forces that do oppose, and it looks as if the thing is so destined.
It appears, therefore, that there is destiny as well as freedom. How can we reconcile the two ?
The creation consists of two parts : Puruşa and Prakrti, the Ruler and the Ruled, Spirit and Matter. Spirit is a part of the Planner and Matter a part of the Plan. The plan must obey the laws, the planner makes the la vs. The Planner expresses himself in the Law but the Law is not ho. The divine part of man is free just as a government expresses its authority in law, but government is not the law. Freedom and Law are two aspects of the Reality.
Praksti, the ‘Matter' part obeys the law of cause and effect. But the Spirit is free. It is true that ordinary Spirit is very much clouded by the matter part of life so that its lustre has decreased. But however dense the cloud, the spark is there-it is only a matter of degree. Thus Karma rules the lower nature of man. If the Spirit were not to assert Its freedom, the past and the present environments would account for the human actions entirely. But the Spirit-the infinite in man-helps him to transcend the finite Man oscilates between Nature (Matter) and Spirit, hence is he subject to both : necessity and freedom.
What astrology foretells about an individual is about his matter part or the lower nature. It cannot speak of the Spirit because Spirit being free is not possible to say how It will decide and act. Science of Astrology warns that its predictions are only tendencies, all predictions do not necessarily get fulfilled Again, though it is true that the Masters of the planet have a fixed plan for the cycle to work out and that this cyclic law is rigidly followed, yet the individuals working out the plan have individual freedom which albeit is not capable of affecting the cyclic law. What is meant will be clear from the following illustrations; when a building is to be built, its plan is got ready; position of rooms etc is fixed; type ocofastruction is determined and contract given. The contractor has to