Astrological Predictions
Excerpts from Sri Chinmoy's Book - Astrology the Supernatural and the Beyond
When people make predictions, sometimes the predictions come true and sometimes they are simply wrong. Suppose your third eye is open and you know that somebody is going to die tomorrow. If you tell him that he is going to die tomorrow, you are doing him the greatest harm because the fear that you are creating in him today will immediately take away all his life's joy, confidence and assurance. During his remaining hours, he will be dwelling already in the realm of death because of his fear. Even if your prediction does not come true, still the person is half-dead. What good does it do to tell him that he is going to die? This is not likely to have any good result.
Very
often people make amazing predictions, positive predictions such as
‘you will be favoured,’ ‘you will become a great person,’ ‘you will
become something wonderful and the whole world will acclaim you.’ When
this kind of prediction is made we often see the malicious interference
of the hostile forces. The person who has made the prediction has seen
the truth, but his vision is not the vision of the Omnipotent; it is
the vision of someone who has the capacity to see the truth, but not of
the One who can create the truth, who can manifest the truth. When an
ordinary person has the capacity to make predictions, he feels that he
has created the truth; but that is not true. Only God has created the
truth and only God has the power to nullify the truth or transform the
truth. I personally do not like to predict anything, because very often
we break the cosmic Law in predicting the future. We do not allow this
future to be expressed the way it was intended by God.
A
disciple once went to his Master and said that an astrologer had
predicted he would die that very day. The Master concentrated on the
disciple and said, “Yes, it is destined, but I will bring down the
Grace of the Almighty and I will be able to save you.”
The disciple went back to the astrologer and told him, “My Master says your prediction won’t come true.”
The
astrologer said, “I have made predictions hundreds of times and all my
predictions have come true. If my prediction does not come true in your
case, I will become your Master’s disciple; and if my prediction comes
true, then your Master will have to come and learn astrology from me.”
The disciple told his Master what the astrologer had said, and the Master agreed to the bargain.
The day passed and nothing happened. So the astrologer went to the Master to become his disciple, and the Master explained to him: “Your prediction was absolutely true. Although there are people who make wrong predictions, your prediction was true. But I brought down the Grace of the Supreme for my disciple to counter his fate.” ~ Sri Chinmoy