How to get rid of irritation and anger? To understand that there is no real reason for anger and irritation. One of the three major sins enumerated in the Vedas is anger (besides lust and greed). There can be no love in a heart, where there is anger or irritation. Anger and irritation are the denial of love. And this is the most basic sin, followed by all the rest. If we do not commit the sin of denying love, we automatically set ourselves free from other sinful thoughts and actions.

We always have a choice how to react to a situation. Acceptance of the situation brings peace and love and disapproval of the situation has as a consequence lots of negative emotions, such as irritation, anger, sadness, spite, resentment, pain, fear, etc. You’d probably say: "It’s easy to say, “Choose how to react”. But it is not so easy to do in practice. If I am annoyed with something, how can I react differently?"

In truth, it is very easy to react to the situation with acceptance, if we understand that our negative reaction to the situation is not based on reality. It is not based on Truth.

Question 1: Should married women be employed and earn money for living as well as men?

The woman has a sacred role as a mother and homemaker that we should honor. Her place in forming a harmonious society is pivotal. Every woman holds the Shakti power and grace of the Divine Feminine and should cultivate the nurturing, calming and compassionate aspect of her deeper nature to sustain universal peace and harmony, starting with her immediate relationships.

Yet women today must have some vocational training for their emotional and mental well-being. It has become almost a necessity in the modern world that wives have to work to augment the family income. This may be unfortunate but has become a reality that many families must face.

Whether women should have a job also depends upon the welfare and financial status of the family. Besides the monetary aspect it is important that young children have a mother in the home during their formative years. Personal guidance, structure and spiritual initiation is very important in the child’s growing years.

Jyotish (translated as “light” from Sanskrit; used to name the Vedic Astrology in India) is also called Lunar astrology, as it considers the position of a sign in Moon and Nakshatra to be the most important factors in a person’s horoscope. It is by the position of the Moon that the past karma is defined and stunningly precise prognoses for the future are made. Should you ask anybody in India, “What is your sign?” in reply you would be given the name of the sign that the Moon was in at the moment of that person’s birth. In the West the reply would be as to the position of the Sun. The western astrologists nowadays are taking the role of the Moon on a person’s map more seriously; and this is quite understandable, for the Moon stays in each sign for two days, whereas the Sun one month long.

General information on the Moon. Classical Description.

The primary name of the Moon in Sanskrit is Chandra. It is the master of rhythm who reigns over such great natural cycles as tide and ebb. As we have already mentioned, the Sun stands for the male Divine spark, and the Moon for the female. Together they symbolize the great initial duplicity: male and female energy, activity and passivity, day and night, mind and feelings. The Sun governs the fire, and the Moon – the water. If the Sun is the Ego, the Moon is the Mind. Nevertheless, the Sanskrit term ‘manas’ translated as ‘mind’ in reality has a much wider meaning. Manas includes emotions as well, it should be regarded as mental and emotional sphere as a whole, as an aggregate of ability to sense and consciousness that reflects upon the objects.  Often “Manas” is used to determine all mental activities, including not only thought, attention and reason, but also contemplative meditations, reveries and fantasies.

Mercury represents speech, communication and commerce, manages education, writing, calculation, purposeful thinking.  As the fastest of the planets, it gives an ability to assimilate knowledge quickly and a swift adaptability to different people and situations, an ease of self-expression.

Mercury is intellectual and nervous energy in its active forms. Therefore, by the status of Mercury in the natal chart it is possible to consider intellectual abilities of a man, his ability to set goals and the state of his nervous system.  Mercury is responsible for the respiratory and nervous system, speech, education and intellect.
Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system with a fast reaction, changing character, quickness and restlessness.

Main name of Mercury is Buddha. This Sanskrit word means intelligence and is related to the concept of “Buddhi” – the ability to make correct judgments, which allows to distinguish reality from visionary (when this ability is fully awakened, a man becomes “enlightened” – Buddha).

The Vedas, like other God-given revelations, assert that we are parts of God, created in His image and likeness. On the spiritual level we are tiny particles of Brahman (the Supreme Spirit, the Absolute Truth) and on the material level our body also is a Universe in miniature. Just as any organ will be satisfied and get all the necessary components for its vital functions if it properly serves the whole body, so a certain breather can be happy only if on the spiritual level one is living God’s love, devoted oneself to serving God and all living beings (as God sees them as particles), and on the physical level living in laws of the physical Universe, close to the nature, eats and rests according to the routine established by the nature, uses only healthy, natural food and clean water, takes into account various natural rhythms, especially the moon ones.

All the civilizations, except the modern ones, used to live in accordance with the moon calendar. Even modern scientists have proved that as our body is tuned to the moon cycle and it is much more useful and natural for us to live according to the moon calendar than to the artificial sun calendar, conventionally accepted and used by most of the people.

To begin with, one needs to understand one simple thing: we all need cleansing from time to time.
Think about it: even if you have the most gorgeous house and lovely furniture, it still requires cleaning. Because dust is collected on the furniture in spite of your desire, even if your house is very nice and you live far away from cities. Likewise, a man should be cleansed. Regular cleansing is a very important thing, both in Oriental medicine and in eastern psychology.

Purification on the physical level

The human body is built in such a way that it secretes a certain amount of waste. And a peculiarity is that during the day the body needs food and in the evening it begins, by contrast, producing waste. Therefore, Oriental medicine does not advise to use night cream – it is believed to be nonabsorbable and even more, to stop access of oxygen to the skin and to not let it get rid of toxins. Ayurveda says that 95% of our illnesses arise because waste is accumulated in the intestine. English modern scientists agree with it – they believe that this is the cause of broken metabolism.

Physical purification requires:

At least 2 ablutions per day. First, you need to take a shower in the morning because our body excretes waste until 9 a.m., and unless we wash it off until this time, it will be absorbed back. In the evening, 2 hours before sleep, it is required to have another bath to relieve stress. And just before going to bed wash your feet with cold water because negative energy is being accumulated in them during the day.

or on the subject how to treat money so that it is always available and brings happiness

In America there is a national dream, or rather a national philosophy, – everyone can and must become a millionaire. Today a man who artfully throws a ball into a ring earns millions of dollars per month; strippers make tens of thousands of dollars per month. And here is the question: why must people who do spiritual practices or who are engaged in spreading love to God earn less?

In this material world, no matter how high your life’s goal is, or how high the knowledge you give to people is, people won’t value you, and that is all because you are not financially successful. If you are a poor looser, nobody will talk to you. The Vedas affirm that people around value us as to how we’re successful, how we managed to fulfill ourselves. In the first place, it relates to men. The main advice for men who complain about problems in their private life: “Become successful and all your problems will be gone.” Nowadays, as a rule, our success is estimated by people around us by the quantity of money we have.

Philosophical concept of Venus

Venus is a Goddess of love and beauty. If Jupiter is the guru of Gods and saints then Venus is the mentor of demons. As it is possible to subordinate and then manage the demonic powers only by charm and sexual attraction. In the history of all civilizations you will find many examples when the rulers of this world easily fell under the influence of a beautiful woman.
In a natal chart of a man Venus signifies a wife or a beloved woman. Venus is our ability to appreciate beauty, to be harmonious, it shows how much a person can love and create beauty around him.

Venus is a characteristic of art, in the first place – music, singing, dancing, painting, poetry.
In a good location Venus gives a person beauty and good heart, excellent sense of humor and sense of taste.
It can also give extrasensory and hypnotic aptitudes, visualization ability.
If Venus in a chart is weakened or a person does not live in harmony then he is not able to distinguish love from affection and can become a slave of his feelings, suffer from an obsessive desire to surround himself with luxurious things, become a fan of the lower forms of culture: hard rock, loud, screaming music, to make a cult of sex and violence.

Modern mass media is almost completely under the influence of lower Venus energies which adversely affects whole society and especially teenagers.
Tantra belongs to Venus. Lowest, sexual tantra reflects the lowest level of Venus energy and the highest tantra shows the level of loving service to God, unconditional love for everyone and everything that corresponds to the highest energy level of this planet.
The Sanskrit name of Venus is Shukra, which means “a glittering light”, “warm” as well as “seed” that implies the beginning of a new life.

‘If I had to read a lecture, I would have given most of my attention to the relationships between people. This is the most important what I have learnt working in Odessa’s port and in all my subsequent life.’

Mikhail Zhvanetskiy, a Russian writer, TV host and comedian

Recently I gave consultation to a man who was depressed as his wife had abandoned him for his friend leaving him a daughter. An athletic-looking, successful businessman, has been completely shattered and seemed to be the embodiment of misery. It took me a few trainings and a serious consultation to bring him to his senses.

Of course, this is an extreme case, but nonetheless - can you imagine a man whose relationships in the family, at work, with friends doesn’t getting on well and he would be happy and successful?  No, it’s impossible.

Say you have a huge luxurious house, five cars, best clothes, food, as in heaven, but you are alone and stranded on a desert island. Would you agree? Hardly…

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