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December 07, 2008
My difficult times – part 3!
My grandfather was an astrologer. My father, an MTNL employee, knew astrology and had done many good predictions for relatives and friends. But then I never learnt anything from my father. In fact my mother – a staunch Christian – never wanted my father to teach me astrology. Whatever I know about astrology, and whatever I am today as an astrologer– is just because of my teacher K. Gopalakrishnan (http://www.sathyaprema.om), and none else. I am always grateful to him for 2 important reasons. One – because he was kind enough to accept me as his student, and secondly because he taught me astrology without holding back anything.
After I quit my job, my father said, “what will astrology pay you man?”. My mother didn’t know what work I was doing, but then she was in love with Tidel Park already- she was sure I took a wrong decision. If I had listened to my wife, I would have never learnt astrology on the first place. My teacher knew I would become an astrologer, but then never wanted me to quit so soon - may be he was too much in love with me. And my friends and well-wishers never wanted me to take such a big risk. But then I had to take decision based only upon what God had to say. My sister was the only person whose words were in synch with what I already thought. She said, “Kennedi, if you think you want to quit, just quit.”
My PF (provident fund) got cleared in 90 days. I still wonder why after snatching 33 per cent of your earning every month, the government takes 90 days to clear your PF. On what basis does the government assume that people have savings to run the next 90 days if they are jobless! Well I cannot complain much, because it at least came in 90 days.
I returned the money I borrowed from people around, I paid the EMIs on time, never compromised on my lifestyle, and I was at square one within 3 months. Bankrupt once again. At this point I realized some truths about life. We as mediocre middle class individuals are conditioned in a particular way. We are trained to work hard, earn money, and then save. And there is another rule that exists, which says – work less, generate money and multiply. Most employees follow the former rule and most businessmen follow the latter rule. To realize the difference between the two rules you need to quit your 9-5 job and experience it for yourself or else they will remain just as statements.
There is a subtle different between understanding the presence of God, and realizing the presence of God. The difference is simple – on one hand try thinking about eating Hyderabadi Chicken biryani, and the other hand you go to hotel and eat Hyderabadi Chicken Biryani. There is a major difference!
To be continued….
Posted by Kenni at December 7, 2008 04:59 AM
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