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I would like to ask some questions related to astrology. What is its underlying layer? And what I mean by this is, is the future already decided to some extent? And by reading that completed future, people are telling things in the present. How does the future happen? One is that this is the physical plane. There is the subtle realm. Above that, there is the causal realm. Like that, there is the great causal realm, and so on. There are realms of reality. So, whatever has reached the subtle realm is going to happen. Okay. Meaning, things have already happened on the astral plane. What has happened is going to happen. Changing that is quite difficult. But how many years ago? That depends on the intensity of the event. The event that has happened. Now, suppose we were discussing World War. Suppose a World War is going to happen and it has already happened on the astral plane. If World War has completely happened on the astral plane and it is a very bad one, like World War Two or One, an actual World War, not a small one, with so many deaths, this happened, so much devastation, if something like that has happened on the astral plane, then stopping it is nearly impossible. Its karmic impact will definitely come. But if something small happens, then perhaps there can be some remedy for it, to reduce its impact, to change it a little. But in that realm, a war is going on between demons and gods. It definitely happens. So when you say that wars are happening there first, between demons and gods, or between gods? Not between gods. Between the negative entities, the demons, and the gods, a war keeps going on always. Oh, yes. The main thing for gods is that at a certain stage, they remain in a state of equilibrium. They don't want to change. And that's why nature also creates demons, so that the demons will do something, and then that change will happen. Otherwise, the gods will be very happy in whatever plane they are, doing nothing. That's why, as our scriptures also say, there are gods and demons. A clash keeps happening between them. Okay. In this realm, in this world, wars often happen for money if you study wars and history a lot. Power. Power is also related to money. Yes, but that is also, at the end of the day, better luxury, better material. Yes. Power is the root. Money is the manifestation of power. Nice. Okay. In that realm, can we visualize the power being talked about, or is it beyond our visualization? No. Why, why can't you? You absolutely can. You can experience it too. You can experience entities from the other realms also. So when we are sitting in this world and chanting mantras, are we giving more power to our gods? It's always a dual equation. Constant dual location. You are worshipping the gods, the spiritual entities. Gods are not just gods; all the family deities connected with the gods are also there. A god, a principal deity, they are not alone. They are always connected with a lot of family deities, like yoginis remain around the Goddess, with Bhairava, Ashtabhairava, 64 Bhairavas, yoginis, there is a lot. Okay, Kshetrapal. So they also get power. So when you are doing sadhana, chanting, they are getting this power, and they become stronger. They are becoming stronger, so their influence is also becoming stronger here. It's a two-way thing. And they are also protecting you. So it's like a relationship is formed. And this is in every religion. Every single religion, whether in philosophy, you can say I am worshipping Brahman, or I am worshipping Ishwar or some being that is above everything. Not above, it depends on where you are, where you are going. I want to share a perspective that people often say that in the practical, real scientific world, religion is a means to control the masses. No, no, those who have zero spiritual IQ say that. But if this reality is seen from a spiritual lens, then this truth you have shared is interesting and also feels true. It is true. It is true. It is true. This is it. There are many more things in this. But again, I don't think it is fit to discuss the details of it in an open podcast like this. But this will be on the balcony. I think out of all the podcasts we have ever done, this is one of the deepest concepts that you have shared. Someone taught me this for the first time, told me this when I also had no idea about all these things. So these things happen. They also want to come down to this plane. This is, this realm is a playground. God has made it like a field, nature has made it, so that you can see who can win in this. But in the universe, there must be no other planet found. Some other drama is going on on some other planet. I don't know, this is what is happening here. There will be other planets, of course. But this is one of the main ones. This is the main one. This is the one who [laughter]. We, meaning every human being, needs to do sadhana. Needs to do sadhana. That is the first thing. The second thing is to understand where your path is. Meaning, if you go to 10 places, nothing will happen to you. If you are trying 10 different things, that means your anchor has not been set yet. It is also important to think about which culture you were born into. Yes. For what reason? That is there. That is the karmic expectation. But what happens is that in sadhana too, the deeper one goes, it becomes narrower in a way. It becomes narrower. Meaning, in our worship practices, the first thing is that I have worshipped the chosen deity. All the family deities connected with them also need to be worshipped. And with the gods, especially in Tantra, there is a very beautiful symbiotic equation. Meaning, like, after worshipping Mahaganapati first, then worshipping the Goddess, then worshipping Bhairava, then again, in many places, you have to worship Ganapati in between. Or Ganapati is someone's root deity. Even in that, first, the worship of Ganapati. So Ganapati can play multiple roles. Devi can play multiple roles. Bhairava can play multiple roles. In one place, he will be in the form of Kshetrapal. In one place, he will protect in the form of Vatuka. In one place, he will be there in the form of the consort of the Goddess whom I am worshipping. A Bhairava will be there. So the same deity can play multiple roles. So while doing all this worship, and at the end, when the worship finishes, the chosen deity is worshipped once again. It is surrendered to them, saying that all these beings whom I have worshipped are all your manifestations. They all come from your consciousness. You are everything, all the gods and goddesses, you are everything. So this worship is completed, it becomes complete. [Music] Ho [Music]