--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" <awoelflebater@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_esq@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" <awoelflebater@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_esq@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On 06/04/2013 10:18 AM, John wrote: > > > > > > Ann, > > > > > > > > > > > > Das Goravani used to be with ISKCON. He suffered depression for > > > > > > many years. His doctors recently found out that he has Asperger's > > > > > > Syndrome. That's why he acts that way. > > > > > > > > > > > > JR > > > > > > > > > > > > > Watching more of the video it looks like he joined the Society for > > > > > Creative Anachronism. However he would have to switch from Jyotish > > > > > to > > > > > Western astrology to fit in there. I used to know Das. > > > > > > > > Bhairitu, > > > > > > > > A lot of people knew Das when he was in better mental health. My > > > > jyotish teachers, Brendan Feeley and Robert Koch, knew him in the past > > > > since they too were ex-monks from a Vaishnava ashram in India. > > > > > > > > I knew about Das when he was running his own jyotish group a few years > > > > ago. He mentioned about a certain dasha period in which his mental > > > > depression started. He also mentioned that he was a musician too. > > > > Then, he later announced that he was closing his group to attend to his > > > > mental health and business. > > > > > > > > Let's hope he gets better. I heard he's got a new girlfriend now or > > > > has married again. He knows a lot of jyotish and Vedic insights which > > > > could help others understand themselves. > > > > > > So what was your reason for posting that video of Das? Was he ill at that > > > time? > > > > Ann, > > > > My original point was that jyotishis are just like everyone else. We are > > all trying to live a good life and trying to find solutions to problems > > that may arise as we go along. > > It was?! I thought you asked a question about whether this Das guy would fit > in on the forum. From the youtube clip it appears, on one level, he would fit > in just perfectly. On another level his presentation could use some work. And > who even thinks of jyotishes as people who are not "like everyone else"? Do > they supposedly have some bad reputation or something or are they considered > outside the realm of regular human functioning? Guess I haven't hung around > enough jyotish-loving people to know this.
I could have posted other videos of jyotishis. But they're too technical and would not be as interesting to talk about. There are also some brilliant jyotishis like Yogi Karve who can reckon the positions of the planets in a person's birth chart just by looking at his/her face. However, I can't find any videos of him performing this feat. KN Rao, one of my teachers, said that his mother got so good in jyotish that she could tell a person's destiny just by looking at his/her thumb and without the aid of a jyotish chart. However, I personally have not met such a person. Further, I could have shown a video of an astrologer using palm leaves to read the life history of a client. If there's any interest here, I can dig it up in the YouTube archives. > > > > If you look at the beginning of the thread, someone was making fun of what > > jyotishis appear to be doing. So, I posted the video of what one jyotishi > > is like. > > Well, I don't think this guy is a good representation, as portrayed on this > video, to get your point across to take them seriously. He appears quite > comical and lost in some time warp - Asbergers and depressive or no Aspergers > and depression. That was part of my point. Life is a mystery and funny. > > > > The video that was posted is about a year old, as I remember. This was > > after Das was diagnosed with Aspergers. IMO, he was actually better mental > > healthwise than the time he was running the jyotish group a few years ago. > > But he's still recovering. > > I'm sure he is. You don't 'get over' Aspergers. Maybe he's better represented > in person but maybe he should stop making videos until he can improve his > 'street appeal'. On the other hand, maybe this representation is what jyotish > seekers are looking for, like the gypsy with her bangles, flowing peasant > garb and crystal ball. You'd have to admit he's an interesting guy. When he was with ISKCON, he married one of the female devotees there. Then, he got divorced and raised his only daughter by himself in Oregon. When he was going through his depression, one of the female members of his chat group got attracted to him and became his lover or new wife. That's unusual. Don't you think? JR
