Astrology is commonly brushed aside as a mere pseudoscience. If we are talking about the daily sun sign horoscopes you read in the back of a magazine, the critics are not entirely wrong. When we try to force a direct, physical causality between the motion of a distant gas giant and you getting a sudden job promotion today, modern science rightly raises an eyebrow.

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We often encounter two opposing groups of people who speak in contradictions when discussing Indian philosophies (Darshanas), where one side dismisses the entire Indian traditions as mere mythology. To this group, the profound insights written by ancient seers are just stories or poetry created by people who simply imagined the world in creative ways.

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Recently, I was interacting with a person who casually stated Aham Brahmasmi as “I am God.” The words came out confidently, almost effortlessly. When I objected and said that “I am God” is a false assumption, the person did not really try to understand what was being pointed out. That reaction itself says something. Advaita is very different from simply saying “I am ...