I've continued to read URLs sent to me and exchange emails with the Yagna by Choice people. BTW, they tell me they decided to call it Yagna because MMY choose a less accepted form of spelling and also because their yagnas involve more of the Vedic steps, like long Sankalpa, feeding of people, and so on, which apparantly MY did not include.
I have always felt a pinch when signing up for even a $10 puja. There was always a little birdie inside which said to me "you're blowing your money on something that'll get you nowhere and nothing". Perhaps one of the reasons for the pinch I felt was that I don't feel the same amount of the devotion Ben mentioned in his post as I do when I light a candle or put money in the poor box at a Catholic church, be it here, in Mexico, or even a Coptic or Orthodox church in the East. I've always believed in the power of the Virgin Mary, even before she came to see me one night when I was a youngster and gave me the feeling (she didn't speak) that everything was going to be alright. I've discovered a number of things about these YBC people. One is that they make sense. They don't spend loads of time on the phone doing jyotish consultations then when I ask for one, am given very general words about symbols and no remedies. They don't look at your chart, suggest a few planetary yagyas and say they'd be willing to accept feedback which they won't act upon no sooner than 60 days after the yagyas. They don't say, when you complain that things didn't work, that we'd better repeat this or that yagya. Real scientific. The Turning Point, the place where you've gone from remediation to avoidance then eventually to augmentation and Support of Nature can be mathematically calculated based on your Jyotish outlook and the yagyas performed. There's an expectation that you will reach the turning point. There's a refusal to perform intentional yagyas unless the proper planets are first appeased. Quite refreshing. Quite what I've been looking for. OK, so maybe I'm being taken by another TMO ride of making everything sound so scientific, mathematical, logical. Look at the alternative. Get a Jyotish consultation, a prescription and no real expectation that things will work? Or just pouring money down the drain on yagyas with other people who appear to not have a clue? I thought it over, I listened to the Self within. I've decided to go for the "crash" Jump Start. I'll do all three months of the big jump starts all at once, in September. If I wasted my money because this is all a scam, a hope and a dream, at least I'll have /felt/ that I was doing the right thing. It feels as right to do this as it does to pick up my rosary or light a candle in church and pray to the Virgin Mary. This feels right. Other donations to Blessingsonthenet, individual temples, Puja.net, Dixit, Yajna.com felt more like I was buying a lottery ticket. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
