Comments on: Osho: not predicting the future http://onlineclarity.co.uk/answers/2007/08/23/osho-not-predicting-the-future/ Readings, insights and understanding from the I Ching, the oracle of Change. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:55:51 +0000 By: Pamir http://onlineclarity.co.uk/answers/2007/08/23/osho-not-predicting-the-future/#comment-57626 Pamir Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:50:38 +0000 http://onlineclarity.co.uk/answers/2007/08/23/osho-not-predicting-the-future/#comment-57626 There's also the factor of free will & choice, i.e., a person does have say about their own future. I think divination is different & nobler than pedestrian predictions of the future. In my practice I come across many people who seek answers from psychics. And it's often in search of an explanation about the past, especially relationship break-ups. What tends to happen based on the quality of the reading & the self-awareness of the subject is that melodrama is simply perpetuated & strengthened. It seems to me that the important factor is personal growth, not what the future will be, or the 'whys' of the past. And divination is in the archetypal realm, highlighting patterns & trends, rather than specifics of time & place, number of children & the eye color of your ideal mate. There's also the self-responsibility of the subject. No matter what looking glass is used, it's useless unless the individual takes responsibility for their own life & choices. The insights have to be internalized. There’s also the factor of free will & choice, i.e., a person does have say about their own future. I think divination is different & nobler than pedestrian predictions of the future. In my practice I come across many people who seek answers from psychics. And it’s often in search of an explanation about the past, especially relationship break-ups. What tends to happen based on the quality of the reading & the self-awareness of the subject is that melodrama is simply perpetuated & strengthened.

It seems to me that the important factor is personal growth, not what the future will be, or the ‘whys’ of the past. And divination is in the archetypal realm, highlighting patterns & trends, rather than specifics of time & place, number of children & the eye color of your ideal mate.

There’s also the self-responsibility of the subject. No matter what looking glass is used, it’s useless unless the individual takes responsibility for their own life & choices. The insights have to be internalized.

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