Mathematical Formula of Life
By
Karmayogi
Mathematics is abstract; life is
materially concrete. To capture the concrete in terms of the abstract is to be
spiritually creative. It is done by intuition. Einstein discovered the formula
of Energy that is Matter. For long it was intelligible only to himself. Sri
Aurobindo says that He stumbled on the Formula of creation. Creative principle
goes into a formula of Mathematics. He said, like Einstein, that it was
intelligible only to Himself. Though that knowledge is enshrined in The Life
Divine, the reader does not see the Formula Sri Aurobindo speaks of. Astrology
is a mathematical formula of life based on the time of birth. Given the exact
minute of birth, astrological predictions can be precise. About a hundred years
ago, a famous astrologer visited a zamindar. The zamindar sat in rapt attention
listening to the astrologer about the past of his family. When the astrologer
spoke out facts known only to the zamindar, he was all admiration for the
astrologer. Naturally, the client desired to know of his future. The astrologer
gave him an abundant handful. As a climax, the astrologer declared that after
about six months on a full moon day the zamindar would eat cold rice in the
early afternoon in a poor man's hut.
Months passed. The astrologer and his predictions were forgotten. One day a
horse trader brought a black horse. It was a majestic animal. The zamindar
jumped on it and rode on and on forgetting himself. Overtaken by his enthusiasm
for the fine animal, the zamindar forgot time as well as his appetite. When he
came to himself he knew not where he was and he was hungry. Reaching a nearby
hut, he ate cold rice, the only hospitality that poor householder could offer. Astrology
is the science of what is. It can tell you what has passed by and what else
will come. It is bound by the rule of karma. Astrology, though an exact
science, often frustrates man, as it discloses the future without offering him
the power to remedy it. Mastery of life is not given to man who is in life. When
moving to Spirit, man secures the mastery he longs for. As astrology is a
mathematical formula of what is, Life Response is a mathematical formula for
what one desires to be.