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ble to switch between our work in our own practice and our work for the organization? One way is to separate our time into personal and public. Another way is to separate the people in our daily life; we have our clients, and we have our colleagues. Again, the ability to separate one thing from another is the quality of using your Saturn correctly. This is to say, we establish correct boundaries; we wear two hats, so to speak... we are promoting our business and we are advancing the needs of the organization.
When we are reading a chart for a client, looking for new clients, or writing a copy for an advertisement for our business, we are in the mind and motivation of building our business. When we are working to build a conference, a newsletter, or a program for the organization, we can only think of what is good for the whole unit.
This state of mind is not so different than what we do in other areas of our lives— we put the needs of our clients before our own when we are in session with them— we sacrifice for our family even when it limits
our ability to do things that we want. Requirements of life and profession force us to act beyond our self interest all the time... the trick of living life consciously is to do this consistently. This is why it is necessary to have this discussion.
Are we able to do something for OPA without it being a promotion for our own business? Can we be in a position of decision-making or authority, always keeping the focus on what is in the organization’ s highest and best interest? To do so is to tread the path of Karma yoga. There is a saying that the spiritual path is a“ razor’ s edge”. It is so narrow as to have almost no dimension. We fall off the path before we realize it. We are all vulnerable to taking this fall through the shortsightedness of our own unconscious desires.
Although this organization was my brain child, several other professional astrologers have served selflessly from the very beginning in 1989. This organization was conceived in and born of the spirit of Karma yoga. Those of us who served at the beginning had no illusion of our service doing something for our own practices directly. We were only motivated by the desire to see something good happen for the field of astrology.
It has been a pleasure to serve this organization in one capacity or another since our inception. That so many people have stepped forward to give of themselves for the onward development of the field of astrology has continually inspired me personally to want to do more. As a discipline, astrology has continued to improve because we all work together. OPA members emanate this spirit of personal sacrifice for the good of the whole unit. We have a role to play in the greater picture of professional astrology. OPA is practicing real Karma yoga. May our commitment to OPA and to each other be unswerving and absolute. Somebody say,“ Amen”!
1 Chapter 6) Tools for Self Development: Karma, Sanskaras, and Getting Results, from my book,“ Timing Spiritual Transformation”.
2 Page 210, Discourses, Meher Baba. Seventh edition, 1987. Sheriar Press.
we’ ve added a new forum on the OPA website! The purposes of the forum are many— each section has different content, from different updates on OPA programs and activities, to discussions about charts of current events. The third section compiles Dvora’ s monthly question! This way, we are now able to archive Dvora’ s questions and answers and are able to reflect back on earlier postings!
Most of you seem very shy to post-no pressure, you can just come by and passively follow what is going on. however it would be meaningful( and more fun) if lots of us would actively participate and make it even more interesting. To post replies, you simply need to register to the forum and take it from there!
The link to the forum: http:// www. opaastrology. com / membership / forum
see you online!
Maurice Fernandez
OPA Community Outreach Director
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