Comments for Ellis Garvin http://www.ellisgarvin.com Guidance Astrology, Counseling, and Resource for Conscious Living Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:24:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Life with Rowen, pt. 8 by Dave Kaufher http://www.ellisgarvin.com/2010/05/life-with-rowen-pt-8/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Dave Kaufher Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:24:19 +0000 http://www.ellisgarvin.com/?p=701#comment-449 Hi Ellis, Reading this left a big smile on my face. Thanks. I identify with a lot of what you're saying from my experience with Nora. We just spent 8 days without Mama and I feel like my development as a father was on hyperdrive. The shift in attitude that you made from punishment/ rejection, to persistent positive-ness is like a shift I recently made, maybe not so profound, but it feels good to take these steps. I'm learning a lot about Nora's communication and realize that she is proficient, creative, and says a lot. But she doesn't use any real words except Papa and Mama, often only uses expressions and body language, and everything is laced with telepathic vibes. As you probably know it is VERY difficult to interpret. Anyway, after spending a while dismissing a lot of the things I didn't understand because I was busy, stressed, or unfocused, I decided to take a different approach. Now I always try to assume that Nora is actually saying something whether I understand it or not. I always acknowledge that she is communicating and at the very least I can guess at what she's saying and respond in some positive way. For example, when we're pressed for time and she is pointing at something, before I would say, "no, Nora we have to go, you can't have that." Now I would say something like, "Oh yeah sweetie, that's someone else's shoes! Did you play with him today in the sandbox?" These epiphanies seem small in a way, but make a big difference because kids as young as ours are so impressionable. Every day I am overwhelmed by how amazing Nora is and I reaffirm that I want to do everything I can to make her life as good as it can be. Thanks for sharing and being a fellow dad with whom I can bounce these things off of. Hi Ellis,

Reading this left a big smile on my face. Thanks. I identify with a lot of what you’re saying from my experience with Nora. We just spent 8 days without Mama and I feel like my development as a father was on hyperdrive.

The shift in attitude that you made from punishment/ rejection, to persistent positive-ness is like a shift I recently made, maybe not so profound, but it feels good to take these steps.

I’m learning a lot about Nora’s communication and realize that she is proficient, creative, and says a lot. But she doesn’t use any real words except Papa and Mama, often only uses expressions and body language, and everything is laced with telepathic vibes. As you probably know it is VERY difficult to interpret.

Anyway, after spending a while dismissing a lot of the things I didn’t understand because I was busy, stressed, or unfocused, I decided to take a different approach. Now I always try to assume that Nora is actually saying something whether I understand it or not. I always acknowledge that she is communicating and at the very least I can guess at what she’s saying and respond in some positive way. For example, when we’re pressed for time and she is pointing at something, before I would say, “no, Nora we have to go, you can’t have that.” Now I would say something like, “Oh yeah sweetie, that’s someone else’s shoes! Did you play with him today in the sandbox?”

These epiphanies seem small in a way, but make a big difference because kids as young as ours are so impressionable. Every day I am overwhelmed by how amazing Nora is and I reaffirm that I want to do everything I can to make her life as good as it can be.

Thanks for sharing and being a fellow dad with whom I can bounce these things off of.

]]> Comment on A Critique of Jyotish by Jiri Neuzil http://www.ellisgarvin.com/2010/01/223/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Jiri Neuzil Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:24:27 +0000 http://www.ellisgarvin.com/?p=223#comment-295 Thank you for this great and courageous article. Let me share some reflections here, because you have come to same results as my practice of astrology in last five years and I feel that this topic should be discussed as much as possible. I have studied both Western and Jyotish for 12 years, gradually shifting from Western to Vedic - maybe hoping that Vedic could be some "more ancient", "more spiritual", "more accurate" "better" etc. form of astrology. After five years of in-depth research of ayanamsha matter, I have concluded that sidereal zodiac is SIMPLY WRONG in "any" of its form and finally switched "back" to tropical zodiac. But I still guess that sidereal zodiac should be used for delineations of nakshatras (it is quite logical). As for the signs, tropical zodiac is the clear winner. I also think that Jyotish techniques like rashi/graha aspects, argalas, Jaimini karakas, yogas etc. are in perfect harmony with the rest of tropical techniques described by Western astrology. The special part are nakshatra techniques which are not mentioned to be tropical at all. Of course, the correct ayanamsha is still the matter here... I think that the good side of Indian astrological tradition was conservation of certain part of knowledge which was not available elsewhere during the time. The bad side of it was constant repetition of errors in calculation which were not discovered and questioned by practitioners of astrology. For this reason we have strange mixture of great astrological ideas and conceptions of Vedic astrology (which seems to be some "lost" part of, let us say, the Global astrology) working well in their idea, but not well in actual practice as it is common today. So I think that mere correction of mode of calculation could resolve the "contradictions" between Western and Vedic which are still held nowadays. The nice example is "Tajika" branch of Vedic astrology where common ground is felt very strongly. As for Uranus, Neptune etc. I think that there is not to say that we should not use them in Jyotish. Its tradition was maybe concentrated on different things in astrology and due to gradually shaken background by calculation errors there was no reason to build an "update" of Jyotish based on these planets, rather make a religion from Jyotish instead. Perhaps these planets are some special case which is more in line with "psychological" thinking of Western astrology. In my opinion, the dasha systems like Vimshottari seems to be logically based WITHOUT these planets and I think that rashi-based dashas work well in tropical zodiac. The nakshatra-based dashas seems to be more intricate and there are many controversies about their calculations evein in Jyotish tradition (year length, starting point, ecliptical/equatorial coordinates etc.) which could be maybe cleared in the future by research. So I agree with you in most points and try to share this experience - I think that switching to tropical zodiac is the best way to make any progress in (re)understanding Jyotish and I could it recommend it to any serious student of astrology, no matter if Western or Vedic. I think that in Jyotish field today, the best teaching material is available from Ernst Wilhelm - he speaks clearly about these matters and he is a pioneer in using tropical zodiac in Vedic astrology. Let us hope that there will be enough evidence to finally set up the most correct way to calculate "Vedic" chart. Thank you for this great and courageous article. Let me share some reflections here, because you have come to same results as my practice of astrology in last five years and I feel that this topic should be discussed as much as possible. I have studied both Western and Jyotish for 12 years, gradually shifting from Western to Vedic – maybe hoping that Vedic could be some “more ancient”, “more spiritual”, “more accurate” “better” etc. form of astrology. After five years of in-depth research of ayanamsha matter, I have concluded that sidereal zodiac is SIMPLY WRONG in “any” of its form and finally switched “back” to tropical zodiac. But I still guess that sidereal zodiac should be used for delineations of nakshatras (it is quite logical). As for the signs, tropical zodiac is the clear winner. I also think that Jyotish techniques like rashi/graha aspects, argalas, Jaimini karakas, yogas etc. are in perfect harmony with the rest of tropical techniques described by Western astrology. The special part are nakshatra techniques which are not mentioned to be tropical at all. Of course, the correct ayanamsha is still the matter here…
I think that the good side of Indian astrological tradition was conservation of certain part of knowledge which was not available elsewhere during the time. The bad side of it was constant repetition of errors in calculation which were not discovered and questioned by practitioners of astrology. For this reason we have strange mixture of great astrological ideas and conceptions of Vedic astrology (which seems to be some “lost” part of, let us say, the Global astrology) working well in their idea, but not well in actual practice as it is common today. So I think that mere correction of mode of calculation could resolve the “contradictions” between Western and Vedic which are still held nowadays. The nice example is “Tajika” branch of Vedic astrology where common ground is felt very strongly.
As for Uranus, Neptune etc. I think that there is not to say that we should not use them in Jyotish. Its tradition was maybe concentrated on different things in astrology and due to gradually shaken background by calculation errors there was no reason to build an “update” of Jyotish based on these planets, rather make a religion from Jyotish instead. Perhaps these planets are some special case which is more in line with “psychological” thinking of Western astrology. In my opinion, the dasha systems like Vimshottari seems to be logically based WITHOUT these planets and I think that rashi-based dashas work well in tropical zodiac. The nakshatra-based dashas seems to be more intricate and there are many controversies about their calculations evein in Jyotish tradition (year length, starting point, ecliptical/equatorial coordinates etc.) which could be maybe cleared in the future by research.
So I agree with you in most points and try to share this experience – I think that switching to tropical zodiac is the best way to make any progress in (re)understanding Jyotish and I could it recommend it to any serious student of astrology, no matter if Western or Vedic. I think that in Jyotish field today, the best teaching material is available from Ernst Wilhelm – he speaks clearly about these matters and he is a pioneer in using tropical zodiac in Vedic astrology. Let us hope that there will be enough evidence to finally set up the most correct way to calculate “Vedic” chart.

]]> Comment on Powerful T-square Configuration of July 30th, 2010 by Janine http://www.ellisgarvin.com/2010/07/powerful-t-square-configuration-of-july-30th-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Janine Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:20:39 +0000 http://www.ellisgarvin.com/?p=761#comment-279 Once again, Ellis has brought thoughtfulness, insight and a big perspective to the machinations of the heavens. Aren't we lucky to have him in our "sphere"? Once again, Ellis has brought thoughtfulness, insight and a big perspective to the machinations of the heavens. Aren’t we lucky to have him in our “sphere”?

]]> Comment on Life with Rowen, pt. 8 by Maggie Bryant http://www.ellisgarvin.com/2010/05/life-with-rowen-pt-8/comment-page-1/#comment-278 Maggie Bryant Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:52:27 +0000 http://www.ellisgarvin.com/?p=701#comment-278 Oh, wow, Ellis...I'm reading that thinking, "Man, Rowen chose well...very intentionally..." He chose you and Keesha as parents because just LOOK at this fear that he's come in with and needs to work out, and he needed to find the most aware, loving, grounded folks he could to do this work with...wow. wow. wow. Great insights. I really like the ideas about how we think of the reactions of frightened animals...interesting little perspective shift. Dude. Keep up the good work. xoxo, maggie Oh, wow, Ellis…I’m reading that thinking, “Man, Rowen chose well…very intentionally…” He chose you and Keesha as parents because just LOOK at this fear that he’s come in with and needs to work out, and he needed to find the most aware, loving, grounded folks he could to do this work with…wow. wow. wow.

Great insights. I really like the ideas about how we think of the reactions of frightened animals…interesting little perspective shift.

Dude. Keep up the good work.
xoxo, maggie

]]> Comment on Life with Rowen, pt. 8 by Tara Tara http://www.ellisgarvin.com/2010/05/life-with-rowen-pt-8/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Tara Tara Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:34:31 +0000 http://www.ellisgarvin.com/?p=701#comment-151 Hello Ellis!!! Wow, you have been close to my heart brother!!! I've read you resent "Life with Rowen Blog number 8" and was very touched. I hadn't turned in since the birth. I remember I was online when you were giving updates and i was so with you beauties in prayer and blessings. Sooo happy for you. IT brought tears. Wow PaPa Ellis!!! So guess what?! Tomorrow is the beginning of week 26 for David and me and the little on inside of my belly!!! Yep! Another light being to join us here!!! David and I have been together her in NZ pretty much since we met 4 years ago. It was a gradual start and we've journeyed together big time and we the One for eachother, Haleloujah!!! and we're really happy for the wee one inside growing!!! Thank you for sharing so much of you as always dear Ellis. David said he feels really close to you too from seeing your picture and reading the blog. We will have a look at the rest now and your new poetry. Beautiful. Rowen is a beam of life, wow, what a star, he's blasting the screen with sunbeams!!! Yep, still feel as close to you as i did when I first met you and Mathew and ready Hafiz together. I've been writing "My story" and I'm at that part right now, when I met you and Mathew and Hafiz, what an amazing blessing. Always in touch, and in my heart, Come to NZ anytime you have a home here, all of you!!! LOve Tara Tara Hello Ellis!!!

Wow, you have been close to my heart brother!!!

I’ve read you resent “Life with Rowen Blog number 8″ and was very touched. I hadn’t turned in since the birth. I remember I was online when you were giving updates and i was so with you beauties in prayer and blessings. Sooo happy for you. IT brought tears. Wow PaPa Ellis!!!

So guess what?!

Tomorrow is the beginning of week 26 for David and me and the little on inside of my belly!!!

Yep!

Another light being to join us here!!!

David and I have been together her in NZ pretty much since we met 4 years ago. It was a gradual start and we’ve journeyed together big time and we the One for eachother, Haleloujah!!!

and we’re really happy for the wee one inside growing!!!

Thank you for sharing so much of you as always dear Ellis. David said he feels really close to you too from seeing your picture and reading the blog. We will have a look at the rest now and your new poetry. Beautiful. Rowen is a beam of life, wow, what a star, he’s blasting the screen with sunbeams!!!

Yep, still feel as close to you as i did when I first met you and Mathew and ready Hafiz together. I’ve been writing “My story” and I’m at that part right now, when I met you and Mathew and Hafiz, what an amazing blessing.

Always in touch,
and in my heart,
Come to NZ anytime you have a home here, all of you!!!

LOve Tara Tara

]]> Comment on Life with Rowen, pt. 8 by Kelly Moore http://www.ellisgarvin.com/2010/05/life-with-rowen-pt-8/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Kelly Moore Sun, 30 May 2010 08:32:45 +0000 http://www.ellisgarvin.com/?p=701#comment-137 That made me cry. Thank you. That made me cry. Thank you.

]]> Comment on Life with Rowen, pt. 8 by Jen http://www.ellisgarvin.com/2010/05/life-with-rowen-pt-8/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Jen Sun, 16 May 2010 20:23:04 +0000 http://www.ellisgarvin.com/?p=701#comment-87 That is beautiful, Starfish! :-) That is beautiful, Starfish! :-)

]]> Comment on Life with Rowen, pt. 1 by Island Girl http://www.ellisgarvin.com/2010/03/life-with-rowen-pt-1/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Island Girl Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:38:24 +0000 http://www.ellisgarvin.com/?p=432#comment-36 Join a cult should have been on the list of suggestions... Let me add that to the list now ; ) Join a cult should have been on the list of suggestions… Let me add that to the list now ; )

]]> Comment on Friends, Past and Present by tim http://www.ellisgarvin.com/2010/03/views/comment-page-1/#comment-28 tim Mon, 29 Mar 2010 05:32:47 +0000 http://www.ellisgarvin.com/?p=439#comment-28 Thanks Janine for the sharing of friendship and the big/little aspect of time. We are nothing and everything. Much love, Tim. Thanks Janine for the sharing of friendship and the big/little aspect of time. We are nothing and everything. Much love, Tim.

]]> Comment on Take a ride with me on the Astral Plane! by Sagar Hallal http://www.ellisgarvin.com/2010/03/take-a-ride-with-me-on-the-astral-plane/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Sagar Hallal Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:35:31 +0000 http://www.ellisgarvin.com/?p=585#comment-27 Ah, finally the story is told. Beautifully, I might add - thank you! Ah, finally the story is told. Beautifully, I might add – thank you!

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