In The Stars
I'm pulling an all nighter... got code compiling on another machine in my secondary monitor as I type.
Happy Guru Day :) I had an interesting day really. I mostly worked (obviously) but I did skip out for an hour to have a Vedic Astrology reading with a "famous" Bhakti Yogi.... for lack of a better way to describe said person. The reading was interesting. Meeting this person was very interesting. There were definitely some moments during the reading where I was like "Wow, how the heck did you come up with that?" Here are some memorable ideas:
-- At one point, he looks up and says "So you work in law?" I think "Huh?" I say "Now what in the world made you say that?" He explains something about some moon in something or other... I explain that, indeed, I work in law.
-- He told me my planetary alignments indicate I am incredibly intelligent and yet I have little patience for people who don't get it as fast as me. I need to find compassion in my words.
-- He told me I'm in a Jupiter Dasa (word?) right now but that by the time I'm 38, I will be entering the time of Saturn and, apparently, this time is going to be very testing and deep and difficult. I thought "Damn, it's been hard enough lately."
-- He told me that I'm a wonderful teacher and that I should explore teaching something "physical" "like yoga."
-- He told me I'm a person people love to talk to and listen to... I didn't mention I have a blog that hundreds read.
-- He told me I have wonderful mother qualities.
-- He told me my mother likes red (which I have no idea about).
-- He told me, repeatedly, that I should think of Hanuman, that Hanuman will get me through this Saturn and that I should come to know Hanuman before I enter that stage.... he mentioned a Ganesh with Hanuman flying around him (wierd).
-- He also repeatedly told me that I need to be in the ocean.. to swim for an hour in the ocean, repeating mantras and swimming with deep strokes.
There was a bunch of other stuff he mentioned... I'll have to listen to the CD when I get a chance. For those of you locally, if you'd like to get the information on this person, please don't hesitate to contact me. I hesitate to use his name, not because he told me not to, but because it makes it a bit more anonymous for me to blog about.
Now back to coding workflow...workflow..workflow.


Comments
Sounds like a pretty accurate reading!
Posted by: ciodude | July 11, 2006 8:53 AM
Or maybe he just reads your blog!?
Posted by: ciodude | July 11, 2006 8:55 AM
it just blows me away, the things we have become accustomed to. I remember (foggily, as I'm so ancient :)) back in 1979, being introduced to a 370/145 and 370/158. The 158 had 6 partitions and could (tadum!) run 6 programs simultaneously! This machine took an entire room. The little notebooks we travel around the world with would put that machine to shame. :)
How's it going, working from home again?
Posted by: kathy | July 11, 2006 12:14 PM
I concur with the CIOdude.
Posted by: Lauren | July 11, 2006 7:57 PM