By Atty. Antonio P. Pekas
I wrote several pieces the past months about my being in a difficult stage. It is best described by that cliché “When it rains it pours.” As if everything is unhinged. Nothing seems to be going well. Things came to a head last year. We met an accident when a jeep rammed into the side of our car. The whole family—we the parents and the son– was in the car. Good thing the side impact protection of the car was excellent. While the doors were totaled, the wife and the son on the affected side were unscathed.
So I had to make another old car run. It used to be easy, but that time it took me six months to accomplish what I could have done in six days. I told you, everything with me was going bad.
Fighting the situation was of course my default button. So I exerted more effort yet as if I was not making any progress in all directions. Then I got again the Bell’s Palsy or facial paralysis, which I contracted but recovered from about three years before. This time it was harder to get out from. As my doctor-acupuncturist said, the second time or third time victims of that disease often had to live with deformed faces (like those who suffered from a stroke) as these are so difficult to cure when they recur. Modern medicine does not have anything to cure it.
Before this I also suffered a sprain in one of my toes when I went to have a massage. It was good but when the masseur pulled one of my toes to crack out the tension built inside, he overdid it and I had to limp for about two months.
Going back to my acupuncturist, he told me to avoid stressful situations as such can result in some nutrients being depleted making it easier for viruses or bacteria to attack parts of the body including the nerves which was the cause of my facial paralysis.
While I am not yet out from that situation, I contracted the flu more than a week ago, and it is still ongoing. Yes, as if there was no end to the things I had to go through.
I felt though that there was still a lot of fight in me. So I went to the heavens—got to the ephemeris in an effort to discern what was happening to me. And there it was, the planet Pluto was right smack in the 12th house of my astrological chart. It was a karmic stage where baggage of the past surface to be dealt with head on. It was a time to suffer for past bad deeds, if you will.
Then I remembered past lessons on how to deal with such a helpless situation. Take things easy. The best way to deal with it is introspection. It is a time to look inwards instead of literally fighting it. Meditation is great. Exercise comes second but in moderation. Do not overdo it. So I started revisiting my yoga practices.
Forget the American dream or worldly goals. Instead shift to spiritual goals. After all you can only live in one house. Make do with the very basic.
Is sum the stage is to attain spiritual growth. That way you would be empowered to face the big things in life in a more humanitarian manner when Pluto exits from the 12th house.
So I am looking forward to that. Things should start easing out in my world. The New Year should really be a new one. Meantime, I have to keep on just getting by.**
