It is good to meditate at 6:30 every morning. But, let us say
you happen to wake up late, for whatever reasons, and say, you are going to meditate a 8 o’clock.
Let it be so. Or, sometimes you might meditate at 5 A.M.in the morning
So a certain level of flexibility is okay.
But, this need to meditate should always continue.
Imagine the lifestyle of a person, who has no rhythm at all
doing things whenever he wants. Such a life would be chaotic.
So when we adopt certain principles, especially trying to balance
something and one who is trying to embark upon an inner adventure,
I think, it is no less than having a discipline that one would have, one would demand,
in mountain climbing, for example. If you are
planning for Everest climbing,
imagine the amount of discipline that you would have to have at a physical level.
Such a discipline is, I would say, mandatory for a spiritual seeker.
But it need not be so rigid, at the same time.
Let us say, if I plan myself to meditate at 6:30 every morning,
It is good to meditate at 6:30 every morning. But, let us say
you happen to wake up late, for whatever reasons, and say, you are going to meditate a 8 o’clock.
Let it be so. Or, sometimes you might meditate at 5 A.M.in the morning
So a certain level of flexibility is okay.
But, this need to meditate should always continue.
Once we establish this particular rhythm,
it becomes a kind of conditional thing, that at a certain time,
your mood will elicit certain feelings that, “Okay, it is time to meditate.”
So, this is what I call, automatically,
at a fixed hour, you tend to meditate.
Your inner system says, “Oh, let me meditate now.”
This is what I would like to call it as Automatism.
Also automatically, one would be able to bring in, recall, a certain meditative state.
This takes quite a practice actually. And it is possible to recall any spiritual state at will.
The second element of our practice is Cleaning.
Ideal time for Cleaning is as soon as we enter home,
we complete this process of Cleaning,
which is done at the end of our working day.
Instead of mingling with our family right away, freshen up and
clean ourselves, so that we regain lighter consciousness,
so that we regain lighter consciousness, which is more friendly, more conducive
which is not emotionally pressurised because of the work situation.
With such a fresh approach, lighter approach, when we interact with our family members,
it is a joyous moment
Let us compare this moment
of Cleaning suppose you do not do the Cleaning,
it is something like, when you go to a gym
and come back home, all sweaty and you want to hug your little children.
They would run away from you, “Dad, you smell a lot today.”
When the consciousness is also polluted from inside,
I think, we also cast a certain shadow of our consciousness upon our loved ones.
For example, if you had a bad day at work and you come home, all fuming,
you can see the atmosphere in the house, how everyone would become quiet.
Instead of that, if you can go to the basement of your home and just do the Cleaning, ‘Okay,
let us get rid of this baggage,’ and freshen up yourself,
with a newer level of better consciousness and then interact with family members,
it only promotes harmony, love, joy.
Before going to bed again,
when we offer prayer
and just before we offer prayer, let us scan through the daily activities
and see where we went wrong,
where we can adjust ourselves, where we can correct ourselves, where we can fine-tune ourselves and say, “Oh,
I could have done this better,”
or, “I shall not repeat this again.”
Such a resolve will help us,
so that continuously we can go on putting a check on wrong things and add something very special
that, “Oh, I can improve myself in such and such a style.”
Then we offer our prayer to the Lord and say, “My Lord,
forgive me for all that was done wrongly.
I shall not do it again.”
Simple prayer should do. Such a resolve will go a long way.
This daily routine will change the quality of our life once and for all.