Moderation.....D Divine-Mantra

Tuesday, 2 February 2010 Hi Friends, Today being 'Angaraki-Sankashti', i guess, U all must be observing a "fast".... Fasting is really good for sound-health! If not for any other reasons, just to give 'rest' to d overly-working Digestive-system, V should find some excuse to fast..... Ideally it could be 'Ekadashi' i.e. 11th day of d calender...which occurs twice a month! Or it could be 'Sankashti'....D day when all d troubles can be overcome with Shri Ganesh's Blessings n also with little 'efforts' from our-side! When V r fasting, V should have a deliberate-Change from our daily-routine life.... V should have different but healthy diet in lesser quantities than our usual consumption... V should have, if possible a total change in d activities of d day! V can visit a Temple/Masjid/Gurudwara/Church/Garden/Sea-beach/Mountains/River/Lake...... Any place where U will find 'Open-ness n Peace'..... V can go nearer to God/divine-ness, if V keep our mind open n this can be achieved upto some extent by going near "Nature" n observing it's 'Self-less-ness'! D fast is meant for our inner n outer worlds...This way V can cleanse our minds n body, by Not burdening our systems! V can observe 'silence' by talking less than ordinery-day...or by observing "Moun" meaning become a 'mute' for entire day or atleast for few hours or for some time for God's sake! Though verbal-silence is Not d true-silence! It has to be from 'within'! V should do some good-deeds or charity or anything which can give us little 'satisfaction'! It can be helping neighbouring kids in their project or studies or read news-parers or stories for old-people from 'old-age-homes' or in our society..... V can feed some hungry soul/s with good,nutricious food/fruits n Not just throwing money in d begger's bowl! V can offer a helping hand to anybody who is in-need-of-help.... V can water d plants, change d soil, remove d weeds, mow d lawns.... of our Residential Complex/society, or nearby Public/common garden/grounds.... V can take our near-n-dear-ones for outing,for some fun... if U R not giving 'quality-time' to them on daily-basis..... V can spend more time with innocent kids, below 7 years or d innocent oldies above 70 years...Both require more attention n both R nearer to godliness! Let us try to bring "smile" on someone's face.... D options R many but one should have a real 'desire' to actually Do it! N am sure, everybody can afford to do it, atleast once/twice a month... D fast should not be like a crash-diet.....No solid or liquid food! This could be really very harmful to d body...as V will end up in losing OUR water-balance of d body, which in turn could lead to severe de-hydration n other complications! At d same time it should not be a Total'carbohydrate-diet'! Wot with delicacies made out of main-ingredients like Potato, Sweet-Potato, Sabudana etc It can be a diet of un-cooked foods like fruits n raw-veggies or salads.....but V should be careful to include 'citrus fruits' along with usual intake of Apple,Pomegranate, Black-grapes, Banana, Gwavha,Straw-berries, Mango/Chikoo etc It can be intake of healthy Coconut-water/Narial-Pani,Nimbu-Pani,low-fat-Milk n milk-products like Butter-milk or curds etc which R easy-to-digest.... 'Moderation' is d key..... V can enjoy everything under d Sun with Moderation! Anything in excess is bad for us..... It could be an obsession for money.... It could be an obsession for food.... It could be an obsession for work....which is rather rare in our country but a reality in countries like Japan, China etc! It could be an obsession for entertainment....i know some persons who need that 24/7...No brake! It could be an obsession for shopping....d mantra for them is 'shop till drop dead'! It could be an obsession for 'accumulation' of everything! It could be an obsession for for "show-off"..... It could be an obsession for body-building..... It could be an obsession for 'spirituality'..... It could be an obsession for 'blind-faith' in anything n evrything! It could be an obsession for being/remaining Beautiful/Youthful! It could be an obsession for reaching d Highest spot in life-at-any-cost, everywhere...at office,studies, all sorts of abstract arts, politics n list is long! It could be an obsession for excess usage of 'Resourses"....like natural oil, water, pure-air,trees.... In short every obsession is bad.... V should follow a 'golden Mean'....n that Exactly is "Moderation"! V have 'Life-channels', 3 in number...Left is Ida,d Right is Pingala n d Most important is Shushumna at d "Centre" i.e. Mean of d two-subtle-life-forces..... When V have our breath flowing through Shushumna, V R at our Dinine-Best..... V can do that by different ways..... V can get up early, between 3am to 5am, which is called best-hours of d day or 'Amrut-vella' or "Brahma-Muhurt", when lot of Ozone is in d atmosphere.... Take that Ozone in OUR system n observe our breath n thoughts n remain concentrated as much as V can.... then d Mental and Spiritual Energy of d Cosmos & d 'Miniature-Cosmos' of d human-body, is at its peak! D body n mind R prepared to begin d day at four a.m. n d longer we sleep after this time d harder it is to get out of bed! friends, this is my very-OWN experience! V sink into d trough of Tamas (Inertia) that inevitably follows the crest of Every Energy Wave!! Do some Chanting of "OM" d 'Pranav-Mantra' or any mantra which works for U.....   Let us Try to raise desire to its highest level that is, if V focus our desire on the Divine, then V automatically cultivate love n devotion & subsequently V gain Release from the pain and suffering, cycles of birth, death and rebirth! It's this Simple! But Let us Remember that this is a "conscious process". When our energy is scattered about in d form of many different desires, very little can be accomplished! Let us 'Weave' together all these small, petty desires and bind them into one very high, powerful desire to see n Experience d Divine! Am sure this convergence of energy will make us, fully-filled with love n devotion, All d Time! N only then that same love & devotion will very slowly reveal to us d vision of d SELF/Divine/Lord, part by part.....That is why Love n devotion R totally important. The most important thing in spiritual growth is the connection between us n the Divine! It is never one thing or the other, it is always what is in the "Middle" d Mean. It is true one hundred n ten percent!! If V ask oursevesis, is it this or is it that.... Is it 'Samsara' or is it Liberation, the answer is always: "Neither." It is what is in the Middle....D Moderation!!! So BE IT.....           Shloka of d day- since V R fasting, Let us do d 'cleansing-from-within' with this "Shuchi-Mantra"-                       OM Apavitrahaa Pavitrovaa Sarvavastham Gatoapivaa|               Yaha Smaret Pundarikaaksham Sabahyabhyantaram Shuchihi|| Tip of d day- Everyday have one table-spoon of Flax-seeds or               one table spoon of 'fortified' Soya in any form. This is Tilottama, Wishing U All,                     Happy n Healthy Fasting.....