Monday, September 22, 2008

Importance of Sadhna, Follow-Up and Satsang


I know you are doing great and it is the same here! As I began to write this knowledge sheet, an interesting incident came to my mind, which happened last year, when I had been to ashram to meet Gurudev. That incident had made a profound change in my life! Well, hold on I will tell you about that next week :-)

Last week we saw how awareness is very essential along with knowledge, else it is just like a needle (knowledge) without thread (awareness), which cannot sew anything but pricks you a lot! That's where all these practices and sadhana comes in! Yoga, Sudharshan Kriya, Meditation heightens our level of awareness, makes our life like a flower, colorful (celebrity), without weight (ego), delicate (sensitive), whether seen or unseen (talking or being in silence) keeps spreading the fragrance (joy, happiness, smiles) around!

Knowing all this we find ourselves having no time to do our daily sadhana forget about follow-ups and Satsangs! Once someone asked Guruji:

Q: How does one adapt something to like the Sudharshan Kriya breathing technique or the Art of Living? Given we have hectic schedules, we rarely manage time for our families and friends.

Sri Sri: It is just like personal hygiene. Whatever work one has, however busy one is, one takes time to brush their teeth. No body says hat they have no time to brush teeth. In the same way if you do Kriya and a little bit of Pranayam for 15-20 minutes, it brings so much alertness in you, it brings so much energy in you. So your time becomes a good time, it becomes quality time.

Wow, that was a very simple answer I never thought in that way. Like Gurudev keeps on saying meditation is just like a bath for the mind! Well that's why we have a Guru in life to make things simple :-)

That's all for now, see you at the Satsang and follow-up, have a great week ahead!

Love,
Satyajit

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