Practice Daily
You may have gotten angry many times, but do you stay angry forever? The Shiva sutra, ‘Atma Chittam’, conveys some
important. Day, night, clouds and colours all appear in the sky, and later disappear. Similarly, the mind imagines many
disappear just as they came. Just as light fades in the evening, anger also fades. It is the same with envy. There is a lim
When one thought arises, another falls away. Where does it go? All is in our mind. That mind is the Self.
Clouds may cover the sky, but the purity of the sky remains untouched. Whatever may be the state of mind, the Self is
such thing as a bad Self. As anger is a quality of the Divine, it is also a quality of the Self ! That is why it is said, ‘Atma C
mind itself is the Self. The mind is part of the Divine.
When we say ‘Do your sadhana,’ it means sadhana needs to be done daily. This is because there are millions of cells in
work today, and others work tomorrow just like workers do shifts in a factory. The factory is running continually, but th
shifts — they come, work and leave. Similarly, in our brain neurons work in shifts. Some neurons are trained today, oth
tomorrow and others will be trained the day after tomorrow. Through this process, one day you will reach perfection, s
happen only if japa chanting or meditation is done regularly.
Source: Economic Times, 4/02/2020
