How’s your meditation going? It’s important that you keep practicing twice a day because it’s only by continued effort that you’ll realize the benefit of it.
How’s your meditation going? It’s important that you keep practicing twice a day because it’s only by continued effort that you’ll realize the benefit of it.
To help you structure your day, and incorporate the practices into your daily lifestyle, here’s a rough guide to where everything fits in:
Morning:
- Take a half-bath
- Sing Singing a name of the Supreme together, often with a simple dance; in Ananda Marga the words are Bábá Nám Kevalam.
- Meditate
- Do the A yoga posture held steadily and comfortably; it balances the glands and quiets body and mind for meditation., skin massage and deep relaxation
- Eat a vegetarian breakfast
Throughout the day:
- Follow the principles of morality
- Take a half-bath before eating a vegetarian lunch
- Repeat the A sound or set of sounds that, repeated with its meaning in mind, carries the mind toward the Infinite. during the day to stay calm and relaxed
Evening:
- Take a half-bath
- Sing kiirtan
- Meditate
- Do the asanas, skin massage and deep relaxation
- Eat a vegetarian dinner
- Take a half-bath before you sleep
Don’t worry if it takes a while to get used to everything. These things take time. Practice makes perfect. Take each day as it comes, but don’t give up. This is the most important part of life: everything else hinges on your internal wellbeing, so it’s essential to get it right and make it an integral part of your lifestyle. Take the determination to succeed and you will attain the greatest success in life.
