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In today's busy times, however much one may
desire to be constantly in Sat
and do spiritual practice, one experiences limitations due to
various worldly duties. Thus, as the next step in one's spiritual
practice, one should try to do every activity that one does as one's
spiritual practice. This can be accomplished by saying a prayer
before every activity.
Prayer
One should first pray as soon as one wakes up in
the morning. The prayer should be on the following lines:
"O Lord, let the doership for this day's
activities remain with you, let all activities today be done as
spiritual practice, let today's activities result in the sacrifice
of my mind, intellect and ego,
and let my chanting* go on continuously during all the
activities."
From that moment onwards till one goes to sleep,
one should say the following prayer before every activity, however
small, that one does. The prayer should have the following factors
in it.
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Let the doership of the
activity remain with The Lord. |
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Let the activity be done
as spiritual practice. |
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Let it result in the
sacrifice of one's mind, intellect and ego. |
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Let one's chanting go on
continuously during the activity. |
Example of doing an activity as spiritual practice
An example of doing every activity as spiritual
practice can be the activity of handing a glass of water to someone.
One can imagine how one would hand a glass of water to The Lord or
the Guru and how Blissful
one would feel while doing so. Hence, while doing it for one's
parents, guide, spouse, etc., if one behaves in the same spirit, one
will derive the same joy.
Saying a prayer before doing an activity, say of
handing over the glass of water will act as a reminder that one can
use the activity as an opportunity to do spiritual practice and
derive its benefits accordingly.
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* Repeating The Lord's Name as per one's religion.
(To be continued)
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