Sanatan Weekly Online
Issue No. 257 · January 9, 2005
Editor: Mr. Pruthviraj Purushottam Hajare

Articles

Need For Spirituality

Common Misconceptions

Practical Guidance

Messages to Seekers

Upcoming Religious Festivals

Children's Corner

Spiritual Experiences

Implied Meaning

Memorable Quotes

 





Practical Guidance
Attitude of cleanliness and neatness to develop the quality of perfection

   All individuals at different times in their life go through some degree of depression. To attain the ultimate aim of spiritual practice, namely, merging with God, it is essential to imbibe all His qualities. One of the qualities of The Lord is perfection, as can be seen in all His Creation. One can strive to cultivate this quality even in one's day to day life, so that it automatically gets reflected in one's spiritual life.

    One of the ways to ingrain this quality is by developing the attitude of keeping the place of one's residence always neat and clean. This can be done by keeping the smallest article, such as a television remote control device, a magazine, etc., in its designated place after use. One could also experiment with the placement of the various articles in the house for the most correct (spiritually pure and pleasant) positioning. This is because, if placed incorrectly, even the smallest of articles can emanate negative frequencies, despite being kept tidily and clean, just as it can emanate positive frequencies when kept in the correct position.

    Another way to ingrain the quality of perfection is by paying attention to grammar and content perfection in one's writing. Such seemingly minor details, too, make a difference, as they reflect our attitude of imperfection and when attended to carefully, provide the opportunity to develop the quality of perfection.

    In the initial stages, even though one attempts to develop perfection in action, as suggested above, by repeated practice and desire to achieve perfection, this quality gets deeply impressed in our attitude and being.

* Click here for practical tips and examples on how to use simple self-hypnotherapy techniques to overcome Personality Defects. For example, an auto suggestion like ‘Whenever I get angry, I will immediately become aware of it and I will calm down immediately and start chanting instead’ can help reduce obsessive thinking within a few weeks.

** If one is not currently doing any spiritual practice, one can begin with the simple, but powerful spiritual practice of chanting or constantly remembering God's Name according to one's religion.

  • Seekers in the initial stages of spiritual practice (less than one year) can repeat The Name of the Lord as per their religion (refer to Issue 3 Clarification of Doubts section for details).

  • Seekers who have been doing regular spiritual practice for over a year or so can determine the appropriate chant for them from the experiment given in Issue 124, Message to Seekers section.

 



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