Srini's question 2 - Laziness - Public enemy No 1

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Namaste Srini,

 

Thank you for asking this question.

 

I can honestly tell you that I struggle with this problem.

 

When the spirit wants to chant but the flesh wants to settle on the

couch and watch TV ...

When the spirit wants to get up early but the flesh wants to snuggle

under covers ...

 

I have tried so many ways to persuade myself - all with various

degrees of successes and failures but here is something that helped

me - to remind me of the value of sadhana.

 

I once stayed at the mandir (end of 2003) for about 10 days or so -

and I had to get up early because i was sleeping in the mandir and

Maa and Swamiji would come in for their morning worship. Also, aside

from seva there are not very many distractions so I got the chance

to chant the Chandi regularly and uninterruptedly for the 10 days.

 

Before I had gone on this break , I was sagging from my office

politics and couldnt even bear to look at some of my coworkers.

 

After this time off, when I went back in to work - I was smiling at

these very same people that I couldnt bear to look at , and one very

astute manager commented how I was glowing and that I must have had

a good vacation.

 

And looking back , it wasnt a vacation, it wasnt just the break that

did it - it was the attitude that i had unconciouslessly gleaned

that "Chandi seldom changes situations, she changes the sadhak "

 

So without doubt , WITHOUT DOUBT , I learned the VALUE of sadhana.

 

It is not that laziness doesnt bother me anymore, but I keep

remembering the high "after-sadhana" effects.

 

That is encouragement for me to keep going !

 

And oh , sometimes the stick helps too - once , over 2 years ago,

Maa had looked at me thunderingly when I lightly told her "I am not

too much into sadhana". She said "dont even TALK to me then" and

swept away regally. The I understood that if I had to know Maa, it

would be only through sadhana and that is another reason for me to

overcome laziness and other obstacles.

 

Thanks for asking the question.

Jai Maa

Nanda

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In a message dated 2/18/05 8:40:03 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, chandimaakijai writes:

It will be great if you can share if you have faced "laziness" as one

of your problems and how you are overcoming/have overcome this issue.

Namaste Nanda

Laziness is not something that effects me often, when it does,

identification with pure energy removes even the thought of

laziness. Another method that works for when it is difficult to get

up in the morning is flooding the aura with bright red which will

invigorate the physical body. If mental laziness is the problem,

flood the aura with yellow by visualizing yellow light all around

you.

Om Namah Sivaya

Kanda

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Dear All,

It will be great if you can share if you have faced "laziness" as

one of your problems and how you are overcoming/have overcome this

issue.

 

Thank you for sharing.

Jai Maa

Nanda

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Dear Nanda and Srini,

I can not imagine anyone except Swamiji and Maa who do not have a

component of laziness about us otherwise we would be doing Puja,

Chanting, Seva etc as they do...24 hours a day.

I suppose I keep asking myself a series of questions...i.e what is my

goal? is that what I want?

Challenging myself and then remembering to not judge myself when I

"fail".

Anyone who knows me would laugh at me describing myself as lazy but it

strikes here also in the things that I do not want to do such as

cleaning, or ironing, or going to work.

But that also is Sadhana and must be infused with mantras as my

meditation. This is the understanding that drives the practice... and

hopefully one day every breath that I take.

Jai Maa Jai Swamiji

Grace

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> Thank you for sharing.

> Jai Maa

> Nanda

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JAI MATA DI

 

Nanda <chandimaakijai > wrote:

Dear All,It will be great if you can share if you have faced

"laziness" as one of your problems and how you are overcoming/have

overcome this issue.Thank you for sharing.Jai MaaNanda

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If I were faced with either laziness, allurerments or distraction, I

would be inclined to recite the Shiva Sankalpa Stotram which is in

Swami's chubby Shiva Book. Its invocation sould set just about any

dedicated sadak back firmly to the task at hand.

 

Further where there is inspiration, drive and a compelling reason

for doing something, lassitude is likely to quickly flee, even as

the shadows of the dark night evaporate before the dawning of the

coming day. So look to the eastern horizon. Determin what you want

to bring forth, then set the sankalpic wheel in motion.

 

So I do surmise on this 114th of a 144 day long bore. At its

completion on the second day of spring it will be capped with a 12

day short intensive in which all of the practice of the 144 day long

bore get compressed into just 12 days. To acomplish such a feat it

seems that I too will have occasion to resort to recitation of the

Shiva Sankalpa Stotram.

 

Jai Guru

 

 

, "Nanda" <chandimaakijai>

wrote:

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> Dear All,

> It will be great if you can share if you have faced "laziness" as

> one of your problems and how you are overcoming/have overcome this

> issue.

>

> Thank you for sharing.

> Jai Maa

> Nanda