Suggested Read –
Any book which extols “work without attachment”. Which tells us how to carry
out service with the intention of doing it for the larger good of the society.
Any book on reasoning. Any book on chanting.
Suggested Mental Makeup for
the Particular Exercise – All. Rationalists including atheists,
social service and service oriented, believers in God, and those who are
religious or devotional minded.
Relevant Information on the
Chapter – Total number of Shlokas 72. The second chapter deals with the
mental makeup of reasoning as applicable to Rationalists. Service/ work minded
mental makeup is discussed in the later part of the chapter. It starts trying
to address the problem defined in chapter 1. It is based on Brahmavidya
Upanishad and Sankhya Yoga Shastra. Yoga is way, method or practice of
attaining higher conscience through mental and physical exercises.
Exercises and Examples –
Check whether one waits for the day to end. In fact, there is no need to check
it out. If the person is not comfortable in passing each day, then course
correction is required. First step in the course correction is to check the
mental makeup which matches closely with earlier discussed mental makeup. Once
the mental makeup of self is acknowledged, adopt path of reasoning, service or
devotion. Try to get engrossed in whatever path one chooses. The proof of
pudding is when engrossed in the selected path, one remains happy and become
unaware of time. The moment one starts feeling that time is not passing, one
must stop and ponder. Ponder because sometimes the path though chosen is not
actually treaded. We have habit of fooling ourselves that we are walking the
chosen path. In reality we don’t. The path once chosen should be followed
faithfully. The more one tries to remain on the chosen path the more benefit a
person gets. Therefore, adopt a method of reasoning, service or
chanting as per mental makeup, situation and circumstances. This can only be
achieved by spending some time thinking on self and observing oneself. Some
exercises are suggested for the respective mental makeups. Some of the exercise
points are common and these are given to be adopted before actual exercise –
Every day before start of
daily routine our body needs to get warmed up and ready. Otherwise whole day we
suffer from lethargy. Before the start of first activity of the daily routing
if optimum adrenaline is not produced then we don’t feel fresh. To do that we
should get up at least one hour before start of one’s routine. For example, if
having tea at 6 am, is the first thing one does, then the person should get up
at 5 am instead of 5 minutes to 6 am. Once awake at 5 am, have 3 – 4 glasses of
water, then freshen up in the wash room. Do some physical exercises and some
breathing exercises. Suggested duration – 15
minutes physical exercises and 15 min breathing exercises that takes around 30
minutes. Now the body is woken up fully and ready to start the daily routine.
This way our immune system is woken up fully and is far better equipped to
combat the daily infection/ allergy onslaught. Optimum adrenaline is pumped up
the spinal cord thereby our mental and physical faculties are completely woken
up and ready for the daily routine. If this one-hour daily priming of our body
is cultivated into a habit, one experiences a sense of wellbeing throughout the
day. Whole day we get absorbed in a routine, for self and mostly for
others. Therefore, we need to give our self, and our body at least one hour of
attention before we start the activities of the day. Now the mental makeup
exercises which are explained henceforth are additional and should be
superimposed to get much better sense of wellbeing throughout the day. For
this as stated in the foregoing, get up early morning around 1 and half hours
before the start of our daily routine. Do the stated one-hour body prime up
exercise and for next half hour, sit on a chair or cross legged as is
comfortable. Choose a place where there is least disturbance, cacophony and
start the exercise. For first two exercises one can sip a cup of tea while
carrying out the exercise. …………Keep reading!!!!
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