Spirituality For Old Age?

 

There is a commonly prevalent notion that spiritual practices like chanting and meditation are for old people. Many of my clients tell me that the seniors in the house (parents/ parents-in-law) express their deep disapproval  if their progeny starts these in their youth. Recently a distressed client told me that due to her mother-in-law’s cribbing, she stopped chanting one and a half years back. I instructed her to start chanting every day before we embarked on any therapy.

Devil’s workshop

Last week an old friend visited us in Belgaum. He stays in a metropolitan city. He retired a decade back, has difficulty in walking and is very disturbed by the fact that his mind is in a constant state of worry. He just takes up common situations in life, think of all horrible things that can happen in relation to that and the mind goes into overdrive.

“Now that there is no other job to do, this is what I do 24/7.”

I asked whether he does any meditation or chanting and was fascinated by his reply. “I have never done anything like that in my youth, it is very difficult to start at this age.”

My belief confirmed

This has been my belief right from the beginning and I have advised several people to start some spiritual practice when body and mind are in prime condition, and to train their kids too. By disciplining oneself in this aspect, one gets guided as to how to lead a peaceful life as the mind doesn’t over run. When one has lived a totally logical and materialistic life for five or six decades, it is very difficult to start something new.

Please don’t waste precious years of your life

So, please don’t wait any more. In India, we have ample guidance that our ‘Seers’ have left as our legacy. People may think they are just superstitions, but every single advice has a strong scientific basis, which, unfortunately, has not been passed on to the newer generations. It is heartening to see that many of these facts are now being proven by Quantum physics.

Protecting Your Energy

Protection is needed only when we acquire something

When we are walking on the road without carrying any money or valuables, we will be carefree. Imagine yourself having a bundle of currency or a pouch of diamonds! You are going to be extra cautious.

Similarly, when we start accumulating spiritual energy, we need to be careful to prevent its loss. When I teach Reiki, I always tell them methods to prevent the leakage of energy that they are slowly garnering. Persons in need of energy due to physical problems or mental issues can just draw energy (without their knowledge or conscious effort) from another nearby human being who is having a higher level of energy. People who are having a developed sixth sense can feel this energy leakage.

The Reiki II student

Recently I was attuning a student for Reiki II. He already had a higher spiritual energy level and a developed sixth sense. As usual, I explained the importance of preventing energy leakage and the means to do it.  After a couple of days, I was so happy and impressed to see this message from him in our Reiki whatsapp group:

“ As a kid I often saw and wondered why Gods and Goddesses wear so much jewellery, then I would reason they have powers so using alchemy they can produce anything they want, so why not.

Yesterday for the first time I actually observed numerous pictures of Gods and Goddesses and one thing I noticed, except for Lord Shiva, every God/Goddess wears a crown, has either a bindi or vibuthi, a necklace, a longer necklace (1 or more) that is extending until stomach and then a waistband (kamarband) which has a U or V profile that extends further.  That's when it hit me everyone is wearing/covering their chakras that we look at, then I noticed further and realised Lord Shiva is doing the same but without ornaments, Long hair, Vasuki in neck, Rudraksha malas, tiger skin, bhasma all over the body indicating it's not so difficult to protect our energies from leaking. Then I saw pictures of Sadhus they all have Rudraksha and bhasma all over the body.

This all connects to ma'am telling about energy leakage and Ashwita's video demonstrating how bindi and vibuthi prevents leaking of energy.”

A new perspective

I was really glad to have this new perspective!