Indian religion is based on varnasharam ( four—fold
classification of life, with duties assigned according to qualifications for
each quarter of average age of man taken as hundred years ) . Religious
disciplines demand that in the last phase of life before death, man live as a (
sanyasi ) an ascetic . Unfortunately,
the old tradition are fast vanishing but when they were prevalent they were
stricktly adhered to. When due to some
reasons one could not imbibe sanyas , till his last moments, that was a
provision to provide it symbolically as” Twara sanyas “ the process of which
took only a short time. Hence the
forefold process if adopted in the daily routine. While going to bed would be
no less than a high level of spiritual sadhana.
The concept should be this those being served throughout the day belong to the garden of the creator.
One’s responsibility was fulfilled by tending them. Now ( atnight ) the charge
is being handed over to the master while proceeding on leave. Whatever wealth, prosperity
and status was given by him for custody was His. Now leave is being taken empty
handed after handing Him over his property. The body and mind too were on loan
from the repository of God. The journey back Home is being performed alone
after depositing these too at the appropriate place”. These are the percepts
suggested for the period of retirement to bed . A practice of going to sleep
with visualization of this personal concept produces a mental state comparable
that of a sanyashi or vairagi and is
sufficient to produce an alert state of self -
awakening for the next 24 hours. This state of mind is to be revived day
after day, in the manner suggested above.
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