Isn’t it much more relaxing when you organize your day-to-day chores into routines? If you don’t, well, you may never remember when you need to fold your clothes or pick up groceries or do the dishes.
Everything would be chaotic around and you’d feel like you keep running around without getting anything done.
So, a daily routine helps.
It helps you get your life in shape and do the things you love (or don’t love) much more efficiently.
Now, let’s try to apply the same principle to spirituality.
So, you got chores aligned and your tasks in order. That’s great for your physical world’s well-being and prosperity.
But how about your spiritual goals?
Our minds are filled with chaos just as our material worlds are unless we learn to align our thoughts and walk towards a steady goal.
If you already have a spiritual bent of mind but you’re just not going anywhere with it, it may be time to align yourself to a daily routine.
But this time, the routine is not about organizing your chores or the things you do to keep yourself alive in the material world but it’s more about adhering to a stream of activities that incline your mind, body, and spirit, yes, all of them together, towards the higher consciousness.
And with that thought, let’s begin our today’s discussion about Sadhana.
What is Sadhana?
Okay, now that we’ve established that a daily routine is essential to achieve your spiritual goal, let’s see what sadhana is.
Sadhana is nothing other than that daily routine itself. It is something you do every day, without fail, to keep yourself active on the spiritual plane. Much like how you eat every day to keep yourself alive on the material plane.
Sadhana can be anything, any activity that feeds your soul and takes you one step closer to understanding your higher self.
It can be something as well-known as meditation. Or it can be something rare, such as reading spiritual scriptures.
The important thing is that it’s carried out consistently, no matter how bad your day is or how urgent your other life plans are.
Sadhana is your activity. It’s personal. It’s something you create, develop, and practice at a convenient time of the day.
Although most people benefit from practicing sadhana early in the morning, before the demands of the material world start breathing down their neck, it doesn’t have to work that way for everyone.
Interestingly, sadhana can also be practiced in a group. A good example of this is mass prayer or Satsang, which in Sanskrit means a good company, where spiritually like-minded people gather and practice sadhana together.
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What is Sadhana Meaning?
In Sanskrit, sadhana means realization. In broader terms, it means realizing the divinity within yourself through sustained and disciplined practices.
Since thousands of years ago, sadhana has been considered as one of the most doable approaches towards reaching spiritual goals.
Ancient scriptures in both Hinduism and Buddhism talk about different ways to go through this path of realization. These include practicing sacred gestures, uttering sacred sounds, visualizing sacred images, so on and so forth.
So, how does all of this relate to us in the 21st century?
Well, you’d be relieved to know that when it comes to realizing our union with God and fellow creatures of the universe, not much is different in the current times.
The century-old practice of yoga has handed down the same tools that were used in near-mythical times. And these are the tools that help you create your daily spiritual routine, in other words, your very own sadhana.
Practices such as chanting, pranayama, yoga asanas, and meditation help you to create a consistent channel through which you can ultimately think about reaching your highest spiritual goals.
What’s interesting is, a lot of people think sadhana is a spiritual goal. But in reality, it’s just an unwavering path that leads you towards the divine consciousness.
How Many Stages of Sadhana Are There?
If your goal is to become a piano player, you don’t just jump into playing Mozart’s tunes on the very first day, right?
First, you learn about the keys. Practice them for a few days.
Then you learn about chords. Then you discover how to read the staff, and so on. You must master every step before you reach the next one.
And then, one day, if you’ve practiced all the stages thoroughly, you can string tunes together and call yourself a piano player!
Well, sadhana to reach your spiritual goals is something similar. You’ve got to take it one stage at a time to reach the higher consciousness. And stages make your sadhana complete. Let’s see what they are.
1. Stage One: Murti Seva
Murti in Sanskrit means idol and Seva is worship. So, in a way, this stage involves idol worship. But don’t be alarmed. This has nothing to do with what religion you follow.
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