Thrice-Daily Meditation — Three Times A Day
"The practitioner, if he sits for meditation, always must keep his/her head, neck and spinal cord (back) completely straight. The respiration process will naturally become slowed if one sits straight, and thus it is a helping factor in meditation and Jap [simran]……
"Sants/yogis have fixed times of meditation. Those times are: 1) in the pre-dawn, i.e. three hours before sun rise, 2) after taking a bath during the day [mid day], and 3) during the evening (after the sun sets). Meditation done in these three time is called Trayakaal Sandhyaa (thrice-daily meditation). A practitioner must sit for meditation in these three times, and also should do Maanas Jap (repeating the Guru-instructed mantra), or Maanas Dhyaan (involving mind in visualizing Guru's form inside), while doing worldly work.
"In the evening just before going to bed, the practitioner should sit in meditation for two to four minutes and then go to sleep. A practitioner can continue Maanas Jap or Maanas Dhyaan or keep his/her vision straight inside with closed eyes laying in bed.
"This practice protects one from terrible, unpleasant dreams, and on the other hand the practitioner can be benefited with the appearance of sages/sants or Satsang in the dream state. The appearance (seeing) of sants/sages in the dream state is an indication of spiritual-upwardness (progress)." (Swami Bhagirath Baba on Spiritual Practice)
Hmmmm …
I would like to try this method at least once … have to find a lazy day to do it.
Sants/Sages in the dream state – woo hoo! I'm down with that part!
very attractive method
I have actually tried to mediate thrice daily but have trouble with the middle of the day. Any suggestions?
depends
what sort of trouble are you having? what is the problem, as specifically as you can state it? once i have these answers i can perhaps advise in some way.
it MUST be noted…
Sant Mat paths have completely disregarded dreams from having ANY spiritual value whatsoever, and that was continued up until the advent of Eckankar, and is just one of the major differences between it and all other previously existing versions of Sant Mat.
The saint who speaks in this piece is one i hadn't been familiar with at all, so i conclude that his stating that dreams have a spiritual value as being a by product of Eckankar's influence, it isn't typical. It was Paul Twitchell that first, to my knowledge, brought out this idea, but i also concur with his conclusions due to my own personal experiences.