Power of Daily Sadhana · Moksha Embodied

Power of Daily Sadhana

Some deeper reading this week took me on a reflective journey of Sadhana. Here are some highlights...

Truth Is Not Negotiable

One of the most dangerous assumptions of modern consciousness is that truth is negotiable, that it bends to preference, ideology, or personal narrative.

But truth does not depend on your opinion. Gravity does not care how you feel about it. The old teachings say truth doesn’t bend around our thinking. It stands there, steady, whether we turn toward it or not. Moral cause and consequence operate whether or not you are conscious of them.

The ancient insight embedded in Sadhana is this: You do not construct truth. You align yourself with it.

And alignment requires discipline.

When you practice daily, when you sit, breathe, and observe, you may see how out of alignment your perception has been. Not because you are wicked, but because you are partial.

We see selectively. We defend what benefits ourselves, and rationalise what threatens our identity.

This is the first confrontation and one we can over look.

The ego does not merely want to survive. It wants recognition. Prestige. Moral superiority. Validation. It will disguise itself as virtue if necessary. When it does not receive recognition, it retaliates. It criticises others. It announces its own importance. It justifies itself while condemning, and here is the uncomfortable truth: this pattern does not disappear simply because you meditate. Be wary.

not to measure yourself by how consistent your practice is.

The ego thrives on comparison.

You meditate for thirty days, and suddenly you’re “the disciplined one.”

You fast and you’re “the pure one.”

You speak softly, and you’re “the evolved one.”

The ego doesn’t disappear in ceremony. It just changes clothes. The mind, that clever trickster, builds stories to keep itself in charge. It can turn anything into status, even humility.

In fact, spiritual practice can refine the ego. We can become proud of our humility, superior because of our discipline, righteous in our detachment, and this is the crisis of consciousness if not addressed.

Without awareness, even Sadhana becomes another arena for self-aggrandisement. The task, then, is not merely to practice, but to watch what in you wants to be seen practicing.

Every human carries a pattern. It runs through their speech, their work, their love, their anger. It shapes what they see and what they miss. Most people think they are looking at the world. Mostly, they are looking at themselves.

Real practice makes one less noisy inside, not more impressive outside. If practice makes you softer, more accountable, and less reactive, it’s working.

Integrating: Purushartha-The Four Aims of Life into Sadhana

The Vedic Goals of life included four aims

Moral order (Dharma)
Material security (Artha)
Desire and vitality (Kama)
Liberation (Moksha)

The mistake is to isolate them. Spirituality relegated to the final years of life is a misunderstanding. Wealth pursued without moral grounding becomes predatory. Pleasure without orientation becomes addiction. Moralism without transcendence becomes tyranny.

Sadhana integrates these aims.

👉When we align economic decisions with moral convictions, our ultimate orientation toward liberation, fragmentation decreases...and fragmentation is the breeding ground of suffering.

Grand declarations mean little without routine.

A daily practice, even modest, stabilises the psyche and repairs this fragmentation. Here is a practical structure of applied discipline.

Wake deliberately.

Clean the body.

Move.

Breathe with intention.

Sit... observe..... listen

Daily repetition is transformative.

Through consistency and repetition, the nervous system reorganises, and the ego loses its reactive urgency. With discipline of daily Sadhana, the mind becomes an instrument and gradually, without theatrical revelation, you change. Over time, the pattern rewrites itself.

Question

If you sit tomorrow morning, who is sitting?

The one who wants to improve?

The one who wants recognition?

The one that is stressed?

The one who wants to be free?

Watch carefully.

Without judgment, without analysing..... just observe

"Everything you don't need you can just let go of...Just quiet the mind and open your heart" - Ram Das

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