I totally understand ur situation.. This is the case with most of us. Once sadguru said, his own family didn't understand him😊.. Since spirituality means evolution in fast forward, i believe this is ur journey 🙏.. Sadguru will never let u go waste... May you be in his grace forever 🙏
Namaskaram anna I can tell you with my experience don't try to teach your parents..some parents simply dont like it. Now when you are having your food, you can humbly tell your parents that see I dont just eat rice curry but i eat other things as well that enrich me in many ways. Tell it in very humbly manner once or twice, don't disregard their way of consuming food because they have been doing it from long time. If you disrespect them or force them to eat what you eat in ashram then you will be thrown out of the home very soon 😂😂 Regarding the walk also just dont try to do it infront of them . What I have experienced in my life is, there was a time I used to work from home and used to follow ashram things and my parents had no problem with however I was and there was a also a time when I left my job and was jobless in home for certain period of time , then slowly things start changing in home, they just dont like their son sitting idol and only doing sadhana . I faced hard time during that period .. like every move of your will be questioned..just see how you can help your parents in household activities If you cant do your sadhana in home then do it elsewhere. In my case I don't have my personal room in home so I used to do it in terrace and sometimes outside
Anna, nothing can substitute Ashram food. So when at home most of our time is invested in planning our preparing brunch and dinner. and when there is only one kitchen, it is more a challenge . We usually react to people whom we are attached with. So that is normal. So try to be aware in that situation, but I know somewhere it lingers.. Regarding parents, we in a way are not happy to see the way they live. So we try to correct them and that back fires. They are not going to listen. As long as they do not disturb our way of life/ Sadhana, it should be fine.
Everyone speaks from their experience so we should not use the words they are having limited knowledge. Yes the context was different in both the cases. A safe distance can be maintained where arguments come face to face. Also, regarding the reduction in cooked food diet we must not forget to include variety of foods which are lighter on stomach to get all nutrients like dry fruits, fruits, salads, ghee, buttermilk else nutritional deficiencies will come in the body no matter how much yoga you do. Body has its own compulsions. Regarding the 2 bondages it is just the beginning wait until you get married and have kids 😄 . Every bondage can be a possibility for freedom if we learn to accept the situation internally. Only physically it can be restricting not internally.
I did sadhana in the same home as my parents, in the Uk for 1 year. They sound very similar to yours. I thought it was a good challenge to keep up the sadhana within myself regardless of the very unconducive environment. But I kept falling back into eating junk and sleeping late, due to them making it very easily accessible and causing me emotional distress. Finally when I had summer holidays and finished college I went to stay with a mediator with a sannidhi and everything got fixed instantly. I realised that only once I am a true yogi then I can stay wherever I want. For now I need a conducive environment like the ashram or at least a home with people who understand my sadhana. My parents try to guilt me that I haven’t seen them and ask me to visit a lot. But they aren’t willing to accept that I only eat veg and no junk. I don’t ask them to eat the same as me but they still get upset and argue that I’m being rude or weird. Until they can make those little adjustments to how I am, I won’t visit longer than one day. My sadhana is more important than some small attachment they have. Please don’t stay for too long if you can’t keep up the internal sadhana. I wish I had left so much earlier 🙏🙏🙏
Namaskaram anna I know its a very weird question but asking for planning . Do they give you the orange sadhnapada t-shirt for free or for cost for forever or just to wear in the ashram 😅
Parents r parents brother...this line" these 2 people r d only bondages i have" is a little difficult 2 hear.Problems vl b everywhere, even inside d ashrams also all people r not happy n satisfied. Simply doing sadhna n completely ignoring ur parents vl not work. U vl never b happy. Wen dey vl see dat u r totally transformed coz of d peactices u followed dey vl never interfere u.parents want only happiness of der child. Just let dem know dat u r a totally transfomed happy human being coz of ur yogic lifestyle.u need 2 show dem practically.lots of love.
