THE SANDIHA IS MY FAVOURITE TIME OF DAY

I HAVE PRACTICED VEDIC MEDITATION FOR 6 MONTHS NOW

IT HAS MADE ME MORE CALM, UNDERSTANDING, THOUGHTFUL AND CONSIDERED

IT HAS ALLOWED ME TO SLEEP BETTER AND BE PRESENT IN SITUATIONS I HAVE ORDINARILY EXPERIENCED, 

AND ONLY CONSIDERED ON REFLECTION.

BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING

THE PRACTICE OF MEDITATION HAS GIVEN ME A WORD FOR MANY MOMENTS IN MY LIFE I HAVE LONG VALUED

SANSKRIT  IS THE PRIMARY LANGUAGE OF HINDUISM

AND IT SOMEHOW IS ABLE TO DEFINE SOME OF THE MOMENTS IN LIFE

 THAT MAKE MY SKIN MOVE, BUT UP UNTIL NOW HAVE HAD NO LANGUAGE BASED EXPLANATION

THREE IN PARTICULAR

THEY ARE UNIVERSAL MOMENTS THAT HAPPEN TO EVERY HUMAN, 

ALL OVER THE WORLD

THEY ARE NOT SPECIFIC TO LOCATION, OR RACE, OR GENDER

OR EVEN AGE

THEY ARE MOMENTS WHEN I BECOME HYPER AWARE

OF THE CHANGE OF SEASON

OF MY BREATH MOVING IN AND OUT

OF THE STILLNESS, OR THE MOVEMENT OF THE BREEZE

OF MY HEART BEAT

AND OF ALL THE THINGS IN MY LIFE THAT ARE EITHER WEIGHING ME DOWN

OR LIFTING ME HIGH

THEY ARE MOMENTS IN WHICH I AM CONSCIOUS

BRIHMA MAHURT is the hour of Brahimi, the time the black of the sky becomes grey before the blue of the morning.

SANDIHA is the time when it is neither night or day

NARASWAN describes the breeze that gently moves across the earth as the sunrises

I LOVE EARLY MORNINGS

WHEN IT FEELS LIKE THE REST OF THE WORLD

IS STILL FAST ASLEEP AND YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO'S AWAKE 

AND EVERYTHING FEELS LIKE IT ISN'T REALLY REAL

AND YOU KIND OF FORGET ALL YOUR PROBLEMS, OR REALISE THAT

IN FACT THEY ARE NOT PROBLEMS AT ALL.

BECAUSE FOR RIGHT NOW

ITS JUST YOU, THE WORLD AND THE SUNRISE.

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