When you visit a temple, usually you hear someone singing with harmonium and table. Sometimes there are bells, chimta and chain as well. Regular temple visitors go there as a social outing - to show off your clothes, to hear some music and to get fed for free and to have a chat with the community members. More importantly, its time to please God and getting materialistic wishes fulfilled by donating a few dollars to the temple.
While this is all fun and at the same time provides a chance that you might actually hear and understand something accidentally that might change your life, that is a very low goal. Gurbani (Guru's word) calls such actions the actions of a manmukh (a materialistic person who is not seeking spirituality.
The proper reason to visit temple is to seek spiritual life. After bowing to the Guru, the way to sit in the temple is this -
Sit on the floor by crossing your legs.
Make sure your backbone is straight
Close your eyes
Listen to music initially, then start observing your breath.
Shabad / hymn is giving a message and music is there to generate the feeling
While regulating breath, pay attention to the main message and generate that feeling of Birha / feeling that you want to meet the creator - your father / mother/ husband / lover.
Get so involved in your secret talk with God/ creator by feeling that the singing goes in the background.
Slowly after 10 or more minutes, you will not be breathing consciously as you are now focused on either a point on your body, between the eyes, heart or the top of the head.
Just be an observer and long for something to happen, but do not expect anything specific.
Today might be your lucky day and you might experience something spiritual. If you do experience even a glipms of that, you will try meditating in this way overtime, as you will know the pleasure and joy that meditation brings that no money or relationship can bring.
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Agree with your post, however I find this rather difficult to do as the Gurdwara usually on a Saturday night gets so noisy with the background chit chatter, little kids running around etc - it tends to break my concentration..
Interesting blog btw...
Thanks for leaving your comments. Its important that we teach our kids, including mine, that when someone is sitting with their eyes closed, you have a responsibility to not disturb them. If we often do this at home, the children will learn quickly. Don't know about the adults!
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