Guest guest Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Dear Shri Narasimha: Can you shed some light on you personally balanced your family life and your spiritual endeavors? How do you manage your professional life (software engineering?), family responsibilities (children) etc as well as find time for homam/meditation etc. Are you still working full-time as an engineer? I hope this is not a very personal question. A regular hectic life in any modern city (Boston or Bangalore) seems to consume the physical energy of a person, and I find that there is about an hour's worth of time for any prayer. Of course we can continue to think about god and redirect our attitude through out the day, but there still is only a limited time for focused work like a homam or japam etc. Thanks and Regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 While Narasimha can answer the question, I want to what I know: 1. Narasimha is still working as a full time employee 2. I work close to 10 to 12 hours a day. I always gave the excuse of not having enough time. How ever, Narasimha kept telling me if you really want to do some thing, you will find time for it. We wast quite a bit of our time in activities not too important. For example, I used (even now to some extent) watch movies online, see cricket matches, read news, watch TV. If we perceive doing sadhana is more important that these activities, we can cut down from these. This is my personal experience. For 2 years after Narasimha urged me to do Japam regularly, I kept giving excuse that I work too much and not having time. From last 3 years I am able to Japam regularly. From 2008 onwards doing Homam. My work has been as hectic as it was earlier. It is matter of wanting. Best regards, Vijay , " suvarnatejas " <suvarnatejas wrote: > > Dear Shri Narasimha: > > Can you shed some light on you personally balanced your > family life and your spiritual endeavors? > How do you manage your professional > life (software engineering?), family responsibilities (children) > etc as well as find time for homam/meditation etc. > Are you still working full-time as an engineer? > I hope this is not a very personal question. > > A regular hectic life in any modern city (Boston or Bangalore) > seems to consume the physical energy of a person, and I find that > there is about an hour's worth of time for any prayer. Of course > we can continue to think about god and redirect our attitude > through out the day, but there still is only a limited time > for focused work like a homam or japam etc. > > Thanks and Regards. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Namaste, I asked the same question to my Guru few months back and he replied in a characteristically humble manner. I feel it is ok to send it to list without permission of his. *** I get up at 5 am, do surya namaskar, little praanaayaam, inhale steam with turmeric, take bath, do Chandi homam, a couple of malas of Gayatri and go to work. I drive to work for one hour. I do Gayatri mantra in the car. I leave for work at 9:30 am and reach at 10:30 am. I come home at 8 pm. I eat, read mails, reply to some, do some astrology or other reading and sleep at midnight. *** Warm Regards, Utpal , " suvarnatejas " <suvarnatejas wrote: > > Dear Shri Narasimha: > > Can you shed some light on you personally balanced your > family life and your spiritual endeavors? > How do you manage your professional > life (software engineering?), family responsibilities (children) > etc as well as find time for homam/meditation etc. > Are you still working full-time as an engineer? > I hope this is not a very personal question. > > A regular hectic life in any modern city (Boston or Bangalore) > seems to consume the physical energy of a person, and I find that > there is about an hour's worth of time for any prayer. Of course > we can continue to think about god and redirect our attitude > through out the day, but there still is only a limited time > for focused work like a homam or japam etc. > > Thanks and Regards. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Namaste, I am a full-time engineer. I am working as a software manager at a semi-conductor company making SoC (System-on-Chip) solutions for the blu-ray/DVD market. Several blu-ray/DVD players containing software written by me and my group are being sold at " Best Buy " now. We sometimes work 12-15 hours a day and weekends too. For example, I was at work this Sunday. However, it is difficult to compare one's life with another's, as each has different circumstances. For example, I have a wife who shares my interests and co-operates. I have people around me who carry some positive spiritual vibrations. Someone else may have different situation. What I say is this: Do the best you can, based on your constraints, circumstances and life goals. However, I see that most people DO have some time but tend to spend it on not so useful activities. They spend time surfing internet, they spend time playing internet games, they spend time on a lot of emails, they spend time on TV, they spend time on activities like playing cards etc etc. If one really looks, one can always find some time. One person I know, another software engineer, was doing a Mahaganapathi homam everyday. Then he switched to Chandi homam everyday. This made his lifestyle tight. Now he is doing one Chandi homam in the morning and another Chandi homam in the evening, everyday. It is just a matter of prioritizing spiritual sadhana appropriately so that there is time for it. We can do thousands of things, but have time to do only a few things. We choose the few things we do based on our sense of priority. Until spiritual sadhana becomes a priority for you, not much can be done about it.. The thing with homam is that it is the most efficient method for those with limited time. Even an half hour homam done everyday will make a lot of difference over the long run. If one has absolutely no time for homam, japam etc, one can atleast do internal sadhana, i.e. redirect the thinking and attitude in various activities done throughout the day. Especially in big cities around the world where people are always running and filled with too much rajas and tamas do some serious sadhakas need to come up and do serious sadhana like daily homam. We waste a lot of emotional and intellectual energy dwelling on irrelevant things. We bask " He likes me..he praised me so much " . We sulk " he was unfair in criticizing me " . And so on. Lingering emotions in our interactions with others take up a lot of emotional and intellectual energy and we are left with no energy for doing important things. Try to free your mind from lingering emotions, conserve the emotional energy and see if it makes a difference. Best regards, Narasimha Do a Short Homam Yourself: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/homam Do Pitri Tarpanas Yourself: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/tarpana Spirituality: Free Jyotish lessons (MP3): http://vedicastro.home.comcast.net Free Jyotish software (Windows): http://www.VedicAstrologer.org Sri Jagannath Centre (SJC) website: http://www.SriJagannath.org - " suvarnatejas " <suvarnatejas Monday, March 09, 2009 12:06 PM Balance of family responsibilities and Sadhana > Dear Shri Narasimha: > > Can you shed some light on you personally balanced your > family life and your spiritual endeavors? > How do you manage your professional > life (software engineering?), family responsibilities (children) > etc as well as find time for homam/meditation etc. > Are you still working full-time as an engineer? > I hope this is not a very personal question. > > A regular hectic life in any modern city (Boston or Bangalore) > seems to consume the physical energy of a person, and I find that > there is about an hour's worth of time for any prayer. Of course > we can continue to think about god and redirect our attitude > through out the day, but there still is only a limited time > for focused work like a homam or japam etc. > > Thanks and Regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Namaste Friends, I would like to remind everyone here that all through out the past 10 yrs or so, right from the start of Narasimha's involvement in creating/coding JHora, to his conference participation, weekly teaching in Boston, creating Homam manuals etc, its his wife and kids that have made a lot of sacrifices!! Please give them some credit too! Thanks Padmaja, Sriharini & Sriharish! Thanks -Narayan- , " Narasimha P.V.R. Rao " <pvr wrote: > > Namaste, > > I am a full-time engineer. I am working as a software manager at a > semi-conductor company making SoC (System-on-Chip) solutions for the > blu-ray/DVD market. Several blu-ray/DVD players containing software written > by me and my group are being sold at " Best Buy " now. We sometimes work 12-15 > hours a day and weekends too. For example, I was at work this Sunday. > > However, it is difficult to compare one's life with another's, as each has > different circumstances. For example, I have a wife who shares my interests > and co-operates. I have people around me who carry some positive spiritual > vibrations. Someone else may have different situation. > > What I say is this: Do the best you can, based on your constraints, > circumstances and life goals. > > However, I see that most people DO have some time but tend to spend it on > not so useful activities. They spend time surfing internet, they spend time > playing internet games, they spend time on a lot of emails, they spend time > on TV, they spend time on activities like playing cards etc etc. If one > really looks, one can always find some time. > > One person I know, another software engineer, was doing a Mahaganapathi > homam everyday. Then he switched to Chandi homam everyday. This made his > lifestyle tight. Now he is doing one Chandi homam in the morning and another > Chandi homam in the evening, everyday. It is just a matter of prioritizing > spiritual sadhana appropriately so that there is time for it. We can do > thousands of things, but have time to do only a few things. We choose the > few things we do based on our sense of priority. Until spiritual sadhana > becomes a priority for you, not much can be done about it.. > > The thing with homam is that it is the most efficient method for those with > limited time. Even an half hour homam done everyday will make a lot of > difference over the long run. > > If one has absolutely no time for homam, japam etc, one can atleast do > internal sadhana, i.e. redirect the thinking and attitude in various > activities done throughout the day. > > Especially in big cities around the world where people are always running > and filled with too much rajas and tamas do some serious sadhakas need to > come up and do serious sadhana like daily homam. > > We waste a lot of emotional and intellectual energy dwelling on irrelevant > things. We bask " He likes me..he praised me so much " . We sulk " he was unfair > in criticizing me " . And so on. Lingering emotions in our interactions with > others take up a lot of emotional and intellectual energy and we are left > with no energy for doing important things. Try to free your mind from > lingering emotions, conserve the emotional energy and see if it makes a > difference. > > Best regards, > Narasimha > > Do a Short Homam Yourself: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/homam > Do Pitri Tarpanas Yourself: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/tarpana > Spirituality: > Free Jyotish lessons (MP3): http://vedicastro.home.comcast.net > Free Jyotish software (Windows): http://www.VedicAstrologer.org > Sri Jagannath Centre (SJC) website: http://www.SriJagannath.org > > > - > " suvarnatejas " <suvarnatejas > > Monday, March 09, 2009 12:06 PM > Balance of family responsibilities and Sadhana > > > > Dear Shri Narasimha: > > > > Can you shed some light on you personally balanced your > > family life and your spiritual endeavors? > > How do you manage your professional > > life (software engineering?), family responsibilities (children) > > etc as well as find time for homam/meditation etc. > > Are you still working full-time as an engineer? > > I hope this is not a very personal question. > > > > A regular hectic life in any modern city (Boston or Bangalore) > > seems to consume the physical energy of a person, and I find that > > there is about an hour's worth of time for any prayer. Of course > > we can continue to think about god and redirect our attitude > > through out the day, but there still is only a limited time > > for focused work like a homam or japam etc. > > > > Thanks and Regards. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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