So this is only a psychological cycle? No.🔗

Our body has its own physiological cycle. We have imposed a routine on our body according to our convenience. When you let the body intelligence function independently, it will fall into its own natural cycle. But we are not aware of this cycle.

Do you know, men also have a monthly cycle like women? Not physically, of course – but mentally, they undergo the same mood swings, the same depression as women have during their period!

Unfortunately for men, they have no way of being aware that these are the three days. So they unnecessarily get stressed without realizing why.

In fact, very rarely, extremely sensitive men start demonstrating the physical symptoms also - like you may have heard about Sri Ramakrishna.

Do you know about that?

During the period of bhaavana in meditation, Sri

Ramakrishna would enter so completely into the role of the feminine devotee, that he would actually start behaving like a woman, and would even experience menstrual periods! Anyway, with continued meditation, it will be possible for you to gradually make out which are those three days for you, and be prepared.

Meditation throws up so many truths, so many new insights about yourself!

Any questions about yesterday's meditation? Any sharing?

(One participant reports having felt feverish and actually developed a temperature.

Another says that he felt like he'd done an hour of rigorous exercise!

A third participant says that she felt a deep vibration shaking her body throughout.

Swamiji assures them that the symptoms they had experienced are all normal and encouraging signs that they had done the meditation well.

A participant enquires whether the meditation can be done in the outdoors, to which Swamiji replies in the affirmative.) Today we will repeat the same meditation as we did yesterday. I want you all to enter into the meditation with more involvement, and do it perfectly.

(the group practises Dukkha Harana meditation and later disperses)

Day 4: 17th April

Journeying