Re: can't seem to motivate myself to practice
Dear shays860 ji,
Namasthe!
Your living has to become your practice. Every moment.
CASE 1:
If you really have some time but are choosing some other activity in place of meditation or study of scriptures ... it just means that your mumukshatvam [desire for liberation] is not strong. But even if your desire for liberation is not strong, you cannot force it. True spirituality is never "by force"... one builds it up slowly. One cannot make the fruit ripen faster ...
What one can do however, in this case, is meet holy people and read their lives. that would inspire us and help us develop mumukshatvam. This is called Satsangha... if you do not have a guru, you should read books like Bhagavatam or Yoga Vasishta to develop this attitude. Lives of Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi and Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa are very good reads.
CASE 2:
if you really do not have time... you have lot of work ... then , may be you should plan better and slowly reduce your activities. Too many activities show an over ambitious nature which can be a problem too. So, reduce some of them and use that time for your spiritual sadhana.
Eventually, however [as one proceeds in understanding],meditation should not be one of the activities of the day, it should be the undercurrent of every activity ... so no activity is really an obstacle to it.
Love!
Silence
Come up, O Lions, and shake off the delusion that you are a sheep
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