The Spiritual Diary is a useful tool for guiding the mind during Sadhana.<\/p>\n
If you regularly maintain this diary you will get solace, peace of mind and make quick progress in the spiritual path. Maintain a daily diary and realize the marvelous results.<\/p>\n
Daily Questions to answer:<\/strong> NOTES: The Spiritual Diary is a useful tool for guiding the mind during Sadhana. If you regularly maintain this diary you will get solace, peace of mind and make quick progress in the spiritual path. Maintain a daily diary and realize the marvelous results. Daily Questions to answer: 1 When did you go to bed last […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":893,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[20],"class_list":{"0":"post-892","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-5-points-of-yoga","8":"tag-swami-sivananda"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandesha.sivanandayoga.org\/teachings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandesha.sivanandayoga.org\/teachings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandesha.sivanandayoga.org\/teachings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandesha.sivanandayoga.org\/teachings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandesha.sivanandayoga.org\/teachings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=892"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandesha.sivanandayoga.org\/teachings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":894,"href":"https:\/\/sandesha.sivanandayoga.org\/teachings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892\/revisions\/894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandesha.sivanandayoga.org\/teachings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandesha.sivanandayoga.org\/teachings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandesha.sivanandayoga.org\/teachings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandesha.sivanandayoga.org\/teachings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n1 When did you go to bed last night?
\n2 When did you get up from bed?
\n3 How many hours did you sleep?
\n4 How many Malas of Japa?
\n5 How long in Kirtan?
\n6 How many Pranayamas?
\n7 How long did you perform Asanas?
\n8 How long did you meditate in one Asana?
\n9 How many Gita Slokas did you read or get by heart?
\n10 How long in the company of the wise (Satsanga)?
\n11 How many hours did you observe Mouna?
\n12 How long in disinterested selfless service?
\n13 How much did you give in charity?
\n14 How many Mantras you wrote?
\n15 How long did you practice physical exercise?
\n16 How many lies did you tell and with what self-punishment?
\n17 How many times and how long of anger and with what self-punishment?
\n18 How many hours you spent in useless company?
\n19 How many times you failed in Brahmacharya?
\n20 How long in study of religious books?
\n21 How many times you failed in the control of evil habits and with what self-punishment?
\n22 How long you concentrated on your Ishta Devata (Saguna or Nirguna Dhyana)?
\n23 How many days did you observe fast and vigil?
\n24 Were you regular in your meditation?
\n25 What virtue are you developing?
\n26 What evil quality are you trying to eradicate?
\n27 What Indriya is troubling you most?<\/p>\n
\n1. One Mala of Japa is one full turn around the Japa Mala or rosary for a count of 108 repetitions of the Lord’s Name or Mantra.
\n2. You can perform Kirtan in any language you wish.
\n3. Spend your vacation time at a Sivananda Ashram India<\/a> that often provides a timetable and routine that will visit many of these Spiritual Diary points.
\n4. Download – Spiritual Diary Form<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"