Tap Into The Sacred Powers Of Brahmamuhurta
Someone stabs you in the back (not literally) and gives you a ghastly wound. You bleed — emotionally and mentally. Perhaps someone you love deeply betrays you, or you have a fallout with your best friend, or someone you are close to, bad-mouths you. Before you know it, the very people who love you, turn against you. They may be subtle about it but it’s hard for you to escape the hostile undercurrents. You don’t get a chance to explain your side of the story and are judged wrongly. You feel too hurt to even bother to come out clean. You refuse to be dragged in the dirty muck of blame games and go silent. But there’s an excruciating pain in the pit of your stomach that gnaws at your heart and refuses to leave. Neither you are able to flush it out of your system nor is it possible for you to move past it. You just don’t know what to do.
A good first place to start is journaling. Jotting down your emotions gives you a kind of power over them — by externalizing negative emotions, you can more easily confront and overcome them. You can leave that ‘pain’ in your journal, instead of carrying it around with you.
Some emotions, however, are too complicated to fit into a journal. Small slights that have accumulated over the years or lifelong relationship difficulties can be hard to capture in a diary. These instances don’t always need to be emotionally devastating — sometimes all it takes is continually being passed over for a promotion at work to open the wounds of insecurity and self-doubt. In these instances, you need to talk to a therapist to help you process your feelings. However, not every wound warrants therapy. If you’ve experienced something truly traumatic, therapy can help but if you’re dealing simply with a fraught relationship with your friend, running to a ‘shrink’ may not be the solution. You then have to find a way out, yourself.
To be able to heal emotionally, you first have to acknowledge, allow, accept, integrate, and process your painful life experiences and negative emotions.
It’s possible that you’ve been hurting for a long time and have lost all hope. Perhaps you feel stuck because you’ve tried everything, and nothing seems to be working. Or you feel you’re too old and it’s too late for you to change. When you feel so broken and defeated, the task of rebuilding your life or reinventing yourself is bound to seem daunting.
As much as you’d want to believe otherwise, the fact is — healing doesn’t happen overnight. No amount of effort or exercise can fix the emotional emptiness in a day or even a week.
No matter what the trigger to your difficult emotion is, and no matter how long and arduous the actual process may be, if you ‘will’ it, you truly can heal yourself.
I’m going to share a very effective tip, which if you are able to follow, I promise, will reward you with an incredible healing journey punctuated only by healthy and happy vibes. I say this from my own experience.
Socializing has never been my forte. Ever since I can remember I have felt uncomfortable going to parties or any kind of social gatherings, or just opening up to strangers in general. It’s not that I dislike interacting with people, but I don’t enjoy it either. I strongly hold the belief that throughout our life we may meet dozens of people, but it’s only a handful we truly connect with. That’s why, whenever I find a person I feel matches my frequency or calls out to my being, I hold on to them tight. Over the years, I have been lucky enough to form few but solid, and meaningful friendships. I go above and beyond for my friends so sometimes it’s natural to expect a little in return.
However, it’s when you expect nothing, and still end up being the ‘wrong one’, is when it hurts the most. You feel your heart is never going to heal.
Imagine my agony when someone I was close to, chose to walk out on me, not at any time — but when I was at my worst. Emotionally at my lowest, crying day and night for three months straight (depression does that to you), not interested to meet or to talk to anyone, I really wasn’t the best person to be around at that time. I had built a wall around myself and didn’t want to face anyone. But what hit me hard was that even after my friend came to know of the crisis I was going through, the mental state I was in; chose to leave and close the doors on me. Already battered by depression, I was dealt another emotional blow — a severed friendship! Aren’t the people closest to us supposed to support us when we’re going through our worst?
Everyone is nice to us during our good times. But it’s the one who stands by our side during our bad times that matters. Not everyone would want to be friends with us when we are a mess. But those who love us, care for us, understand us, will never leave us.
They are the ones who are our friends in the ‘true’ sense.
I was pushed into a deep, dark abyss from which there seemed no way out. It felt as if my whole world had come crashing down around me! It was not easy to pick the pieces and put them all together but ironically that’s what helped me to emerge mentally tougher and emotionally stronger.
As cliché as it may sound, it’s always the tough times that push one to evolve to their best.
This whole experience made me a changed person.
Better? Maybe.
Wiser? Definitely.
The one and only thing that propelled me out of my darkest period is — ‘early morning meditations’. After just one week of morning practice, I noticed my stress going down, my sleep quality improving, my energy levels rising, and the tears giving way to a calm and happy state of mind.
I have been a spiritual healer but over the years, fell out of practice and lost touch with an extremely effective, and ancient-most method of fixing our emotional issues. Meditation helped me take back the reins of my life in my hands and set the tone for a positive and joyful day.
Brahma Muhurta
I have always known the ambrosial hours or Brahma muhurta to be the best time to meditate. It begins 2 muhurtas or exactly 1 hr and 36 mins before sunrise and ends 48 mins before sunrise.
At this time, the loving (sattvic) energies are at their strongest and help bring peace and clarity to the doors of perception. No wonder, it’s also called the ‘creator’s time’. A high level of prana (vital life energy), necessary for the body flows freely in the atmosphere at this hour. The nascent oxygen available only in the fresh early morning air readily blends with radicals forming oxyhemoglobin which in turn boosts our immune system, increases energy levels, helps to maintain ph balance, and relieves all sorts of pain and stress.
It is a sacred time to reap the benefits of Sattva Guna to the maximum.
Brahma muhurta is the predominant period of Vata dosha. It is a strong and busy dosha that enables us to perform our tasks with much more vitality.
At pre-dawn, the vibes are positive, and it’s a good idea to tune our body into the energizing frequency that is at its highest during these serene and sublime hours.
The more I am tapping into these energies, the more I’m feeling fresh, active, positive, and happy throughout the day. My skin has begun to glow. I’m no longer fazed by the problems no matter how pressing they are. There’s an overall healthy shift in my emotional, mental, and physical well-being.
Waking up before the Sun is like preparing ourselves to greet the external manifestation (Sun) of our internal, eternal soul. It is a beautiful way to connect with the light within ourselves. Connecting with our own light enables us to see and connect with the light within others! We begin to understand that no one is our enemy any longer — only a reflection of our true selves. A paradigm shift begins to occur, over time.
Morning me-time: redefined
Today, even if I retire late to bed, (sometimes it’s past midnight) I try to wake up by 3:00 am or max 3:30 am. My family is concerned that I’ll end up spoiling my health; that our body needs an adequate amount of sleep and that I’m doing myself more harm than good by waking up this early. I’m sure they’ve noticed the positive effects of waking up early but are not willing to admit it yet.
I know I have been able to combat depression without any medication or meeting a therapist because of waking up and meditating at Braham Muhurta. I feel meditation is the best way to counteract depression.
Every morning at the pre-dawn hour, I can’t wait to sit in my altar, meditate and enjoy the quietude that fills me. It’s the most wonderful time I get to spend with myself.
It’s overwhelming how it energizes my mind, body, and emotions, and helps to connect me with my own inner self. The increased self-awareness and clarity have instilled new confidence in me. The difficulties haven’t disappeared but my perception to deal with them has changed.
Some of you may already be feeling inspired to start waking up early but may feel intimidated by the idea of rising between 3–5 am (initially even I was!). I recommend transitioning in stages. Sudden, dramatic change is generally unsustainable — so start slowly. Try going to sleep 15–30 minutes earlier tonight, so you can wake up 15–30 minutes earlier, and keep steadily working your way back. Even though it may look hard to wake up at this early hour, the bodily and psychological benefits you will get by waking up early will be permanent and astounding and will push you to rise before the Sun.
Brahma Muhurta is the time of the creator. It is the time when you can create yourself. You become the Brahman in the morning, so you can make yourself the way you want yourself to be.
-Sadguru
