Time Bound

[Srinivas Sista]

Chelluri Nageswar Rao wrote:
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>                                             srim
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> Namste!
>
> I think in spiritual pursuit any activity that is time bound is futile.
>

I wonder if there is any other kind of "activity". All activities by
their very nature are time bound. I dont quite understand what you
mean by futile.

> Assuming human span of life 100 years (not too many people live that long
> anyway) each day we spend almost 10 hours commuting and working to live
> comfortably, 6 to 8 hours rest (sleep) and remaining hours entertaining to
> relax.  Out of this 24 hours we set aside hardly an hour for spirituality.
>  Something is better than nothing atleast we spend an hour remembering our
> ishta devata.  Some people say they meditate an hour a day.  How do they know
> the hour is complete unless they put an alaram clock next to them to remind.
>  Under those conditions how can anybody concentrate?

One doesn't need to use an alarm clock and be thinking of that!
How about "roughly an hour". Which can be infered after one gets
out of meditation. Again it doesn't really matter how much time
one spends in meditation as long as one sincerely applies oneself
to meditation. The duration is absolutely of no concern, although
in the beginning it will be very difficult to sit even for a very
short time.

> As long as there are responsibilites, self imposed or imposed by others in
> the name of society it is not possible to renounce and be detached.
>

I again wonder if there are any responsibilities that are not self
imposed. Even if it is considered that others in the name of the
society are imposing, it is just a way of sustaining self imposed
responsibility. Nobody can make us do what we do not wish to do. It
is just that we change our wishes with changing circumstances,
justifying all such changes with clever reasoning(others,responsibilty,
ethics, ...etc)

> If one desires self realization (I konw it is not the correct phrase) one
> must renounce time bound activities.    Any of you would like to share your
> thoughts.   Sada, Iam anxious to know your views also.
>
> Shubham                                                    Nageswar

Again, I would like a clarification on time bound activities. Because
I can't see any other kind of activity(by activity I mean anything
that we do with our mind & body).

regards,
Srinivas Sista.