The significance of traditional customs was unfortunately not passed on from one generation to another
Touch the threshold of your house with reverence as you enter or leave the house. This will set up a protective pranic curtain which will prevent negative energy from invading the house.
“Even if people enter your house with evil intentions, as they cross the threshold they will undergo a transformation and the desire to injure or steal will leave them. God’s Presence and grace is always in you and around you. Whether you feel it or not depends upon your own attitude.”
Another devotee asked - “Pujya Guruji, our lifestyle today is very different from three or four decades ago. Now most of us have western style furniture in our houses, including a dining table and chairs. Our ancestors sat on the floor and ate from leaf plates. Are we missing something important by switching our lifestyle like this?”
Shri Nimishananda Guruji said - “Our body is the Shrine where Divinity abides. We must protect this sacredness every moment of the day. The lifestyle of our ancestors was specially designed to do this. Somewhere in between, the significance of these traditional customs was not passed on from one generation to another. Unfortunately this has prompted most people to drop these valuable customs and our tradition is dying.
“For instance when we sit in the Sukhasana posture (cross legged) on the ground, a continuous energy loop is created. The energy from the Earth enters the body through the Muladharachakra (energy vortex at the base of the spine) and flows to the Manipura (Navel Chakra) where it activates the Jataragni (Digestive fire). So whatever we eat is easily assimilated by the body. That is why sitting cross-legged on the ground is the best posture for eating. Eating off a piece of banana leaf (instead of a plate) as was done earlier, catalyses the appropriate enzymes and chemicals in the body. It also makes life simple by minimising washing up!”
This article has been taken from the book Wisdom Through the Eyes of Nimishananda by Nimishananda Guruji