What is the significance of early morning in the worship of God

[dattaswami (dattaswami)]

Early morning is called Brahma Muhurtham, which means that it is the time to worship God. At that time, all the people are in deep sleep and nobody will disturb you. The atmosphere is sacred because the vibrations of mind involved in world matters are not emitted from the people since they are in deep sleep. Mind is also a form of energy. Mind disappears in deep sleep.

The atmosphere is not polluted by the radiations of worldly feelings. At that time devotees awake and pray God. Their pure mental rays pervade all over the world and make the time sacred. Thus it becomes congenial and encouraging atmosphere.
After sunrise people awake and the materialistic mental radiations are emitted through their physical senses. The atmosphere is polluted.

People will disturb you dragging you to materialistic discussions. Even by seeing face, you will be affected. If you see a devotee, you become sacred. The mind and body are inter-related. Since mind is energy and energy is matter, even if you see the body, the mind in that body is emitted out affecting you.

Therefore, avoid even the vision of materialistic people, not to say about their touch, conversation and co-living.
After sunrise when you worship God, close your eyes to avoid such people. But, their mental radiations spread all over the cosmos and are inevitable. It is better to walk in the early morning while singing devotional songs. Morning walk is good for health. Apart from this, the mind desires dynamic condition of the body.

The body was in static condition all over the night. Mind is always for a change. Satisfy the mind and you should not unnecessarily control the mind when it is not necessary.
You can pray God even without bath. Veda, Gita and the very first verse of Sandhyavandanam say that God can be worshipped irrespective of physical formalities. After some time body is tired and the mind needs rest.

By that time, sunrise is over. Now you sit at a place and worship God closing your eyes. Thus the time has its own invisible effect on the spiritual effort. Sattvam is prominent in the early morning. Rajas is prominent in the day time. Tamas is prominent in the night. Therefore early morning is the divine time called as Brahma Muhurtham.


At the Lotus feet of Datta Swami

ANIL ANTONY
antonyanil@universal-spirituality.org
http://www.universal-spirituality.org
Universal Spirituality for World Peace

[david_munson (david_munson)]

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I see one a flaw in this.Only on one side of the world are people sleeping.
The demonic host never sleeps and the air permiates with evil intention because of this.

Also in the truest sense,
no Jesus,no peace,
know Jesus,know peace.

I know it seems oversimplified but still it is the truth.

Dave
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[susanna_krizo (susanna_krizo)]

"Mind disappears in deep sleep."

Not true. Women retain 90% of the activity of their mind while asleep, (which is why they are able to hear a crying baby faster than a man whose mind is only 30% "awake" during sleep).

"The atmosphere is not polluted by the radiations of worldly feelings."

Oh really? You must never have attended a party that lasted till dawn... This would mean that people in Brazil and Spain etc. can never pray in the morning since the "radiations" are very much there in the early morning hours.

"Therefore, avoid even the vision of materialistic people, not to say about their touch, conversation and co-living."

So what should you do about kids that wake up at 5 a.m.? Or what if you live in Sweden where the sun raises at 9 a.m. during the winter? Should you stay at home to avoid all other people and not go to work?

"The body was in static condition all over the night."

Once again not true. The cells are renewed during rest which is why sleep is vital for the body.

Religion can only provide flawed explanations to their rites, since they are not based on truth. Only the God of the Bible has given us instructions that are perfect.

[kathleen (kathleen)]

So it was, when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, that they fled and went out of the city by night, by way of the king’s garden, by the gate between the two walls. And he went out by way of the plain.

hmmmm

[kathleen (kathleen)]

oopps
Sorry I think I'm stuck on another subject.....

[david_munson (david_munson)]

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That's ok Kathleen,at least it's full of life.
God's true life,Jesus.

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[mikko (mikko)]

early morning prayer is good cause it is in scripture as many of the Psalms record early morning prayer .I wish all churches would have early morning prayer .but many pastors are too lazy to open up and don't care.