tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948970539283366556.post1263326510196826608..comments2013-07-18T06:00:24.306-08:00Comments on gypsy apologue: Morning Slokas to Assist in My Anti-MorningnessSpin Gypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13941343721056115758noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948970539283366556.post-73469207193212001062011-04-20T02:47:39.854-08:002011-04-20T02:47:39.854-08:00About your blanket, "I live in that thing&quo...About your blanket, "I live in that thing", LOL!! HAHAHAHA!<br /><br />Normally I get up at 4AM, sometimes with no problem, sometimes a bit less gracefully with my hubby pulling me out of the bed by my legs. I shower, sit in front of my clothes and figure out what to wear that day. This may take longer than I wish it did. It's not always so simple. It has to fit my mood that day :D <br /><br />I do my hair, wake up my Deities (there are two slokas I chant for that) whom I put to sleep every night when I go to bed, around 8:30PM. I chant Hare Krishna for 2 hours, then cook breakfast/lunch. Oh and I put a tilaka, a clay marking, on my forehead every morning. But usually just with water, it's just what's practical. It's the Vishnu marking, two vertical lines and a "Tulasi leaf"on the nose. <br /><br />I used to chant this sloka in the mornings but had forgotten it, thanks for inspiring me to find it again:<br /><br />pratah prabodhito visno hrsikesena yat tvaya<br />yad yat karayasisana tat karomi tavajnaya<br /><br />"O Vishnu, O Ishana, O Hrishikesha, You have awakened me, and now I am ready to do whatever You wish today." <br />(from Vishnu-dharmottara) <br /><br />Also that sloka you quote is so beautiful. Looking for this mantra I put her, I came across a pretty accurate translation of yours:<br /><br />"O Mother Earth, I offer my humble obeisances unto you, who are the wife of Lord Vishnu and the residence of the oceans, and who are decorated with mountains. Please forgive me for stepping upon you."<br /><br />So beautiful :)Bhakti Omwoodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16901478546044899873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948970539283366556.post-4903963125165865602011-04-13T23:28:55.605-08:002011-04-13T23:28:55.605-08:00PS, I like that painting. An old roommate of mine ...PS, I like that painting. An old roommate of mine once tried to replicate it on the back of our front door, for what reason, I dunno, but it was pretty :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948970539283366556.post-60182234935314621072011-04-13T23:26:51.730-08:002011-04-13T23:26:51.730-08:00I am awful with mornings, and it's because I c...I am awful with mornings, and it's because I can't succeed at having a successful night time routine to get me in bed earlier. Like right now! 1 in the morning, husband sleeping beside me, and I'm rolling over grabbing my laptop to come online because I "can't sleep". I have never been able to settle in a routine, mostly the last few years have been working odd hours, night shifts, mornings, days, no rhyme or reason, and it was killing me. Now I'm working a solid 9-5, and I can't set myself straight. <br /><br />My morning consists of sleeping way later than I should, jumping in the shower, getting ready, and running out the door with an apple to eat in my truck on the way to work. Hair usually still wet or pulled in a bun because I don't have time to scrunch it and blow dry. And then I feel miserable and tired all day. I would love to eat my apple while curled up in a blanket on the couch reading scriptures, and even time to make some toast and a morning smoothie instead of having one with supper. At least I have a goal though, hehe, that's more than I had a couple months ago. I just need to keep trying until it sticks and becomes habit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com