Have You Showered Today?

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illy question is it not? To set such a title for a post? What has it got to do with you anyway? I could imagine you read that title and wanting to close this page. But wait! This is no ad about shampoo or shower foam.

We clean ourselves everyday. For me, the essence of a refreshing good start of the morning is a good warm shower. The water neither too warm nor cold. Gets me all geared up to a good new day.

It occurred to me recently that, just as it is important for us to keep our physical bodies clean and refreshed, more important is it to cleanse our mental and emotional departments. It is a good and non-time-consuming exercise to clean our inner beings as we go through the motions of cleaning our bodies.

As I wash my hair, I contemplate on ill-thoughts in my mind,

With Awareness, I rid these ill-thoughts from me;

Mothers often remind their children to clean their ears,

Important indeed, to rid myself of bad speech that has affected my inner being;

As I brush my teeth and rinse my mouth,

I contemplate of the type of speech that I offered to those around me -

Be it in verbal or in writing;

As I scrub my hands and legs,

I remind myself to be aware of my own actions in my everyday life;

Last but not least,

Beneath my chest where my heart lies,

Is the one most difficult and yet most crucial part of cleansing,

Anger, Delusion, Confusion, Judgement ..

Among many negativities,

Reside in this space inside us.

For me, cleansing this department is a task most difficult.

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With this I ask you again ..

Have You Showered Today?

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