Cleanse Journal Day 19

Yogic principle for the day: the external discipline of SELF STUDY.

What does this principle mean to me?

See notes from Cleanse Day 9.

Swa is Self: Adhyaya is study. Swadhyaya is Self study. No one can do this work for me. The study of Self is a do-it-yourself research project that begins with the question: If I am not the body, who am “I?” The search for the “I” is Swadhyaya.

The “I” is said to be Spirit, or “that" according to the Vedas and described only as “not this, not this.” The “I” is revealed when the conditioned mind is deprogrammed and the trinity of knower, knowledge and known dissolves.

How do I honour it on a daily basis? What could I improve?
There are a host of actions that can lead to direct knowledge or experience of the “I.”

• The study of the Vedas and holy texts.
• Working with a guru.
• Acting as Spirit.
• Non-attachment.
• Distinguishing between knowledge (indirect experience) and wisdom (the direct experience of the truth).
• Awareness of inner dialogue, words spoken, thoughts.
• Asking key questions: What is bliss?What is karma? What is free will?
• Kirtan and the repetition of mantra

Purify and practice Swadhyaya all the time until the truth is revealed.

Daily food/elimination comments:
I am enjoying my lifestyle.

Performed my first round of basti, yogic enema. Basti is the safest, easiest, and most pleasant of all cleansing procedures.

Sleep record:
I was not tired Tuesday night, yet slept again too long, about 10 hours.