I'm reading Immortal Light. This precious tiny drop of love offers a practical and insightful guide about how to blend spiritual life with home life and family life.
Lovely second hand copies here.
I really want to start adding this practice to our day;
"At sunset a lamp filled with clarified butter or any vegetable oil should be lit and everyone in the household should gather near it to sing hymns and do a little meditation. There is no need to compel anyone to participate in worship. Do not be troubled if someone is not joining.
Saying prayers at sunset was a common practice in every household - in India. Today we are suffering the consequences of this neglect. At dusk, the juncture of day and night, the atmosphere is impure.
Through meditation and singing devotional songs, we gain one-pointedness of mind which will purify our minds and the atmosphere."
I'm going to do this instead of 'suicide hour' or the 'witching hour/s.'
Is this a type of Evensong?
We sing many different devotional songs, mainly in sanskrit. I have a feeling that Indira will like Psalm 26 The Lord Is My Shepherd. We have a lovely version of this as a picture book. My favourite line, " I shall not want."
