Although there are many aspects to “ stabilizing my practice,” one of the most essential foundational aspects is daily practice is “daily.” Too often I have gotten up late and hurried into the day's activities outside home and skipped some or all of my daily practice. This is a serious failure. However, today I realized that there are at least two levels to this fault.
First is not doing this at the proper time and not doing it with its proper priority. The proper time is ahead of other activities of the day. The proper priority is higher priority than other activities.
The second level of this fault is not to do any daily practice at all. Indeed that is the only true failure, while the other is a fault that might be remedied.
This morning I dragged in getting up and going and skipped the daily offerings. When I returned home around 3:00 PM, after I realized that it was better that I do them late rather than skip them altogether, I did them late though it was.
Of course, where I need to be is to get up early and do my daily morning practice before I even eat breakfast. However, I may make tea for my tea offering, because I give the first sip. After the offerings, I should do whatever sadhana or sutra practice I have. Only then should I have my breakfast after which I ease myself into the day's activities.
Obviously, I am not there yet, but I can keep working on it.
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