Spirituality

Navratri Preparation – Cleansing Our Homes, Bodies, and Spaces

Navratri begins soon and as we begin preparations for welcoming the Nine forms of Mother Goddess the first step is cleansing our homes, spaces, and bodies as the Divine Consciousness enters. In this blog, we discuss how we can spiritually cleanse our homes and bodies, along with tips to maintain the cleanliness. 

Our Homes 

Our homes are our sanctuaries, our resting places, and our powerhouses. A quick shower in the bathroom rejuvenates us while a little time on the couch watching our favourite show relaxes us. The Altar Room gives us peace and workstation creative ideas. We owe cleanliness, care, and love to our homes.

Below are the steps to spiritually cleanse our homes – 

Donate – Donate everything that is unnecessary and is taking up space. Old clothes, music CDs, Books, Electronics, Furniture, Toys, it can be anything. If it’s usable and you aren’t using it, donate it. As you donate the things you weren’t used to someone, the item gets new energy of love and gratitude and as you were connected to this item energetically, the love and gratitude get passed on to you and your home. The best part? You have created space for the energy of new to come in. 

Throw – Everything that isn’t in use and can’t be donated needs to be thrown. Face it, you aren’t going to make the art project from those left-over cardboard boxes anytime soon if you haven’t in a year and the sooner you accept it and throw them, the better for you and your home. Keeping old useless things in the house makes the energy reflect the same and soon you begin feeling old and useless too. So, get everything that doesn’t serve you out of the house and give your home a thorough sweep over. 

Black Camphor – Black Camphor soaks in all the negativity from the home and transforms it into positivity. So, every day after your daily Sadhana, take a couple of Black Camphor pieces and keep them at the window corners, corners of your rooms, and any place you’d like to cleanse the energy of. Through the day, the camphor pieces will absorb all the negativity, and the next day, collect them and burn them. The smoke will spread positivity and good energy in your home. You can buy Black Camphor online if the local store doesn’t have it. 

Ghee Diya – Ghee is clarified butter. Every day when you sit for Sadhana, light a Ghee lamp, and sit. The Ghee will purify the energy, space, and emotions of the entire space. 

Attics and Basements – Either renovate your basement and make sure someone is using it and it’s getting cleaned every week, or, if it’s not in use, then ensure someone is cleaning it every week. You are living on top of your basement and if the energy below you is stagnant and dirty, so will the energy above be. The Universe follows the rule of as above so below. Everything that is below is above and hence keeping a clean basement is of utmost importance, same goes for the attics. 

Our Bodies 

Our bodies are our temples. They help us experience the material world and enjoy everything that’s made available to us. Physical, mental, and emotional pleasures are only attainable due to our bodies. It is only fair, to keep our bodies, including our minds clean and pure.

Below are the steps to do it – 

Detox – Go on a ten-day detox regime. Stick to salads that contain fruits and vegetables and nothing that is difficult to digest. Quit smoking, drinking, and meat. All of these are difficult to digest and make your senses less alert. The moment you begin detoxing, you begin creating space for positive and strong energies to come in. The same happens with your thoughts, emotions, and minds. You begin getting calmer, happier, and more peaceful. You can concentrate better and Sadhana starts becoming easier every day. 

Water-Water flushes out everything. Drink as much water as you can. An average of 3-4 liters of water a day should do the trick. Also, make it point to shower every day. Twice a day if possible. When you shower, you are not only cleaning your physical body but also your energy, emotional and mental bodies. You will notice that negative thoughts are replaced by positive ones and feelings of sloth, laziness, and gloom are replaced by brightness, activity, and happiness. 

Affirmations – Say this affirmation as you shower – 

“The water cleanses everything negative, all energies, thoughts, emotions, and feelings that don’t belong with me and makes way for the positive” 

After Shower – 

“I now welcome in my life, positive thoughts, positive actions, positive speech, positive emotions, and positive energy” 

Break Patterns – Remember that spirituality is all about breaking old patterns and forming new ones. So, no matter how good a pattern has worked for you so far, if you don’t break it, it will become unhealthy. To reach higher realms of spirituality you need to get out of your comfort zone and break the routine. This doesn’t mean you suddenly stop doing Sadhana. Breaking patterns is breaking a cycle that has been repeating itself over and over. For instance, failed relationships, an argument that happens over and over with no result, a sleep cycle that gives you no room to pull an all-nighter. Do you see? Two of these are not working out for you but one of them is. You still need to break all three. Only when you break them can you get into a healthy relationship with yourself, learn how arguments are unnecessary and how sometimes late-night Sadhanas are important too. Here’s an affirmation to break cycles and patterns – 

“I now break all old patterns that don’t serve my highest good and create new from this moment on”

Consistency – Whether it’s a workout, a healthy diet, Sadhana, reading, writing, or any constructive practice, consistency is a must. No matter how tired, bored, irritated, angry, sick, ill, or even depressed you are. Get up, shower, and do your thing. When you will not back down and keep knocking on the door every day without fail, Mother Goddess and the Divine Consciousness will have no choice but to open the door and welcome you in, fill you up and liberate you. So, keep knocking. 

Aside from these, make sure you stay away from toxic people whether in friends or family because even a minute of toxicity takes hours to clean. The same goes for toxic places and environments. Follow these steps and you should be good to welcome the Divinity in her Entirety. We will soon be releasing a blog on other preparations related to the Nine Nights of Consciousness. 

We hope this blog helped you understand Spiritual Cleansing and the methods to do it. Feel free to write to us at info@chamundaswamiji.com in case of any queries or doubts. 

     – Love and Blessings from Swami Ji.