Drg Drshya Viveka RAWs

Sowmya Gopal
Chinmaya Mission Niagara
2 min readAug 21, 2020

List of all RAW’s for Drg Drishya Viveka Class

Hari Om
~ a list of all The Reflection Adventures of the Week for Drg Drishya Viveka Class. Please share your reflections, experiences and thoughts via comments below.

  • RAW for Week 1: People Watch
    For this week, watch people physically (eg: while going for a walk outside) in a safe way.
  • RAW for Week 2: Engage in right thinking
    For this week, every time you think you are caught up in the roopa (i.e. article, beings, circumstances), hit your self in the head.
  • RAW for Week 3: Shotgun Clause
    As you go through experiences this week, decide if the articles, beings and circumstances are the source of awareness or you are but it can’t be both.
  • RAW for Week 4: Use less electricity
    For this week, use as little electricity as possible and use a flashlight instead but do so in a safe way.
  • RAW for Week 5: Renting your body
    Feel/have the bhava that you are renting your body.
  • RAW for Week 6:
    Before you go to sleep, wear a necklace that you are not wearing right now or substitute with a string. Wear it for the whole week and try to forget that you are wearing that necklace
  • RAW for Week 7:
    Every day this week, identify how you are engaged in superimposition.
  • RAW for Week 8: No RAW
  • RAW for Week 9: Using the Word “My”
    Every time you use the word “My”, either verbally or in writing, you have to sleep a minute early or wake up a minute early.
  • RAW for Week 10:
    Contemplate on the entire mantra “Asato ma sadgamaya..”. Hint: think about Tat Atma or superimposition
  • RAW for Week 11:
    For approximately 1% (~15mins) of the 1440 minutes we have each day engage in vichara. Every morning for 7.5 mins and every evening for 7.5 mins engage in Drg Drishya Vichara
  • RAW for Week 12: Dreaming am I
    Ask your self and answer for your self “Dreaming am I” throughout this week.
  • RAW for Week 13: Ready to Let Go
    Reflect on “Are you ready to let go”
  • RAW for Week 14: Donate to Charity
    Every day that you don’t become more Sattvic or that you cannot label as Sattvic this week, donate $21 to charity
  • RAW for Week 15: Practice for each verse
    Identify a practice for every verse of the text that we have completed (16 total). Example: do minor things right away for verse 16.
  • RAW for Week 16: Practice Laziness
    Consciously practice being lazy and reflect on it.
  • RAW for Week 17: I accept my Prarabdha
    For everything that happens to you this week, say out loud “I accept my Prarabdha or fate”
  • RAW for Week 18: Visualization
    Whatever you eat or drink this week, visualize that you are eating or drinking yourself.
  • RAW for Week 19:
    Be contemplative during Healing with Hanuman.
  • RAW for Week 20:
    Do all the previous RAWs again.
  • All RAW going forward are posted on the Chinmaya Niagara Website
    www.chinmayaniagara.com

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