it is extremely important to do footsoaking for at least five minutes before going to bed.
However highly evolved you may be, and even if you may not be getting caught, but it doesn’t matter: you must do footsoaking for at least five minutes.
Even I do footsoaking sometimes, so that my Sahaj Yogis will imbibe this habit. It’s a very good habit. All Sahaj Yogis must do footsoaking for at least for five minutes every day. All Sahaj Yogis should light a lamp before the photograph, apply sindur, put your hands dip their feet in the water and sit in this fashion, opening out both the palms towards the photograph. If you do this, more than half of your problems would be solved automatically. Whatever happens, it is not difficult to spare five minutes. All should sit like this before going to sleep. That will stop more than half of your catches.
We must also get up early in the morning. Our Sahaj Yoga is a daytime activity, not of night. So one must sleep early at night. I am not asking you to sleep at 6pm, but by 10pm all must go to sleep. You should not stay awake after 10.
You must get up early in the morning. In the morning, after getting up early and taking your bath, one must sit for meditation. In the morning one must sit for meditation. Like, in our country, we have been getting up early in the morning and washing our mouths since ages and have been doing it all our lives. In the same way all Sahaj Yogis must get up early and meditate in the morning. It is a question forming a habit.
...
But I have seen that, for many, it is very difficult to get up early at 4am or 5am. There is reason for that.
...
Some people tell me, “Mother we cannot get up early in the morning.” I say, “When did you go to sleep last night?” “at midnight. But I had decided Mother, that I would get up at 4 o’clock.” That is impossible! You must somehow sleep early one day to get up early next morning. Then you will also fall asleep early that day, you will not be able to keep awake . You do that for two or three days and your body will get used to it.
When you get up early in the morning your receptivity is more. Not only that, at that early hour in the world also extremely beautiful….
(1976-05-29 Dhyan Kaise Karein, How to Meditate (Translation from Hindi))