How Waking up in Brahma Muhurtha is important for devotees & Others?
A devotee (Name hidden) asked like this:
“Sir in YouTube there are many videos stating that if you wake up between 3-5 am then it indicates about your spiritual awakening. You will be more inclined to God. Is it true?? Is there anything about it written in bhagvat geeta?? Hare Krishna”.
REPLY:
It is not exactly between 3-5 AM as said by you.
It varies every day.
You seem to mean Brahma Muhurtha Period.
(What is Brahma Muhurtha time? How to wake up in Brahma Muhurtha? READ HERE!)
Everyday, thirty types of Muhurthas are specified in the scriptures.
Out of them, Brahma Muhurtha is the time One hour thirty Six minutes (1.36) before Sunrise.
From 6.00 Am, we may face some aggressive mind because at 6.00AM, Rudra Muhurtha starts.
Night 10-10.48PM is called Yama Muhurtha. Next comes Agni Muhurtha, like that.
Brahma Muhurtha period is the best out of all muhurthas.
A devotee will live long with good health if he wakes up during the brahma muhurtha.
(A) SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF WAKING UP IN BRAHMA MUHURTHA
(1) Srila Prabhupada in “KRISHNA, The Supreme Personality of Godhead”:
“By nature’s arrangement the crowing of the cocks warns of the brahma-muhurta hour. There is no need of alarm clocks; as soon as the cocks crow early in the morning, it is to be understood that it is time to rise from bed.”
(2) Srila Prabhupada Says:
“One who cannot rise early in the morning, he is not spiritually serious. That is test. Brahma-muhurta, this hour, one hour before sunrise, is very auspicious moment.”
(3) Srila Prabhupada in “KRISHNA, The Supreme Personality of Godhead”:
“We have to meditate upon Krishna, Radha-Krishna. That is real meditation, Krishna is Krishna Himself; therefore He was teaching us that brahma-muhurta should be utilized for meditation on Radha-Krishna.
By doing so, Krishna would feel very much satisfied, and similarly we will also feel transcendentally pleased and satisfied if we utilize the brahma-muhurta period to meditate on Radha and Krishna”
(4) Sri Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya-lila (24.331) Purport:
“diksayah karanam kintu sveccha-prapte tu sad-gurau :”
“In the early morning hours (known as brahma-muhurta) one should get up and immediately chant the Hare Krishna mantra, or, at least, “Krishna, Krishna, Krishna.” In this way, one should remember Krishna.
Some shlokas or prayers should also be chanted. By chanting, one immediately becomes auspicious and transcendental to the infection of material qualities. Actually one has to chant and remember Lord Krishna twenty-four hours daily, or as much as possible.”
(5) Visvanatha Cakravarthi Thankura Says:
“One who with great care and attention loudly recites this beautiful prayer (gurav astaka) to the spiritual master during brahma-muhurta obtains direct service to Krishna the Lord of Vrindavana at the time of his death.”
(What if Chanting in Brahma Muhurtha gives sleep in day time? READ HERE!)
(B) SCIENTIFIC BENEFITS OF WAKING UP IN BRAHMA MUHURTHA
(1) Ayurvedic doctor (kaviraj) explains that if we rise at brahma muhurta time every day, then we get the full benefit of certain cosmic planetary vibrations or rays which increases the ojas in our bodies, the pranic energy which sustains healthy life.
(2) Brahma Muhurtha Period is dominated with Satva Guna that is favourable for spiritual practices and learning.
(3) Mind will be free from diversions during the Brahma Muhurtha Period. So, your spiritual sadhanas will derive more benefits.
(4) Brahma Muhurtha means, it is the time of the creator Brahma. So, it is the period during which we get the blessings of celestials.
(5) During the Brahma Muhurtha Period, secretion of Pineal Gland is more that stabilizes our mind.
(6) During Brahma Muhurtha Period, more cosmic energy reaches your body that gives good health and well being.
(7) Going to bed by 9-9.30PM and Waking up during Brahma Muhurtha Period strengthens the heart and mind.
(8) Memory & Concentration will be more during the Brahma Muhurtha Period.
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(9) Waking up during the Brahma Muhurtha Period enhances the immunity.
(10) Waking up during the Brahma Muhurtha Period balances the pH of the body.
(11) Waking up during the Brahma Muhurtha Period increases absorption of vitamins and minerals into the body.
(12) Waking up during the Brahma Muhurtha Period supplies more Oxygen to the body.
(13) Waking up during the Brahma Muhurtha Period controls Vaadha Gas.
(14) During Brahma muhurta, there is stronger upward surge of life energy in the surroundings, which can be used for spiritual upliftment.
We can list many such benefits of waking up during Brahma Muhurtha.
If a devotee practices Waking up during the Brahma Muhurtha Period, in due course of time, the body itself will wake him up during the Brahma Muhurtha Period everyday.
Try and get benefitted.
(I feel lonely if I chant in brahma muhurtha time. What to do? READ HERE!)