when do we start ?

We have been endowed with eyes , ears ,tongue , nose ,sense of touch ,brain , mind, hands , legs and the soul by god.These five are the five indriyas .These are our enemies ,working fulltime against our wish of realization of god.The eyes we use for seeing evil fellow beings and other dastardly acts .With the ears we are constantly receiving vulgar noises and complaints about other people .The mouth we engage in eating all rajasa and tamasa foods , the tongue is involved by us in tasting these foods and abusing all fellow human beings in the most vituperative of language.The nose is used for smelling obnoxious odours . The touch is used for feeling things which are not supposed to be even seen.In the brain we store unwanted trash .The mind is never in our control .The hands are used for all trivial wants .The legs takes us to all forbidden places.The soul is untouched by us till the last .
By medical and clinical experience , we know that the five senses start dimming with progress of age and thereafter slowly lose their vitalities.The hands start shivering and the legs become unsturdy .The mind is a separate personality altogether and never obeys, becoming worser by the minute .The brain has lost all potency and does not remember even siblings.Not to mention of the soul which ,as usual untouched ,lies at the darkest nadir of the human system .
It is pertinent to note at this stage that some people always relegate religion and spirituality to life after retirement .Will it be possible for us to realise , see and love GOD at this fading phase of life , when none of the faculties cooperate with us ? let us accept that the process of god realization should start earlier in life.
Let us use the eyes for seeing god ,in temples or in pictures .The ears should be listening to upanyasams and bhajans . The mouth shall only take saatvik foods and divine prasad . The tongue shall be in constant namasmaran of the god . The nose will smell only dhoop and agarbathi from the temples.Only flowers should be touched for bhagavat aradhana.The brain shall be cleansed of all dishevelled and dishonest thoughts. The mind should keep reminding us about our duties towards god.The hands should be involved in dharma without each other knowing what is given .The legs should be in pilgrimage towards the divyadesams.If we follow these the soul will get cleansed and we dont need to have doubt about reaching the lotus feet of god in moksh.
this adiyen's humble thoughts .