The Laws of Manu
I was in a session with a client last week and the topic of spiritual work came up. My client suggested he was not doing enough to further himself spiritually. He has a very big and responsible job and a family at home who he loves spending time with. Naturally, time is the biggest issue for him because there is so little discretionary time available with all of his responsibilities. I suggested that there is a way to shape one’s consciousness but that of course takes intent and the subsequent practice. As we got deeper into this I remembered studying the Laws of Manu, a supplement to the Indian Vedas, considered the most sacred of the Hindu scriptures. Though there is much about the social norms of religious life discussed in this volume (surmised to have been written about 500 BC), what I recall most prominently is a description of a way to structure one’s life in four 25-year increments