The beggary part in the yagya [meaning, God's own spiritual havan kund, for destroying the negativities of the soul and purifying the world] began in one of the early years of the yagya-history, as a test to assess the spiritual strength each soul in the yagya had at that time and also allowing the children [souls who were a part of the Om Mandali group] to assess their own spiritual stability and the quality of their yoga. Lately, a few years ago, we children who came to baba a bit late in the drama, wanted to experiment this in our own spiritual journeys and decided to experience and try the beggary part from the times of Brahma Baba - to know how it feels, though, individually in our own homes, in our domestic life.
What this really means is, instead of focusing each day on the menu, worrying about the preparations of every meals and putting together the food menu, you make it simple for the mind to work out - just put two or three items put together in each of the meals, which is likely khichdi [rice & lentils], curry [cooked, spiced buttermilk], bajra rotla [flat bread made of jowar or any other nutritious grains] and jaggery [gur]. Although this menu is simple and easy to prepare, it is very healthy, nutritious and easily digested too. In fact, having such meals, ditching your regular heavy and square meals, once in a while, is absolutely necessary for the tummy as it gives a relief break to the digestive system.
Once in a while, it is good to go easy on the diet and also on the tummy. Perhaps that's why the beggary part in drama was introduced for the children - to make life simpler; Brahma Baba also was a part of it, even he was not spared. But the beauty of it is, that despite his own condition of hunger, Brahma Baba ignored the same and focussed instead on the children and their condition. Inspiring them, motivating them, having conversations with them, checking on them, sustaining them with lots of love, expressing his faith on Shiv Baba, urging the children also to do the same, engaging them in spiritual service of the yagya..... As is re-countable from the experiences shared by one of the yagya seniors, Brahma Baba would regularly check on children [since they were quite young], caress their heads and lovingly ask them, "bache, bhookh toh nahi lagi hai?" ['dear child are you not feeling hungry?'] to which, the child would look upto Baba's eyes with innocence and reply, "Nahi baba, hum theek hai; Shiv baba ko yaad kar rahe hain" ['No baba, i am absolutely fine, just remaining in Shiv Baba's remembrance']. When this was shared, I had tears in my eyes! And I vividly recollect, this incidence was shared by Dadi Nirmalshanta ji.
Interestingly, Brahma Baba would keep the children busy and engaged in physical service or tasks of giving gyan or spending time in spiritual study so that they do not even remember 'hunger'! Such was Brahma Baba's immense love, concern and responsibility toward the children and also exhibiting qualities of being a leader-father! Who else can attain this seemingly impossible task otherwise!
It does not mean forcing yourself to fast [well that is bhakti-sanskars] but instead giving a monitored and well regulated diet plan to your body allowing it to have spans of rest and also helping in detoxification. It allows the mind to also relax along with the body and focus instead on more productive and useful meaningful tasks like spiritual study, self introspection, meditation and yog, spiritual service, etc. And then, there is absolutely no harm in trying this once in a while.
Interestingly, the month of January is celebrated in the brahmin clan as the month for tyag & tapasya [renunciation and spiritual detoxification] and remembering Brahma Baba [the founder Father, on his ascension day - the 18th of January]. To support this process, we, the brahmins [mouth-born progeny of Shiv Baba, via Brahma Baba] practice the beggary part over a few days to see how we can support our tapasya and meditation, as we need to be in "the journey of remembrance" all the time, or at least most of the time. And, as per experiences and observations shared by many, it really works; it helps a great deal. Along with the beggary part, one can also practice daily physical exercise routine, mental exercises to help keep the body and mind stable enough that they will harmonize and the mind can peacefully practice its yoga and self introspection. This allows a lot of time for study as well.
The more one practices tough things like beggary part [tyag/renunciation], the easier it becomes for the soul to focus on God [do tapasya]. It is not punishing your body, but uplifting your soul, through cooperation from the body!
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