Inside the ‘Moun Mandir’, as the room is called, the inmate follows the ashram routine of getting up at 4 am, bath and tea at 5 am, bhajans from 6 to 6-30 am (radio programmes through installed loud-speakers which can be switched on and off as desired), meals at 10 am, tea at 1.30 pm and the last item of the day, viz. evening meals at 5 pm. The food is vegetarian and wholesome and a nominal charge of Rs. 5-00 (Less than 20 US cents) per day cover everything including two meals, twice tea, laundry, light, services etc.
Outside of this routine a Sadhaka is at liberty to spend his time as he likes. Of course, it is expected that the time is not wasted in reading novels etc. but in serious prayers or reading religious and spiritual literature, singing devotional songs and japa or recitation of a mantra etc. There are no idols nor any form of religious or other denominational signia.
The inmate can follow prayer, Japa or practices according to his own religion. There is absolutely no kind of religious or any other bias of caste, creed or nationality. Anyone who is seriously interested in search of spiritual values can stay and pray.
The normal procedure is to get your name registered usually will in advance, (because ther is always a waiting list) or take your turns as and when a room is available. It is upto the person to decide beforehand the perios of stay inside. Generally it varies from 7 to 28 days or even more. Early in the morning you enter the Mouna room from then on till the time you come out, you remain in the room all alone. You do not meet or talk to anyone. You get no news or contact with the outside world unless, of course, it is something extremely urgent. No letters, newspapers etc. can reach you inside. In a sense you are temporarily cut off from the worldly worries and involvements.
On reading this, it must naturally come to one’s mind “What do I do in there?” The simplest answer is :”Find Yourself” “The room helps you for, it is charged with an atmosphere of extremely pure ad peaceful aura. You begin to feel this Sattwik atmosphere within a short time or entering and soon you get absorbed in its current.
The world, with all its problems an tumult, begins to slowly recede away and a new world all your own takes its place. You feel lightness, a serene joy eminating from your being. Most persons do Japa of ‘Hari Om’, which in the beginning, takes some effort to keep up, but after a while becomes more and more evening flow, with its continuance you begin to feel within you a spontaneous inner happiness. The impact of this serene joy is very rich and ennobling. One has to experience it to understand it.
This however, does not mean that everyone feels in the same way. In fact, each individual reacts according to his approach and his mental spiritual make up. Some cry with joy and feel freed in a natural way from the inner burden. Others fel a spontaneous outpouring happiness which fills, their being with rapture. Still others and particularly the disciples of Shree Mota, fel the presence of the master himself so strongly that they begin to unburden al their pent up sorrows and sufferings, in a sense, before him and get freed. Still others develop a remarkable clarity of self-analysis and introspection which gives them courage and capacity to penetrate deep down within themselves and look boldly at their limitations and shortcomings and eradicate them. To others in some strange and unconscious manner the inner entanglement by themselves begin to loosen up.
Every single person feels remarkably ‘at home’ inside the room. Verily, no one can have a better ‘home’ than Moun Mandir, for in it you can be totally yourself. You do not have to do anything to please others or to adjust yourself to others’ needs, which is what we have to constantly do in the world outside. Inside there is no rule, law or code binding you, except your own urges and inner dictates.
This gives a sense of freedom and vastness to your being, a total release from all bondages and you respond by bringing forth the best in you. And in all this, there is the gentle, silent guidance of the Master and the holy atmosphere of the room. Sometimes the inner untying of knots is so subtle that one does not notice any change till a long time after coming out.
For an aspirant or sadhaka, the room is a heaven of his dreams. With his bodily neds fulfilled in complete security and in a holy and pious atmosphere, he gets a chance to do his spiritual sadhana undisturbed. Those who meditate find that the mind gets stilled with little effort and stays so for a long while. Outside thoughts do come at times, but are easily controlled; mostly they pass away quite smoothly,leaving one in the same calm and undisturbed state.