Q: Pranam Gurumaa, I am a regular Yoga practitioner. I regularly practice yogasana, pranayam and meditation. I wish to complete one Purush Charan of my six letters mantra. That means 6,00,000 (6 lakhs) japa of my six letter mantra. I need your permission, blessing and guidance. How should I go about doing this? What day to day routine I should be observing during my short sadhana. My humble pranam.

A: I think so waking up at 4 would be good & giving minimum 2 and half hours in morning and then again in noon and then again in evening and then again in the night. Like this in 4 sessions, you can do your mantra and you will have to do at least 6 to 8 hours of japa. So your food should be very light, very saatvik and you should observe the timings in a very disciplined way. Don’t alter the timings. So your chant should be very clear, and you should follow the time & you need to be in solitary place where no one disturbs you & my good wishes. Go ahead & do your purush charan.

But the photographic memory is all together different thing. How do you get it? Well, for that you need to work upon your mind. And you can not work upon your mind until you have worked upon your body & breath. So you will have to masters some asanas and then you will have to master the pranayama which is a serious job and once you have done that then this photographic memory comes as bonus to you. You need not follow a strategic plan to gain this ability.