The spirit of the day is to never let down, to keep the energies of the spiritual life strong, to make God and religion the first priority in life, Siva before all else. Gurudeva read from the Vedas to members after the morning homa:

"Pursuit of the duties of the stage of

life to which each one belongs-that,

verily, is the rule!

Others are like branches of a stem.

With this, one tends upwards;

otherwise, downwards."