Getting into action

ghee, filtered water and whisk

Preparation is important.  My state of consciousness will have an effect on the finished product. I set up outside in my courtyard garden with the sun shining and my Deva Premal CD playing in the background assisting me to stay in a good space. I love to cook with the Gayatri mantra playing and infusing the food so imagine a face cream with that spiritual energy.

Having looked at several techniques on the internet, some using 2 litres of water to wash each time - so times that by 100 and that's 200 litres of water - that doesn't seem very eco friendly.  I chose one that uses equal amounts of water to ghee. Not wanting to waste the water I decide to have a big bucket to catch all the used water and put it on the garden later.

Now I am ready.  The instructions are to whisk and wash with equal amount of water for 3-5 minutes then discard water and repeat 100 times. (they do say that many people just do it 30 times). My purist attitude is to do 100 times or even 108 (the vedic number) if I can.

Wash 1 - my goodness this is not easy I am finding it hard already. Three minutes times 100 = 300 minutes so at least 5 hours to complete.
Wash 3 - and then I hear terrible screams coming from my grandson, then I hear my daughter in law scream too (I live in a beautiful granny flat behind my son)
That's the end of the whisking as I run to see what's happening.  My grandson had got his little finger squashed in the door and his mum couldn't get it out at first.  He and his mum were so upset - the pain of it - to see a little being so distressed. Time to reassure his sister that its ok it was an accident she is not to blame herself. We try and provide comfort with running cold water over his finger, then some arnica applied and finally some children's panadol.  Cuddles with mum and his dummy, some warm juice in a bottle.  Things are calming down. Everyone is quite exhausted.

Back to the ghee washing.......
I continue washing and whisking and find my arm is getting quite tired only 80 more times to go.

ghee washed 20 times