Preksha Dhyana Perception of Psychic Colours

SR No.: 006552
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Mahapragna Acharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 1995
Total Pages: 82
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Yoga
File Size: 4 MB

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and drink and possets assets. All these are means of fulfilling the necessities of life. Meditation does not enjoin one to starve or abandon necessities. As long as there is life, one cannot but utilize all the facilities and conveniences, nor does spiritual life mean abandoning them. What is to be abandoned is the deep attachment to the material objects. A practitioner does not become enslaved or entrapped by the. material objects. Thus, the main result of the spirtiual awareness is that the utility remains, but the attachment and infatuation are abandoned. The root of the misery is attachment, and not utilization. The spiritual consciousness resulting from the regular practice of meditation softens and smoothens one's path of life by removing confusion and complication therefrom. His guileless behaviour makes his life free from deceitfulness and cunning.
(Meditation of ) Taijasa Leśyā : Benefits
Commencement of Transmutation
Taijasa leśyā is represented by the red colour of the rising sun. This is the colour of creation and is connected with fire element. It is the fountain-head of our activeness, energy, brightness of our personality, brilliance, etc. It is the sign of a healthy body. The pathologist taking a blood-count ascertains the number of red blood cells and white blood cells in the sample of blood under examination. Deficiency of red blood corpuscles in the blood is a sign of illness.
The psychic red colour can make one turn inwards. As long as one is under the influence of the malignant trinity, one cannot look inwards, be spiritual-minded and develop inwardness. Nor can he enjoy inner happiness and bliss. In the prekṣa system of meditation, one learns to grasp and perceive the subtle internal vibrations produced by the flow of vital energy. Only when the chitta has been trained and
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