Preksha Meditation

SR No.: 006553
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jethalal S Zaveri
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 1993
Total Pages: 34
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Yoga
File Size: 2 MB

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re-stated in modern scientific terms. And the integrated wisdom thus obtained could be used to purify the vitiated and destorted tendencies of Man. It would then enable men and women to learn to gain mastery over their beastial urges and attain compassion, bliss and happiness.
Relaxation is an Incidental Benefit
Now, the purpose of this article is to discuss in scientific terms the immense power of systematic meditational practice; to show that meditation is not an irrational emotional or religious experience but a deliberate mental operation of psychoanalysis. It is a form of psychotherapy for destroying the repressing and repressed forces which have produced and would continue to produce inhuman tendencies, and irrational behaviour if not destroyed. Eradication of these forces would enable us to develop our true human nature and justify our claim of being the highest product of the cosmic process. We shall, however, first deal with a secondary benefit generally known as 'relaxation', which accrues incidentally from the practice of meditation. Relaxation is the result of triggering of an innate protective mechanism, which counteracts the dangerous effects of environmental and emotional stresses. We shall explain how hypertension (chronic high blood-pressure) is related to stress and show how controlled mental practices have measurable effects on physiological functions. While dealing with relaxation we shall endeavour to :
(i) prove the success of applying scientific method of
studing meditation.
(ii) to underline the falsity of the popular belief that rela
xation is the be-all and end-all of meditation.
and
(iii) finally, we shall show that meditation has the poten
tial for thoroughly changing the expressions of human nature and fully developing human personality.
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