Preksha Dhyana Perception of Body

SR No.: 006557
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Mahapragna Acharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 1992
Total Pages: 50
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Yoga
File Size: 3 MB

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increases to 20, 25, 30 and may sometimes become as high as 60 or 70. As the excitement and tension reduces, the rate comes down, the fragmental breath becomes regular and ultimately becomes slow, silent and rythmic. Thus the state of breathing is intimately related to the state of the body.
Some aspirants may find it odd that so much importance is being given to the perception of the body. For those who presumed that meditational practice must be a religious mystical exercise, perception of the body may look cheap. "Perceive your eyes, your ears, your mouth, your cheeks"-all these can be, perhaps, more carefully, perceived through a mirror. One can do it at home and perhaps in a better way, why then organise shibirs (meditation camps)?
What you can perceive through a mirror is only skindeep, the outermost portion of the body, the shape and colour of the body. Have you ever perceived wbat lies beneath the skin ? Have you ever become aware of the internal sensation caused by the flow of vital energy inside? No ! Nobody even thinks of being aware of what is bappening inside, deep inside where the conscious self is activating the flow of the vital energy. The reason for perception of body is not to look at the external surface of the body but to be aware of one's own real self, to realise that within this bundle of bones and flesh, vital energy is constantly flowing energising every cell. Perception of body is the only means of direct cognition of the internal phenomena. Process of Self-awareness
Perception of the body is the means of self-awareness and self-realization. One who hasn't mastered the technique of perception can never achieve self-awareness. A doubt may be raised every one sees his own body day in and day out. The body is visible. Moreover, there are mirrorsfull size mirrors-to look at every part of the body. This looking at' is not perception. Perception of the body is a technique; it is a system. And until one learns the technique, one can see the skin, the colour, the form, the limbs, the face, but none of these can be called perception of