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Dhyan :
It will be wrong to use the term 'meditation as synonym for 'Dhyan' because meditation is restricted to very limited sphere of Dhyan. Meditation generally denote Dhyan for a very short period of a few minutes to a few hours and that too in a highly codified and ritualised way, loaded with implicit superstitions, imagination, hallucinations, and illusions. It is more an articulated and artificial technique. Dhyan is natural and essential for all interactions and interrelations. Dhyan is for every moment, every act, all the time. It is synchronisation of mind and body and concentration on the activity in hand. Everyone of us is familiar with the word 'Dhyan' since our childhood, parents, teachers, elders instructing us to do things carefully and skillfully 'Dhyan-SeKarna', so that no harm is done to one self or to anyone also. Such a Dhyan is an important ingredient of Ideal Yoga. Acharya Mahapragya has emphatically stated that meditation and yoga do not constitute spiritual practice as such and one has to remain spiritually alert in whatever does through out the day (The Times of India 07-12-2007). It is easier fruitful and more effective to concentrate mind and stop it from wavering thoughts by practising synchronization of mind and body every moment, every act than practising concentration only for a limited period of a few minutes to few hours. Such a limited practice of concentration does not generally percolate during subsequent activities of mind, speech and body.
If these ingredients are imbibed and followed then mankind will start marching forward towards peace, tranquility and happiness and by upholding and maintaining the fundamental principle of mutualism will certainly be able to stabilise and sustain the happiest (Sukhma-Sukhma) stage in prepetiuty as is the case is some areas mentioned in Tilloy Pannati by Yati Vrishabhacharya.
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