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1.2.
It's Meaning - Pra + Eksha - to observe keenly and deeply.
1.3. It's Method - Let your soul peruse yourself. It is like using bow
and arrow. In Preksha, body is bow and mind is arrow. Our concentration of energies is like stretching the string of the bow to its fullest extent with Arjun's eye on the sole aim - the soul.
1.4. It's Target - Let your conscious vision become so concentrated
that it can travel down from body to breath, karmas and ultimately to soul. You become so aware and awakened that you can feel the finer, inner vibrations of the self and can reveal your true identity.
1.5. It's Definition - Mahapragya has laid equal importance to body as
well as soul. According to him, until the body is polished, soul cannot be disciplined. With this vision, he called Preksha meditation as a concerted and combined effort to train all the seven aspects simultaneously-breath, body, conscience, mind, emotions, karma and soul.
1.6. It's Experiments - Mahapragya has enumerated an eight stage
theoretical background of practising Preksha
Kayotsarg - Relaxation and initiation Antaryatra - Beginning of inner journey Swashpreksha - Concentration on breathing
Sharirpreksha - Concentration on body
Leshyadhyan - Awareness of colour halos
Bhawna - Determination and resolve
Chaitanyaprekshu - Soul searching
Preksha meditation starts from the cosmic body and slowly travels inwards. Medical science has established that the body is governed by electro-chemical vibrations. As an ocean encompass enormous waves, our body too, is an ocean of emotional and spontaneous waves. Sharirpreksha involves awareness towards these internal waves which emanate from our conscious and unconscious minds and control our activities. Body actions result from a combination of wide ranging chemical processes which need to be examined by the Preksha practitioner. The projection of our concentration yields spectacular results of reinforcing positive attitude and dilution of detrimental thoughts.
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