Preksha Dhyana Contemplation and Auto Suggestion

Author(s): Mahapragna Acharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati

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morphine). A technique of meditation in the System of Preksā Dhyāna is called “perception of psychic centres." By practising this meditation one can develop the ability to produce such internal chemicals at will and block out the pain.
Another form of phychotherapy has also been established in the system of Prekṣā Dhyanā by which a practitioner can remain calm and composed even in the state of serious illness. Moreover, he can experience mental happiness without any drugs.
That one can remain happy even when one is in severe pain, may appear to be anomalous, but it is true.
By practice of anuprekşā (contemplation) a patient can free himself from fear, anxiety and tension. By regular practice of "fearlessness”, a practitioner can remain free from fear and anxiety, so that he suffers only a small fraction of the pain. In a state of irrational fear and anxiety, The pain is magnified while in the opposite state, the pain is almost “killed" and there is very little suffering. It is our emotional and mental state that increases or reduces our suffering. An important benefit of contemplation is development of the virtue of fearlessness and thereby free from anxiety and tension.
Attainment of Bliss (Samädhya
One of the most important benefits of the practice of contemplation is the attainment of the state of bliss and blessedness.
I see “Perception of Psychic Centres" Na VII in this series. 2. The term SAMADHI is used to express ) a state of intense ecstatic meditation
and (u) a state of intense and extreme happiness. Here the word is used to express the latter. In the English language the following words are used to express states of mental contentment and happiness : Bliss, Blesedness, Beatitude and Relicity. Bliss, in its commonst meaning, refers to continued complete happiness or inner contentment under all external circumstances. Blessedness and Beatitude usually refers to intense spiritual bliss. The former is commonly used while the latter is a more formal literary term. Felicity means sustained happiness, but the word is more formal and is less often used. The words pleasure, joy, delight, etc. also denote a feeling of satisfaction of happiness. But, in this case, the feeling is most likely to be sudden or transient and not sustained.
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