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Perception of Body : Technique of Perception
The basic principle of Preksha Dhyana is—live fully and entirely in the present moment. To be keenly aware of the present state of the body, of the restlessness, sensations and vibrations in the body and the causes of these sensations, is perception of body. The structure of the body is extremely complex and not easily comprehensible. Cell, the living unit of the body, is so minute that it needs a high power microscope to be seen and a super electron microscope to peep inside its body. One has to have a long practice to become familiar with it. Capacity of comprehension is never uniform and varies from sädhaka to sādhaka. A beginner can cognise only very gross phenomena. On the other hand, sādhaka with long experience can perceive very minute sensations by intensifying bis concentration and developing his perception, and there is no comparison between the two. From Gross to Subtle
Perception of body is a process for enhancing selfawareness. This is a centripetal process i.e. we travel from outside to inside towards the centre. Starting from the outermost layers of consciousness, one has to penetrate more and more deeply, i.e., we go from gross to subtle. First, we perceive gross muscular movements. Then we become aware of the subtle vibrations of the inner organs. Then we see the chemical reactions as well as the electromagnetic impulses which incessantly criss-cross our body, and finally we come face to face with the flow of the vital energy which energises them all. Penetrating deeper still we perceive the subtle body and the subtlemost body
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