Preksha Dhyana Perception of Psychic Colours

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

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thereby developing an integrated personality of man. Meditational practice in general, and lesyā-dhyāna in particular, hold the key to success in this direction.
Benefits of Prekṣā Dhyāna
Prekṣā may appear to mean different things to different people because it contributes to increase physical, nervous as well as spiritual energies.
On physical level, it helps each bodily cell to revitalize itself; it facilitates digestion; it makes respiration more efficient and improves circulation and quality of blood.
On mental level, it proves to be an applied method to train the mind to concentrate; it cleans and relaxes the mind; it offers a way to treat serious psychosomatic illnesses without drugs; it is an efficient tool for ending addictions and other bad habits; it reveals to one the mysteries of his mind by the realization and the real experience of the inner consciousness which includes the subconscious and the unconscious.
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On emotional level, the strengthening of conscious reasoning controls reactions to environmental conditions, situations, and behaviour of others: harmonization of the functioning of nervous and endocrine systems results in control and ultimate eradication of psychological distortions.
On spiritual level, firm control of the reasoning mind, regulation and transformation of blood-chemistry through proper synthesization of neuro-endocrinal secretions, and production of dispassionate internal vibrations lead one to attain the power to control the mind and to become free from the effects of the external forces compelling one to lose equanimity.
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