Preksha Dhyana Self Awareness by Relaxation

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

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beneficial changes occur in blood sugar level, white blood cell count and EEG. Medical, psychological and psychic literature is full of results of research studies anecdotal evidence and stories about many cases which seem to employ one fundamental technique : auto-suggestion or self-hypnosis.
The successful application of this psychotherapy involves four basic factors (1) Motivation (2) Ralaxation (3) Concentration and (4) Visualization.
Firstly one must be properly motivated. Anybody who is keen to achieve something (health, desirable virtue), by the technique of auto-suggestion is more likely to get the desired result.
Secondly, the success of the exercise of auto-suggestion will greatly depend on totally relaxed (tensionless) and motionless state of the body. It is essential for the practitioner to reach the subconscious portion of his mind and this is possible only when he is under deep relaxation and without any mental tension.
Thirdly the practioner must not be distracted during the exercise. The customary practice of thinking in a rather scattered fashion must be abandoned. Just as the scattered energy of sun can be focussed into a single point by a lens to give tremendous power, so also can our mental energy be focussed by concentration.
Finally, the practioner must visualize the desired result. Visulization has tremendous importance for achiev. ing the goal. The practitioner, for instance, can visualize his white blood cells (which comprise the immune system) fighting and destorying the infection producing microbes.
Auto-suggestion is the basic principle of the technique of relaxation. Each part of the body is relaxed, in turn by coaxing auto-suggestion.