Preksha Dhyana Self Awareness by Relaxation

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

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is the prerequisite for slow and silent respiration, silence and peace of mind. Unnecessary memories of the past and planning for the future continue to encroach on the present (work in hand) and vicious cycle of thoughts keeps the mental equipment in constant turmoil. Pre-requisite and pre-condition fro preventing all the mental uncleanliness is relaxation. Once the body is relaxed and made motionless, all the above inflictions vanish and the more advanced stages of the process of spiritual uplift are easily attainable.
For Easy Solution to Problems
Whenever one is faced with a problem, he has to work out a solution. He has to sit down calmly in solitude, relax the body, purge his mind of all other matters and think and concentrate on the problem in hand. And flash, there comes the solution. Thus everybody in this world, during the course of his life, must resort to relaxation from time to time. But for a practitioner of meditation and one who aspires to tread the path of spiritual life, it is a must; if he does not practise relaxation regularly, he will not make much headway in the direction of spiritual progress.
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