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affected part is put in a plaster, thus giving it a compulsory motionless state. Doctors know that for the broken bone to mend properly, the relative motion of the broken parts must be stopped. Similarly, when one consults a psychiatrist, he is asked to relax on a couch. When the patient is thoroughly relaxed, the doctor can reach his subconscious mind and know the root cause of the problem.
Finally, Kāyotsarg is a simple but important tool for not only physical and mental health but also (and this is the real purpose) for emotional health and integrated development of personality.
Benefits of Preksha-Dhyan
Preksha 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 sub-conscious and the unconscious.
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 levl, firm control of the reasoning mind, regulation and transformation of blood-chemistry through
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