Transmutation of Personality through Preksha Meditation

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

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EDITOR'S NOTE
The French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte said, “There are only two powers in the world--the sword and the pen. The power of the sword is manifest, but in the end it is always conquered by the pen." That this is the opinion of all thoughtful people of the world, cannot be said with certainty, but undoubtedly, the point of the pen is no less sharp than that of the sword. When a writer touches paper with the point of his pen, it embodies all possibilities of creation and destruction. The writer is an independent thinker. However, he cannot ignore the demands of space and time, of the individual and social environment in which he lives. A writer's first objective is to coordinate whatever he hears, sees and experiences at the level of sensation with his creative moments. Only he who has achieved this first objective can truly fulfil his responsibility as a writer.
Acharya Tulsi is the Acharya of a religious organisation, but first and foremost he is a saint. And in his individual capacity his sainthood touches the highest point of excellence. In the eyes of the community, he is an administrator. Fifty years' mature experience in the field of administration has made administering also a part of his sadhana. Acharya Sri's style of discourse is also unique and highly effective. To be an orator is nothing unnatural for an administrator-the two go together. Some administrators are also writers. However, the administrator and the poet move in opposite directions. Poetry is an expression of exquisite feelings being nurtured in an individual's inmost consciousness, whereas feeling as such has very little to do with