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During the practice of preksha dhyana, several people have achieved freedom from addiction to intoxicants and they have been able to give a new direction to their life. There are many unknown secrets about our body. The ancient masters sought them, and today's science is also engaged in their discovery. There is no room for doubt or non-belief here. If we come to know those secrets and make right use of them, we can derive great benefits.
When a boy is naughty, he is pulled by the ear. Repeated verbal instructions may fail to bring home to him something which he immediately grasps the moment his ear is pulled. This practical example also makes it clear that the ear and the area adjacent to it and the temples constitute a very sensitive field. In ancient times, meditation was done on these, and in the system of preksha dhyana, too, this centre has been accorded due importance.
Q. According to available references to the medita
- tion-posture of the great preceptors and other yogis, there was prevalent a tradition of meditating on the tip of the nose. Is there located a psychic centre there, too?
Ans. The ancient tradition of meditating on the tip of
- the nose has been long prevalent. Acharya Hem Chandra, describing the meditation-posture of Lord Mahavir, says:
O Lord! The posture of your totally relaxed body in the lying-down position with unwinking eyes fixed on the tip of the nose, is most remarkable! And it is not accessible to everyone.
The main reason for fixing the gaze on the tip of the nose is the existence there of vital energy. Although
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