Transmutation of Personality through Preksha Meditation

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

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him endless praise. This incident illustrates a scientific truth : the atoms of anger sour the sweetest dish, whereas amity imparts to everything a feeling of uncommon sweetness. “The food cooked by the mother is sweeter" --the truth of this popular saying also demonstrates that atoms of love exercise upon man an altogether different, beneficent influence.
When one's anger so deeply affects the things one makes, its impact upon one's own life is bound to be even greater. A person dominated by anger develops a criminal outlook. He becomes querulous and is even ready to commit suicide.
The problem of tension is nothing new. Even people of ancient times were not free from its undesirable effects. But today this problem has become specially acute. With growing intellectualism, there has been an increase in man's reasoning power, resulting in greater capacity for thinking and feeling. Consequently, one identifies oneself with one's situation, whatever it be, much more consciously. And where there is any kind of identification, tension is the natural outcome. Constant pre-occupation from morning till evening is also productive of tension. A still greater cause is the absence of any natural contact with religion. In the absence of a religious or spiritual environment, man's approach towards life also changes for the worse. In conclusion, one may say that in today's world, an individual is surrounded by so many factors of tension that he cannot possibly avoid it.
Q. The problem of growing tension in the modern - world is quite apparent. The symposiums and surveys conducted in this connection also point to the conclusion that modern man is far more tension-ridden than his predecessors. Is there no solution to this problem?
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