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A number of inherent qualities which ennoble the preference of meditation to other conventional techniques of astrological remedies are under laid.
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Meditation is a powerful technique for integrating body, breath, mind and consciousness and hence it is a method for understanding the deeper level of consciousness.
Practice of meditation helps to arise and strengthen the potential power of the practitioner. By arising this infinite latent power one is able to purify his consciousness and thereby eliminates all the negative tendencies of body, mind and speech (Yatiswarananda, 1989).
Extending the range of consciousness one can harmonize the functions of the solar system within and outside the body. Thus, the negative influences of planets are easily counterpoised. In fact, the outer solar system is the reflection of our inner one and anything that occurs in the solar system is also occurs within our body (Shastri, 1999). Once this harmonized condition is achieved, it will no longer be a problem to avoid any inconsistency between microcosm and macrocosm. Thus a disease free life can be achieved.
On the physical level, meditation revitalize each bodily cell, facilitates digestion, makes respiration more efficient and promotes circulation of blood.
On the mental level, by increasing and strengthening will power it helps to treat serious psychosomatic illness without medicines.
On emotional level, it harmonizes the functions of nervous system and regulates the secretions of endocrine system. Hence, all the psychological distortions are disappeared (Mahaprajna, 1994).
Finally, meditation is a secular, self-sustainable, expense less technique and its effect is multi dimensional.
तुलसी प्रज्ञा जनवरी-मार्च, 2006
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