{"id":174,"date":"2023-04-03T02:42:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T02:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jvbhouston.org\/New\/?page_id=174"},"modified":"2023-04-19T02:19:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T02:19:06","slug":"meditation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jvbhouston.org\/New\/meditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Meditation<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Master of Preksha Dhyana<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The ancient practice of meditation Preksha was reintroduced to the world in 1970 by Acharya Mahaprajna (a Jain ascetic), with the divine inspiration of his enlightened Guru Acharya Shri Tulsi. Acharya Mahaprajna researched, practiced, and experimented with himself for 20 years to rediscover and validate the process of Preksha which was practiced by Bhagavan Mahavira 2600 years ago. In his introduction Acharya Mahaprajna says:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Soul is my God. Renunciation is my Prayer<\/p>

Amity is my Devotion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Self restraint is my Strength.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Non-violence is my Religion consciousness.<\/span>
Amity is my Devotion. Self restraint is my Strength.
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About Preksha Meditation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Preksha Meditation is the practice of purifying our emotions and our conscious (chitta) and realizing our own self.
Preksha Meditation is a technique of mediation for attitudinal change, behavioral modification and integrated
development of personality.
It leads to a life, which is balanced, blissful and full of peace; free from stress and enlightened in all respects. It helps
to connect with your soul at its most profound level, achieving a state of super consciousness and increased
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What is Preksha Dhyana?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The word “Preksha” means \u2018to perceive and Dhyana is deep concentration on a specific subject. In the context of meditation it is that practice which engages the mind and attention in the perception of the subtle phenomena of Master of Preksha Dhyana\u00a0<\/p>

\u00a0It is a practice to perceive beyond the clouds of superficial likes, dislikes, and attachments to worldly objects. All emotional states are closely observed but not experienced. As we watch our emotions closely and in a detached or neutral manner, we begin to notice the difference between the emotional-being and the true-being. The emphasis is to perceive and know, not to think and know, because perception is so completely concerned with the present. When we observe the present without the baggage of the past or concern of the future, we have the perception of reality.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Why should we meditate?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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The benefits of a meditation practice are no secret. The practice is often touted as a habit of highly successful (and happy) people, recommended as a means of coping with stress and anxiety, and praised as the next-big-thing in mainstream wellness. And it\u2019s not just anecdotal. Thousands of studies have shown the positive impact that meditating has on our health and well-being. We\u2019ve culled through the\u00a0list\u00a0to bring you highlights from the early stages of research into mindfulness.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Sleep Better: More Shut-Eye at Night Means Brighter Days<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

Sleep isn\u2019t just relaxation for eight hours a day\u2014it\u2019s essential to our cognitive functioning. Meditation gives you all sorts of benefits, like\u00a0enhanced REM sleep and increased levels of melatonin<\/a>.<\/p>

Turns out it can even help serious sleep problems. Researchers conducted a\u00a0study<\/a>\u00a0to see if mindfulness meditation would benefit those struggling with chronic insomnia. After eight weeks, those in the meditation training had less total wake time during the night, were more relaxed before going to bed, and reduced the severity of their sleep problems. Plus, in a follow up study six months later, the insomnia sufferers had maintained a better quality of sleep.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Stress Less: Make Room for More Happiness<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

It\u2019s a little-known secret that Wall Street execs, famous artists, and Silicon Valley whiz kids are some of the biggest advocates of meditation as a way to manage stress.<\/p>

A 2005\u00a0study<\/a>\u00a0at Harvard Medical School found that meditation increases the thickness of your prefrontal cortex, the area of your brain associated with attention and self-awareness.<\/p>

Furthermore, we now know it even reduces employee stress and burnout. A\u00a0study<\/a>\u00a0on teachers at a school for children with severe behavioral problems who were treated to a Transcendental Meditation program had less stress, less depression, and overall lower burnout than other teachers.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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More Mindful Meals: No More Stress Eating<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

Researchers at UC San Francisco\u00a0studied<\/a>\u00a0a group of women to test if meditating could prevent overeating. The scientists didn\u2019t prescribe any diet, but instead taught mindful eating, and had participants meditate for thirty minutes a day. What happened? While the control group actually gained weight, the treatment participants maintained their weights, plus lowered their cortisol levels. Higher reductions in cortisol and stress also showed higher reductions in abdominal fat.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Reduce Pain and Heal Faster:\u00a0Relieve\u00a0Pain by Changing Your Mind<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

Jon Kabat-Zinn, who heads up the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School,\u00a0proved<\/a>\u00a0back in the \u201880s that meditation and mindfulness could significantly improve pain symptoms and quality of life in chronic pain patients, even up to four years later.\u00a0His program, called Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is practiced widely.<\/p>

Recently, we\u2019ve also gotten a look at how the brain might be involved. When\u00a0researchers<\/a>\u00a0had people participate in four days of mindfulness-based training, participants reported less pain intensity and unpleasantness. What\u2019s more, MRIs showed reductions in pain-induced cerebral blood flow during meditation sessions.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Beat Anxiety: Send Worries Packing<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

Focusing on all the terrible things that might happen to us\u2014but often don\u2019t!\u2014takes us away from the present, and causes our bodies a lot of stress.<\/p>

Dr. Elizabeth Hoge, a psychiatrist and assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School,\u00a0found<\/a>\u00a0that meditation could even help those with generalized anxiety disorder, a condition marked by hard-to-control worries, poor sleep, and irritability.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Relax: Don\u2019t Let the Little Things Get You Down<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

Relaxing your body and mind with meditation helps you to stay centered when you inevitably encounter those everyday stressors<\/a>\u2014rush hour traffic, anyone?<\/p>

Investigators from the Benson-Henry Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital found that practicing meditation causes what is called the \u201crelaxation response,\u201d the opposite of the \u201cfight-or-flight\u201d response\u2014what happens to our bodies when we get stressed. Their\u00a0studies<\/a>\u00a0showed that the relaxation response alleviates anxiety and also has positive effects on heart rate, blood pressure, and brain activity.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Enhance Your Love Life: Your Relationship Will Thank You<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

Your partner\u00a0will thank you. By learning to better recognize your own emotions, and those of others, you\u2019ll more easily experience lasting harmony in your relationships.<\/p>

Researchers<\/a>\u00a0from the University of California-San Francisco taught 82 female teachers, all married or living with a partner, how to meditate. Compared with a control group that hadn\u2019t learned meditation, the women gave fewer negative facial expressions during a marital interaction test.\u00a0Good news, because studies at UC Berkeley showed that people who demonstrate negative facial expressions toward their partners are more likely to divorce.<\/p>

Maharishi International University in Iowa\u00a0found<\/a>\u00a0that women who practiced meditation reported significantly greater marital satisfaction than those who didn\u2019t.\u00a0Those who meditated regularly saw\u00a0the greatest\u00a0benefits.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Lead a Successful Life:\u00a0A Clear Path to Achieving Your Goals<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

Maybe you\u2019ve heard that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to be great at something. The Beatles played 1,200 concerts together before becoming internationally known. Bill Gates started programming in eighth grade. But new research shows there\u2019s a different formula for success.<\/p>

World-class athletes, top managers and world-class performers, when tested, have all shown high levels of what\u2019s called brain integration. This means that their brains are wired with strong connections between the different areas, they have heightened attention, and they\u2019re able to think quickly to deal with problems.<\/p>

This is the new key to success, as\u00a0noted<\/a>\u00a0by U.S. neuroscientist Dr. Fred Travis, because it\u2019s the fire starter behind the creativity that often leads to success.<\/p>

Luckily, a\u00a0study<\/a>\u00a0from Harvard Medical School demonstrated that meditation causes changes in brain waves that actually improve the brain\u2019s functionality.\u00a0You can find success in any area of your life, and just think of all the time you\u2019ll save! This article originally appeared on<\/em>\u00a0Wanderlust.com<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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How to do Preksha Meditation?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Each of the seven practices of Preksha Dhyana is complex and, in some respects, complete in itself. They do share a set of
preliminary exercises, mantra chanting and resolve making. While emphasis of each set is somewhat different, the final
conclusion and result is very similar. The practitioner over time will overcome stress, fear and ill will. Preksha Dhyana helps
one to gain control over negative emotions, and with that, the person will correct psychological flaws, effect positive
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Kayotsarga implies abandonment of the body through complete relaxation. The practice calms the nervous system, treats
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Antaryatra requires the mind to be focused along the spinal cord. Concentration begins at the bottom tip of the spinal cord
(Shakti Kendra-the center of energy) and gradually moves upwards until it reaches the brain (Gyana Kendra-the center of
wisdom). Then reverse the direction of focus until it reaches the spinal cord tip. The benefits of the practice are: reducing
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Shwasa Preksha is the powerful technique of observing breath with complete awareness as a means to traverse from the
gross to subtle levels of consciousness. Breath is the first step to the subtle because with the exception of the mind. It is
the only bodily function that operates both at a conscious and unconscious level. Since the mind cannot be engaged in
both perception and conception simultaneously, it cannot be the object of concentrated perception. With regular practice
one would notice conception vanishing, leaving behind pure perception.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSharira Preksha (Perception of body)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t

Sharira Preksha is the process of concentrating and observing the subtle phenomena occurring in each and every part of
the body one at a time. It begins with the observation of all the sensations of the body&#39;s outermost layers and then
gradually moves inside to the inner layers and organs. Our body&#39;s hidden mysteries can be understood. In effect this
practice assists one to maintain good health.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChaitanya Kendra Preksha (Perception of psychic centers)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t

Chaitanya Kendra Preksha is an exercise in which one concentrates on the various psychic centers in the body. The psychic
centers are the key locations on the body that receive both the positive and negative energy from the universe and
redistribute it through the human system. Focused flow of energy through any specific center intensifies the particular
desired behavior.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLeshya Dhyana (Perception of Psychic Colors)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t

Leshya Dhyana takes the Chaitanya Kendra Preksha exercise further by specifying a color to visualize on the chosen
psychic center. Five bright colors known for their positive qualities are used in this technique. As steadiness of meditation
increases, visualization of colors intensifies. Today scientific evidence confirms that long exposure to specific colors has an
influence on a person&#39;s emotions and personality. Leshya Dhyana results in purification of the aura.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnupreksha (Contemplative Meditation)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t

Anupreksha is revising and thinking about what was concentrated upon and felt during meditation and analyzing it after
the exercise. It is a practice of deep contemplation and understanding. The exercise is practiced for two purposes: to
contemplate on that which is eternal, true and real and to bring about attitudinal changes through autosuggestion. This
technique can be used for reinforcement of positive qualities or reversing negative traits.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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