Meditation and Spirituality

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MEDITATION & SPIRITUALITY – THE AFTERSC FTERSCHO HO?áOL WAY BY: DR DR.. T.K. .K. JAIN

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Yoga is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘yug ‘yug’’ which which means ‘union’ ‘union’,, ‘joining’,’ combing’ or’ concentrate’. Now a days it has become common that people go to Yoga for relief from certain ailments and ofcourse that is possible. But the ultimate goal of Yoga is union of oneself with universal force .The great saint Pathanjali who lived during the 3 rd century B.C .has documented about 185 verses called ‘Pathanjali Sutras’ in which he has elaborately mentioned the procedures to attain mastery in Yogasanas

Broadly there are four different types of Yogas namely ; Jnana Yoga •

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Bhakti Yoga Karma Yoga and Raja Yoga

In Raja Yoga eight steps have been defined to achieve liberation. They are Yama Niyama Asana Pranayama Prathyahara Dharana Dhyana Samadhi • • • • • • • •

An introduction to Preksha Dhyana: Preksha Meditation means the balanced management of our sensory perception. Sensory perception can be managed and has been managed. We see, hear, taste: this is the employment of sensory perception. This can be divided into two types: one is seeing while being affected by attachment and aversion, hearing while being affected by attachment and aversion, eating, tasting, etc. while being affected by atta attachme chment nt and aversion. aversion. This is how sensory perception is commonly employed in the world. There is nothing special about this. Not only man, but other living beings also employ sens nso ory perc rceeption whil ilee be beiing aff ffeected by attachment attachm ent and avers aversion. ion. As the art of seei seeing ng develops, man only






sees. He does not see through attachment and aversion: he only sees. The use of the word “only”denotes balanced management . Wher Wh eree it was fe felt lt “I on onlly se see, e, on only ly he hear ar,, onl nlyy ta tast ste” e”,, it no now w purports balanced management of the sensory perception. Its nature is to know. The common man, however, does not employ his senses to know, but for attachment and aversion. Upon seeing another, attachment sprung up and a feeling of love was born. Upon seeing another, aversion set in and the feeling of hatred was born.

Preksha means the development of the sense of equanimity – to open the eye of equanimity. When this eye is opened, we will see- and only see. We will try to comprehend Reality, know the Truth. Neither the feeling of like nor dislike will be linked to this. This is the balanced management of our sensory perception. Meditation means to control the wavering nature of mind and to decrease its instability. The two words are ‘restlessness’ & ‘one-pointedness’. The mind cannot remain stable at one point. Its preferences keep on changing. This is the restless state of mind. When it stabilizes at an object or at a point, it attains the steady state. The primary definition of meditation is the practice of concentration of the mind at one point or base. As our mind is able to remain steady for a longer and longer time on a preferred point (which we choose), our concentration power has increased and restlessness has reduced.






We do not know how to harmonize our thoughts. The flow of thoughts is continuous. We do not know how to employ them thoroughly either. Every second, about 30 – 35 thoughts go back and forth. One thought is followed by the next, & the second followed by a third. At a time, many thoughts strike our minds, & if we do not regulate them properly, problems arise. By Preksha Meditation we learn the art of regulating our thoughts in the right direction. Often a question arises in our minds: why should we restrain our senses? Why should we try to make our mind stable? Why should we practice concentration? After all, what is the need? Life goes on anyway. There is no trouble in living life as it is. Then why take such pains? This is the thought of our progressive world. Do we wish to remain on the level of sensual consciousness? Or do we want to reach the world that lies beyond the senses? The experience of the extra-sensory-world is completely different from that of sensual consciou consciousness. sness. Once Once the first f irst experience experience of extra-sensory perception sprouts in a person, and the person sees the first rays shine, he/she visualizes a new world. I would like to narrate a poignant story in this context. Main components of Preksha Dhyan: 1. KaU yotsar yots arga ga : Re Rela laxa xatio tion n wi with th se self lf aw aware arene ness ss fo forr re redu duci cing ng tension and attachment. 2. AntaryaŽtra tra : Spine meditation (Internal trip) for upliftment of flow of energy.






3. S‰ wa‰ wa‰ s Pre P reksh ksha‰ a‰ : Per P ercept ception ion of brea breathin thingg (Deerg ( Deergh h Swa‰ Sw a‰ s Preksh Preksha‰ a‰ and Samvrati Swas Preksha¥). ). It enhances concentration and awareness. 4. SÜ arira PrekshaÜ: Perception arira Perc eption of o f body. It balances bal ances vital vit al energy. ener gy. 5. Chaiø tanya Kendra Prekshaø: Perception of psychic center. It tanya develops various internal powers of personality like intuition, decision power, politeness etc. 6. Le Lesya sya™ ™Dhy Dhya™ a™ na : Perc na Percept eption ion of psychi psychicc colors. colors. It purifies purifies aura and feelings. 7. An Anup upre reks ksha ha (Co (Cont ntem empl plati ation on)) : It gi give vess the kn know owle ledg dgee of universal truth and removes ignorance. 8. Bha Bhayyvanay vanay : Con Concen centrat tration ion on one ob objec jectt (rep (repea eatedl tedly). y). It changes negative attitudes into positive ones.1

Auxiliary Components :

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1.

Asana : Yogic exercise for control of body.

2.

Pranayama ma : Exercise for control of breathing.

Preksha*Sandarshika, p. 5.






3.

Mudra

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Special

posture

(gesture)

of

hands

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concentration, meditation and health. 4.

Dhva van ni : Recitati tio on of soun und d fo forr concentr traati tio on and purification of environment.

Advanced components: 1.

Perception of present moment: Special technique of ever experience of consciousness.

2.

Perce Per cepti ption on of tho though ughts: ts: Pro Proce cess ss fo forr er erad adic icati ating ng ch chai ain n of thoughts.

3.

Perception without blinking eyes: Process for awaking the power of consciousness.

5.

Analytic meditation: Solution of problems. pr oblems.

At AFTERSCHO?ë OL we conduct meditation camps, which are similar to preksha dhyan. We use very simple techniques. This technique can be used by any person anywhere. This technique enable a person to proceed on right path. The ultimate goal of AFTERSCHO?KOL is to develop social entrepreneurs, and therefore, we wish to promote spirituality. For this we conduct meditation camps all over India. If any school / college / university / insittution invites us for conducting meditation camps, we immediately go there – without asking for any remuneration for








our services. Our purpose is to promote spirituality. Many people don’t belive on us at the first moment, but when they see our camps in progress, they start promoting our camps. We believe that as the time passes, our camps will become popular and we will be able to spread spirituality across the globe. There were many moments, when we requested institutions to give us the permission to conduct meditation camps for their students – and we were refused. We tried to convince them that our camps will enable students to increase concentration, improve memory – but all in vain. Today, after 10 years of struggle, we are able to conduct camps with less resistance. There are many institutions/ student unions which inivite us to conduct such camps.

Meditation and Spirituality

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