The document discusses happiness, spirituality, meditation, and human identity. It notes that spiritual practices are correlated with longer and healthier lives. Meditation is said to improve memory, problem-solving, decision-making, and reduce stress. Successful people from various fields like business, art, and military discuss how meditation has benefited them by increasing focus, performance, coping with stress, creativity, intuition, and appreciation for others.

1. THE SECRET
OOUURR RREEAALL IIDDEENNTTIITTYY
Facilitated by Rohini Priya Das

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 What will make you happy?
 Why do you think it will make you
happy?
 Complete the sentence ‘happiness
to me is…’

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26. PPeerrssoonnaall eexxeerrcciissee
1. What is your favourite animal?
(3 words)
2. What is you second favourite
animal? (3 words)
3. What us your favourite colour?
(3 words)
4. What is you favourite body of
water? (3 words)
5. 3 words to describe an empty
white room.

27. IImmaaggiinnee......
 You’re on a road. What kind of road
is it? What is on either side?
 On that road you come across a
cup. What kind of cup is it? What do
you do with it?
 You come across a key. Describe
the key. What do you do with it?

28. Who are you?
WWhhaatt ddeeffiinneess yyoouu??

30. WWhhoo aarree yyoouu??
BODY
MIND
SOUL?

31. What are we
made up of?

32. TThhee CCoommppoonneennttss ooff HHaappppiinneessss

33. WWhhaatt ddoo tthhee ssttuuddiieess sshhooww......
 People who attended a spiritual
program at least once a week
lived on average seven years
longer than those who didn’t.
 Spiritual youth (practicing)
showed significantly lower levels
of drug and alcohol abuse,
problems from stress, pressure,
suicide.
 People who meditate, chant and
live a balanced lifestyle were less
affected by pressure, stress and
problems.
Handbook of Religion & Health published by
Oxford University Press

34. IIQQ,, EEQQ aanndd SSQQ??
“A high SQ faithfulness to God
appears to benefit people of all
means, educational levels and ages.”
Handbook of
Religion & Health
(Oxford University Press)

35. How to
nourish
the soul?

36. TThhaannkk YYoouu
Any comments or questions?

37. Gary Kaplan, M.D., Ph.D.Associate
Professor of Clinical Neurology, University School of Medicine
“This brain wave coherence has
been correlated with
improvements in memory,
problem-solving and decision-making
abilities.”

38. Kulreet Chaudry, M.D., neurologist medical director of Wellspring
Neurology, San Diego
 “Nothing we know of is as
effective for promoting good
health and reducing health-care
utilization and medical
expenses.”

39. Russell Simmons, co-founder of the
pioneering hip-hop label Def Jam, a
founder of Russell Simmons Music
Group, and thecreator of the clothing
fashionline Phat Farm
 “Meditation promotes stillness
—and when you are still is the
only time you can think, the
only time you can focus. When
you have distractions and noise
in your mind, you can’t
comprehend properly and you
can’t do your job.”

40. David Lynch, award-winning filmmaker,
photographer, painter, and author of
Catching the Big Fish: Meditation,
Consciousness and Creativity
 “I have never missed a
meditation in 34 years. I
meditate once in the morning
and once in the afternoon for
about 20 minutes each time.
Then I go about the business of
my day. I find the joy of the
‘doing’ increases. Creativity
increases. Intuition increases.
The pleasure of life grows. And
negativity recedes.”

41. Ramani Ayer, chairman and chief
executive officer of The Hartford,which
is one of the nation’s largest financial
services andinsurance companies
 “It has helped me to
consistently raise my
performance levels. It has
helped me cope with the
stresses and strains of life.”

42. Mindy Weisel’s art hangs inmuseums and
institutions around the world, including
National Museum of
American Art, U.S. Capitol, and Baltimore
Museum of Art.
 “I just wish I had started to
meditate years ago, but I never
realized it was something that
you can be taught! What a joy
it has been to learn —it’s such a
beautifully easy and natural
technique.”

43. Nancy Lonsdorf, M.D.,a Johns Hopkins-trainedspecialist
in women’s health
 “The result is greater
appreciation of others, more
harmony, kindness and love.
Mothers tell me their children
remind them to meditate—I
think that says it all.”

44. Jerry Yellin was in combat in the Pacific
Theater in World War II and was awarded
the Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf cluster and the Air Medal with
four Oak Leaf clusters.
 “If there is really going to be
peace in the world, then it has
to start with the individual. A
peaceful world is made up of
peaceful individuals who are
using their full potential.