This document discusses the benefits of meditation. Meditation helps free the mind from problems by bringing balance. It quiets mental turbulence like anger and controls purposeless wanderings. Regular meditation trains focus and concentration, improving work efficiency. Techniques include breathing exercises, mantra repetition, and focusing on peaceful objects. Meditation benefits both mental and physical health by reducing stress.

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2. The purpose of meditation:
is to make the individual free from his
existing problems.
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3. Advantages of Meditation: The
meditative quality of mind helps in proper
utilization of available resources as well
as in harnessing the potential of inner
capabilities.
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4. The root Cause of all problems :
confusion created by the amnesia
of identity of real self and its role in
human life.
This amnesia is, however, a case of
mistaken identity.
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5. Which result in : our behaving like the
child who, while going towards home to
meet the mother, gets so distracted by
a carnival on the way, that it forgets not
only about the destination but also his
own name and address.
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6. There is no other process known to man
for changing an imbalanced state of mind
into a balanced one than the science of
meditation.
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7. Mind is often a helpless victim of
various types of turbulence like anger,
grief, sensuality, revenge and remorse
and this condition is prone to harm
one’s own self or others.
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8. Practice of meditation frees the mind
from purposeless wanderings and
channelises its energy in a focused
way.
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9. The aim of meditation is to quieten the
mind and purge it of its tendency,
controlling the mind by preventing it to
fall an easy victim to the onslaughts of
lust, grief, blinding rage, undue haste,
persistent strong desires for new
acquisitions etc.
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10. With mediation one learns the art of
single-pointed concentration, which
elevates the level of efficiency in any
assignment and opens the right
avenues for success.
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11. Meditative Posture :
Sit with your back erect, both the hands
joined in the lap, eyes closed.
Objects of meditation :
Chosen deity, Early morning rising Sun,
Himalayas, Music, Flame etc.
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12. When to meditate : Morning time is
the best for meditation, at the time of
sun rise other it can be performed at
any time and at any place while sitting
in a office, moving in a bus, studying in
a chamber, Have deep breaths at
least for 3 times before sitting for
meditation.
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13. Five of the Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra
describe the methods and means of
achieving tranquility in mind :
1. The mind becomes tranquil by
cultivating attitude of (i) friendliness
towards the happy, (ii) compassion
towards the miserable, (iii) joy towards the
virtuous and (iv) indifference towards the
evil.
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14. Five of the Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra
describe the methods and means of
achieving tranquility in mind :
2. The mind also become tranquil by
alternately expelling and retaining
the breath.
3. When meditation produces
extraordinary sense perceptions, the
mind gains confidence and this
helps perseverance.
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15. Five of the Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra
describe the methods and means of
achieving tranquility in mind :
4. Meditate on the inner light which is
serene and beyond all sorrow.
5. Meditate on one who has attained
desirelessness.
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16. Meditate on the early morning rising Sun
Contemplation on meaning of Gayatri Mantra
Imbibing the sin-destroying TEJ of Savita
Praying to God to compel our intellect
towards the path of righteousness
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17. Meditation
* A cleanser of our mental garbage.
* Our day to day necessecity.
It gives relief from mental constipation

18. Meditation
Implies giving a bath to your personality
of nobel and ideal thoughts.

19. How to meditate
* Sit in a comfortable position.
* Classic posture is cross-legged on floor
(sukhasana) or
a big chair with soft cushion.
* Straighten your spine.
* Imagine yourself supported by a string
hanging from ceiling connected to the top
of your head.

20. How to meditate
* Breathe deeply through your nose.
* Inhale to full up lungs and then exhale
slowly to expel all the air, observing breath
all the time.

21. How to meditate
Select something to focus upon:
A candle flame,
a flower,
your deity,
Himalayas or ocean.
Focus on your breath by counting each inhalation and
exhalation.

24. How to meditate
* You can also focus on sound of Aum or
Mantra or a meaningful word or phrase.
OR
* Mentally recite mantra in synchrony with
your breathing.
Even 20 minutes of inner equipoise is enough to give
you inner peace and freshness.

25. Scientific Basis
Meditation affects brain cells specifically in
our limbic nervous system (base of brain),
which controls :
* Metabolism,
* Blood pressure,
* Respiration,
* Heart rate and
* Our emotions.
Endorphins and Encephalins (pleasure giving
hormones) are secreted.

26. Scientific Basis
A Fact:
* 60% to 80 % of visits to health care
professionals are related to stress.
* Patients who respond poorly to
medication and surgeries respond
extremely well to mind body approaches –
such as meditation.

27. Research
* Migraine headache sufferer experience a 32%
reduction in frequency or severity of migraine.
* Psoriasis lesions heal 4 times faster with
ultraviolet photo therapy along with meditation.
* Chronic pain relaxation techniques are very
effective in lessening the suffering.
* Cancer treatment : Meditation alleviates the
suffering of chronic pain and allows people undergoing
chemo to better manage pain and side effects.

28. Research
In surgery :
* Prior to it, meditation and relaxation leads
to lesser anxiety, patients blood pressure is
lowered, they bleed less and surgery takes
less time.