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Bhavana with Lesya Dhyan
1. Arun Zaveri
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Phone: +91 22 2414-2989 Email: arunzaveri07@gmail.com
Paryushan Parva Lecture Series
Jain Center of Greater Boston
Norwood, Massachusetts, USA
September 2-9, 2013
Day 7
for
Emotional, Mental and Physical Well-being
2. Fruition of inauspicious karma produces ashubh lesya
Produces negative urges, impulses, and an imbalance
in the neuro-endocrine secretions in the body
The hormonal imbalance produce powerful negative
emotions, feelings, and behavior:
These produce emotional tensions as well as attract
more inauspicious karma – (the vicious cycle)
Fruition of Inauspicious Karma
The Root Cause of Emotional, Mental, and Physical Disorders
• Enmity
• Envy
• Cruelty
• Violence
• Impatience
• Insecurity
• Irrational fears
• Intolerance
• Anger
• Pride
• Deceit
• Greed
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3. Endocrine Imbalance & Emotional Tensions
Messages from
nucleus of cells
secrete toxins and
poisons into
blood-stream
The Perfect Recipe for Disaster!
CELL
Nucleus
Weakens the immune system
Causes inflammation in the body
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4. Most of the diseases are psychosomatic -- caused
or worsened by emotional tensions & stress
Physical Diseases & Disorders
Heart disease
Hypertension
Diabetes
Obesity
Insomnia
Depression
Emotional
Tensions
Emotional tensions are time bombs that eventually
explode into all kinds of physical ailments
Nervousness
Anxiety
Headaches
Acidity /Ulcer
Arthritis
Dermatitis
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5. And eventually succumb to
the vicious circle of drugs and medicines
harmful addictions and debilitating habits
The outcome is always the same
pain, suffering, loss of health and wealth
premature death!!
As remedies, most people
try to “cure” the symptoms with medicines,
which often have severe side-effects, or
find false relief in alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drugs
The Common Outcome
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6. Holistic Healing
The root causes of psychosomatic disorders must be
removed at the mental, emotional, and spiritual levels
Today, many doctors also agree that
Meditation
helps
Medication
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7. Observe the subtle aspects of one’s own self by direct
perception, and produce desirable changes/effects via
contemplation, visualization and auto-suggestions
Derived from ancient Jain philosophy and is supported
by modern scientific theories of body and mind
Powerful tool for
• Removing the effects of inauspicious karma
• Replacing it with positive virtues
• Restoring emotional, mental, and physical health
• Living peaceful and happy life
Contemplative (Bhavana) Meditation
Therapeutic Thinking
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9. Shubh Lesya
Visualize and perceive bright light
surrounding the entire body
• Tejo – orange
• Padma – Yellow
• Shukla – white
Produces a shubh lesya
that counteracts the effects of
inauspicious karma
Balances the functions of the mind and
body
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10. Perception of Psychic centers
Knowledge (Cerebral Cortex)
Enlightenment (Pineal)
Intuition (Pituitary)
Purity (Thyroid)
Bliss (Thymus)
Bio-electricity (Adrenal)
Energy (Gonads)
Focusing full attention at the psychic centers along with
auto-suggestions harmonizes neuroendocrine secretions
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11. Bhavana - Therapeutic Thinking
Positive thoughts permeates in every cell of the body
Produces healing bio-chemicals
Purges toxins
CELL
Nucleus
Messages
of therapeutic
bio-chemicals
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12. Amity
By harming others one damages himself
Enmity leads to irrational fears, cruelty, violence
Friendship leads to fearlessness and peace
Change negative patterns (e.g., blaming others)into
positive patterns (e.g., well wishes, politeness)
Increase power of tolerance, purify own weakness
Establish amity
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13. Appreciation of Good Qualities of Others
Identify and acknowledge good qualities of others
Have a positive attitude
Avoid arguments
Avoid finding faults or defects in others
Encourage good qualities of others
Reduces jealousy – a mental disorder that destroys
relationships with others and emotional well-being
of one’s own self
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14. Forgiveness
Social and professional relationships improve
Mind relaxes
Friendship increases
Ego vanishes
Tolerance increases
Forgive everyone while not considering the
other person’s age, status, rank, position, etc.
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17. Kayotsarg:
Steadiness
Relaxed muscles
Body cast away
Mental steadiness
Self-awareness
Feel separateness
No attraction / aversion
Message of equanimity
Only seeing & knowing
Contemplation:
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Positive virtues
Establish:
Amity
Appreciation
Compassion
Equanimity
Benevolent
Lesya
Taijjas Body
Purification of
Primal Karmic
Expressions
Inhibition of
Influx of Karma
Falling off
of Karma
Contemplative (Bhavana) Meditation
Soul (Atma)
Karma body
Taijjas body
Physical Body
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18. Steps of Contemplative Meditation:
Preconditions: Place – body posture – Steadiness
Recitation of Mantra
Recitation of aim and resolve
Relaxation with self-awareness
Internal journey in the spinal cord
Perception of:
• conscious breathing deliberately make long
• body
• psychic centres
• psychic colors (Lesya cleansing)
Contemplation with Auto-suggestions
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