If one thinks of oneself as free,

one is free, and if one thinks of

oneself as bound, one is bound.
Here this saying is true, “As one
thinks, so one becomes”.
– Ashtavakra Gita

Watch your thoughts as you

watch the street traffic. People
come and go; you register
without response.
– Nisargadatta Maharaj
About the Book
This book is written by a meditation instructor for the
beginners and hobbyists for a quick reference. The book
discusses about the nature of ancient Indian heritage in
short. The book narrates various aspects related to
meditation including techniques, scientific benefits, rules,
Dos and Don'ts.

Anybody who is interested to learn meditation himself/

herself can use the techniques given in the book, however
it would be better to do practice under the guidance of an
expert. Hopefully this would be helpful for new learners to
have an instant knowledge on the subject.

- Sunil Sharma
About author
Sunil Sharma is a Jaipur based
meditation coach. He is best known
for his (absolutely free) customized
meditation programs "Ganesh
Vidya" and "Panch Tatva Dhyan"
including memory improvement
course for kids and students. He is practicing meditation
since he was 15 years old under the guidance of his Guru
Shri Arvind Chaudharyji, Shri Ramendra Singh
Bhadauriaji and Hanuman Baba (a Hindu Saint). He
started teaching meditation to individuals and groups
in 2005.

Since he is a family person, he works as a content writer to

earn bread and butter for Johareez.com. He offers special
classes for LGBTQ community, depressed teenagers and
women. You may contact him writing email to
[email protected].
 Content List

Chapter’s Name Page No.

The 2 Best Relaxation Techniques 1
5 Awesome Tips To Be Stress Free 4
10 Scientific Medical Benefits of Meditation 6
10 Golden Rules of Meditation 11
10 Most Important Life Lessons From God Shiva 16
Meditation - 21 Questions & Answers 21
What does Bible say on meditation? 28
Ganesha Vidya - 32
Panch Tatva Dhyan (Five Elements Meditation) 36
Meditation: Dos and Don'ts 41
Inspiring Quotes on Meditation 44
 These Are
The 2 Best Relaxation
Techniques To Cure Anything!

This is a two minute process, which recharges your body,

mind and heart immediately releasing stress.

Relaxation is the first and last step you should take to cure
depression and stress. Though it does not equal to
medication but it is quite helpful to release stress
immediately. Besides relieving stress, relaxation improves
emotional health efficiently and immunity to fight against
blood pressure, heart diseases and other symptoms of
stress.

There are several relaxation techniques, you can use

whatever suits you. We can differentiate them in two main
categories; (1) Quick Relaxation and (2) Long Term
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Relaxation. Quick relaxation techniques give you
immediately relief in stress, while the long term relaxation
techniques facilitate you stress free mind for long time. Let
us know what these techniques are.

Quick Relaxation Techniques

This is a two minute process, which recharges your body,
mind and heart immediately releasing stress. The process
is as follow.

Loosen your clothing and get comfortable on a chair or bed.

Close your eyes and flex the muscles in your toes. Do as

much as you can. Hold for a count of 10. Now relax and
feel the pleasure of release from tension.

Tighten the muscles in your feet. Hold for a count of 10.

Relax and again enjoy the sensation of releasing stressed
muscles.

Move slowly up through your other body parts – focusing

on legs, thighs, abdomen, back, chest, hands, neck and
face. Simply contracting and relaxing muscles of each
body part awakens your body tissues.

During the complete process, breathe slowly.

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Long Term Relaxation Techniques
It is quite similar to quick relaxation process but it goes to
each and every part of body. Follow this procedure.
Tighten your right toe. Hold it for a count of 5. Now let go
and relax. Breathe slowly and deeply. Feel the difference in
feelings between both toes.
Now stretch your left toe, hold at this level and relax. Let
the feeling of relaxing pleasure spread through the legs
and the rest of the body.
Move slowly up through your body – both legs, thighs,
private parts, abdomen, back, chest, both hands, neck,
face, scalp etc.
Now minimally tense every muscle in your body so that
you just feel the minimum tensions… jaws… eyes…
shoulders… arms… chest… back… legs… stomach… Be sure
you keep breathing. Feel the minimum tension in every
part. Let your whole body relax. Feel a wave of calmness as
your stop tensing.
Now, with your eyes closed, take a deep breath and hold it.
Note all the minimum tensions… Exhale and feel the
relaxation and calmness developing… Note the feeling of
heaviness.
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 5 Awesome Tips
To Be Mindful and Stress Free

Living a stress free and happy life is a dream for many

peoples. However there are certain ways you can beat
stress easily to enjoy a good life. These can help you be
more productive leading to a stress-free life. let’s have a dig
at these.

Avoid multi-task. You will end up messing up several

things at the same time.

Plan your day ahead of time. Make a to-do list of all the
items (personal as well as professional). You will be in a
better position, if you do prioritize and execute things.

Don’t feel guilty about taking rest. When you are weary,
take a break, refresh and renew yourself, your body, your
mind and then get back to work.
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Eat well. This might sound trivial to you but it has a
significant impact on our mood and body.

Trust me! Always carry some healthy snacks with you in

your purse as much as possible and keep drinking water
intermittently.

Just as a snake
sheds its skin, we must
shed our past over
and over again.
– Buddha

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 10 Scientific Medical Benefits of Meditation Exercises
That Will Change Your Life Forever

“Even your yoga guru and life coach does not

know these health benefits of meditation exercises”

Do you know that many yoga and meditation teachers do

not know medical benefits of meditation exercises. They
use meditation to relieve stress, to cure depression, and to
awaken hidden kundalini (serpent) power. But these are
byproducts of meditation, not the real effects of
mindfulness exercises. Scientists have been doing research
on the subject for decades. Now they know, how to use it.
Presently benefits of meditation exercises and techniques
are classified in three categories; (1) Physiological or
physical, (2) Psychological, (3) Spiritual.

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Scientific benefits of meditation
It relaxes brain resulting into improved-efficient
functioning system of brain. The process offer us a calm
mind, increased tolerance power, increased concentration
and focus power, good memory, normalization of blood
pressure etc. Besides this, we also get helped by meditating
in weight lose, less sleep, better immunity system, stopping
the ageing, better heart functioning (which stops heart
attack problems), etc.

Medical (Physiological or physical) benefits of meditation Exercises

How meditation affects our body, is known as
physiological or physical advantage of the mindfulness
practices. In physiological advantages, we get improved
functioning of body organ, slow and deep breath,
minimum oxygen consumption, body relaxation etc.
Generally we can write these advantages as follow:

It increases blood flow and provides required oxygen to

every organ of the body.

Meditation improves functionality of respiratory system,

therefore we get a healthy life free from asthma, and other

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problems related to respiratory system or breathing.
It increase immunity power by activating our immunity
system. It also reduces free radicals, tissue damage, and
cholesterol level to make your body anti-allergic.
Mindfulness meditation relaxes your nervous system and
improve your brain functioning. You get a sharp and
focused mind, which helps to understand and remember
the things. As example, by Shavashan (corpse pose) we get
physical and mental relaxation which we can not attain
while we sleep or consuming alcohol.

Psychological benefits of meditation to cure depression and anger

In psychological benefits, we can count emotional
intelligence, maturity, calm mind, great self-confidence,
self-respect, positive thinking etc. We can take all of these
benefits in psychological categories, which affect our
personality and behavior. Meditation makes a better and
effective personality by adding positive energy and
patience in life. When we meditate, we become free from
phobia and fears. We get emotional maturity. Some
benefits, we can see as below;

It gives self-respect as well as self-confidence. By self-

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confidence, we can achieve any target because self-
confidence is the base of big success. If we have not
confidence, we can do nothing in life, but with a
confidence there is nothing impossible.

Makes a positive attitude and cool mind. Meditation gives

us the patience and creative thoughts. It creases creativity
and focus power to do a better job. Through meditation,
we can control our thoughts. It teaches us about
responsibilities, work efficiency, better learning skills and
good tolerance power.

Yoga combining with Pranayama (breathing exercise)

meditation makes us a perfect social living person. It
motivates to do something for others, something creative
and positive. It also takes us towards the path of
spirituality, because it develops intuition power, telepathy
and other super natural things.

Spiritual benefits of meditation exercises

In spiritual benefits, we can count peace of mind,
happiness, wisdom, better understanding of human
nature. It awakens consciousness level. We get spiritual
benefits in an advance stage of meditation, where there is

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no difference in oneself and supreme power. It makes you
realizing the true identity of human being. Some spiritual
benefits are as follow:

Awakens the telepathy power or intuition power in a man.

When we meditate with great patience and continuity, it
helps us to forgive the people. It gives the power of self
realization.

Through meditation, we enter in a super wisdom stage,

where we can know each and everything. This is called
supreme wisdom or Para consciousness. Once you enter in
this state of mind, you can know the hidden secrets of
nature and gods. We can contact to the dead souls in the
Dhyan (meditation).

Meditation makes an individual introvert, that means it

gives a man true self-realization. It sets the harmony of
body, mind and spirit. We become more positive, more
conscious, more responsible and kind heart towards the
society.

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 10 Golden Rules of
Meditation Exercises
That Will Make Your Day

In today’s life, it is very hard to meditate for 15 minutes or

more time due to a very tight busy schedule. Usually
people start meditation exercises, but stop it after some
time. Couple of enthusiastic individuals, who have
burning desires, succeed to continue. The main problem is
that meditation is not as easy as we assume.

Doing any meditation exercises perfectly is one of the most

difficult jobs in the universe. It is because during the
process, we learn to control our mind, which is like a
monkey who cannot sit at a place for a long time. Your
mind makes each and every effort, whatever it can do to
disobey your commands until it does not find valuable

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motivation. But there are certain principles of the ancient
techniques that can help you to control your mind. If you
know them, it will be more enjoyable and comfortable.
Let’s have a look;

Meditate as a non-formal practice

Meditation is a thing that should be done while you are
relaxed, so avoid it when you are stressed. Do meditate
whenever you are free, relaxed and mentally prepared to
do. It is not compulsory to meditate on a particular time,
date or place. Just practice easiest method (that suits your
nature) without questions.
Follow your heart, not to tough steps of meditation
exercises. Remember, meditation is a stage of relaxation of
body and mind. So when you are relaxing, it is most suitable
time to meditate. Close your eyes, focus your attention to
your breath and let your mind to enjoy the relaxation. It is
so simple that you can do it anywhere, anytime in any
posture (including your favorite yoga poses).

Relax
First step of meditation exercises is to relax your body as
well as your mind. Relax is the key to get a perfect

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meditation mood. So, first try to be relaxed, relieve your
mental and physical stress. Once you feel relaxed mind,
you will be in meditative stage automatically. Meditation
means, relax with awareness.

Choose your comfortable style

It is not must to meditate in a particular asana (Yoga
Pose). If you can’t meditate in a specific yoga poses
instructed by your meditation teacher, choose your own
comfortable situation. The only condition you should
follow is, there should be no condition, no expectation, no
prejudices, but be in present.

Feel Yourself
Be alert and try to feel every part of your body, if you have
some free time. This will make aware you about yourself
and you will feel oneness with the nature. After some days
you will see the miracle of this technique. You will feel very
pleasing and comfortable in every situation.

Enjoy music
Music is a powerful instrument for mind. Music can

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relieve our stress, our tension. Music is the best way to
conquer everything that causes pain in heart. If you like
music, plug in your earphones and follow the beats.
Within couple of moments, you will be in meditative stage.

5-10 minutes in a day is enough

No need to sit for 15 to 30 minutes daily. Just do meditation
for 5 to 10 minutes regularly and enjoy, what do you like.
It will make you feel better.

Meditate with your partner

If you feel some problem in meditate, take help of someone
near and dear. Doing practice with a partner, we can
perform better. So do meditate with your best friend or life
partner.

Make a good mood

Perfumes, candles, flowers scent, clothes and atmosphere
play important role to make a good mood. Use scented
candles, flowers and other soothing articles. It will take
you in meditative state easily.

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No time limits
Meditation exercises are not a time-bounded thing.
Whenever you are free, it’s time to meditate. It is not
compulsory to make time-table or do practice for at least
30 minutes. You can start with 5 minutes or you can do for
hours, everything depends on you. Just keep away the
strict rules of meditation principles and enjoy the
calmness of meditation.

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 10 Most Important Life Lessons From God Shiva
That We Must Learn

In Hindu religion, God Shiva represents the universal

consciousness. He has 1008 name; each of them symbolize
a specific nature or force of the universe. He is the creator
and the destroyer of the universe. As a household, he
balances all facets of life; as a Mahayogi he is an awaken
soul; as a guru he is the source of knowledge; and as an
individual he is the ideal personality that we want to
follow. Let’s read 10 most important life lessons from God
Shiva that we must learn to be successful in materialistic
and spiritual life.

1. Self-control is the key

Practicing self-control is the key to success. Whatever you
want to achieve, you can get, if you can control your

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desires, addictions and monkey mind. A controlled and
well-trained mind equals to nothing but a divine power
given to you.

2. Maintain balance in life

Shiva’s family is a wonderful family. Shiva is a monk
spending most of his time in meditation; his spouse
goddess Parvati is a princess; Kartikaya, the elder son of
Shiva is the army chief of deities; Ganesha (second son) is
the giver of wisdom and knowledge. Similarly Shiva,
Parvati, Kartikaya and Ganesha ride on ox, lion, peacock
and mouse respectively. All of these animals are enemies of
each other but they live happily in Shiva’s family. Do you
know, why? Shiva family symbolizes a perfect balance
between the various aspects of life.

3. Nothing lasts forever

Shiva is the god of death and rebirth. He symbolizes the
universal infinite cycle of creation and destruction. He
signifies that life is momentary and what happens today
will not remain the same forever. Once we accept that
nothing is permanent in this world; we become free from
sorrow, grief and sadness.

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4. Happiness is more precious than anything
Shiva is a monk, who is happy with whatever he has. If he
has everything, he is quite happy; if he has nothing, he is
also happy. Being powerful, wealthy or anything (anybody
want to be) does not mean you are missing something in
life. To be happy in life, you need nothing but practicing
detachment from unfulfilled desires and useless thoughts
of the mind. This is the only way to live a happy life.

5. Respect feminine forces

‘Ardhanarishwar’ is one famous Avatar (and name) of
Shiva. In this avatar, he is half masculine (or Shiva) and
half feminine (Shakti). This indicates that to create and to
operate the world we need perfect balance in both forces.
Both are equal and must be treated equally. They are not
made to compete but to co-operate each other to maintain
a beautiful, lovely and enjoyable life.

6. How to suppress negative energy gracefully

“Neelkantha” is another name of Shiva. According to
Hindu stories, Shiva consumed poison to save the world
and locked it in his neck to avoid any harm to himself. His

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name Neelkantha (mean someone having blue neck)
narrates the lesson, we must learn. Once we learn to
control the negative aspects, thoughts and desires existing
in ourselves and surrounding environment, we become
the Shiva.

7. Balance is the ultimate goal of life

Shiva’s trident represents the three different aspects of
nature; (1) Sat, (2) Rajas, (3) Tama. Sat is the purely
positive force; Tama is the completely negative force; while
Rajas is the balancing point of the both of two extremes.
When Sat arises, mind starts to think like a monk, it
denies living in the world; when Rajas arises, mind become
ambitious and struggle to acquire maximum power; when
Tama increases, mind starts to absorbing negativity
destroying each and everything. If you want to enjoy life,
you must learn to balance these three mental forces.

8. Conquer your ego

Ego is nothing but the unsatisfied desires and ambitions
of mind. Once you start to feed them, they start to root in
your heart. Every effort to satisfying them creates another
invisible trap to control your consciousness. As a

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‘Mahayogi’ Shiva teaches us “how to overpower the ego”.

9. Live in present
Shiva is beyond the time (all of three forms including past,
present and future). He is the start and end of the time,
but he himself lives in the present, being himself on the
stage of the world. He meditates not to gain supernatural
powers but to enjoy the present moment; which is more
important and precious than anything in the world. This
is the same message given by the God Krishna in the
Srimad Bhagwat Gita.

10. You must not tolerate evil

God Shiva is the destroyer of evil forces. He tolerates no
injustice; he destroys whatever comes in the way of
goodness. Shiva teaches us not only to protect us from evil
but instructs to fight battle against evil powers too.

Keep your best wishes,

close to your heart and
watch what happens
- Tony DeLiso
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 Meditation
21 Questions And Their Answers
That Can Save Your Life

In an interview the Dalai Lama has said, “Eastern forms of

meditation and Pranayam (breathing exercise) have to be
handled carefully. Westerners who proceed too quickly to
deep meditation should learn more about Eastern
traditions and get better training than they usually do.
Otherwise, certain physical or mental difficulties appear.”

Unfortunately we do not listen and we have to face certain

problems. The problems can be something like mania,
psychotic, hallucination, depressed having suicidal
thoughts, nervous breakdowns, sudden surge of heart
rates, chronic pain, and split personalities. This problem
also can happen from incorrect training in certain types of

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yoga (resulted in kundalini syndrome), certain religious
types of meditation and incorrect hypnosis. (…).

Meditation – Questions and answers

Q. 1. Are meditation and yoga two different things?

No, they are two different branches of a single tree that is
tantra. We can say that meditation is the next step of yoga.
You can’t differentiate where yoga finishes and meditation
starts.

Q. 2. Is it essential to practice yoga or pranayama

(breathing exercise) with meditation?
Nope, but if you do, it will be more fruitful. It offers more
relaxation, calmness and strength.

Q. 3. Does meditation have side effects?

Yes. Wrong practice of meditation can causes many
problems like mania, psychotic, hallucination, depressed
having suicidal thoughts, nervous breakdowns, sudden
surge of heart rates, chronic pain, and split personalities.
If you feel one or more symptoms from the above,
immediately contact to your meditation coach or a health
expert.

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Q. 4. Can meditation cure anxiety and depression?
Yes, if it is practiced under a teacher’s guidance, it works.
According to researches, regular practicing of meditation
eliminates anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts
forever. It gives you positive attitude.

Q. 5. Can meditation cure disease?

Nope, meditation can’t cure disease, until it is anxiety,
stress, depression or something like these. However it
makes you optimistic which helps you to recover soon. In
some cases, where anxiety or stress is the primary root of
the disease, it works miraculously.

Q. 6. Can meditation cure mental illness?

Both, ‘Yes’ and ‘No’. It depends on the situation and type
of illness. It also depends on “which practice are you
using?”

Q. 7. Can meditation give you powers?

Yes, it teaches you, how to control your mind. It gives you
power to be calm, confident and positive. If you do
meditation regularly, you may feel charismatic power of
clairvoyance, clairaudience or superb concentration but it
may take up to one year of regular practice.

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Q. 8. Can meditation heal emotional, mental traumas?
Definitely, meditation heals your wounds miraculously. It
generates life-force (pran oorja) that cures all kinds of
emotional, behavioral or mental traumas. If you are
suffering some kinds of negative feelings, it works
perfectly to get relief.

Q. 9. Can meditation heal the body?

Yes, if you are using correct practice under an experience
teacher’s guidance, it can heal body. As we know,
meditation generates life force that heals body. But
medication should not be stopped until your instructor
suggests you.

Q. 10. Can meditation help in anxiety?

If works perfectly.

Q. 11. Can meditation replace sleep?

If you are not feeling well, try Yoga Nidra (an advance
technique of meditation), you will feel more freshness,
more powerful and more energetic than you feel after
awaken from a long sleep.

Q. 12. Does meditation change the brain?

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It does. Meditation works on mind like you are formatting
your laptop’s hard disk. It erases all bad memories,
feelings, stress and negative thoughts. Later it creates new
positive thoughts in subconscious mind. Moreover it gives
you more emotional and mental strength.

Q. 13. Does meditation help high/ low blood pressure?

Practicing meditation (with certain breathing exercises)
daily for 10 to 15 minutes can cure all problems related to
high or low blood pressure.

Q. 14. Does meditation increase happy hormone

“dopamine”?
Perfectly. You feel more relaxed after meditation.

Q. 15. Does meditation make you smarter?

Yes it improves your mental ability. So you become more
focused, more dedicated to something resulting in more
smartness.

Q. 16. Does meditation really affect your brain?

Meditation affects brain and improves functionality of
mind. According to research, mindfulness meditation can
alter DNA giving you more immunity against all

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environmental odds. Meditation increases gray matter
found in brain and helps to focus mind.

Q. 17. How meditation can change your life?

Meditation eliminates negatives thoughts and gives
mental, emotional and physical strength. Gradually it
changes your attitude to positivity so you start to feel
change in your daily life.

Q. 18. How meditation can reshape our brains?

Scientists and researchers say, meditation rewires our
mental neural network. Sometimes it may give you
supernatural power, but mostly it makes you more smart,
intelligent and strong.

Q. 19. Can meditation awake Kundalini as some modern

spiritual gurus say?
Definitely, most of Indian gurus use different kinds of
meditation to awaken Kundalini. Mantra meditation is
one of the most used and powerful technique to awaken
Kundalini. But it needs a guru’s guidance that can help
you whenever you raise some problem during your journey
to awake the serpent power. Without a good teacher’s
guidance, it may be dangerous for you.

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Q. 20. Are meditation cushions necessary?
Nope, they are luxury, if your mind can’t afford to be
silenced without a good cushion or mat, they are essential.
Else you can meditate on a chair, bed or sitting under a
tree, even on the floor too.

Q. 21. Can meditation change eye color?

Scientific researchers say, if meditation is practiced for
long time, it alters DNA structure. However right now we
have no proof that it can change eye color, or skin color. It
helps you to maintain emotional, mental and spiritual
balance with the help of subconscious mind.

Sometimes you need to sit

lonely on the floor in a quiet
room in order to hear your own
voice and not let it drown in
the noise of others.
- Charlotte Eriksson

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 Know what does
Bible say on meditation?

Bible discusses some specific meditation techniques

similar to Hindu meditation exercises.

Tremble, and do not sin;

Meditate in your heart upon your bed, and be still.

Meditation is considered as an alien thing among

Christians, but do you know Bible has its own versions of
ancient Hindu practices. Yes, Bible has the miracle word
“Meditation” and it has been discussed in several stories.
The Bible also proposes specific meditation techniques
similar to Hindu meditation exercises. Here we try to find
out if the ancient mindfulness practice is compatible with
Bible or not.

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There are few interesting Psalms having the words
“Meditate” or “Meditation”. For example, in Joshua 1:8,

“God orders to meditate for day and night”.

HAGA (means meditate or ponder) and SIHACH (means

muse or contemplate) are used for meditation in the Old
Testament. These Hebrew words are similar to dwell and
peace. In short, we can say that it is a common practice in
Christians too.

What are Christian Meditation Techniques?

Christian meditation techniques follow patterns similar to
the eastern religious exercises but they have different
purpose. Eastern meditation techniques use mental
practices to achieve the emptiness state of mind to be freed
from “MAYA” (illusion) to get NIRVANA or MOKSHA.
While a Christian practitioner is instructed to meditate to
communicate with the God or the Jesus.
Christian meditation does not use mantra chanting like
modern new age era practices; but it follows other
practices including relaxation, music or concentrating
their focus. Its main objective is to enter in the kingdom of
the God.

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How Guided meditation is similar to Christian meditation techniques?
Today we can find dozens of good guided meditation
tracks on internet or music shops. The guided meditation
helps you to relax and to meditate on a particular thought.
This makes you enter into an emptiness state of the mind
so that you can focus your attention on the desired
thought.

The only difference in eastern meditation and Christian

meditation is, that a Bible follower focuses on the words of
bible instead of an image or mantra. A simple Christian
meditation technique can be described as follow:

Sit in a quiet and peaceful place.

Relax your body and mind through breathing or other

physical exercises. You may use yoga poses for this
purpose as PADMASAN (Lotus Pose), Swastikasan or
Shavasana (Corpse Pose).

Read a line or Paragraph from Bible and close your eyes.

Concentrate your mind and thoughts on that line. Do not

force yourself but let it happen gradually.

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Be aware. You may go into the sleep. If you are aware, you
will not sleep.

Feel the presence of God within you to observing you.

Do this for ten minutes to fifteen minutes. This practice

will help you to attain calmness and happiness.

Do not be anxious
about tomorrow, for
tomorrow will be anxious
for itself. Let the day's
own trouble be sufficient
for the day.
- Jesus Christ

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 What is Ganesha Vidya
And How Can It Help You?

Ganesha Vidya helps you to identify your

hidden qualities, emotions, powers and darkness
hidden in the depth of heart.
Every stone is a beautiful creation of nature, but it needs a
skilled artisan to reveal its beauty. It depends on how do
you see it? You can bury it in the depth of the foundations
of a beautiful palace where nobody can see it. Or you can
sculpt a beautifully curved god’s idol to worship. “Ganesha
Vidya” is the same process of converting a stone into a
beautiful artistic creation.

“Ganesha Vidya” is the boon of great Indian sages. They

went beyond religion and spirituality to invent several
beneficial applications of meditation practices. Though

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these experiments were discovered to attain spiritual
liberation (MOKSH) but they had been used in the
programming of the human brain also.

These applications involve meditation, yoga, physical

stretching exercises and psychological approaches. Each
meditation technique has its own applications, uses and
benefits. Every practices has a different nature, so these
are used to achieve different objectives, which you can
learn through Ganesha Vidya.

What is Ganesha Vidya?

Ganesha Vidya begins with the purification of the body
and mind. It reawakens an individual’s emotional, mental
consciousness. It helps you to identify your own hidden
qualities, emotions, powers, dark sides hidden in the
depth of heart. Here your body works as a medium to
connect to your own mind, brain and heart. Once you
learn to communicate with yourself, you attain peace,
calmness and ultimate joy of life.

Why Ganesha Vidya?

In India, a small round shaped sand clod is purified by

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chanting mantras. After purification, priests do pran
pratishta (infusing life force) in the sand clod. Later it is
worshiped as God Ganesha (the elephant god). This
process is the symbolic representation of the process of
finding and utilizing your own qualities. That’s why we
choose “Ganesha Vidya” name for the ancient spiritual
practice.

Elephant god Ganesha is the father of knowledge.

Usually we all have something very special talents, which
we do not know. That is the situation where this technique
works miraculously. This knowledge gives you
opportunities to peep into yourself, gives you the power to
recognize your abilities and helps you to gain self-
confidence. It gives you the strength to overcome new
challenges conquering them easily.

What is the use of Ganesha Vidya?

It helps you when you feel too much stressed or depressed,
you are frustrated at all, you are in confusion; you are
having thoughts of suicide, or you have no purpose in life.
Similarly, children, young generation and old people who
are living boring life can have benefits using this ultimate

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ancient practice. If you have other problems like lack of
concentration, lack of memory, lack of self-confidence,
lack of love in relationship, etc, Ganesha Vidya is
beneficial.

How does Ganesha Vidya work?

“Balance” is the core of Ganesha Vidya. Once you succeed
to attain balance with your body, your subconscious mind
and heart start to follow the pattern. This sparks the real
magic. You can feel and see this magic by joining our
Ganesha Vidya program also.

OM Tadapurushhaaya Viddhamahe,
VakratunDaaya DhImahi,
Tanno Danti Prachodayaat.

Meaning - We pray to the supreme

and perfect male who is
omnipresent. We meditate upon
and pray for greater intellect to
the Lord with the curved,
elephant-shaped trunk. We bow
before the one with the single-
tusked elephant tooth to illuminate
our minds with wisdom.
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 Five Elements Meditation
(Panch Tatva Dhyan)
The New Wellness Trend
You Must Try

Five elements meditation (PANCH TATVA DHYAN)

technique was developed by ancient Indian mystics to
maintain perfect balancing of the five elements and make
the body healthy. Using these meditation exercises we can
recognize the unbalanced element in the body, we can
remove it to live a peaceful life.

According to Yoga and Ayurveda sciences, the whole world

is made up of five elements, i.e. earth, water, air, fire and
ether (or sky). All living and non-living things of the world
are formed by the formation created by combination of
these five elements. The human body is no exception also.
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If one or more of these five elements becomes unbalanced,
it affects our body, mind and brain leading to various
physical, psychological or emotional problems. Let us
know what these five elements are, how they are identified
and how their balance is restored.

Earth Element
The earth element shows solid state of the mater, it
describes the body’s stability, beauty, strength and mental
stability. Unbalancing of earth element can give you
weakness, heaviness in body and mental / emotional
instability.

Water Element
Water element is an indicator of the continuous phase of
matter. If determines mobility, purity and body
temperature. If water is unbalanced, you may feel
nervousness, lack of blood, migraine, blood related
problems as well as lack of concentration.

Fire Element
The fire element represents power and energy of the sun.
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It controls our emotions, nervous system, digestion system
and thought process. If fire element is unbalanced, you
may feel aggressive, sadness, grief, week digestion, lack of
confidence etc. problems.

Wind Element
This element is the gaseous state of matter which tells the
body’s mobility. The air element keeps our body moving.
Once the wind element is out of body, body is no more
alive. So you can understand why perfect balancing of
wind element is essential for our body.

Ether (Sky) Element

Ether element is also known zero element. The ether
element is the base of the universe. If ether is not balanced,
it can destroy the whole universe within a very short span
of time. Ether element indicates an individual’s spiritual
and emotional progress.

How does the Five Elements Meditation (PANCH TATVA DHYAN) work?
The Five Elements Meditation (PANCH TATVA DHYAN)
is a very simple technique; even a ten year old child can do
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it after learning. First of all, we try to find out which
element is unbalanced in the body. Once we know it, we
start the process to re-balance it. For example, if you are
angry I would advise you to meditate on water element,
but if you are angry and unhappy, you should meditate on
fire and air instead water element.

It is quite easy to know which element is missing the

balance. You can learn it observing your Nadis. Usually we
detect it observing nerves located in our right hand and
near the throat area. Once you know which element is
creating ruckus, you can suggest proper meditation
therapy to heal body. The therapy includes appropriate
yoga postures, hand gestures and stretching exercises
before meditation. Sometimes you may need spa or steam
bath also.

Precautions
Five elements meditation is a very intense meditation
program, so whenever you come, make sure you don’t eat
anything before 2 to 3 hours of meditation. Especially
avoid alcohol or any other type of intoxication strictly.

If you are on medication, whether it is for blood pressure,

migraine, heart related to anything, please provide us
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details, so we can make changes accordingly.

While doing practice, it is necessary that you are wearing

loose clothes and cotton clothes so that the body can get
full benefits.

Avoid taking tea or coffee immediately after practice. You

can have juice or other light food after 30 minutes. Do not
eat non-vegetarian food for the next 48 hours.

Be the master OF mind rather

than mastered BY mind.
– Japanese Proverb

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 Meditation
Dos and Don'ts

There are hundreds of meditation teachers and coaches.

They tell you whatever you should do during the
meditation session. But literature on yoga instructs to
follow certain lists of rules to attain maximum benefits
from the meditations. These are basics and mandatory to
avoid any harm caused by the wrong practices. Here is a
list of Do's and Don't that you should keep in mind.

The Dos of Meditating

In the beginning, you should know which postures and
techniques are best of you. Your meditation instructor can
tell you or you can do experiments to find out.
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Learn to meditate under skilled coach.
Do meditate in the early morning or in the late night.
Always wear comfortable clothes. Alternatively you can do
practice wearing nothing also.
Sit up straight. If you can not, take support of a cushion or
do meditate while lying on the floor.
Do yoga and pranayam before meditation. If not possible,
do some stretching exercises.
Play your favorite instrumental music. You may choose a
mantra CD also.
Witness your thoughts, whatever comes in the view during
meditation.
Enjoy sleep if it happens during meditation.
Practice regularly.

The Don'ts of Meditating

Never meditate after having a heavy meal.
Never meditate while you are angered, irritated, tired or
worried.
Never meditate if you are drunk.
Never try to suppress your thoughts and emotions.

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Never site in an uncomfortable posture.
Never meditate for a long time.
Never meditate for a long duration if you are a beginner.
Never hesitate to share your feelings and experiences with
your instructors.

When meditation is
mastered, the mind is
unwavering like the flame of
a candle in a windless place.
– Bhagavad Gita

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 Inspiring Quotes
on Meditation

Read some of the best quotes on meditation. These are not

only words but the secrets of meditation also that you
should follow whenever you do meditation.
Watch your thoughts as you watch the street traffic.
People come and go; you register without response. It
may not be easy in the beginning, but with some practice
you will find that your mind can function on many levels
at the same time and you can be aware of them all.
– Nisargadatta Maharaj
Meditation applies the brakes to the mind.
– Ramana Maharshi
The mind is responsible for the feelings of pleasure and
pain. Control of the mind is the highest Yoga.
– Swami Sivananda
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As gold purified in a furnace loses its impurities and
achieves its own true nature, the mind gets rid of the
impurities of the attributes of delusion, attachment and
purity through meditation and attains Reality.
– Adi Shankara
You should not be carried away by the dictation of the
mind, but the mind should be carried by your dictation.
– A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami
Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves
away and become something better, it’s about
befriending who we are. – Ani Pema Chodron
Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means
and the end. – Jiddu Krishnamurti
When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering
like the flame of a candle in a windless place.
– Bhagavad Gita
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own
thoughts, unguarded. – Buddha
This is universal. You sit and observe your breath. You
can’t say this is a Hindu breath or a Christian breath or a
Muslim breath. – Charles Johnson
Don’t worry about whether you are making progress or
not. Just keep your attention on the Self twenty-four

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hours a day. Meditation is not something that should be
done in a particular position at a particular time. It is an
awareness and an attitude that must persist through the
day. – Annamalai Swami
Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It’s a
way of entering into the quiet that’s already there –
buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person
thinks every day. – Deepak Chopra
If one thinks of oneself as free, one is free, and if one
thinks of oneself as bound, one is bound. Here this
saying is true, “As one thinks, so one becomes”.
– Ashtavakra Gita
Happy he stands, happy he sits, happy sleeps, and happy
he comes and goes. Happy he speaks and happy he eats.
This is the life of a man at peace. – Ashtavakra Gita
Your goal is not to battle with the mind, but to witness
the mind. – Swami Muktananda
There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The
more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to
bear on one point. – Swami Vivekananda

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