| Meditation |  | Introduction | | Benefits | | Primordial Sound Meditation | | Course Schedule | | Fee Information | | Contact | | | | We all strive to be happy all the time even though according to the vision of our scriptures, our true nature is Bliss. Somewhere along the progression of our life, we seem to have forgotten our true nature and started to identify with material existence, which gives us pleasure sometimes, but most often pain and suffering. Leading this life should be an effortless process. But, because of our wrong identification, we struggle a lot and have lost our true state of joy, bliss and well being. How do we get back on track and realize our true nature to experience joy, bliss, creativity and freedom? The solution may be the practice of Meditation. | 1. Why should we meditate?
2.What is Meditation?
3. Why don't we experience joy/bliss all the time?
4. How practicing meditation can affect our mind?
5. How practicing meditation can affect our environment?
6. What are the benefits of practicing meditation?
7. What is the goal of meditation?
8. How, Where, When to practice Meditation?
Introduction to Primordial Sound Meditation
9. What is Primordial Sound Meditation?
10. What are Primordial Sounds?
11. How does it work?
12. How do you learn Primordial Sound Meditation?
13. Where can you learn Primordial Sound Meditation in Peoria, IL?
14. References
| | | | 1. Why should we meditate? | | Meditation is one of the most powerful tools available to help us restore the harmony within and to gain access to our body's inner intelligence. In meditation, we rediscover the silence in our mind and make it part of our life. Silence is the birthplace of happiness. It is where we get our bursts of inspiration, our tender feelings of compassion, and our sense of love. | | | | 2. What is Meditation? | Meditation is being aware of the present moment, usually using breath/mantra as an anchor. It is a Spiritual journey reconnecting to our true Self-Reconnecting with the spirit, that flows through everything in creation.
Meditation is a process to help us, take our awareness from the level of activity of mind to quieter and quieter state of silence. It is a tool to discover who we are.
Meditation is not a static process, simply sitting for an hour in meditative posture. It is a dynamic process of experiencing the spirit/silence to realize our true Self and integrate this Self-knowledge into our everyday life. | | | | 3. Why don't we experience joy/bliss all the time? | Stress is a significant factor affecting our life. Emotional turbulence and lifestyle patterns (eating, sleeping, and working) are major causes of stress.
According to Ayurveda, (indigenous Indian Medicine),there are 72000 channels in a network for energy & information to flow within our body. Free flow of energy & information through these channels is blocked by “accumulation” of stress. More stress we accumulate more the blockage that occurs and less the flow of energy & information, thereby affecting our effective levels of functioning in our life.
Meditation is a wonderful tool for releasing stress by giving us deep rest.
Mediation is a tool to reconnect with our essential state and remember that we are perfect people, healthy, content and happy. Meditation is not an intellectual process but waking up at cellular level and allowing us to fulfill our desires spontaneously. | | | | 4. How practicing meditation can affect our mind? | | consciousness expands and can enjoy our untapped potential. We become more alert and creative. Increased coherence between left and right brain centers creates balance and harmony within our body and hence health starts improving. | | | | 5. How practicing meditation can affect our environment? | Environment influences our body and our body influences the environment. When we meditate regularly we get rid of impurities accumulated in our body and radiate good energy into the environment. We become calmer and peaceful. Anybody who interacts with us experiences joy and peace. There are lots of crime and unwanted things going around us. We cannot change them. But we can change ourselves. When we improve, everybody around us starts to change.
When everybody around us changes, Society changes; the Country changes; and the whole World changes.
When a group of people meditate, we start to share each other’s coherent energy and benefit.
At an individual level, we get more joy and health benefits for ourselves. At an interdependent level, society transforms because of our choices and action
Experiments have been conducted and shown that when a large group of people meditate crime rate reduces, and so do hospital admissions.
| | | | 6. What are the benefits of practicing meditation? | - Reduce Stress
- Restore the memory of wholeness in your life
- Connect with your true Self
- Fulfill your desires
- Become more intuitive
- Improve one’s relationships
- Increase creativity
- Create inner peace
- Have more energy
- Improve concentration
- Eliminate fatigue
- Reverse the effects of aging
| - Improve eating and sleeping habits
- Experience unconditional love
- Become non-judgmental
- Make the right choices
- Increase sensory perception
- Give up undesirable habits
- Unfold one’s full potential
- Awaken one’s inner healer
- Become successful
- Lighten up and be carefree
- Understand the unity behind all diversity
- Enhance the quality of one’s daily living
| | | | 7. What is the goal of meditation? | | Though we can get a lot of benefits from practicing meditation, they are only side benefits. Ultimate goal of meditation is to get Unity Consciousness (Union of physical, mental, spiritual, and environmental aspects of our life). | | | | 8. How, Where, When to practice Meditation? | | These are the critical aspects of practicing meditation and have to be learned from a teacher directly. There are so many techniques taught by different teachers. Select a technique, which suits you. Primordial Sound Meditation is a meditation technique, which can help you to enrich your life. | | | | | | Introduction to Primordial Sound Meditation | | | | | | 9. What is Primordial Sound Meditation? | Primordial Sound Meditation, is a mantra-based practice that systematically allows you to experience quieter, more peaceful levels of your mind. A mantra is a specific sound, which when used silently, serves as a vehicle to connect you with deeper aspects of your consciousness.
This technique originates from ancient yoga tradition of India. Dr Deepak Chopra has revived this authentic process and made it available in a format that can be easily learned and practiced by everyone. | | | | 10. What are Primordial Sounds? | Primordial Sounds are the basic, most essential sounds of nature. (Wind caressing grasses, waves crashing against shores and thunder). Specific primordial sounds are used as mantra in Primordial Sound Meditation. These mantras are personal for each participant.
Mantras are chosen on the basis of Vedic mathematics, which determines a specific sound or vibration of the universe at the time and place of your birth. | | | | 11. How does it work? | Every thought is essentially a sound, having vibration and meaning. Primordial sounds are only vibrations and don’t have any meaning. It is the meaning of a thought, which causes our minds to have continuous stream of thoughts.
When we silently repeat Primordial Sounds (basic vibrations of the universe) as part of our mantra, since we they don’t have any meaning to hold at the level of mind, we slip beyond thought to the level of pure silence/spirit.
Vibration itself wants to draw our awareness to the level of spirit. Practicing meditation is not an intellectual process. It is a simple, natural process. Harder we try difficult it becomes! It has to be practiced effortlessly and innocently. | | | | 12. How do you learn Primordial Sound Meditation? | Primordial Sound Meditation is easily learned in four short sessions, total of approximately 7 hours:
Session 1: Introduction to the basic principle. A 2 hour group session where you will learn basic principles of Primordial Sound Meditation, the use of mantras and the value of meditation.
Session 2: Individual Instruction. In this session, you will receive your personal mantra and will be instructed in the use of it. After instruction you will practice meditation for 30 minutes.
Session 3: Perfecting the practice. During this 2-hour group session, you will review the practical aspects of meditation, share experiences, ask questions and meditate with the group.
Session 4: A vision of higher states of consciousness. This final 2-hour group session includes a specially prepared video featuring Dr Deepak Chopra. He gives a glimpse of future possibilities of growth on all levels of our lives. | | | | 13. Where can you learn Primordial Sound Meditation in Peoria, IL? | In Peoria, IL area this course is taught by Venkatesh Anandasayanam, Instructor certified to teach Primordial Sound Meditation by Dr Deepak Chopra, at the Chopra Center for well being, La Jolla, California.
Contact Information:
Phone : 309-691-4062
Email : a_venki@hotmail.com
If you are from outside Peoria, you can look for instructor information from the web site at www.chopra.com
Dr Deepak Chopra is acknowledged as one of the world's greatest leaders in the field of mind - body medicine.
Dr Chopra is known worldwide for his published works. The author of more than 30 books and more than 100 audio, video and CD-ROM titles, he has published his works in every continent, and in dozens of languages. His latest book is “ Grow Younger, Live Longer: 10 Steps to Reverse aging.”
Visit www.chopra.com for more details for his training programs on mind - body medicine. | | | | 15. References: | - The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success : A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams by Dr Deepak Chopra M.D
- The Quiet Mind by John Harvey Ph.D
- Perfect Health by Dr Deepak Chopra M.D
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