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Team :
Team

Dr.P.V.Sharma, Hyderabad
Sri Venugopal Hyderabad
Sri Venugopal, Hyderabad
Sri Vamshi Krishna, Chennai,
Dr.A.Sathyanrayana, Bengaluru
Science of Meditation
The Mind Three Grand
Happenings
Science of
Brain
Meditational
Experiences
Meditation
Importance of
Meditation
Breath &
Meditation
 Mind - Body
Mind - Body are one
.. inseparably
entangled
W experience
We i
Body .. Objectively
We experience
Mind .. Subjectively
.. Thoughts
& Feelings
F li
The Mind
The Mind
Th Mi d isi the
th
sum total of all our
thoughts.
On an average a
human being
thinks about
60,000 thoughts
per day.
day
 The Mind

Most of these
thoughts dwell
either in the
past or future
The Mind
Rishi Patanjali
d fi d
defined
“ Yoga ”
as
“ Chitta
Vritthi
Nirodhaha ”
 The Mind
‘ Chitta ’ is the entire
Mind stuff.
‘ Vritti ’ is tendency to
distract us by its
monkey antics of
moving
i fromf one
thought
g to the next.
‘ Chitta Vritti ’ means
‘ Restless Mind ’
The Mind
The Mind
A restless mind
wanders around
through
h h an incessant
i
flow of thoughts,
g ,
creating an
‘ Inner Chatter ’.
It doesn’t know how to
remain
i in
i the
h
present moment here
p
and now.
 The Mind

The natural
restless waves of
the mind result
in unwanted
dissipation of the
energy off the
th
Soul.
Soul
The Mind
When the
SOUL ENERGY
is thus dissipated,
p ,
the physical body becomes
weak and more susceptible to
attacks from various external
sources resulting in diseases.
sources, diseases
“80% Diseases are Psycho-
S
Somatic”
i ”
The Mind

The naturally
Th t ll restless
tl mind
i d
is the common lot of all
persons who do not make
anyy efforts to consciously
y
cultivate the mind.
 The Mind
An uncultivated
land becomes
full of weeds.
Similarly, an
uncultivated
li d
mind becomes
full of unwanted
thoughts.
The Mind
Science of Brain
BRAIN is 3 Lbs. tissue
containing 1.1 trillion cells
and 100 billion Neurons.
Each Neuron has @ 5,000
5 000
‘synapses’.
Every Neuron transmit
signals to other Neurons
Each Neural Signal is a bit
of Information
Science of Brain
 Science of Brain
LEFT and RIGHT hemispheres of BRAIN
LEFT and RIGHT hemispheres of BRAIN

LEFT  HEMISPHERE RIGHT  HEMISPHERE

Logical Creative
Rational Wholeness
Analytical Imagination
Sequential Descriptive
Reasoning Insight
Scientific Artistic
Individual Holistic

RIGHT HAND domination LEFT HAND domination
 Science of Brain
Left & Right Brain .. Cortex
Left Half of Cortex :
language, logic & Science.
Ri ht H
Right Half
lf off Cortex
C t :
recognition, feeling & Art.
Left is hurry, work out problems &
impatient
Right sees answer to problem &
passes to Left
L f
 Science of Brain

Meditation practice results in Higher levels of

Serotonin ((neurotransmitter)) that helps
p to maintain
.. Good mood ; Good sleep ; Better digestion etc.
 Science of Brain
FMRI experiments
p on BRAIN
( Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging ) 

Researchers (University of Wisconsin,

Wisconsin USA) monitored
Brain activity before and during
Meditation of the Monks by putting electrical
sensors connected to head
 Science of Brain
As monitored by  E E G

FREQUENCY
Q CYCLES / SEC
/
STATES

Beta 28 – 14 Wakeful

Alpha
p 14 –7 Rest / calm
/

Theta 7–4
7  Meditation
Meditation 

Delta 4 –1.5
4  1.5 Samadhi
Science of Brain
THOUGHT Waves 
O G
Science of Brain
By stilling Left Brain
g meditation ) doors of
( though

Perception open to the

larger Quantum Field
When connected to
Field everything
appears much brighter ..
colors more intense ..
very reall
 Meditation
Meditation
essentially
train
the mind to
access andd
focus on Inner
Awareness
Meditation
Meditation
means total
t t l
cessation of
all restless
waves of the
mind,
i d making
ki it i
crystal clear.
clear
 Meditation
A simple
definition of
M dit ti is
Meditation i
‘ Stillness of
Mind ’ ..
Nirmal Sthiti.
Meditation
 Meditation
When we
don’tt do
don
anything the
Energy moves
towards our
centre and
settles
l down
d
there.
Meditation
Meditation is
nott only
l about
b t
keeping
Mind still .. it
is also about
watching
Mind move.
 Meditation
‘Stillness’ and
movement are
two sides of the
same coin of
Awareness ;
just as wave and
no wave are
integrall parts of
the same Ocean.
Meditation
More meditation
we do,
more stable
our life
will be ..
Physically,
Emotionally,
Emotionally
Intellectually &
S i i ll
Spiritually.
 Meditation
Meditation
is a great inner
adventure &
an existential
connection
i
with
‘ALL THAT IS’
Breath & Meditation
All th
the iindividual
di id l
needs to do is sit
silently and
Go Within.
Within
Focus on one’s
Breath and
slowly begin the
journey back to
one’s real HOME.
 Breath & Meditation
Breath
B h is
i your
external and
internal Master.
Follow your
M t
Master.
Your Master will
lead y
you in and to
Salvation.
Breath & Meditation
The easiest way
of being in
touch with the
Masters and the
A
Army off Light
Li ht
Workers is
through
g the
Breath
 Breath & Meditation
Conscious
breathing converts air
i t potent
into t t prana.
prana
It makes the
cleansing process so
much more potent.
potent
j
It rejuvenates
dying cells.
It prevents ageing.
ageing
Breath & Meditation
Conscious Breath
slowly guides your
K d li i energy to
Kundalini
move from your
y
Root-Chakra to the
Crown Chakra.
Chakra
It makes y
you in tune
with the
Cosmic Chant and
Cosmic Breath.
 Breath & Meditation
Breath
B th is
i th
the
life-force
life force and the
life-force is God.
Focus on Breath
andd you
auto at ca y
automatically
Focus on God.
It’s really simple.
 Breath & Meditation

Buddha used Breath as a vehicle to do two things

simultaneously ; one to create consciousness, and another to
allow that consciousness to penetrate to the very cells of the
body. Buddha said : “ Breathe consciously ”.
Breath & Meditation
Whenever you are
conscious of the
Breath, you are
absolutely present.
present
Do notice :
you cannot think
and be aware of
your breathing at
same time.
i
Breath & Meditation
Breath is the spiritual
essence which gives us
lif tto physical
life h i l body
b d
through the
vital
i l principle
i i l
called Prana.
Observing
Breath makes us
consciously
experience
i thi
this
Prana.
 Breath & Meditation
The German word
for breathing
‘A
‘Atmen’ ’ is
i dderived
i d
from
Sanskrit word
‘ Atmen ’ ..
meaning the
i d lli divine
indwelling di i
‘Spirit’ or
‘God – Within’.
Breath & Meditation
Breath is the external
form of Prana.
Spirit is the
i
internal l form.
f
By experiencing
Breath .. the external
f
form .. we b
become aware
of the Source within
.. the internal form.
 Breath & Meditation
Focusing Mind
on the
continuous rhythm
of in-breath
in breath
and
out-breath
provides a natural
object for
Meditation
 Breath & Meditation
When we
attune
ourselves
to our Breath,
the Mind
becomes
‘E
‘Empty’
t ’
Breath & Meditation
 Three Grand Happenings
The first grand happening

“ When we are with the simple, normal, easy,

natural flow of the Breath .. the Mind
becomes rather empty ”
Three Grand Happenings
 Three Grand Happenings
The third grand happening

“ When sufficient amount of cosmic energy enters

the physical system .. result is a
reasonable amount of activation of the Third-eye ”
 Meditational Experiences

There is a wide variety of experiences

you will have during meditation itself ..
such as feelings of a pleasant & calmness.
Meditational Experiences
 Meditational Experiences

The changes
g y you undergog in meditation are
often too subtle to detect accurately.
Suspend ‘ judgment ’ and let whatever comes ..
come and go.
 Meditational Experiences
No matter
N tt what
h t
I experience in
meditation,,
I will
continue
to do it
regularly.
 Importance of Meditation

It is
i iimportant
t t ffor people
l tto llearn
meditation and enrich their spheres
p with
good thoughts, good emotions, and joy
 Importance of Meditation
The purpose of
meditation is
personall
transformation.
The ‘you’ that goes in
one side of the
meditation
experience is not the
y
same ‘you’ that comes
out the other side.
Importance of Meditation
Meditation is a
way of being.
Meditation must
be embraced from
the early age
(above 5 yrs.) in
i
order to live
happy, peaceful,
productive
d ti lives.
li
 Importance of Meditation
A 16 week study with
Heart Patients found
th t Meditation
that M dit ti
done regularly had
significant
i ifi
improvements in
Blood pressure ;
blood g glucose and
insulin levels
Journal of the American Medical 
Association’s Archives of Internal 
i i ’ hi f l
Medicine
 Importance of Meditation
Study
y conducted with 4000 meditators to find effect of
Group Meditation on Crime Rate in Washing DC., USA.
Results revealed 25% dropp of Crime Rate.
Group Meditation by few thousands influenced
a million and a half in the City.
“ Social Indicators Research ” 1999
 Importance of Meditation
Experiments done for 821 days during Israel – Lebanon war in 1980s to find
i
impact off Group
G Meditation
M di i on reduction
d i off Violence.
Vi l Results
R l revealed
l d
significant reduction of Violence.
Also
so in tthe
e geog
geographic
ap c vicinity
c ty o
of meditation
ed tat o peop
people
e expe
experienced
e ced
physiological changes .. increased EEG coherence, reduced plasma cortisol,
increased blood levels of serotonin, biochemical and
neuro-physiological changes .. as if they were meditating.
meditating
“Journal of Conflict Resolution”
Importance of Meditation
Through
Th h Meditation
M dit ti a
person can introduce
beneficent changes in
his / her Genes and
DNA by contacting
their prototypes ..
the permanent
atoms
t in
i etheric,
th i
astral and mental
bodies
 Importance of Meditation
Meditation
M dit ti is i one off
those ppowerful tools
that can bring each
indi idual in time
individual, time,
to a realization of
these Higher Truths
and a better
understanding of
Life.
Importance of Meditation

All of this is possible through

Science of Meditation
Mindfulness
Mindfulness is the key
y!
Mindfulness
Usually
U u ll we
w are a
prisoner of
p
society.
O E
Our Energies
i are
dispersed
p here
and there.
O B
Our Body
d and d
Mind
M daare
e not
ot in
harmony.
 Mindfulness
The ancient Zen Masters used to say, say
“ Iff we live in fforgetfulness,
g f ,
we die in a dream ”.
Mindfulness
 Mindfulness
The first thing
we have to do
is to return to
life, to wake up
and
d
be mindful of
each thingg
we do.
 Mindfulness
The Practice of Mindfulness is not only for
novices. It is a Life-long Practice for everyone,
even the Buddha himself !
Mindfulness
Mindfulness
Mi df l also
l
encourages you to
break some of the
U
Unconscious
i h bi
habits
of Thinking and
Behaving
that stop you from
living life to
the full
Swadhyaya
“ Reading
R di aboutb t
Metaphysical
Subjects in
necessary ..
Books are
undeniablyya
Swift Short-cut to
E li h
Enlightenment. ”
 Swadhyaya

“ Spiritual Books act as Consoling

Companions under all vexing
circumstances,, ideal teachers in all
difficulties ”
 Swadhyaya

Spiritual Books act as Guiding Lights

in the nights of nescience and folly,
folly as
panacea for evils,, and as
p
shapers of destiny
 Swadhyaya

Spiritual Books contain the Wisdom

of Sages and Saints, Philosophers
and Mystics.
Mystics
 Swadhyaya

By Swadhyaya
B S dh master
t the
th secrets
t off all
ll
scriptures, know the exact nature of things,
and tune your localized being or
individualized personality with the workings
of the divine nature of the law of truth.
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