Managing Director and Owner of Zmeditation, Dharamsala,Himachal Pradesh

INDIAWebsite : www.zmeditation.com

THE ART & SCIENCE

OF MEDITATION

Mr. Ajay Kapoor

India 25 Sep 2014

Why Meditation ?

Meditation : advantages

Brings change of attitude

Inner peace, patience and happiness.

Cultivates and promotes positive emotions and

removes negative thoughts.

Helps in controlling anger and conquering fear.

Brings control over thought process.

Improves quality of life.

Intuitive knowledge, healing power, magnetic

personality and occult powers.

Researching the Benefits of  on Meditation :

With 7 weeks of meditation, cancer patients decreased their degree of depression, anxiety, anger, confusion, and chest and stomach symptoms by 50% - and felt more vigor.

With 10 weeks of meditation, 2/3’s of chronic pain patients had a 30% reduction in pain, and half had more than a 50% reduction.

With 10 weeks of meditation, chronic pain patients had less pain, less mood disturbances, used less pain medication, and could be more active.  The benefits were still present one year later.

Three years after an 8-week meditation instruction, patients with anxiety and panic disorders still showed a benefit.

All patients with fibromyalgia who meditated for 10 weeks improved, and over half showed moderate to marked improvement in pain, fatigue and quality of sleep.

Medical benefits of meditation

Meditation is part of Yoga

Meditation is a technique in which the meditator seeks not only to reach a deep state of relaxation, but to quiet the mind.

The mind is a chattering monkey that one tries to make quiet

with meditation. Meditation is a technique in which the meditator seeks not

only to reach a deep state of relaxation, but to quiet the mind.

The mind is a chattering monkey that one tries to make quiet with meditation.

Meditation : methods

Patanjal Dhyana Anapan Sati Smriti Upasthan Vipashyana Preksha Dhyana Jain Dhyana Spand Dhyana Mantra Dhyana Nabhi Dhyana Swapna Dhyana Nidra Dhyana Yoga nidra, Nyas Kriya Yoga Mrutyu Dhyana T.S Meditation Kundalini

Kayotsarga Tratak Suryasamyam Adarshdhyana

(mirror) Swaminarayan

Dhyana Arup Dhyana Purnayoga Dhyana Atit Dhyana (past) Bhavidhyana

(future) Sarpalanchan

Dhyana Samarpana Dhyana Tathata Hoo-Dhyana

(Dynamic Meditation)

Sahaj Dhyana Your own system

All methods are great

How to Meditate

Meditate Regularly Until you have gained enough experience,

meditate at the same time and place every day.

Find a quiet, comfortable, and clean location.

Make sure no one disturbs you. Sit so comfortably that you forget your

body. Be patient. Have fun. Be aware of yourself. BREATHE, RELAX, AND CONCENTRATE

Benefits of meditation

Oxygen consumption is reduced by 16%, even greater than the reduction of 12% in sleep

Neural structures that are intimately related to the control of the autonomic nervous system are activated

Diurnal, cyclic secretion of stress hormones (adrenocorticotrophic hormone, cortisol and beta-endorphin) is absent

History of Z Meditation in the words of Ajay Kapoor

It was in 1980 when I was 17 years old, I took an unconscious step in my life that completely revolutionized my entire thinking in due course. Apparently, it was a very unexciting step. I went to the college and got myself enrolled at the Delhi University Library being run by a spiritual-social organization, Ramakrishna Mission, in New Delhi. Ramakrishna Mission is till date one of the best things that have happened to India in the last one hundred years. They have changed the traditional views of spirituality and brought in new life to the entire religious perspective.

We are grateful to our students who have walked with us on this sublime path and who have dared to challenge certain hackneyed systems of the society.

It is already seventeen years and there have been thousands of students who have done these meditation courses with us. We have thoroughly enjoyed practicing and teaching and we feel that we can do it until the last day of our lives – Living Z Meditation.

 

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Why join Zmeditation

Meditation in India - Meditation retreats in India to remove all suffering and Self Realization. Meditation books and courses at Z Meditation in India.

Zmeditation helps people internalize meditation in their lifestyles to experience improved health, peace & happiness.Awareness, Bliss and Freedom are not merely a few esoteric words. We can experience them as our real nature with meditation.

Z Meditation is one of the most effective courses for dealing with suffering and restlessness. You will realize that you cannot segregate your spiritual life from your so-called real life.

Health Conditions in which Yoga may help heal or treat

Arthritis Allergies Asthma Hypertension Coronary Artery

Disease Irritable Bowel

Syndrome Heartburn (GERD) Constipation Tension Headaches

and Migraines

PMS and Menstrual Discomfort

Menopause Pain of the Back,

Hips, Knees Depression &

Anxiety Substance Abuse Skin Disorders Chronic Fatigue

Syndrome Overweight Sleep Problems

Meditation-Techniques Smriti Upasthan : Observation & awareness of

thoughtsBudhha, Krishnamurti

Avoid conflict with mind

The root cause of miseries is thoughts

Study beginning, end, structure &

content of thoughts. Pl. do not criticize

Observe & know your thoughts

Study movement of mind and feel separated

This will lead to detachment with thoughts

Becoming aware of one’s consciousness

Observer will realize that himself is being

observed

Purnayoga : Maharishi Aurobindo’s

method of combination YogaEmpty your thoughts & know your

mind

Part of the Brain P-value Baseline Mean

Meditation Mean

PercentChange

SD

Anterior Cingulate 0.0074 1.25 1.34 7.2 0.08

Cingulate Body 0.0001 0.91 1.14 25.3 0.13

DLPFC 0.0001 1.31 1.45 10.7 0.08

Inferior Frontal 0.0025 1.25 1.36 8.8 0.09

Midbrain 0.0166 1.16 1.29 11.2 0.14

Orbital Frontal Cortex

0.0075 0.97 1.22 25.8 0.24

Posterior Cingulate

0.0114 1.19 1.29 8.4 0.09

Sensorimotor 0.0017 1.19 1.26 5.9 0.06

Thalamus 0.0114 1.40 1.60 14.3 0.21

Results from Meditation SPECT Study

 

 

Neurochemical Changes During Meditation

Neurochemical Observed Change CNS Structure

Arginine Vasopressin Increased Supraoptic Nucleus

GABA Increased Thalamus, other inhibitory structures

Melatonin Increased Pineal Gland

Serotonin Increased Dorsal Raphe

Dopamine Increased Basal Gangia

Cortisol Decreased Paraventricular Nucleus

Norepinephrine Decreased Locus Ceruleus

β-Endorphin Rhythm changed; levels unaltered

Arcuate Nucleus

Meditation Books: Complete Theory and easy-to-do Practice

The Most beneficial Online Meditation Books

These 3 meditation books should be studied in the order enumerated below :

1. 'The Art of Deconditioning' : This meditation book is all about rooting out your hidden conditionings and experiencing stable happiness and peace. This book describes the way to perform Deep Deconditioning Inquiry. You will find a way to become free from your deep-seated routine patterns that result in a great deal of agony. This book would stimulate a stable and long lasting change in your daily life. You would not remain the same individual again. You would come to know a stage of being wherein you would stay happy and peaceful whatsoever the circumstances are.

2. 'If freedom is your only option' : This meditation book deals with some vital queries which all meditators encounter. Throughout his meditation retreats during the last seventeen years, Ajay has answered all possible queries of the learners. Suruchi, his spiritual partner, maintained a record of all of them. Currently, Ajay has chosen 108 questions and answered them in his inimitable 'rational' fashion.

3. 'Meditation : Obstacles and Preparations' : This meditation book takes up the probable difficulties in meditative life and provides their solutions. One needs to understand that it is very essential to maintain the real-life gait straight in case one desires to intensify one's meditation progress. One should identify these issues and make a strong resolution to pursue the correct solutions. This book would certainly assist one discover sensible solutions and provide easy-to-follow tips.

Relative contraindications of meditation

• Psychosis• Severe depression• Confusional states• Extreme anxiety• Dementias

Meditation and Psychology

• It improves the attitude & personality of a person

• Improved concentration and attention, allowing for greater productivity, problem-solving, creativity, learning ability and organization of memory.

• Enhanced self-image • Less “catastrophic reaction” to stressful

situations, e.g., in survivors of attempted suicide

• Better sociability, tolerance and compassion

• Improved mood, sleep & scores on self-actualization

WAIT AND MEDITATE,

TILL I CALL YOU BACK

- Swami Vivekananda