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Find the source of ego

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Find the source of ego Meditation is deliberating on the thought process and bringing it to a focal point. Some go for total thoughtlessness. The other way is to focus between the eyebrows to see the light of Brahmn. Chanting of a mantra is another way to do meditation. Ramana Maharishi of Arunachalam said that one should search for self-identity by asking: “Who am I?” In meditation one should ask this question and with gradual evolution find calmness and peace. The question really means, what is the source or origin of ego? To find the answers you need to be free of attitude. Give up the bhavana that you are the body related to name, profession, region, language and other such acquired identities. There is no need to have an attitude about your real nature. It exists as it always has. It is real. Some ask that does not the enquiry “who am I”? turn out, in the end, to be an empty question? Self-enquiry is not done in vain. It is more than the repetition of a mantra. If the enquiry were...

Yoga, meditation to beat recession

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Yoga, meditation to beat recession With pink slips, job loss and salary cuts becoming the order of the day, it seems recession is taking a toll on almost everyone’s personal and professional life The situation gets worse from bad when professionals find it tough to deal with the stress creeping at work front, thus ending up spoiling their health and losing out their mental balance. While, recession stress is no less a mental trauma, yet there are ways to deal with it in a healthy way. Recession stress is all in the mind, which eventually gets reflected in our thoughts, dreams, imagination and attitude towards life - both personal and professional. Therefore, youngsters need to chuck off the negative ways of reliving stress like drinking, smoking, drug addiction etc and opt for more realistic techniques. Body and mind are directly connected. If you use your mind too much, your body would be in trouble and if you exert your body, it would affect your mind adversely. So it’s important to ...