Guwahati: For Maheshwari Ben and her friend Charu Bhagabati, attending meditation sessions at the Br...

1. Meditation succour for restless state
Guwahati: For Maheshwari Ben and her friend Charu Bhagabati, attending meditation sessions at
the Brahmakumari centre in Dispur is as necesary as breathing or eating.
For nearly a decade, the elderly duo have set an example to many by centering their lives around
meditation.
Likewise, assistant professor at Karbi Anglong College, Bedanta Bora, practises transcendental
meditation (TM) twice daily and says his life is the better for it.
"Not just me, many meditators in Salikihaat village in Golaghat experienced changes through
transcendental meditation and group meditation. People have found relief from problems like
insomnia, addiction, hypertension, thyroid and even gastric problems," he said.
Indrajit Goswami supervises meditation sessions at Aurobindo Ashram in Panjabari every week on
Sundays and Wednesdays.
"We have people from all age groups and we admit them irrespective of caste, creed and gender.
People who are regular with their meditation sessions have admitted to feeling better in many
ways," said Goswami.
Prajapati Brahmakumari centres in the city have been promoting meditation for many years now.
"We receive training from our headquarters in Mount Abu. After that, our members move to
different parts of the country to serve humanity. In our centre here, around 90 people attend our
meditation sessions. While some can focus better on work and studies, others feel rejuvenated. Many
have got over depression and stress," said Brahmakumari Mintu Behen, who has been serving at the
Dispur centre for 15 years.
Gautam Choudhury, a disciple of Late Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the man who discovered the
technique of transcendental meditation, has been working tirelessly to promote TM in not just
urban, but rural and tribal areas of the state.
"Maharishi dedicated 60 years of his life to the cause of TM. From his earliest teaching days,
especially from 1959, he has been saying positive and peaceful global transformations would
naturally be effected when people practise Transcendental Meditation," explained Choudhury, who
not only conducts TM sessions in tribal villages in Karbi Anglong and parts of upper Assam, but
teaches TM to former members of insurgent groups.
He added, "Research has been done on the effects of group meditation on conflict management and
resolution. TM, when practised in groups, reduces negative tendencies in the collective
consciousness. This is very important as the northeast has suffered a lot due to insurgency and
ethnic clashes."
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