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THE ART & SCIENCE
OF
MEDITATION
Mr. Ajay Kapoor
Managing Director and Owner of Zmeditation,
Dharamsala,Himachal Pradesh
INDIA
Website : www.zmeditation.com
India 25 Sep 2014

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 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.

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Medical benefits of meditation
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.

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 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.

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 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

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 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

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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

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 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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 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.

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 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

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 Smriti Upasthan : Observation & awareness of thoughts
Budhha, 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 Yoga
Empty your thoughts & know your mind

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Results from Meditation SPECT Study
Part of the Brain P-value Baseline
Mean
Meditatio
n Mean
Percent
Change
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

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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

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 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.

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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.

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Relative contraindications of meditation
• Psychosis
• Severe depression
• Confusional states
• Extreme anxiety
• Dementias

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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

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WAIT AND MEDITATE,
TILL I CALL YOU BACK
- Swami Vivekananda