VALUE-ORIENTED EXERCISES
Acquisition of some virtues which have high moral and human values is very much desirable for personal as well as social health. Exercise of auto-suggestion is an effective means of transmuting undesirable, unsocial negative attitudes to positive ones. Twenty-two such exercises are given here with instructions for using the technique of auto-suggestion which enables one to acquire the virtues.
List of Desirable Virtues
(A) |
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1. | Loyalty (to duty) |
2. | Self-reliance |
3. | Faith in Truth |
4. | Reconciliation |
5. | Freedom from Fanaticism |
6. | Human Equality |
7. | Co-existence |
8. | Discernment |
(B) |
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9. | Balance of Mind |
10. | Patience |
11. | Honesty |
12. | Compassion |
13. | Non-attachment |
14. | Forbearance |
15. | Gentleness |
16. | Forbearance |
17. | Self-discipline |
18. | Universal Amity |
19. | Straightforwardness |
20. | Freedom from Lust |
21. | Patriotism |
22. | Strength |
Instructions for Exercises in Group A
Table for Exercises in Group A
| Name of Virtue to be acquired | Psychic Centre | Sentence to be recited |
1. | Loyalty (to one's duty) | Centre of Peace (frontal lobe) | (a) I will be keenly aware of my duties. |
2. | Self-reliance | - do— | (a) I will remain self-reliant. |
3. | Faith in Truth | —do— | (a) I will keep full faith in Truth. |
4. | Reconciliation | (a) I will try to find reconciliation in apparently conflicting views or events (statements, quilities, actions). | |
5. | Freedom from Fanaticism | (a) I will remain free from sectarian fanaticism. | |
6. | Human Equality | (a) I will have full faith in 1 (basic) human equality. | |
7. | Co-existence | Centre of Bliss | (a) I will try to maintain peaceful co-existence. |
8. | Discernment | Centre of Bliss | My body and my soul are separate entities. |
Instructions for Exercises in Group B
Table for Exercises in Group B
| Name of Virtue to be acquired | Psychic Centre | Psychic colour (to be visualized) | Sentence to be recited |
9. | Balance of Mind | Centreof Intuition | Bright Green as that of Emerald | (a) My urges and impulses have been brought under my conscious control. |
10. | Patience | Tip of nose Centre of Vital Energy | Bright Yellow as that of Gold | (a) I shall develop my capacity of endurance. |
11. | Honesty | Bright White as that of Full Moon | (a) My Will poser is increasing | |
12. | Compassion | Centreof Bliss | Bright Pink as that of Fresh Rose | (a) My sense of compassion is increasing |
13. | Non-attachment | Bright Blue Colour as that of Peacock's Neck | (a) The virtue of non-attachment is being developed. | |
14. | Forbearance | Centre of Enlightenment | Blue Colour as above | (a) My forbearance is increasing. |
15. | Gentleness | Centre of Peace | Bright Green | (a) My gentlenes is increasing. |
16. | Centreof Bliss | Pink | (a) My fearlessness is increasing. | |
17. | Self discipline | Centre of Peace | Bright Yellow | (a) My ability for self control is increasing. |
18. | Universal Amity | Forehead | White | (a) All are my frinds. |
19. | Straight forwardness | Centre of intuition | Rising Sun Red | (a) My straight-forwardness is increasing. |
20. | Freedom from Lust | Centre of Celibacy (Tip of tongue) | Bright Blue | (a) My desires are being brought under selfcontrol. |
21. | Patriotism | Centre of Intuition |
| (a) I will remain aware of my duty to my Nation. |
22. | Strength | Chest region | Rising Sun Red | (a) My strength is increasing. |