Acharya Mahaprajna
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 |
- Sit in a comfortable posture with spine and neck in a straight line, eyes softly closed.
- Recite Mahaprana Dhvani for two minutes.
- Regulate your breath making it slow, deep and rhythmic. Continue for 5 minutes.
- Attain relaxation (kayotsarga) acquiring motionless state of the body.
- Focus full-attention on a specified psychic centre (as per label) and recite specified sentences (as per table) first loudly for 4 munutes, then softly for 4 minutes and finally mentally for 4 minutes. Contemplate on the values of the virtue desired to be acquired.
| 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. (b) I wil try my best to control factors like anger, greed and fear which may detract me from my duties. |
| 2. | Self-reliance | - do— | (a) I will remain self-reliant. (b) I will rely upon my ability to fulfil my necessities. |
| 3. | Faith in Truth | —do— | (a) I will keep full faith in Truth. (b) I Shall not tell lies and keep myself free from prejudices. |
| 4. | Reconciliation | Centre of Intuition | (a) I will try to find reconciliation in apparently conflicting views or events (statements, quilities, actions). (b) I will develop broad-mindedness. |
| 5. | Freedom from Fanaticism | Centre of Bliss | (a) I will remain free from sectarian fanaticism. (b) I will develop tolerance for divergent creeds & sects. |
| 6. | Human Equality | Centre of Purity | (a) I will have full faith in 1 (basic) human equality. (b) I will not designate anybody as high or low on the basis of caste, colour or creed. |
| 7. | Co-existence | Centre of Bliss | (a) I will try to maintain peaceful co-existence. (b) I will not support destructive or aggressive activities. |
| 8. | Discernment | Centre of Bliss | My body and my soul are separate entities. |
- Same as in A-l.
- Same as in A-2.
- Same as in A-3.
- Visualize that you are surrounded by a specified (as per table) bright colour and with each inhalation you are breathing in air of that colour.
- Focus your attention on a specified (as per table) psychic centre and maintain sustained visualization of the specified colour.
- Recite prescribed sentences first loudly, nine times and then mentally nine times
- Contemplate the moral and human values of the virtue to be acquired by suitable phraseolog.
- Terminate the exercise with recitation of Mahaprana Dhvani.
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. (b) My mental equilibrium is increasing |
| 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 | Centre of Enlightenment | 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 (b) My sense of cruelty is being reduced. |
| 13. | Non-attachment | Centre of Peace | Bright Blue Colour as that of Peacock's Neck | (a) The virtue of non-attachment is being developed. (b) My attachment to material possessions is being reduced. |
| 14. | Forbearance | Centre of Enlightenment | Blue Colour as above | (a) My forbearance is increasing. (b) My mental equilibrium is increasing. |
| 15. | Gentleness | Centre of Peace | Bright Green | (a) My gentlenes is increasing. (b) My arrogance is diminishing. |
| 16. | Fearlessness | Centreof Bliss | Pink | (a) My fearlessness is increasing. (b) My instinct of fear is reducing. |
| 17. | Self discipline | Centre of Peace | Bright Yellow | (a) My ability for self control is increasing. (b) My mental agitation is reducing. |
| 18. | Universal Amity | Forehead | White | (a) All are my frinds. (b) I will be friendly to all. |
| 19. | Straight forwardness | Centre of intuition | Rising Sun Red | (a) My straight-forwardness is increasing. (b) My crookedness is decreasing. |
| 20. | Freedom from Lust | Centre of Celibacy (Tip of tongue) | Bright Blue | (a) My desires are being brought under selfcontrol. (b) Selfishness is reducing. |
| 21. | Patriotism | Centre of Intuition | (a) I will remain aware of my duty to my Nation. (b) I will not do anything which may harm my Nation or lower its prestige. | |
| 22. | Strength | Chest region | Rising Sun Red | (a) My strength is increasing. (b) My weakness is reducing. |
