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those people who wish to progress in this direction. Those who have no such urge, may also be inspired to take up the practice of dhyana. In this context, a question arises as to what is the basic aim of preksha dhyana?
Ans. The chief objective of preksha dhyana is .the - development of equanimity. This requires deep introspection. If the urge to know and see is activated, an objective and impartial vision developed, and the consciousness of attachment and aversion dissolved, equanimity comes into being of itself. With the development of equanimity, all incongruities disappear, disorder ends and one is blessed with a new light. In the state of equanimity, the sensation of like or dislike is no more, the reality of things comes home to one and attachment dissolves.
Man greatly longs for absolute and unending joy. This he cannot get, unless his wisdom is anchored in equanimity. It is here that meditation on psychic centres plays a great role. Because the psychic centres, if allowed to continue in a state of defilement, can only be productive of incongruities and contradictions, but if they get purified, they produce equanimity. Currents of perverted feeling are responsible for the defilement of the psychic centres, but purified consciousness frees them from emotional dirt. Purified consciousness naturally activates the psychic centres. If such a condition does not arise spontaneously, meditation on the psychic centres, concentrated attention on these, results in their activation. Time and labour required for the awakening of the centres will always be commensurate with the capacity of the meditator, but this much is certain that no labour spent in this field can ever be futile. In some way or the other, it serves as a factor in the development of equanimity.
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