Meditation: Mind Body Spirit - Sociocultural Process
About this ebook
This book is for those who are interested in better knowing selves.
The promise is to show how to do this with meditation, and reach success with comfort and peace in life.
Do not expect on first reading to digest all the concepts presented, and the 12 exercises in chapter Meditation Relaxation Spirit; Suryani’s Method detailed to learn meditation. Rereading with continual study is likely to be necessary.
In mastering spirit-meditation, very few will learn to converse with the spirit directly as do I, or have a brain-trance transformation as happened to me (see Introduction). However, each practitioner of trance-meditation will experience a positive change in mind/brain function a creative and harmonious reward. It gives transformative power to the diligent student. As a consequence, all aspects of life will flourish.
About the author
Professor Luh Ketut Suryani, MD is senior psychiatrist and founder of the Suryani Institute for Mental Health (SIMH). Its concept is biopsychospirit-sociocultural approach as a holistic treatment that involves all elements in society. For over 50 years she has practiced and led meditation. She develops Social Psychiatry by giving mental health lectures in communities, doing clinical preventive work along with community mental health volunteers in the practice of community Liaison Psychiatry in bali.
Doctor Suryani is founder and initiator of preventive works in elderly people through Yayasan Wreda Sejahtera (YWS) bali whose activities cover all districts in bali. She is President of Committee Against Sexual Abuse (CASA) that aims to make people aware of the dangers of pedophiles.
Her thoughts have always been far ahead making her a pioneer in various activities helping people. books she has written: balinese People: Reinvestigation of Character; Trance and Possession in bali; Meditasi: Mencapai Hidup Bahagia; Moksha: A New Way of Life; Living in the Spirit; Perempuan Bali Kini; Menemukan Jati Diri Melalui Meditasi; Atasi Masalah Anda dengan Kemampuan Spiritual; Meditasi Lilin: Memasuki Pintu Hati; Kiat Menghadapi Badai Kehidupan Perkawinan; Biarkan Anak Berkembang Wajar; Hidup Bahagia: Perjuangan Menghadapi Kegelapan; and Menembus Pancaran Mata Ibu Kutemukan Diriku Kembali. Several papers are published in books: Cultural Factors, Religious beliefs, and Mental Illness in bali, Indonesia in the Handbook of Culture and Mental Illness; Perubahan Sosial dan Kriminal in Bali di Persimpangan Jalan; and Peran Ganda Perempuan Bali in Rahasia Pembangunan Bali; Spiritual-Hypnosis Assisted Therapy: A new culturally sensitive approach to the treatment & prevention of mental disorders in the Personality and Individual Differences: Theory, Assessment, and Application.
