Gates of Heavenly Peace Olga Sizova, Candidate of Psychological Sciences Changes come into our lives every now and then, breaking its habitual order, and we are not always happy with them. But there is nothing more constant than impermanence, the ancient Chinese said, because life is perpetual motion,

Practice Lesson: Meditation of Peace Bodhidharma also taught about entering the path through meditation. Contrary to the impression that later Zen texts give of Bodhidharma, the meditation he taught was not particularly revolutionary.

Forget "why" for the sake of peace of mind. The mediator through which karma manifests within you is chi. Karma is bound or blocked qi. If qi were not bound, then karma would not exist. Taoists say that trying to figure out why qi is blocked in

Meditation? What's this? No, this is not, this is a way to calm down and give up all thoughts, so that for 10-15 minutes our body disconnects from all problems and is alone with itself. Meditation is good for health, because after calming down for a few minutes, we give the body a rest, at which time arterial pressure, the heart rate decreases, the pulse returns to normal, cholesterol falls. Perhaps meditation not only calms, but also increases the protective functions of the body,. It is especially useful to meditate when overloaded at work with emotional experiences and chronic fatigue. You can meditate at any age, even if you are well over fifty.

After the sessions, you feel like a free person, with a certain lightness in your soul, the nerves calm down, the muscles relax, and during the preparation for the session and after it, you have the opportunity to calmly, balancedly find a solution to the problems that have arisen. Meditation with stones is practically the same as yoga, only there a person calms down and “withdraws into himself” in certain poses, often standing on his head, and in this case it is enough to do this by picking up your beautiful stones symbols.

For meditation, you can use a miniature skull carved from quartz, this will allow you to touch the source of wisdom during the session. After all, a crystal skull was often used in ancient rituals and ceremonies of priests, it is believed that the skull has a magical effect, endows a person with great intelligence and harmony.

Meditation should be carried out in a quiet secluded place, with the confidence that no one will disturb you or interrupt the session for several minutes. The session can be carried out sitting on a chair or on the floor, on a pillow or on a mat, you can lie on your back, but you can just fall asleep lying down. You can sit on the floor and bend your legs to take a yoga pose, connecting the heels of your feet, preferably barefoot. This is a method of passive meditation.

For meditation sessions, it is better to use natural untreated stones. Uncut stones are closer to nature, and in addition, the shape of the stone often determines its metaphysical power. Fragments from large stones have the same properties as the main stone. Stones in the form of intricate convolutions and ingots have their own meaning, they will help you become stronger in spirit and be softer and more flexible in solving problems. Stones with many small crystals on the surface contribute to the development of new abilities in a person. It is best to take phantom stones for meditation, these are stones that have grown to a certain size, and then stopped growing due to natural influences. But then, due to natural changes, continued to increase their mass again. Phantom stones promote rest in a certain period of life, and then allow you to continue to live with redoubled energy.

When you take a comfortable position, take your stone in your hands, stroke it with your hands, look at its outlines, color, perhaps a pleasant story of your life is connected with it, maybe this is a gift from a person dear to your heart? Then hold it in your palms or just hold it open while staring at it. You can hold the stone in your hands, or you can put your hands freely on your knees, and put the stone on your head or shoulders, on the floor in front of you or on a table. Close your eyes and imagine this stone. Throw all thoughts out of your head, how to fail, withdraw into yourself, leave in your thoughts only the sight of your stone.

Can you mentally completely immerse yourself in a stone, imagine that you have entered it and what do you see there? The light plays, the edges shimmer, you go farther and farther, pleasant sensations of freedom, there is no one and nothing around that bothers you so much in life, only stone vaults.

If the stone is colored, let's say pink agate, then you can immerse yourself in color. What is associated with the pink color is the color of apple trees, a gentle dawn, pink clouds, only pleasant sensations.

When using crystal stones or spheres for meditation, you can simply look at them intently and try to calmly think about the problem that has arisen and find a solution. Think, in the process of meditation, how transparent, pure they are, so your mind is sober and your thoughts are pure, you are able to make only the right decisions. After all, problems need to be solved, and not just thinking about them and being burdened by them.

Most people who have meditated with the stone say that only positive, pleasant visions and noises visited them at that time. They see the sea, an endless field, blue sky, birds, smell the scent of blooming lilacs and jasmine. Associations are only positive. You can interrupt the session at any time if you consider that you have had enough rest and have already dumped all the negativity that you have accumulated, or you are tired of sitting like that.

After the session, you can wash or take a shower, drink a cup of tea or coffee and calmly go about your daily activities. All day long you will feel unusual lightness and have a good mood.

In addition to crystal therapy, another way to access the energy of the stone is through meditation using gems.

When we meditate, we turn off the conscious area of ​​our brain, which allows us to access the unconscious. To achieve this, you can use gems.

The art of crystal contemplation (and fortune-telling on the magic crystal with the help of mirrors made of obsidian) is widely mentioned in the English language. fiction. The knight in the Squire's Tale from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales possesses a mirror that allows those who look into it to see "the approaching shadow of adversity" and also tells who is friend and who is foe. Shakespeare mentions a similar device in "Measure for Measure" and in "Macbeth". The mirror, which gives a completely different vision of the world, plays an important role in Lewis Carroll's Alice Through the Looking-Glass.

To do meditation with precious stone/crystal (or any other type of meditation), you must allocate for this free time. If you have a bunch of pressing things to do, don't try to pick a time to meditate in between. It is important to set aside time not only for meditation itself, but also for reflection after it. Taking a few minutes to organize your thoughts and sort out your feelings after meditation is a good way to track the impact that different stones can have on you. Set aside time for meditation and a quiet place where you will not be disturbed. A loud TV in the next room or children running around the house will disturb even those who have experience in meditation.

If you have never meditated before, start by sitting in a comfortable position and closing your eyes. Even if you are in the mood to contemplate the magic crystal, start the meditation with your eyes closed. This allows you to move away from the familiar outside world and immerse yourself in your own inner world. Focus on your breath, each breath should be taken from the stomach. Slowly fill your lungs with air, hold your breath, and then exhale slowly. The last thing that should come out is the air from the abdomen. Pause again, and then begin the next breath. When you feel that your energy has calmed down and subsided, you can focus on the gem(s). If you contemplate the magic crystal, slowly open your eyes, but do not try to concentrate your eyes. Allow yourself to absorb energy, thoughts, information and sensations.

Meditation should not be expected to immediately bring you stunning revelations about your life. Most of the information will come to you gradually. And don't be discouraged if it seems to you that nothing is happening. Just let yourself relax and become receptive. If you have to learn anything at this time, you will know. The time spent after meditation is important even if you do not record your impressions in a diary. The time allotted for reflection allows you to organize information. Things may not be obvious during meditation, and you can figure out what's what by sitting quietly after the meditation is over. It may take you a day or two to realize what has changed. Another way to use gemstones in meditation is to surround yourself with them. Arrange them in a circle on the floor, then sit in the center of the circle. The stones must not touch each other and may be spaced at such intervals as you see fit.

In addition to working with the chakras to achieve balance, you may want to try simple elemental harmonization, which will help you find harmony. Choose a gemstone or a stone that best matches this element in color. Such harmonization covers the four main elements traditional for Western culture. There are five elements in Chinese Feng Shui.

Choose one gem for each season of the elements and place them on the floor in the appropriate direction, as you would if you were going to lay out a circle to sit inside. You can use only these four stones, or you can lay out a full circle using either only white or only black stones. (White contains all other colors, and black is the absence of colors). Position yourself inside the circle facing in the direction that corresponds to the current season. If it's the middle of the season, face the midpoint between the two gems.

As with other types of meditation, first focus on breathing and calming your energy. You must think about the east, spring and the elements of air. Allow yourself to feel the energy of this season and feel its element. Let the energy of the stone guide you. Repeat the same for each of the four directions. Spend as much time on each as you see fit. Through this meditation, you connect with mother earth and the entire web of life. Such meditation will allow you to stay in a harmonious state for several days.

If you practice yoga, you may wish to harmonize with the energies of the elements/seasons while doing the exercises at home. Arrange four gems on the sides of your rug and perform specific poses that, from your point of view, correspond to the season or element. For example, for the summer of the south, the pose of a dog bowing its head would be suitable, since the body warms up in it.

You can also try to contemplate the magic crystal while doing yoga exercises to enhance the meditative state. Experiment with various types meditation or sitting with gems to find the option that is most convenient for you. Meditating, doing yoga exercises, or just sitting with the gems will help you tune in to the energy of each and guide you in your choice. suitable stones for practicing feng shui.

Be healthy!

Like any self-respecting author, let me offer you my own system of returning and maintaining health, while understanding that there are a great many such authors now, and you, dear reader, are alone. I ask you to treat my idea as condescendingly as possible: I hope that it will not tire you, but maybe entertain you, and there it will improve your mood, and you will want to take your own health into your hands ...

And this is the hypothesis. All human life consists of a chain of critical points. For example, we live and live, and suddenly, bam, something happens that changes life. Or does not change. The point of critical reference can be urgent work, which must be done both quickly and well, and at this time, as inopportunely, the weather cleared up and the head ached, but the task does not change: that's all! And although the situation is quite simple, everyday, but that is exactly what happens in our life.

Believe me, I have been in medicine for twenty years and I realize with bitterness that it is precisely such moments that spoil our lives when the body experiences overload, and no command, a reasonable command to hang up, cancel the crippling program is received: and we understand that well-being is not what it became bad, but we continue to work or brush it off and do not ask for help.

To all the people who come to see me, I say the same words. I will tell them to you, dear reader: "Where your thoughts are, there is your energy." All. This is the key to healing. And then I seat the person next to me, on a chair, and ask for 20 minutes, while I am conducting a heterotraining session, to keep attention on my body. And then I will definitely ask what sensations in the body were.

As a rule, people who come to me for a session for the first time say the same thing: their thoughts were anywhere, but not in their body! What's this? Then where are we looking for strength, if our own are so easily dispersed! After all, where your thoughts soar, then, in fact, there are your forces! And where are they? And there, no one knows where! Understandably, before I offer my help to a person, I will ask him if he is ready to work on eradicating his own habit of scattering everything and everything that is given from birth, from nature, from God? If not, I don’t ask for mercy, but the disease, sooner or later, will again bring this person back to such a question. But it’s better to take care of yourself while it’s too early, as it may still be too late.

I say this because I know, I saw, I experienced how such a critical situation not only makes people disabled, but also takes the lives of those to whom I am ready to give this life, but I didn’t have time, I couldn’t - it all ended so quickly. Only love can keep life in the body. This is a special state, quiet, reasonable. There is no love for someone or something, I have no doubt about it. There is a warehouse of the soul, a state of the heart, when there is quiet joy, warmth and light inside. Someone receives this state as a gift from birth, someone “earns” with their actions, their mistakes, but without such a state nervous system is always in a state of tension, fear, anxiety, but then both illness and breakdown are inevitable.

And so I will allow myself to begin the chapter on love with a special mood for the soul. I found this text from the Novosibirsk healer I. A. Vasilyeva. I offered it to my patients more than once, and they always noted with gratitude its excellent effect.

You can record this text on an audio cassette and listen to it whenever you want.

Light a candle. Sit comfortably, let nothing distract you. Enter a state of deep concentration. Let's fast forward to the foot of the Mountain on which the Temple stands. Your Healer will meet you there. You will visit a flowering meadow and bathe in a healing spring. We will make an ascent to the Temple. This will help you get rid of illness and fear, cleanse and strengthen your soul. You will return younger, calmer, more confident. Your life will be happier and more fruitful. You can do it. Everything will be fine!

Look at the candle flame like a star without blinking. Slowly count to ten and close your eyes for 2-3 seconds. Open your eyes, and on wonderful wings we will fly to the world of your childhood. A cheerful child runs out to meet. This is your Healer. He is tanned, he has knocked knees and a smile from ear to ear. He was waiting for you! Run with him! He will lead you to a clearing full of flowers and berries.

Bright day, green grass, around the forest, near the stream. Flowers, as on the first day of creation: pink, yellow, lilac, purple. Bees are buzzing, butterflies and dragonflies are everywhere. And here is the berry - ripe, large strawberries. You can kneel down and tear them off with your lips. Your hands and face are smeared with scarlet juice. How delicious, how good! Above us is a blue sky, far ahead of the mountains with dazzling white snow caps. And we are standing on the slope of the mountain, which is crowned by the Temple. And from here you can see how its dome shines in the sun.

A bumble bee descends next to us. Look how carefully and gently he touches the clover flower with his proboscis! Butterfly moves on a large chamomile flower. Stroke the flower: "We are equal!" And the flower will answer you. He is full of love. Your hands fill with joy, they prick a little with needles, they wake up. You listen to the world with all your skin, like a flower, like a tree, like this wonderful green lizard that basks on a pebble by the stream.

A transparent cheerful stream flows, jumps from pebble to pebble. Wish him good luck! Its jets are braided. Get some water, wash yourself. How beautiful is this water! You hold it in your palms, and the sun, splitting, is reflected in every drop. You see that the water is all blue transparent balls. They move quietly and carefully, without damaging each other. And in each ball there is an image of the World, an image of the Great Whole. Drink this water. May every drop of water in your body become the same as on the First Day of Creation. This water will quench your old thirst.

We climb the white path up the mountain. It's easy and fun to go barefoot. Warm earth. Morning. Dew drops on the grass, on the flowers. We are greeted by birch trees with white caps of green curls. What a stream of warmth and freshness flows from the birch, how it smells, how soft its silky skin is! Her thin transparent patches tremble in a light breeze. Go to the tree, stroke it: “Hello! How wonderful you are! We are equal!”

And now there is no path, we are walking on silk grass. The gentle slope of the Temple Mount. Pine trees appear. The pink trunk directs the crown to the Sky, and with its roots firmly clings to the ground. It smells like resin heated in the sun. In transparent streams, the resin runs down the bark and solidifies with amber drops. The bark, hard and gray below, becomes thin above, greenish-brown and translucent pink.

Stroke the trunk, help it draw juices from the soil. This is good for the earth. Juices rise along the trunk and reach the fork, go along the branches and come to the green needles of the crown. A stream of grace flows from above, and a very close thin cloud washes the crown. The sun sends its good rays to the Temple Mount. And now drops of a transparent, iridescent rain break from the pine needles. This rain falls on everything that lives under the tree canopy. This rain gives strength to a small blade of grass, ants and you and me. Absorb this wonderful rain with your skin, inhale it along with the aroma of resin. Inside, everything is aligned and lined up to the norm, and the soul is cleansed. Rain falls into the ground, giving strength to life. And again, your hands help the tree draw juices from the depths of the mountain. They rise up the trunk, spread along the branches, interact with the cloud and with the Sun. And in the sky, where our tree reaches, a life-giving stream of love is born. It is cool, it washes the body and nourishes the soul. The soul is filled with strength and joy. We'll manage!

There are dry branches on the trees in the forest, they prevent him from breathing and living. Let's clean the forest - collect and burn dry wood! We will make a fire in the place of a mountain river, where only stones remained. We collect branches, light a fire. It crackles, bright yellow flames rising up. We ask: “O Great Spirit of Fire, come and help! Burn anxiety, tension, uncertainty, all pain, resentment, illness. Change them to light, goodness and love!” And Fire changes the incoming evil into warmth. How beautiful he is! He removes the walls of the dungeon, in which good, bright things languish, without which it is difficult for the soul to live on Earth.

Our fire is burning down. There were large coals covered with silver dust of ash. They shine with scarlet and crimson light. I level the coals of the fire. Let's go! I take the first step with bare dry feet on the coals. It is very nice. The fire does not burn at all, it is cool, like the first snow. Look to the sky, don't be afraid, be brave! Feel how freedom and joy are born. Throw out everything evil and disturbing you. Calmly and easily we walk through the fire. Not one bit hot! Fire gently touches the skin. It burns all unnecessary and strengthens, strengthens every cell of the soul and body. Let us ask again: “O Great Spirit of Fire! Cleanse and warm me. As we cleared the forest of old branches, cleanse my soul of resentment, fuss and fear. Give strength for love and joy. Thank you!"

And again our feet are in the soft and cool grass. We are going to swim. Ahead, a light park of a healing spring winds between the trees. Arrows of pink willow-herb are rising, the stars of orange locusts are shining, purple bells are ringing. Everything is shrouded in aromas of flowers and herbs. Birds are singing. The pines part to show the way. Here is a shallow stream, it must be crossed over a humpbacked bridge. And now the source is two large reservoirs. In one - the water is warm, in the other - hot. A stream flows into each of them from a melting glacier, from a white snow cap. Another stream flows from the bowels of the mountain. He is hot, he carries the heat of the Earth. There is a lot of silver in this water, it is charged with the grace of Heaven and the motherly care of the Earth. White stones and yellow sand can be seen at the bottom. Throw off your clothes in a wooden gazebo - and boldly into the water!

The flow of the purest water vibrates tightly embracing your body. It surrounds you, enveloping your every cell with its warmth, cleansing it of debris and nourishing it with living water. You can sit on White stone at the bottom, and then the water will be exactly up to the chest. A light breeze cools your forehead. There is a tall pine tree near the source. Cool on your shoulders and warm on your whole body in sparkling silver water. It boils, swirls and washes your body, and then flows into the stream. The stream hurries to the river, and that to the sea. We see White Fish nearby. She swims very close, with soft lips strips everything superfluous from the body and soul. The head and chest are cleared, the heart begins to beat evenly and strongly, calmness embraces you. The water is clean and transparent. The world is pure and radiant, full of love and joy. Sounds of wondrous music pour from the Mountain. The service began in the Temple.

We climb higher, a slightly steeper slope. Around flowers, trees, birds. And finally we are at the white Temple, aspiring to blue sky. The high snowy mountains seem very close. Thin clouds are born at the peaks and, like thoughts, flow over the Earth. The choir is quiet. We enter the Temple. Twilight, live fire burns. We approach the icon of the Mother of God, put a candle and pray, asking for peace, health and joy for all with whom we are connected by bonds of love.

Virgin Mother of God, rejoice, Blessed Mary, the Lord is with you; Blessed are you in women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, as if the Savior gave birth to our souls.

We put a second candle - for those with whom we are connected by bonds of goodness and a common cause. Again, we ask to help everyone we remember, whom we thank.

Save, Lord, and have mercy on my parents (names), relatives (names), bosses, mentors, benefactors (their names) and all Orthodox Christians.

We put the third candle. We ask for health, peace and joy for those whom we offended once by accident or rashly. We ask for those who offended us or once wished us evil.

Weaken, leave, forgive, God, our sins, free and involuntary, even in word and in deed, even in knowledge and not in knowledge, even in days and nights, even in mind and in thought: forgive us all, as Good and Humanitarian.

Forgive those who hate and offend us, Lord, Lover of mankind. Bless those who do good. Grant to our brethren and relatives even for the salvation of petitions and eternal life. In the infirmities of the being, visit and grant healing. Izhe govern the sea. Travel travel. Grant forgiveness to those who serve and pardon us of sins. Those who have commanded us unworthy to pray for them, have mercy according to Your great mercy. Remember, Lord, before our departed father and brothers, and give them rest, where the light of Thy face dwells. Remember, Lord, our captive brothers and deliver me from every situation. Remember, Lord, those who bear fruit and do good in Your holy churches, and grant them even salvation, petitions and eternal life. Remember, Lord, also us, the humble and sinful and unworthy servants of Thy, and enlighten our minds with the light of Thy mind, and guide us on the path of Thy commandments, with the prayers of our Most Pure Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, and all Thy saints: blessed be Thou forever and ever . Amen.

Candles are burning. The life-giving fire cleanses us, takes away resentment and bitterness, burns bad memory, gives strength for life.

Our Father, Who art in heaven! Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as in heaven and on earth. Give us our daily bread today; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. Hallowed be Thy Name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as it is in heaven, so it is on earth. Amen.

Wish good and peace to your loved ones, loved ones and those who love you, our boundless Russia and the whole world. Stretch your hands to the sky. Open to the flow of grace, let it pass to Nature. Send your gratitude, love and willingness to serve to all who have helped you along the way and who need your help. Thank you God Temple!

It's time. Count back and we're back.

Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. Clasp your hands in front of your chest. Stretch up like grass to the sun! Good ties with the World are growing and getting stronger. Everything will be fine!

This is one of the many options for special meditative moods that help to calm down, find peace of mind. Now I will give a few more of these moods, they are all different, and you yourself can choose the one that you like best.

Imagine entering a small, sun-drenched, rocky bay. The sea laps lazily against the rocks. You have come to sit on the yellow sandy shore. It's a safe, secure place. It's quiet and calm here. You can smell a delicious, fresh, salty scent in the air. The sun warms your back. A light breeze plays with hair. Toes with pleasure touch fine gentle sand. You can see a dolphin playing in the bay, two sailboats on the horizon. You see seagulls over the surface of the sea and hear their cries. You see the wave hitting the shore and you hear its soft rustling and your breathing becomes more and more calm. Calm, serene expression. A slight half-smile illuminates the face. Wrinkles on the forehead are smoothed out. A pleasant calm penetrates, begins to penetrate into the brain. You are too relaxed to tense up. And so, instead of swimming, you imagine yourself as seaweed splashing on the surface of the sea inside the entrance to an underwater sea cave. It's quiet here, calm. The water is a transparent emerald color, excellent temperature. Running, the wave lifts you and slightly lulls you. The seaweed sprigs are hollow, and the sea green water flows freely, filling you with vitality, life energy. You live, the sea lives, the planet lives. You gradually become aware of yourself as a part, an inseparable part of the eternally living nature. With each breath you are filled with strength. Sunlight and sea water rush through your vessels, flexible, elastic vessels, bringing healing, peace, harmony, forgiveness. With each exhalation, tension is released, all internal clamps are removed. You can feel, realize - all fears, all pains leave you. Every cell and every nerve is released. A special state of peace, health, well-being. Renewal, healing of your every cell, every nerve. You can feel the color of the sea penetrate you. Sparkling, blue-green, ebullient, invigorating - it permeates you, penetrates into the most remote parts of your body, brings life, energy, health. The gentle energy that breaks the hardest rocks purifies you. Everything unnecessary, everything harmful, the sea takes away for itself. With each exhalation, your body becomes cleaner. Your entire body is filled with the transparent blue-green color of the sea. Special condition. There is a cleansing, liberation of your body, each of its cells from everything unnecessary, harmful. The subtlest flow of energy. Breathing is thin. Self-healing processes started.

Close your eyes and try not to think of anything in particular. Let your thoughts flow freely. Relax. Feel how your body becomes heavy and limp. Counting to five, inhale and exhale just as slowly.

You are completely calm.

Remember the feeling of pleasant peace you have ever experienced.

Nothing worries you. Remember the feeling of pleasant serene peace when, after hard work, you come home and lie down to rest.

All your muscles are pleasantly relaxed for rest. Feel this relaxation. Make it easy. A comfortable posture in itself leads to muscle relaxation. Feel this relaxation. Your whole body is completely at rest. Remember the feeling of pleasant rest and relaxation when your body lies in a warm bath. You are completely calm. Think about peace, rest.

In the muscles of the forehead, there is a feeling of a slight breath, a feeling of smoothing of the skin of the forehead, the muscles of the forehead seem to move apart from the midline. The eyebrows seem to diverge to the sides, the lower jaw seems to hang slightly, the tongue languidly pressed against the teeth, there is a feeling that the face is, as it were, stretched downwards. At the moment of relaxation of the neck muscles, the head sags slightly. In the muscles of the shoulders there is a feeling of sagging of the shoulders. At the moments of relaxation of the forearms, there is a slight, barely noticeable sensation of sagging of the internal muscles of the forearms.

The muscles of both hands are limp, relaxed.

Focus on your breathing and adjust it to a calm, sleepy rhythm. Relax your chest and back muscles. Immediately after relaxation, the respiratory pause lengthens somewhat, and breathing becomes less frequent. In the muscles of the thighs, there is a feeling of a light, barely noticeable breath, and they seem to sag. The muscles of the legs are free, relaxed. The muscles of the feet are relaxed, calm.

Focus on the whole body. Feel complete muscle relaxation against the backdrop of calm sleepy breathing. All your muscles are completely relaxed. You feel a pleasant warmth in your right hand. Imagine that you are immersing your right hand in very warm, almost hot water. The blood vessels of the right hand were slightly dilated. Remember how your hand turns red when you immerse it in hot water. This expands the blood vessels of the hand. The blood rushes to the hand, and the hand turns red. Hot blood warmed your right hand. Feel it. A pleasant feeling of warmth spread over your right hand. Remember as vividly as possible the feeling of pleasant warmth in your right hand when you immerse it in very warm, almost hot, water, soar it, gradually pouring hotter and hotter water. Right hand up to the fingertips became hot. You dilate the vessels in your right arm. Think of peace, warmth in your right hand.

You feel a pleasant warmth in your left hand. Your left hand warm.

You feel a pleasant warmth in both legs. Your feet are warm. Pleasant warmth spreads throughout your body.

Focus your attention on the solar plexus and figuratively imagine that in this place there is a small bright sun. Your solar plexus radiates warmth. A pleasant feeling of warmth permeates everything internal organs. The feeling of warmth in the solar plexus grows more and more. This expands the vessels of your solar plexus. Pleasant warmth fills all internal organs. You are completely calm. Your breathing slows down. Your breathing is calm. Breathe rhythmically, evenly. Your breathing is even, warm. With each breath, you become more and more calm. You are completely calm. Your body is relaxed and heavy. Pleasant warmth spreads throughout your body. Your solar plexus radiates warmth. Your breathing is calm. You are completely calm. The heart beats rhythmically, calmly. Your heart is at rest. Your heart beats evenly, rhythmically. A pleasant feeling of relaxation and peace swept over your entire body. Your pulse slows down, your heart rests. You are completely calm.

Imagine that you are walking outside the city. It's a beautiful sunny day. A gentle breeze sways the leaves of the trees, birds chirp somewhere. Landscapes and birdsong free your mind from all problems. Old memories are fading away. You feel free. You are young and healthy. You see two trees in front of you, and a hammock hangs between them. You stretch out in a hammock and look at the clouds in the sky. Swirling and fluffy clouds float, catching up with each other, changing shape and disappearing. You see the blue sky, a small airplane writes some letters on it. The letters add up and form the words "peacefulness of consciousness." Focusing on them, imagine how they become more and more blurry and finally disappear completely.

Did you have a good rest. Your strength has been restored. A surge of energy is felt throughout the body. Thoughts are clear and precise. Muscles are light, they are filled with strength. It's like you're taking a refreshing shower. Take a deep breath, exhale sharply and open your eyes.

I'm getting ready for an autogenic training session. I take a calm deep breath, smooth, slow exhalation. I close my eyes. I discard all extraneous thoughts. I constantly remember the golden rule of autogenic training - every phrase should become a sensation.

My mind's eye moves slowly over my hands. The muscles of my arms are relaxed, my arms are sluggish, motionless, my arms are getting heavy. A weight slowly spreads over my arms. On the screen of my mind's eye, I clearly see my hands. I don't want to move my hands, I don't want to move. I gradually calm down. My arms are relaxed and heavy. I calm down. Extraneous sounds and noises are indifferent. The feeling of heaviness, relaxation in the hands is growing. I feel waves of pleasant peace flowing through my body. The eyes are calm and closed. Breathing is calm, even, unhurried. Extraneous thoughts are discarded. I remember the golden rule of autogenic training - the phrase becomes a sensation.

Heaviness, relaxation of the muscles of the hands are increasingly intensifying, growing. My hands are heavy. A deeper and more pleasant feeling of peace. The desired peace fills my entire body. My hands are washed with warm water. I try to imagine this feeling as vividly as possible. I can feel the blood begin to pulsate in my fingertips. The blood vessels in my arms are expanding more and more. Through the dilated blood vessels in the palm of your hand, a wave of warm, pulsating blood rushes to your fingertips. The sensation of pulsation intensifies, grows.

I am becoming more and more calm. Pleasant warmth warms my hands. My hands seem to be immersed in warm water. I am pleasantly, deeply, calmly resting. Hands are heavy. Fingertips pulsate. Hands are warm. I'm calm. I am completely calm.

My mind's eye glides calmly over my legs. On the screen of my mind's eye, I can clearly see my feet. The muscles of my legs are completely relaxed. My legs are motionless, sluggish. I feel the weight begin to spread down my legs. My legs become heavy, like after a long walk. I try to represent this feeling as vividly as possible. The heaviness in the legs intensifies, grows. My legs are heavy (2x). Pleasant warmth spills over my legs. I am becoming more and more calm.

The outside world is getting further and further away. I'm calm. I am completely calm. Every cell in my body is filled with peace. Resting every nerve. I only think about deep rest. I enjoy the desire for peace. My body completely relaxes. Disappears internal stress. My legs are relaxed, heavy, pleasant warmth flows through my legs. I'm calm. I am completely calm.

I constantly remember that each phrase should become a feeling. My mind's eye moves across my face. Relaxed forehead muscles. My forehead is completely calm. I try to feel the complete calmness of my forehead. Eyes closed, eyelids relaxed. The eyelids are heavy, the eyelids are calm. I try to feel this feeling as deeply as possible.

Relaxed cheek muscles. Lower jaw slightly lowered, the muscles of my face completely relaxed. My face is completely calm. I'm calm. I am absolutely calm. Waves of pleasant warmth slowly spread over my head. Thoughts flow smoothly, slowly. My mind is completely calm. I am deeply, serenely, calmly resting.

And yet I must tell you, as a doctor, what is the most strong action Orthodox prayers, some of which you have already read in the meditation “Road to the Temple”, have an effect on the entire human body, on the structure of his soul and spirit. For those of you who would like to join the church rule, I recommend reading prayers according to the Orthodox prayer book, as well as the Psalter.