Make effort to uplift yourself; do not degrade yourself, for one’s oneself is ones friend and ones own self is ones enemy.

Our life day by day is getting busier. We have to bear with hunger, tiredness, lack of sleep, etc. We have to deal with people of different temperament. Also we find quite less time for our family members and so sometimes our family relations are disturbed.

People today are very much aware of the importance of maintaining their physical health. Various means have been suggested as keys to improving one’s wellbeing but the fact of psychological stability is still too often down played, either because its importance is not fully recognised or because no way of strengthening that stability has been known. Numerous scientist investigations have undoubtedly proved that psychological stress can have disastrous effects on physical health.

In disease like hypertension, diabetes, peptic ulcer, bronchial asthma, psychological stress in one of the factor for causing or complicating the disease process and also disturbs the recovery with pharmacological treatment. Nevertheless, the knowledge of harmful effects alone does not help us much to lead a life of worries, stress and tension. More significantly,

There is evidence that a simple mean exists which relieves stress and re-establishes mental harmony when practised regularly and thus a vital adjunct to any programme for maintaining and promoting health. That means is known popularly as Raj Yoga Meditation. This practice helps us to develop the powers to tolerate and face various situations. It enables us to adopt, accommodate and adjust in different situations. Thus our family life becomes peaceful, happy and harmonious. I always thought of meditation as a difficult job until i tried it for myself.

Worldwide, more and more people are realising the benefits of short meditation breaks during the day. These breaks in our busy, often challenging, everyday lives help us experience peace and well-being, no matter what is happening around us.

It enables the mankind with Hand that never hurts, tongue that never cuts and mind that never bursts.

The most destructive shaft of maya-delusion is unwillingness to medidate, for by this attitude one prevents himself from tuning in with God and Guru – Parmahansa Yogananada

Everyone can practise these one-minute breaks, wherever, whenever. The just-a-minute website offers easy tools and tested tips on how to get started.

At the Brahma Kumaris, a global spiritual movement and learning community, this simple practice to stop for one minute breaks for the mind is used every day, every hour. just-a-minute was created to mark the 70th Anniversary of the Brahma Kumaris as a free and simple gift to share with everyone the wonder of one minute. The Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University is an international organisation working at all levels of society for positive change. Established in 1937 it now carries out a wide range of educational programmes for the development of human and spiritual values throughout its 8000 branches in over 130 countries. The University is a Non-Governmental Organisation in general consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and in consultative status with UNICEF. It is also the recipient of seven UN Peace Messenger awards. Local centres provide courses and lectures in meditation and positive values, enabling individuals to recognise their true potential and make the most of their lives. The University offers all its services free of charge.