Acknowledgement

I happened to get a formal education in the field of Engineering. However, I was also interested in various different subjects related to the life and in the process I read lot of material in this regard.

In the professional life, my job was related mostly to the marketing of engineering goods and services and happened to travel a lot throughout the India and met variety of people covering the large strata. This automatically generated curiosity in me about the meaning and purpose of life and whether there is any common force, common factor related to everybody. 

My wife happened to be an avid student of Philosophy, and she introduced the various aspects of Indian and Western Philosophy, to me. Also, her work & activities related to her PhD Thesis, Post PhD Thesis, teaching at College and University level, Seminars etc. indirectly introduced me to various subjects. The readymade 'In-house' information and knowledge helped me to develop a broader view towards the Life. This further enhanced my quest for life's meaning and purpose and finding the common link, related to all the human beings, if any.

Since the last few years I underwent various personality development courses and read lots of books and related material. The details of various courses are given in the chapter titled 'About the Author' (About us). The present book is the outcome of the combined effect of the various courses done by me so far. However, the following things have the deep impact on the outcome of this book.

Vipassana Meditation.

  I did the Meditation course at Vipassana Meditation center, Dhule ( Maharashtra state), about 7 years back. It was a 10 days residential course. The Meditation method and explanatory lectures (video cassettes) by Respected Guruji shri. Satyanarayanji Goyenka were very effective. This was the first big turn in my life and my 'inwards' journey started because of this. Various aspects like the Mind, Mind's functions, how to control the Thinking, Emotions and the Behavior etc. were clearly understood.

Naturopathy.

 I had Studied Naturopathy as per the postal course material few years back and had understood the concepts. However, my concepts became very clear when about 5 years back, I visited and stayed for about 15 days at The Nature Cure Ashram, Urulikanchan, near Pune. Their Life style, Diet, Treatment methods and explanatory lectures by the experienced Doctors and staff were very useful and effective. Later on I visited the Ashram 3-4 times and got good benefit. I realized that, Naturopathy is the most effective way to over come most of the Man made problems.

Happy Thoughts Organization.

 About 4 years back I did the 'Mahaasmani' (Self Realization) course Conducted by them at Pune. This course was very effective for the personality development and very good conceptual clarity was achieved. Various books written by ' Tejguru Sirshree Tejparkhiji' were very effective and useful in the day to day functioning. Later on I did 'The Power of Sub Conscious Mind' course, which was very effective to control the Mental and the Behavioral activities.

SuJok Acupressure Therapy.

 Shri. S.K.Joshi is a very senior SuJok Thearapist. He has been giving free consultations on  the SuJok Acupressure Therapy, in Pune for the last few years. He also gives SuJok treatment to various patients. The material cost for the treatment is very very negligible. Shri. Joshisir is practicing the SuJok Thearapy for the last 8 years and has helped lots of patients to get cured from any diseases and illness. He is also conducting the Basic Course (for7days) on the SuJok Thearapy for the last 4-5 years. He must have trained more than 300 persons through the Basic Course. I did the Basic Course about 2 years back and my concepts about the Universe, Universal Energy Elements, Energy and the human beings, Health, Ill health/diseases etc. were totally changed after doing the course. Later on, I had several interactions with him and the idea of writing a book based on the Energy concepts was crystallized. All the information, concepts, explanatory figures etc. mentioned in the chapter A (Basic Universal Energy Elements) of this book is the outcome of the information received during the Basic Course  and the several interactive meetings with him. Also, because of his teachings, I started viewing everything in this Universe as the manifestation of the Energy, either in the balanced or in the imbalanced form. Various chapters in this book are the out come of the insight given by shri. Joshisir.

Prajit Self help Group.

Prajit self help group was established about 10 years back in Pune.The self help group receives the expert guidance and advice by Dr. Ulhas Luktuke. Dr.Ulhas Luktuke is a very senior and famous psychiatrist and even after his extremely busy schedule and other engagements, he regularly makes himself available to give the guidance and advice to the group members, without charging any professional fees. Personality development through the psychological aspects and making the life easy is the main objective of this group. I joined the group about 2 years back and because of the group's activities and its functioning, achieved a lot of conceptual clarity in the Thinking, Emotions and the Behavioral aspects which are helpful in the day to day life.

Manasa Foundation.

 Manasa Foundation is a very famous institute from Bangalore, in the field of Meditation. The Meditation center was established by 'GURUJI KRISHANANDA' in the year 1988. Respected Guruji developed the 'Saptarshi Dhayana Yoga'- ( Meditation) , which is the path of the 'Rishis' and established the 'Sapta Rishis' Spiritual center, at Bangalore. The 'Saptarshi Dhayana Yoga' is a unique way of Meditation and positivising the emotions and thoughts by the 'Rishis' for proper living of both the Spiritual and Material Lives. The center also conducts external guidance classes (postal course).Presently I am doing this course for the last 16-17 months, and I am at the last stage of completing the course. Several books are written by Respected Guruji, and it contains very very rare information and knowledge, which is not easily available anywhere else. Their Meditation and Healing techniques are very simple and give effective and satisfactory results. They also do research in the field of Meditation. Lot of local, national and international level students takes the benefit of their knowledge. I personally visited the center in Oct. 2007, and did the Meditation at their 'Cosmic Tower' and 'Kundalini Tower' which are considered as the unique places for the Meditation, perhaps in the World!!   Also, during my personal meeting with Respected Guruji, I discussed about the idea and the concept of my book. He encouraged me to write such a book and gave his blessings. Only after his encouragement and blessings, I really started working on this book and could complete it in about 8 months time.

Shri. V.D. Mande.(www.mandestocks.com) 

Shri V.D.Mande is having a business in the field of Software for 'Stock Trading'. I was also interested in the stocks trading; hence I attended his workshop about 20 months back and started using the software. As the stocks predictions started giving good results, my visits to his office increased to collect more and more stocks related information and prediction strategies.  In the process, due to some common interests in the personality development aspects, our friendship developed. Shri. Mande introduced me to the world of internet, and suggested the idea of making the e-book. He not only carried out the most tedious and thankless work of the proof reading but also gave useful suggestions on the structure of the book. Also, irrespective of his busy money making schedule, completed all the formalities related to the website designing, e-book making, e-book registration etc. and gave it a final shape. But for shri. Mande this e-book would not have seen the light of the day.

I am deeply indebted to all the Persons, Institutes mentioned above and I would better like to remain indebted for ever.

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