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Rabindrik Psychotherapy

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The basic idea of any Psychotherapy is to control the self, to control the environment and to develop self-help skill so that individual can enjoy positive experience in life.  When we study Rabindra sangeet (songs composed by Rabindranath Tagore), this self-control is observed. Here is one song: "   দুখের কথা তোমায় বলিব না, দুখ ভুলেছি ও করপরশে। যা-কিছু দিয়েছ তাই পেয়ে, নাথ, সুখে আছি, আছি হরষে।। আনন্দ-আলয় এ মধুর ভব, হেথা আমি আছি এ কী স্নেহ তব-- তোমার চন্দ্রমা তোমার তপন মধুর কিরণ বরষে।। কত নব হাসি ফুটে ফুলবনে প্রতিদিন নবপ্রভাতে। .."   S Self-control occurs through understanding consciousness layers. There are three layers of consciousness - Murta, Raag, and Saraswat. When one experiences saraswat layer, he does not want to make any discrimination between self and the surroundings as he finds harmony with the surroundings. Here is one song where in we find change from negative forces to positive forces. Tagore suggested this change is possible by awakening the se