Many years ago, when I set up my practice in hypnotherapy, I learnt quickly that people who attended me noticed positive changes in their financial condition. This was an observation that surprised me. Patients came to me with their emotional , psychological and physical problems. But what was changing was in addition to what they came for.

On realising the connection between meditation and prosperity, I decided to assure my patients about their financial health. I was hoping against hope that I would come across someone whose financial life will not change whereas everything else would. It did not happen that way. As they meditated, they became financially lucky. Most of them ended up getting promotions. Some got offers that were never expected-just out of the blue.

A retired businessman came to me many years ago. As usual I advised him to refrain from making any major life changes during treatment with me. He was considering investing more than a million dollars in an internet business.He reluctantly agreed. By the time the treatment ended, he had developed the practice of doing simple breathing exercises for a few minutes everyday. The dotcom industry had already crashed. The money that would have been lost, had he invested in the business venture, was saved.

Recently, a young woman came for the treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. She had been suffering with it for last seven years. By the time her treatment finished, she had developed the discipline of doing the breathing exercises regularly for 20 minutes daily. Not only her symptoms resolved, she was promoted in her job as well. The investment she had made in her treatment, gave her financial dividends that came unexpectedly.

Many years ago, a young struggling actor came to me for treatment of depression. I had told him that there could be pleasant surprises coming his way as the treatment progressed. Within a span of a few weeks of starting treatment he got an offer from Broadway.He was on the moon. He went away promising that he would continue treatment on coming back to Ireland. I have not heard of or seen him since.

A healthcare worker also complained of work stress as she was undergoing difficulties in relationships. She started to meditate and within months, she got her promotion. The same job that she found stressful, had become easy and she had started to enjoy it.

These are some of the real life experiences I have had with prosperity that I have seen in other peoples lives and also in my own. The most important thing about doing meditation is to do it as a discipline. Not only does it clear you up emotionally and physically, it brings calmness in the mind and the body as well. Prosperity is simply the icing on the cake. Even spending only five minutes a day will bring changes in your financial life. Do not expect it to happen, but it will.

Pradeep Chadha

Born and brought up in India, Pradeep has spent last many years of his life learning and working in Europe. He is able to blend the spirituality from the East with the intellect from the West to help bring about changes in people's lives with and without medication. He initially trained as a physician in India. In Ireland he got training in psychiatry and hypnosis.When psychotherapy was considered quackery, he set up his practice in Dublin. Now many years later, he is still ahead of his time as psychotherapy has become a recognised part of psychiatric services. He has presented many original papers in international conferences. He has been published in mostly alternative therapy journals. He has appeared on radio and television. He is the author of The Stress Barrier- Nature's Way to Overcoming Stress published by Blackhall Publishing, Dublin.