MEDITATION
MEDITATION
Naasthi buddhirayukthasya na chaayukthasya bhaavanaa |
Na chaabhaavayathaha shaanthirashaanthasya khuthaha sukham || (Bhagavad
Gita)
In Bhagavadgitha it has been said that "A man of uncontrolled mind has no spiritual comprehension. He has no capacity for meditation either. For the unmeditative there is no peace. And where is happiness for one without peace of mind?"
THE ART OF MEDITATION (Swami Vivekananda)
The greatest help to spiritual life is meditation .In meditation we
divest ourselves of all material conditions and feel our divine
nature. We do not depend upon any external help in meditation.
The greatest thing is meditation. It is the nearest approach to
spiritual life -the mind meditating . It is the one moment in our
daily life that we are not material-the Soul thinking of itself
,free from all matter-this marvelous touch of Soul
Do not spend your energy in talking but meditate in silence; and do
not let the rush of outside world disturb you. When your mind is in
the highest state, you are unconscious of it. Accumulate power in
silence and become a dynamo of spirituality.
This constant thought of Dhyana is as oil that pours in one unbroken
line from vessel to vessel; dhyana rolls the mind in thought day and
night and so helps us to attain to liberation
Within there is a lion-the eternally pure, illumined and ever free
Atman; and directly one realizes HIM through meditation and
concentration, this world of Maya vanishes.
The flow of this continuous control of the mind becomes steady when
practiced day after day and the mind obtains the faculty of constant
concentration.
How are we to know that the mind has become concentrated ? Because
the idea of time will vanish. The more time passes unnoticed the
more concentrated we are. In common life we see that when we are
interested in a book we do not note the time at all; and when we
leave the book, we are often surprised to find how many hours have
passed.
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