Meditation an Inner Enquiry

To get at the core of God at His greatest, one must first get into the core of himself at his least, for no one can know God who has not known himself. After seating oneself in a comfortable and steady posture, steadying the breath, pratyahara (withdrawing of the senses from the sense objects) and anga nyasa (purification of all the organs of the body) are to be done. Light is the greatest purifier. It dispels all darkness. Light is made to traverse throughout the body, purifying all the limbs and senses.

First when you sit for meditation, recite a few slokas [verses] on the glory of God, so that the thoughts that are scattered could be collected. Then gradually, while doing japam (reciting the name of the Lord), draw before the mind’s eye the form which that name represents. When your mind wanders away from the recital of the Name, take it on to the picture of the form. When it wanders from the picture, lead it the Name. Let it dwell either on that sweetness or this. Treated thus, it can be easily tamed. The imaginary picture you have drawn will get transmuted into the emotional picture, dear to the heart and fixed in the memory.

Digest, p. 191

If you examine  the origin of the word dhyanam, which means meditation, you will find that it refers to meditation on God and only on God. Therefore, meditation and devotion are really the same; both are the process of concentration on the Lord to the exclusion of everything else, thinking only of Him. Without such meditation or devotion, it is impossible to realize the unlimited effulgence of the Lord and gain true spiritual knowledge.

Digest, p. 209

Do you love more, do you talk less, do you serve others more earnestly? These are signs of success in meditation. Your progress must be authenticated by your character and behavior. Meditation must transmute your attitude toward beings and things, else it is a hoax.

My Baba and I, p. 42

Meditation  is constant inner enquiry as to who am I, what is true, what is ego action, what is loving and what is harsh. Meditation is thinking on spiritual principles and searching out the application to oneself of what Baba says.

Digest, p. 189

Resolve on this holy Sivaratri to visualize the Siva who is the inner power of all. With each breath, you are averring, ‘Soham’, ‘I am He’. Not only you, every being avers it. It is a fact that you have ignored so long. Believe it now. When you watch your breath and meditate on that grand truth, slowly the ‘I’ and the ‘He’ will merge and there will no more be two.

Digest, p. 192