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.Concentrate on this.Do Trataka also with open eyes(steady gazing without winking till tears flow profusely).This is both Saguna and Nirgunameditation (with and without attributes).Keep a picture of OM in your meditation room.You cando Puja for the symbol of Brahman.Burn incense, etc.Offer flowers.This suits the moderneducated persons.MEDITATION ON MINDMind is Brahman or God in manifestation.Mind is God in motion.As Brahman isapproachable by means of the mind, it is only proper to meditate upon the Mind as Brahman. Themind should be adored as Brahman; this is intellectual worship. (Chhandogya Upanishad, III-18).This is Upasana Vakya.155 MEDITATIONTHE MEDITATION ROOMThe meditation room should be regarded as a temple of God.Talks of profane nature shouldnever be indulged in the room.No vicious thoughts of rancorous jealousy, avarice are to beentertained there.Admittance should ever be sought in it with a pious and reverent mind.For, whatwe do, what we think and what we speak of leave their impressions on the ether of the room and, ifno care is taken to avoid them, they will exert their influence on the aspirant s mind and, renderinghis mind perverse and restive, make him incapable of attending to the devotion.The words uttered,the thoughts cherished, the deeds done are not lost; they are always reflected on the subtle layers ofether encircling the room where they are done and affect the mind invariably.As much as possibleeffort should be made to overcome them.This is to be done for a few months only; when the habit ischanged, everything will be all right.HOW TO MEDITATESit in a lonely place on Padma, Siddha or Sukha Asana.Free yourself from all passions,emotions and impulses.Subjugate the senses.Withdraw the mind from objects.Now the mind willbe calm, one-pointed, pure and subtle.With the help of this trained instrument, disciplined mind,contemplate on that one Infinite Self.Do not think of anything else.Do not allow any worldlythought to enter the mind.Do not allow the mind to think of any physical or mental enjoyment.When it indulges in these thoughts, give it a good hammering.Then it will move towards God.Justas the Ganga flows continuously towards the sea, thoughts of God should flow continuouslytowards the Lord.Just as oil, when poured from one vessel to another, flows in an unbroken,continuous stream, just as the harmonious sound produced from the ringing of bells falls upon theear in a continuous stream, so also the mind should flow towards God in one continuous stream.There must be a continuous divine Vritti-Pravaha, Svajatiya-Vritti-Pravaha, from the Sattvic mindtowards God through continuous Sadhana.You must have a mental image of God or Brahman (concrete or abstract) before you beginto meditate.When you are a neophyte in meditation, start repeating some sublime Slokas or Stotras(hymns) for ten minutes as soon as you sit for meditation.This will elevate the mind.The mind canbe easily withdrawn from the worldly objects.Then stop this kind of thinking also and fix the mindon one idea only by repeated and strenuous efforts.Then Nishtha will ensue.In Nididhyasana (meditation), you will have to develop the Svajatiya-Vritti-Pravaha.Makethe thoughts of Brahman or Divine Presence flow like inundation or flood.DoVijatiya-Vritti-Tiraskara.Renounce the thoughts of objects.Drive them away with the whip ofViveka and Vichara.There is struggle in the beginning.It is trying indeed.But, later on, as you willgrow stronger and stronger and as you grow in purity, Brahma-Chintana becomes easy.You rejoicein the life of unity.You get strength from Atman.Inner strength grows when all the Vishaya Vrittisare thinned out and the mind becomes one-pointed (Ekagra).When you start a fire, you heap up some straw, pieces of paper, thin pieces of wood.The firegets extinguished quickly.You blow it again several times through the mouth of the blow-pipe.After some time it becomes a small conflagration.You can hardly extinguish it now even with greatefforts.Even so, in the beginning of meditation in neophytes, they fall down from meditation in156 MIND ITS MYSTERIES AND CONTROLtheir old grooves
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