SOME OF BHAGAVAN'S INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING MEDITATION

February 2, 2010

--- On Tue, 2/2/10, Swami Sadasivananda <sadasivananda wrote:

Swami Sadasivananda <sadasivananda

BHAGAVAN'S INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING MEDITATION

Q (By a devotee): What is to be meditated upon? A (By Sri Ramana Maharshi): Anything that you prefer. Q: Siva, Vishnu and gayatri are said to be equally efficacious. Which should I meditate upon? A: Any one you like best. They are all equal in their effect. But you should stick to one. Q: How do I meditate? A: Concentrate on that one whom you like best. If a single thought prevails, all other thoughts are put off and finally eradicated. So long as diversity prevails there are bad thoughts. When the object of love prevails only good thoughts hold the field. Therefore hold on to one thought only. Dhyana (meditation) is the chief practice. Dhyana means fight. As soon as you begin meditation other thoughts will crowd together, gather force and try to sink the single thought to which you try to hold. The good thought must gradually gain strength by repeated practice. After

it has grown strong the other thoughts will be put to flight. This is the battle royal always taking place in meditation. One wants to rid oneself of misery. It requires peace of mind, which means absence of perturbation owing to all kinds of thoughts. Peace of mind is brought about by dhyana alone. -- Spiritual Teachings of the Masters from the East and West web site: http://www.spiritual-teaching.com