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X
Concentrate and meditate on the expansive blue sky. This is another kind of Nirguna
meditation. By the previous methods of concentration the mind will cease thinking of finite forms.
It will slowly begin to melt in the ocean of Peace, as it is deprived of its contents. The mind will
become subtler and subtler.
XI
Have the picture of OM in front of you. Concentrate gently on this picture with open eyes till
tears flow profusely. Associate the ideas of eternity, infinity, immortality, etc., when you think of
OM. The humming of bees, the sweet notes of the nightingale, the seven tunes in music, and all
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sounds are emanating from OM only. OM is the essence of the Vedas. Imagine that OM is the bow,
the mind is the arrow and Brahman (God) is the target. Aim at the target with great care and then,
like the arrow becomes one with the target, you will become one with Brahman. The short accent of
OM burns all sins, the long accent gives Moksha, and the elongated accent bestows all psychic
powers (Siddhis). He who chants and meditates upon this monosyllable OM chants and meditates
upon all the Scriptures of the world.
XII
Sit on Padmasana or Siddhasana in your meditation room. Watch the flow of breath. You
will hear the sound SOHAM , So during inhalation and ham during exhalation. SOHAM means I
AM HE. The breath is reminding you of your identity with the Supreme Soul. You are
unconsciously repeating Soham 21,600 times daily at the rate of 15 Sohams per minute. Associate
the ideas of Existence, Knowledge, Bliss, Absolute, Purity, Peace, Perfection, Love, etc., along
with Soham. Negate the body while repeating the Mantra and identify yourself with the Atman or
the Supreme Soul.
XIII
Uddhava asked Lord Krishna: O Lotus-eyed! How to meditate on Thee! Tell me what is
the nature of that meditation and what it is? To which Lord Krishna replied: Be seated on the
Asana that is neither high nor low, with your body erect and in an easy posture. Place your hands on
the lap. Fix your gaze on the tip of the nose (in order to fix the mind). Purify the tracks of Prana by
Puraka, Kumbhaka and Rechaka, and then again in the reverse way i.e., first breathe in by the left
nostril with the right nostril closed by the tip of the thumb, then close the left nostril by the tips of the
ring finger and the little finger and retain the breath in both the nostrils. Then remove the tip of the
thumb and breathe out through the right nostril. Reverse the process by breathing in through the
right nostril, then retaining the breath in both the nostrils and letting out the breath through the left
nostril. Practise this Pranayama gradually with your senses controlled.
Aum with the sound of a bell, extends all over, from Muladhara31 upwards. Raise the
Aum in the heart by means of Prana (twelve fingers upwards) as if it were the thread of a
lotus-stalk. There let Bindu (the fifteenth vowel sound) be added to it. Thus practice Pranayama
accompanied by the Pranava reciting the latter ten times. Continue the practice, three times a day,
and within a month you shall be able to control the vital air. The lotus of the heart has its stalk
upwards and the flower downwards, facing below (and it is also closed, like the inflorescence with
bracts of the banana Sridhara). Meditate on it, however, as facing upwards and full-blown, with
eight petals and with the pericap. On the pericap, think of the sun, the moon, and fire one after
another. First meditate on all the limbs. Then let the mind withdraw the senses from their objects.
Then draw the concentrated mind completely towards Me, by means of Buddhi (intellect). Then
give up all other limbs and concentrate on one thing only, My smiling face. Do not meditate on
anything else. Then withdraw the concentrated mind from that and fix it on the Akasa (ether). Give
31 See Lesson XI.
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up that also and being fixed in Me (as Brahman) think of nothing at all. You shall see Me in Atman,
as identical with all Atmans, even as light is identical with another light. The delusions about
objects, knowledge and action shall then completely disappear. This is a beautiful exercise for
meditation prescribed by Lord Krishna Himself in the Bhagavata Purana.
Lesson X
SAMADHI
Which having obtained, he thinketh there is no greater gain beyond it, wherein,
established, he is not shaken even by heavy sorrow. Bhagavad-Gita: Ch. VI-22
The fruit of meditation is Samadhi. Samadhi is super conscious state, wherein the Yogi gets
superintuitional or supersensual knowledge and Supersensual bliss. He gets the vision of the Lord.
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