Meditation is an Exclusive Mental Effort

In this talk, Swamiji speaks about meditation which is an exclusive mental effort. In meditation, we make the body still, sitting in a particular pose on an asana. The physical body is still, and we do not have to focus our attention on any of the functions of the body. One is completely free to focus on the mind.

In deeksha sadhana, one has to enter within the body, into the mind. One must enter the mind, by one’s own mind.

The Mantra given by the Guru is an optional thought. It is a mental formula that one has received. When one starts repeatedly thinking of the optional thought, one enters the mind. Entering the mind, one has to handle and manipulate one’s own mind.

The mind is desultory by nature. But the same mind can be made thinner, lighter, feebler and stable.

Shlokas chanted in the Track:

ॐतत्सदिति निर्देशो ब्रह्मणस्त्रिविधः स्मृतः ।
ब्राह्मणास्तेन वेदाश्च यज्ञाश्च विहिताः पुरा ॥
Bhagavad Gita 17.23

उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् ।
आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः ।।
Bhagavad Gita 6.5

मामनुस्मर युध्य च ।
Bhagavad Gita 8.7

यो मां पश्यति सर्वत्र सर्वं च मयि पश्यति ।
Bhagavad Gita 6.30

सर्वभूतस्थमात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चात्मनि ।
Bhagavad Gita 6.29

PR 23 May 2017