MIND : ITS MYSTERIES & ITS AND CONTROL - CHAPTER-32. MEDITATION - 2.5 Swami Sivananda
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04/11/2019.
MIND : ITS MYSTERIES & ITS AND CONTROL :
Chapter - 32. Meditation -2.5
5. EXERCISES IN SAGUNA MEDITATION :
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Sit on Padmasana in a solitary room. Close your eyes. Meditate on the effulgence in the sun, splendour in the moon, glory in the stars, beauty in the sky. This is one kind of meditation for beginners.
Meditate on the Himalayas. Imagine that the river Ganga takes its origin from the icy region of Gangotri, near Uttarkashi, flows through Rishikesh, Haridwar, Varanasi and enters the
Gangasagar in the Bay of Bengal. Himalayas, Ganga and the sea—these three thoughts only should occupy your mind. First, take your mind to icy Gangotri, then along the Ganga and finally to the sea.
Then, again take it to the icy Gangotri. Rotate the mind in this manner for 15 minutes. This is another kind of meditation.
Imagine that there is a fine garden with lovely flowers. In one corner, there are jasmine flowers. In another corner, there are beautiful cabbage roses. In the third corner there is the ‘lady of the night.’ In the fourth corner, there are Champaka flowers. Now, meditate on these four varieties of flowers. First meditate on jasmine. Then take the mind to rose, then to the ‘lady of the night’ and finally to the Champaka. Again rotate the mind as above. Do this again and again for fifteen
minutes. Gross meditations like these will prepare the mind for finer abstract meditation on subtle ideas.
Meditate on the magnanimity of the ocean, its infinite nature. Compare the ocean with the Infinite Brahman, the waves, foams and blocks of ice to the various names and forms. Identify yourself with the ocean. Become silent. Expand. Expand.
MEXT : 6. EXERCISES IN NIRGUNA MEDITATION
To be continued ...
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04/11/2019.
MIND : ITS MYSTERIES & ITS AND CONTROL :
Chapter - 32. Meditation -2.5
5. EXERCISES IN SAGUNA MEDITATION :
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Sit on Padmasana in a solitary room. Close your eyes. Meditate on the effulgence in the sun, splendour in the moon, glory in the stars, beauty in the sky. This is one kind of meditation for beginners.
Meditate on the Himalayas. Imagine that the river Ganga takes its origin from the icy region of Gangotri, near Uttarkashi, flows through Rishikesh, Haridwar, Varanasi and enters the
Gangasagar in the Bay of Bengal. Himalayas, Ganga and the sea—these three thoughts only should occupy your mind. First, take your mind to icy Gangotri, then along the Ganga and finally to the sea.
Then, again take it to the icy Gangotri. Rotate the mind in this manner for 15 minutes. This is another kind of meditation.
Imagine that there is a fine garden with lovely flowers. In one corner, there are jasmine flowers. In another corner, there are beautiful cabbage roses. In the third corner there is the ‘lady of the night.’ In the fourth corner, there are Champaka flowers. Now, meditate on these four varieties of flowers. First meditate on jasmine. Then take the mind to rose, then to the ‘lady of the night’ and finally to the Champaka. Again rotate the mind as above. Do this again and again for fifteen
minutes. Gross meditations like these will prepare the mind for finer abstract meditation on subtle ideas.
Meditate on the magnanimity of the ocean, its infinite nature. Compare the ocean with the Infinite Brahman, the waves, foams and blocks of ice to the various names and forms. Identify yourself with the ocean. Become silent. Expand. Expand.
MEXT : 6. EXERCISES IN NIRGUNA MEDITATION
To be continued ...
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