MIND : Its Mysteries & Its Control - Chapter-34 - Swami Sivananda.
================================= =================================== Wednesday, January 05, 2022. 6:00. AM. 34 : Samadhi - ===================================== How To Attain Samadhi Through Vedanta : Purify the mind by Japa, Pranayama, Satsanga, Svadhyaya, Dana, Yajna, Tapas and selfless service. Then fix it on God. Destroy Sankalpa-Vikalpa of the mind. Unite the currents of the mind with the spiritual current. Abandon the idea or notion of “I,” “he,” “thou,” Ghata (pot), Pata (cloth), i.e., Nana-Bhava, Dvaita-Bhava. Have Brahma-Bhavana instead. Then Samadhi or superconscious state will supervene automatically. There are four ways of destroying the ego or Ahankara, viz., two Advaitic methods (positive and negative), one Bhaktas’ method of ungrudging, unreserved, absolute self-surrender (Atmanivedana) and the fourth, complete self-sacrifice of Nishkama Karma Yogis. The negative Vedantic method is denial: “I am not the body, I am not the mind.” “Brahma satyam jaganmithya jivo brah...