Art of Meditation - Swami Vivekananda

Art of Meditation:

It is meditation that brings us nearer to 
truth than anything else.

- Swami Vivekananda

Think of a space in your heart, and in

 the midst of that space think that a flame

 is burning.Think of that flame as your

 own soul and inside the flame is another 

effulgent light, and that is the soul of 

your soul, God. Meditation upon that in 

the heart.

The greatest help to spiritual life is 

meditation. In meditation we divest 

ourselves of all material conditions and 

feel our divine nature. We do not 

depend upon any external help in 

meditation.

The greatest thing is meditation. It is 

the nearest approach to spiritual life - the 

mind meditating. It is the one moment 

in our daily life that we are not at all 

material - the Soul thinking of itself, free 

from all mater - this marvelous touch 

of the Soul

There is the infinite joy, unchanging.

Meditaion is the gate that opens that to

us. Prayers, ceremonials, and all the

other forms of workship are simply 

kindergartens of meditaion.

Within there is the lion the eternally

pure, illumined and ever-free Atman;

and directly one realizes Him through

meditation and concentration, this world

of Maya vanishes.

Do not spend your energy in talking but

meditate in silence; and do not let the

rush of the outside world disturb you.

When your mind is in the highest state,

you are unconscious of it. Accumulate

power in silence and become a dynamo

of spirituality.

The concentrated mind is a lamp that 

shows us every corner of the soul.

As a Lamp kept in a windless place does not flicker, 

such is the state of the yogi whose mind is under

control and who is engaged in concentration on the Self.

(Gita 6/9)