Essence of Meditation
Meditation is not Concentration,rather it is getting intune with inner source of energy.
Meditation is getting absorbed in God as the only thought,the only goal.God only,only God.Think God,breath God,love God. As long as one is thinking that He is meditating,he is not meditating.One has to be get absorbed in God,put aside every thought and merges in God .In that process the mind naturally stops.As long as their is attachment to body,kith and kins one cant progress in meditation.The physical body has to be dedicated to Nishkama-Karma for the benefit of others. For one who desires to practices meditation ,it is advisable to have "jyoti"(Flame) as object of meditation.It is also advisable to sit at a same place and same time for meditation.It should be preferably in Brahmamurtanam that is morning at 3 am to 6am.Before you start meditation (dhyana), your meditation session, chant Soham, inhaling So and exhaling Ham
A rose plant has leaves, thorns and flowers. Concentration helps you to identify as to where the thorns are and the flower is. To cut the love (rose flower) away from worldly desires (thorns) is contemplation. Concentration is identifying the various locations of the thorns and flowers by looking at the rose plant. To offer the flower, so cut, to the Lord is meditation.
