God Makes the Rivers to Flow: An Anthology of the World's Sacred Poetry and Prose (Essential Easwaran Library Book 4)

by Eknath Easwaran

Remove the cause of all your suffering And free you from the bondage of karma. Be seated with spinal column erect And turn your mind and senses deep within. With the mantram echoing in your heart, Cross over the dread sea of birth and death. Train your senses to be obedient. Regulate your activities to lead you To the goal. Hold the reins of your mind As you hold the reins of restive horses. Choose a place for meditation that is Clean, quiet, and cool, a cave with a smooth floor Without stones and dust, protected against Wind and rain and pleasing to the eye. In deep meditation aspirants may See forms like snow or smoke. They may feel A strong wind blowing or a wave of heat. They may see within them more and more light: Fireflies, lightning, sun, or moon. These are signs That they are well on their way to Brahman. Health, a light body, freedom from cravings, A glowing skin, sonorous voice, fragrance Of body: these signs indicate progress In the practice of meditation.