Meditation And Its Methods: Swami Vivekananda Guides on the Practice of Meditation by Swami Vivekananda

by Vivekananda

Do not practise when the body feels very lazy or ill, or when the mind is very miserable and

“I will drink the ocean,”

“at my will mountains will crumble up.” Have that sort of energy, that sort of will, work hard, and you will reach the goal.

If it is clear, and there are no waves, we shall see the bottom. The bottom of the lake is our own true Self; the lake is the Chitta and the waves the Vrittis.

standpoint of stability, the gyrations of the mind can be watched

Day and night think and meditate on Brahman, meditate with great one-pointedness of mind. And during the time of awakeness to outward life, either do some work for the sake of others or repeat in your mind, ‘Let good happen to Jivas and the world!’ ‘Let the mind of all flow in the direction of Brahman!’ Even by such continuous current of thought the world will be benefited.

It is the strong that understand strength, it is the elephant that understands the lion, not the rat.

“I meditate on the glory of that being who created this universe; may he illuminate my mind.”

long for them, as a drowning man longs for breath.