Meditation Follows Concentration - Part 11

V - Meditate on the magnanimity of the ocean and its infinite nature. Then compare the ocean to
the Infinite Brahman, and the waves, foams and ice-bergs to the various names and forms. Identify
yourself with the ocean. Become silent. Expand. Expand.
VI -This is another kind of meditation. Meditate on the Himalayas. Imagine that the Ganga
takes its origin in the icy regions of Gangotri near Uttarakasi, flows through Rishikesh. Haridwar,
Benares, and then enters into the Bay of Bengal near Gangasagar. Himalayas, Ganga and the
sea—these three thoughts only should occupy your mind. First take your mind to the icy regions of Gangotri. Then along the Ganga and finally to the sea. Rotate the mind in this manner for 10
minutes.
VII -There is a living Universal Power that underlies all these names and forms. Meditate on this Power which is formless. This will terminate in the realisation of the Absolute, Nirguna, Nirakara
(formless) Consciousness eventually. VIII - Sit on Padmasana. Close your eyes. Gaze steadily on the formless air only. Concentrate on
the air. Meditate on the all-pervading nature of the air. This will lead to the realisation of the
nameless and formless Brahman, the One Living Truth.
IX -Sit on your meditative pose. Close your eyes. Imagine that there is a supreme, infinite
effulgence hidden behind all these names and forms which is tantamount to the effulgence of crores of suns put together. This is another form of Nirguna meditation.
X - Concentrate and meditate on the expansive blue sky. This is another kind of Nirguna
meditation. By the previous methods of concentration the mind will cease thinking of finite forms. It will slowly begin to melt in the ocean of Peace, as it is deprived of its contents. The mind will become subtler and subtler.
From - SRI SWAMI SIVANANDA