Meditation Follows Concentration - Part 4

If you meditate for half an hour, you will be able to face the daily battle of life with peace
and spiritual strength for one week through the force of meditation. Such is the beneficial effect of meditation. As you have to move with different minds of peculiar nature, get the requisite strength and peace from meditation and be free from worry and trouble.
The wise cut asunder the knot of egoism by the sharp sword of constant meditation. Then
dawns supreme Knowledge of the Self or full Illumination or Self-realisation. The liberated sage
has neither doubt nor delusion. All bonds of Karma (action) are rent asunder. Therefore be ever
engaged in meditation. This is the master-key to open the realms of eternal Bliss. It may be
disgusting and tiring in the beginning, because the mind will be running away from the point
(Lakshya) every now and then. But after sometime it will be focussed in the centre. You will be
immersed in Divine Bliss. Regular meditation opens up the avenues of intuitional knowledge, makes the mind calm and steady, awakens an ecstatic feeling, and brings the Yogic student in contact with the SupremePurusha. If there are doubts, they are all cleared by themselves, when you march on the path of Dhyana-Yoga (meditation) steadily. You will yourself feel the way to place your footstep in the next higher rung of the Yogic ladder. A mysterious inner voice will guide you. Hear thou this attentively, O Yogananda! When you get a flash of illumination, do not be frightened. It will be a new experience of immense joy. Do not turn back. Do not give up meditation. Do not stop there. You will have to advance still further. This is only a glimpse of truth. This is not the whole experience. This is not the highest realisation. This is only a new platform. Try to ascend further. Reach the Bhuma or the Infinite. Now alone you are proof against all temptations. You will drink deep the nectar ofImmortality. This is the acme or final stage. You can take eternal rest now. You need not meditate any further. This is the final goal.