Nirodbaran

Correspondence with Sri Aurobindo

Second Series

1. Spirituality

Meditation

I. Right Meditation

Raman Maharshi says that if one meditates for an hour or two every day, then the current of mind induced will continue to flow even in work. Of course he speaks of meditation “in the right manner.”

A very important qualification.

If the meditation brings poise, peace, a concentrated condition or even a pressure or influence, that can go on in the work, provided one does not throw it away by a relaxed or dispersed state of consciousness. That was why the Mother wanted people not only to be concentrated at pranam or meditation, but to remain silent and absorb or assimilate afterwards and also insisted on avoiding things that relax or disperse or dissipate too much – precisely for this reason that so the effects of what she put on them might continue and the change of attitude the Maharshi speaks of would take place. But I am afraid most of the sadhaks have never understood or practised anything of the kind – they could not appreciate or understand her directions.

Is the current induced by the right manner of meditation something like charging a battery which goes on inducing an automatic current.

It is not exactly automatic. It can be easily spoilt or left to run into the subconscient or otherwise wasted. But with simple and steady practice and persistence it has the effect the Maharshi speaks of – he assumes, I suppose, such a practice. I am afraid your meditation is hardly simple or steady – too much Kasrat and fighting with yourself.