Lesson 196 - Q&A – Refining a sound in the mind

From: Yogani
Date: Thu May 20, 2004 1:09pm

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Q: What will be the effect of meditating on objects (such as an image
of Om) and also ideas and meanings (such as that of God) when
compared to meditation on sound (such as I AM)? It looks like my mind
clings to an image sooner than to sound. Which do you advise for
faster purification of the nervous system?

A: We should use only one object for deep meditation -- our mantra.
And we do not cling to it. We only favor it, and we allow it to
change and refine as we go inward. Sound is particularly effective
because it refines easily in the mind to finer and finer vibrations,
and can be picked up easily and gently with the attention very deep
inside. Meditating on physical objects, symbols, pictures, or
meanings of things is not as effective as sound for going deep. This
is not to say it can't be done with these other objects. It is only
that we should choose one way and use that with effectiveness. The
sound of the mantra is very easy to refine to penetrate our depths of
inner silence, using the procedure described early in the lessons.
Then we are quickly cultivating inner silence in our nervous system,
which is the cornerstone of all enlightenment.

The guru is in you.

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