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forms is to express the Divinity and this is His Lila. Because we have created our own creation in the middle and we are expressing ourselves, the whole problem has arisen. That is the reason, He says \u201CPut an end to your individual creation; His Creation will work\u201D. This is what precisely is the first principle of meditation. What are we trying to do in meditation? We are trying to allow the Divinity to express Itself through ourselves rather than expressing ourselves through Existence. In order to do that, we have to control our activities - bring it to a latent state similar to our Origin. To do this, we have withdrawn our limbs \u2018the organs and instruments of activity\u0027 and that is Asana. Though He allowed some freedom in \u2018Asana\u0027, it should be in such a way that our meditation is not affected. Some may feel it difficult to sit in meditation for an hour. It has been our experience because of the flow of Divine consciousness that enters into our being, the moment we think of Him, our posture gets regulated in accordance with our capacity. In a constant posture, meditation becomes undisturbed and absorption becomes natural. This absorption is a Samadhi of a kind, a balanced state of mind. \u201CSama\u201D \u201CDhi\u201D that is how Babuji Maharaj put it. Asan is the initial small step for the great goal of life.\u000AThe meditation place and seat have\u000Aconsiderable impact in Yogic practices. A separate\u000A76\u000A