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• By meditation we make a will in our heart covering thereby the surroundings around the heart region. (BWS 43)
• By meditation we create a temporary lull in our mind and calmness prevails for the time during which we are in touch with the divine force. (BWS 254)
• While meditating, if you secure even a temporary lull, that means you have gone a step further on the path. (SDG 161)
• When you acquire a state of permanency in your meditation, touching the innermost plane, the idea of the Ultimate or God becomes quite near you.(SDG 161)
• Meditation only at a certain fixed hour is not enough, for we are thus in touch with the sacred thought only for a while after which we have no idea of God whatsoever and are for most part of the day away from the path of service and devotion. (BWS 254)
• If we try to retain the effect gained by meditation for the most part of the day, and abide in the same state for as long as we can, we are in a way in constant remembrance of God and our progress is easy and rapid. (SS 307)
• The density of the thought can only be removed if we take to the subtle method. (SDG 62)
Inspirational Quotes from Various Sources:
• Generally, quietude, calmness, peace, silence and stillness are taken to be identical states of mind. But in reality, this is not so. All these are states of a deepening order of consciousness,
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