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absorbed in it we reach the preliminary state of Samadhi or concentration. This sort of concentration should not be confused with concentration defined above, which required exertion of will power. For such concentration an Abhyasi need not struggle within himself. It is the natural outcome of meditation when one‘s being merges into one thought or feeling. Thus, real concentration follows meditation in due course. It would, therefore, be a wrong process to take up to concentration first. So, an Abhyasi must practice meditation in a simple and natural way, keeping away from the idea of concentration. Meditation implies a sense of thinking over and over again. At the initial stages it may be with breaks and interruptions but after some time it forms a connected link of unconscious thought in the sub-conscious mind. That is the true form of meditation. With this view we must only take up meditation without the least effort to concentrate and go on with it in the simplest way avoiding all physical and mental strain.
The next mistake which sometimes baffles an Abhyasi-and of which he often complains-is that he is not able to see the light or to grasp the exact location of the heart. This is but an
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