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and away from or real purpose. The suspension of mind brought about by forced physical means may, however, result in a temporary state of coma which is wrongly presumed to be a spiritual state. It may be more like a state of senselessness brought about by the effect of chloroform or some other drug.
Object for Meditation
The next important point in this connection is the fixing up of an object for meditation. Some of the teachers have classified meditation in two ways, the concrete and the abstract. The concrete meditation is that in which some material object in solid form is kept in view and meditated upon. Numerous objects are advised for the purpose. In most cases, it is the image or a picture of some god which is commonly considered to be the best. Others advise objects like a flame, a mountain peak, a river or even a flower to meditate upon. The significance of such objects which have no relation with the Divine thought is not understandable at all, unless thereby they mean only to practice concentration for developing certain hypnotic powers for the
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