Meditation (Dhyana)

Meditation is an ancient technique of reviving a weary soul and helps you deal effectively with stress. It also helps you rediscover a sense of profound peace and inner calmness.
Meditation is a state of consciousness that can be understood only on a direct, practical and intuitive level. Ordinary experiences are limited by time, space, and the laws of causality, but the meditative state transcends all boundaries.
Meditation is a natural state of consciousness that isn't learned, any more than one learns to sleep. When the mind becomes one - pointed and steady - it will naturally go beyond the normal mundane awareness into the state referred to as Meditation.

How to Meditate ?
Please sit down comfortably, spine erect, head straight. If you don't feel comfortable on the floor you may also sit on a chair. Hands on the top of the knees or in the lap, wherever comfortable. Eyes closed. Initially, become aware of the whole body from the top of the head to the toes. Experience open space within the body. Imagine the whole body to be in the form of flame. First see the symbol of the flame in front of the closed eyes; see the flame in chidakasha. Gradually experience the radiating light of the flame spreading throughout the body, purifying the body, illuminating each and every part of the body. The whole body becomes one with the light. Each and every cell of the body becomes one with the light. There is no part of the physical body where darkness can exist. Each and every cell of the body is infused with the light. Experience the whole body in the form of pure light.

At first this is a process of imagination, but with concentration, the feeling develops. The body then responds to that feeling and one can actually see the radiance internally. Try to experience and feel that radiance now within yourself. See yourself filled with light internally and surrounded by light externally. Continue to observe yourself in the form of light and mentally repeat the mantra OM with every inhalation and exhalation. With total awareness repeat the mantra internally. Do not miss a single breath and repeat the mantra OM with every inhalation and exhalation. Merge yourself completely in the repetition of the mantra and the experience of light within. Now inhale deeply and chant OM three times. OM