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against anyone at any time. Stay in that thrill of witnessing the light everywhere. If you adore God in any form now, try to visualize that form in the all-pervasive light. For light is God; God is light.
Practice this meditation as I have advised regularly every day. At other times repeat the name of God (any name fragrant with any of His many majesties), always taking care to be conscious of His might, mercy, and munificence.
Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol. 10, chap. 55, Meditation India Bala Vikas Gurus Conference, November 21, 1979
Soham Meditation
Before you start dhyana (meditation) chant “Soham,” inhaling “So” and exhaling “Ham.” Soham means “He is I.” It identifies you with the Infinite and expands your consciousness. Harmonize the breath and the thought. Breathe gently and naturally; do not make it artificial and labored. It must flow in and out, so and silent. If you have some flour on your palm and hold it near the nostrils, it should not get fluered in the least; the breath has to be as so as that. The faster the breath, the sooner you are burnt up, the shorter becomes your lifespan. Slow breath quiets and calms the emotions. The mood of relaxation produced by this Soham recital is a pre-condition for a profitable session of meditation.
Other things are also needed for this relaxation. Have no thorn of hate in your mind; develop love towards all. Desire is a storm; greed is a whirlpool; pride is a precipice; aachment is an avalanche; egoism is a volcano. Keep these things away so that when you do dhyana, they do not disturb the equanimity. Let love be enthroned in your heart. Then there will be sunshine and cool breeze and gurgling waters of contentment, feeding the roots of faith.
Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol. 7, chap. 9, Japa Sadhana Dharmakshetra, Bombay, May 10, 1969
Keep the mind above the upper lip, between the two nostrils, right in front of the bridge of the nose. Inhale through the le nostril, closing
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