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Meditation
is Dynamic Awareness
From Awaken
to Superconsciousness by Swami Kriyananda
Not only is
it virtually impossible to meditate on nothingness: There are inherent
dangers in even attempting to do so. For although, to go deep in
meditation, you must empty the mind of thoughts, you must at the
same time be deeply aware, inwardly—of the inner peace, for
example. To make the mind blank is to open oneself passively to
every vibratory influence in one's environment. Mental blankness
doesn't even help one to receive whatever good influences there
are: It opens one only to the negative ones. The way to make yourself
receptive to higher vibrations is to raise your consciousness to
their vibratory level.
Rather than meditating on nothingness, if that impersonal direction
suits you, meditate on the thought of freedom from "anythingness."
Soul-freedom is a positive concept. Stillness is a positive concept.
Perfect peace and calmness are positive concepts. Blankness is not.
Always keep your consciousness moving in the direction of more,
not less, awareness.
If, after meditation, you find yourself wondering vaguely, "Where
was I?" the chances are you were slipping into subconsciousness,
not rising toward superconsciousness. There comes a point in meditation
where peace steals over the mind, but then, because of our long
association of restfulness with sleep, the mind tends to drift off
into a quasi-dream state. At that time, make an extra effort of
will to rise toward superconsciousness. Concentrate with extra intensity
at the point between the eyebrows, the seat of will power and of
superconscious ecstasy.
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