DISCOURSES & TALKS BY MEHER BABA

MEDITATION

11 October, 1928

About the early morning meditation some had been instructed to follow, Baba explained:

The best time for meditation is between 3:00 and 5:00 A.M. Why? (This is a secret.) There is some connection between the sun and the universe, and in order to meditate one must cross the solar [astral] planes. In order to give a push to the devotees, Sadgurus especially stand in the points of those planes and the universe between 3:00 and 5:00 A.M. No Sadguru has ever explained it so clearly.

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5 November, 1928

Afterward Baba explained to the mandali and boys about meditation:

Meditate on me to such an extent as to forget everything else. Be merged in me. Pleader, though he is fasting and meditating, is still not merged in me. Meditate spontaneously like the inhalation and exhalation of your breath which goes on automatically — like the tick, tick, tick of a clock. While sitting, eating, drinking, studying — amidst every activity — meditate on me naturally. Meditation with the help of mercy leads to the Path; with the help of the Master, to samadhi. But without grace, such meditation is not possible.

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