Help to Meditate
"Meditation is a very general
word. It is not a word that explains all the three steps one has to
take for meditating. But in Sanskrit language they have very clearly
said, how you have to move in your meditation.
"...First is called as Dhyana, and second is called as Dhaarna; and the third is called Samadhi. The first part of meditation is the Dhyana. First when you have seeking, you put your attention towards the object of your worship. That is called as Dhyana. And the Dhaarana is the one in which you put all your effort. Concentrate all your effort.
"...But after realization also, when the Dhaarna is established you have to get to the position where you become Samadhi. Now, what is that state? When that state comes into your mind, then whatever you do, the Deity that you worship, you see that Deity in your work; whatever you see, you see the Deity giving you the show; you can put it like that. Whatever you hear, you find the Deity telling you the truth, Whatever you read, you find there what the Deity would tell you. So, in that state, whatever you do with your eyes, nose, and all these organs, all that, becomes a kind of manifestation of the Deity whom you worship, automatically. You don't have to think-now I must concentrate, alright, I will not have these thoughts, I have to now think about this. It becomes, automatically there."
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
I
will tell you a few things about meditation. It is my immense joy
to see all of you here from various parts of the world. When your
heart is so full, the words are too poor to carry the intensity. I
wish you could understand that intensity through your heart. It's
all been arranged, I think, by the Divine 
