Introduction To the Meditation Diary

Why we need a meditation diary

A spiritual diary is like a walking stick to the blind man. The purpose of a walking stick for the blind man is to find his direction.Through this stick the blind man is able to find his way and know the obstacles on his path. A spiritual diary has more or less the same purpose. The seeker is blind when treading the inner path. Is not the path to God pathless? One is not able to know what lies ahead. The present diary is a helping guide to all spiritual seekers.

Diary role in meditation

Meditation is a yogic technique through which the seeker is marching to the state of supreme merger. Mind and vital are the two stumbling blocks on the path to God. How to cross this barrier? This is the problem before all seekers of the Truth. Through NATURAL PROCESS OF MEDITATION that is being popularized by DIVINE MISSION the seeker is able to go beyond mind and vital system easily within a short time and experience the state of samadhi . To evaluate one's day to day progress and to take corrective measures it is very much necessary to maintain a spiritual diary. It is like a road map in an unknown land, a compass in a vast sea. Every meditator, especially one who wants to practice meditation through the natural method cannot do without a spiritual diary. Keeping this need in mind DIVINE MISSION, USA is publishing this diary for the benefit of all those who are pursuing the path to God. Even if one is not following the Natural Method one may find this diary very useful for his spiritual practice.

General Definitions

Mantra: A rhythm of cosmic sound wave which activises the psychic being within and neutralizes thought waves of other planes.

Meditation: A yogic mental process through which the meditator crosses the barrier of physical, mental, and vital consciousness and experiences the state of pure awareness, which is referred to as the state of God awareness.

Sadhana: The process of spiritual seeking. It may be inner or outer. When it is inner it is through the method of invocation of the sat that dwells within. When it is outer it involves the worship of the sat that is all pervading everywhere.

Yoga: A process of union or merger through which the embodied soul merges with the cosmic soul. It is the path through which the soul marches towards the source.

Types of Thought

Mental thought: Thoughts pertaining to past memory having no depth or dimension, mainly desultory thoughts.

Physical thought: Thoughts having their origin in the world of sensory perception. These thoughts mainly relate to the body and the world of senses and their objects of pleasure.

Vital thought: Thoughts that originate from the ego plane having depth, dimension and direction. These are mostly desire prompted thoughts which often is the cause of action.

Psychic thought: Coming from the psychic plane, having dimension, but no direction and (or) depth, not desultory, often in the nature of vision and rhythm. A psychic thought, most of the time, takes the meditator to the thoughtless state or deep trance state.

Meditative feelings

Calmness: A state of tranquility of mind that comes due to thoughtlessness.

Bliss: A state of delight that a meditator experiences within himself and feels its reflection outwardly. In such a state everything appears beautiful and all the persons appear holy, pure or good. At this state one cannot find fault even in a wrong-doer and cannot view anyone as undivine. In such a state there is no sin, no sinner - all appears as Divine's play.

Depression: A state of obsessive feeling of ennui when the person is unable to find the reason of this feeling or the source of it. Mostly persons with strong psychic force experience this state intensely when their vital and mental planes are dominated by tamasic energy. Strong bouts of depression over a period of time may lead to suicidal tendency in psychic souls.

Peace: A state of feeling that comes from the psychic plane when the meditator experiences there is no need for anything for him in this world other than this state.

Silence: Feeling of calmness accompanied with vastness of an expansive nature. In the state of silence the meditator feels as if the movement of wind in the world has also stopped. The state of silence remains more than an hour when it comes.

 

Meditation Diary Form