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Concentration Is Not the Same As Meditation · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  There is considerable confusion about meditation and
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  concentration. They are however, not quite the
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  same achieving, a meditative State inwardly can Aid in the
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  development of concentration. Certain forms of meditation
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  utilize techniques that lead to concentration.
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  Yet meditation can be calm, relaxed and peaceful without
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  being a concentrated state of awareness that focuses on a
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  single point, which is the definition of concentration.
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  It can be blank of content, certain forms of meditation.
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  Let the Mind rest quietly in a state of vast General awareness,
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  which is not concentration. In the Stillness that thus
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  arises in the mind concentration, then becomes more
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  possible and more effective yet, it needs to be directed at a
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  single object. Whether that is an external
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  object or an internal one, such as the fire of aspiration, that
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  directs the attention solely to the divine One can distinguish
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  the gathered focused energy of concentration through its
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  intensity and the amplitude of the waves of awareness from the
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  broader waves, with lower amplitude of the meditative
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  State, scientists can measure the difference of waves being
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  generated and have assigned different letters of the Greek.
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  Alphabet to certain waves that are prevalent in the state of
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  meditation from those that arise in the concentrated state, thus
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  validating from the scientific perspective, the differences
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  between the two a disciple asks I read the conversations, 1956
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  concentration alone will lead you to this goal should one
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  increase. The time of meditation.
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  The mother writes quote, concentration does not mean
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  meditation on. The contrary concentration is a
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  state, one must be in continuously, whatever the outer
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  activity by concentration. I mean, that all the energy, all
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  the will all the aspiration must be turned only towards the
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  Divine and his integral realization in our
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  consciousness. To keep constantly a
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  concentrated and in gathered, attitude is more important than
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  having fixed hours of meditation and quote, reference SRI
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  aurobindo, and the mother growing within the psychology of
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  inner development, chapter for growth of Consciousness.
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  First Steps in Foundation. Page 71.