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Dynamic Meditation · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  In the bhagavad-gita Arjuna poses, the question to Shri
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  Krishna as to how one can know the spiritual, man.
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  How does he walk? How does he speak?
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  How does he act Spiritual practitioners, post, similar
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  types of questions about meditation as to what is the
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  right form of meditation. How does one sit?
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  How does one act how does one carry out the meditation?
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  Shri krishna's answer to Arjuna was that it was not the external
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  form, but the internal substance that determined the truth.
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  It is similarly, the inner aspiration, the motivation of
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  the Seeker, who meditates that determines the effectiveness of
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  the meditation. Meditation does not mean.
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  That one should simply sit and let anything happen that comes
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  up. And then when the time is up,
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  the individual gets up and nothing has changed or been
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  transformed. In his life, meditation is not
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  simply to withdraw from activity.
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  A question that can be asked, is whether the individual is the
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  same after the meditation as before the meditation.
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  What has changed in fairness? Some types of meditation will,
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  of course, not bear. Obvious fruit after a single
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  attempt, So one can look back and see whether after any period
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  of time, one day or one week or one month, Etc.
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  The meditation has made the individual more reflective, more
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  insightful, more compassionate, more understanding, more in
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  tune, with the Divine Purpose of his life.
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  If it is not moving, the Seeker forward in the spiritual
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  practice, then it is simply a static exercise.
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  As that may help, relax the individual, but does not go much
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  farther. The dynamic form of meditation
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  will have a transformative effect and that is how one can
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  see the difference. Over time, a disciple asks, how
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  is it done? Is it done in a different way?
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  The mother observes. I think it is.
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  The aspiration that should be different.
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  The attitude should be different different way.
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  What do you mean by way laughing?
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  The way of fitting, not that the inner way, if But for each one,
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  it is different. I think the most important thing
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  is to know why one meditates. This is, what gives the quality
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  of the meditation and makes it a one order or another.
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  You may meditate to open yourself to the Divine Force.
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  You may meditate to reject the ordinary Consciousness.
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  You may meditate to enter the depths of your being You may
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  meditate to learn how to give yourself integrally.
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  You may meditate for all kinds of things.
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  You may meditate to enter into peace and calm and silence.
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  This is what most people generally do but without much
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  success, but you may also meditate to receive the force of
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  transformation to discover the point to be transformed to trace
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  out the line of progress. And then you may also meditate
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  for very practical reasons when you have a difficulty to clear
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  up the solution to find when you want help in some action or
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  other. You may meditate for that, too.
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  I think everyone has his own motive meditation, but if one
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  wants the meditation to be dynamic, one must have an
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  aspiration for progress and the meditation must be done to help
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  and fulfill this aspiration for Progress.
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  Then it becomes Dynamic and quote reference SRI aurobindo in
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  the mother growing within the psychology of inner development.
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  Chapter 5 growth of Honest means and methods Pages 88 to 89.