Meditative Absorption

When the body needs rest, it generally sits on a chair, lies on a cot, or even lies on the floor. For the body to rest, you require a medium other than the body - a chair, a cot or the ground. But when the mind needs to rest, it cannot rest on any physical object. The mind has been constantly thinking. Let us make it rest. While the body could comfortably rest on the chair or the cot, where will the mind rest? The mind has to rest on itself.

This restfulness of the mind on its essence is called meditative absorption. People try to meditate and then complain: my mind is restless. There is something called the restfulness of the mind. This is what we try to attain through meditation. Meditation becomes meaningful and fulfilling provided you understand this principle, and you can make the mind quiet and restful. This quietness has to take place in the mind. That is the fruition of meditation.

You will discover its power and potential when the mind rests through meditation. First, it will get surcharged by the source of creation. Within you is the source of your personality. It is also the source of creation. That source is where the mind will rest. From there, the mind draws energy and enthusiasm. Let it be soaked with drive, insight or any other quality it aspires to, and try to draw from the great source within. Atmana vindate viryam - from the Self, one attains potency. This is the purpose of meditation.