Summary: "It is completely impossible to experience the Beingâthe Innermost, the Realityâwithout becoming true technical and scientific masters of that mysterious science called meditation. It is completely impossible to experience the Beingâthe Innermost, the Realityâwithout having reached a true mastery of the quietude and silence of the mind." - Samael Aun Weor "Without wise concentration on thought, the experience of the truth is impossible." - Samael Aun Weor "If you focus the rays of the sun through a lens, they can burn cotton or a piece of paper; but, the scattered rays cannot do this act. If you want to talk to a man at a distance, you make a funnel of your hand and speak. The sound-waves are collected at one point and then directed towards the man. He can hear your speech very clearly. The water is converted into steam and the steam is concentrated at a point. The railway engine moves. All these are instances of concentrated waves. Even so, if you collect the dissipated rays of the mind and focus them at a point, you will have wonderful concentration. The concentrated mind will serve as a potent searchlight to find out the treasures of the soul and attain the supreme wealth of Atman (the Self), eternal bliss, immortality and perennial joy." - Swami Sivananda "...concentration is the first and foremost thing a Sadhaka or aspirant should acquire in the spiritual path." - Swami Sivananda "Whosoever truly wants a legitimate silence and not a false silence, a true quietude and not a false quietude, must be integralâthat is, to not commit the error of dividing himself between subject and object, thinker and thought, âIâ and not âI,â controller and controlled, Superior âIâ and Inferior âI,â me and my thoughts, etc. "To know how to meditate is to be on the path of inner illumination. If we want to learn how to meditate, we must comprehend that between me and my thoughtsâin other words, between thinker and thoughtâthere is no difference whatsoever." - Samael Aun Weor "Just as you will have to take back with care your cloth that is fallen on a thorny plant by removing the thorns one by one slowly, so also, you will have to collect back with care and exertion the dissipated rays of the mind that are thrown over the sensual objects for very many years. In the beginning, it will tax you much. The task will be very unpleasant." - Swami Sivananda Technique "We must learn to wisely meditate, and as each thought, memory, image, idea, concept, etc., arises within the mind, we must watch it, study it, and extract what is of value from each thought, memory, image, etc. When the parade of thoughts is exhausted, the mind remains quiet and in a profound silence. Then the Essence of the mind escapes, and the experience of That which is the Truth comes to us." - Samael
