Simple Truth About Meditation: Gita & God 41

Meditation is so normal and common in human life that one does not need a Gita to elaborate for understanding. It is only incidental that ancient Indians had observed this so minutely as a Truth some 4000 plus years ago. We know that when we are fully engrossed in a particular thought (thinking about the beloved or solving a mathematical problem or drawing a sketch or composing a poem or cooking a particular dish, we do not get to know what is happening elsewhere in the surrounding environment and never get to know how long we have been focused on a single thought and involuntarily skipped meals, drinks, smoke, nature's call, other appointments and responsibilities. That is the State of Absolute Concentration that Meditation seeks to be in. In Chapter 6 of Gita, Krishna says:

1. Be seated in a proper posture (asana) in a clean, unpolluted and level place, neither too high nor too low [covered by Kusa-grass, a deer skin and a cloth, one over the other : not to be taken literally as kusa- grass or deer-skin are not commonly available now as 4000 years ago].
2. Concentrate the mind, controlling the thinking faculty (Chitta) and the senses.
3. To firmly hold body, head and neck straight and steady and fix the gaze at the tip of the nose and not to look at any other point or direction.
4. To shut out all external objects from mind and senses, and to fix the mind on the point between the eyebrows. having
5. To regulate breathig evenly with the Prana (outgoing) and the Apana (incoming) breaths flowing through the nostrils
6. To mediate now only on the concept of God Almighty as the Supreme Goal of life.
7. Constantly and continuously meditate in this way, the Yogi of disciplined mind attains the everlasting peace and Supreme Bliss,and finally reaches the State of Nirvana or Salvation in the midst of God.
8. To facilitate progress in meditation be moderate in food intake, do not eat too much or too little, does not sleep too much or too little, do not act under impulse and do not get into much recreation.
10. To facilitate progress in effective meditation, the one needs to free oneself from all desires including those for sense enjoyment and pleasure. The goal of meditation or DhyanaYoga with a steady and resolute determination in mind is disconnection from the union with all worldly pains and pleasures.