Meditation on Brahman
Brahman is the embodiment of
all qualities, powers and existence. It is possible for anyone to obtain
anything in any form at any time and at any place, because the substance of
everything is everywhere and in every form. With whatever conception of Brahman
one may meditate on it, one experiences the form of that conception alone, to
the exclusion of everything else. If one meditates on it as Supreme Love, the
center of attraction, adoration and worship, identifying oneself with Brahman,
one becomes the object of everybody’s love, of all adoration and worship. One
who loves Brahman shall be loved by every being of the universe. One who
worships it shall be worshipped by all. If one meditates on Brahman as supreme
greatness and glory, one shall become supreme and glorious. Whatever attitude
we develop towards Brahman, that is repaid to us in manifold forms. The fact is
that it is not possible to meditate on Brahman except by identifying oneself
with it. Hence when attitudes are developed towards Brahman in the process of
meditation, they are, in fact, developed towards oneself. This is why the
meditator experiences whatever he superimposes upon Brahman. The best kind of
meditation, however, is not to conceive of Brahman as having any quality at
all, i.e., to negate all qualities that the mind thinks of. Qualities limit
Brahman, and we get only what we think. The negation of qualities, however,
discloses Truth as it is in itself, and the meditator becomes Brahman itself.
Meditation on Brahman is an
attempt to become the Self of all beings. This is the reason why a lover of and
a meditator on Brahman becomes the center of adoration and worship. Every being
loves itself the most and adores and worships itself as the best and the
dearest. And since this dearest Self is reflected through a lover of Brahman,
he becomes the dearest and the most adorable of all. One can relate oneself to
anything and can know anything in the best possible way only when one becomes
that thing. Therefore, meditation on Brahman is the effort towards obtaining
and becoming everything, i. e., achieving the highest perfection in the Supreme
Absolute.
Excerpts from:
Kenopanishad
- Essays on the Upanishads by Swami Krishnananda
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