Swami Shivapadananda on the conclusion of the meditation process
SWAMI SHIVAPADANANDA
DAILY READINGS
From Mother Radha's recordings of Swamiji
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[Meditation continued]
Now let your deity become merged in the whole of creation. Feel that it is penetrating your whole body and, through your body, merged into the whole of creation. Thus you become vishvaroop [the universal form of the deity].
[Swamiji quotes from the Isha Upanishad]
Isa vasyam ida gung sarvam
yat kim ca jagatyam jagat
tena tyak tena bhunjithah
ma gradha kasya svid dhanam.
[Meaning:]
I renounce all my people's things.
I renounce all duality
and have taken refuge in that One
who permeates everything.
Feel that you are pure. Feel that you are holy. Feel that you are a humble servant of the Lord. Feel that you have a certain power. Because of God's power you have the power yourself.
After doing this if you want to repeat any other mantras, or any other slokas [verses] you may repeat them. Do this with vigour, do it with love, do it with rhythm. This will give you stability of mind.
Calmly sit like that. Open your eyes. Look at the whole world calmly. Your deity is hidden in the whole of creation. Your deity is the space. Do not get up straight away. Read some literature on your deity if you like. It is better to read something about your deity because it will increase love for that deity. Or read any other holy book for about five or ten minutes, whatever you feel like, and slowly prostrate. Get up with this drunkenness of God permeating everything. Then go about your daily work.
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