Talk Excerpt 225. You imbibe the qualities of your Deity [Ishta Devata].

From Mother Radha’s notes, written at Swamiji’s feet.

When you meditate on Krishna [as Ishta Devata] you become Krishna, you have Krishna’s qualities. What you think you become.

When you meditate on Shiva you become Shiva, you have Shiva’s qualities – and so on.

Dharma, Artha, Kama, and Moksha – you must gear your life to live in the world, doing dharmic action which leads to wealth [earned by dharmic methods], which leads to [dharmic] pleasures. In the end you will be given power, dispassion, detachment – which will give you moksha.

Even if you do not know the whole mantra, sit down and say, ‘Lord, help me to think of You.’ You must have faith, great faith in God.

First meditate on OM as the fulfiller of all desires – that means Brahman Itself. Then on OM as the Infinite – so is Brahman Infinite.

Question: Why not meditate on OM alone? Swamiji: It is difficult to leave everything and meditate only on OM.

If you meditate on Hanuman, meditate on him as Infinite.

The more japa you do the better for me.

When I say, ‘Close your eyes in meditation,’ it means closing all your senses.

In Nirvikalpa samadhi there is no space at all.

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