Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand 381

Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand Ji

CHAPTER 6 The Yog of Meditation यथा दीपो निवातस्थो नेंग्ङते सोपमा स्मृता। योगिनो यतचित्तस्य युञ्जतो योगमात्मन:॥19॥ [ “An analogy is (usually) drawn between the lamp whose flame does not flicker because there is no wind and the fully restrained mind of a yogi engaged in contemplation of God.’’ ] When a lamp is kept where there is not a whiff of air, its wick burns steadily and the flame goes straight up-it does not tremble. So it is used as a simile for the subdued mind of a yogi who has completely given himself up to God. However, the lamp is just an illustration. The kind of lamp that is spoken of here is now going almost out of use. So let us take yet another example. When an incense- stick is burnt, its smoke rises straight up if it is undisturbed by wind. But this, again, is no more than an analogy between smoke and the mind of a yogi. True that the mind has been conquered and restrained, but it is still there. What spiritual splendour is realized when the restrained mind too is dissolved?