DISCOURSES Volume II - Avatar Meher Baba Trust

138 DISCOURSESThis special form of meditation is extremely easy and useful,because reading the subject-matter and thinking about it have to bedone simultaneously. Further, by making the exposition of theAdvantages ofspecific form ofmeditation throughreadingsubject-matter clear and concise, theprobability of any disturbance arising outof irrelevant thoughts is eliminated. It isextremely difficult to avoid the disturbanceof irrelevant thoughts while meditating uponsome lengthy article or book, even if it is committed to memory.Spontaneous meditation about it therefore becomes impracticable.The appearance of irrelevant thoughts becomes very probable inlengthy meditation on abstract thoughts, or on some concreteobject of experience. But irrelevant thoughts are extremelyimprobable if the subject-matter of meditation consists of a briefexposition of the Super-sensible Truth. If the aspirant meditatesupon the following exposition of the Divine Truths in the mannerwhich has been elaborately indicated above, meditation willbecome not only spontaneous and easy, delightful and inspiring,but also helpful and successful. He will thus be taking a veryimportant step towards the realisation of the goal of life.SECTION CThe Divine Truths(for meditation through reading)THE JOURNEY OF THE SOUL TO THE OVERSOULAtman or the soul is in reality Identical with Paramatmanor the Oversoul, which is One, Infinite and Eternal.The soul is, in fact, beyond the gross, subtle andThe soul and itsillusionmental worlds, but experiences itself asbeing limited owing to its identification