DISCOURSES Volume II - Avatar Meher Baba Trust

The Types of MeditationPART VSPECIALISED MEDITATIONSWHICH ARE PERSONALIT was seen in Part III that specialised meditation is of three kinds:(i) meditation concerned with the objects of experience, (ii)meditation concerned with the subject of experience, and (iii) med-Kinds of specializedmeditationitation concerned with mental operations.These three kinds of meditation are mostlyintertwined with each other, because thesubject of experience, the objects of experience and the differentmental operations which arise as a result of their interaction, are allinextricably interwoven with each other. So these three kinds ofmeditation are not sharply defined or exclusive, but often overlapeach other. Thus, meditation concerned with the objects ofexperience may often refer to the subject of experience, and also tothe diverse mental operations involved in it. Meditation concernedwith the subject of experience may often involve reference to thediverse mental operations and the objects to which these mentaloperations are directed. And meditation concerned with thediverse mental operations may often involve reference to both thesubject and