DISCOURSES Volume II - Avatar Meher Baba Trust

148 DISCOURSESkind with the diverse mental operations.These three kinds of meditation can each be furthersubdivided into numerous specific forms of meditation accordingto the content of the meditation and the manner in which it isTable of enumerativeclassificationconducted. Out of these numerous formsof specialised meditation only those whichare representative or important needparticular mention. Thus twelve forms of specialised meditation aregiven on page 147.It should be noted that of these twelve forms of specialisedmeditation, mentioned in the Table of Enumerative Classification,the first four are forms of Personal Meditation and the remainingPersonal meditationand impersonalmeditationeight are forms of Impersonal Meditation.Meditation is personal when it is concernedwith a person, and meditation is impersonalwhen it is concerned with (a) aspects ofhuman personality or (b) something which falls outside the rangeof human personality as it is usually understood. The forms ofspecialised meditation which are personal will be explainedindividually within this Part, and the forms of specialisedmeditation which are impersonal will be explained individually inPart VI.Personal meditation has some clear advantages overimpersonal meditation. For beginners, personal meditation is easyand attended with joy, while impersonal meditation is often foundSpecial advantagesof personal meditationdry and difficult unless one has a specialaptitude for it. Moreover, forms ofimpersonal meditation are mostly disciplinesfor the mind or the intellect, but theforms of personal meditation are not only disciplines for the mindor the intellect but also