DISCOURSES Volume II - Avatar Meher Baba Trust

156 DISCOURSESwithin." It may be even more useful to use the bare formula, "I amthe Infinite within" and, while mentally repeating this formula, tograsp and realise the significance of infinity through the imagewhich has been chosen. It is not necessary to repeat the formula inso many words; it is enough to cling to the thought expressed inthe formula.The "I am infinite" meditation may lead to the merging ofthe aspirant into the formless and infinite aspect of God. Someaspirants merge so completely that even if swarms of mosquitoespass by them they do not hear them. Some aspirants might becomerestless or easily disturbed. They should not keep worrying aboutlack of success in meditation but should tenaciously persistwhether they experience merging or not. A relaxed position ishelpful for merging, but a final merging is impossible exceptthrough the help of the Master.The forms of meditation thus far explained arepredominantly concerned with the impersonal objects ofexperience, but some impersonal forms of meditation are con-Quest for agent ofactioncerned with the subject of experience. Onesuch important form of meditation consists inceaselessly pressing the query, "Who is it thatdoes all these things?" 4 The aspirant finds himself thinkingthoughts like, "I sleep," "I walk," "I eat," "I talk," "I see, hear,touch, taste and smell," "I think, feel and desire," etc. Now thesearching question with which this form of meditation isconcerned, is "WHO is THIS 'I'?" The soul does not experienceany of these things. The soul does not sleep, walk, eat or talk, see,hear, touch, taste or smell, think, feel or desire. Who then is theiragent? The source of all these activities has to be4 Meditation No. 8, Table of Enumerative Classification (Part V).