How will you meditate on Him? He is all-pervading. He is in
all forms. He is also beyond forms. He inhabits the entire universe. He is also
beyond the universe. He holds time and space in his bosom. He is also timeless
and spaceless.
How will you hold the supreme Being in your mind, whom
thoughts cannot reach, whom speech cannot express? But He is also manifest
within your heart as your innermost Self. Right here in the depth of the heart
his light is constantly shining.
In order to realize
him you will not have to go anywhere. Nowhere can you find Him but in your
heart. It is in the depth of your heart that you can know him directly, most
intimately.
Vain is your search in the mountain cave, in the beautiful
landscape, in the new peaks, in the expanse of the deep blue waters, in the flowering
meadows, in the starry heaven. Nowhere can you reach Him.
Everywhere you can see his manifestation, but not Him. His
very manifestation hides Him from you. The supreme Lord, who manifests and
sustains the universe, has hidden himself by His own glory, as it were. We see
only his manifestation.
Turn your thought inward, into the inmost depths of your
being. There He is shining as your very Self, as the Soul of your soul. Deep
within your hear there is a luminous space, the seat of your intellect, your
right knowledge. Visualize the luminous space within your heart. Here is the
very center of your personality. Here is the very basis of your being. Meditate
on that luminous space, as the region of your self-awareness, as the abode of
your spiritual self.
Source – Living Wisdom by Swami Satprakashananda