Spiritual Dimensions of Psychology by Khan Inayat Hazrat

Author:Khan, Inayat, Hazrat [Khan, Inayat, Hazrat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Omega Publications
Published: 2011-12-31T22:00:00+00:00

Concentration and Meditation

Mystic relaxation and meditation is one and the same. From a physical point of view there is one condition, the condition of contracting and stretching, which enables man to bring the inner vitality outside. Relaxation is a contrary action. Either the energy is brought on the outer plane or the energy is put to repose in its natural, normal condition. When a person lifts something heavy, does something with determination, he brings that energy which is within into his physical body. It expresses itself through his muscles and nerves. When a person is asleep, that energy is put to repose. This energy being valuable and most precious, when it is used outwardly it bring outer gains; when it is used inwardly, it brings about inner attainments.

Meditation is reached by two stages. The first stage is concentration and the next stage is contemplation. After having reached these two stages, the third stage is meditation. What comes after is the realization.

Nothing in this world can be thoroughly accomplished without a concentration, whether it is business or a profession, or whether it is spiritual work. Those who cannot make a success in life, in business or profession, are the ones whose concentration is not right. And many of those who have succeeded in their lives, the mystery is that their concentration is good. They may not know it. There have been so many great inventors in the United States who have produced wonderful works. Perhaps they themselves do not know that it is from their concentration that they have been able to produce wonderful things. Some are naturally born with that gift, and it is because of that gift that whatever they have undertaken, they make a success of it. If one is an artist, by the help of concentration he can produce wonderful works. If one is a scientist he can accomplish wonderful things in science. If one is a poet, poetry will be easy for him to write. If one is a mystic, mystical inspiration will flow to him. But without concentration, however much qualified a person may be, he cannot make the best use of the qualification he has. It is by the power of concentration that he can express himself fully.

Concentration can be regarded from a metaphysical point of view in three aspects: reflecting, constructing, improvising. The first kind of concentration is to reflect any object that one has placed before oneself. It is the mirror quality of mind that enables one to concentrate in this way. A person who is impressed by a certain thing he has seen, trying to concentrate upon it, he holds it in mind. In other words, he has focussed his mind on that object with which he is impressed, and his mind is doing nothing but reflecting it.

The other kind of concentration is constructing, in other words, composing. For instance, if an artist was told to make a most fanciful picture, he creates in his mind the face of man with the horns of the buffalo and with two wings of a bird.

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