According to the codifier of Yoga Science, Patanjali, the method
of meditation is not that something, which one immediately does. It’s the
seventh step in the ladder of yoga. In the ladder of yoga, it’s the seventh
step. It means you are not prepared to practice meditation, yet you pose to
meditate.
What should be the preparation of meditation?
According to Yoga Science: Sa tu dirgha kala nairantarya
satkarasevito drdha bhoomih (Translated from Sanskrit, YS I.14 That practice when continued for a
long time without break and with devotion becomes firm in foundation). To break
the habit pattern, to change the grooves that you have created in your mind,
you have to constantly practice meditation, regularly, every day, at the same
time.
Why at the same time? Why do we stress much on the time?
Because, your mind
is conditioned by time, space, and causation.
Time is a great factor in your
life; it’s a great filter in your life. If you understand what time is, perhaps
you will learn to annihilate time.
--How to tread the path of Superconscious Meditation--
