Nirodbaran

Correspondence with Sri Aurobindo

Second Series

1. Spirituality

Meditation

III. Meditation and Sleep

Is there any difference between doing meditation in a sitting position and doing it whilst walking? I feel that whilst walking, it is not possible to get the same amount of concentration as in the other – for beginners, at least.

It is as each finds convenient. Some meditate better walking, some sitting.

I suppose, meditation whilst walking is more likely to be a prayer than meditation proper.

Not at all. One can meditate very well when walking.

As soon as I start meditating I lapse into sleep.

The sleep does come like that when one tries to meditate. It has to be dealt with, where that is possible, by turning it into a conscious inner and indrawn state and, where not, by remaining in a quietly concentrated wakefulness open (without effort) to receive.