Meditation

In my quest to find an appropriate definition for 'meditation' I of course turned to www.dictionary.com! There I found a separate link for 'transcendental meditation' which is defined in this way: "transcendental meditation  noun a technique, based on ancient Hindu writings, by which one seeks to achieve a relaxed state through regular periods of meditation during which a mantra is repeated. Abbreviation: TM" (from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/transcendental+meditation). Meditation in this form is done to focus only on God. I was recently watching the show 'Kahani Mahabharat Ki' produced by Ekta Kapoor and that shows how people can impress God by meditating and He grants them a boon. When we pray we often ask for things - help, protection, love, miracles. Kanhaji tries to grant our wishes but in the end He must only do what is right. He cannot grant all of our wishes because sometimes what we ask for is not a good desire for ourselves. He knows what is good for us and what isn't and we should trust Him. Meditation today helps us to focus on God and to be closer to Kanhaji. It helps us to train our minds to think about only good things and not negative things. Chants like 'Hare Krishna' help us to remain focused while meditating. There are many songs that also help us along. What I like about meditation is the sense of peace achieved after it. And the negative thoughts can be driven away with practice and hard work, like everything else in life meditation requires practice. According to the Srimad Bhagvad Gita: "He who meditates on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, his mind constantly engaged in remembering Me, undeviated from the path, he, O Partha [Arjuna], is sure to reach Me." (Bhagvad Gita Chapter 8, Shloka 8 from the site: http://www.aboutkrishna.com) Therefore Kanhaji is telling us the way to get to Him and that is through meditation and constantly thinking of Him. I have chosen the picture I did today because Radharani is meditating on Kanhaji in this pictures. Were we so lucky to be in His presence like she was, would we have recognised Him for who He truly is? We should think about that and also try to be good to others because Kanhaji is all around. Jai Shri Krishna!