We must go from plurality, to singularity, to essence. From multiplicity, to unity, to essence. From the many, to the one, to essence. From the universe, to the world, to the center. So, always come from there, in. It is really a contraction of the self from its universal consciousness, and slowly pulling itself into the ultimate center, which is in your heart. Initially it manifests by going out. Now it has to come in. All our lives, we have been living with an outward orientation – eyes looking outward, you know, grasping outward. Let us now try to reverse this flow. It is what we try to do in meditation. Training the mind to come back into itself, teaching the vision, which is what really sees through the eyes – the eyes don't see. The Vedas put it beautifully when describing the self: “That by which the eye sees, but which the eye itself cannot see. That by which the ears hear, but which the ears themselves cannot hear.” He is the knower, the ultimate, the one within – the Master.

So, in meditation we go in towards the centre.

Heart to Heart, Vol VI, p. 355-369, Chapter on Not Doing, Part I, Poliez-Pittet, 8 July, 1993

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Meditation is not a short-term affair but a life long endeavour. It cannot be tested. Just as a meal may satisfy hunger but need not necessarily contribute to our growth, similarly meditation cannot be tested in one sitting or even over fifteen days. It is as vital as breathing. People do not know the value of breathing until it stops! Meditation is the breath of the breath itself

Spider's Web, Vol 1, 8th March 1990, USSR