6 – ‘Savikalpa Samadhi' (Meditation) Practiced with an External Object (Sound/Mantra) | Swami Tattwamayananda

Verses: 27, 28, 30

- 'Madhyama samadhi' explained.
- The great statement ('Mahavakya'): 'TATTWVAMASI' ( तत्त्वमसि )explained .
- Analysis of the two 'padarthas': 'tat' and 'tvam' .
- Importance of ' Śraddhā (श्रद्धा) for the student/ spiritual aspirant.
- Link to the transcendental: its usefulness in everyday life.
- Constant, natural effortless, spontaneous contemplation on Brahman.
- Highest devotion (भक्ति), and the highest knowledge ( ज्ञानं ) are the same at the experience level.
- Natural state of a 'Jivanmukta' ('liberated-in-life'):
- How all delusions vanish with the dawn of Advaitic experience: the fetters of the heart are broken, all doubts and negativity disappear.
- Every activity becomes an act of worship, every word becomes a sacred 'mantra', every thought becomes a meditation, the secular merges with the spiritual, and the whole life becomes spiritualized.