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Difference between Concentration and Meditation (view source)
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|Concentration does not mean meditation; on the contrary, concentration is a state one must be in continuously, whatever the outer activity.
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To keep constantly a concentrated and in-gathered attitude is more important than having fixed hours of meditation.<ref>The Mother. cwm/16/letters-to-a-young-sadhak-vi</ref>
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Concentration is a gathering together of the consciousness and either centralising at one point or turning on a single object, e.g. the Divine—there can also be a gathered condition throughout the whole being, not at a point.
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In meditation it is not indispensable to gather like this, one can simply remain with a quiet mind thinking of one subject or observing what comes in the consciousness and dealing with it.
<ref>Sri Aurobindo. (2015). The Synthetic Method of the Integral Yoga. In Letters on yoga II. Retrieved from http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/29/concentration-and-meditation</ref>
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In concentration proper there is not a series of thoughts, but the mind is silently fixed on one object, name, idea, place etc.
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Meditation means thinking on one subject in a concentrated way.
<ref>Sri Aurobindo. (2015). The Synthetic Method of the Integral Yoga. In Letters on yoga II. Retrieved from http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/29/concentration-and-meditation</ref>
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Concentration, for our Yoga, means when the consciousness is fixed in a particular state (e.g. peace) or movement (e.g. aspiration, will, coming into contact with the Mother, taking the Mother’s name);
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meditation is when the inner mind is looking at things to get the right knowledge.
<ref>Sri Aurobindo. cwsa/29/concentration-and-meditation</ref>
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