To keep constantly a concentrated and in-gathered attitude is more important than having fixed hours of meditation. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/meditation#p10 </ref>
'''Movement of Descent as Opposed to Ascent'''
The concentration we have here and the meditation we used to have in the past, are they the same?[1] <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/04/17-february-1951#p45 </ref>
1. (The period of "meditation" in the Ashram was followed by a period of "concentration" at the Playground.)
No, I told you this the other day, the concentration we have now is the opposite of meditation. In the common meditation we used to have, I tried to unify the consciousness of all who were present and to lift it in an aspiration towards higher regions; it was a movement of ascent, of aspiration—whereas what we do here, in concentration, is a movement of descent. Instead of an aspiration which rises up, what is required is a receptivity which opens so that the Force may enter into you. There are many ways of doing this; each one according to his particular nature should find out the best method. What is asked here is a receptive offering, not of the body or the mind or the vital, of a piece of your being, but of your entire being. No other thing is asked of you, only to open yourself; the rest of the work I undertake. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/04/17-february-1951#p47 </ref>
===Contemplation===