Metaphysical Meditation - 1952 : Original Writings of Paramhansa Yogananda :
(Metaphysical Methods of Meditation)

Most people want to meditate but do not know how to do so. The purpose of meditation is to know God — to connect the little joy of the soul with the vast joy of the Spirit — by disciplining body, mind, and soul.

Meditation is not the same as concentration. Concentration consists in freeing the attention from objects of distraction and focusing it on one thing at a time. Meditation is that special form of concentration in which the attention has been liberated from restlessness, and is focused on God. A man may concentrate on divinity or on money, but he does not meditate on money or any material thing. Meditation is focused only on God or sacred thoughts and ideas.

Meditation consists in certain physical, psychological, and metaphysical processes — by which...