In the seat of meditation we are searching. In our own study and discussion, we are seeking. Seeking is when we don’t know, and so are not sure about what we are seeking. The search is for something we know is there, but we cannot reach it, or get at it right now.
The Gopis knew that Sri Krsna was there in Vrindavan, on the Yamuna banks. But He was hiding behind the trees. They tried to search for Him. Hide and seek is the path of searching. We know that we are alive, and yet, we know not what Life is.
All we know of Life is but its endless manifestations. What is It – the Life that makes us tick? And this Life in me is the Life everywhere. So when I come to know of this Life I come to know ‘That’ which is making the whole world go round.
This search is contemplation, which is popularly called by hasty students as ‘meditation’. Carefully note: ‘Meditation’ is a noun, not a verb.
Meditation is a specific state of the human mind. In order to bring our mind into this state of meditation, all the conscious efforts we make together are called as ‘contemplation’.