Shri Lalitha Sahasranamam: Namam 641: Shri Dhyana gamya (ōṃ dhyānagamyāyai namaḥ)

The Divine Mother may be attained through meditation. 

If one focuses his mind on his desired thing, it becomes a meditation on that thing. We can meditate on Brahman or any worldly things. Meditation focuses on getting what we want. It is always best to meditate on our favourite divine deity, here the Divine Mother or the Brahman. 

One ought to have the focus of the angler sitting on the banks of pond or river to catch a fish. When someone’s meditation strengthens, his body senses disappear. Similarly, meditation focusing on the Divine Mother results in Her granting and blessing the devotee. With this, the devotee leaves this universal life to be merged with the Brahman. 

As we saw, to focus our mind deeply on a thing is meditation; when we focus our mind on the ultimate Brahman, there may be other thoughts disturbing us. We should leave such unwanted thoughts, put in more focus about the Divine Mother or the Brahman. By doing it repeatedly, we can get the Divine Mother within us. Once this is possible, we can attain the Divine Mother through meditation. 

The Divine Mother is beyond our senses. She cannot be seen by external eyes. She can be realized only by long and constant meditation. Refer to be discussed in the future Namam 870: Anthar mukha samaradhya with the meaning, that the Divine Mother is to be worshipped internally (by mental worship). “Engaged in meditation, the RSIs, saw the Divine Self hidden in its own Gunas”. (Svetasvatara Upanisad I.3).

        The Goddess the Divine Mother is attained through meditation.

C N Nachiappun

Singapore, 27 October 2021.

References:

1.     The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother published in English by Mata Amritanandamayi Center, San Ramon, California, USA, with Commentary by T. V Narayana Menon

2.     Shri Lalitha Sahasranama Stostram published in Tamil by N. Ramaswami Iyer charities’ societies, Trichirapalli, India, with Commentary by C. V. Radhakrishna Sastry.

3.     The Lalitha Sahasranamam published in Tamil by Shri Ramakrishna Thapovanam, Thiruipparaithurai, Trichy District, Tamilnadu, India with commentary by Shrimath Swami Sithbavandar