Page 57 - Meditation – Pujya SriRamchandraji Maharaj

as the pancharatra or the path of the five nights, whereas the former must have been known as the path of the five day-times). Divine evolution or creation proceeds by the path of the day-times whereas dissolution or laya proceeds by the path of the nights. Yoga as Nivrtti or return to the original Ultimate Being is, therefore naturally the path of the nights. Sri Krishna is indeed the teacher of this path of the five nights. We attach ourselves to the ultimate being in our thought which is in a sense identical with the original thought centering round the energy particle or soul which has become our body and our being. This connecting ourselves with the ultimate being is possible at the points or times of connection between the nivrtti and pravrtti, day and night tendencies or movements.
Thus the meditation on the ultimate is best made at the Sandhyas, and more especially at, the night sandhya. In fact, the master speaks of the necessity for prayer and meditation at bedtime. This time the Pancharatra calls the time of yoga and samadhi, which is the final portion of the five times it has set apart for worship. It is then that one connects oneself with the transcendent original state.
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