While there are many forms of meditation, each of the three presented in this series can be understood by its name and its simple description. My mind balks at complex explanations and my knowledge of meditations is entry-level. But through creativity, and with receptivity to inspiration, I have gleaned suitable practices. These three meditations are found in Discourses, a principal book by Meher Baba*.
Discriminative meditation is the first form and is predominantly of the intellect. It is “represented by intellectual assertion of a formula like ‘I am not my body but the Infinite.’”*
My thought had been to write about those songs of my husband Stephen* that contained repetitive lyrics, which I considered as meditations. When performed, with several hundred participating voices, I felt (as I could imagine others did) that I was in a safe space. And on the strong wings of Stephen’s rich, baritone voice, I gently drifted away from my body’s solidity—to return in the silence after his final note. When I was inspired to look at the descriptions of meditation in my copy of Discourses, I considered that these songs of Stephen’s could be called discriminative.
When I Am Healed
When I am healed
I am not healed alone
When I am healed
I am not healed alone
When I am healed
We are healed as one
When I am healed
We are healed as one*
[Repeat]
Born in Love
I am born in love
I grow strong in love
I reach out in love
I am love, love is you
We are one*
[Repeat]
My realization is, “In simplicity is truth.”
* Meher Baba, Avatar of the Age.
* Meher Baba, Discourses, 7th revised ed. (Myrtle Beach, SC: Sheriar Foundation, 1987), 210.
* Stephen Michael Camp, composer, guitarist, sound healer in spiritual service. 1943 – 1996.
* Stephen Michael Camp, composer, lead vocals, and guitar, “When I am Healed,” Watermelon Seeds, Spirit Sound Soul Vision (Gainesville, FL: Mirror Image Studios, 1996), cassette.
* “Born in Love,” Watermelon Seeds.