Every spiritual philosophy subscribes to the value of meditation. However it is the Sanatana philosophy which has the deepest insight into this powerful medium. This is simply because in sanatana philosophy you find the oldest documented ideas on meditation and the benefit of collected wisdom spanning over thousands of years. Naturally we can agree on its claim to a high degree of perfection.

Very broadly speaking, the simple definition of meditation is `concentrating on a single subject.' Remaining focused to a subject, a deep fixation happens to be an essential aspect of meditation.

What we should understand from deep fixation or concentration? Let us see how Sri Aurobindo explains it. He says:

     " The mind is a thing that dwells in diffusion, in succession; it can only concentrate on one thing at a time, and when not concentrated, runs from one thing to another- very much at random. Therefore it has to concentrate on a single idea, a single subject of meditation, a single object of contemplation .. In order to possess and master it."

  Therefore, once an object of suitable appeal is found by us, where we feel comfortable to dwell, we have taken the first step towards meditation.