If you really want to rid yourself of present bad habits and to escape those decrees of fate that have caused you suffering, you have no greater recourse than meditation. Every time you meditate deeply on God, beneficial changes take place in the patterns of your brain. Suppose you are a financial failure or a moral failure or a spiritual failure. Through deep meditation, affirming, “I and my Father are one,” you will know that you are the child of God. Hold on to that ideal. Meditate until you feel a great joy. When joy strikes your heart, God has answered your broadcast to Him; He is responding to your prayers and positive thinking. This is a distinct and definite method:
First, meditate upon the thought, “I and my Father are one,” trying to feel a great peace, and then a great joy in your heart. When that joy comes, say, “Father, Thou are with me. I command Thy power within me to cauterize my brain cells of wrong habits and past seed tendencies.” The power of God in meditation will do it. Rid yourself of the limiting consciousness that you are a man or a woman; know that you are a child of God. Then mentally affirm and pray to God:” I command my brain cells to change, to destroy the grooves of bad habits that have made a puppet out of me. Lord, burn them up in Thy divine light.” And when you will practice the Self-Realization (Yogoda Satsanga) techniques of meditation, especially Kriya Yoga, you will actually see that light of God baptizing you. But you must concentrate; you must deeply commune with God. Night is the best time for this. How wonderful it is to try to commune with God then- when the world around you is quiet. I have received my greatest experiences with God at night before I go to sleep. I never even think of sleep if I don’t want to. I want to be with the Lord at night, and He takes care of me.