Nididhyasana
In this stage, because of Shravana and Manana, the Yogi starts "Nididhyasana" or non-stop-meditation on Brahman by making "Brahmakara Vritti" or Thought-Waves pertaining to Brahman flow in his "Chitta" or mind-stuff.Nididhyasana has two components. The first is the rejection of what is false. The Yogi rejects the false identification with the "Sharira" or body etc. thus --- I am not the "Sharira" or the body. I am not the "Sthula Sharira" or the gross body": I am not long, I am not short, I am not thin, I am not fat, I have no caste, I am not dark-skinned nor am I fair-skinned. I have no race. I am not the "Sukshma Sharira" or the subtle body: I am not the "Manas" or mind, I am not the "Buddhi" or intellect, I am not the "Chitta" or mind-stuff, I am not the "Ahamkara" or egoism. I am not the "Karana Sharira" or the causal body: I am not the "Ajnana" or ignorance which is the cause of this false existence. I am not the "Sthula Sharira" (gross body), I am not the "Sukshma Sharira" (subtle body), I am not the "Karana Sharira" (causal body).
The second component of Nididhyasana is constant "Nischaya" or determination of identifying with the truth or Brahman. The Yogi asserts this by "sthiti" or continuously staying mentally in this manner: I am the Atman (soul or self or spirit), the "Drashta" or observer. I am "Shuddha" or pure, "Buddha" or enlightened, "Mukta" or free, without birth, "Akriya" or without actions, "Asanga" or without company, "Advitiya" or without a second, "BRAHMA-Rupa" or of the form of Brahman.
So, Nididhyasana is constant meditation in the following manner:
I am not the Sthula, Sukshma, or Karana Sharira. I am not the Manas, I am not the Buddhi, I am not the Chitta, I am not the Ahamkara. I am the Atman, I am the Drashta, I am Shuddha, I am Buddha, I am Mukta, I am Akriya, I am Asanga, I am Advitiya, I am BRAHMA-Rupa.
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