Meditation is defined as a sustained and uninterrupted concentration leading to a highly focused mind. Meditation begins with concentration, which makes the mind steady. When prolonged concentration leads to the continuous flow of the mind towards one object, this becomes meditation. To maintain and deepen meditation, the mind must have something on which to focus.

Spiritual Meditation is a higher form of meditation that enables the followers to seek divine energy. The followers who are on the path of higher consciousness and who seek enlightenment, practice this sort of meditation.

Types of Spiritual Meditation
Objective Meditation
Objective meditation is also known as upasana. In objective meditation, we concentrate the mind on an object. The object may be the form of a deity, light, sky, etc. or some qualities like love, compassion, strength or one's own self objectified. Consciousness is focussed on the object by an effort of will.

Subjective Meditation
Subjective meditation is called nididhyasana or atma-vicara. Here there is no focussing of consciousness or effort of will. It is rather an attempt to seek the source of consciousness, to trace one's "I" back to its roots. It is a process in which the ego, instead of rushing towards objects as it constantly does, withdraws into its own original source-the atman.