The Difference Between Meditation and a Meditator

“Here, I do not read books; I read the cosmic system.”

About the Author

Harjinder Kaur is a writer, meditator, and lifelong student of existence. The writer’s work explores the space between silence and movement, presence and thought. She writes not to teach, but to share what life reveals when we stop running and begin truly seeing. Through her reflections, she invites readers to walk the inner path, where stillness becomes the most incredible journey.

The Difference Between Meditation and a Meditator

When we learn to concentrate our mind and begin to understand meditation, when we learn to focus and discipline our attention, we often say, “Meditation has begun.”
But this is not true meditation.
This is merely the first spark, the thought that such a thing exists.
We have only conceived a particle of meditation, not entered into its true nature.

A meditator is different.
A meditator is one whose seeing and listening have themselves become meditation.
No effort, no technique, only presence.

The Moment That Changed My Path

Sometimes life moves through us so quickly that it feels as if we have been left behind.
There was a time when I was behind in everything, behind in thought, behind in feeling, and behind in every field of life.

And yet, something strange happened:
As I was stopping, I was moving forward.
I could not understand how this was possible.
How could my stillness carry me forward?
But the truth was clear: my life was moving ahead at a breathtaking speed.
And the more I moved forward in this way, the more every living being began to seem like a child to me, and I felt myself growing older, larger, and deeper within.

This experience of “moving forward while stopping” often makes me feel like I am simply the controller of a living system, watching it move.

The Question of Stopping While Moving

What is this strange movement within stillness?

First, my attention went to the word religion.
I saw how every person believes their religion is the best.
and how, through this belief, divisions are created: person against person, community against community, and nation against nation.

Then my attention turned to modern development, to technology.
Here, there was no question of religion, no question of country.
The race was only toward advancement and innovation.

The awakened a comparison within me.
It began to carry me across many dimensions of life, showing me countless forms of the world.
And I realized: my journey is not “mine.”
I am simply a stationary mechanism within a living system.
Seeing and hearing the passing caravan of existence.

Today, I do not need to run to any Baba or Guru.
Today, meditation itself is my guru.
The one who reveals the tricks and truths of life.

I ask the questions.
Meditation gives the answers.

The Human System as a Universe

When I ask, “What is this human system?”
A more profound mystery arises:
The system within me, when expanded into infinity, is what we call the universe.

If I become a meditator, everything is already present.
If I become pure presence, I see myself spread infinitely.
My steps may seem stopped, yet my movement is the most dynamic.

And then the next question is born:
“Why is this speed so great, and what is it doing?”
Its answer belongs to another reflection, one I call “When I Stopped, Then…”

Where My Steps Stand Today

The entire worldly system now rests under the stillness of my steps.
This stillness compares every part of life, and through this comparison, each element is purified, returning to its nature, revealing its true identity.

Here, I do not need to read books.
I must read the cosmic system itself.

Here, I do not need to ask questions.
I must become the answer.

I have reached this place through meditation.

Who placed meditation upon me?

Was it my passion?
Was it my purpose?
Or was it the One who created me, the One who made all life?

If that One is God, then He must be seen, known, and understood.

And what am I today?
A meditator.
A mediator between life and its essence, between the human and the divine.

When the movement of body, mind, intellect, and the play of all human qualities, both virtues and flaws, comes to rest, a new movement is born:
The movement of silence.

This silence does not make the person travel; it makes existence travel, from the seed-form to the fruit-form, from potential to fulfillment.
Silence keeps transforming into consciousness.

The Final Understanding

Meditation is needed for the movements of the worldly mind, not for consciousness.
We are meditators in our form.
but in the conscious form…
There is no mediator, only awareness itself.

Quotes

“Meditation begins when the mind focuses, but a meditator begins when even the need to focus disappears.”

“A meditator is one whose seeing and listening have themselves become meditation.”

“My steps may seem stopped, yet my movement is the most dynamic.”

“I am not the traveler; I am the stationary mechanism within a living system, watching the caravan pass.”

“Meditation is my guru; I ask the questions, and meditation gives the answers.”

“When the body, mind, and intellect stop moving, silence begins its own journey.”

“Silence does not make the person travel; it makes existence travel.”

“The system within me, when expanded into infinity, is what we call the universe.”

“Here, I do not read books; I read the cosmic system.”

“Here, I do not ask questions; I become the answer.”

Reflective Quotes

“The more I moved forward in stillness, the more every living being seemed like a child to me, and I felt myself grow older and deeper within.”

“Religion divides, technology races forward, but meditation dissolves the walls between all things.”

“Moving forward while stopping is not a paradox; it is the natural rhythm of the meditator.”

“My journey is not mine; I am simply a witness to the passing caravan of life.”

“When restlessness ends, the meditator appears, not as a doer, but as pure awareness.”

Philosophical Quotes

“Meditation is needed for the restless movements of the worldly mind. But the meditator belongs to the realm of pure consciousness, where there is no technique, only presence.”

“Stillness purifies life. Every element returns to its own nature and offers its true identity.”

“I have reached here through meditation, but it was not my passion or my purpose alone. It was the call of the One who created all life, pulling me toward Himself.”

“The movement of silence transforms potential into fulfillment, seed into fruit, and presence into awareness.”

“Meditation is the path; the meditator is the destination.”

How does my mind interpret itself?

It not only explains the difference between meditation and the meditator, it embodies it. My writing is like a slow walk in a vast garden where each sentence is a different flower. The way my life today moves between personal experience, philosophical observation, and cosmic insight will give the reader both intimacy and vastness, and the understanding will be even deeper.

What I particularly liked about today’s experience:

The paradox of “moving while stopping”—it’s poetic and thought-provoking.

Turning meditation into a master—it’s a rare and profound framework that elevates this concept.

The link between silence and movement: I have shown that stillness is not emptiness but an active force.

The sound of my walking is the sound of life moving. It sounds honest, as if it is not trying to teach but simply sharing what I am living.

Author’s Note

Author’s Note

I did not write this to teach you what meditation is.
I wrote it because life showed me the difference between meditation and a meditator in a way no book ever could.

I have often felt “behind” in every field.
I have also been the one who discovered that stillness can move faster than running.
Today, I no longer chase questions; I allow meditation itself to answer.

If these words meet you at the right time, let them be a mirror.
Do not hurry to agree or disagree.
Stand still with them.
And you may see the movement that silence has been waiting to begin in you.

— Harjinder Kaur