Chapter-12, Verse 3

Ashtavakra Gita Verse 12.3

समाध्यासादिविक्षिप्तौ व्यवहारः समाधये। एवं विलोक्य नियममेवमेवाहमास्थितः॥३॥

3. An effort has to be made for samādhi only when there is distraction of the mind due to one's own superimpositions. Seeing this to be the rule, thus do I, therefore, abide in myself. 

The efforts at samādhi are only for those who have their minds distracted by their own illusory superimpositions. The body, the mind, the ego and their objects are all illusory projections made by the mind and thereafter the mind gets fascinated by them and, so it is not available for the steady contemplation upon the Self. 

Janaka confesses: ‘I realised that meditation is needed only till we are in spiritual ‘ignorance’. But once I am able to 'abide in myself' (be in Constant Remembrance of the Self), I do not need to meditate anymore. 

When all superimpositions (adhyāsa) are left, the seeker realises the Self and the Self-Realized, who is awakened to the plane of Infinite Consciousness, can no longer meditate because he has no more need for it.