How to Meditate

Aum Sairam

Meditation increases the ability to concentrate and enhance memory
power. It brings in a sense of inner peace and tranquility, and makes
you appealing in nature. Meditation is also thought to tap the hidden
potentials of an individual.

Here's how:

1 Find some time out of your daily schedule.

2 Find a quiet place and sit down.

3 Be comfortable. Relax.

4 Keep the face serene. Chin up.

5 Close your eyes slowly to experience a void darkness. [Remember to
keep your eyelids closed throughout the following steps]

6 Look into your eyelids as if seeing with your eyelids open.

7 Keep your mind empty of people, place, things, color or any form.

8 Try and concentrate on the center of your forehead.

9 If thoughts arise, bypass them and keep looking with your eyelids
closed, going deeper and deeper, leaving form, name, color, and
activities far behind
you.

10 Experience the motion of going, as if driving in a car and you'll be
going deeper and deeper beyond the body and senses.

11 As you go deeper and deeper with your eyes closed in this dark
place, you may see the swirling of smoke like colors flickering in the
darkness and silvery flashes of light.

12 Look straight in front with your eyelids closed and keep going
further and further.

13 To keep you alert in meditation, take slow deep breaths. Colors will
swirl and change pattern rising with each breath.

14 Keep breathing steady. Let thoughts come and go. You're on a journey
going beyond the body and form.

15 After you feel totally calm and relaxed, gradually open your eyes
and spring back to life with renewed energy.

Tips:
Do not sit for meditation with workload on your mind.
Wear simple, loose clothes, preferably white in color.
If concentrating on nothing seems difficult, try concentrating on your
breathing. Another way to concentrate is by uttering the sacred
syllable "AUM" loudly, which helps arrest your thoughts as it resonates
through your body.

Allah Malik