How to Meditate

How to do meditation, consistent with Neville’s instructions.IntroductionMeditation has many connotations and practices. What is important here is an underlying concept of the mind and spirit, an understanding of your own identity, to inform your practice, which is grounded in the ideas we have been considering, especially those in E4 (How to Really Use Affirmations).1. Concept of meditationa. Meditation, in the concept of it explained here, is equivalent to Neville’s explanation of prayer.b. Meditation, as I will explain it, is also equivalent to Alexander’s explanation of auto-hypnosis or self-suggestion.c. The essential element that ties together Neville and Alexander is the element of consciousness. Your highest faculty is asserting and repeating mindfully. 2. Understand your state; your consequent desire; your aim.a. Heartfelt desire -- in the personal sphere; trivial mattersb. Heartfelt desire -- in the personal sphere; matters of importance: for oneself; for othersc. Heartfelt desire -- in the broader social sphere -- matters of great import.3. How to approach multiple desires and goalsa. notesb. graphic symbol4. Procedure Quiet, privacy and dedicated time.5. Self-remembering; self-awareness; highest possible conscious focus6. Relaxation7. Quick induction8. Remain awake, address the passive part of your beinga. - use words, affirmations  - visualization  - all sensory modes  - pure meaningb. use the appropriation of the wish fulfilled - most important9. GratitudeFlows naturally from the previous point. Gratitude and thankfulness 10. Remainder of the day“Walk in that assumption.” “Remain faithful to that assumption.” Connect this with the state of mind discussed in E14 where, instead of abandoning ourselves, to a “release” phenomenon, characterized by fragmentation, worry and doubt, bring yourself to the higher single point of consciousness and faith.Summary