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Elementary Meditation

Meditation is really the mind thinking of the Soul, just as Activity is the mind thinking of the World.

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It is habitual, hence called natural, for present-day humanity to go along with the mental flow to outside things. Meditation reverses this direction and tries to bring the little mind back to its origin--Mind.

1. Preparatory
   • The importance of meditation
   • The true way of meditation
   • Levels of absorption
   • Fruits, effects of meditation
   • Dangers, and how to avoid them
2. Place and Condition
   • Times for meditation
   • Places for meditation
   • Solitary vs. group meditation
   • Postures for meditation
   • Other physical considerations
   • Proper mental attitude
   • Regularity of practice
   • Ending the meditation
3. Fundamentals
   • Stop wandering thoughts
   • Blankness is not the goal
   • Practise concentrated attention
   • Varieties of practice
4. Meditative Thinking
   • The path of inspired intellect
   • Self-examination exercises
   • Moral self-betterment exercises
5. Visualizations, Symbols
   • Visualizations
   • Symbols
   • Guru yoga
6. Mantrams, Affirmations
   • Mantrams
   • Affirmations
7. Mindfulness, Mental Quiet
   • Mindfulness