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A favoured posture used by Sufi mystics for meditation practice imitates one of the positions of the human embryo when curled up in its mother's womb. The meditator sits on the floor, with knees drawn up and chin held just above the knees, and hands covering the eyes.

-- Notebooks Category 4: Elementary Meditation > Chapter 2 : Place and Condition > # 167