Having selected your meditation object, put aside your thought
of it for a moment. Take three to six deep, slow breaths — if you can comfortably do
this. Your exhalation should be calming and pleasant. Feel as you bring air into your
nostrils that you are imbibing a rare and very subtle wine.Having done your deep
breaths, sit calmly with a relaxed body and an attitude of good will. Now, briefly think
of all the people you’ve made contact with today. Maintain an attitude of good will
as you think of each person. Also consider, as you begin meditating, do you have good will
for yourself, and for this practice? Or, are your resenting that you are sitting quietly
in meditation as other activities come to mind? Are you resenting that you may ultimately
achieve higher consciousness and have to change in some ways? (Yes, these are strange
questions but some people are against themselves in most everything they undertake.)
Now, while holding the attitude that you are radiating good will out from yourself
— perhaps from your heart center, perhaps from your third eye, perhaps from your
chest and face in general — let the energy of your
thoughtfulness, of your goodness, move outward from you. Enjoy a period of
good will.
Encourage the good will to radiate outward in...
