Meditation 2

Meditation 2
(Practise every day for at least three months before you add this following
meditation.)
Use the same posture and breathing as before. On breathing in, visualise the air
travelling from the nose down to the tan tien. On breathing out, visualise the air
rising from the tan tien and taking the same path back up and out of the nose.
Allow your breathing to move at its own pace - do not try to control it in any
way. Practise for 15 minutes, morning and evening. Do not force the exercise.
Only practice can give you the benefits you require. The more consistent your
training, the better the results. One day's practice, one day's progress; one thousand
days' practice, one thousand days' progress.
Basically, what you put in is what you get out. If you have a choice between 15
minutes' deep, uninterrupted meditation daily, or one hour of intense meditation
every three or four days, choose the former. Quality and regularity should
be your watchwords. Slowly but surely your meditation will affect your thinking
in everyday life. As you begin to take control of your days, it will strengthen your
meditations. One should not be segregated from the other. The mind is the same
in both instances; only the situations are different. The mind that races in
everyday life is the same mind that sinks into tranquillity during meditation.
Perseverance is the most admired characteristic of the great masters in both
East and West. It is what makes a master a master. When everyone else has given
up, you are still there, fastidiously following the principles set out so long before.
Come rain or shine you are following your quest. This is the secret of success in
anything. Unfortunately, people still think they can buy it, or that there is a short
cut to it. Once you have set out on your journey, do not be deflected - follow the
road you have chosen to its end.