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The directives for achieving the That is it, just these three things.

state of meditation are simple and
yet the meditative state is the most People often confuse the gateways and

challenging for most people to triggers to help them get into the state of
discovery themselves in. The directives meditation as the act of meditating. This
for finding the state of meditation are is okay as we must begin by setting our

deceptively simple. They are: first step somewhere upon this path.
1. Sit up straight. This is due to the lifting

the chest for the reason of giving more Physical movement such a sport, dance,
space to the lungs for breathing. This also walking, running, cooking, or cleaning
elongates the spine so that Prana-energy can easily trip the awareness of an

flows more freely through the anchors of individual into a trance as the potential
the chakras. brainwaves to induce this fire every 90

2. Close the eyes. This is required to seconds. These open a doorway and
help the meditator withdraw the senses easily draw us into a trance state. Creative
and turn the awareness away from the visualization and mindfulness practices

external world drawing it inward. can potentially trigger the state of
3. Focus on the breath coming in and meditation given this firing of brainwaves

out of the nostrils. I like to add to this however they cannot guarantee it.
when teaching my students to pay close
attention to the quality of the air across Mindfulness is the practice of coming into

the inside front edges of the nostrils. This the present moment through a variety of
helps a great deal with focus. methods. This helps us to realize choices.

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