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MEDITATION – The action or practice of meditation,
               a discourse expressing considered thoughts on a subject.

               RELIGION  –  The  belief  in  and  worship  of  a

               super-human  controlling  power,  especially  a  personal

               God or gods, a particular system of faith and worship, a

               pursuit or interest followed with great devotion.

               SPIRIT - The non-physical part of a person which is the

               seat  of  emotions  and  character,  this  regarded  as

               surviving after  the death  of the body, a  supernatural

               being.

               SPIRITUAL - Relating to or affecting the human Spirit

               as opposed to material or physical things.





                       There are many forms of meditation, associated

               with  the  many  different  religions  and  cults  and

               pseudo-spiritual practices. Each of these will have their

               own rules, how to sit, how to breathe, how to think, each

               rule  being  a  tool  of  control  by  the  facilitator  of  the
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