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Meditation may take on many forms but its foundation basically lies on these principles:
• Focus on one thing or object.
• Focus using one of your senses.
• When thoughts occur or wander, bring them back to your focus.
To concentrate bring your focus on one thing or object. The object of focus may be your breathing, a word that you repeat either verbally or mentally, or the sensations that we feel in our body. Meditation usually involves the senses of which we smell, feel, see or listen. “Quieting” the mind is not easy so whenever you find yourself thinking of some other thoughts, don’t fight them but rather acknowledge them and let them pass. Meditation is the practice of maintaining complete awareness of one’s experiences on a moment-to-moment basis. This gives us the ability to respond to situations, as well as
to our thoughts and emotions, with full awareness.
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