Proper way to meditate

[Plenum]

Can somebody tell me the proper way to meditate??

I've always liked Ra's answer to this:

17.40 Questioner: Is there a “best way” to meditate?

Ra: I am Ra. No.

and as unity100 has pointed out, if I chose to answer you like this, I would get a social whipping for being unpleasant/unhelpful/being a bastard.

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not to fall into that category, I would offer this:

5.2 The prerequisite of mental work is the ability to retain silence of self at a steady state when required by the self. The mind must be opened like a door. The key is silence.

and that seems a good place to start. Doesn't matter what technique you use, so long as the end result is a quieting of the mind. It is, as all the traditions have said, the gateway to the Self and the Beyond.

much like most of us have learned to control bodily functions (being able to 'wait' to go to the toilet, rather than dropping pants on the spot, controlling sexual urges and hunger) so too the mind must be tamed and brought under a certain level of discipline for the inner work to open up.

being able to 'silence the mind' like Ra says, is a sign that you have developed some of this mental self control.

where you go from there is up to you; you have an infinitude of memories to explore and draw from (in a non-thinking sense).

peace, and walk in the light.

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