Beginning Meditation - Five Steps

Meditation is a key to inner peace and deepeningevery day before you leave your home. This
intuition. When we think of learning how tosounds like a tall order but if you put if off, there
meditate, we view it as difficult and mysterious.is a good chance that you won't get the
As a result, most people don't make the effort.meditation in that day. The length of time that
They believe that meditation is the absence ofyou meditate doesn't matter. It can be one or
thought. This is not true.two minutes, twenty minutes, etc. Start with
Step one: Find a specific location inside your homevery short sittings. The single most important
that you will dedicate to meditation. Decide whatfactor in developing a meditation practice is
you need to put there to encourage yourself toconsistency. It is better to meditate two minutes
sit. You can use a small table to place specialeach day than one hour once a week. If you skip
photographs, statues, candles, and othera meditation, acknowledge this without judgment
meaningful objects that will connect this space inand return to it the next day. With consistency,
your mind with meditation.meditation becomes a habit.
Step Two: Make a commitment to meditate