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mind drifting but gradually you will learn to focus more and more. The idea behind meditation is not to cut out all the forces around you but to become one with them.
I have seen people plug their ears with cotton to shut out sounds. But that is not the purpose that we wish to achieve. On the contrary we should focus on the sounds around us.
Be aware of them, listen to them. First listen to the bigger sounds around you like the traffic or machines or even loud music from your neighbor's apartment.
Then listen to the softer sounds like the drone of the refrigerator, or the A/C. And then bring your attention to the sound of your own breathing. If you can actually hear yourself breathing then you have arrived and this is what you have to keep doing.
Try to focus on the 'here' and the 'now' and not on the tomorrow or the yesterday. After all we all live in todays and not in yesterdays and tomorrows!
The Mind Settling Procedure:
1. Sit comfortably in silence with your eyes closed for 30 seconds.
2. Perform
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