AUM Shree Ganeshay NamaH  I pray to Ishwara in order to get rid of the obstacles of meditation in the form of kartuttva vasana, the vasana of becoming something or the other, I drop it. The vasana of bhoktruttva, of enjoying something or the other, I drop it. The vasana of the past, that makes me a historic person, I drop it. The vasana of the future that makes me an ongoing process, I drop it. I am the being, here and now. Shree Gurubhyo NamaH, I salute the sages and saints of the world who blessed the mankind with atmayoga or adhyatmayoga. Sthira sukhamasanam. As I keep the eyes partially closed and sport a faint smile on the lips, mind becomes focused and cheerful. Be aware of the surroundings, I choose to accept the surroundings, the events, the people etc. with a smiling silence. I take the que (?) from Dakshinamurti who seems to silently accept everything with a smile and also choose to accept everything of this creation with the cheerful silence. Be aware of the mahamudra which signifies such acceptance. Ishwara, the absolute Being, pervades the entire creation, transcending all the opposites and hence Ishwara-krupa, the grace of Ishwara is also all pervasive. As Isit in mahamudra, I realize that I am the recipient, constant recipient of Ishwara's grace. I deliberately visit my past and pick up the angularities in the form of perceived failure, the notion that I failed, perceived ill luck, the notion that luck did not favor me, the notion that God was not fair to me, I try to see them as wrong, the perception of an ignorant mind. I try to see Ishwara's blessing in every one of those instances and I accept the entire past, all of it, cheerfully, as Ishwara's gift, as Ishwara's blessing and gift. I deliberately think of future, my future. There is already a lot of uncertainty or even concern, I acknowledge the concern. The future of near and dear, nice not to have any concern but if concern is there I acknowledge it. The future of community, whatever that means, future of society, future of culture and dharma   if there is such concern, future of the globe if there is such concern. Now I choose to accept, to receive the future as it unfolds as the gift and blessing of Ishwara, yadeva bhavati tadeva mangalaya. I try to receive as auspicious   gift as the future unfolds, as it must, thus I am blessed all the way, dhanyoham. I am blessed, dhanyoham. Keep the back straight, keep the smile on the lips, watch the breath, locate the sense of touch with the tip of the nostrils and slow down the breath, slowly breath in and again slowly breath out. In slow breathing, the breath is as subtle as silken thread. Be cheerful, don't be tensed, don't grip any part of the body. Except the back being straight, the whole body is very relaxed. This is a grand journey to the interior. As you exhale, throw out all feeling of ill health. There may be a minor issue here and there but I am healthy, I throw out all feeling of ill health, concern of health. The best way to remain healthy is to remain totally unconcern about the health. I throw out all concern of health. As I exhale I throw out all feelings of ill will towards people, towards certain people. As I exhale I throw out any resentment towards any situation or event. If you tend to hate any particular group, any social group or religious group, acknowledge it, bring it out and throw out every element of ill will. The last round of slow breathing. Stop watching the breath, just be spacelike. Aum ShantiH ShantiH ShantiH. Relax, realx, I choose to remain silent. Open the eyes slowly.