Aum. Take a deep breath consciously three times. Prayer is the mental chant of Aum slowly while exhaling three times. Aum ...Aum...Aum.   Just Be. When you accept the surroundings without any complaint or projection that naturally leads to inner silence. When you are not waiting, when you drop all the plan, stop anticipating or expecting, you are naturally silent. One has to discover that silence is the natural state of mind. A particular thought is not a natural state of mind. One has to discover for oneself that silence is the natural state of mind. Such a discovery is a fruit of meditation. Asanam, begins with body, covers the minds and merges in the pure Being, sthirasukhamasanam. Be aware of the posture, the body is still, keeping the body still, sthira. Now come to the mind. Mind is ever ready to do, it always wants to do because of a sense of doership. The idea that I am a doer, that makes the shoulders and the hands tense, ever ready to do. Am I the doer? or Am I done, the done? I try or allow the sense of doership to drop and at the same time allow the shoulders to relax, the hands to relax. But the back should not bend, therefore, keeping the shoulders and hands to relax I stretch the back upwards. The beauty of meditation is that I am relaxed, keep a smile and alert at the same time. One has to discover that alertness is not opposite to relaxation, I am alert and also relaxed. I look at the mind. There is a deeply engrained insecurity in mind, fear in the mind, quite often I pray because of fear. A large part of prayers are based on fears. Fear and love cannot coexist. Despite many prayers, there is fear in me only because I do not surrender, I do not give up anything, I do not let go. Now, I surrender, try to surrender. As I surrender, as the fear recedes, there is a smile, there is freedom and now the muscles of the stomach and the chest relax. The muscles of the stomach and the chest remain tight due to subconscious fear. As I surrender, the system relaxes, relax. But do not allow the back to bend, keep it straight one more time. Be aware of the jaw, it remains tight if one is grimly determined, determined to accomplish things in the world.   Or maybe grimly determined to know Atma. Either way this is not good for knowing the truth. There is nothing to accomplish in this world except allowing the things to happen and doing the duty. Atma is ever accomplished, that is myself ever accomplished. Keep a smile, allow the jaw to relax, the forehead and the brain to relax. Just Be, relax and alert that is asanam, sthirasukhamasanam. Just be myself. Not being this or that, just being myself. Simply being myself. No need to become anything, just being myself. Just Be. Do not try to grasp the Being with the knowing,   that creates the otherness, drop all mental effort and just Be. Aum Shanti Shanti ShantiH. Relax, sit at ease by keeping the eyes closed and relax. Silent mind is a strong mind. Relax, slowly open the eyes. Aum.