Aum Look at the mind, don’t ask how. Just do it. Also, do not raise any doubts about it, about looking at the mind, at this point of time, just accept the statement and try, that is the most important thing, try, look at the mind. See a few things about the mind, it’s a flow, a constant flow, never stopping, of course till you sleep. Visualize yourself standing on the bank of a creek or a river. Just an imagery, standing like that and watching the flow. That is an imagery meant for meditation. Tell yourself I am the watcher, the one who watches, watching the river. Now, you internalize that imagery by watching the mind. Mind is a flow of thoughts, needed for day to day life and also listless thoughts, entirely not needed, all kinds of unnecessary movement of the mind is there and I watch without condemnation. The watch word is not to identify, this mind, this flow. You may not find the flow at this moment, but then you know it is there, you watch it. How? Try to watch it, thoughts, emotions. You may specify the emotions, one or two, which particularly bother you and then ideas, ideas about the world, about god and about oneself, all kinds of ideas. This is the flow, the flow can be very painful if you identify, otherwise it is very amusing flow. When you step back from the flow, you can really smile at the flow. This is the mind and now I allow the mind to drop its activity. If you allow to drop, it will drop. You are the boss. Try to unsee the mind from the position of the boss. I am the boss, now I allow the mind to drop its movement. What remains? I aham. Minus the mind, what am I? Who am I? The most important question in psychology and philosophy, who am I? Minus the mind, only answer can be, I Am. Aham asmi. Be aware of the body, this body. The watch word, again, don’t identify, this body. Stretch the back upwards, press the legs downward, even as you press the legs to the floor, you stretch the body upwards. It’s a kind of transcendence. Any discomfort accepted. Now, you do not move, keep the body still. The very first urge to move, you curb it, don’t yield. As you keep the body still, like a statue albeit breathing, the mind becomes quiet automatically and the awareness deepens. The space of awareness gains a depth. However, there should not be any grimness, therefore, be aware of the shoulders and hands, allow them to relax, keep them little forward to gain balance, do not slack in the back. Give an auto suggestion to stomach muscles to relax, the chest relax, a smile, the face relaxes, the brain relaxes. Abide in that spacious awareness in which there is no center, there is no boundary. Kshamata, abide as the spacious awareness which has no form. The form belongs to the body. Do not allow yourself to be distracted, abide as chinmaya sat, awareful being, chitvyoma, the spacious awareness. Suppose, you are distracted, by a thought, watch the distraction, allow the thought to go , don’t grasp it, just allow it to go. Be aware of the body which is still, except for the movement of the breathing, that ends the distraction and abide as spacious awareness which is the source of peace. There is a tremendous peace, unassailable peace, not like the peace of a still evening which can be shattered any moment, in the spacious awareness. Don’t be bored by the peace because peace is love which is happiness. Abide as the spacious awareness. There is no sense of want in the spacious awareness, the sense of want belongs to the mind, not to the spacious awareness, akamaH. There is a sense of contentedness called ananda, in the spacious awareness. Chinmayoham. Aum shanti shanti shantiH. Just by remaining anchored to the still body, you remain awareful. Relax, sit at ease and relax, continue to be quiet and relax. Don’t rush, tell yourself, there is nothing to rush for and relax. Slowly open the eyes. Aum