Meditation in one respect is like many other activities; sports, crafts and skills of all kinds. For all these things, you will never master a skill by talking about it or reading about it. For any skill, you gain the expertise by actually doing it!
Meditation will only be of limited benefit to you if you practice it on-and-off. The key to success in meditation is the commitment to meditate once or twice every day. Like embarking on a new career with a new employer: if you turn up for work only when you feel like it, you are unlikely to go very far in your career!
Everybody has the same difficulty in the first few months of practicing meditation. Therefore those who are interested to progress in meditation should follow the formula, which has been found successful by meditators who are still progressing in the meditation practice after many years of experience.
You should meditate at least twice a day, picking times when you know you will be free each day. In the morning is a very good time; just after waking-up. You should do a little exercise to refresh your body, and then sit down to meditate for 30-60 minutes. You will find that this gives you a perfect and refreshing start to your day. Again, in the evening, just before going to bed, is another key time for meditation. If you meditate just before going to bed, it will relax your mind and allow you to make the most efficient use of your time of sleep.
Set start-times for these two periods of meditation and stick to them. When it is time to meditate, just stop what you are doing, find a quiet place to sit, close your eyes and meditate. Don't make a time limit for it. Be happy when you meditate and just let the time go. If you are happy meditating for half-and-hour, then just practice for half-and-hour. If you are only happy for 20 minutes, then just be content with 20 minutes of meditation. The most important thing is to fix the habit of meditation in your daily life and meditate in that period of time every day.
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