BREATHE

Step back.

This generation has been stimulated more than any generation in history. All day and all night we can be listening or watching, exposing ourselves to the bombardment of words, music and images through all the electronic media. So we do not pray in a vacuum. Our head is full of pictures, tunes and stories. We suffer from what have been called monkey thoughts, clambering all over the place, chattering and distracting us from our centre. One escape from the monkey thoughts is the classical one: focus on how you breathe. Attend to the air bathing your nostrils as you inhale and exhale. Slow down, and repeat a simple mantra like: Lord, teach me to pray, or Maranatha, or Come Holy Spirit.

Relax & meditate