Here is another little lesson I have contrived because I have hopes you might like to experiment with it.

Sit in a very comfortable chair or lie on the bed. Have the light subdued. Now simply tell yourself that you are going to practice a form of meditation and re-fuse to make a big deal of it.

Precondition yourself by taking, a moment to establish the reason for doing the meditation.

Let us say you are going to attempt a contact with a friend or loved one - it DOES NOT MATTER whether this person is "in spirit" or on this plane but living in another part of the country. The important thing is you simply wish to make a "contact" of some sort with them.

Close your eyes and VISUALIZE - I did not say "try to visualize" - I repeat VISUALIZE yourself sitting under a large tree - you are very comfortable - you hear the humming of a bee - you look at a wild flower in bloom nearby - you hear the soft rustle of the leaves overhead...

There is an open brown bag beside you and you are very much aware of it... Your mind begins to wander - "Oh, I must buy a loaf of bread this afternoon" — I sure wish I could take a vacation but I am too busy" - "So and so certainty wasn't very nice to me yesterday" - - - and so it goes, that is until you make use of your paper bag. Each time a wandering thought begins to seep into your consciousness simply say FIRMLY, "I am putting that in the paper bag until I am thru meditating".

ACTUALLY SEE YOURSELF PUTTING IT IN THE PAPER BAG AND ONCE YOU HAVE DONE THlS DO NOT TAKE IT BACK OUT.

If you can do this with a strong enough mental discipline you will find IT NO LONGER IS IN YOUR THOUGHT.

Now you come to the place where you bring back, into your thought, the purpose you had for doing the meditation...

Let us say you "pre-thought" you might like to "project" to your parents who are living 1,500 miles away or, perhaps, they are "in spirit" - it makes no difference. NOW begin to allow your mind (thought) to dwell on some nice memories you have in relation to your loved one… let the mind "speak" something like this, "Remember, Mother, the time you bought me such a pretty blue outfit and I spilled ink all over it" or "George, I’ll never forget the fishing trip we made together when the boat sprung a leak and we had to bail out." "Why not come now and let’s have another great talk together."

Oh, oh, about now creeps in the thought, "Good grief! I forgot to change the oil in the car." - Pull yourself up short and say something like this... "I will put that in the bag until I am thru with this meditation. There is nothing I can do about it now so I will leave it in the bag until morning."

Go back to your meditation from where you left off. Continue to allow your mind to "bring into focus" the happy things about the person you are trying to "contact".

Keep at it until you FEEL you are losing the relaxation and the VISUALIZATION of sitting under a tree with the open paper bag beside you. Quit and try again the next day or evening.

Remember please… Subdued light... quiet without distractions

VISUALIZE

VISUALIZE

VISUALIZE

God Love Ya

Jack