I would like to know how to meditate, I can't seem to get it right and start thinking of other things. How do you start, breathe, do you visualise and do japa or chant?

Meditation means focusing our attention. The object of meditation is up to you. There are as many objects upon which to focus attention as there are people who meditate.

Eventually every thing you do will be a part of the meditation technique. When we perform our puja/chanting with one pointed attention, it is meditation. More.

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