The Do’s and Don'ts of Meditating

• Be annoyed by other people that are so stupid as never to Meditate.
• Treat Meditating as a sort of obsession.
• Check all the time if you have already achieved enlightenment.
• Meditate every day after having had a great dinner.
• Get angry with yourself if you have not Meditated one day.
• Fight falling asleep during your Meditation.
• Want to Meditate far too long in the beginning.
• Play a Metallica CD which helps you to consult your inner being during a Meditation.
• Choose a school of Meditation that gives you the creeps.
• During the Meditation worry about the question whether you do it well enough.
• Sit in a painful and awkward position.
• Get stressed when once in a while your are so busy that you may have to skip a session.
• Meditate while you are stoned, drunk or on prozac.
• Use a mantra that makes you nervous.
• Be worried about the question whether you have a good Aura Day.
• Be irritated by the noise made by the neighbours, your parrot or cars speeding past your window.
• Wear uncomfortable clothes during your Meditation.
• Block up or hide away thoughts and emotions that you do not like.
• Meditate when you have just been diagnosed a schizophrenic.

• In the beginning experiment a lot to find out which postures and techniques are best for you.
• Start with a course where you can learn to Meditate under skilled guidance.
• If you ever feel an ache or a slight irritation or you are in a bad mood not take a Medicine right away, but first try your favourite Meditation.
• Wear comfortable clothes.
• Create a fixed pattern in your Meditation exercises.
• Never worry when once in while things do not go so well.
• Find out how you feel about Meditating early in the morning on an empty stomach in perfectly restful circumstances.
• Play a Meditation CD which will make your Meditation even more pleasant.
• Evaluate your progress as little as possible….this has an adverse effect.
• Change your Meditation technique once in a while.
• Sit up straight, whether or not with the support of a cushion or the back of a seat (if you really have to).
• Determine beforehand how long you are going to Meditate.
• Look at everything from the point of view of a beginner.
• Go with the flow.
• Start your Meditation with some stretching or one of our breathing "warming up" exercises.
• Not get frightened when you notice things like dizziness, twinklings, emotions or other reactions during your Meditation.
• Always practise the Meditation philosophy of not judging, accepting and letting things go.
• Consider it better to Meditate well and deeply than long and badly concentrated.
• View passing aeroplanes and the hammer drill of the neighbours a challenge instead of a disturbance.