Although the sound of rushing water is constantly there at a waterfall, it is a good place to meditate. In the above video is a lady I saw meditating on a bench near the waterfall.

Meditation is useful to our lives as it helps to bring calmness to our minds. If we can clear our minds of all those troubling thoughts which invade our minds each day, then we lessen the pressure they bring to bear on us.

Action is more effective than words alone. Therefore, starting today, let us try a little meditation.

For a start, try this and realise the effect it has on you. Tonight, when you lie down on your bed, just relax, let all the thoughts which come floating in and out of your mind be. Do not bother about them. To do that, concentrate on your breathe. Follow your breathe as it moves into your body and out again. Just do that and you will easily slip into slumberland. It is the calmness that this meditation brings.

As for me, I do the above only when there is a lot of stress and the mind is overloaded with all kinds unnecessary thoughts. I drive them out with my concentration on my breathe until I fall asleep.

For those who have no problem sleeping, to meditate, just sit comfortably on the floor (with a carpet or soft surface perhaps) or a chair with the spine straight and erect. Put your open palms facing upwards to the ceiling on your upper leg. Close your eyes and breathe in slowly into your stomach (Don't worry. I understand we breathe into our lungs.This is merely a method of breathing in which we extend our stomach so as to breathe deeply.) and exhale even more slowly through the nostrils.
Continue this slow, relaxed breathing for at least ten minutes or for as long as is comfortable for you.

As you breathe in and out, each time you breathe in concentrate on the very top of your head and feel the cosmic energy enter here and travel with the breathe down to the bottom before going up again to the top as you exhale. Do this every day, if possible every morning upon awakening in a private space where you are certain you will not be disturbed.

However, should the time given be not appropraite for one reason or another, another time, but not near sleeping time, can be chosen.

Do it if you wish and discover the calmness and energy that it brings. Do you feel the tingling sensation at the top of the head after a certain number of practices? Do you feel anything on the palms?

Those who wish to try this, please provide some feedback so that I know what else I should let you continue with. Your email address would be useful as those who progress faster can go on to the next step before others are told about them. Don't worry, this is a blog for sharing and learning. There will be no business conducted here.