with spine erect. • Close your eyes and gently focus your gaze and concentrate at the point between the eyebrows. Then, Paramahansaji said, “take a deep breath and exhale it, three times. Relax the body and keep it motionless.... • Cast away anxiety, distrust, and worry.... • Repeat all of the affirmation, first loudly, then softly and more slowly, until your voice becomes a whisper. • Then gradually affirm it mentally only, without moving the tongue or the lips, until you feel that you have attained deep, unbroken concentration — not unconsciousness, but a profound continuity of uninterrupted thought. • If you continue with your mental affirmation, and go still deeper, you will feel a sense of increasing joy and peace.”