This month’s chapter is the “let us begin” chapter. In this beautifully organized book, The Art of Meditation, Chapter Three is a highlight. Joel gives clear instruction about how to meditate—emphasizing that there are many ways to come to the practice. He lays out techniques that anyone new to meditation will readily understand and be able to practice.  “Let us begin by sitting in a comfortable position…” From there—and including many examples of forms of meditation—he describes the way of contemplation, on to periods of silence, reflection, meditation and finally communion. The key phrase in this chapter: “But it must be practiced.”

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