MEDITATION IS A WORD. You have heard this word before, or you would never have picked up this book. The thinking process operates by association, and all sorts of ideas are associated with the word “meditation.”

There are a number of common misconceptions about meditation. We see the same questions crop up again and again from new students. It is best to deal with these things at once because they are the sort of preconceptions that can block your progress right from the outset. We are going to take these misconceptions
one at a time and dissolve them.