Simplified "YYWH Meditation"

I've been currently using a very slight tightening and widening of the eyelids.(I got this from Iyengar's book on Pranayama)

• Seems to help me, along with putting my attention on the surface of the eyes

  • -- i.e. 'ahead of the thought perception process'

  • a sort of a 'beginning smile' around the eyes.

• Otherwise they tend to go off on their own, and thoughts follow them like little baa-ing sheep.

And the visualization:

breath: like waves breaking on a pebbly beach.

• inbreath

  • - drawing back into the ocean EEEEEEEEE

• pause

  • - that moment before the wave breaks AHHHHH

• outbreath

  • -- crashing on the beach AWWWOOOOOO

• pause

  • - little pebbles skitter EHHHHHHHH

The mind:

A blue sky above passing 'thought clouds,'

Just don't attach to them or push them away.

The self:

A brilliant sun above the blue sky, smiling with detailed attention to nothing, not seeking, not attached to a goal. Just shining.