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In this spirit you can relax; throw off all care and simply let the thought, which for the time you have chosen, have its way through and over you.

In applying these, or any directions do not think any serious loss will be yours if you do not obey them. Never rigidly hold to them. If you do not use them, you only place yourself where the boy is who prefers play to dinner and goes without. You are to give yourself perfect liberty, cast aside all fears and then-trust. In this mental state, select that portion of time you can readily give to Silence, be it ten minutes, or an hour. When you have selected it, make it as much your business to attend to it, as you would to attend the lesson of the professor you have engaged for music or painting lessons. Be as prompt to an appointment with yourself, as to one with a friend.

Sincerity demands this. Reasonable excuses will be accepted here as elsewhere, but neglect will tell upon your enfoldment. It is your business at this hour. Attend to business in business hours. Failure to feel the importance of punctuality, and failure to realize the importance of time and effort here, are the great cause of the many not attaining the power of the Silence.

Having chosen the time, select the place. It should be away from all other persons if possible, in a room by yourself, where you can have external quiet. But when you have mastered, you will enter Silence anywhere, at any time. Alone or in midst of a crowd. To be able anywhere and at any time to concentrate upon a chosen thing is to be your purpose.