A truly spiritual person is able to meld the past and future into the present. The past is important, looking forward to the future is beneficial, but living in the present is essential.

• Sit in a comfortable position.
• Breathe in a normal manner and pay close attention to how you are breathing.
• Feel your breath as you inhale through your nose and breathe out through your mouth.
• Notice how your stomach expands as you take a breath and contracts as you exhale.
• Hold an image of your lungs inflating and deflating every time you breathe.
• Concentrate on just breathing, without letting your mind wander, for about 5 to 10 minutes.
• At first you may find this very difficult; after 3 minutes you may think you've been sitting there for about 20. Do not despair; this gets easier with practice.
• Try it daily for a week, and see if I’m right.

Another method is as follows:

Sit comfortably, but not so comfortably as to fall asleep. Let your mind wander wherever it wishes for a few minutes, then slowly and deliberately start to focus on exactly what is happening around youYou are in the present.

Please refer to the book for more details on this activity.