not only during your meditation periods, but all through the day. Meditation will not do much good if you keep canceling it out in thought, word and action during the balance of the day. It is like putting something on a blackboard then erasing it. One hinders the other- and the most you will do is to stand still, which is hardly an interesting prospect.

So from now on you are to become objective about yourself. Stand to one side, and watch yourself. Watch your "performance", watch what you say, what you think and what you do and how you act in all these things. You will be amazed after a few days, if you really do it, how aware you have become.

You will recognize old habit patterns. You will spot negative thoughts. You will be training your conscious mind to be the monitor and like any school youngster who is appointed monitor, you will have your hands full keeping your pupils in line at first. Within a few days they fall in line automatically, and life becomes progressively simpler, happier and more profitable for you "the monitor", as well as for the entire class!

This is the true function of your conscious mind, and this is how you are to put it to use from now on. And please

REMEMBER

Your subconscious is the why and wherefore of everything you do, think or are.
Your subconscious will accept without question anything you impress on it with feeling.
You can change yourself, your life and your circumstances if you consciously and constantly make the effort. All you need is a sincere and willing mind.
Constant reiteration of positive thoughts will bring about the desired change in the subconscious.
You are now training your conscious mind to monitor your thinking. You have taken Step Number One in building a new life for yourself.