Please provide some do's and don'ts on being zen with meditation.

Ignore: Don't think your mind has to be completely blank. Don't judge yourself - it's not pass/fail.

Ignore: Easy to quiet the mind, hard to stop the number of thoughts.

Create: Create a space in your home where you can meditate daily without distractions.

Find: Find five minutes in the day when you can rest your mind and not think of anything but peace and joy.

It's: It's more important to be able to learn to slow your mind to let your thoughts flow through, then to identify what you were thinking of.

When: When meditating it's often nice to be surrounded by gentle music, or natural outdoor sounds.

Don't: Don't try meditating when you're overtired, it may defeat your purpose.

Ignore: Flow with the silence, don't try too hard to quiet ur mind, it backfires. Start 2 minutes then 4 etc.

Ignore: Meditate means to heal your mind by creating elevated positive thoughts & empowering your intellect.

Ignore: Wake Forest found that meditation reduced pain intensity by 40 %, while morphine reduced only 25%.

Ignore: Medicine is a way a life. Incorporate it into your life.

Ignore: Don't judge your meditation practice. Know that you learn every time you notice something new.

Ignore: It's all in your breathing and attitude.

Ignore: Meditation takes practice. Don't worry if it's not easy at first.

Ignore: There's no one right way 2 meditate. Find way that works 4 U, meets ur goals. Takes practice 2master.

Ignore: Zen Mind,Beginner's Mind by S. Suzuki is a classic book highly recommended to all interested in Zen.

Ignore: If you do TM then you use a Mantra. Zen meditation asks you to observe breath going in and out.