Meditating is not thinking. Thinking is just one of the elements of the exercise. Discoursing, reasoning and reflecting do not involve a real and deep movement in the soul substance. The purpose of thinking in meditation is to outline the aim of the exercise and to produce necessary stimuli for its realization.
This gymnastics, connected with several exercises of Anatomical-Functional Gymnastics, can be practiced but not combined with other gymnastics.
Respiration for heart recovery:
In lateral or at attention position, breathe out very deeply and later breathe in while raising at the same time the arms at both sides until the horizontal position.
In affective meditation there are five steps, namely, Invocation, imaginative picture, sensitive picture, purposes and consequences.
Seemingly it is a contradiction that one must invoke superior forces for an exercise like meditation, where personal effort of the person that prays is mainly important; but this first step is indispensable and must be taken for a true meditation.
Relaxation exercises
Relaxation exercises are distributed among the following groups of exercises, but also can be practiced irrespective of other gymnastics. You should breathe regularly during their practice. Exercises referred to one member, should be inverted and also practiced with the other member.
This step consists in exposing a picture that the soul has to observe and consider: it may be the development of an event already lived, scenes usually observed in the abyss, or images that express the divine.
Preparatory Exercises I
Positions. Learn correct positions. At attention position. Lateral position. Passage position. Tiptoe position. In each position, raise arms high up; raise arms at your sides until the horizontal line; raise arms forward until the horizontal line.
The sensitive picture is one of the most important steps in the exercise of meditation, for it is the stage in which the soul controls its feelings and gives its intended form, tonality and vibration.
Preparatory Exercises III
25) Lateral position. Wide position, parallel feet and arms raised high up. Rotate and bend your trunk downwards to left, by bending at the same time the left knee, while breathing out.
Emotionality is led to a high point of vibration during the Sensitive Picture. If the practitioner stops the exercise, emotionality returns immediately to its early state, and nothing occurs in the soul.
Preparatory exercises V
49) Lateral position. Join hands on your back. Trace circles with your head, to left and right, while you keep a normal breath (Figure number 61).
50) Knelt on the ground.