Step 4: Observing when one’s mind is in a subconscious stage

Meditation to explore your mind
While praying, you can notice whether your mind is already in sub -consciousness or not. Calm-hearted infers to the stage that you have abandoned both love and hate away, and then your mind becomes neutral. This subconscious condition differs in each individual. It is called ‘Ga ya lah hoo ta chit ta la hoo ta’ which means your body is relaxed and your mind is in the same stage as well. ‘Ga ya moo thoo ta chit ta moo thoo ta’ is your body and mind soften. ‘Ga ya pas sat thi chit ta pas sat thi’ refers to peacefulness cwome into your body and mind. ‘Ga yoo choo ga ta chit too choo ga ta’ is your body and mind become determined. ‘Ga ya pa khoon ya ta chit tag am man ya ta’ means your body and mind are active, not tired, hungry, or even have a backache or  a lumbago. When you feel free and relaxed, it means that you have reached the subconscious stage.  After that, you can stop praying and control your mind to stay at the stage until you feel tired again. This is so called ‘delicate prayer’.

Step 3: Repetition of prayers

How is repetition of prayer
About prayer for meditation, You have to survey your own emotion whether it is a good or bad temper. If you fine you are happy, you should realize that you are influenced by happiness. On the other hand, if you are in a bad mood, you yourself should be aware of such bad things which make you mad. You should put your soul between those two sides: good and bad, As standing between both sides, you should better standing at the center of a three junction without heading to any direction whether to the left or the right even go backwards and forwards. Controlling your mind, you can repeat any prayer that makes you conscious such as saying "phoot tho" three times instead of saying "phoot tho tham mo sang kho". This helps you be aware of what you are going to do and abandon tempers whether love, hate and so on. Indeed, this is a way to lead you stay in sub-consciousness and to do things intentionally.

Step 2: Gathering a soul

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Meditation and Gathering a soul
"Ma na sa sang wa row sa thoo" or gathering a soul in to believe that Lord Buddha, Buddha’s teaching and Buddhist saints are in your mind. You should continuously think like that until your mind agrees with your thought, furthermore, worry about nothing and memorize prayers merely.

Step 1: Meditation Manner of sitting

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Meditation manner of sitting
You have to sit in a cross-legged manner: put the right leg on the left leg and also the right hand on the left hand. ‘Au shoo ga yang pa ni the ya’ is to sit vertically, not to bend to the left, the right, the front and the back as well. You should net bow your head or even turn your face upwards too much, but means to stay consciously, not to pay attention to what you see, what you hear, what you smell, what you taste, and what you touch. More importantly, your mind should not be in the front. the back, the left or the right. It must be gathered into a soul.