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The important thing is to have faith that you already know how, because you do.
The breathing techniques act as a mantra without a mantra in mind. Using breathing and a mantra together at first seem to be the quickest way to understanding that there are other states of consciousness that can be reached through meditation.
Eventually you want to condition yourself through the breathing to be able to meditate without trying to meditate and just do it naturally as you breathe normally.
The classic breathing method is to internalize everything into your breath like you are letting the whole world in and then as soon as your long, slow inhalation fills you lungs, you give a deep, slow exhalation of the same duration to let everything out and repeat as you clear your mind of conscious thought. It sounds like it should be easy, but unfortunately, our minds are much more corrupted than the conditioning of your brain will even readily allow you to think.
If I were not a smoker, then I know I could go much deeper, but I seem to have a bit of a knack for having silence space in-between thoughts. It's probably due to a trauma I experienced at age seven.
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