Meditation for better living

In desperation recently, I decided to avoid falling in a hole by revisiting a book from my past called Meditations from the Tantras. This excellent (pink) book by Swami Satynananda Saraswati offers a program of meditation exercises and philosophy that can save your life! The difficulty is following it without being rigid, in a disciplined way without getting trapped into a pattern that becomes just another habit. Because habit of mind is the exact thing the program is trying to overcome. I say 'program' but it isn't really - the book just offers pathways and you can choose your own way through it depending on what is meaningful for you. The main thing is your motivation. The minute you turn it into a routine that you 'have to do' you've lost the plot. So now I am working on being mindful of my mind. Tricky stuff as my mind wanders all over the place and has been doing so for years. It has had complete freedom so to train myself to pay attention is difficult. But I'm working on it. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to meditate or delve deeper into their own psyche. There are many different ways to do this and I will post separately on these different elements and some of the words of wisdom from this little pink gem. Here is one to close this post: 'Remove these fears, phobias, complexes, likes, dislikes and any other prejudices and we will start to see a clearer picture of the world.'
Note: book is now blue - I have an old copy. 'Blue is the new pink.'