MEANING OF THE SILENCE
Question—Just what is meant by the silence? Is this a necessary part of the treatment?

ANSWER—It means this—a contemplation in the quiet of the mind, when the objective tumult is temporarily stilled and we rise in our consciousness to the place of pure causati0n which is Spirit.

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MEDITATION ANALYZED
Question—How should one go into silent meditation?

ANSWER—Meditation is silent since the very word symbolizes stillness as opposed to objective argument. There is a difference between going into the silence and meditating on some specific good or some specific quality or essence. Going into the silence does not mean making the mind a blank, and meditation is always some mental activity around a definite idea. For instance, take the thought of goodness. If one were going to meditate on this thought he would be conscious that he is meditating on the thought of GOODNESS and he would be silently receptive to the idea which he is meditating upon. This might be termed an actively receptive mental attitude. While, on the other hand, if one were desiring to demonstrate a certain good in his life he would still be actively receptive on one side of his mind while he would be actively projective on the other side. That is, he would be knowing that this particular desire is actively expressed in his life. The mind can only take three positions, (page 41) one of conscious receptivity, one of mental passivity, or an aggressive attitude. In any one of these positions we should always have some definite proposition in mind. In this way we protect our psychic life from undue intrusions.