This simple, easy candle meditation is a well-known beginner’s approach to meditation. It’s a type of Samatha meditation, a tradition that uses focused attention to produce the calm, tranquil mind that meditation needs. It isn’t only for beginners, though — I still use it occasionally after fifty years of practice, simply because it’s fun and an easy way to relax into deeper states of mental clarity.
To practice the candle meditation, do some gentle stretching first to get the body relaxed and comfortable, then sit on the floor in a darkened room with a candle about three feet in front of you. Sit in a half-lotus, full lotus, seiza position, or any position comfortable for you that keeps your back straight without conscious effort.
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