Night One Should Always Practice Meditation

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Paragraph 3 talks shortly about how during the 3 watches of the night one should always practice meditation. I quote from the scripture “In the third watch, you should get up and, either walking or sitting, continue to practice yoga, with a pure mind and controlled senses” (Scriptures 99). That quote above talks about how during the regular endeavors we partake in we must always remain on the idea of yoga. The fourth paragraph beings to close the scripture off by giving the exact instructions on meditation. The line that caught my attention and made me think was the line that stated, “Keep the wandering mind focused completely on one thing” (Scriptures 99). The line made me think because, it states, how we all having wandering minds. But to

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