Your meditation journey -- Expectations, assumptions and misconceptions -- About meditation -- How your past informs your meditation style -- Your daily life and meditation -- New lifestyle -- Identifying stressful behaviors -- Beyond positive thinking or pure thinking -- Deep breathing -- Relaxation -- Nutrition -- Sensory mastery -- Types of meditation -- Type 1: breath -- Type 2: affirmations and visualization -- Type 3: mantra -- Type 4: devotion, prayer or intentionality -- Type 5: mindfulness meditation -- Type 6: contemplative inquiry -- Sustaining a meditation practice -- Doing no harm -- Living in truth -- What "non-stealing" entails -- Freedom in self-restraint -- Freedom from greed -- Balance and perspective -- Contentment -- Value of discipline -- Self-study -- Meaning of surrender -- Resources along the way -- Tips for finding and joining a meditation group