The power of meditation is the power of your mind. Train useful mental skills that are at the heart of everything you do.

For example, focus.

Learn to do that and nothing will be easier.

For example…

If you want techniques that will improve your memory, the best place to turn is the latest research in neuroscience.

The second best place is a book by William Walker Atkinson.

Memory: how to develop it, train it and use it It is more than a hundred years old. Yet it is remarkably timeless. Not everything he wrote is still true…but most of it is.

A hundred years ago, they knew much less about how the brain works. However, you would be surprised how much they knew about its use. Atkinson drew on the techniques and traditions of ancient cultures.

And many ancient cultures knew a lot about how to maximize your memory.

Before the printing press, books were written by hand. If you owned a library, it meant you were rich. If you were lucky enough to be literate, the best most people could hope for is to borrow books.

And if you have to return books after a week or so…

Well, you’d better memorize as much as you can. Otherwise, you are just wasting your time.

That’s not to mention the cultures that memorize their sacred texts. These people must have perfect words with long and complex writings.

You can’t do that without strong memory skills.

So the brain may have been a black box for them. But they sure knew how to handle it.

The memory arts require dedicated training in a variety of techniques. But there is one principle you must master before you can get started:

You can’t make a good copy of a bad recording.

If you’re not paying attention, then it doesn’t matter how good your memory is. If you walk through life in a mental haze, then you won’t notice anything. And if you don’t notice something, you won’t remember it.

Focus is important. It is the first step in all mental processes. If you don’t pay attention to something, you won’t remember it, you won’t learn it, you won’t appreciate it…

The list goes on.

Through meditation, you learn to quiet your mind and focus on what’s in front of you. Master this and nothing else, and your memory will improve naturally. Your thoughts will be better organized around good copies of clear records.

And if in addition to that you decide to learn memorization techniques…

Well, who knows how far your memory will develop.