Having memorized the passage, be seated and softly close your eyes. We defeat the purpose of meditation if we liik about, admiring the bird on the sill or watching people come and go....During meditation, we try to pull out the plugs (to our senses) so we can concentrate more fully on the events within....So, shut the eyes - without getting tense about it. Since the body shuld be relaxed, not strained, there is no need to be effortful....If you have memorized the Prayer, you are ready to go through it word by word, and very,very slowly.... Concentrate on one word at a time, and let the words slip one after another into your consciousness like pearls falling into a clear pond. Let them drop inwards one at a time....after assiduous practice, the words will fall inward: you will see them going in an hitting the very bottom. This takes time, though. Don't expect it to happen next week. Nothing really worth having comes guickly and easily...

Spend a half hour each morning with this exercise and see where it takes your consciousness...