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Haven't ever been able to figure out why, but flame meditation's always worked pretty well for me. I'll try to explain it, but no promises on how coherently it'll come out.
Basically you start by sitting down and closing your eyes. You picture an unlit match on a dark background. You "light" the match in your mind and let it start. You gradually increase the size and number of the flames from one match to a candle to many candles to a small fire all the way up to a raging bonfire.
The idea is to focus your negative thoughts and feelings into the fire to maintain it and that they are burned up as you focus on them like this. Once you've run out of "fuel," i.e. negative thoughts, you gradually let the fire die down, leaving you calm and cleansed. Yup, that's what I've got.
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