A near death experiencer perfected a method of meditation that I am having some success with.Basically he was attempting to duplicate the NDE state of Consciousness through meditation.http://www.thomastwin.com/10%20A%20Background%20to%20Silence.htmlThe Prayer of Silence is built on the foundation of a Near Death Experience I had in 1966 after a serious industrial accident.  That experience demonstrated in a convincing way that human consciousness is not tied to the body and that it can exist apart from the body.  For many years after the NDE I wanted to re-enter that state of awareness because it put me in direct contact with areas of spiritual understanding which clarify much of what it is to be a human being.             It took many years and much searching before I finally discovered how to produce the Near Death consciousness in meditation and even longer how to teach others to do the same.  The reason the Prayer of Silence is so effective is that it makes it possible for those who have not had a NDE to enter into the type of consciousness that experience makes possible.  The Prayer of Silence also allows those who have had NDEs to enter again into that level of consciousness and benefit from the kind of transcendent awareness which underlies the NDE.See More