How do you meditate on a question that you have?

Sit down quietly in the silence, cast all former ideas and prejudices from your mind, allow your mind, as nearly as possible, to become a blank for the moment or like an unwritten sheet of paper—

Now form your question slowly and distinctly in your mind—

Fix your mind intently on the spirit, propel your question with all the force of your will and with great positiveness—

Quietly await the reply, which will presently come flowing into your mind—

Be very careful that you do not allow any preconceived ideas of your own to become active—

Try to ask questions a number of times in this way and you will be astonished at the result.

You can ask questions of any spirit in this way, and you will receive truthful answers if you are good and truthful yourself.

To the pure all things are pure.

—Herr Franz in Letters from the spirit world