Relax and breathe deeply and rhythmically. Focus on your breathing and release your mind, letting thought processes and ego-babble simply run their course without attachment until your mind is quiet. You can achieve this through a single-minded focus on one specific thought, image, prayer, or sound to the exclusion of all others. When your mind is quiet, pray to the divine in whatever way you wish, in whatever tradition you are comfortable. Pray for the removal of obstacles, for self-knowledge, and for greater awareness.

See a ring of pure white light about you, protecting you from all harm and filling you with pure, white light that banishes all stress and negativity. Breathe this white light into your body and feel yourself filled with it until you are at peace.

Relax and meditate like this for a couple of minutes. Let the normal mental babble and millions of stray thoughts flow through your mind. Do not seek to stop them, but withdraw from them, let them go like eddies on a river, simply ignore them and hold yourself still. Let your mind go but hold to the centre of your being. This sounds strange, but you will experience what I am talking about.

Relax. If you are uncomfortable, stop and try again. You cannot endanger yourself if you are meditating surrounded by divine light! Relax! When you are ready, breathe in deeply and silently say to yourself: Guardian Angel, come to me. Then exhale slowly and say: With Love and Will, so may it be! — Beliefnet.com