Well, I'll let others answer in more detail about practical tips and techniques. But, yes, complete blankness of thought IS possible. You will have to get used to the dizziness perhaps, as life is motion no matter what frequence the vibration. The stiller you become the more accute the slightest motion becomes. You will see. Once I imploded and compressed my thought focus point so small and inward that I instantly imploded out into the far reaches of the universe feeling lighter than a hydrogen molecule yet my mass of self encompassed the entire universe and in the very next instant nanosecond I was compressed into feeling I weighed 100 trillion pounds and my size was so small and compressed that one could fit 100 trillion of me on the head of a pin. And I was shot back out into the lightness and infinteness of the universe again in a nanosecond. And left there for minutes to just experience the feeling. There is a vacuum space that you reach which is completely motionless. You are breathing, so something is happening but scarcely are you aware of it. I accomplished this state by staring at the second hand of a clock until it froze, stood still. I actually fell backwards and stayed in the meditation for awhile. Quite exhillarating. So, I know that it is possible to attain. You just have to keep working at it, and that is the volition Bardon speack of that you are building. Actually the process of thoughts are dealt with by letting them all rise like balloons or bubbles. That is the process or exercise of just allowing thoughts to be. Next is cutting thoughts off like a tree wood cutter cutting them off as soon as they show themselves as if they were trees. Cut them right at the ground level. Next is allowing focus of one thought idea. Don't give energy to other thoughts that arise that are of a different nature and return to the original thought. Much fun, much fun. I wish you well, Chuck