In The Master Key sysytem, lesson 1, sit quietly ... do you keep your eyes open or closed?

It is not addressed in the instructions, quoted below.

1. Now make the application: Select a room where you can be alone and undisturbed; sit erect, comfortably, but do not lounge; let your thoughts roam where they will but be perfectly still for from fifteen minutes to half an hour; continue this for three or four days or for a week until you secure full control of your physical being.

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