I've read in several books on meditation and whatnot that a good practice is to try visualizing a candle flame. Mind you, I can't recall the exact procedure, but I've heard it helps to actually look at the flame (probably through squinted lids, staring into a candle for a while might start to hurt!) and then moving to simply visualizing it in your head. I've tried this myself and I've found that one of the keys to keeping an image in mind (for me personally) is movement. If I try to focus on a static image for a while, it eludes me. But if I imagine the object in three dimensions, and 'turn it' in my head, I can focus on it quite well. I suppose this makes sense since your brain is used to processing a constant stream of changing stimuli. I assume that with practice it becomes much easier to keep stable, unchanging images in mind for a long time.
But again, I'm not sure that is really the procedure here. However, I doubt it would hurt to try.
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