Most excellent baker, thanq for such a smooth transition.
Seriously. Just like your math teacher built on concepts day after day… that how you learn to empty your mind.
One minute.
Two minutes.
Ten minutes.
Once you enter the place of no time, no one, no thing… you find spectacular answers.
The being is all the PROOF you need.
Plus, if you start with intention to provide a proof to this place, you'll get it.
And before everyone freaks about meditation v prayer, meditation IS prayer. Just better than the wrote version you've been trained to acknowledge.
(Shiva is not out of place here. EDUCATE yourselves.)