The easiest way to get into the Meditative state is to begin by Listening
If you simply close your eyes and Allow yourself to hear all the Sounds that are going on around
You
Just listen to the general hum and Buzz of the world, as if you were Listening to music
Meditation doesn't have a reason, Or doesn't have a purpose, and in This respect it's unlike
Almost all other things that we Do, except perhaps making music
Because when we make music, we Don't do it in order to reach a Certain point, such as
The end of the composition
If that were the purpose of music, To get to the end of the piece, Then obviously the
Fastest players would be the best
When we play music, the playing Itself is the point,
And exactly the same thing is true
In meditation
Meditation is the discovery that The point of life is always arrived At in the immediate
Therefore, if you meditate for an Ulterior motive, that is to say, to Improve your mind
To improve your character, to be More efficient in life, you've got Your eye on the future
And you are not meditating
Because the future is a concept, it Doesn't exist
As the proverb says, tomorrow Never comes
There is no such thing as Tomorrow, there never will be
Because time is always now, and That's one of the things we Discover when we stop talking
To ourselves and stop thinking, We find there is only a present, Only an eternal now