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What is important with meditation right from the outset is your motivation - why are you meditating? Is it to improve your concentration in order to function more efficiently or is it more spacious to include developing compassion for others - does it include the wish for enlightenment and if so for whose benefit.

Then the meditation should involve the least amount of effort possible - it should not be forced - in the beginning perhaps it's better to meditate when you feel inspired - a walk in nature is very good for this or if you are religious, a little devotional contemplation.

Then just let the meditation happen - let your body find the right posture - relax and just be aware of your breathing - aware of when you are breathing in and when you are breathing out. Let your thoughts and emotions come and go - simply watch them arising and disappearing again - be like butter, melting in the hot sun.

Body still, speech silent, mind spacious - this is the way to meditate. And just let it happen without getting caught up in anything that might come up - fresh and new each time without expectations.