An aspect of some meditation is getting into a sensing mode instead of a judging/thinking mode. One way to do this is to focus on perceiving: - focus on your b

An aspect of some meditation is getting into a sensing mode instead of a judging/thinking mode. One way to do this is to focus on perceiving: - focus on your breath (count to N as you breath in; count to N as you breath out - where N=4 or some other integer that is comfortable for you. I sometimes use N=2 if I'm very stressed). - focus on the texture of something in the real world - trace the actual edge of a rock, or a doorway, or a road. Don't skip ahead with your idea of the edge - trace the actual edge, observe the actual texture of it. - focus on the sounds around you, middle, near (your own sounds, breath, cloth moving) and far (traffic hum, birds, wind). Being in nature, and thinking about what is stressing me, then observing infinite reality around me (sky, ocean, plants, earth) somehow calms me and puts things in perspective: those things are much more complex. I also get ideas from this new perspective. :-) Not saying these will work for you. But one of them might.