"I am basically failing to see the difference between meditation and sitting on the couch and watching empty space for a couple of minutes." For me, they are t

"I am basically failing to see the difference between meditation and sitting on the couch and watching empty space for a couple of minutes." For me, they are the exact same thing. Just relax and stop working on anything for a while. Just sit there. Think about work, think about people you know, or don't think about anything at all, it doesn't really matter. Time passes amazingly slowly when you're not doing anything. I find random thoughts start naturally flowing through my head when I do this. I've also known people who seem physically incapable of doing this. They sit for maybe twenty seconds, then some neuron fires in their brain, and they're off running again like a hamster in a wheel. Those people never seem to do well in the long run. Don't be a hamster :)